The 2026 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2026.[2] All 50 members of Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council were elected. The elections took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.[3]

Background

In May 2024, Conservative candidate Stéphanie Petit won the Norland by-election.[4]

Previous council composition

After 2022 election Before 2026 election After 2026 election
Party Seats Party Seats Party Seats
Conservative 35 Conservative 36 Conservative 34
Labour 13 Labour 7 Labour 13
Liberal Democrats 2 Liberal Democrats 2 Liberal Democrats 3
Green 0 Green 1 Green 0
Independent 0 Independent 4 Independent 0

Changes 2022–2026:

  • April 2023: Emma Dent Coad (Labour) leaves party to sit as an independent[5]
  • October 2023:
    • Eva Jedut (Labour) expelled from party[6]
    • Mona Ahmed (Labour) leaves party to sit as an independent[7]
  • December 2023: Mona Adam (Labour) joins Greens[8]
  • March 2024:
    • Stuart Graham (Conservative) resigns – by-election held May 2024[9]
    • Dahabo Isse (Labour) joins Conservatives[10]
  • May 2024: Stephanie Petit (Conservative) wins by-election[11]
  • October 2025: Toby Benton (Labour) leaves party to sit as an independent[12]

Election results

Election result

2026 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election[13]
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 50 34 - 1 Decrease 1 68.00 50.40 47,535 Increase 6.50
  Labour 50 13 - - Steady 26.00 18.98 17,906 Decrease 12.82
  Liberal Democrats 50 3 1 - Increase 1 6.00 12.25 11,553 Decrease 8.95
  Reform 50 0 - - Steady - 9.61 9,068 NEW
  Green 21 0 - - Steady - 8.21 7,745 Increase 5.71
  Independent 5 0 - - Steady - 0.55 521 Decrease 0.15

Ward results

Abingdon

Abingdon (3)[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Sarah Addenbrooke 1,248 23
Conservative Anne Cyron 1,177 22
Conservative James Husband 1,170 22
Green Guler Ergun 249 5
Liberal Democrats Angus Cameron 218 4
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Good 210 4
Labour Pat Healy 200 4
Labour Annabelle Louvros 195 4
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Owen 168 3
Labour Andrew Moran 159 3
Reform Justin Cook 137 3
Reform Fiona McWatters 127 2
Reform Max Windsor 124 2

Brompton & Hans Town

Brompton & Hans Town (3)[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Sof McVeigh 1,084 23
Conservative Mary Weale 1,081 23
Conservative Walaa Idris 1,072 23
Reform Bella Buchanan 224 5
Reform Penelope Bouchot-Humbert 218 5
Reform Suzy Lewis 198 4
Labour Marian Kearney 193 4
Liberal Democrats Maurizio Campolo 178 4
Liberal Democrats Rees Cowne 173 4
Labour Kasper Moller 168 4
Liberal Democrats Alia Mahmud 165 3
Labour Ambigai Waters 161 3

Campden

Campden (3)[16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Catherine Faulks 1,405 23
Conservative Preety Hudd 1,308 22
Conservative Lloyd North 1,282 21
Labour Otto Barrow 310 5
Liberal Democrats Christopher Bellamy 303 5
Labour Ruth Daniel 284 5
Liberal Democrats Juan Carrizosa 279 5
Liberal Democrats Juni Farmanfarmian 245 4
Labour Ouafae Elmansouri 242 4
Reform Victoria Chapman 213 4
Reform Alistair Wellmann 176 3
Reform Yosr Ismail 142 2
Independent Stehpen Conboy 78 1

Chelsea Riverside

Chelsea Riverside (3)[17]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Laura Burns 1,073 16
Conservative Heena Bellara 1,015 15
Conservative Max Chauhan 969 15
Labour Anne Corbett 498 8
Labour Michael Coelho 486 7
Labour Keith Cunningham 412 6
Green Julian Burger 405 6
Reform Andrew David Barclay 354 5
Reform Alexa Jago 307 5
Reform Henry Woodruff 288 4
Independent Amal Ah Bider 281 4
Liberal Democrats Moya Denman 187 3
Liberal Democrats Peter Kosta 155 2
Liberal Democrats Margo Schwartz 155 2

Colville

Colville (3)[18]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Monica Press 821 13
Labour Cihan Cheron 745 12
Labour Jack Reason 739 12
Green Samantha Batra 535 9
Green Wilson Brathwaite 509 8
Green Steph Warrick 467 8
Conservative Elena Gheorghe 426 7
Conservative Minna Korjonen 407 7
Conservative Rahul Tharmaratnam 360 6
Reform Theodore Karpinski 203 3
Reform Deborah Skinner 198 3
Reform Matthew Snell 195 3
Liberal Democrats Tom Mayers 192 3
Liberal Democrats Cyrus Ardalan 182 3
Liberal Democrats Brian Orrell 154 3

Courtfield

Courtfield (3)[19]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Gregory Hammond 1,285 25
Conservative Janet Evans 1,262 24
Conservative Quentin Marshall 1,211 23
Liberal Democrats Luisa Esposito 191 4
Liberal Democrats Christophe Noblet 154 3
Labour Alex Anstruther 143 3
Reform Robert Fleming 141 3
Liberal Democrats Vincent Lowe 140 3
Green Theo Verden 140 3
Reform Claire Wheately 132 3
Labour Tina Alkaff 128 2
Labour Margaret Pringle 119 2
Reform Luke Wates 118 2

Dalgarno

Dalgarno (2)[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Co-op Abdullahi Nur 593 19
Labour Co-op Alex Porter 577 18
Green Rahul Imran 400 13
Green Rayen Naghi 386 12
Conservative Alex De Silva 304 10
Conservative Gordon Newell 250 8
Reform Margaret Louise Parker 239 8
Reform Albert Woodruff 206 6
Liberal Democrats Alex Tatton-Brown 84 3
Liberal Democrats Nuria Sabin-Mosquera 71 2
Independent Eva Jedut 64 2

Earl's Court

Earl's Court (3)[21]
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Linda Wade 1,205 18
Liberal Democrats James Ortiz 972 14
Liberal Democrats Sofia Gurrola 967 14
Conservative Andrea Dardi 826 12
Conservative Brian Stephens 815 12
Conservative Esther Idoko 733 11
Green Elske Waite 259 4
Labour Chloe Braganca 229 3
Labour David O'Connell 194 3
Labour John Winter 175 3
Reform Adam Burclaff 139 2
Reform Natalia Jesurun 113 2
Reform Anas Hassan 99 1

Golborne

Golborne (3)[22]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Co-op Nadia Nail 704 14
Labour Co-op Sina Lari 696 14
Labour Co-op Peter Marshall 658 13
Green Mona Adam 608 12
Green Alex Clarke 546 11
Green Bhupinder Sudan 435 9
Conservative Harry Hopkins 210 4
Conservative Ellie Lines 203 4
Conservative Kieran Terry 194 4
Reform Donovan Gill 171 3
Reform Deida Acero 161 3
Reform Krzysztof Ziembla 139 3
Liberal Democrats Sabina Kelly 98 2
Liberal Democrats Andrew Roland 76 2
Liberal Democrats Tony Somers 58 1

Holland

Holland (3)[23]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Lucy Knight 1,408 22
Conservative Johnny Thalassites 1,390 22
Conservative Aarien Areti 1,360 22
Labour Caterina Perrone 409 7
Green Lena El-Malak 336 5
Labour Sonny Remmer-Riley 334 5
Labour Lina El Baz 187 3
Liberal Democrats Daniel Borrero Fresno 187 3
Liberal Democrats Nadia Macdonald 180 3
Liberal Democrats Hugh Lalor 157 3
Reform Arman Rahimi 119 2
Reform Nellie Mirnezami 108 2
Reform Maahan Mirnezami 99 2

Norland

Norland (2)[24]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Stéphanie Petit 964 32
Conservative Marc Goldfinger 936 31
Labour Max Alexander 266 9
Green Angela Georgievski 216 7
Labour Amal Saleh 198 6
Liberal Democrats Carmel McLoughlin 140 5
Liberal Democrats Joe Mayers 126 4
Reform Adam Irving 123 4
Reform David Spring 88 3

Notting Dale

Notting Dale (3)[25]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Kasim Ali 944 17
Labour Claire Simmons 893 16
Labour Portia Thaxter 798 14
Green Rema Farhan 524 9
Green Jamie Rahman 448 8
Conservative Cordelia Evans 303 5
Conservative Tom Montgomery 284 5
Conservative Ben Fforde 280 5
Reform Adrian Cardenas 271 5
Reform Robin Hobbs 247 4
Reform Angela Defoe 226 4
Liberal Democrats Ben Mayers 127 2
Liberal Democrats Gillian Shaw 117 2
Liberal Democrats Yury Kanavalau 112 2
Independent Zack Gilpin 29 1

Pembridge

Pembridge (2)[26]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Georgia Hardisty 735 26
Conservative Natacha Tannous 710 25
Liberal Democrats Sam Dodgshon 501 18
Liberal Democrats Hridi Chowdhury 464 16
Labour Ayah Mamode 147 5
Labour Taif Rahman 130 5
Reform Henry McWatters 85 3
Reform Kristi Gulliver 74 3

Queen's Gate

Queen's Gate (3)[27]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Sam Mackover 1,075 24
Conservative Max Dodd-Noble 1,051 23
Conservative Ned Whitley 994 22
Liberal Democrats Sheila McGuirk 203 4
Green Max Dunne 193 4
Liberal Democrats Luke Woollen 161 4
Labour Linda Reid 151 3
Labour Bob Mingay 134 3
Liberal Democrats Pawel Urbanski 128 3
Reform Kezia Noble 120 3
Reform Thomas Walker 115 3
Labour Keith Stirling 104 2
Reform Juliet Zhong 102 2

Redcliffe

Redcliffe (3)[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Tom Bennett 1,293 22
Conservative Marie-Therese Rossi 1,225 21
Conservative Sidney Yankson 1,181 20
Liberal Democrats Jean-Francois Burford 266 5
Labour Maria Arana 255 4
Liberal Democrats Marguerite Ohan 228 4
Green Genevieve Shanahan 227 4
Labour Robert Atkinson 226 4
Liberal Democrats Michael Zihan Jin 207 4
Reform Alexander Hewett 188 3
Reform Emma Hollands 185 3
Labour Lucas Cadman 179 3
Reform Jonathan O'Keefe 155 3

Royal Hospital

Royal Hospital (3)[29]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Elizabeth Campbell 1,671 24
Conservative Emma Will 1,547 22
Conservative Cem Kemahli 1,530 22
Reform Deborah Iliffe 329 5
Reform Paul Kerr 310 4
Reform David Linsey 298 4
Labour Helen Ashby 220 3
Green Alice Clack 212 3
Liberal Democrats Caroline Church 188 3
Labour Abdulmajid Malin 160 2
Liberal Democrats Penelope Pocock 158 2
Labour Stuart Shapro 137 2
Liberal Democrats Alexandra Walker 133 2

St Helen's

St Helen's (2)[30]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Co-op Billy Beckett 648 19
Labour Co-op Lucy Shaw 615 18
Conservative Yusuf Ibrahim 589 17
Conservative Maxwell Woodger 586 17
Green Doulla Croft 346 10
Green Charles Foster-Hall 304 9
Reform Charles Dunn 144 4
Reform Henry Sire 122 3
Liberal Democrats Paula McPherson 76 2
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Somers 63 2

Stanley

Stanley (3)[31]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Will Pascall 1,359 21
Conservative Josh Rendall 1,356 21
Conservative Kim Taylor-Smith 1,338 21
Labour Sylvia Parnell 328 5
Labour Ali Awil 320 5
Labour Hassan Muhamud 294 5
Reform Emma Mackenzie 286 4
Reform Marc Burca 263 4
Reform Lucy Woodruff 249 4
Liberal Democrats Jose Buera 236 4
Liberal Democrats Carl Michel 231 4
Liberal Democrats Arsalan Nazim 184 3
Independent Iain A Smith 69 1

References

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  2. ↑ "Local elections in London will test support for Reform UK and Greens". BBC News. 1 January 2026. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
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source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Kensington_and_Chelsea_London_Borough_Council_election