2026 Waltham Forest London Borough Council election
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2026 English local government election
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The 2026 Waltham Forest London Borough Council election will take place on 7 May 2026.[2] All 60 members of Waltham Forest London Borough Council will be elected.[3] The elections will take place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.[4]
In 2022, Labour retained control of the council.[5]
Summary
| After 2022 election | Before 2026 election | After 2026 election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Party | Seats | Party | Seats | |||
| Labour | 47 | Labour | 44 | |||||
| Conservative | 13 | Conservative | 10 | |||||
| Reform | 0 | Reform | 3 | |||||
| Independent | 0 | Independent | 3 | |||||
Changes 2022–2026:
- May 2022: Anna Mbachu re-elected as a Labour candidate, but sits as an independent after being expelled in April 2022[6]
- September 2023: Alistair Strathern (Labour) resigns – by-election held October 2023[7]
- October 2023: Shumon Ali-Rahman (Labour) wins by-election[8]
- January 2025: Tom Connor (Labour) suspended from party[9]
- September 2025: Justin Halabi (Conservative) joins Reform[10]
- January 2026:
Candidates by party
Conservative Party (60/60)
Labour Party (60/60)
Green Party (53/60)
Liberal Democrats (45/60)
Reform UK (43/60)
TUSC (18/60)
CWI Community Independents (6/60)
WFIS (2/60)
Your Party (1/60)
Results by ward
Cann Hall
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Sally Burnell | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Attila Gurbuz | ||||
| Green | Tom Hainge | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Philip Denis Hawker | ||||
| Conservative | Chris Hill-Davies | ||||
| Labour | Kischa Green | ||||
| Conservative | Mike Lang | ||||
| Labour | Sally Littlejohn | ||||
| Reform | Terry Leonard Noon | ||||
| Labour | Keith Rayner | ||||
| Green | Peter Richardson | ||||
| Conservative | Ian Slater | ||||
| Green | Eva Aasma Tabbasam | ||||
| Reform | Robin Kenneth Williams | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
Cathall
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Aisha Abubakar | ||||
| Independent | Shaukat Ali | ||||
| Labour | Naheed Asghar | ||||
| Green | Rachel Susan Barrat | ||||
| Waltham Forest Independent Socialists | Susan Catten | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Graham Cocking | ||||
| Conservative | Vincent John | ||||
| Green | Thomas Hugh MacInnes | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Nicola McGregor | ||||
| Conservative | Rita Moore | ||||
| Waltham Forest Independent Socialists | Connor Rosoman | ||||
| Reform | Carol Vickery | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
Chapel End
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Zainab Akram | ||||
| Reform | Marcello Boljevic | ||||
| TUSC | Mike Cleverley | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Paul Douglas | ||||
| Green | Luke Antony Glazzard | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Joe Lloyd Higgs | ||||
| Conservative | Muhammad Amjad Inam | ||||
| Conservative | Samina Maqsoom | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Louise Mitchell | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Ipek Naciye Ozerim | ||||
| Green | Layla Louise Rosa | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Dino Schreuder | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Steve Terry | ||||
| Green | Sue Wheat | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
Chingford Green
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Rehana Begum Ali-Rahman | ||||
| Green | Mo Allen | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Henry Arthur Boyle | ||||
| Reform | Francis Joseph Bray | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Hugh Chipperfield | ||||
| Reform | Matt Davis | ||||
| Conservative | Mitchell Goldie | ||||
| Conservative | Kay Isa | ||||
| Green | Kris Jack | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Francis Greig James | ||||
| Green | Kathryn Judd | ||||
| Labour | Stephen Roberts | ||||
| Labour | Jimmy Sergi | ||||
| Conservative | Kelly Summers | ||||
| Reform | Kimberley Tonner | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
Endlebury
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Roy Berg | ||||
| Conservative | Emma Best | ||||
| Labour | Alison Dinah Cox | ||||
| Reform | Lana Davis | ||||
| Labour | Mark Lawrence Ebden | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Nigel Charles Spencer Lea | ||||
| Reform | Loiza Sitton | ||||
| Green | Jake Smith | ||||
| Green | Monica Hannah Sobiecki | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
Forest
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Muhammad Abadat Ali | ||||
| Labour | Kastriot Berberi | ||||
| Labour | Marsela Berberi | ||||
| Green | Yuksel Gonul | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Fred Harrison | ||||
| TUSC | Robert Andrew Harvey | ||||
| TUSC | Len Hockey | ||||
| Reform | Judy Karas Hounsun | ||||
| Reform | Asad Ishtiaq | ||||
| Conservative | Mamad Jalloh | ||||
| Conservative | Colin Mace | ||||
| Labour | Zafran Malik | ||||
| Green | Simone McNichols-Thomas | ||||
| Green | Paul Perkins | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Luke Jerningham Schutz | ||||
| Conservative | Lauren Smith | ||||
| TUSC | Maria Talaia | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Saif Ullah | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
Grove Green
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Arran Paul Angus | ||||
| Green | Sarah Bentley | ||||
| Conservative | Iona Shouna Berg | ||||
| Conservative | Frank Boateng | ||||
| Reform | David Boulter | ||||
| Labour | Minnie Hope Cullen Close | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Fiona Hamilton | ||||
| Green | Charlotte Lafferty | ||||
| Labour | Khevyn Limbajee | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Naomi McCarthy | ||||
| Labour | Uzma Rasool | ||||
| Reform | Malcolm Shykles | ||||
| Conservative | Mike Smith | ||||
| TUSC | Robert Ivan Thomas | ||||
| Green | Paul Treacy | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
Hale End & Highams Park South
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Ricardo William James Allured | ||||
| Labour | Tony Bell | ||||
| Green | Brian Russell Capaloff | ||||
| TUSC | Louise Helen Cuffaro | ||||
| Labour | Rosalind Anne Doré | ||||
| Reform | Mary-Jane Florentin | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Peter Simpson Gee | ||||
| Conservative | Dan Medlock | ||||
| Independent | Hulya Ozturk | ||||
| Green | Lukas Simma | ||||
| Conservative | Ruairidh Villar | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
Hatch Lane & Highams Park North
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Shenise Adam | ||||
| Conservative | Umar Ali | ||||
| Labour | Daniel Brett | ||||
| Labour | Catherine Burns | ||||
| Reform | Marion Fitzgerald | ||||
| Green | Rory Matthew Fitzgerald | ||||
| Green | Heather Gardiner | ||||
| Reform | Tim James | ||||
| Reform | Catherine Mears | ||||
| Green | Andrew McMullen | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Sadia Iftikhar Mirza | ||||
| TUSC | Linda Susan Taaffe | ||||
| Labour | Ollie Welch | ||||
| Conservative | Siobhan Wing | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
High Street
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Idris Akram | ||||
| Conservative | Amena Akter | ||||
| Reform | Farah Anwar | ||||
| Green | Lisa Teresa Bryan | ||||
| Labour | Jeremy Cohen | ||||
| Green | John Patrick Donegan | ||||
| Green | Marcelo Hart-Camus | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Nathan William Christian Hollow | ||||
| Reform | David Hook | ||||
| Conservative | Samuel George Martin | ||||
| Labour | Osaro Otobo | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Graem Peters | ||||
| Labour | Zia Rehman | ||||
| TUSC | Nancy Taaffe | ||||
| Reform | Anish Harish Vithlani | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
Higham Hill
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Noreen Akram | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Shumon Ali-Rahman | ||||
| Green | Louise Ashcroft | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Karen Bellamy | ||||
| Reform | Cyril Thomas Cusack | ||||
| Green | Em Dean | ||||
| Reform | Amber Ellmore-Payne | ||||
| TUSC | Mary Rosamund Finch | ||||
| Green | Marco Hacon | ||||
| Conservative | Atjaz Ul Hussan Humayun | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Alan Edward Jones | ||||
| Conservative | Yousaff Khan | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Kira Millana Lewis | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Alex Marshall-Lewis | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Kath Pollard | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
Hoe Street
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Raihaan Akhtar | ||||
| Conservative | Anup Banik | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Andrew James Dixon | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jean-Francois Marie Alfred Dor | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jon Goddard | ||||
| TUSC | Ricardo Joseph | ||||
| Green | Ijaz Miles Kato | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Ahsan Khan | ||||
| Your Party | Md Shoeb Khan | ||||
| Reform | Andrew Killin | ||||
| Green | Hannaan Malik | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Miriam Rose Mirwitch | ||||
| Conservative | Adnin Mourin | ||||
| Green | Laura Anne Pearce | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Ciara Mary Simmons | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
Larkswood
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Sarah Chaney | ||||
| Reform | Alex Fodor | ||||
| Reform | Dan Green | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Eric Heinze | ||||
| Independent | Deborah Hollingsworth | ||||
| Reform | Peter Hollingsworth | ||||
| Independent | Jennifer Larbie | ||||
| Conservative | John Moss | ||||
| Conservative | Sam O'Connell | ||||
| Conservative | Catherine Saumarez | ||||
| Labour | Beatrice Eve Stern | ||||
| Labour | Frank Sweeney | ||||
| Labour | Naveen Walgamage | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
Sarah Chaney, Deborah Hollingsworth and Jennifer Larbie are affiliated with the Chingford and Woodford Green Community Independents, associated with Faiza Shaheen.[13]
Lea Bridge
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Harpreet Bhal | ||||
| Green | Liz Biggs | ||||
| Labour | Shabana Dhedhi | ||||
| Reform | Michael Alexander Dickens | ||||
| Green | Solène Fabios | ||||
| Conservative | Hussain Ahmed Foysal | ||||
| Conservative | Humayun Ikram | ||||
| Labour | George Minnah | ||||
| Green | Rosie Rowlands | ||||
| Conservative | Ariba Sheikh | ||||
| Labour | Jennifer Whilby | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jim Williams | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
Leyton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Kathy Berg | ||||
| Conservative | Luke Berg | ||||
| Labour | Kyalo Burt-Fulcher | ||||
| Conservative | Ed Clarke | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Joe Dyer | ||||
| Green | Rob Gardner | ||||
| TUSC | Imran Hussain | ||||
| Labour | Whitney Ihenachor | ||||
| TUSC | Muhsin Manir | ||||
| Green | Daisy Richards | ||||
| Reform | Lorenzo Salemi | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Asim Shahzad | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Trevor Robert Stone | ||||
| Labour | Terry Wheeler | ||||
| Green | Demetrius Williams | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
Leytonstone
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Denise Alder | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Uju Binitie | ||||
| Independent | Rhiannon Eglin | ||||
| Conservative | Beverley Goldie | ||||
| Conservative | Nick Goldie | ||||
| Labour | Jenny Gray | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Oliver William John Gregory | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Rylan Phi-Long Allen Holey | ||||
| Conservative | Helen Johnson | ||||
| Labour | Clyde Loakes | ||||
| Labour | Marie Pye | ||||
| Reform | Stephen George Routledge | ||||
| Reform | Jaison Thomas | ||||
| Green | RoseMary Warrington | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
Markhouse
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUSC | Adeel Aurangzeb | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Ed Bird | ||||
| Reform | James Ellingham | ||||
| Conservative | Roger William Hemsted | ||||
| Green | Chanté Syreena Johnson | ||||
| Labour | Johar Khan | ||||
| Conservative | Faraz Rehman | ||||
| Labour | Sharon Waldron | ||||
| Green | Richard Wild | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
St James
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Amna Asim | ||||
| Green | David Berrie | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Nathan Neil Burns | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Catherine Diana Deakin | ||||
| Green | Martin Edobor | ||||
| Reform | Jo Hulstrom | ||||
| Green | Anna Rose Kerr | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Nick Martlew | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Giuseppe Mauro | ||||
| Conservative | Shaikh Asim Mumtaz | ||||
| TUSC | Martin Stuart Reynolds | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Caz Scott | ||||
| Conservative | Anmol Seher | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
Upper Walthamstow
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Lyssa Barber | ||||
| Conservative | Md Abul Moufazzal Bhuiyan | ||||
| Conservative | Samuel Clark | ||||
| TUSC | Lee Hawksbee | ||||
| Reform | James Henry Alexander Howe | ||||
| Green | Rbeeza Mobeen | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jane Elizabeth Morgan | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Yusuf Patel | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Caramel Quin | ||||
| Reform | Michaela Steele | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
Valley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Afzal Akram | ||||
| Reform | Bob Auger | ||||
| Reform | David Axe | ||||
| Labour | Elizabeth Baptiste | ||||
| Labour | Bella Callow-Robinson | ||||
| Reform | Sorin Theodor Cioriciu | ||||
| Independent | Simon Deville | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Faiz Faiz | ||||
| Conservative | Toby Garrett | ||||
| Conservative | Jemma Hemsted | ||||
| Independent | Saqeeb Howlader | ||||
| Labour | Gerry Lyons | ||||
| Independent | Matt Romo | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
Simon Deville, Saqeeb Howlader and Matt Romo are affiliated with the Chingford and Woodford Green Community Independents, associated with Faiza Shaheen.[14]
William Morris
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Joseph Adegbola Alaba | ||||
| Conservative | Hamza Ali | ||||
| Green | Ben Aaron Copsey | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Kizzy Jane Gardiner | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | James Nicholas Goodman | ||||
| Conservative | Gillian Joy Hemsted | ||||
| Green | Peter Ibrahim Kanyike | ||||
| Green | Robyn Page | ||||
| TUSC | Kevin Graham Parslow | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Jack Phipps | ||||
| Reform | Geraldine Charla Selmour | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Patrick Charles Smith | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Grace Williams | ||||
| Conservative | Dean Remy Martin Wing | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
Wood Street
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Lorenc Hoxha | ||||
| Conservative | Maqsoom Hussain | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Gwilym Johnston | ||||
| TUSC | Ellen Kenyon Peers | ||||
| Green | Charlie Andrew Loveday | ||||
| Independent | Alex Muhumuza | ||||
| Green | Samir Richards | ||||
| Labour | Richard Charles Sweden | ||||
| Labour | Stephanie Lynne Talbut | ||||
| Reform | Douglas George Walker | ||||
| TUSC | Adrienne Wallace | ||||
| Reform | Stewart Robert Ware | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
Notes
- ↑ The Green Party are standing down in this ward in support of the Chingford and Woodford Green Community Independents.
- ↑ The Green Party are standing down in this ward in support of the Chingford and Woodford Green Community Independents.
References
- ↑ "Waltham Forest 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.
- ↑ Forest, Waltham (20 August 2025). "Labour reveals list of incumbent candidates ahead of 2026 local elections". Waltham Forest Echo. 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.
- ↑ "Waltham Forest result - Local Elections 2022". BBC News. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
- ↑ Munro, Victoria (13 April 2022). "Waltham Forest Labour gives away seat by expelling own candidate". Waltham Forest Echo. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
- ↑ Mellor, Josh (5 September 2023). "Waltham Forest councillor resigns to fight Dorries' former seat in Mid Beds for Labour". Yellow Advertiser.
- ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Higham Hill Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
- ↑ Marcelline, Marco (14 January 2025). "Labour councillor suspended for not supporting cuts to council tax relief". Waltham Forest Echo.
- ↑ Marcelline, Marco (11 September 2025). "Tories call for by-election after Chingford councillor jumps ship for Reform UK". Waltham Forest Echo. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
- ↑ Marcelline, Marco (14 January 2026). "Two Chingford councillors defect to Reform UK". Waltham Forest Echo. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
- ↑ Boothroyd, David. "Gosport goes Reform". LocalCouncils.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
- ↑ "Vote For Us". Chingford and Woodford Green Community Independents. Retrieved 23 April 2026.
- ↑ "Vote For Us". Chingford and Woodford Green Community Independents. Retrieved 23 April 2026.
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