2022 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election

2022 Kensington and Chelsea Council election
	5 May 2022
All 50 council seats
Incumbent council control; ; Conservative	; ;

The 2022 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election is currently taking place as of 5 May 2022. All 50 members of Kensington and Chelsea 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.

In the previous election in 2018, the Conservative Party maintained its longstanding control of the council, winning 36 out of the 50 seats with the Labour Party forming the principal opposition with 13 of the remaining 14 seats.

Background

History

Result of the 2018 borough election

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]

Kensington and Chelsea has been under Conservative control since its establishment. In the most recent election in 2018, the Conservatives won 36 seats with 51.4% of the vote across the borough; Labour won 13 seats with 33.0% of the vote and the Liberal Democrats won a single seat with 12.4% of the vote.[2] The council had been a target for the Labour Party, who had been expected to perform better following the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire.[2]

Council term

A Labour councillor for Dalgarno ward, Robert Thomson, resigned in early 2019 because his job required him to relocate. A by-election was held to fill his seat on 21 March 2019, which was won by the Labour candidate Kasim Ali with the Conservatives coming in second place.[3]

Unlike most London boroughs, Kensington and Chelsea will continue with the same ward boundaries it elected councillors under in 2018 as it had been subject to a recent boundary review.

Electoral process

Kensington and Chelsea, as with all other London borough councils, elects all of its councillors at once every four years, with the previous election having taken place in 2018. 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.[4] 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.[4]

Previous council composition

Councillors after the 2018 election
Councillors prior to the 2022 election

After 2018 election			Before 2022 election
Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Conservative	36		Conservative	36
	Labour	13		Labour	13
	Liberal Democrats	1		Liberal Democrats	1

Overall Results

Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election[5]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	+/−
Conservative		0
Labour			0
Liberal Democrats			0	±0
Green	0	0	0	0	0		0
Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0

Results by ward

Abingdon

Abingdon (3)
Party		Candidate
	Conservative	Anne Cyron
	Conservative	Sarah Addenbrooke
	Conservative	James Husband
	Labour	Manju Gregory
	Labour	Nasrin Lari
	Labour	Bora Ristic
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Good
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Owen
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Kosta
Turnout

Brompton and Hans Town

Brompton and Hans Town (3)
Party		Candidate
	Conservative	Walaa Idris
	Conservative	Sof McVeigh
	Conservative	Mary Weale
	Labour	Karl-Eric Cheron
	Labour	Marian Kearney
	Labour	Monica Preston
	Liberal Democrats	Ewen Cameron
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Woodthorpe Browne
	Liberal Democrats	Maurizio Campolo
Turnout

Campden

Campden (3)
Party		Candidate
	Conservative	Catherine Faulks
	Conservative	Preety Hudd
	Conservative	Lloyd North
	Labour	Margaret Mcdonald
	Labour	Heathcote Ruthann
	Labour	Tabatha Vaughan
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Coplans
	Liberal Democrats	Juan Carrizosa
	Green	Luke Douglas-Home
Turnout

Chelsea Riverside

Chelsea Riverside (3)
Party		Candidate
	Conservative	Laura Burns
	Conservative	Gerard Hargreaves
	Conservative	Sonia Zvedeniuk
	Labour	Cihan Cheron
	Labour	Mike Coelho
	Labour	Jake Thomas
	Liberal Democrats	Margo Schwartz
Turnout

Colville

Colville (3)
Party		Candidate
	Conservative	Becky Walsh
	Conservative	Roni Greenfield
	Conservative	Ellie Lines
	Labour	Mohammed Bakhtiar
	Labour	Toby Benton
	Labour	Dahabo Isse
	Liberal Democrats	Jules Lipton
	Liberal Democrats	Josie Mayers
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Nowak
Turnout

Courtfield

Courtfield (3)
Party		Candidate
	Conservative	Greg Hammond
	Conservative	Janet Evans
	Conservative	Quentin Marshall
	Labour	Fatima Kara
	Labour	Marius Brill
	Labour	Rene Gimpel
	Liberal Democrats	Marc Goldfinger
Turnout

Dalgarno

Dalgarno (2)
Party		Candidate
	Conservative	Theodore Karpinksi
	Conservative	Anjulika Vatish
	Labour	Kasim Ali
	Labour	Eva Jedut
	Liberal Democrats	Alexandra Tatton-Brown
	Independent	Philip Williams
	Independent	Delores Patterson
Turnout

Earl's Court

Earl's Court (3)
Party		Candidate
	Conservative	Hamish Adourian
	Conservative	Max Chauhan
	Conservative	Stephanie Petit
	Labour	Bruno Diantantou
	Labour	Sharda Rowena
	Labour	John Winter
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Wade
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Verboven
	Liberal Democrats	Christophe Noblet
	Green	Erwin Schaeffer
Turnout

Golborne

Golborne (3)
Party		Candidate
	Conservative	Elizabeth Acka
	Conservative	Margaret Parker
	Conservative	Michael Walsh
	Labour	Mona Adam
	Labour	Sina Lari
	Labour	Abdullahi Nur
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila McGuirk
	Liberal Democrats	William Somers
Turnout

Holland

Holland (3)
Party		Candidate
	Conservative	Aarien Areti
	Conservative	Lucinda Knight
	Conservative	Johnny Thalassites
	Labour	Samantha Batra
	Labour	Axel Landin
	Labour	Nathaniel McBride
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Lalor
	Liberal Democrats	Noel McNamara
	Liberal Democrats	Leopold Rupf
Turnout

Norland

Norland (2)
Party		Candidate
	Conservative	David Lindsay
	Conservative	Stuart Graham
	Labour	Bernard Shaw
	Labour	Sylvia Parnell
	Liberal Democrats	Blanche Girouard
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Fox
	Green	Fabien Grenzen
	Green	Angela Georgievski
Turnout

Notting Dale

Notting Dale (3)
Party		Candidate
	Conservative	Sasi Kamaladasan
	Conservative	Mehreen Malik
	Conservative	Filippo Salamone
	Labour	Mona Ahmed
	Labour	Marwan Elnaghi
	Labour	Claire Simmons
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Chenery
	Liberal Democrats	Yury Kanavalau
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Somers
Turnout

Pembridge

Pembridge (2)
Party		Candidate
	Conservative	Dori Schmetterling
	Conservative	Joanna Gardner
	Labour	Jonathan Daniels
	Labour	Lorna Kelly
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Dodgshon
Turnout

Queen's Gate

Queen's Gate (3)
Party		Candidate
	Conservative	Sam Mackover
	Conservative	Will Lane
	Conservative	Roberto Weeden-Sanz
	Labour	Tim Thomas
	Labour	Lenore Robinson
	Labour	Hassan Muhammad
	Liberal Democrats	Blaise Baquiche
Turnout

Redcliffe

Redcliffe (3)
Party		Candidate
	Conservative	Thomas Bennett
	Conservative	Marie-Therese Rossi
	Conservative	Sidney Yankson
	Labour	Otto Barrow
	Labour	Anne Corbett
	Labour	Alfie Gee
	Liberal Democrats	J-F Burford
Turnout

Royal Hospital

Royal Hospital (3)
Party		Candidate
	Conservative	Elizabeth Campbell
	Conservative	Emma Will
	Conservative	Cem Kemahli
	Labour	Pat Mason
	Labour	David Kear
	Labour	Soushian Samadi
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Goodliffe
	Liberal Democrats	Theodore Goodliffe
	Liberal Democrats	Penny Pocock
Turnout

St Helen's

St Helen's (2)
Party		Candidate
	Conservative	Maxwell Woodger
	Conservative	Miloud Bouhaddou
	Labour	Portia Thaxter
	Labour	Emma Dent Coad
	Liberal Democrats	Carmel McLoughlin
	Liberal Democrats	Jibril Al-Nabahani
	Independent	Eve Allison
Turnout

Stanley

Stanley (3)
Party		Candidate
	Conservative	Josh Rendall
	Conservative	Kim Taylor-Smith
	Conservative	Will Pascall
	Labour	Peerzada Bukhara
	Labour	Leon Garner
	Labour	Abdulmajid Malin
	Liberal Democrats	Jose Buera
	Liberal Democrats	Helena Marconell
	Liberal Democrats	Carl Michel
Turnout

References

"The essential guide to London local government | London Councils". www.londoncouncils.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
"Tories keep hold of Kensington and Chelsea council despite public outrage over Grenfell Tower tragedy". The Independent. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
Gregory, Julia (22 March 2019). "Former advisor to Somalian president takes Labour seat in Kensington". MyLondon. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
"How the elections work | London Councils". www.londoncouncils.gov.uk. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
"Local council elections 2018 - Results | Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea".

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[1] "The essential guide to London local government | London Councils". www.londoncouncils.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2021.

[k2018-2] "Tories keep hold of Kensington and Chelsea council despite public outrage over Grenfell Tower tragedy". The Independent. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2021.

[3] Gregory, Julia (22 March 2019). "Former advisor to Somalian president takes Labour seat in Kensington". MyLondon. Retrieved 19 October 2021.

[:1-4] "How the elections work | London Councils". www.londoncouncils.gov.uk. Retrieved 14 September 2021.

[5] "Local council elections 2018 - Results | Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea".

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