Member Questions 2021-2022

A FOI (Freedom of Information) request has revealed how many Member (Councillor) enquiries were received between 6 May 2021 and 6 April 2022 from Members of the Council. The council does not record policy enquiries made by Councillors and these figures do not represent all of the casework that members undertake, only that which is logged through the member enquiries system.

First NameSurnamePartyQsWard
MichaelBRUNTLabour0Figges Marsh
BenBUTLERLabour0Abbey
MaryCURTINLabour0Lower Morden
OwenPRITCHARDLabour0Cricket Green
JohnDEHANYLabour1Graveney
AndrewHOWARDConservative1Village
DavidSIMPSONConservative1Hillside
MarsieSKEETELabour1Longthornton
AgathaAKYIGYINALabour2Figges Marsh
EloiseBAILEYLib Dems2West Barnes
NickDRAPERLabour2St Helier
CarlQUILLIAMLabour2West Barnes
DavidWARDLabour2Colliers Wood
StanANDERSONLabour3Lower Morden
DavidCHUNGLabour3Longthornton
DennisPEARCELabour3St Helier
NajeebLATIFConservative4Village
RussellMAKINLabour4Cricket Green
PeterMCCABELabour4Ravensbury
AidanMUNDYLabour4Pollards Hill
ThomasBARLOWConservative5Village
DavidDEANConservative7Dundonald
BillyCHRISTIELabour8Lavender Fields
EdwardFOLEYMerton Park Independent11Merton Park
GeraldineSTANFORDLabour11Figges Marsh
DickieWILKINSONMerton Park Independent11Merton Park
TobinBYERSLabour12Graveney
BrendaFRASERLabour13Longthornton
SimonMCGRATHLib Dems13Dundonald
StephenALAMBRITISLabour14Ravensbury
JamesHOLMESConservative14Trinity
RebeccaLANNINGLabour14Cricket Green
EdithMACAULEYLabour14Lavender Fields
PeterSOUTHGATEMerton Park Independent14Merton Park
DavidWILLIAMSConservative14Hillside
PaulineCOWPERLabour18Cannon Hill
LaxmiATTAWARLabour19Colliers Wood
OmarBUSHConservative19Raynes Park
JoanHENRYLabour19Pollards Hill
StephenCROWEConservative22Raynes Park
NigelBENBOWConservative23Abbey
PaulKOHLERLib Dems27Trinity
OonaghMOULTONConservative28Wimbledon Park
CarolineCOOPER-MARBIALabour29Colliers Wood
JaniceHOWARDConservative29Wimbledon Park
HayleyORMRODConservative37Trinity
EleanorSTRINGERLabour44Abbey
HinaBOKHARILib Dems46West Barnes
EdwardGRETTONConservative48Wimbledon Park
AdamBUSHConservative51Raynes Park
LindaKIRBYLabour52Graveney
NickMCLEANConservative52Cannon Hill
HelenaDOLLIMORELabour56St Helier
DanielHOLDENConservative89Hillside
AnthonyFAIRCLOUGHLib Dems92Dundonald
JeniferGOULDLib Dems116Cannon Hill
NatashaIRONSLabour123Ravensbury
SallyKENNYLabour157Lower Morden
MartinWHELTONLabour172Pollards Hill
MarkALLISONLabour249Lavender Fields

Note: Ex Council Leader Cllr Mark Allison was paid as a full-time member of staff for Merton Council, his enquiries has been assigned to Lavender Fields Ward but could apply to any of the 20 wards.

Being a Cabinet Member should also skew these figures.

Each ward has three Councillors, the three* individual member enquires has been combined to show by ward the number locally.

WardCllrs PartiesTotal Questions
Village3 Conservative Cllrs10
Figges Marsh3 Labour Cllrs13
Longthornton3 Labour Cllrs17
Cricket Green3 Labour Cllrs18
Merton Park3 Merton Park Ind Cllrs36
Colliers Wood3 Labour Cllrs50
West Barnes2 Lib Dem, 1 Labour Cllrs50
St Helier3 Labour Cllrs61
Graveney3 Labour Cllrs65
Abbey2 Labour, 1 Conservatives Cllrs67
Trinity2 Conservative, 1 Lib Dem Cllrs78
Hillside3 Conservative Cllrs89
Raynes Park3 Conservative Cllrs92
Wimbledon Park3 Conservative Cllrs105
Dundonald2 Lib Dem, 1 Conservative Cllr112
Ravensbury3 Labour Cllrs141
Lower Morden3 Labour Cllrs160
Cannon Hill1 Conservative, 1 Labour, 1 Lib Dem Cllr186
Pollards Hill3 Labour Cllrs195
Lavender Fields3 Labour Cllrs271

IMPORTANT: Can this data from Merton Council be trusted? See How Accurate is Merton Council FOI Data page.

See 2018-2019 Data, 2019-2020 Data and 2020-2021 Data