Greenwich Conservatives won 6 seats in the Royal Borough of Greenwich in Thursday's local elections, doubling the number of Conservative councillors on the Council since the last elections in 2022.
Conservatives gained 2 seats from Labour and successfully fought off challenges from Reform UK in the south of the borough, winning 6 seats in Eltham, New Eltham and Mottingham.
Councillors Matt Hartley and Roger Tester were re-elected in Mottingham, Coldharbour and New Eltham ward, with newly elected Councillor Luke Warren joining the team after winning the third seat with a margin of 468 votes.
In Eltham Town and Avery Hill ward, Councillors Charlie Davis and Pat Greenwell were re-elected, with Councillor Rob Sayers elected to join the team after winning the third seat with a margin of 230 votes.
The six Conservative councillors met in the Town Hall on Saturday to form the new Conservative Group, with Matt Hartley elected as Leader of Greenwich Conservatives for a 10th year. Charlie Davis was re-elected as Deputy Leader, with Roger Tester elected as Whip for the new larger Conservative Group.
After a disastrous campaign Greenwich Labour lost a total of 17 seats to three different parties, with 13 Green councillors elected. Read the full results here.
Councillor Matt Hartley, Leader of Greenwich Conservatives, told Greenwich Wire:
“I’m thrilled that Greenwich Conservatives are going back to the Town Hall with twice the number of councillors as four years ago - and I'd like to thank every single person who voted for their local Conservative candidates on Thursday.
“I think we’ve done well at these elections because people know what they get with us - pro-active, campaigning councillors who will hold the Labour council to account and make sure our communities are not ignored when decisions are made.
“We’ll continue doing that - and we’ll be playing our part in a council chamber that now has more voices. Any Labour councillor who thinks this is just a national political trend - which I have heard even today - needs to reflect much more deeply. Losing so many seats to three different parties is a damning judgment of the last 4 years under this administration.
“Labour need to start listening, or they’ll keep losing.”
