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Political.

Who runs Richmond Upon Thames, and what its planning record did over the loaded years. Composition and control from the membership records; the approval line from the borough's own decisions. The individual members and their votes sit in the committee record.

Party keyLiberal DemocratGreen
Tap a ward on the map to focus this page on it — its committee members and votes surface here and below.
Richmond Upon Thames · political map
Approval rate — by ward
Ward controlLiberal Democrat
Composition — current membership records
Political control
Liberal Democrat[1]
majority
Seats
70 / 76[1]
70 Liberal Democrat · 6 Green
Committee chair
Jonathan Cardy[3]
Liberal Democrat · planning committee
Last / next election
2022 · 2026[4]
four-year cycle, all-out
Council composition · 76 councillors[1]
Liberal Democrat
70 · 92%
Green
6 · 8%

The planning record, 2020–2026

Approval rate[2]Housing delivery — not yet sourced
All years · Richmond Upon Thames
80%85%2022 election [4]2026 election [4]2020202120222023202420252026

Hover to preview any year; click to set the year shown on the map — the wards recolour to that year's own approval rates. The line is unannotated: any relationship between elections and the planning record is left for the reader. Which party controlled the council in earlier cycles isn't loaded yet, so no control ribbon is drawn — nothing is guessed.

Committee votes by party — all loaded minutes

Per-member detail →

How each party's members on the planning committee have voted on the applications in the loaded minutes, aggregated. Per-year splits need dated vote records — not yet loaded, so no year filter is offered here.[3]

PartyMembersFor / againstFor %
Liberal Democrat40
197 for · 75 against
72%
Green5
18 for · 9 against
67%
Bar colour = party (identity only). Solid = for · faded = against. Abstentions aren't separately coded in the loaded minutes yet.
Councillor voting — click a name to see every vote[3]
Councillor
Ward
Active
Total
For
Against
Stance
Petra Fleming Liberal DemocratHampton Wick and South Teddingtonto 2022-0435🔒🔒subscribersPenelope Frost · Chair Liberal DemocratHam, Petersham and Richmond Riversideto 2025-0330🔒🔒subscribersJames Chard · Chair Liberal DemocratTwickenham RiversideActive21🔒🔒subscribersPiers Allen · Chair Liberal DemocratWest TwickenhamActive20🔒🔒subscribersJonathan Cardy · Chair Liberal DemocratFulwell and Hampton HillActive19🔒🔒subscribersJulia Neden-Watts · Chair Liberal DemocratTwickenham RiversideActive19🔒🔒subscribersNiki Crookdake GreenMortlake and Barnes Commonto 2024-0519🔒🔒subscribersRobin Brown Liberal DemocratHampton Wick and South Teddingtonto 2024-0618🔒🔒subscribersRichard Warren Liberal DemocratNorth Richmondto 2022-0217🔒🔒subscribersSuzette Nicholson Liberal DemocratHamptonActive16🔒🔒subscribersJohn Coombs Liberal DemocratHeathfieldActive15🔒🔒subscribersMichael Wilson · Chair Liberal DemocratHeathfieldto 2022-0313🔒🔒subscribersGareth Roberts Liberal DemocratHamptonto 2025-0412🔒🔒subscribersMatthew Hull Liberal DemocratFulwell and Hampton Hillto 2021-0311🔒🔒subscribersRichard Baker Liberal DemocratTeddingtonActive10🔒🔒subscribersKatie Mansfield · Chair Liberal DemocratSt Margarets and North Twickenhamto 2023-069🔒🔒subscribersIan Craigie · Chair Liberal DemocratKewActive8🔒🔒subscribersJim Millard Liberal DemocratHampton Wick and South TeddingtonActive8🔒🔒subscribersJo Humphreys Liberal DemocratWhittonto 2021-097🔒🔒subscribersMichael Butlin Liberal DemocratSouth TwickenhamActive7🔒🔒subscribersChas Warlow GreenSouth RichmondActive6🔒🔒subscribersChris Varley · Chair Liberal DemocratSouth Richmondto 2025-036🔒🔒subscribersRichard Bennett · Chair GreenSouth TwickenhamActive6🔒🔒subscribersRichard Pyne · Chair Liberal DemocratNorth RichmondActive6🔒🔒subscribersAlexander Ehmann · Chair Liberal DemocratSt Margarets and North Twickenhamto 2023-065🔒🔒subscribersAnton McNulty-Howard Liberal Democrat"/>Active5🔒🔒subscribersTony Paterson Liberal DemocratMortlake and Barnes Commonto 2024-015🔒🔒subscribersJeremy Davis Liberal DemocratHampton NorthActive4🔒🔒subscribersAlice Bridges-Westcott Liberal DemocratKewto 2020-013🔒🔒subscribersAndrée Frieze Green—Active3🔒🔒subscribersBen Khosa Liberal DemocratSt Margarets and North Twickenhamto 2022-013🔒🔒subscribersJulia Cambridge · Chair Liberal DemocratEast Sheento 2024-093🔒🔒subscribersLaura O'Brien Liberal Democrat—to 2023-113🔒🔒subscribersRhi Lee Liberal DemocratSouth Twickenhamto 2023-113🔒🔒subscribersSeamus Joyce · Chair Liberal DemocratHam, Petersham and Richmond Riversideto 2020-013🔒🔒subscribersCaroline Wren GreenFulwell and Hampton HillActive2🔒🔒subscribersGareth Richards Liberal DemocratHam, Petersham and Richmond RiversideActive2🔒🔒subscribersKuldev Sehra Liberal DemocratWhittonto 2025-052🔒🔒subscribersMarjory Millum · Chair Liberal DemocratBarnesto 2024-112🔒🔒subscribersSam Dalton Liberal DemocratHamptonActive2🔒🔒subscribersStephen O'Shea Liberal Democrat—Active2🔒🔒subscribersAlan Juriansz · Chair Liberal DemocratWest Twickenhamto 2020-081🔒🔒subscribersClare Vollum Liberal DemocratKewto 2023-071🔒🔒subscribersLesley Pollesche · Chair Liberal DemocratHeathfieldto 2019-071🔒🔒subscribersRob O`Carroll Liberal Democrat—to 2019-071🔒🔒subscribers
Sources & method
  1. [1]Party composition, control and seats — Richmond Upon Thames membership records (current state; historical composition not yet loaded).
  2. [2]Approval rate by year — Richmond Upon Thames published decision record, aggregated to calendar year. · methodology
  3. [3]Committee roster, chair and per-councillor votes — published Richmond Upon Thames planning-committee minutes; matched across inconsistent name forms and still being completed. · committee record
  4. [4]London borough election dates — statutory all-out elections every four years. · London Elects
A record, not a ranking — no editorial judgement is applied. Methodology is published in full so every number is traceable to its primary source.