2018 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election

2018 Kensington and Chelsea Borough Council election
All 50 seats to Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council ; 26 seats needed for a majority
	Results of the 2018 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow.
Council control before election; Conservative ;	Council control after election; Conservative ;

Last updated October 15, 2025

The 2018 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council in England.^[1] The election was held on the same day as other local elections in England. While Kensington and Chelsea is usually regarded as a Conservative stronghold, there was media speculation that Labour could win control of the council in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire.^[2]^[3] However the Conservatives maintained control, losing just one Councillor, in St. Helen's Ward, winning 36 seats to Labour's 13.^[3]

Overall results

Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election 2018^[4]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	36	0	1	-1	72.0	51.4	51,106	-6.4
Labour	13	1	0	+1	26.0	33.0	32,816	+4.3
Liberal Democrats	1	0	0	±0	2.0	12.4	12,321	+3.8
Advance	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.4	2,357	New
Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.4	446	-1.0
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.3	318	-0.2
Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	58	-2.8
Democrats and Veterans	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	27	New

Ward results

Abingdon

Abingdon (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Addenbrooke	1,389	66.2	−6.8
	Conservative	Anne Cyron	1,309	62.4	−6.1
	Conservative	James Husband*	1,296	61.7	−6.6
	Labour	Manju Gregory	368	17.5	+2.7
	Labour	Sharda Rozena	356	17.0	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ciara Brown	338	16.1	N/A
	Labour	Stuart Shapro	318	15.2	+3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Good	307	14.6	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Owen	299	14.2	+4.9
	Advance	Britta Scupin Rogers	101	4.8	N/A
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

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Brompton and Hans Town

Brompton and Hans Town (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walaa Idris	1,342	70.5	−7.5
	Conservative	Mary Weale*	1,324	69.6	+0.7
	Conservative	Sophia McVeigh	1,322	69.5	−1.3
	Labour	David Kear	290	15.2	+0.9
	Labour	John Morley	286	15.0	+1.0
	Labour	Marian Skeen	279	14.7	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Moya Denman	233	12.2	+2.9
	Liberal Democrats	George Herford	163	8.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Woodthorpe-Browne	157	8.3	N/A
	UKIP	Elizabeth De Stanford Wallitt	72	3.8	N/A
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Campden

Campden (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Catherine Faulks*	1,483	63.5	−8.4
	Conservative	Robert Freeman*	1,481	63.4	−6.0
	Conservative	Ian Wason	1,398	59.8	−15.5
	Liberal Democrats	Priscilla Congreve	352	15.1	−0.4
	Labour	Tabatha Batra Vaughan	345	14.8	−1.9
	Labour	Frank Kovacs	309	13.2	+1.6
	Labour	Ian Trewin	304	13.0	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Walker	304	13.0	N/A
	Advance	Sonia Mihelic	289	12.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Burnett-Hall	260	11.1	N/A
	Advance	Peter Marshall	213	9.1	N/A
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chelsea Riverside

Chelsea Riverside (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adrian Berrill-Cox	1,196	48.4	−7.2
	Conservative	Alison Jackson	1,170	47.3	−7.8
	Conservative	Gerard Hargreaves	1,164	47.1	−3.7
	Labour	Lorna Sherlock	911	36.9	+5.9
	Labour	Kasim Ali	909	36.8	+5.7
	Labour	Sofiane Saidoune	903	36.5	+7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Panayiotis Vardakis	240	9.7	±0.0
	Liberal Democrats	Josie Mayers	204	8.3	±0.0
	Advance	Eryl Humphrey Jones	188	7.6	N/A
	UKIP	Richard Braine	62	2.5	N/A
	UKIP	Sophie Braine	62	2.5	N/A
	UKIP	Alasdair Seton-Marsden	51	2.1	N/A
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Colville

Colville (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Monica Press*	1,269	54.7	+15.0
	Labour	Nadia Nail	1,200	51.7	+12.2
	Labour	Ian Henderson	1,170	50.4	+15.9
	Conservative	Christopher Knight	645	27.8	+3.7
	Conservative	Carole Noble	588	25.3	+1.3
	Conservative	Chris Spring	557	24.0	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Nicola Kerr	287	12.4	−12.4
	Liberal Democrats	Susanna Chenery	268	11.6	−5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Warrack	220	9.5	−0.5
	Advance	Nadia Boujjettef	206	8.9	N/A
	Advance	Claire Van Helfteren	165	7.1	N/A
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Courtfield

Courtfield (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Janet Evans	1,373	69.0	−2.0
	Conservative	Greg Hammond	1,354	68.1	+1.9
	Conservative	Quentin Marshall*	1,325	66.6	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Charlie Goodman	283	14.2	+1.9
	Labour	Rene Gimpel	252	12.7	−3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Norma Peacock	252	12.7	−1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Verboven	242	12.2	N/A
	Labour	Luke Francis	233	11.7	−2.6
	Labour	Angharad Monk	212	10.7	−3.0
	Advance	Amir Tayebi	127	6.4	N/A
	Independent	Kyle Farren	58	2.9	N/A
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dalgarno

Dalgarno (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pat Healy*	1,258	73.7	+11.2
	Labour	Robert Thompson*	1,119	65.5	+13.4
	Conservative	Marina Palmer	393	23.0	+2.5
	Conservative	Dougal Steward	315	18.4	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Taylor	137	8.0	+1.3
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Earl’s Court

Earl’s Court (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Wade*	1,073	45.3	+5.1
	Conservative	Malcolm Spalding*	913	38.6	−5.7
	Conservative	Hamish Adourian	764	32.3	−12.1
	Conservative	Lloyd North	756	31.9	−7.2
	Labour	Samantha Batra	610	25.8	+7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Harry Baden-Powell	609	25.7	+5.6
	Labour	Bruno Diantantou	598	25.3	+10.7
	Liberal Democrats	Carmel McLoughlin	568	24.0	+4.3
	Labour	Danny Sweeney	483	20.4	+6.1
	Green	Erwin Schaefer	223	9.4	−6.0
	UKIP	Callum Dorrington Hutton	51	2.2	N/A
	UKIP	Mike Jones	20	0.8	N/A
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Golborne

Golborne (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Emma Dent Coad*	1,585	77.5	+8.0
	Labour	Pat Mason*	1,503	73.5	+4.4
	Labour	Sina Lari	1,409	68.9	+6.8
	Conservative	Will Mumby	288	14.1	−0.4
	Conservative	Georgina Stewart	267	13.0	−0.7
	Conservative	David Mytton	243	11.9	−1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Frances Owen	161	7.9	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Andre Petrolo	125	6.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Somers	109	5.3	+1.5
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Holland

Holland (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Aarien Areti	1,203	52.8	−15.1
	Conservative	Charles O'Connor	1,191	52.3	−10.3
	Conservative	Johnny Thalassites	1,142	50.1	−12.0
	Labour	Lorna Kelly	760	33.4	+11.1
	Labour	Roberto Stasi	727	31.9	+11.6
	Labour	Nathaniel McBride	685	30.1	+10.3
	Liberal Democrats	Dominque Lambert	304	13.3	−1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Lalor	253	11.1	−3.5
	Advance	Deepali Nangia	208	9.1	N/A
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Norland

Norland (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Lindsay*	1,151	58.8	−7.6
	Conservative	Julie Mills*	1,126	57.5	−9.9
	Labour	Mona Adam	467	23.8	+1.7
	Labour	Jan Sweeney	433	22.1	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Vivienne Shirley	234	11.9	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Blanche Girouard	204	10.4	+1.2
	Advance	Valerie John-Baptiste	176	9.0	N/A
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Notting Dale

Notting Dale (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Blakeman*	1,658	72.3	+2.2
	Labour	Robert Atkinson*	1,562	68.1	+1.4
	Labour	Marwan Elnaghi	1,544	67.3	+3.9
	Conservative	Clarissa Agnew	397	17.3	−7.3
	Conservative	Daniel Lewis	387	16.9	−5.0
	Conservative	Cordelia Evans	373	16.3	−4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Lucy Chenery	211	9.2	N/A
	Advance	Melvyn Akins	171	7.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	William Somers	116	5.1	N/A
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Pembridge

Pembridge (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Laura Round	822	53.7	−10.9
	Conservative	Dori Schmetterling	777	50.8	−9.3
	Labour	Annabelle Giles Louvros	438	28.6	+5.9
	Labour	Henry Peterson	381	24.9	+5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Fox	257	16.8	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Lomas	196	12.8	+2.4
	Advance	Ritika Handa	123	8.0	N/A
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Queen’s Gate

In May 2019, Palmer was expelled from the Conservatives, he now sits as an Independent.^[6]

Queen’s Gate (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Max Chauhan	1,126	67.7	−7.6
	Conservative	Matthew Palmer*	1,110	66.7	−1.5
	Conservative	Max Woodger	1,105	66.4	−6.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jill Manasseh	297	17.9	+4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila McGuirk	278	16.7	+5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Noel McNamara	243	14.6	N/A
	Labour	Carmen Callil	235	14.1	+1.1
	Labour	Emma Southby	224	13.5	+2.2
	Labour	Soonu Engineer	210	12.6	+2.5
	Democrats and Veterans	Ralph Hancock	27	1.6	N/A
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Redcliffe

Redcliffe (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Bennett	1,317	62.4	−3.2
	Conservative	Marie-Therese Rossi*	1,282	60.8	−3.6
	Conservative	Charles Williams*	1,195	56.6	−4.6
	Labour	Isabel Atkinson	411	19.5	+2.0
	Labour	Meg McDonald	348	16.5	+2.3
	Labour	Mike Vessey	346	16.4	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Katerina Porter	324	15.4	+5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Virginia Morck	319	15.1	+4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Woodthorpe-Browne	272	12.9	N/A
	Advance	Theo Goodliffe	173	8.2	N/A
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Royal Hospital

Royal Hospital (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Campbell*	1,907	74.8	−0.5
	Conservative	Emma Will*	1,817	71.3	−1.3
	Conservative	Cem Kemahli	1,779	69.8	+1.4
	Labour	Michael O'Brien	349	13.7	+1.3
	Labour	Mary Gardiner	346	13.6	+2.6
	Labour	Marian Kearney	338	13.3	+8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Penny Pocock	291	11.4	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Margo Schwartz	246	9.7	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Nowak	241	9.5	N/A
	Advance	Mark Sautter	80	3.1	N/A
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Helen’s

St Helen’s (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammed Bakhtiar*	924	52.5	+7.4
	Labour	Portia Thaxter	867	49.3	+7.1
	Conservative	Eve Allison*	592	33.7	−11.4
	Conservative	Miloud Bouhaddou	527	30.0	−11.0
	Liberal Democrats	Alexandra Tatton-Brown	244	13.9	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Toby McMillan	187	10.6	+4.0
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Stanley

Stanley (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Josh Rendall	1,423	60.9	−1.0
	Conservative	Kim Taylor-Smith	1,407	60.2	+1.4
	Conservative	Will Pascall*	1,400	59.9	+0.7
	Labour	Lorrain Motileb	532	22.8	+8.9
	Labour	Richard Chute	507	21.7	+8.6
	Labour	Mark Motileb	500	21.4	+9.5
	Green	Heinz Schumi	223	9.5	−9.3
	Liberal Democrats	Carl Michel	213	9.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Vincent Lowe	200	8.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Guy Mayers	179	7.7	N/A
	Advance	Jennifer Eastwood	137	5.9	N/A
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Heinz Schumi stood as an Independent candidate in 2014.

References

↑ "Statement of Persons Nominated". rbkc.gov.uk. Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council . Retrieved 20 April 2018.
↑ Crerar, Pippa (1 May 2018). "Could Grenfell cost the Tories control of Kensington and Chelsea?". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
1 2 Farand, Chloe (4 May 2018). "Tories keep hold of Kensington and Chelsea council despite outrage over Grenfell Tower tragedy". Independent.
↑ "Local council elections 2018 - Results | Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea".
↑ "Abingdon - local election results 2018 | Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea".
↑ "A Royal Borough Rotter – Councillor Matthew Palmer - the Steeple Times".

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[1] "Statement of Persons Nominated". rbkc.gov.uk. Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council . Retrieved 20 April 2018.

[Guardian-2] Crerar, Pippa (1 May 2018). "Could Grenfell cost the Tories control of Kensington and Chelsea?". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 May 2018.

[Independent-3] 1 2 Farand, Chloe (4 May 2018). "Tories keep hold of Kensington and Chelsea council despite outrage over Grenfell Tower tragedy". Independent.

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

[5] "Abingdon - local election results 2018 | Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea".

[6] "A Royal Borough Rotter – Councillor Matthew Palmer - the Steeple Times".

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