Heathrow expansion - be heard

In 2013 nearly 60,000 Richmond residents made their voice heard regarding the future of Heathrow. The results were presented to the Government to demonstrate that any further expansion of Heathrow Airport is not acceptable to the majority of people in West London.

Background

Between 22 April and 16 May 2013, residents from Richmond and Hillingdon boroughs were invited to cast their vote on two questions.

1. Should a third runway be built at Heathrow?
2. Are you in favour of more flights into and out of Heathrow?

140,516 votes were received in total, which represented an overall turnout of 41%.

The results show that an overwhelming majority of residents in both boroughs (72%) are against a third runway and 73% do not want to see any more flights in or out of the airport. That is over 100,000 people saying ‘No’ to both questions.

Results

Richmond upon Thames' Heathrow referendum results

Richmond upon Thames	Number of votes
Number of ballots distributed	136,880
Overall turnout	43% (59,466)
Should a third runway be built at Heathrow?	Yes: 20% (12,055), No: 80% (47,031)
Are you in favour of more flights into and out of Heathrow?	Yes: 18% (10,853), No: 82% (48,100)

Breakdown of results by ward

Ward	Turnout (number of cleansed responses received)	Response to Q1 - should a third runway be built at Heathrow? Yes	% Yes response to Q1	Response to Q1 - should a third runway be built at Heathrow? No	% No response to Q1	Response to Q2 - are you in favour of more flights into and out of Heathrow? Yes	% Yes response to Q2	Response to Q2 - are you in favour of more flights into and out of Heathrow? No	% No response to Q2
Heathfield	3,230	851	26	2,378	74	700	22	2511	78
Whitton	3,187	728	23	2,457	77	654	21	2515	79
West Twickenham	3,314	728	22	2,586	78	658	20	2652	80
St Margarets and North Twickenham	3,472	604	17	2,866	83	555	16	2908	84
South Twickenham	3,159	614	19	2,540	80	544	17	2604	82
Twickenham Riverside	3,105	701	23	2,401	77	633	20	2464	79
Hampton	3,319	876	26	2,440	74	788	24	2526	76
Fulwell and Hampton Hill	3,264	716	22	2,547	78	658	20	2600	80
Hampton Wick	3,230	809	25	2,415	75	737	23	2481	77
Teddington	3,340	737	22	2,599	78	702	21	2626	79
Hampton North	2,919	852	29	2,059	71	773	26	2132	73
North Richmond	3,440	537	16	2,901	84	455	13	2978	87
South Richmond	3,427	606	18	2,819	82	539	16	2880	84
Ham, Petersham and Richmond Riverside	2,977	647	22	2,328	78	612	21	2353	79
East Sheen	3,582	493	14	3,086	86	410	11	3161	88
Mortlake and Barnes Common	3,281	504	15	2,776	85	465	14	2809	86
Kew	3,815	561	15	3,250	85	515	13	3292	86
Barnes	3,077	491	16	2,583	84	455	15	2608	85
Total	59,138	12,055	20	47,031	80	10,853	18	48,100	81