2026 Merton London Borough Council election
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2026 English local government election
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 Ward map of Merton London Borough Council. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2026 Merton London Borough Council election will take place on 7 May 2026.[2] All 57 members of Merton 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, Labour held control of Merton Council[4] although their leader lost his seat to the Liberal Democrats who became the official opposition on the Council for the first time.[5] In January 2026, the pollster Lord Hayward suggested that the Liberal Democrats could mount a significant challenge to Labour in Merton at the 2026 local elections, suggesting the borough was one where the party could potentially take control.[6]
Previous council composition
Council composition after the 2022 election![Council composition As of March 2026[update]](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/United_Kingdom_Merton_Council_London_Borough_Council.svg/500px-United_Kingdom_Merton_Council_London_Borough_Council.svg.png)
Council composition As of March 2026[update]
![Council composition As of March 2026[update]](#/media/File:United_Kingdom_Merton_Council_London_Borough_Council.svg)
| After 2022 election | Before 2026 election | After 2026 election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Party | Seats | Party | Seats | |||
| Labour | 31 | Labour | 30 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | 17 | Liberal Democrats | 16 | |||||
| Conservative | 7 | Conservative | 7 | |||||
| Merton Park RA | 2 | Merton Park RA | 2 | |||||
| Independent | 0 | Independent | 1 | |||||
| Vacant | N/A | Vacant | 1 | |||||
Changes 2022–2026:
- January 2024: Caroline Charles (Labour) suspended from party[7]
- May 2024: Natasha Irons (Labour) and Helena Dollimore (Labour) resign – by-elections held July 2024[8]
- July 2024: Franca Ofeimu (Labour) and Shuile Syeda (Labour) win by-elections[9][10]
- January 2026: Jenifer Gould (Liberal Democrats) resigns – seat left vacant until 2026 election[11]
Ward results
Abbey
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Kara Regina Rose Una Abrams | ||||
| Conservative | Nigel Charles Benbow | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | John Matthew Braithwaite* | ||||
| Green | George Nicholas Burridge | ||||
| Labour | Andrew Robert Copeland | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Klaar Dresselaers* | ||||
| Reform | Clark Inglis | ||||
| Conservative | Ellie Christina Lauren Ioannou | ||||
| Labour | Shajaki Jeyaveerasingam | ||||
| Reform | Zoe Miller | ||||
| Reform | Simon Ogilvie-Harris | ||||
| Green | James Sellers | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Barry John Smith | ||||
| Conservative | Cleon Edmund Enrique Wilson | ||||
Cannon Hill
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Emma Jane Alexander | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Asif Ashraf | ||||
| Labour | Mohammad Ahsan Ashraf | ||||
| Reform | Troy Lee Bowler | ||||
| Labour | Neil Valentine Davies | ||||
| Reform | Paul Gaskin | ||||
| Conservative | Nick McLean* | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Robert James Mitchell | ||||
| Conservative | Michael Charles Joseph Paterson* | ||||
| Conservative | Frank Laurance Pocock | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Richard David Poole | ||||
| Green | Margaret Clare Rogers | ||||
| Labour | Elizabeth Ann Sherwood | ||||
| Reform | John William Wigmore | ||||
Colliers Wood
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Oliver Beumer | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jenny Booth | ||||
| Conservative | Andrew Robert Cole | ||||
| Labour | Caroline Masue Cooper-Marbiah* | ||||
| Conservative | Rob Cossins | ||||
| Green | Conor Mark Dunwoody | ||||
| Independent | Alex Forbes | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | George Hadjiyiannakis | ||||
| Green | Fevzi Hussein | ||||
| Conservative | Martin Thomas Lake | ||||
| Green | Mehmood Naqshbandi | ||||
| Labour | Stuart Neaverson* | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | John Michael Oliver | ||||
| Reform | William Richards | ||||
| Labour | Joanna Sieradzinska | ||||
| Reform | Edward Smith | ||||
Cricket Green
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Michael Kevin Butcher* | ||||
| Conservative | Eleanor Anne Cox | ||||
| Labour | Usaama Kaweesa* | ||||
| Reform | Richard Law | ||||
| Green | Ryan Lee Omamori Letbe-Holder | ||||
| Conservative | Peter Vindal Ludvigsen | ||||
| Labour | Gill Manly* | ||||
| Reform | Artem Mikheev | ||||
| Green | Casey Powell | ||||
| Reform | Artem Mikheev | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Vivian Rose Vella | ||||
| Conservative | Debbie Wills | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Yu Wing Wong | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | William Woodward | ||||
Figge's Marsh
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Agatha Mary Akyigyina* | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Jean Barker | ||||
| Green | Omar Daair | ||||
| Reform | Ronan Fraser | ||||
| Conservative | Alice Sophie Jane Hammond | ||||
| Conservative | Sally Patricia Hammond | ||||
| Labour | Dan Johnston* | ||||
| Green | Johnathan Ian Gifford Knight | ||||
| Reform | Vinayak Malhotra | ||||
| Reform | Steeve Mandarin | ||||
| Labour | Franca Ofeimu* | ||||
| Green | Sally Pannifex | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Matthew William Payne | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Emma Catherine Willey | ||||
| Conservative | William Henry Woodroofe | ||||
Graveney
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Franki Appleton | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Iain James Coleman | ||||
| Green | Darrell Ennis-Gayle | ||||
| Labour | Billy Hayes* | ||||
| Reform | Ivana Jurcevic | ||||
| Labour | Linda Christine Kirby* | ||||
| Conservative | Beth Mitchell | ||||
| Conservative | Thomas Sebastian George Moulton | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Hamish Thomas Norbrook | ||||
| Reform | James Oakenfull | ||||
| Labour | Devina Marylyn Paul | ||||
| Conservative | Caitilin Jane Dawson Smith | ||||
| Green | Rupert Arthur Stevens | ||||
| Reform | Charles Williams | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Man Ho Yip | ||||
Hillside
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Sarah Jane Golby | ||||
| Conservative | Suzanne Ellen Grocott | ||||
| Conservative | Dan Holden* | ||||
| Labour | Catherine Kagau | ||||
| Reform | Angus Murray | ||||
| Labour | Robert Newberry | ||||
| Green | Nick Robins | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Shillito | ||||
| Reform | Guy Winterflood | ||||
Lavender Fields
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Vivian Aku-Barton | ||||
| Reform | Amanda Ashford | ||||
| Libertarian | Marco Bocci | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Trevor Brown | ||||
| Green | Gareth James Davidson | ||||
| Green | Emma Antonia Donegan | ||||
| Conservative | Capri Chanel Fox | ||||
| Reform | John Furness | ||||
| Reform | Gina Ann Harper | ||||
| Animal Welfare | Mike Kelson | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Cosmo Patrick Lupton | ||||
| Labour | Edith Joan Macauley* | ||||
| Labour | Harry John Platts | ||||
| Conservative | Gary Michael Pritchard | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Emily Jane Robertson | ||||
| Labour | Slawek Szczepanski* | ||||
| Green | Dom Teuma | ||||
Longthornton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Jonathan Deane | ||||
| Conservative | Roger Stephen Drage | ||||
| Labour | Brenda Lorraine Fraser* | ||||
| Labour | Ross Benjamin Garrod* | ||||
| Conservative | Kelly Caroline Hockey | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Mary-Jane Jeanes | ||||
| Reform | Leslie Colin King | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Savas Michael Nicolaides | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Christine Peace | ||||
| Labour | Sonia Elaine Phillips | ||||
| Reform | Ryan Powell | ||||
| Green | Christopher Adrian Stanton | ||||
| Green | Ann Montrose Strydom | ||||
| Conservative | Hugo Hawksley Summerson | ||||
Lower Morden
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Martin John Astrand | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Vincent James William Bolt | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Georgina Dilali | ||||
| Conservative | Jack Alexander Gebhard | ||||
| Conservative | Joe Hackett | ||||
| Labour | Dan Hogan | ||||
| Reform | Rohan Kempadoo | ||||
| Labour | Sally Isabel Kenny* | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Guy Mercer | ||||
| Green | Ahmed Nasir | ||||
| Reform | Fraser Robertson | ||||
| Labour | Daniel Lewis Shearer | ||||
| Conservative | Harry Joseph Todd | ||||
| Reform | Elizabeth Weeks | ||||
Merton Park
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Melinda Balatoni | ||||
| Reform | Ricky Bello | ||||
| Reform | Christopher Dunn | ||||
| Merton Park RA | Edward Foley* | ||||
| Labour | Elizabeth Hawes | ||||
| Conservative | Yuriy Lysenko | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Emma Tamsin Maddison | ||||
| Merton Park RA | Stephen Mercer* | ||||
| Conservative | Hayley Emma Ormrod | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Oxford | ||||
| Labour | Shirley Pritchard | ||||
Pollards Hill
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Zainul Abadeen | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Anne Babington Blanchard | ||||
| Reform | Chun Yin Cheung | ||||
| Conservative | Stephen Paul Crowe | ||||
| Conservative | Anton Gjeta | ||||
| Reform | Sandy Gretton | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Paul Harris | ||||
| Labour | Joan Palmeta Henry* | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Susie Hicks* | ||||
| Conservative | Michael Ormrod | ||||
| Reform | Irene Perdomo | ||||
| Labour | Ryan Rodrigues | ||||
| Labour | Martin Whelton* | ||||
Ravensbury
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Stephen Alambritis* | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Michael Bird | ||||
| Reform | James Bogle | ||||
| Conservative | Julia Mary Cox | ||||
| Reform | Simon Goldstein | ||||
| Labour | Val Hoppichler | ||||
| Conservative | Jeremy James Klerk | ||||
| Conservative | Brian Ernest Lewis-Lavender | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Edward Marsh | ||||
| Labour | Peter Joseph McCabe* | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | David Miller-Holland | ||||
| Green | Nicholas Shaun Prangnell | ||||
| Reform | Alexander Smith | ||||
Raynes Park
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Michael Martin Bull | ||||
| Labour | Sandy Cowling | ||||
| Green | Richard Mark Evans | ||||
| Labour | Mark Featherston | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Chessie Flack* | ||||
| Reform | Kadir Kadir | ||||
| Reform | Darren Manning | ||||
| Green | Angela Jane Manser | ||||
| Labour | Timothy John Patrick McLoughlin | ||||
| Reform | Charles Patrick McSwiggan | ||||
| Conservative | Nigel Christopher Popham | ||||
| Conservative | Sivas Ranjan | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Matthew James Willis* | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Victoria Jane Wilson* | ||||
St Helier
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Assana Assadi Haghi | ||||
| Conservative | Charlie Beale | ||||
| Green | Steve Coles | ||||
| Labour | Nedra Nalda Daniel | ||||
| Conservative | Joshua Jonathan Harmston-Gething | ||||
| Labour | Andrew John Judge* | ||||
| Reform | Christopher Lovejoy | ||||
| Green | Pippa Maslin | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Hermione Peace | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | John Leslie Raymond | ||||
| Green | Benjamin Smith | ||||
| Labour | Shuile Narmin Syeda* | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Sarah Elizabeth Weber | ||||
Village
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Max Daniel Austin* | ||||
| Reform | Fiona Beumer | ||||
| Reform | Alistair Robert Boyd | ||||
| Green | Rachel Eileen Brooks | ||||
| Labour | Andrea Colquhoun | ||||
| Conservative | Jan Comer | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Ursula Gillian Faulkner | ||||
| Reform | Eoin Fraser | ||||
| Labour | Ann Teresa Gillespie | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Leo Liao | ||||
| Conservative | Will Orson | ||||
| Labour | Margaret Tulloch | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Iain Hugh Wadie | ||||
Wandle
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Sebastian Budner | ||||
| Reform | Richard Albert Dalton | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Kirsten Galea* | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Philip Ling | ||||
| Conservative | Thomas Clive McCall | ||||
| Conservative | Oonagh Jane Moulton | ||||
| Reform | Jeremy Singer | ||||
| Labour | Eleanor Stringer* | ||||
| Green | Gideon Noah Tarry | ||||
West Barnes
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Charles Barraball | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Hina Bokhari* | ||||
| Conservative | Teresa Elzbieta Engley | ||||
| Labour | Oenone Kate Flambert | ||||
| Reform | Petra Frolkova | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Mariam Hakim | ||||
| Conservative | Gilli Lewis-Lavender | ||||
| Conservative | Sarah Jane Bosley McAlister | ||||
| Reform | Christopher McLaughlin | ||||
| Green | Susan Rose O'Connor | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Page* | ||||
| Reform | Alex Pinna | ||||
| Labour | Rebecca Claire Tate | ||||
| Labour | John Clive Townsend | ||||
Wimbledon Park
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Juliet Dorothy Boyd | ||||
| Labour | Hugh Constant | ||||
| Labour | David Cowling | ||||
| Labour | Terry Daniels | ||||
| Reform | Stephen Gibson | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jil Hall* | ||||
| Conservative | Andrew Geoffrey Eliot Howard | ||||
| Conservative | Janice Mary Elizabeth Howard | ||||
| Reform | John Christopher Pearson | ||||
| Reform | Edward Powell | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Tony Reiss* | ||||
| Green | James Francis Norman Robson | ||||
| Conservative | Linda Joan Taylor | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Nick Thomas | ||||
Wimbledon Town and Dundonald
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Lisa Kay Bassett | ||||
| Reform | Timothy Becker | ||||
| Reform | John Bradbury | ||||
| Green | Huw Henry Mason Buckley | ||||
| Conservative | Anthony Neil Cole | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Anthony Fairclough* | ||||
| Labour | Abigail Clare Jones | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Samantha MacArthur* | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Simon McGrath* | ||||
| Labour | Peter Richard Payne | ||||
| Conservative | Sarah Elizabeth Poole | ||||
| Conservative | Katie Russell | ||||
| Labour | Joel Daniel Winter | ||||
Notes
- ↑ Includes the vacant seat in Cannon Hill that was last held by the Liberal Democrats.
References
- ↑ "Merton Council Composition: Latest". opencouncildata.co.uk. Open Council Data UK. Archived from the original on 16 February 2026. Retrieved 16 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.
- ↑ "Merton result - Local Elections 2022". BBC News. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
- ↑ "Labour unable to celebrate far from perfect Merton win as Lib Dems claim major scalp". Retrieved 13 February 2026.
- ↑ "Exclusive: Labour facing 'fierce battles' to keep hold of at least 12 London boroughs in May local elections". Retrieved 13 February 2026.
- ↑ Mendonça, Susana; Kelly, James (27 January 2024). "Merton Labour councillor quits over Israel-Gaza posts". BBC News. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
- ↑ Galliven, Harrison (30 May 2024). "Councillors resign to become MPs with one going for seat 65 miles away". My London. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
- ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Figge's Marsh Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
- ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — St Helier Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
- ↑ Galliven, Harrison (9 January 2026). "Merton Lib Dem councillor resigns as family leaves UK". My London. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
- ↑ "Abbey Ward - Statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Merton Borough Council. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
- ↑ "Cannon Hill Ward - Statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Merton Borough Council. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
- ↑ "Colliers Wood Ward - Statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Merton Borough Council. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
- ↑ "Cricket Green Ward - Statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Merton Borough Council. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
- ↑ "Figge's Marsh Ward - Statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Merton Borough Council. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
- ↑ "Graveney Ward - Statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Merton Borough Council. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
- ↑ "Hillside Ward - Statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Merton Borough Council. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
- ↑ "Lavender Fields Ward - Statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Merton Borough Council. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
- ↑ "Longthornton Ward - Statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Merton Borough Council. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
- ↑ "Lower Morden Ward - Statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Merton Borough Council. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
- ↑ "Merton Park Ward - Statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Merton Borough Council. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
- ↑ "Pollards Hill Ward - Statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Merton Borough Council. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
- ↑ "Ravensbury Ward - Statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Merton Borough Council. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
- ↑ "Raynes Park Ward - Statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Merton Borough Council. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
- ↑ "St Helier Ward - Statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Merton Borough Council. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
- ↑ "Village Ward - Statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Merton Borough Council. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
- ↑ "Wandle Ward - Statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Merton Borough Council. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
- ↑ "West Barnes Ward - Statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Merton Borough Council. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
- ↑ "Wimbledon Park Ward - Statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Merton Borough Council. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
- ↑ "Wimbledon Town and Dundonald Ward - Statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Merton Borough Council. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
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