The 2026 Sutton London Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2026.[1] All 55 members of Sutton 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.[2]

In the election, the Liberal Democrats retained control of the council.[3] The Conservatives were wiped out.[4] Labour was reduced to one seat and Reform gained two.[5]

Background

In 2022, Liberal Democrats retained control of the council.[6] In 2025, the deputy leader of the council resigned triggering a by-election.[7]

Previous council composition

After 2022 election Before 2026 election After 2026 election
Party Seats Party Seats Party Seats
Liberal Democrats 29 Liberal Democrats 28 Liberal Democrats 51
Conservative 20 Conservative 20 Reform 2
Labour 3 Labour 2 Labour 1
Independent 3 Independent 5 Independent 1

Changes 2022–2026:

  • March 2024: Sheila Berry (Labour) resigns – by-election held May 2024[8]
  • May 2024: Catherine Gray (Conservative) gains by-election from Labour[9]
  • March 2025: David Bartolucci (Liberal Democrats) disqualified due to non-attendance – by-election held April 2025[10]
  • April 2025:
    • Richard Choi (Liberal Democrats) wins by-election[11]
    • Amy Haldane (Liberal Democrats) resigns – by-election held May 2025[12]
  • May 2025: Lisa Webster (Liberal Democrats) wins by-election[13]
  • March 2026:
    • Timothy Crowley (Conservative) leaves party to sit as an independent[14]
    • Patrick Ogbonna (Liberal Democrats) leaves party to sit as an independent[15]

Election result

2026 Sutton London Borough Council election[16]
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Liberal Democrats 55 51 22 - Increase 22 92.73 44.39 89,454 Increase 4.79
  Reform 55 2 2 - Increase 2 3.63 20.11 40,531 NEW
  Labour 55 1 - 1 Decrease 1 1.82 5.97 12,019 Decrease 10.93
  Independent 5 1 - 2 Decrease 2 1.82 1.94 3,897 Decrease 1.66
  Conservative 55 0 - 21 Decrease 21 - 17.05 34,355 Decrease 19.15
  Green 55 0 - - Steady - 10.50 21,166 Increase 6.9
  CPA 1 0 - - Steady - 0.04 86 Steady

Results by ward

Beddington

Beddington (3)[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Nick Mattey 1,316 42.5 +2.8
Liberal Democrats Sue Ebanks 1,220 39.4 +16.6
Liberal Democrats Rob Leah 1,202 38.8 +19.5
Independent Tim Foster 1,188 38.3 +0.8
Independent Tim Crowley 1,153 37.2 −0.1
Liberal Democrats Chante O'Shaughnessy 1,075 34.7 +15.4
Reform Barrie Collins 669 21.6 New
Reform Lesley Smith 617 19.6 New
Reform Christine Trenholme 564 18.2 New
Green Annabelle Bouilov 391 12.6 +1.3
Green Michael Boulton 331 10.7 New
Green Helen Didymus-True 327 10.5 New
Labour Allan Black 291 9.4 −9.9
Conservative Alison Huneke 285 9.2 −12.9
Labour Sarah Gwynn 273 8.8 −7.8
Conservative John Rawlinson 267 8.6 −11.4
Labour Ian Turner 230 7.4 −8.3
Conservative Julia Szucs 220 7.1 −12.5
Independent hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing

Belmont

Belmont (3)[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Chandra Alapati 2,130 68.7 +31.1
Liberal Democrats Joseph Barkham 1,888 60.9 +25.2
Liberal Democrats Rashi Barsaiyan 1,819 58.7 +28.3
Conservative Neil Garratt 1,284 41.4 −5.1
Conservative Mukesh Rao 1,236 39.9 −6.4
Conservative Lily Bande 1,143 36.9 −5.9
Reform Paul Campbell 719 23.2 New
Reform Adrian Noble 642 20.7 New
Reform William Smith 613 19.8 New
Green Virginia Fuster-Velert 445 14.4 +2
Green Libby Standbridge 419 13.5 New
Green August Wood 353 11.4 New
Labour Marian Wingrove 201 6.5 −11.2
Labour Gale Blears 181 5.8 −10.4
Labour Elaine Kwamin 175 5.6 −8.7
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Carshalton Central

Carshalton Central (3)[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Jenner 2,459
Liberal Democrats Isabel Araujo 2,398
Liberal Democrats Jake Short 2,392
Reform Angela Ellis-Jones 809
Reform Barry Greening 757
Reform Lauren Simpson 745
Green Verity Thomson 673
Conservative Derek Fitzgibbons 607
Conservative Jill Sparks 605
Conservative Graham Johnson 563
Green Andrew Coghill 525
Green Peter Friel 453
Labour Co-op Marilynne Burbage 220
Labour Co-op Pat McCarthy 166
Labour Co-op Peter Turner 135
CPA Ashley Dickenson 86
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Carshalton South & Clockhouse

Carshalton South & Clockhouse (3)[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Lisa Webster 1,966
Liberal Democrats Peter Chubb 1,837
Liberal Democrats Noor Sumun 1,697
Conservative Moira Butt 1,310
Conservative Chris Da Cruz 1,149
Conservative Pushpa Murthy 929
Reform Thomas Berry 750
Reform Arlene Dearlove 685
Reform Mark O'Callaghan 626
Green Chris Byrne 341
Green Paul McCarthy 275
Green Barrie Standridge 216
Labour Frank Cooper 163
Labour Aileen Neal 130
Labour Albert Morris 118
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Cheam

Cheam (3)[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Kingdom 1,875
Liberal Democrats Melody Thorpe 1,794
Liberal Democrats Shimino Jesudas 1,761
Conservative Tom Drummond 1,339
Conservative Eric Allen 1,336
Conservative Tony Shields 1,295
Reform Ann Harris 831
Reform Clive Palmer 777
Reform Siobhan Ritson 732
Green Lauryn Jones 356
Green Rebecca Perry 336
Green James Nolan 289
Labour Alan Aylward 155
Labour Dave Owen 124
Labour Jonathan Offen 114
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Hackbridge

Hackbridge (2)[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Tom Foster 820
Labour Co-op Dave Tchil 726
Liberal Democrats Brendan Hudson 654
Labour Co-op Margaret Thomas 522
Reform Danny Davison 436
Reform Vijay Vashistha 383
Green Tanya Fernandes 278
Green Rubie Kelly 236
Conservative Alan Plant 210
Conservative Aephaniel Owusu-Agyemang 144
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing

North Cheam

North Cheam (3)[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats James Appleby 1,844
Liberal Democrats Naveen Samrat 1,823
Liberal Democrats Jason Stone 1,697
Reform Joanna Bishop 1,112
Reform Natasha Fowler 1,066
Conservative Param Nandha 1,048
Reform Angus Dalgleish 1,012
Conservative Michael Dwyer 985
Conservative James McDermott-Hill 926
Green Chantel Campbell 420
Green Harry Hewing 317
Green Kieron Marshall 256
Labour Joan Bronkhorst 212
Labour Eleanor Jackson 190
Labour Ann Morrison 164
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

South Beddington & Roundshaw

South Beddington and Roundshaw (3)[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Edward Joyce 1,678
Liberal Democrats Sunil Kumar 1,662
Liberal Democrats Judy Walsh 1,527
Reform John Fenn 925
Reform Dale Stacey 905
Reform Paolo Standerwick 865
Conservative Tim Green 487
Conservative Sinead Byrne 480
Conservative Anthea Winterton 431
Green Dave Pettit 282
Green Luke Richardson 267
Green Michael Tomlinson 226
Labour John Clay 207
Labour Beresford Caramba-Coker 174
Labour Mark Rogers 170
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

St Helier East

St Helier East (2)[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Cole 906
Liberal Democrats Gemma Munday 894
Reform Dominic O'Shea 652
Reform Lucy O'Shea 643
Green Andy Acton 278
Green Dylan Acton 238
Conservative Vincentia Pratt 203
Labour James Bensberg 191
Conservative Alan Swinton 184
Labour Alan Tate 149
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

St Helier West

St Helier West (3)[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Joicy Joseph 1,038
Reform Janey Gould 1,021
Reform Alison Long 1,018
Liberal Democrats Dean Juster 1,014
Reform Trevor Smith 988
Liberal Democrats Parveen Kumar 927
Conservative Steve Alvarez 558
Conservative Wendy Clark 532
Green Abdul Khan 495
Conservative Martin Bustamante 485
Green Harriet Napolitano 459
Green Daniel Rayner 407
Labour Jesh Abraham 281
Labour Kingsley Abrams 279
Labour Nick Eaves 260
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Reform gain from Conservative Swing
Reform gain from Conservative Swing

Stonecot

Stonecot (2)[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Rob Beck 1,404
Liberal Democrats Cumar Sahathevan 1,222
Reform James King 631
Reform Ian Williams 584
Conservative Vikki Shields 459
Conservative Arif Syed 388
Green Leah Millington 250
Green Iffat Saboor 200
Labour Co-op Jane Davies 184
Labour Co-op Jim Hanson 129
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Sutton Central

Sutton Central (3)[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Choi 1,745
Liberal Democrats Ed Parsley 1,537
Liberal Democrats Cryss Mennaceur 1,471
Green Helen John 840
Green Doug Shaw 655
Green Hannah White 648
Reform Rob Ewing 587
Reform Stewart Wood 565
Reform Haoyu Zhang 513
Conservative Jeanne Hornshaw 334
Labour Chantelle Donkor 290
Conservative Barry Russell 288
Conservative Paul Whitcher 288
Labour Paul Harrison 245
Labour Kerrie Peek 244
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Sutton North

Sutton North (3)[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sam Cumber 1,846
Liberal Democrats Vanessa McCain 1,761
Liberal Democrats Yusuf Abd El-Razzak 1,640
Reform Bob Lampard 856
Reform Edward Mills 796
Reform Bill Main-Ian 773
Conservative Blake Purchase 648
Conservative Tony Sphikas 579
Conservative Aamir Haroon 544
Green Genevieve White 447
Green Toby McGuinness 420
Green Wesley Witt 327
Labour Kehinde Akintunde 262
Labour Lyndon Edwards 257
Labour Mark Simmonds 244
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Sutton South

Sutton South (3)[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Clifton 2,004
Liberal Democrats Trish Fivey 1,922
Liberal Democrats Asif Hirani 1,661
Conservative Manish Bhalla 861
Conservative Alexander Coker 776
Conservative Michael Mortimore 767
Reform Ian Drury 562
Reform Pamela Peller 548
Reform Taaha Ahmed 498
Green Amy Bryce 439
Green Fraser Brough 390
Green Ross Jones 343
Labour Sandra Buck 246
Labour Tessa Cornell 224
Labour Graham Terrell 194
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Sutton West & East Cheam

Sutton West & East Cheam (3)[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Louise Phelan 2,063
Liberal Democrats Christopher Woolmer 1,967
Liberal Democrats Qasim Esak 1,887
Reform Dan Lawes 701
Reform Alison Sinclair 694
Reform Harry Robinson 688
Conservative Sarah Hornshaw 631
Conservative Stephen Read 576
Conservative Natkunam Wimalendran 493
Green James Beckley 413
Green Firat Bas 399
Green James Kelly 397
Labour Victoria Barlow 298
Labour Michael McMahon 191
Labour Peter Queally 170
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

The Wrythe

The Wrythe (3)[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Colin Stears 1,633
Liberal Democrats Rukhsar Askari 1,593
Liberal Democrats Ian Simpson 1,593
Reform Ethan Smith 944
Reform Rohit Kaila 910
Reform Jack Vallins 901
Conservative Terry Woods 462
Green Peter Greig 448
Conservative Debra Russell 446
Green Jack Holdawanski 386
Conservative Rahul Yadav 371
Green Robert Walker 368
Labour Michael Cawley 236
Labour David Grant 228
Labour Maria Qanita 217
Independent Patrick Ogbonna 130
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Wallington North

Wallington North (3)[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sunita Gordon 1,976
Liberal Democrats Aaron Goater 1,910
Liberal Democrats Barry Lewis 1,842
Reform Peter Cox 957
Reform Jason Champaneri 925
Reform Leo Rose 865
Green Maeve Tomlinson 469
Conservative Joseph D'Costa 449
Green John Keys 445
Conservative Jack Richardson 437
Green Samia Tossio 402
Conservative Barbara Woods 402
Labour Tim Featherstone-Griffin 263
Labour Judith Hawkins 242
Labour Mary Towler 228
Independent Celeste Narywonczyk 110
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Wallington South

Wallington South (3)[34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jayne McCoy 1,990
Liberal Democrats Sam Martin 1,897
Liberal Democrats Muhammad Sadiq 1,785
Reform Heather Mann 705
Reform David Sykes 704
Reform David Taffurelli 651
Green Eliot Carroll 553
Conservative Christopher Wortley 527
Conservative Hilary Wortley 488
Conservative Jim Simms 483
Green Chris Donnelly 468
Green Cat Ebongalame 467
Labour John Ashton 248
Labour Teresa Ayoub 212
Labour Jennifer Vidler 171
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Worcester Park North

Worcester Park North (2)[35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Joanna Elgarf 1,262
Liberal Democrats Israel Owoade 1,059
Conservative Radley Cunliffe 618
Conservative Jo Martin 583
Reform Deborah Scully 561
Reform Moira Standerwick 530
Green Kirsty Nelson 356
Green Julie Stamford 293
Labour John Flowers 199
Labour Natalie Wright 169
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Worcester Park South

Worcester Park South (2)[36]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jenna Hartley-Smith 1,469
Liberal Democrats Luni Sabharwal 1,318
Reform Karin Burke 699
Reform Judy Urmossy 621
Conservative Martina Allen 639
Conservative Peter Geiringer 577
Green Anna Mora 231
Green Ganesh Sathyamoorthy 223
Labour Jessica Parker 115
Labour George Gallant 112
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

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