2026 Camden London Borough Council election

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The 2026 Camden London Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2026, as part of the 2026 United Kingdom local elections. All 55 members of Camden London Borough Council were elected. The election took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs.[3][4]

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2026 Camden London Borough Council election
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7 May 2026 (2026-05-07)
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All 55 seats to Camden London Borough Council
28 seats needed for a majority
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Leader Richard Olszewski Lorna Jane Russell
Party Labour Green
Leader since 22 July 2024[1] 30 November 2023
Leader's seat Holborn and Covent Garden
(defeated)		 Highgate
Last election 47 seats, 56.6% 1 seat, 5.1%
Seats before 45[2] 1
Seats won 30 11
Seat change Decrease 17 Increase 10
Popular vote 52,281 43,206
Percentage 32.8% 27.1%
Swing Decrease 23.8pp Increase 22.0pp
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Leader Tom Simon Steve Adams
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative
Leader since 13 May 2022 7 May 2024
Leader's seat Belsize Frognal
Last election 4 seats, 17.6% 3 seats, 19.2%
Seats before 6 3
Seats won 10 3
Seat change Increase 6 Steady
Popular vote 23,617 22,423
Percentage 14.8% 14.1%
Swing Decrease 2.8pp Decrease 5.1pp
Map showing the results of the 2026 Camden London Borough Council election
Council composition after the election.
  Labour: 30 seats
  Liberal Democrats: 10 seats
  Conservative: 3 seats
  Green: 11 seats
  Camden People’s Alliance: 1 seat
Leader before election

Richard Olszewski
Labour

 Leader after election

Sagal Abdi-Wali
Labour

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Background

Result of the 2022 council election

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.[5]

Since its formation, Camden has variously been 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; the most recent election in 2022 saw Labour win 47 seats with 56.6% of the overall vote. The Liberal Democrats won four seats with 17.6% of the vote, the Conservatives won three seats with 19.2% of the vote, and the Greens won one seat with 5.1% of the vote. The incumbent leader of the council was the Labour councillor Richard Olszewski, who held that position from 2024 until his defeat at this election to the Green Party.

Electoral process

The central space at the Camden Council offices bedecked in banners for the May 2026 Camden elections count on 8 May 2026

Camden, as is the case with 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.[6] 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.[6]

Two floors of activity at the May 2026 Camden council election count
Looking down three floors on the declaration stage for the May 2026 Camden elections

Council composition

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After 2022 election Before 2026 election
Party Seats Party Seats
Labour 47 Labour 44
Liberal Democrats 4 Liberal Democrats 6
Conservative 3 Conservative 3
Green 1 Green 1
Independent 0 Independent 1
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Changes 2022–2026:

  • May 2022: Adrian Cohen (Labour) resigns – by-election held July 2022[7]
  • July 2022: Linda Chung (Liberal Democrats) gains by-election from Labour[8]
  • April 2023: Will Prince (Labour) resigns – by-election held June 2023[9]
  • June 2023: Tommy Gale (Labour) wins by-election[10]
  • October 2023: Siân Berry (Green) resigns – by-election held November 2023[11]
  • November 2023: Lorna Russell (Green) wins by-election[12]
  • March 2024: Gio Spinella (Conservative) resigns – by-election held May 2024[13]
  • May 2024: Steve Adams (Conservative) wins by-election[14]
  • July 2024: Danny Beales (Labour), Georgia Gould (Labour), and Lloyd Hatton (Labour) resign – by-elections held September 2024[15][16]
  • September 2024: Joseph Ball (Labour), Tricia Leman (Labour), and Robert Thompson (Labour) win by-elections[17][18][19]
  • March 2025: Shiva Tiwari (Labour) joins Conservatives[20]
  • July 2025: Shiva Tiwari (Conservative) resigns – by-election held August 2025[21]
  • August 2025: Janet Grauberg (Liberal Democrats) gains by-election from Labour[22]
  • April 2026: Sue Vincent (Labour) leaves party to sit as an independent[23]

Election results

Election result

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2026 Camden London Borough Council election[24]
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 55 30 Decrease 17 54.54 32.84 52,281
  Green 49 11 Increase 10 20.00 27.14 43,206
  Liberal Democrats 55 10 Increase 6 18.19 14.83 23,617
  Conservative 55 3 Steady 5.45 14.08 22,423
  Camden People's Alliance 6 1 Increase 1 1.82 3.15 5,007
  Reform 44 0 Steady 0.00 7.51 11,950
  Independent 3 0 Steady 0.00 0.34 545
  National Housing Party 3 0 Steady 0.00 0.11 171
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Ward results

Counting the results in Kilburn, South Hampstead and West Hampstead wards

List of candidates:[25]

Belsize

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Belsize (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Judy Dixey* 1,191 35.7
Liberal Democrats Tom Simon* 1,162 34.8
Liberal Democrats Matthew Kirk* 1,132 33.9
Conservative Alexander Donnelly 1,028 30.8
Conservative Peter Horne 949 28.4
Conservative Shelley Rubinstein 949 28.4
Green Stefano Casalotti 548 16.4
Labour Dan Bilenga 488 14.6
Labour Tamsin Mitchell 488 14.6
Green Jessica Noske-Turner 468 14.0
Labour Neville McKay 464 13.9
Green Bobby Raj 393 11.8
Reform Joycelyn Buffouge 261 7.8
Reform Coren Lass 261 7.8
Reform Candice McElroy 236 7.1
Turnout 39.21 +0.81
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
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Bloomsbury

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Bloomsbury (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sabrina Francis* 910 40.2
Labour Adam Harrison 886 39.1
Green Lilac Carr 846 37.4
Labour Rishi Madlani* 827 36.5
Green Matthew Parsfield 817 36.1
Green Volodymyr Lukyanov 763 33.7
Conservative William Frost 266 11.7
Reform Christopher Cooke 251 11.1
Reform Richard Samuel 241 10.6
Conservative Stuart Leach 236 10.4
Liberal Democrats Katie Cooke 198 8.7
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Lewin 198 8.7
Conservative Paul Bhangal 181 8.0
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Barnett 172 7.6
Turnout 33.76 +3.56
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Green gain from Labour Swing
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Camden Square

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Camden Square (2 seats)[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sagal Abdi-Wali* 890 42.3
Labour Tricia Leman 848 40.3
Green Helen Doyle 830 39.4
Green Adam Haswell 687 32.6
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Newman 164 7.8
Independent Michael Britton 162 7.7
Reform Oliver Pearce 162 7.7
Reform Juan Ojeda-Sanchez 151 7.2
Conservative Roger Freeman 119 5.7
Liberal Democrats Samel Tomas 106 5.0
Conservative Jamie Webb 93 4.4
Turnout 36.89 +5.09
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
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Camden Town

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Camden Town (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Pat Callaghan* 746
Labour Matt Cooper 620
Green Peter Goldsmith 583
Green Philip Nelson 544
Reform David Haig 142
Conservative James Kafton 113
Liberal Democrats Ekaterina Kirk 111
Conservative Susan Lee 109
Reform Vedamsh Vaidya 96
Liberal Democrats Rafe Offer 84
Turnout 32.42 +3.22
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
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Fortune Green

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Fortune Green (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Nancy Jirira* 1,376
Liberal Democrats William Coles 1,199
Liberal Democrats Farrell Monk 1,151
Green Erin Carlson 847
Labour Katie Clark 746
Labour Kasia Kramer 646
Green Bruno Leipold 632
Labour Matthew Houlsby 623
Green Corne Verster 564
Conservative Ian Cohen 481
Conservative David Brierley 405
Conservative Dominic Parker 328
Reform Wendy Taylor 266
Reform Zachary Ilunga 248
Turnout 37.48 +0.28
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
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Frognal

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Frognal (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Steven Adams* 1,034
Conservative Juliette Graham 933
Green Charles Harris 361
Labour Jack Leader 355
Labour Willow Parker 342
Green Catherine Keshishian 339
Reform Marx De Morais 253
Liberal Democrats Reetendra Banerji 243
Liberal Democrats Valdir Francisco 236
Reform Thomas Sterling 233
Turnout 39.06 +5.16
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
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Gospel Oak

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Gospel Oak (3 seats)[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Richard Atkins 1,240
Labour Marcus Boyland* 1,208
Labour Larraine Revah* 1,192
Green Andrea Paramananthan 1,165
Green Rob Reeves 1,137
Labour Matthew Sudlow 1,100
Reform Alan Drummond 444
Reform Lindsey Mitchell 425
Reform David Moore 420
Liberal Democrats Margaret Jackson-Roberts 360
Liberal Democrats James Bowen 350
Conservative Peter Straker 343
Conservative Raphaël Link-Gurprasad 319
Conservative Saed Mohamed 279
Liberal Democrats Sunil Hiranandani 247
Turnout 39.18 +5.68
Green gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
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Hampstead Town

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Hampstead Town (2 seats)[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Linda Chung* 1,221
Conservative Stephen Stark* 1,069
Liberal Democrats Aimery Roquefort 960
Conservative Amanda Sefton 814
Labour Anna Burrage 492
Green Laura Rohde 388
Green Justin Hoffman 333
Labour Michael Williams 320
Reform Laura Phillips 190
Turnout 48.14 +4.84
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
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Haverstock

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Haverstock (3 seats)[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kemi Atolagbe* 1,366
Labour Rebecca Filer* 1,322
Labour Nasrine Djemai* 1,255
Green Mohamed Farah 1,209
Green Andrej Mecava 1,117
Green Aziz Hakimi 1,034
Liberal Democrats Katharine Burge 351
Conservative Josh Mackenzie-Lawrie 320
Conservative John Webber 319
Reform Robert Wheater 313
Reform Aindrias Ōh-Ēineagāin 300
Conservative Alex Williams 298
Liberal Democrats Joseph Tobin 259
Liberal Democrats Alidad Moaveni 220
Turnout 37.99 +6.69
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
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Highgate

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Highgate (3 seats)[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Lorna Jane Russell* 1,908
Labour Camron Aref-Adib* 1,815
Labour Anna Wright* 1,810
Green Alice Brown 1,612
Green James Dicker 1,352
Labour John Carr 1,253
Conservative Judith Barnes 522
Conservative Will Finn 494
Conservative Johnny Chapman 425
Reform Ben Brook 342
Liberal Democrats Henry Potts 250
Liberal Democrats Mark Finney 205
Liberal Democrats Munro Price 184
Turnout 52.65 +3.65
Green hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
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Holborn and Covent Garden

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Holborn and Covent Garden (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Hamza Chowdhury 1,271
Green Jim Monahan 1,176
Green James White 1,144
Labour Julian Fulbrook* 1,035
Labour Livia Paggi 848
Labour Richard Olszewski 749
Reform Michael Kane 309
Reform Jack Nott-Bower 302
Reform Atlan Dervish 263
Conservative Alison Frost 248
Conservative Tim Frost 220
NHPUK Patrick McGinnis 217 2.5
Conservative Keith Sedgwick 189
Liberal Democrats Charlotte O’Brien 185
Liberal Democrats Stephen Barabas 182
NHPUK Mark Furnell 166
Liberal Democrats Erich Wagner 132
Rejected ballots 19
Turnout 37.4 +4.5
Green gain from Labour Swing
Green gain from Labour Swing
Green gain from Labour Swing
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Kentish Town North

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Kentish Town North (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Sylvia McNamara* 1,367
Labour Co-op James Slater* 1,351
Green Brigitte Ascher 1,163
Green Hannah Morris 1,129
Reform Claire Mortimer 141
Reform Colin Rennie 137
Conservative Darryl Davies 124
Conservative Richard Merrin 109
Liberal Democrats Roger Pillai 84
Liberal Democrats Rex Shackle 72
Rejected ballots 7
Turnout 49.59 +9.3
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Labour Co-op hold Swing
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Kentish Town South

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Kentish Town South (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Meriç Apak* 1,441
Labour Joseph Ball* 1,425
Labour Annabelle Williams 1,320
Green Pete Hutchings 1,278
Green Ashoka Phillips 1,209
Green Kai Nixon 1,198
Reform Genieve Laidman 272
Reform George Spencer 268
Conservative Robert Brittain 219
Liberal Democrats Stacey Offer 171
Conservative Robert Ricketts 161
Liberal Democrats Joseph Macdonogh 155
Conservative Devin Kohli 147
Liberal Democrats Hinne Tuinstra 124
Rejected ballots 12
Turnout 41.26 +24.91
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
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Kilburn

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Kilburn (3 seats)[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eddie Hanson* 970
Green Ash Atkinson 954
Green Andre Lopez-Turner 880
Labour Robert Thompson* 828
Green Mukhtar Moalin 795
Labour Nanouche Umeadi* 732
Conservative Ben Storrs 307
Conservative Rahoul Bhansali 293
Reform Andrew Preston 292
Conservative Carole Ricketts 278
Reform Mac Harwood 269
Liberal Democrats Tracey Shackle 261
Liberal Democrats Hamir Patel 220
Liberal Democrats Daviyan Kothari 208
Turnout
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King's Cross

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King's Cross (3 seats)[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lotis Bautista* 1,048
Labour Jonathan Simpson 995
Labour Liam Martin-Lane* 979
CPA Joel Anderson 778
CPA Shezan Renny 694
CPA Paul Renny 687
Liberal Democrats Joan Baktis 236
Reform Andre Cowell-Berry 224
Conservative Cat Frost 224
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Pearson 218
Reform Anthony Hegarty 212
Liberal Democrats Derek McAuley 204
Conservative Robyn Gardner 194
Conservative Tom Hatton 186
NHPUK Luke McCarthy 60
Turnout
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Primrose Hill

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Primrose Hill (3 seats)[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dan Corby 1,209 35.9
Labour Lauren Keiles 1,196 35.6
Labour Suleiman Osman 1,013 30.1
Conservative Esmeralda Akpoke 977 29.0
Conservative Paul Tavares 956 28.4
Conservative Shajib Ziffer 794 23.6
Green Tom Ash 785 23.3
Green Helen Tindale 749 22.3
Green Matthew Wrigley 621 18.5
Reform David Flatley 340 10.1
Liberal Democrats Catherine Hays 328 9.8
Reform Nik Lodenos 292 8.7
Reform Nicholas Theodorou 290 8.6
Liberal Democrats Lawrence Nicholson 289 8.6
Liberal Democrats Lenka Fekulova 251 7.5
Turnout
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Regent's Park

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Regent's Park (3 seats)[34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Victoria Mery 1,138
Green Muhammed Naser 1,054
Green Ruman Jaigirdar 1,010
Labour Nasim Ali* 973
Labour Heather Johnson* 929
Labour Nadia Shah 905
Reform Sean Fairbrother 354
Reform Dean Goldenberg 331
Reform Beverley Martin 321
Conservative Martin Sheppard 274
Conservative Vladimir Chorniy 262
Conservative Alexandra Marsanu 240
Liberal Democrats Christopher Gayford 189
Liberal Democrats Mary Stainer 170
Liberal Democrats Farhan Islam 113
National Housing Party Jose Fafian 46
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Naser won election, but was ineligible to be a councillor by virtue of being a teacher at a Camden secondary school.[35]

South Hampstead

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South Hampstead (3 seats)[36]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Izzy Lenga* 1,006
Labour Francesca Reynolds 930
Labour Arun Kumar 925
Conservative Susan Aykroyd 816
Liberal Democrats Tara Copeland 795
Green Andrea Cornwell 758
Green CJ Jessup 711
Liberal Democrats Pranay Hariharan 706
Liberal Democrats Laurence Lodge 693
Conservative Andy Marsh 679
Conservative Wakjira Feyesa 637
Green John Payne 618
Reform Douglas De Morais 261
Reform Valerie Moss 247
Turnout
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St Pancras and Somers Town

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St Pancras and Somers Town (3 seats)[37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Samata Khatoon* 1,092
Labour Shah Miah* 1,018
CPA Shah Bakth 999
Labour Edmund Frondigoun* 978
CPA Sarah Friday 943
CPA Raqhib Islam 906
Reform William Bennett 432
Reform Solomon Gold 367
Reform Theodore Roth 366
Liberal Democrats Hannah Billington 265
Liberal Democrats Stewart Jenkins 192
Liberal Democrats David Elkan 191
Conservative Alex Ellis 188
Conservative David Roberts 162
Conservative Cosmo Webster 161
NHPUK Angel Daden 65
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West Hampstead

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West Hampstead (3 seats)[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Janet Grauberg* 1,421
Liberal Democrats Patrick Stillman 1,164
Liberal Democrats Arti Wadhwani 1,068
Labour Sharon Hardwick* 782
Green Jane Walby 661
Labour Leo Gordon 629
Green Les Levidow 601
Labour Tabby Merrison-Galvin 596
Green Jason Pritchard 586
Conservative Ewan Cameron 376
Conservative Jacob Solon 298
Conservative Aarti Joshi 268
Reform Eitan Saloniki 224
Reform Julios Samarxhiu 201
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By-elections

Regent's Park

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Regent's Park by-election: 9 July 2026
Ineligibility of Muhammed Naser (Green)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nanouche Umeadi 576 32.4
Green Alice Brown 482 27.1
Independent Mohammad Khan 407 22.9
Conservative Vladimir Chorniy 137 7.7
Reform Janet Martin 123 6.9
Liberal Democrats Windle Potts 51 2.9
Turnout 1,789 21.9
Rejected ballots 13
Labour gain from Green Swing
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