2026 Croydon London Borough Council election

Croydon, 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.

Croydon is one of five London councils led by a directly elected mayor; all voters across the borough vote to elect a mayor by first past the post system in addition to voting for their local councillor.

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.^[5] 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.^[5]

Kemi Badenoch visited Croydon before launching the Conservatives local election campaign in March 2026, and stated that shoplifting would be a major issue.^[6]

On 28 March, Nigel Farage held a rally at Fairfield Halls.^[7][8] He announced that Reform UK would cut council tax and said there were 21 council officers on salaries above £100,000, despite the debt crisis.^[9][10]

In early 2025, the local Reform branch selected Sharon Carby, a person from Bradford who died in 2024, as their mayoral candidate.^[11][12][13]

Incumbent councillors seeking re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Councillors seeking re-election for a different ward are marked with a cross (†).