2026 Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council election
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2026 English local government election
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The 2026 Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council election will take place on 7 May 2026.[2] All 48 members of Kingston upon Thames 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 2022 the Liberal Democrats retained control of Kingston upon Thames council.[4] The Conservatives formed the opposition with three seats.[5]
Previous council composition
| After 2022 election | Before 2026 election | After 2026 election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Party | Seats | Party | Seats | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 44 | Liberal Democrats | 42 | |||||
| Conservative | 3 | KIRG | 4 | |||||
| KIRG | 1 | Conservative | 2 | |||||
Changes 2022–2026:
- September 2022: Tim Cobbett (Liberal Democrats) resigns – by-election held November 2022[6]
- November 2022: Yvonne Tracey (KIRG) wins by-election[7]
- November 2023: Jamal Chohan (Conservative) joins KIRG[8]
- May 2024: Steph Archer (Liberal Democrats) resigns – by-election held July 2024[9]
- July 2024: Lorraine Dunstone (Liberal Democrats) wins by-election[10]
- August 2024: Kamala Kugan (Liberal Democrats) joins KIRG[11]
Ward results
Alexandra
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Jill Anderson | |||
| Reform | Ann Buchan | |||
| Green | Anna Burlingsby | |||
| Labour | Margaret Freedman | |||
| Conservative | Simon Illsley | |||
| Conservative | Arjun Johal | |||
| Green | Des Kay | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Amir Khan | |||
| Labour | James Lock | |||
| KIRG | Aaron Mafi | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Manders | |||
| KIRG | Gavin Pushparajan | |||
| Total votes | ||||
| Turnout | ||||
Berrylands
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Anthony Ayoola | |||
| Reform | Anthony Bateman | |||
| Conservative | Paul Bedforth | |||
| Labour | Estelle Buchanan | |||
| Labour | Roy Green | |||
| Green | Joyce Kay | |||
| Conservative | Steve Kent | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Rizwana Malik | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Anita Schaper | |||
| Green | Philip Smith | |||
Canbury Gardens
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Anand Rajpurohit | |||
| Conservative | Mohammad Beheshti | |||
| KIRG | Ali Abdulla | |||
| Reform | Maria Blake | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Nicolai Due-Gundersen | |||
| Labour | Kelly Galvin | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Higgins | |||
| Reform | Anthony Larkin | |||
| KIRG | Mihaela McKendrick | |||
| Labour | Christopher Priest | |||
| Total votes | ||||
| Turnout | ||||
Chessington South & Malden Rushett
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Simon Bain | |||
| Conservative | Irena Boylett | |||
| Monster Raving Loony | A Chinners | |||
| Monster Raving Loony | Captain Coiley | |||
| Conservative | John Eakin | |||
| Reform | Kevin Eggleton | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Andreas Kirsch | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Griseldis Kirsch | |||
| Reform | Pawel Lachowski | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Sharukh Mirza | |||
| Labour | Alfred Pirotta | |||
| Labour | Laurie South | |||
| Conservative | Sue Towner | |||
| Labour | Fe Wood | |||
| Total votes | ||||
| Turnout | ||||
Coombe Hill
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Zain Abbas | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Tushar Aneja | |||
| Conservative | Rowena Bass | |||
| Reform | Jeanine Bateman | |||
| KIRG | Jamal Chohan | |||
| Conservative | Ian George | |||
| Green | Patrick Goodacre | |||
| Labour | Anthony Murray | |||
| KIRG | Zebunisa Rao | |||
| Labour | Sally Richardson | |||
| Total votes | ||||
| Turnout | ||||
Coombe Vale
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Brian Austen | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Kim Bailey | |||
| Green | Chloe Bell | |||
| KIRG | Phil Doyle | |||
| Labour | Nick Draper | |||
| KIRG | David James Giles | |||
| Conservative | Pallavi Konwar | |||
| Independent | Kamala Kugan | |||
| Conservative | Lee Marcel | |||
| Labour | Ian Parker | |||
| Reform | Sandy Piercey | |||
| KIRG | Suniya Qureshi | |||
| Conservative | Cathy Roberts | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Sillett | |||
| Labour | Brian Thomas | |||
| Green | Peter Whitworth | |||
| Total votes | ||||
| Turnout | ||||
Green Lane & St James
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Dunia Al-Baghdadi | |||
| Conservative | Mike Chattey | |||
| Labour | Pat Dobson | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Simon Foylan | |||
| KIRG | James Giles | |||
| Reform | Lucy Grimstone | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Rory Hall | |||
| Reform | Gregory Jarrett | |||
| Labour | Gerry Jones | |||
| Conservative | Rosemary Salusbury | |||
| KIRG | Yvonne Tracey | |||
| Total votes | ||||
| Turnout | ||||
Hook & Chessington North
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Sue Ansari | |||
| Green | Parsa Bahadori | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Joanne Barker | |||
| Reform | Angus Cameron | |||
| Conservative | Noëlle Carteret | |||
| Reform | John Cherry | |||
| Labour | David Cooper | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Lorraine Dunstone | |||
| KIRG | Liam Hebborn | |||
| Green | Elizabeth Hill | |||
| Conservative | David Phillips | |||
| Monster Raving Loony | Liam Secrett | |||
| Conservative | Kye Slawson-Powell | |||
| Labour | Christine Thompson | |||
| Labour | Rosemary Vase | |||
| Green | David Webb | |||
| Total votes | ||||
| Turnout | ||||
King George's & Sunray
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Nausheen Arnold | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Beynon | |||
| Conservative | Gia Borg-Darcy | |||
| Labour | Bob Freedman | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Helen Grocott | |||
| Green | Pauline Howard | |||
| KIRG | Danyaal Khwaja | |||
| KIRG | Julian McCarthy | |||
| Labour | Andrew Prosser | |||
| Green | Kate Worley | |||
| Total votes | ||||
| Turnout | ||||
Kingston Gate
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Matt Browne | |||
| KIRG | Noor Jamal Chohan | |||
| Reform | Robert Edwards | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Evans | |||
| KIRG | Kerry Giles | |||
| Labour | Tam Holmes | |||
| Reform | Alexander Horsfall | |||
| Labour | Frank Kitson | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Manners | |||
| Reform | Graham Matthews | |||
| Conservative | Rahul Naithani | |||
| Labour | James Oatridge | |||
| Conservative | Donald Porter | |||
| KIRG | Sonu Ali Sayeed | |||
| Conservative | Leela Seaton | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Sarah Wait-Sillett | |||
| Green | Elizabeth Walter | |||
| Green | Michael Wright | |||
| Total votes | ||||
| Turnout | ||||
Kingston Town
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Gillian Aston | |||
| Conservative | Terry Bowers | |||
| KIRG | Rubina Cassell | |||
| Labour | Elizabeth Coleman | |||
| Green | Peter Czaja | |||
| Green | James Dean | |||
| Reform | John Ennett | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Sabah Hamed | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Roger Hayes | |||
| Labour | Keegan Hillier | |||
| Reform | Tony James | |||
| Green | Raffaele Litto | |||
| Conservative | Marie McGuire | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Nicola Nardelli | |||
| Reform | Osvaldina Prezilius | |||
| KIRG | Jabeen Shah | |||
| KIRG | Hayley Smithers | |||
| Labour | James Stanton | |||
| Total votes | ||||
| Turnout | ||||
Motspur Park & Old Malden East
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Alastair Breen | |||
| Labour | Sean Casey | |||
| Reform | Diane Ferguson-Smith | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Callum Morrissey | |||
| Green | Bea Osbourne | |||
| Conservative | Terry Paton | |||
| Conservative | Rob Smith | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Wimal Wimalathasan | |||
| Reform | Riona Woodman | |||
| Total votes | ||||
| Turnout | ||||
New Malden Village
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | David Bent | |||
| Conservative | Caroline Bowis | |||
| Conservative | John Bowis | |||
| Labour | Tess Bowyer | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Durrant | |||
| Labour | Michelle Gordon | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Lesley Heap | |||
| KIRG | Richard Hebborn | |||
| Green | Lucy Howard | |||
| Green | Jem Kale | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Dongsung Kim | |||
| Conservative | Valerie McIntyre | |||
| Green | Joel Monroe | |||
| KIRG | Raju Pandya | |||
| Labour | Gary See | |||
| Reform | James Stileman | |||
| KIRG | Deepa Veneik | |||
| Total votes | ||||
| Turnout | ||||
Norbiton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Tony Banks | |||
| Conservative | Sandira Beeko | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Emily Davey | |||
| Conservative | Kevin Davis | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Sam Foulder-Hughes | |||
| Green | Martin Hall | |||
| Reform | Christopher Last | |||
| Green | Fahima Mahomed | |||
| Labour | Liz Meerabeau | |||
| Reform | Jo Melbourne | |||
| Reform | Andrew Parker | |||
| Conservative | John Rutter | |||
| Green | Dylan Stewart | |||
| KIRG | Soha Sultana | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Olly Wehring | |||
| Labour | Tom Wingfield | |||
| Total votes | ||||
| Turnout | ||||
Old Malden
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Nicholas Badham | |||
| Conservative | John Baek | |||
| Reform | Ismail Birant | |||
| Green | David Charlton | |||
| Conservative | Harry Foskin | |||
| KIRG | Clair Hebborn | |||
| Labour | Graeme Hodge | |||
| Labour | Rahul Khandelwal | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Mike Massimi | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Park | |||
| Green | Harrie Vischjager | |||
| KIRG | Chris Walton | |||
| Heritage | Michael Watson | |||
| Total votes | ||||
| Turnout | ||||
St Mark's & Seething Wells
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Joseph Al-Khalili | |||
| Green | Abbas Aref | |||
| Conservative | Tim Brown | |||
| Green | Archie Coyne | |||
| Green | Ayse Demir | |||
| Reform | Caroline Ford | |||
| Labour | Emma Francis | |||
| Reform | Nick Frei | |||
| Labour | John Matthews | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Helen Milestone | |||
| Reform | Marcus Mohammed | |||
| Conservative | Carole Robinson | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Sadler | |||
| Conservative | Ian Wilson | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Yogan Yoganathan | |||
| Total votes | ||||
| Turnout | ||||
Surbiton Hill
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Jackie Alex | |||
| Reform | Edward Alex | |||
| Conservative | Kristine Boudreau | |||
| KIRG | Andrea Chambers | |||
| KIRG | Glen Colegate | |||
| Labour | Oliver Freedman | |||
| Reform | Willaim Harris | |||
| Green | Nannette Herbert | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Alison Holt | |||
| KIRG | Easha-tir-Raazi Khawaja | |||
| Green | Emma Loffler | |||
| Green | Conor McGovern-Paul | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Tom Reeve | |||
| Conservative | Alasdair Rennie | |||
| Labour | Kris Saravanan | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Manish Shukla | |||
| Conservative | Colin Suckling | |||
| Labour | Rebecca Way | |||
| Total votes | ||||
| Turnout | ||||
Tolworth
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Luma Al-Azzawi | |||
| Labour | Victoria Bowers | |||
| Green | Louise Burlingsby | |||
| Reform | John Butcher | |||
| KIRG | Jessica Dearlove | |||
| Labour | Christopher Ellis | |||
| KIRG | Michael Winston Firth | |||
| Labour | Gill Gray | |||
| Reform | Silva Kaludura | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Jane Lim | |||
| Green | Owen Ostler | |||
| Conservative | Mary Perham | |||
| Conservative | Martin Pike | |||
| Reform | Alan Seager | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Thay Thayalan | |||
| KIRG | Mark David Thomas | |||
| Conservative | Andrew Willson | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Wooldrige | |||
| Total votes | ||||
| Turnout | ||||
Tudor
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Bernado Barreto-Kuhlbrodt | |||
| Conservative | Julian Bedale | |||
| Conservative | Jamila Bibi-Sarwar | |||
| Green | Alison Gomez-Russell | |||
| KIRG | Syreeta Howard-James | |||
| Reform | Jithwin Lalam Venkata | |||
| Labour | Michael Middleton | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Blaise Murphet | |||
| Labour | James Pike | |||
| Green | Lydia Poole | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Sachin Tulyani | |||
| KIRG | Maureen Wilkins | |||
| Total votes | ||||
| Turnout | ||||
References
- ↑ "Kingston upon Thames 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.
- ↑ "Kingston-upon-Thames result - Local Elections 2022". BBC News. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
- ↑ "Liberal Democrats hold Kingston with 41 seats won in local election". Surrey Comet. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
- ↑ Haidari, Eli (30 September 2022). "Cllr Cobbett resigns as ward councillor for Green Lane & St James in New Malden". Kingston Nub News. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
- ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Green Lane and St James Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
- ↑ Dalton, Emily (21 November 2023). "Kingston Councillor has Conservative whip removed and resigns from Party over Gaza ceasefire stance". Kingston Nub News. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
- ↑ Monk, Oliver (24 May 2024). "Local by-election expected alongside national race after councillor unexpectedly resigns". Kingston Nub News. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
- ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Hook and Chessington North Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
- ↑ Boothroyd, David. "Kamala not with the liberal Democrats". LocalCouncils.co.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
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