2026 Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council election
2026 English local government election
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The 2026 Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council election will take place on 7 May 2026. All 54 members of Richmond 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.
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The Liberal Democrats have controlled the council since the 2018 election, and increased their majority in the 2022 election, ending on 48 seats, with all Liberal Democrat candidates being elected.[a] The Green Party formed the largest opposition group on five seats, with the Conservative Party dropping from 11 seats to 1 seat; they would subsequently lose their final seat in a 2024 by-election.
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.[2]
Since its formation, Richmond upon Thames has been under Conservative control, Liberal Democrat control, SDP–Liberal Alliance control and no overall control. The Liberal Democrats regained control from the Conservatives in the election in 2018. They won 39 seats with 46.7% of the vote across the borough while the Conservatives won 11 seats with 37.6% of the vote and the Greens won 4.5% of the vote. The Labour Party won 10.4% of the vote but did not win any seats.[3][4] The leader of the Liberal Democrat group, Gareth Roberts, became council leader following the election.[5]
Council term
A by-election for Hampton North ward was held on 18 January 2024, with the Liberal Democrats gaining the seat from the Conservatives. On the same day, a by-election was held for Teddington ward with the Liberal Democrats holding the seat.
Andrée Frieze became leader of the Green Party group in May 2023, she plans to retire at this election.[6]
Electoral process
Richmond upon Thames, like other London borough councils, elects all of its councillors at once every four years. The previous election took place in 2022. The election will take place by plurality block voting, with each ward being represented by two or three councillors. Electors had 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 this 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.[7]
Previous council composition
| After 2022 election | Before 2026 election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Party | Seats | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 48 | Liberal Democrats | 49 | ||
| Green | 5 | Green | 5 | ||
| Conservative | 1 | Conservative | 0 | ||
Wards results
Candidates seeking re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Councillors seeking re-election for a different ward are marked with a cross (†).
Due to an administrative error, some candidates lacked the description ‘Green Party’ in wards where the party did not already have councillors; however, the Green Party emblem appeared against their names on all ballots.[8]
Barnes
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Ivan Avanessov | ||||
| Labour | Sam Cullen | ||||
| Conservative | Helen Edward | ||||
| Reform | Mark Fox | ||||
| Conservative | Carlos Garofolin | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Andy Hale* | ||||
| Green | Miranda Lewis | ||||
| Reform | Christopher MacNee | ||||
| Green | Kim Marshall | ||||
| Labour | Sujata Patel | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Duncan Rasor | ||||
| Reform | Guy Rose | ||||
| Labour | Stephen Russell | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Fiona Sacks* | ||||
| Green | Kieran Sheedy | ||||
| Conservative | Sandy Urquhart | ||||
East Sheen
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Julia Cambridge* | ||||
| Green | Danielle Coleman | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Margaret Dane* | ||||
| Labour | Mike Freedman | ||||
| Labour | Deborah Genders | ||||
| Green | David Hopwood | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Mohsin Khan | ||||
| Conservative | Nick King | ||||
| Labour | Tracey Mullins | ||||
| Conservative | Claudia Nascimento | ||||
| Reform | Philip Nuthall | ||||
| Conservative | Luke Parker | ||||
| Reform | Juliet Rawlings | ||||
| Green | Jill Winser | ||||
Fulwell and Hampton Hill
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jo Brown | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Cardy* | ||||
| Labour | John Edmonds | ||||
| Green | Nansi Eggleton | ||||
| Reform | Magnus Forster-Brown | ||||
| Conservative | John Goodwin | ||||
| Green | Tim Highmoor | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Matthew Hull* | ||||
| Labour | James Johnson | ||||
| Conservative | Julian Marsh | ||||
| Reform | Gavin Nichols | ||||
| Green | David Trigg | ||||
| Labour | Eva Tutchell | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Matthew Wherry | ||||
Ham, Petersham and Richmond Riverside
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Georgina Butler | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Penny Frost* | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Seamus Joyce | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Dermot Kelly | ||||
| Reform | Oliver Lafci | ||||
| Labour | Helen Montgomery | ||||
| Labour | Helen Nance | ||||
| Green | Jaydan Okunola | ||||
| Reform | John Rose | ||||
| Green | Lauren Stansfield | ||||
| Reform | Andrew Swarbrick | ||||
| Conservative | John Traversi | ||||
| Conservative | Robert Tudway | ||||
| Labour | Mohammad Walid | ||||
| Green | Chas Warlow† | ||||
Hampton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Veronica Barnes | ||||
| Green | Valentina Butenko | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Sam Dalton* | ||||
| Labour | Christopher Fawcett | ||||
| Conservative | Derek Jones | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Nick Kennerley | ||||
| Labour | Caroline Loewenstein | ||||
| Conservative | Rody Madger | ||||
| Reform | Debbie Montague | ||||
| Labour | James Oliva-Hauxwell | ||||
| Green | Meera Rajendran | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Gareth Roberts* | ||||
| Green | Lewis Sturdy | ||||
| Reform | Stuart Wright | ||||
Hampton North
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Lucy Abercrombie | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Carey Bishop* | ||||
| Conservative | Alan Butler | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Davis* | ||||
| Reform | Martin Fraiel | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Gant* | ||||
| Green | Stephen Hancock | ||||
| Reform | Max Hoskinson | ||||
| Conservative | Cathy Howe | ||||
| Labour | Christopher Johnson | ||||
| Conservative | Nupur Majumdar | ||||
| Labour | Philip Moshi | ||||
| Green | Poppy Robbins | ||||
| Green | Ayesha Sadiq | ||||
| Reform | John Yianni | ||||
Hampton Wick and South Teddington
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Helen Baxter | ||||
| Conservative | Joe Broughton | ||||
| Labour | Neil Browning | ||||
| Labour | Richard Cheung | ||||
| Conservative | Mircea Chisacof | ||||
| Reform | Edward Davies | ||||
| Conservative | Tony Fiddes | ||||
| Green | Wendy Hatto | ||||
| Reform | Michael Mackie | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jim Millard* | ||||
| Green | Magan Singodia | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Liz Tadhar | ||||
| Labour | Gerard Ward | ||||
| Green | Mike Young | ||||
Heathfield
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Alastair Armstrong | ||||
| Conservative | Fiona Barry | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | John Coombs* | ||||
| Green | Lizzie Curtis | ||||
| Conservative | George Dryja | ||||
| Labour | Anne Feeney | ||||
| Reform | Keith Goodenough | ||||
| Conservative | Jonathan Lebosquet | ||||
| Labour | Liz Mackenzie | ||||
| Labour | Michael McCarthy | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Lesley Pollesche* | ||||
| Reform | Alex Starling | ||||
| Reform | Robert Thompson | ||||
| Green | Rae Vermeulen | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Wilson* | ||||
Kew
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Anousheh Alavi | ||||
| Conservative | Anthony Blanco | ||||
| Conservative | Margaret Buter-Morris | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Kelvin Cheatle | ||||
| Labour | Ray Ferris | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Maureen Goldthorpe | ||||
| Labour | Barnaby Marder | ||||
| Green | Geoffrey O'Connell | ||||
| Conservative | Xandi Steele | ||||
| Green | Alex Stylianou | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Clare Vollum* | ||||
| Reform | Glyn Wallis-Jones | ||||
| Green | Andrew Webster | ||||
Mortlake and Barnes Common
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Paisley Arnold | ||||
| Green | Seth Ashby-Hawkins | ||||
| Labour | Francine Bates | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Geri Cox | ||||
| Green | Ciaran Cusack | ||||
| Conservative | Clare Delmar | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Dingemans | ||||
| Reform | John Hughes | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Anton McNulty-Howard* | ||||
| Green | Nadia Mirza | ||||
| Labour | Lucas Spencer | ||||
| Conservative | Rhys Thomas | ||||
| Conservative | Peter Vider | ||||
| Reform | David White | ||||
| Labour | Matthew Woolston | ||||
North Richmond
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Tom Absolon | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Nancy Baldwin* | ||||
| Conservative | Amen Bayat | ||||
| Reform | Alan Charnley | ||||
| Labour | Jonathan Dredge | ||||
| Green | Jane Harrison | ||||
| Green | Jenna Kruger | ||||
| Labour | Fiona O'Farrell | ||||
| Conservative | Thomas O'Malley | ||||
| Conservative | David Palairet | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Pyne* | ||||
| No party description | Maggie Richens | ||||
| No party description | William Richens | ||||
| Green | Dianne Scott | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Warren* | ||||
South Richmond
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Massimo Chiesa | ||||
| Reform | Christine Cullis | ||||
| Labour | Max Davies | ||||
| Reform | Susan Gamble | ||||
| Green | Paddy Griffith | ||||
| Green | Alexi Hatto | ||||
| Labour | David McAlpine | ||||
| Conservative | Charlie Protheroe | ||||
| Reform | Candice Schneider | ||||
| Conservative | Sheba Sogol | ||||
| Conservative | Phillip Taylor | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Varley* | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Paulina Vassileva* | ||||
| Labour | Marion White | ||||
| Green | Tanya Williams | ||||
South Twickenham
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Michael Anstey | ||||
| Green | Richard Bennett* | ||||
| Conservative | Jane Boulton | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Butlin* | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jack Jones | ||||
| Labour | Daniel Freeman | ||||
| Labour | David Goldberg | ||||
| Labour | Christina Green | ||||
| Green | Gareth Jones | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Rhi Lee* | ||||
| Reform | Robert MacIntyre | ||||
| Conservative | David Marlow | ||||
| Green | Ross Monaghan | ||||
| Reform | Ian Nieuwstadt | ||||
| Conservative | David Porter | ||||
St Margarets and North Twickenham
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Sean Anderson | ||||
| Reform | Pearse Bates | ||||
| Green | Milo Clarke | ||||
| Green | Richard Clemence | ||||
| Reform | Peter Crooks | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Alexander Ehmann* | ||||
| Labour | Christopher George | ||||
| Reform | Paul Grindrod | ||||
| Conservative | Elizabeth Hill | ||||
| Conservative | Nathaniel Ikeazor | ||||
| Conservative | Brian Jarvis | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Katie Mansfield* | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Maria Margiotta | ||||
| Labour | Howard Roberts | ||||
| Labour | Sandra Roberts | ||||
Teddington
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Julian Allbut | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Baker* | ||||
| Green | Phulmaya Bhusal | ||||
| Reform | Kay Brooks | ||||
| Green | Ken Denaro | ||||
| Conservative | Elizabeth Dolan | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Charlie Engel* | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Phil Giesler* | ||||
| Conservative | Jon Hollis | ||||
| Conservative | James Lloyd-Thomas | ||||
| Labour | Sampson Low | ||||
| Labour | James Thomson | ||||
| Green | Eddie Thorne | ||||
| Labour | Particia Tivendale | ||||
| Reform | Mark Vellacott | ||||
Twickenham Riverside
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Maria Barry | ||||
| Reform | Martin Bergin | ||||
| Green | Maggie Brown | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | James Chard* | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Duncan | ||||
| Labour | Sabrina Fuller | ||||
| Labour | Liam Humble | ||||
| Conservative | Adrian Johnston | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Julia Neden-Watts* | ||||
| Reform | Oliver Needs | ||||
| Green | Steve Roest | ||||
| Green | Merhala Selvarajah | ||||
| Labour | Edward Sherwood | ||||
| Conservative | David Sparrow | ||||
West Twickenham
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Piers Allen* | ||||
| Conservative | Fiona Brannon | ||||
| Green | Rosalie Callway | ||||
| Green | Surya Cooper | ||||
| Labour | Oliver Freeman | ||||
| Labour | Adam Gladstone | ||||
| Labour | Stephen Guichard | ||||
| Green | Paul Healy | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Alan Juriansz* | ||||
| Conservative | Zahra Khan | ||||
| Reform | Gabrielle Koukis | ||||
| Reform | Richard Lailey | ||||
| Reform | George McQueen | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Rachel Robertson | ||||
| Conservative | Neil Wynn-Jones | ||||
Whitton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Syed Ahmed | ||||
| Conservative | Max Balfour | ||||
| Conservative | David Bradshaw | ||||
| Green | Keith Buckman | ||||
| Reform | Peter Dombi | ||||
| Labour | David Eckert | ||||
| Green | Niall Fahey | ||||
| Conservative | Elizabeth Foster | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jo Humphreys* | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Nathaniel MacDonald | ||||
| Reform | Stephen Pulfrey | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Kuldev Sehra* | ||||
| Green | Qudsia Shah | ||||
| Reform | Nicolas Silkov-Yianni | ||||
Notes
- Opposition councillors were elected only in wards where there were not as many Liberal Democrat councillors as seats available for that ward.