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Planning Atlas · Kingston Upon Thames · Political

Political.

Who runs Kingston 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 DemocratConservativeIndependent
Tap a ward on the map to focus this page on it — its committee members and votes surface here and below.
Kingston Upon Thames · political map
Approval rate — by ward
Ward controlLiberal DemocratConservative
Composition — current membership records
Political control
Liberal Democrat[1]
majority
Seats
59 / 64[1]
59 Liberal Democrat · 3 Conservative · 2 Independent
Committee chair
—
not identified in the minutes yet
Last / next election
2022 · 2026[4]
four-year cycle, all-out
Council composition · 64 councillors[1]
Liberal Democrat
59 · 92%
Conservative
3 · 5%
Independent
2 · 3%

The planning record, 2020–2026

Approval rate[2]Housing delivery — not yet sourced
All years · Kingston Upon Thames
70%80%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 Democrat23
224 for · 58 against
79%
Conservative2
9 for · 24 against
27%
Independent2
13 for · 3 against
81%
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
Lesley Heap Liberal Democrat—Active54🔒🔒subscribersMark Beynon Liberal Democrat—Active52🔒🔒subscribersOlly Wehring Liberal DemocratNorbitonActive38🔒🔒subscribersIan George ConservativeCoombe HillActive31🔒🔒subscribersLynn Henderson Liberal Democrat—Active21🔒🔒subscribersSharukh Mirza Liberal DemocratChessington South & Malden RushettActive21🔒🔒subscribersSteph Archer Liberal DemocratHook & Chessington Northto 2022-0320🔒🔒subscribersLiz Green Liberal DemocratSt Mark's & Seething WellsActive18🔒🔒subscribersRoger Hayes Liberal Democrat—Active17🔒🔒subscribersFarshid Sadr-Hashemi Liberal DemocratKingston GateActive16🔒🔒subscribersJames Giles IndependentGreen Lane & St JamesActive15🔒🔒subscribersPeter Herlinger Liberal Democrat—Active13🔒🔒subscribersAmir Ali Khan Liberal DemocratSurbiton Hillto 2023-048🔒🔒subscribersJohn Sweeney Liberal Democrat—to 2023-058🔒🔒subscribersJackie Davies Liberal DemocratBerrylandsActive7🔒🔒subscribersRowena Bass ConservativeCoombe Hillto 2024-035🔒🔒subscribersSabah Hamed Liberal DemocratKingston Gateto 2022-115🔒🔒subscribersAndreas Kirsch Liberal DemocratChessington South & Malden Rushettto 2020-113🔒🔒subscribersAlison Holt Liberal Democrat—to 2023-052🔒🔒subscribersGriseldis Kirsch Liberal DemocratChessington South & Malden Rushettto 2022-052🔒🔒subscribersIan Manders Liberal DemocratAlexandrato 2022-052🔒🔒subscribersYvonne Tracey Independent—to 2023-012🔒🔒subscribersAnita Schaper Liberal Democrat—to 2022-111🔒🔒subscribersDiane White Liberal DemocratSt Mark's & Seething Wellsto 2022-061🔒🔒subscribersEmily Davey Liberal DemocratNorbitonto 2021-121🔒🔒subscribersRichard Thorpe Liberal Democrat—Active1🔒🔒subscribersSusan Skipwith Liberal DemocratNorbitonto 2024-011🔒🔒subscribers
Sources & method
  1. [1]Party composition, control and seats — Kingston Upon Thames membership records (current state; historical composition not yet loaded).
  2. [2]Approval rate by year — Kingston Upon Thames published decision record, aggregated to calendar year. · methodology
  3. [3]Committee roster, chair and per-councillor votes — published Kingston 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.