2026 Greenwich London Borough Council election
2026 English local government election
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The 2026 Greenwich London Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2026, as part of the 2026 United Kingdom local elections. All 55 members of Greenwich London Borough Council were elected. The election took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs.[2][3]
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| Turnout | 81,331 41.8% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Map of the results of the 2026 Greenwich London Borough Council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Greens in green. Striped wards have mixed representation. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Prior to the election, the council was under Labour majority control. The election saw Labour lose seats, notably to the Green Party, but Labour retained a majority of the council's seats.[4]
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.[5]
Since its formation, Greenwich has been continuously under Labour control except for the period from 1968 to 1971 when it was under Conservative control. In the most recent election in 2022, Labour won 52 seats with 57.9% of the vote and the Conservatives won 3 seats with 23.1% of the vote. The Green Party received 12.0% of the vote and the Liberal Democrats received 6.1% of the vote, but neither party won any seats. The incumbent leader of the council is the Labour councillor Anthony Okereke, who has held that position since May 2022.[6]
Council term
Labour lost three council seats during the council term since the 2022 election: losing the October 2024 Eltham Town and Avery Hill by-election to the Conservatives, councillor Majella Anning leaving the party in March 2025 to sit as an independent,[7] and losing the June 2025 Shooters Hill by-election to the Green Party.[8]
Electoral process
Greenwich, 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.[9] 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.[9]
Previous council composition
| After 2022 election | Before 2026 election | After 2026 election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Party | Seats | Party | Seats | |||
| Labour | 52 | Labour | 47 | Labour | 35 | |||
| Conservative | 3 | Conservative | 4 | Green | 13 | |||
| Green | 2 | Conservative | 6 | |||||
| Independent | 2 | Reform | 1 | |||||
Result summary
Council composition after the 2022 election
Council composition after the 2026 election
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 35 | 0 | 17 |  17 |
63.6% | 32.6% | 63,743 | 25.3pp | |
| Green | 13 | 13 | 0 |  13 |
23.6% | 26.9% | 52,502 | 14.9pp | |
| Conservative | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
10.9% | 15.5% | 30,322 | 7.6pp | |
| Reform | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
1.8% | 17.6% | 34,499 | 17.1pp | |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |
0.0% | 6.1% | 12,019 | | |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0.0% | 0.6% | 1,216 | 0.5pp | |
| Your Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0.0% | 0.5% | 1,064 | New | |
| Monster Raving Loony | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0.0% | 0.1% | 121 | | |
| Total | 55 | 195,486 | |||||||
Ward results
Abbey Wood
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Tom Creswell | 1,538 | 36.2 | ||
| Labour | Jummy Dawodu | 1,410 | 33.2 | ||
| Labour | Gaumaya Gurung Ranabhat | 1,292 | 30.4 | ||
| Green | Annabel Beales | 1,273 | 30.0 | ||
| Green | Ben Preston | 1,083 | 25.5 | ||
| Reform | Ruth Handyside | 968 | 22.8 | ||
| Reform | Austin Powers | 937 | 22.0 | ||
| Reform | Gregory Rodwell | 910 | 21.4 | ||
| Independent | Ann-Marie Imani Cousins | 783 | 18.4 | ||
| Conservative | Grace Aydin | 407 | 9.6 | ||
| Conservative | Simon Gallie | 357 | 8.4 | ||
| Conservative | Angela Skabrin | 273 | 6.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Finbarr Dominic Headon | 202 | 4.8 | ||
| Independent | Ronie Devere Johnson | 177 | 4.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Thomas Headon | 166 | 3.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Simon Robinson | 140 | 3.3 | ||
| Turnout | 4250 | 37.0 | +9% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Blackheath Westcombe
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mariam Lolovar | 1,848 | |||
| Labour | Leo Sean Fletcher | 1,844 | |||
| Labour | Christine St.Matthew-Daniel | 1,715 | |||
| Green | Jasmine Haga | 1,557 | |||
| Conservative | Geoff Brighty | 1,510 | |||
| Green | Fiona Moore | 1,502 | |||
| Green | Meena Thiagaraj | 1,400 | |||
| Conservative | Tim Waters | 1,132 | |||
| Conservative | Mary Pfeiffer | 1,130 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Sian Walsh | 652 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Ray Kay | 647 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Deramore Hutchcroft | 642 | |||
| Reform | Robert Kennedy | 627 | |||
| Reform | Vlad Lavtrientev | 519 | |||
| Reform | Topo Wresniwiro | 489 | |||
| Monster Raving Loony | Trevor William Allman | 121 | |||
| Turnout | 5,901 | 53.8 | +7.4% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Charlton Hornfair
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Jessica Holland | 1,289 | |||
| Labour | Bren Albiston | 1,207 | |||
| Green | Lakshan Saldin | 1,189 | |||
| Labour | Ambreen Hisbani | 1,022 | |||
| Reform | Philip Mark Dunn | 587 | |||
| Reform | Ann Teresa Kelly | 558 | |||
| Conservative | Rupert Fiennes | 340 | |||
| Conservative | Frederick Waters | 293 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Sam Burridge | 258 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Stuart Watkin | 189 | |||
| Turnout | 3,549 | 44.7 | +10.2 | ||
| Green gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Charlton Village and Riverside
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Gardner | 1,174 | |||
| Labour | Jo van den Broek | 1,065 | |||
| Green | Andrew Cowley | 978 | |||
| Green | Gary Dark | 912 | |||
| Reform | Stephen Briley | 434 | |||
| Reform | Caroline Everett | 422 | |||
| Conservative | Ivan Jinaru | 214 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Geoff Horrell | 180 | |||
| Conservative | Sandeep Kunchamwar | 175 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Tim Jeffery | 163 | |||
| Turnout | 2,933 | 42.4 | +9.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
East Greenwich
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Jo Land | 1,927 | |||
| Green | George Edgar | 1,899 | |||
| Green | Patrick Ives | 1,845 | |||
| Labour | Maisie Cottell | 1,437 | |||
| Labour | Erik Cummins | 1,341 | |||
| Labour | Majid Rahman | 1,267 | |||
| Reform | Charlie Kelly | 523 | |||
| Reform | Darren Ward | 506 | |||
| Reform | Martin Markov | 492 | |||
| Conservative | Oliver Bingham | 434 | |||
| Conservative | David Brinson | 406 | |||
| Conservative | Brian Weller | 340 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | James Jefford | 298 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Josh Rogers | 252 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Kieran Watkins | 246 | |||
| Turnout | 4,523 | 43.4 | +3.8 | ||
| Green gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Green gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Green gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Eltham Page
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Paul Banks | 940 | |||
| Labour | Jane Dickenson | 912 | |||
| Labour | Chris May | 797 | |||
| Reform | Siama Qadar | 790 | |||
| Green | Colin James | 465 | |||
| Green | Robert Ramcharan | 400 | |||
| Conservative | Spencer Drury | 380 | |||
| Conservative | Phil Russell | 303 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Alistair Mills | 124 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Elliot Shubert | 98 | |||
| Turnout | 5209 | 40.5 | +8.9 | ||
| Reform gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Eltham Park and Progress
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jeremy Fraser | 1,317 | |||
| Labour | Gabriella Olumide | 1,263 | |||
| Reform | Christian Achilli | 1106 | |||
| Reform | Scarlett Kelsey | 1064 | |||
| Conservative | Ben Crompton | 974 | |||
| Conservative | Anthonia Adolphus-Ugo | 882 | |||
| Green | Arthur Drury | 862 | |||
| Green | Sophie McGinness | 782 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Kieran Edwards | 249 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Jason Riddell | 218 | |||
| Independent | Earl Williamson | 42 | |||
Eltham Town and Avery Hill
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Charlie Davis | 2,006 | |||
| Conservative | Pat Greenwell | 1,893 | |||
| Conservative | Rob Sayers | 1,623 | |||
| Reform | Helen Banks | 1393 | |||
| Reform | Daniel Cozer | 1271 | |||
| Labour | Johnathan Akindutire | 1257 | |||
| Labour | Eleanor Haddock | 1249 | |||
| Reform | Azmi Besim | 1170 | |||
| Labour | Frederick Sullivan-Wallace | 1086 | |||
| Green | Michael Pickup | 763 | |||
| Green | Matt Stratford | 744 | |||
| Green | Mark Williams | 670 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Eileen Cox | 266 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Chuter | 234 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Pattenden | 222 | |||
| Independent | Arnold Tarling | 157 | |||
Greenwich Creekside
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Tillie Muir | 1,289 | |||
| Labour | Calum O'Byrne Mulligan | 1,265 | |||
| Green | Keira Randall | 1147 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Anthony Austin | 533 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Harrison | 305 | |||
| Conservative | Christopher Swift | 278 | |||
| Reform | Anthonio Mandika | 233 | |||
| Conservative | Rajinder Tamber | 190 | |||
| Reform | Scott Bailey | 91 | |||
Greenwich Park
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Stacy Smith | 1,514 | |||
| Green | Karin Tearle | 1,330 | |||
| Labour | Jen Davis | 1238 | |||
| Labour | Aidan Smith | 1191 | |||
| Reform | James Reynolds | 358 | |||
| Conservative | Andrew Bell | 344 | |||
| Reform | Keith Scholefield | 338 | |||
| Conservative | Alistair Green | 329 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Victoria Harris | 305 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Smith | 221 | |||
Greenwich Peninsula
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Austin McGrath | 982 | |||
| Green | Claire Selby | 955 | |||
| Labour | Denise Scott-McDonald | 924 | |||
| Green | Kit Tinkler | 861 | |||
| Labour | Rob Stebbings | 793 | |||
| Labour | Nick Williams | 790 | |||
| Conservative | Jennifer Roberts | 397 | |||
| Conservative | Michael Hoskin | 392 | |||
| Conservative | Martin Seiffarth | 337 | |||
| Reform | Anna Farra | 326 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Chamberlain | 309 | |||
| Reform | Alan Williams | 301 | |||
| Reform | Catalin Protea | 288 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Jack Sellick | 267 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Tim West | 243 | |||
Kidbrooke Park
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Fahy | 1,076 | |||
| Labour | Nikki Thurlow | 951 | |||
| Reform | Don Austen | 726 | |||
| Green | Veronica Judge | 681 | |||
| Reform | Terence Pratt | 681 | |||
| Green | Natacha Kennedy | 622 | |||
| Conservative | Malcolm Reid | 396 | |||
| Conservative | Carina Watney | 381 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Alison Kakoschke | 209 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Donald Reid | 157 | |||
Kidbrooke Village and Sutcliffe
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Sandra Bauer | 710 | |||
| Labour | Lewis Hurst | 640 | |||
| Green | Richard Graham | 586 | |||
| Green | Alison McCants | 580 | |||
| Reform | Alan Alison | 277 | |||
| Reform | Lil Hubbard | 254 | |||
| Conservative | Kate Drury | 243 | |||
| Conservative | Purabi Ghosh | 184 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Ashworth | 152 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Milne | 110 | |||
Middle Park and Horn Park
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Olu Babatola | 946 | |||
| Labour | Rachel Taggart-Ryan | 908 | |||
| Reform | Nicola Meaney | 780 | |||
| Reform | Adriana Cozer | 751 | |||
| Green | Ibrahim Balogun | 462 | |||
| Green | Anji Petersen | 439 | |||
| Conservative | Mandy Brinkhurst | 334 | |||
| Conservative | Matthew Brooker | 313 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Smith | 138 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Roger Spence | 101 | |||
Mottingham, Coldharbour and New Eltham
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Matt Hartley | 1,903 | |||
| Conservative | Roger Tester | 1,833 | |||
| Conservative | Luke Warren | 1,696 | |||
| Reform | Tom Bright | 1228 | |||
| Reform | Charles Case | 1178 | |||
| Labour | Tom Fielder | 1091 | |||
| Reform | Clara Rapley | 1074 | |||
| Labour | Angela Josiah | 1042 | |||
| Labour | Curtis Rulton | 900 | |||
| Green | Judy Delap | 643 | |||
| Green | Alex Pemberton | 601 | |||
| Green | Victoria Rance | 594 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Gentry | 172 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Judy Spence | 156 | |||
Plumstead and Glyndon
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Tammy Adhego | 1,759 | |||
| Labour | Jit Ranhabat | 1,610 | |||
| Labour | Adel Khaireh | 1,591 | |||
| Green | Emma Dalmayne | 1272 | |||
| Green | Victoria Ford | 1180 | |||
| Green | Duncan Platt | 988 | |||
| Your Party | Narendra Kandel | 720 | |||
| Reform | Matthew Beales | 677 | |||
| Reform | Michael Kelly | 610 | |||
| Reform | Len Heffer | 598 | |||
| Conservative | Christopher Anoty | 428 | |||
| Conservative | Doinita Avram | 350 | |||
| Conservative | Obidike Chukwuma | 349 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Young | 265 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Phebey | 211 | |||
Plumstead Common
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Leonie Barron | 1,684 | |||
| Green | Stewart Christie | 1,491 | |||
| Green | David Monteith | 1,477 | |||
| Labour | Issy Cooke | 1428 | |||
| Labour | Helen Laker | 1279 | |||
| Labour | Mohammed Khan | 1222 | |||
| Reform | Dee Blackburn | 979 | |||
| Reform | Elaine Greenwood | 976 | |||
| Reform | Gary Hubbard | 924 | |||
| Conservative | David Bennett | 528 | |||
| Conservative | Dorian Woodward | 380 | |||
| Conservative | Lenin Erazo | 367 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Martha Parkhurst | 236 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Duncan Wharton | 184 | |||
| Independent | Hetal Padhiar | 57 | |||
Shooters Hill
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Tamasin Rhymes | 1,569 | |||
| Green | Max Green | 1,483 | |||
| Labour | Timothy Folaranmi | 968 | |||
| Labour | Kim Sullivan | 830 | |||
| Reform | Steve Greenwood | 475 | |||
| Reform | Paul Walker | 466 | |||
| Conservative | Michael Dowd | 275 | |||
| Conservative | Sam Shuker | 225 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Kirstie Sheddon | 141 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Valerie Stainton | 108 | |||
Thamesmead Moorings
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Femi Solola | 1,202 | |||
| Labour | Averil Lekau | 1,186 | |||
| Reform | Jill Davies | 537 | |||
| Reform | Fergus McClelland | 486 | |||
| Green | Tinu Cornish | 477 | |||
| Green | Keith Crowhurst | 412 | |||
| Conservative | Diane Morris | 204 | |||
| Conservative | James Worron | 161 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Rhian O’Connor | 89 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Philip Symes | 66 | |||
West Thamesmead
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Nathan Baffour-Awuah | 718 | |||
| Labour | Jahdia Spencer | 589 | |||
| Green | Raul Diaz | 572 | |||
| Green | Samuel Hedges | 561 | |||
| Reform | Kathryn Breeden | 341 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Emmanuel Idowu | 328 | |||
| Reform | Josif Gjoka | 276 | |||
| Conservative | Ezra Aydin | 223 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Mursal Siyid | 210 | |||
| Conservative | Ibrahim Shittu | 187 | |||
Woolwich Arsenal
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Joshua Ayodele | 1,249 | |||
| Labour | Sam Littlewood | 1,103 | |||
| Labour | Jackie Smith | 1,072 | |||
| Green | Nathan Budden | 1023 | |||
| Green | Karen Janody | 976 | |||
| Green | Sangeeta Kalia | 967 | |||
| Conservative | Paul Brown | 417 | |||
| Reform | Alex Bowers | 411 | |||
| Reform | Tricia Kelly | 386 | |||
| Reform | Anthony Nwabudike | 350 | |||
| Conservative | Aileen Davis | 345 | |||
| Conservative | Hugh O'Leary | 343 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Lock | 295 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Michaela Moores | 283 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Ramesh Perera-Delacourt | 238 | |||
Woolwich Common
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Elizabeth Ige | 1,056 | |||
| Labour | Anthony Okereke | 1,032 | |||
| Green | Kirsty Gardiner | 808 | |||
| Green | Sem Longhurst | 666 | |||
| Reform | Selina Mayne | 341 | |||
| Reform | Alan Cecil | 317 | |||
| Conservative | Jonathan Morris | 208 | |||
| Conservative | Victoria Wilson | 194 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Matthew Glinsman | 146 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Ulysse Abbate | 139 | |||
Woolwich Dockyard
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Asli Mohammed | 1,082 | |||
| Labour | Raja Zeeshan | 972 | |||
| Green | Dakota Gibbs | 779 | |||
| Green | DJ Cracknell | 580 | |||
| Reform | David Chunu | 387 | |||
| Reform | Rozalia Protea | 372 | |||
| Your Party | Tom Adhikari | 344 | |||
| Conservative | Paul Butler | 289 | |||
| Conservative | Patricia Gossington | 227 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | David Kaye | 163 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Matti Pekkola | 93 | |||