2026 Brent London Borough Council election

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The 2026 Brent London Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2026, as part of the 2026 United Kingdom local elections. All 57 seats on Brent London Borough Council were contested. The election took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs.[2][3]

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2026 Brent London Borough Council election
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7 May 2026 (2026-05-07)
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All 57 seats to Brent London Borough Council
29 seats needed for a majority
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Leader Muhammed Butt Suresh Kansagra Mary Mitchell
Party Labour Conservative Green
Last election 49 seats, 57.9% 5 seats, 24.3% 0 seats, 3.7%
Seats before 42[1] 5 5
Seats won -16 +6 +4
Seats after 26 seats 11 seats 9 seats
Seat change -23 +6 +9
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Leader Paul Lorber
Party Liberal Democrats Independent
Last election 3 seats, 13.6% 0 seats, 0.5%
Seats before 3 2
Seats won +8 -2
Seats after 11 seats 0 seats
Seat change +8 0
Results by Ward
Leader before election

Muhammed Butt
Labour

 Leader after election

TBD

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Labour lost their majority on the council but remained the largest party.

Background

History

The thirty-two London boroughs were established in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963. They are the principal authorities in Greater London and have responsibilities including education, housing, planning, highways, social services, libraries, recreation, waste, environmental health and revenue collection. Some of the powers are shared with the Greater London Authority, which also manages passenger transport, police and fire.[4]

Since its formation, Brent has been variously under Labour control, no overall control and Conservative control. Only Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrat and Green councillors have been elected to the council. The council has had an overall Labour majority since the 2010 election.[5] The Liberal Democrats lost all but one of their seats in the 2014 election and lost their final seat in the 2018 election, but returned to the council in the most recent election in 2022 winning three councillors. The incumbent leader of the council is Muhammed Butt, who has held that position since 2014.

Council term

Kathleen Fraser was suspended from the Labour group in June 2025 pending the outcome of an investigation.[6] In October 2025, Labour councillor Rajan Seelan defected to the Conservatives.[7] In December 2025, five Labour councillors defected to form the first Green grouping on the council.[8] In March 2026, one Labour councillor defected to Your Party.[9] Sunita Hirani was suspended from the Conservatives in April 2026.[10]

Electoral process

Brent, as is the case all other London borough councils, elects all of its councillors at once every four years, with the previous election having taken place in 2022. The election takes place by multi-member first-past-the-post voting, with each ward being represented by two or three councillors. Electors will have as many votes as there are councillors to be elected in their ward, with the top two or three being elected.

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in London aged 18 or over are entitled to vote in the election. People who live at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, are entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities.[11] Voting in-person at polling stations takes place from 7:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters are able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.[11]

Council composition

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After 2022 election Before 2026 election After 2026 election
Party Seats Party Seats Party Seats
Labour 49 Labour 41 Labour 26
Conservative 5 Conservative 5 Conservative 11
Liberal Democrats 3 Liberal Democrats 3 Liberal Democrats 11
Green 5 Green 9
Independent 2
Your Party 1
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Results summary

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2026 Brent London Borough Council election
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 26 0 23 Decrease 23
  Conservative 11 6 0 Increase 6
  Liberal Democrats 11 8 0 Increase 8
  Green 9 9 0 Increase 9
  Independent 0 0 0 Steady 0
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Ward results

Alperton

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Alperton[12] (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Krishna Chauhan 2,042 47.5
Liberal Democrats Anton Georgiou* 2,029 47.2
Liberal Democrats Charlie Clinton* 2,006 46.6
Labour Nimisha Ananada 845 19.6
Labour Mansoor Akram 785 18.2
Labour Delroy Morrison 711 16.5
Conservative Sanjana Karnani 655 15.2
Conservative Hema Mistry 620 14.4
Conservative Vinodchandra Patel 577 13.4
Reform Gunjan Patel 475 11.0
Green Roger Berlea 471 10.9
Green Emma Russell 453 10.5
Reform Vishal Patel 439 10.2
Reform Aparna Pandya 428 9.9
Green Amy Sharrocks 371 8.6
Turnout 4,546 40.7 Decrease 2.7
Registered electors 11,183
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Liberal Democrats hold
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Barnhill

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Barnhill[13] (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rhoda Ibrahim 664 29.5
Labour Robert Johnson* 637 28.3
Green Femi Abel 560 24.9
Conservative Tara Furlong 527 23.4
Conservative Mabel Balogun 520 23.1
Green Rosanna de Lisle 477 21.2
Independent Kathleen Fraser* 413 18.3
Reform Raju Karania 252 11.2
Reform Manish Pancholi 218 9.7
Liberal Democrats Zoe Georgiou 121 5.4
Liberal Democrats Shirley Kurland 117 5.2
Turnout 2,398 29.9 Increase 0.7
Registered electors 8,015
Labour hold
Labour hold
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Brondesbury Park

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Brondesbury Park[14] (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ryan Hack* 2,066 59.0
Labour Tashi Thomas 1,356 38.7
Green Erica Gbajumo* 1,112 31.8
Green Beninio McDonough 762 21.8
Conservative Frederic Fulton 392 11.2
Conservative Raphael Fulton 353 10.1
Reform Will Awomoyi 263 7.5
Reform Felipe Raskin 261 7.5
Liberal Democrats Hannah Camilleri 239 6.8
Liberal Democrats Lorraine King 198 5.7
Turnout 3,679 38.7 Increase 7.5
Registered electors 9,501
Labour hold
Labour hold
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Cricklewood and Mapesbury

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Cricklewood and Mapesbury[15] (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tariq Dar* 1,295 43.9
Labour Gwen Grahl* 1,160 39.4
Green William Relton 879 29.8
Green Paul Stephens 722 24.5
Conservative Usman Cheema 370 12.6
Reform Robert Afia 331 11.2
Conservative Ashokkumar Patel 318 10.8
Liberal Democrats Alyssa Gilbert 295 10.0
Reform Vignesh Natarajan 269 9.1
Liberal Democrats Anthony Dunn 255 8.7
Turnout 3,056 32.7 Increase 2.4
Registered electors
Labour hold
Labour hold
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Dollis Hill

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Dollis Hill[16] (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Parvez Ahmed* 1,593 42.9
Labour Liz Dixon* 1,541 41.5
Labour Arshad Mahmood* 1.425 38.3
Green Pappy Bowsie 880 23.7
Green Jeremy Hadwin 811 21.8
Green Bastôn De'Medici-Jaguar 806 21.7
Liberal Democrats Alison Hopkins 570 15.3
Reform Nigel Green 544 14.6
Conservative Osmond Ajibade 480 12.9
Liberal Democrats Diana Ayres 455 12.2
Conservative Benjamin Goodrick 447 12.0
Reform Yogi Patel 434 11.7
Conservative Aloka Roy 402 10.8
Reform Klaudian Kokoshi 393 10.6
Liberal Democrats Suzanne O'Farrell 369 9.9
Turnout 3,960 28.4 Increase 0.6
Registered electors 13,904
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold
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Harlesden and Kensal Green

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Harlesden and Kensal Green[17] (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tina Amadi 1,714 41.9
Green Amandine Alexandre 1,684 41.1
Labour Matt Kelcher* 1,622 39.6
Labour Mili Patel* 1,502 36.7
Green Ahmed Ahmed 1,483 36.2
Green Zengha Wellings-Longmore 1,315 32.1
Conservative Alastair McWilliams 390 9.5
Conservative Elisabete Lemos 371 9.1
Liberal Democrats Charles Brand 340 8.3
Liberal Democrats Ben Clarke 339 8.3
Reform Said Deria 300 7.3
Reform Mansukh Karsan 292 7.1
Conservative Padraig Furlong 284 6.9
Liberal Democrats Nina Czudej 263 6.4
Reform Alfaiz Saiyad 241 5.9
Independent Abi Odunsi 140 3.4
Turnout 4,312 31.1 Increase 5.7
Registered electors 13,848
Labour hold
Green gain from Labour
Labour hold
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Kenton

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Kenton[18] (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Suresh Kansagra* 2,136 46.1
Conservative Anup Patel 1,960 42.3
Conservative Sai Madabhushi 1,679 36.3
Independent Sunita Hirani* 1,273 27.5
Green Hannah Lindoewood 801 17.3
Green Ishaan Singh 749 16.2
Labour Co-op Janice Long 746 16.1
Labour Co-op John Poole 720 15.6
Labour Co-op Zubaida Hassan 678 14.6
Green Peter Murry 662 14.3
Reform Ian Collier 647 14.0
Reform Sanjay Radia 597 12.9
Reform David Lawes 570 12.3
Liberal Democrats George Binney 270 5.8
Liberal Democrats Himal Mehta 257 5.6
Liberal Democrats Sanjay Nazerali 141 3.0
Turnout 4,965 39.1 Increase 3.8
Registered electors 12,694
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
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Kilburn

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Kilburn[19] (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Suzanne Gallagher 1,578 44.6
Green Stephen Malonga 1,411 39.9
Green Paul Ryan 1,347 38.1
Labour Rita Conneely* 1,290 36.5
Labour Anthony Molloy* 1,134 32.1
Labour Leeta Holmes 1,112 31.5
Reform Lester Blent 351 9.9
Conservative Dai Edwards 337 9.5
Liberal Democrats Tilly McAuliffe 332 9.4
Reform Andrew Capon 329 9.3
Liberal Democrats Edwin Dooley 326 9.2
Reform Astrid Wallace 284 8.0
Conservative Yashika Manji 278 7.9
Conservative Gerald Soames 271 7.7
Liberal Democrats Derick Rethans 226 6.4
Turnout 3,691 31.1 Increase 6.1
Registered electors 11,861
Green gain from Labour
Green gain from Labour
Green gain from Labour
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Kingsbury

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Kingsbury[20] (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Saqib Butt* 870 34.0
Labour Jasbinder Bajwa 856 33.4
Conservative Prashant Parekh 659 25.7
Conservative Ravi Rawat 599 23.4
Green Kaci Kerwick 550 21.5
Green James Paton 516 20.2
Reform Michael Furlong 392 15.3
Reform Marius Carp 367 14.3
Liberal Democrats Larry Ngan 159 6.2
Liberal Democrats Violet Steele 151 5.9
Turnout 2,665 33.3 Increase 2.0
Registered electors 8,012
Labour hold
Labour hold
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Northwick Park

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Northwick Park[21] (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Keith Perrin 1,255 39.0
Green Nisha Vakani 912 28.3
Labour Narinder Bajwa* 883 27.4
Conservative Sneha Chaubi 822 25.5
Conservative Wilhelmina Mitchell-Murray 681 21.2
Labour Shyamala Rajan-Vince 648 20.1
Reform Tae-Reece Brown 408 12.7
Reform Mahendra Negi 397 12.3
Liberal Democrats David Johnson 233 7.2
Liberal Democrats Satish Sharma 200 6.2
Turnout 3,413 38.1 Increase 4.7
Registered electors 8,938
Green gain from Labour
Green gain from Labour
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Preston

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Preston[22] (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Harshadbhai Patel 1,010 36.2
Conservative Michael Maurice 894 32.0
Green Kaushik Bhattacharya 807 28.9
Labour Co-op Daniel Kennelly* 729 26.1
Labour Co-op Orleen Hylton* 656 23.5
Green Georgina Vanmali 590 21.1
Reform Jeffrey Deen 230 8.2
Reform Iosif Borsos 223 8.0
Independent Nadia Klok 183 6.6
Liberal Democrats Valerie Brown 154 5.5
Liberal Democrats Martin Lemon 109 3.9
Turnout 2,935 37.2 Increase 2.3
Registered electors 7,877
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Labour
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Queens Park

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Queens Park[23] (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Deborah Unger 1,992 40.6
Liberal Democrats Fiona Mulaisho 1,973 40.2
Liberal Democrats Barbara Want 1,910 39.0
Labour Marc Harris 1,346 27.5
Labour Lesley Smith* 1,308 26.7
Labour Neil Nerva* 1,266 25.8
Green Felix Ingram 1,115 22.7
Green Rasine Nkwaya 986 20.1
Green Phillip Weitzman 901 18.4
Conservative Owen Matthews 417 8.5
Conservative Elsie Ocran 339 6.9
Reform Yariv Reeve 303 6.2
Reform Sarla Negi 296 6.0
Conservative Harshilkumar Prajapati 290 5.9
Reform Sonu Sharma 268 5.5
Turnout 5,004 39.9 Increase 8.5
Registered electors 12,549
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
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Queensbury

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Queensbury[24] (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kanta Mistry* 2,325 54.8
Conservative Jayanti Patel* 2,252 53.0
Conservative Manoj Mishra 2,162 50.9
Labour Simon Cheng 924 21.8
Labour Omid Fadakar 872 20.5
Labour Candy Nyarko 768 18.1
Green Eleanor Corr 633 14.9
Green Amy Garvey-Eckett 587 13.8
Green Hassan Warsame 517 12.2
Reform Mohil Gohil 371 8.7
Reform Lalit Mohanty 346 8.1
Reform Marius Moisa 337 7.9
Liberal Democrats Arvind Patel 231 5.4
Liberal Democrats Eileen Barker 207 4.9
Liberal Democrats David Hopkins 206 4.9
Turnout 4,434 36.8 Increase 2.6
Registered electors 12,048
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Labour
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Roundwood

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Roundwood[25] (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Samiah Anderson 1,414 45.9
Labour Fleur Donnelly-Jackson* 1,377 44.7
Labour Jake Rubin* 1,363 44.3
Green Harbi Farah 1,013 32.9
Green Karishma Patel 941 30.6
Green Abdillahi Mohamed 918 29.8
Reform Ying Cheng 285 9.3
Reform Syed Alam 275 8.9
Conservative Ashish Pant 261 8.5
Liberal Democrats Virginia Brand 251 8.2
Conservative Sat Shekhar 250 8.1
Reform Azhar Khan 240 7.8
Conservative Anubhav Shukla 230 7.5
Liberal Democrats Joel Clarke 225 7.3
Liberal Democrats Richard Sisson 191 6.2
Turnout 3,219 29.3 Increase 4.2
Registered electors 10,986
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold
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Stonebridge

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Stonebridge[26] (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Abdi Aden* 1,399 40.5
Labour Promise Knight* 1,243 36.0
Labour Trevor Blackman 1,238 35.8
Green Daud Hussein 825 23.9
Green Sam Angelova 819 23.7
Green Sharla Kew 762 22.0
Independent Asif Zamir 669 19.4
Independent James Rossi 494 14.3
Conservative Kathleen Hall 421 12.2
Independent Ali Javed 407 11.8
Conservative Ajoy Roy 336 9.7
Conservative Sellathurai Jeyakumar 332 9.6
Reform Sunil Mendonca 292 8.4
Reform Aruna Ranganatha 282 8.2
Reform Chintan Zaveri 237 6.9
Liberal Democrats Mohammad Anwar 209 6.0
Liberal Democrats Abdul Matin 151 4.4
Liberal Democrats Attila Szep 147 4.3
Workers Party Zeeshan Akhtar 107 3.1
Turnout 3,738 25.5 Increase 3.2
Registered electors 14,683
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold
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Sudbury

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Sudbury[27] (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Lorber* 1,776 49.4
Liberal Democrats Nirmala Patel 1,523 42.4
Labour Teo Benea* 764 21.8
Labour Greg Innes 650 18.1
Conservative Harish Patel 601 16.7
Green Bridget Craghill 441 12.3
Conservative Mihir Shah 418 11.6
Reform Neha Patel 344 9.6
Green Geevaka Silva 338 9.4
Reform Himanshu Finaviya 317 8.8
Turnout 3,728 39.1 Increase 2.3
Registered electors 9,536
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
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Tokyngton

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Tokyngton[28] (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Muhammed Butt* 939 36.3
Conservative Shamim Chowdhury 864 33.4
Conservative Vijaya Mokal-Parekh 835 32.3
Labour Co-op Krupa Sheth* 819 31.7
Green Martin Francis 486 18.8
Green Effie Woods 385 14.9
Reform Vincent McGovern 279 10.8
Reform Kevin Nugent 253 9.8
Liberal Democrats Peggy Cruickshank 175 6.8
Liberal Democrats Shaheen Khan 134 5.2
Turnout 2,682 34.9 Increase 0.9
Registered electors 7,695
Labour hold
Conservative gain from Labour
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Welsh Harp

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Welsh Harp[29] (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Amer Agha* 1,075 29.0
Conservative Sapna Chadha 1,052 28.3
Labour Iftekhar Ahmed 1,002 27.0
Conservative Anand Roy 996 26.8
Conservative Mohammed Alghoul 946 25.5
Labour Fathima Naleer 909 24.5
Green Ahmed Mohamed 770 20.7
Reform Chris Palmer 767 20.7
Green Richard Porter 759 20.4
Green Ruth Washbrook 703 18.9
Reform Ash Misal 669 18.0
Reform Wojtek Poza 647 17.4
Liberal Democrats Peter Corcoran 305 8.2
Liberal Democrats Freda Raingold 216 5.8
Liberal Democrats Ieva Tomsone 187 5.0
UKIP David Howard 69 1.9
Independent Elcena Jeffers 65 1.8
Turnout 3,906 31.9 Increase 4.9
Registered electors 12,246
Labour hold
Conservative gain from Labour
Labour hold
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Wembley Central

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Wembley Central[30] (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Daniel Brown 1,918 36.5
Liberal Democrats Hetal Jansali 1,824 34.7
Liberal Democrats Jigar Shah 1,742 33.2
Conservative Rajan Arasu-Seelan* 1,603 30.5
Conservative Ryan D'Souza 1,568 29.8
Conservative Sushil Rapatwar 1,503 28.6
Labour Sonia Shah* 1,035 19.7
Labour Ketan Sheth* 971 18.5
Labour Anita Thakkar 848 16.1
Green Marina McIntyre 516 9.8
Reform Jayeshkumar Patel 495 9.4
Green Caren Owen 444 8.5
Reform Irene Lobo 441 8.4
Green Miranda Persaud 441 8.4
Reform Brijesh Dokwal 411 7.8
Turnout 5,518 42.6 Increase 5.8
Registered electors 12,952
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
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Wembley Hill

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Wembley Hill[31] (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Angela De Souza 1,456 40.7
Conservative Floyd do Rosario 1,211 33.8
Labour Lloyd McLeish 1,166 32.6
Conservative Pranav Patel 1,151 32.2
Labour Ishma Moeen* 1,139 31.8
Conservative Harmit Vyas 1,054 29.5
Green Charles Fernandes 611 17.1
Green Camille Ainsworth 601 16.8
Green Ibraheem Nawaz 526 14.7
Reform Jolene Dias 408 11.4
Reform Sandra Assuncao 392 11.0
Reform Vanita Mendonca 364 10.2
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Gordon 231 6.5
Liberal Democrats Douglas Lee 182 5.1
Liberal Democrats Jonah Weisz 135 3.8
Independent Andi Porri 106 3.0
Turnout 3,742 32.7 Increase 2.6
Registered electors 11,449
Labour hold
Conservative gain from Labour
Labour hold
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Wembley Park

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Wembley Park[32] (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Iman Ahmadi Moghaddam* 613 36.4
Green Najib Warsame 504 30.0
Labour Ajmal Akram 476 28.3
Labour Apurva Sharma 432 25.7
Liberal Democrats Maggie Lau 382 22.7
Liberal Democrats Neil Pickles 264 15.7
Reform Francis Henry 188 11.2
Reform Sushil Dokwal 172 10.2
Conservative Semi Ideis 161 9.6
Conservative Elizabeth Johnson 172 10.2
Turnout 1,746 22.9 Increase 1.9
Registered electors 7,629
Green gain from Labour
Green gain from Labour
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Willesden Green

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Willesden Green[33] (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Saqlain Choudry* 1,714 40.0
Green Mary Mitchell 1,654 38.6
Labour George Burn 1,566 36.5
Green Tony Ethapemi 1,478 34.5
Green Nat Teves 1,380 32.2
Labour Prerna Thakkar 1,338 31.2
Liberal Democrats Philip Alexander 524 12.2
Reform Andrew Beckman 523 12.2
Liberal Democrats Mark Cummins 449 10.5
Conservative Christopher Geldart 442 10.3
Reform Emmanuel Flavius 424 9.9
Reform Satish Ramanandan 386 9.0
Conservative Mohamed Elnaiem 346 8.1
Conservative Retno Widuri 328 7.6
Liberal Democrats Ulla Thiessen 316 7.4
Turnout 4,558 35.8 Increase 4.9
Registered electors 12,722
Labour hold
Green gain from Labour
Labour hold
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