The 2026 Havering London Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2026, as part of the 2026 United Kingdom local elections. All 55 members of Havering London Borough Council were elected, with Reform UK winning 39 seats and gaining control of the council. The election was held alongside local elections in all other London boroughs.

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.[1]

Council term

Following the 2022 election, the Conservatives were the largest group on the council but five seats short of a majority. The Havering Residents Association (HRA) entered into a leadership coalition with the Labour Party, with Ray Morgon (HRA, Hacton) as council leader.[2] John Tyler (HRA, Cranham) did not join the HRA group and sat as an independent.[3] The Harold Wood Hill Park Residents Association, who were no longer affiliated with the HRA, formed the three-member East Havering Residents Group. Following the July 2022 Wennington wildfire, in September 2022, Sarah Edwards, Sue Ospreay and Jackie McArdle (all Conservative, Rainham and Wennington) defected to the HRA.[4] The May 2023 death of Linda Hawthorn (HRA, Upminster) led to the 2023 Upminster by-election and the election of Jacqueline Williams (also HRA).[5][6] In February 2024, Robby Misir (Conservative, Marshalls and Rise Park) joined the HRA and Philip Ruck (HRA, Cranham) left the party to sit as an independent.[7] John Tyler and Philip Ruck then formed the two-member Residents Association Independent Group. In May 2024, John Crowder (Conservative, Havering-atte-Bower), Philippa Crowder (Conservative, Marshalls and Rise Park) and Christine Smith (Conservative, Hylands and Harrow Lodge) joined the HRA.[8] Paul McGeary (Labour, Gooshays) also joined the HRA.[9] The HRA–Labour coalition came to an end in June 2024 and the HRA then formed a minority administration.[10] In July 2024, Jackie McArdle (HRA, Rainham and Wennington) rejoined the Conservatives.[11] In October 2025, Keith Prince (Conservative, Squirrels Heath) defected to Reform UK.[12] Two further councillors defected from the Conservatives to Reform in February 2026.[13]

Key council policies and events since the last election in May 2022 were:

Electoral arrangements

Ward boundaries established in 2022 will be used for the second time. 55 councillors will be elected from 19 wards. Each ward returns either two or three councillors. Polling will take place on 7 May 2026.[29][30][31][32]

Havering, as is the case for all London borough councils, elects all of its councillors at once every four years, with the previous election having taken place in 2022. The election will take place by multi-member first-past-the-post voting, with each ward being represented by two or three councillors. Electors will have 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 will be entitled to vote in the 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.[33] Voting in-person at polling stations will take place from 7:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters will be able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.[33]

Council composition

Result of the 2022 borough election
After 2022 election[34] Before 2026 election After 2026 election
Party Seats Party Seats Party Seats
Conservative 23 Havering Residents Association 25 Reform 39
Havering Residents Association 20 Conservative 14 Havering Residents Association 11
Labour 9 Labour 8 Harold Wood Hill Park RA 3
Harold Wood Hill Park RA 3 Harold Wood Hill Park RA 3 Labour 2
Ind. Residents 0 Ind. Residents 2 Conservative 0
Reform 0 Reform 3[13] Ind. Residents 0

Results summary

2026 Havering London Borough Council election
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Reform 39 39 0 Increase 39 70.9 37.8 91,840 N/A
  Havering Residents Association 11 1 10 Decrease 9 20.0 24.2 58,731 Decrease 14.2
  Harold Wood Hill Park RA 3 0 0 Steady 5.5 3.1 7,475 Decrease 0.3
  Labour 2 0 7 Decrease 7 3.6 10.0 24,355 Decrease 12.3
  Conservative 0 0 23 Decrease 23 0.0 13.7 33,331 Decrease 19.4
  Green 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 10.0 24,164 Increase 8.5
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 1.0 2,427 Increase 0.1
  Independent 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.2 495 Decrease 0.1

Campaign

The Romford Conservative Party announced 23 candidates for their part of the borough in March 2025.[35] Seven of those candidates later went on to join Reform UK and stood as candidates for that party.[36][a]

Ward results

The results were as follows:[37]

Beam Park

Beam Park (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Trevor McKeever[b] 488
Labour Matthew Stanton[b] 473
Reform Alan Harding 449
Reform Jai Rathi 367
Havering Residents Association Rob Baker 330
Havering Residents Association Carol Baker 284
Green Lois Doo 230
Green Tito Mogaji 189
Conservative Azza Mohammed 178
Conservative Michael Braverman 144
Liberal Democrats Haward Anekwe 40
Turnout 32.6
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Cranham

Cranham (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Havering Residents Association Gillian Ford[c] 2,844
Havering Residents Association John Tyler[d] 2,407
Havering Residents Association Lesley Tyler 2,184
Reform Terry Clarke 1,914
Reform Jeff Garnett 1,758
Reform Jarod Tse 1,563
Conservative Jack Hurley 476
Green Sarah Haider 411
Green Peter Caton 400
Conservative Baishali Chowdhury 345
Green Ben Hollis 295
Conservative Sujit Sen 275
Labour Barbara Bramley 270
Labour Kate Darvill 255
Labour Amber Tait 213
Liberal Democrats Catrin Warden 115
Turnout 54.49
Havering Residents Association hold Swing
Havering Residents Association hold Swing
Havering Residents Association hold Swing

Elm Park

Elm Park (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Havering Residents Association Barry Mugglestone[e] 2,367
Havering Residents Association Stephanie Nunn[e] 2,244
Havering Residents Association Kimberley Gould 2,080
Reform Wayne Morphew 2,067
Reform Joseph Biju 1,868
Reform Ash Bhardwaj 1,841
Green Kim Arrowsmith 704
Green Sami Rahman 563
Labour Sidra Bhatti 503
Labour Julia Pearman 469
Labour Naz Islam 456
Green Gheorghe Zugravu 454
Conservative Chucks Echedom 405
Conservative Bharathi Subramani 355
Conservative Matej Travnicek 314
Liberal Democrats Graham Potter 110
Turnout 47.5
Havering Residents Association hold Swing
Havering Residents Association hold Swing
Havering Residents Association hold Swing

Emerson Park

Emerson Park (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform David Johnson 1,306
Reform Alex Sibley 1,255
Havering Residents Association Stuart Chapell 1,098
Havering Residents Association Paul Harrison 1,098
Conservative Bernice Robertson 866
Conservative Dominic Swan 795
Labour Balwinder Khaira 272
Green Ghazala Ansari 226
Labour Christopher Purnell 222
Green Linda Pollard 210
Liberal Democrats Jordan Jai 47
Turnout 52.8
Reform gain from Havering Residents Association Swing
Reform gain from Havering Residents Association Swing

Gooshays

Gooshays (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Keith Prince[f] 1,738
Reform Liz Tyler 1,711
Reform Robert Whitton 1,542
Havering Residents Association Paul McGeary[g] 661
Labour Co-op Patricia Brown[h] 622
Havering Residents Association Ozlem Colak 606
Havering Residents Association Louise Newton 606
Labour Co-op Sally Omosun 508
Green Marissa Jewell 477
Green Cenred Elworthy 472
Labour Co-op Theo Shaw 471
Green Callum Lewis 447
Conservative Toyin Ajidele 446
Conservative Patrick Marks 362
Conservative Dominika Kukielka 322
Harold Wood Hill Park RA Martin Glenn 234
Harold Wood Hill Park RA Sam Jobber 210
Harold Wood Hill Park RA Andrew Wallington 130
Independent Philip Hyde 100
Liberal Democrats Nigel Meyer 86
Turnout 35.26
Reform gain from Labour Swing
Reform gain from Labour Swing
Reform gain from Labour Swing

Hacton

Hacton (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Havering Residents Association Julie Wilkes 1,574
Reform Geoff Burgess 1,533
Havering Residents Association Reg Whitney[i] 1,447
Reform Mick Slaughter 1,433
Conservative Rony Jacob 310
Conservative Moses Andishu 287
Green Graham Hayfield 238
Labour Jonathon Bizzel 210
Green Ajay Rayaprolu 201
Labour Jeffery Stafford 176
Liberal Democrats Colin Savidge 60
Turnout 51.23
Havering Residents Association hold Swing
Reform gain from Havering Residents Association Swing

Harold Wood

Harold Wood (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Harold Wood Hill Park RA Brian Eagling[j] 2,423
Harold Wood Hill Park RA Martin Goode[j] 2,269
Harold Wood Hill Park RA Darren Wise[k] 2,209
Reform Ryan Russel 1,402
Reform Kevin Godfrey 1,375
Reform Steven Ince 1,375
Green Marion Sanders 415
Green Anish Kothari 396
Green Alex Short 364
Labour Jonathan Appiah Bruce 353
Conservative Ruth Edes 342
Conservative Esme Fay 316
Conservative Denise Speight 278
Labour Siva Kumar 267
Labour Ramkumar Rengarajan 240
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Coles 135
Independent David Durant[l] 134
Liberal Democrats Ian Sanderson 118
Turnout 48.19
Harold Wood Hill Park RA hold Swing
Harold Wood Hill Park RA hold Swing
Harold Wood Hill Park RA hold Swing

Havering-atte-Bower

Havering-atte-Bower (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Graham Edwards 2,419
Reform Della Morton 2,329
Reform Paul Sullivan 2,297
Conservative Jory James 704
Havering Residents Association Karen Chesney 686
Havering Residents Association Kevin Barrett 664
Havering Residents Association John Crowder[m] 631
Conservative Ayo Aladele 602
Conservative Mukund Kataria 593
Green Alfie Atkinson 564
Green Katy Bradbury 557
Labour Sunday Aladetoyinbo 551
Green Kurt Bowers 505
Labour Graham Bramley 501
Labour Christopher Pratt 428
Liberal Democrats Gren Brown 143
Turnout 42.1
Reform gain from Conservative Swing
Reform gain from Conservative Swing
Reform gain from Conservative Swing

Heaton

Heaton (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Kevin Ayres 1,829
Reform Iurie Bivol 1,621
Reform Amin Khuram 1,588
Labour Co-op Keith Darvill[n] 752
Labour Co-op Frankie Walker[o] 682
Labour Co-op Aishwarya Kumar 634
Havering Residents Association Rose Dawson 587
Green Carole Beth 583
Havering Residents Association Nicky Saunter 471
Green Aziz Mogaji 470
Green Daljit Jutla 461
Havering Residents Association Alex Vella 447
Conservative James Gallagher 444
Conservative Sultana Jahan 333
Conservative Kingsley Momodu 303
Liberal Democrats Kerrie Sait 124
Turnout 32.2
Reform gain from Labour Swing
Reform gain from Labour Swing
Reform gain from Labour Swing

Hylands and Harrow Lodge

Hylands and Harrow Lodge (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Kevin Gill 2,271
Reform Sean McMahon 2,212
Reform Maggie Themistocli 2,173
Residents Jay Belshaw 1,824
Residents Christine Smith[p] 1,818
Residents Ciaran White 1,728
Conservative Marco Caporaso 530
Conservative Tracey McEvoy 511
Conservative Ashley Kissin 498
Green Erin Bush 497
Labour Pat Farrell 456
Green Erin Hickman 432
Green Sami Khan 403
Labour Susan Jiggens 377
Labour David Wood 333
Liberal Democrats Wesley Pollard 90
Turnout 50.31
Reform gain from Residents Swing
Reform gain from Residents Swing
Reform gain from Conservative Swing

Marshalls and Rise Park

Marshalls and Rise Park (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Robert Benham[q] 2,241
Reform Gary Payne 2,135
Reform Bailey Nash-Gardner 2,111
Residents Philippa Crowder[r] 1103
Conservative Lucy Tully 1086
Conservative Nisha Patel 984
Residents Rob Chesney 975
Conservative Janina White 949
Residents Robby Misir[r] 873
Green Michael Amaning 442
Labour Nick Butler 420
Green Suzanne Ciechomski 380
Green Alex Heslop 379
Labour Pauline Dennis 376
Labour Anita Pollack 359
Liberal Democrats Elliot Kidner 131
Turnout 51.8
Reform gain from Conservative Swing
Reform gain from Conservative Swing
Reform gain from Conservative Swing

Mawneys

Mawneys (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Sue Benjamins 1,848
Reform Graham Day 1,863
Reform Geoff Starns 1,716
Conservative Jason Frost[s] 1,581
Conservative Dilip Patel[s] 1,495
Conservative Carol Smith[s] 1,308
Green Manon Delaune 497
Green Daniel Nichols 479
Labour Richard Packer 450
Labour Peter Hale 438
Green Zack Yurtsever 428
Residents Gemma Bevan 360
Labour Omid Zadeh 344
Residents Rebecca Wilkes 324
Residents Bill Lavender 297
Liberal Democrats David Proffitt 134
Turnout 45
Reform gain from Conservative Swing
Reform gain from Conservative Swing
Reform gain from Conservative Swing

Rainham and Wennington

Rainham and Wennington (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Residents Sue Ospreay[t] 1,780
Reform George Harwin 1,741
Reform Joe Lock 1,675
Residents Nikki Digby 1,484
Reform Justin Halabi 1,443
Residents Daniel Beal 1,344
Labour Mohammed Abdullah 596
Labour Fay Hough 592
Labour Sue Watson 534
Green Erin Mansfield 323
Conservative Sade Adeeko 290
Green Leona Munro 257
Green Mark Yetton 229
Conservative Anamul Hoque 208
Conservative Mohammad Sameemuddin 179
Liberal Democrats Bogdan Coliba 95
Turnout 44.97
Residents gain from Conservative Swing
Reform gain from Conservative Swing
Reform gain from Conservative Swing

Rush Green and Crowlands

Rush Green and Crowlands (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Alex Donald[u] 1,347
Reform Henry William 1,293
Reform Petru Dinsorean 1,277
Conservative Viddy Persaud[v] 1,103
Conservative Tim Ryan[v] 1,057
Conservative Abul Hussain 1,038
Labour John Curtis 810
Green Kelly-Louise Edwards 750
Labour Joe Jervis 712
Labour Tom Pickford 697
Green Angelina Leatherbarrow 675
Green Beth Winslow 635
Residents Tracey Niemierko 269
Residents Robert O'Dea 237
Residents Garry Pain[w] 228
Liberal Democrats Agnius Bogdanovas 128
Turnout 39.95
Reform gain from Conservative Swing
Reform gain from Conservative Swing
Reform gain from Conservative Swing

South Hornchurch

South Hornchurch (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Luke Barry 1,307
Reform Angelica Ola 1,151
Residents Graham Williamson[x] 851
Residents Natasha Summers[y] 806
Labour Karen Bernard 433
Green Ruth Kettle-Frisby 316
Labour Eric Sheqi 310
Independent Mushtaq Ahmad 261
Green Henry Mcaneny 243
Conservative Michael Burton 230
Conservative Arunraj Swlvaraj 161
Liberal Democrats Caroline Hibbs-Brown 66
Turnout 42.62
Reform gain from Residents Swing
Reform gain from Residents Swing

Squirrels Heath

Squirrels Heath (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Christine Vickery[z] 2,330 40.1 N/A
Reform Tom Vickery 2,255 38.1 N/A
Reform Martynas Cekavicius 2,159 37.1 N/A
Conservative Adam Baker 1,432 24.6 −29.8
Conservative Michael White[aa] 1,357 23.4 −29.8
Conservative Spencer Seaton 1,306 22.5 −29.9
Green Mark Whiley 851 14.6 N/A
Green Madhu Devershetty 847 14.6 N/A
Green Richard Killip 815 14.0 N/A
Residents Paul Highman 620 10.7 −15.2
Residents Jordan Beal 609 10.5 −11.4
Residents Bob Perry 552 9.5 −11.0
Labour Nadia Abid 550 9.5 −10.4
Labour Alison Cummerson 509 8.8 −8.1
Labour Antonia Osammor 432 7.4 −8.9
Liberal Democrats Thomas Clarke 226 3.9 −1.5
Liberal Democrats Shane Forster 166 2.9 −1.3
Turnout 5,581 49.78 +11.24
Reform gain from Conservative Swing N/A
Reform gain from Conservative Swing N/A
Reform gain from Conservative Swing N/A

St Alban's

St Alban's (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Diane Smith 764 31.39
Reform Russell Smith 748 30.73
Labour Jane Keane[ab] 681 27.98
Labour Jack Dobson-Smith 578 23.75
Conservative Judith Holt[ab] 532 21.86
Conservative Martin Firmstone 427 17.54
Green Laurence Solkin 308 12.65
Residents Tamim Ahmed 235 9.65
Green Arian Wahab 230 9.45
Residents Nicolas Kee Mew 207 8.50
Liberal Democrats Owen Roberts 61 2.51
Turnout 43.95
Reform gain from Conservative Swing
Reform gain from Labour Swing

St Andrew's

St Andrew's (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Robert Attree 2,274
Reform Malvin Brown[ac] 2,209
Reform George Cowie 2,098
Residents Bryan Vincent[ad] 1,995
Residents John Cain 1,957
Residents John Wood 1,906
Conservative Henry Frost 585
Green Keira Gomez 514
Green Tia Lancaster 467
Conservative Anil Gupta 446
Green Felix Katzenmaier 441
Conservative Izu Nwafor 397
Labour Brendan Pridmore 343
Labour Keith Taffs 341
Labour Hamida Idris 334
Liberal Democrats Daniels Daudiss 120
Turnout 50.5
Reform gain from Residents Swing
Reform gain from Residents Swing
Reform gain from Residents Swing

St Edward's

St Edward's (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Terry Brown 1,108
Reform Martin Lardner 1,075
Reform Sathya Maddasani 965
Conservative Wendy Brice-Thompson 732
Conservative Roy Chowdhury 680
Conservative Svetlana Joao 568
Green Alexandra Betkowska 552
Labour Emma Hawkins 547
Green Scott Donovan 494
Labour Alex Navarro-James 453
Labour Pushpa Makwana 452
Green Kieron Thomson-Turnage 424
Residents Dianne Thomson 411
Residents Jody Ganly 359
Residents Nuno Justo 319
Liberal Democrats Tej Singh 120
Turnout 42.32
Reform gain from Conservative Swing
Reform gain from Conservative Swing
Reform gain from Conservative Swing

Upminster

Upminster (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Residents Oscar Ford[ae] 2,770
Residents Michael Fisher 2,633
Residents Christopher Wilkins[af] 2,541
Reform Leslie Montague-Nahla 1,950
Reform Sam Tiwari 1,824
Reform Mahbub Rahman 1,697
Conservative Christopher Nicholls 647
Conservative Ian de Wulverton 627
Conservative Oliver Rose 592
Green Noel Richardson 394
Green Rowan Elworthy 342
Labour Simon Darvill 334
Labour Patrick Chalk 308
Green Riley Rogers 288
Labour Keane Handley 240
Liberal Democrats Jessica Townsend 112
Turnout 56.4
Residents hold Swing
Residents hold Swing
Residents hold Swing

Notes

  1. ↑ Robert Benham, Della Morton, Bailey Nash-Gardner, Keith Prince, Maggie Themistocli, Christine Vickery and Tom Vickery were selected as Conservative Party candidates and are now standing for Reform UK.
  2. 1 2 Councillor for Beam Park since 2022.
  3. ↑ Councillor for Cranham since 2002.
  4. ↑ Councillor for Cranham since 2018.
  5. 1 2 Councillor for Elm Park since 2014.
  6. ↑ Councillor for Squirrels Heath since 2018. Stood as a Conservative Party candidate in 2018.
  7. ↑ Councillor for Gooshays since 2018. Stood as a Labour Party candidate in 2018 and 2022.
  8. ↑ Councillor for Gooshays since 2022.
  9. ↑ Councillor for Hacton since 2018.
  10. 1 2 Councillor for Harold Wood since 2010.
  11. ↑ Councillor for Harold Wood since 2014.
  12. ↑ Councillor for Rainham and Wennington from 2010 to 2022. Stood as an Independent Residents Association candidate.
  13. ↑ Councillor for Havering-atte-Bower since 2022.
  14. ↑ Councillor for Heaton since 2002.
  15. ↑ Councillor for Heaton since 2022.
  16. ↑ Councillor for Hylands and Harrow Lodge since 2022. Stood as a Conservative Party candidate in 2022.
  17. ↑ Councillor for Rush Green and Crowlands since 2022. Stood as a Conservative Party candidate in 2022.
  18. 1 2 Councillor for Marshalls and Rise Park since 2022. Stood as a Conservative Party candidate in 2022.
  19. 1 2 3 Councillor for Mawneys since 2022.
  20. ↑ Councillor for Rainham and Wennington since 2022. Stood as a Conservative Party candidate in 2022.
  21. ↑ Councillor for Harold Wood from 2014 to 2018. Stood as a Residents Association candidate.
  22. 1 2 Councillor for Rush Green and Crowlands since 2022.
  23. ↑ Councillor for Hylands from 2014 to 2018. Stood as a Conservative Party candidate.
  24. ↑ Councillor for South Hornchurch since 2014.
  25. ↑ Councillor for South Hornchurch since 2018.
  26. ↑ Councillor for Squirrels Heath since 2022. Stood as a Conservative Party candidate in 2022.
  27. ↑ Councillor for Squirrels Heath since 2002.
  28. 1 2 Councillor for St Alban's since 2022.
  29. ↑ Councillor for South Hornchurch from 2002 to 2006. Stood as a Residents Association candidate in 2002.
  30. ↑ Councillor for St Andrew's since 2022.
  31. ↑ Councillor for Upminster since 2022.
  32. ↑ Councillor for Upminster since 2018.

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