2026 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election
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2026 English local government election
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The 2026 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election will take place on 7 May 2026.[2] All 50 members of Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council will be elected. The elections will take place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.[3]
In May 2024, Conservative candidate Stéphanie Petit won the Norland by-election.[4]
Previous council composition
| After 2022 election | Before 2026 election | After 2026 election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Party | Seats | Party | Seats | |||
| Conservative | 35 | Conservative | 36 | |||||
| Labour | 13 | Labour | 7 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | 2 | Liberal Democrats | 2 | |||||
| Green | 0 | Green | 1 | |||||
| Independent | 0 | Independent | 4 | |||||
Changes 2022–2026:
- April 2023: Emma Dent Coad (Labour) leaves party to sit as an independent[5]
- October 2023:
- December 2023: Mona Adam (Labour) joins Greens[8]
- March 2024:
- May 2024: Stephanie Petit (Conservative) wins by-election[11]
- October 2025: Toby Benton (Labour) leaves party to sit as an independent[12]
Results
Abingdon
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Sarah Addenbrooke | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Angus Cameron | ||||
| Reform | Justin Cook | ||||
| Conservative | Anne Cyron | ||||
| Green | Guler Alice Ergun | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Good | ||||
| Labour | Pat Healy | ||||
| Conservative | James Husband | ||||
| Labour | Annabelle Louvros | ||||
| Reform | Fiona McWatters | ||||
| Labour | Andrew Moran | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Owen | ||||
| Reform | Max Windsor | ||||
Brompton & Hans Town
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Penelope Bouchot Humbert | ||||
| Reform | Bella Buchanan | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Maurizio Campolo | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Rees Cowne | ||||
| Conservative | Walaa Idris | ||||
| Labour | Marian Kearney | ||||
| Reform | Suzy Lewis | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Alia Mahmud | ||||
| Conservative | Sof McVeigh | ||||
Campden
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Otto Barrow | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Bellamy | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Juan Carrizosa | ||||
| Reform | Victoria Chapman | ||||
| Independent | Stephen Conboy | ||||
| Labour | Ruth Daniel | ||||
| Labour | Ouafae Elmansouri | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Juni Farmanfarmain | ||||
| Conservative | Catherine Faulks | ||||
| Conservative | Preety Hudd | ||||
| Reform | Josh Ismail | ||||
| Conservative | Lloyd North | ||||
| Reform | Alistair Wellman | ||||
Chelsea Riverside
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Andrew Barclay | ||||
| Conservative | Heena Bellara | ||||
| Independent | Amal Ah Bider | ||||
| Green | Julian Burger | ||||
| Conservative | Laura Burns | ||||
| Conservative | Max Chauhan | ||||
| Labour | Ann Corbett | ||||
| Labour | Keith Cunningham | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Moya Denman | ||||
| Reform | Alexa Jago | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Kosta | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Margo Schwartz | ||||
| Reform | Henry Woodruff | ||||
Colville
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Cyrus Ardalan | ||||
| Green | Samantha Batra | ||||
| Green | Wilson Leon Brathwaite | ||||
| Labour | Cihan Cheron | ||||
| Conservative | Elena Gheorghe | ||||
| Reform | Theodore Karpinski | ||||
| Conservative | Minna Korjonen | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Tom Mayers | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Brian Orrell | ||||
| Labour | Monica Press | ||||
| Labour | Jack Reason | ||||
| Reform | Deborah Skinner | ||||
| Reform | Matthew Snell | ||||
| Conservative | Rahul Tharmaratnam | ||||
| Green | Steph Warrick | ||||
Courtfield
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Tina Alkaff | ||||
| Labour | Alex Anstruther | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Luisa Esposito | ||||
| Conservative | Janet Evans | ||||
| Reform | Robert Fleming | ||||
| Conservative | Greg Hammond | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Vincent Lowe | ||||
| Conservative | Quentin Marshall | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Christophe Noblet | ||||
| Labour | Margaret Pringle | ||||
| Green | Theo Verden | ||||
| Reform | Luke Wates | ||||
| Reform | Claire Wheatley | ||||
Dalgarno
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Alex De Silva | ||||
| Green | Rahul Imran | ||||
| Independent | Eva Jedut | ||||
| Green | Rayen Naghi | ||||
| Conservative | Gordon Newell | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Abdullahi Nur | ||||
| Reform | Margaret Parker | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Alex Porter | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Nuria Sabin-Mosquera | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Alex Tatton-Brown | ||||
| Reform | Albert Woodruff | ||||
Earl's Court
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Cloe Braganca | ||||
| Reform | Adam Burclaff | ||||
| Conservative | Andrea Dardi | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Sofia Gurrola | ||||
| Reform | Anas Hassan | ||||
| Conservative | Esther Idoko | ||||
| Reform | Natalia Jesurun Ballestas | ||||
| Labour | David O'Connell | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | James Ortiz | ||||
| Conservative | Brian Stephens | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Linda Wade | ||||
| Green | Elske Daisy Waite | ||||
| Labour | John Winter | ||||
Golborne
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Deida Acer | ||||
| Green | Mona Adam | ||||
| Green | Alex Clarke | ||||
| Reform | Donocan Gill | ||||
| Conservative | Harry Hopkins | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Sabina Kelly | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Sina Lari | ||||
| Conservative | Ellie Jane Lines | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Peter Marshall | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Nadia Nail | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Roland | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Tony Somers | ||||
| Green | Bhupinder Kaur Sudan | ||||
| Conservative | Kieran Terry | ||||
| Reform | Krzysztof Ziembla | ||||
Holland
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Aarien Areti | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Daniel Borrero Fresno | ||||
| Labour | Lina El Baz | ||||
| Green | Lene El-Malak | ||||
| Conservative | Lucy Knight | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Hugh Lalor | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Nadia Macdonald | ||||
| Reform | Maahan Mirnezami | ||||
| Reform | Nellie Mirnezami | ||||
| Labour | Caterina Perrone | ||||
| Reform | Arman Rahimi | ||||
| Labour | Sonny Remmer-Riley | ||||
| Conservative | Johnny Thalassites | ||||
Norland
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Max Alexander | ||||
| Green | Angela Georgievski | ||||
| Conservative | Marc Goldfinger | ||||
| Reform | Adam Irving | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Joe Mayers | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Carmel McLoughlin | ||||
| Conservative | Stéphanie Petit | ||||
| Labour | Amal Saleh | ||||
| Reform | David Spring | ||||
Notting Dale
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Kasim Ali | ||||
| Reform | Adrian Cardenas | ||||
| Reform | Angie Defoe | ||||
| Conservative | Cordelia Evans | ||||
| Green | Rema Farhan | ||||
| No description | Zack Gilpin | ||||
| Reform | Robin Hobbes | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Yury Kanavalau | ||||
| Conservative | Ben Louis Fforde Cresswell | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Ben Mayers | ||||
| Conservative | Tom Montgomery | ||||
| Green | Jamie Rahman | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Gillian Shaw | ||||
| Labour | Claire Simmons | ||||
| Labour | Portia Thaxter | ||||
Pembridge
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Hridi Chowdhury | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Sam Dodgshon | ||||
| Reform | Kristi Gulliver | ||||
| Conservative | Georgia Hardisty | ||||
| Labour | Ayah Mamode | ||||
| Reform | Henry McWatters | ||||
| Labour | Taif Rahman | ||||
| Conservative | Natacha Tannous Ritchie | ||||
Queen's Gate
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Max Dodd-Noble | ||||
| Green | Max Dunne | ||||
| Conservative | Sam Mackover | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Sheila McGuirk | ||||
| Labour | Bob Mingay | ||||
| Reform | Kezia Noble | ||||
| Labour | Linda Reid | ||||
| Labour | Keith Stirling | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Pawel Urbanski | ||||
| Reform | Thomas Walker | ||||
| Conservative | Ned Whitley | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Luke Woollen | ||||
| Reform | Juliet Zhong | ||||
Redcliffe
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Maria Arana | ||||
| Labour | Robert Atkinson | ||||
| Conservative | Tom Bennett | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | J-F Burford | ||||
| Labour | Lucas Cadman | ||||
| Reform | Alexander Hewett | ||||
| Reform | Emma Hollands | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Zihan Jin | ||||
| Reform | Jonathan O'Keefe | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Marguerite Ohan | ||||
| Conservative | Marie-Therese Rossi | ||||
| Green | Genevieve Shanahan | ||||
| Conservative | Sidney Yankson | ||||
Royal Hospital
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Helen Ashby | ||||
| Conservative | Elizabeth Campbell | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Caroline Church | ||||
| Green | Alice Clack | ||||
| Reform | Deborah Iliffe | ||||
| Conservative | Cem Kemahli | ||||
| Reform | David Linsey | ||||
| Labour | Abdulmajid Malin | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Penelope Pocock | ||||
| Labour | Stuart Shapro | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Alexandra Walker | ||||
| Conservative | Emma Will | ||||
St Helen's
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Billy Beckett | ||||
| Green | Doulla Croft | ||||
| Reform | Charles Dunn | ||||
| Green | Charles Foster-Hall | ||||
| Conservative | Yusuf Ibrahim | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Paula McPherson | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Lucy Shaw | ||||
| Reform | Henry Sire | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Rosemary Somers | ||||
| Conservative | Maxwell Woodger | ||||
Stanley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ali Awil | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jose Buera | ||||
| Reform | Marc Murca | ||||
| Reform | Emma Mackenzie | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Carl Michel | ||||
| Labour | Hassan Muhamud | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Arsalan Nazim | ||||
| Labour | Sylvia Parnell | ||||
| Conservative | Will Pascall | ||||
| Conservative | Josh Rendall | ||||
| Independent | Iain Smith | ||||
| Conservative | Kim Taylor-Smith | ||||
| Reform | Lucy Woodruff | ||||
References
- ↑ The 3 Independent councillors sat in The Independent Group.
- ↑ "Kensington and Chelsea Council Composition: Latest". opencouncildata.co.uk. Open Council Data UK. Archived from the original on 15 February 2026. Retrieved 15 February 2026.
- ↑ "Local elections in London will test support for Reform UK and Greens". BBC News. 1 January 2026. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
- ↑ "Number of councils that have requested delay to local elections revealed - is yours one of them?". Sky News. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
- ↑ Lynch, Ben (3 May 2024). "New Kensington and Chelsea councillor 'humbled' after by-election win in Norland". My London. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
- ↑ Burford, Rachael (27 April 2023). "Labour's former Kensington MP Emma Dent Coad quits party calling it 'unrecognisable'". The Standard. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ↑ Zorzut, Adrian (30 November 2023). "Councillor faces hearing after social media posts about Sharia law and retweeting far-right accounts". Archived from the original on 4 December 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ↑ Zorzut, Adrian (12 December 2023). "Councillor quits Labour for Greens as former party in 'open war' against itself". My London. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ↑ "Kensington and Chelsea has its first Green councillor following the defection of Councillor Mona Adam from Labour". Radio Jackie. 6 December 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ↑ Boothroyd, David. "In like Flintshire". LocalCouncils.co.uk.
- ↑ Boothroyd, David. "The Dream shall never Dye". LocalCouncils.co.uk. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Norland Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ↑ Zorzut, Adrian (28 October 2025). "Labour loses another London councillor as member quits to be independent". My London. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Statement of Persons Nominated | Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea". www.rbkc.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2026.
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