2022 Harrow London Borough Council election

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2022 Harrow Borough Council election
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5 May 2022
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All 55 seats to Harrow London Borough Council
28 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
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Party Conservative Labour
Last election28 seats, 45.1%34 seats, 46.6%
Seats won3124
Seat changeIncrease2.svg3Decrease2.svg11
Percentage47.1%40.7%
SwingIncrease2.svg2.0%Decrease2.svg5.9%
Harrow UK local election 2022 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2022 Harrow London Borough Council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red.

The 2022 Harrow London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 55 members of Harrow 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.

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The 2022 election took place under new election boundaries, which reduced the number of councillors to 55. In the previous election in 2018, the Labour Party maintained its control of the council, winning 35 out of the 63 seats with the Conservative Party as the council opposition with the remaining 28 seats. However, in the 2022 elections, the Conservative Party won control from Labour with net gains of 8 seats to gain a total of 31 seats. This was the only council in London the Conservatives gained control of bucking the citywide trend with Labour gaining Barnet, Wandsworth and Westminster from the Conservatives. [1]

Background

History

Result of the 2018 borough election Harrow London UK local election 2018 map.svg
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. [2]

Since its formation, Harrow has been under Labour control, Conservative control and no overall control. The Labour Party most recently gained an overall majority on the council from no overall control in the 2014 election, winning 34 seats to the Conservatives' 26, with the Liberal Democrats winning one seat and independent candidates winning two. In the most recent election in 2018, Labour gained one seat to win 35 with 46.6% of the vote and the Conservatives gained two to win 28 seats with 45.1% of the vote. The Liberal Democrats received 6.4% of the vote across the borough and lost their only seat. [3] [4]

Council term

Shortly after the 2018 election, a Labour group annual general meeting elected Graham Henson as group leader, defeating the incumbent Sachin Shah. Henson consequently became leader of the council. [5] The former Conservative leader of the council and councillor for Pinner South, Chris Mote, died in July 2021. Mote had been a councillor in Harrow since 1982. [6] A by-election to replace him was held in October 2021. [7] The by-election was held for the Conservatives by the businessperson Hitesh Karia, with the Liberal Democrat candidate coming in second place. [6] A councillor for Headstone South, Pamela Fitzpatrick, was expelled from the Labour Party in November 2021, which she said was for speaking to the Socialist Appeal newspaper. [8]

As with most London boroughs, Harrow was electing its councillors under new boundaries decided by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, which it produced after a period of consultation. The number of councillors fell by eight to 55, representing eleven three-councillor wards and eleven two-councillor wards. [9]

Electoral process

Harrow, like other London borough councils, elects all of its councillors at once every four years. The previous election took place in 2018. The election took place by multi-member first-past-the-post voting, with each ward being represented by two or three councillors. Electors had 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 were 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, were entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities. [10] Voting in-person at polling stations took place from 7:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters were able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election. [10]

Previous council composition

After 2018 electionBefore 2022 election
PartySeatsPartySeats
Labour 35 Labour 34
Conservative 28 Conservative 28
Independent 1

Overall result

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2022 Harrow Council election result
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 315+35647.183,261+2.0
  Labour 245-114440.771,893-5.9
  Liberal Democrats 000006.311,207-0.1
  Green 000003.35,800+1.9
  Independent 000002.44,269+2.0
  Reform 000000.2411New

Changes to 2018 election result

Ward results

Belmont (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anjana Patel* 1,720 62.5
Conservative Mina Parmar* 1,707 62.0
Labour Sue Anderson84330.6
Labour Kuldeep Mathur71626.0
Green Sunita Mehta30911.2
Independent Annie Kendall2117.7
Turnout 42.1
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Canons (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ameet Jogia* 1,679 69.1
Conservative Amir Moshenson* 1,490 61.3
Labour Sanjay Dighe69828.7
Labour Linda Lockie67327.7
Liberal Democrats James Bore32313.3
Turnout 36.7
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Centenary (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Govind Bharadia 2,267 58.7
Conservative David Ashton 2,165 56.0
Conservative Salim Chowdhury 1,799 46.6
Labour Parvine Mawkin1,52339.4
Labour Brahma Mohanty1,48438.4
Labour Yusuf Yusuf1,29433.5
Liberal Democrats Nishi Karia54914.2
Liberal Democrats Laurence Cox51113.2
Turnout 39.5
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Edgware (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nicola Blackman 2,091 54.4
Conservative Yogesh Teli 1,934 50.3
Labour Nitin Parekh* 1,880 48.9
Conservative Stefan Voloseniuc1,80146.8
Labour James Lee*1,75245.5
Labour Angella Murphy-Strachan*1,68743.9
Liberal Democrats Steven Kuo39410.2
Turnout 36.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing
Greenhill (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dan Anderson* 1,115 48.5
Labour Ghazanfar Ali* 1,017 44.2
Labour Aneka Shah-Levy 1,009 43.9
Conservative Simon Dunkerley85237.0
Conservative Rhys Benjamin84136.6
Conservative Eileen Kinnear80034.8
Green Sonia Moore40117.4
Liberal Democrats Prakash Nandhra33714.7
Liberal Democrats Nahid Boethe26511.5
Liberal Democrats Lucy Tonge26311.4
Turnout 29.8
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Harrow on the Hill (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Eden Kulig 1,261 46.1
Labour Stephen Hickman 1,260 46.1
Conservative Kiran Fothergill1,20844.2
Conservative Will Jackson1,11640.8
Green Soody Kim32511.9
Liberal Democrats Gaye Branch29610.8
Turnout 39.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Harrow Weald (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ramji Chauhan* 2,055 55.9
Conservative Pritesh Patel* 2,017 54.9
Conservative Stephen Greek* 1,989 54.1
Labour Sophie Green1,31835.9
Labour Tejinder Sharma1,22733.4
Labour Ahmed Ali-Ashghar1,22133.2
Liberal Democrats Valerie Taylor43711.9
Liberal Democrats Darren Diamond39510.7
Liberal Democrats Derek Hill36610.0
Turnout 36.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Hatch End (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Susan Hall 1,629 59.0
Conservative Matthew Goodwin-Freeman 1,452 52.6
Labour Nimmi Patel72526.3
Labour Bill Stephenson70625.6
Liberal Democrats Sarah Ismail40614.7
Green Bhavna Roopram39514.3
Reform Ian Price2087.5
Turnout 284640
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Headstone (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Simon Brown 1,860 43.3
Labour Natasha Proctor 1,820 42.3
Labour Sasi Suresh 1,733 40.3
Conservative Lesline Lewinson135231.5
Conservative Anthony Seymour130230.3
Conservative Vijay Singh127829.7
Independent Heshma Shah79618.5
Independent Geoffrey Eldridge78218.2
Independent Mary Turner74217.3
Green Adele Poskitt49911.6
Liberal Democrats Tony Levene4219.8
Liberal Democrats Pietro Rescia3117.2
Turnout 445841
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

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Kenton East (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nitesh Hirani 2,695 65.7
Conservative Chetna Halai 2,498 60.9
Conservative Samir Sumaria 2,223 54.2
Labour Rohit Dixit165040.3
Labour Manju Raghwani162639.7
Labour Rangdatt Joshi160539.2
Turnout 436840
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Kenton West (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Vipin Mithani 1,701 54.9
Conservative Kanti Rabadia 1,635 52.7
Labour Ajay Maru130041.9
Labour Meera Maru129541.8
Liberal Democrats Charles Boethe2698.7
Turnout 318144
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Marlborough (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Perry 1,172 50.0
Labour Varsha Parmar 1,134 48.4
Labour Antonio Weiss 1,095 46.7
Conservative Savitha Prakash56324.0
Conservative Jaydeep Patel53422.8
Conservative Dinesh Solanki52922.6
Green Lawrence Mathias43918.7
Independent Samantha Pali40117.1
Independent Edmond Bicari35615.2
Liberal Democrats Paolo Arrigo32013.6
Independent Nish Patel25610.9
Liberal Democrats David Al-Basha23610.1
Turnout 248232
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
North Harrow (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Baxter 1,510 54.2 N/A
Conservative Janet Mote 1,487 53.4 N/A
Labour Hugh Brown148253.2N/A
Labour Georgia Weston144852.0N/A
Green Emma Wallace33111.9N/A
Liberal Democrats Marshel Amutharasan2559.2N/A
Turnout 2,78540.0
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Pinner (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Norman Stevenson 2,044 51.4 −2.5
Conservative Kuha Kumaran 2,012 50.6 −2.7
Conservative Paul Osborn 1,945 48.9 −1.1
Labour Jeffrey Anderson1,27132.0+6.4
Labour James Lockie1,10427.8+4.7
Labour Lesley Stackpoole1,07727.1+4.3
Liberal Democrats Veronica Chamberlain77519.5+6.0
Green Krystel Lee61815.6N/A
Liberal Democrats Jacalina Bunce-Linsell55213.9+1.7
Turnout 3,97439.0
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Pinner South (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative June Baxter 2,418 52.3 −8.1
Conservative Hitesh Karia 2,305 49.8 −6.9
Conservative Jean Lammiman 2,097 45.3 −11.2
Labour Finley Harnett1,72837.4+10.4
Labour William Phillips1,44231.2+4.8
Labour Raj Vakesan1,38029.9+4.4
Liberal Democrats Sanjay Karia86518.7+3.5
Green Alexander Soon Lee74716.1N/A
Reform Zbigniew Kowalczyk1082.3N/A
Turnout 4,62641.0
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Rayners Lane (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Krishna Suresh 1,399 44.1 +1.2
Conservative Thaya Idaikkadar 977 30.8 +1.9
Labour Tarza Sharif96230.3−8.6
Conservative Mala Morjaria88627.9+0.0
Liberal Democrats Chris Noyce66520.9−15.9
IndependentSockalingam Yogalingam55917.6N/A
Liberal Democrats Gerri Noyce42613.4−14.7
Green Rowan Langley1825.7N/A
IndependentHerbie Crossman1665.2N/A
Turnout 3,17545.0
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Roxbourne (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Graham Henson 1,446 65.2
Labour Maxine Henson 1,369 61.7
Conservative Arunasalam Rajalingam76434.4
Conservative John Hinkley68731.0
Liberal Democrats Thomas Yasin1707.7
Turnout 230633
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Roxeth (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jerry Miles 2,180 60.8
Labour Peymana Assad 2,009 56.0
Labour Rashmi Kalu 1,991 55.5
Conservative Rajagopal Deleepan142239.6
Conservative Sockalingam Karunalingam136438.0
Conservative Subankani Pratheepan124234.6
Green Swati Patel55315.4
Turnout 388135
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

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Stanmore (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Marilyn Ashton 2,340 66.8
Conservative Philip Benjamin 2,244 64.0
Conservative Zak Wagman 1,992 56.8
Labour Hannah Gibbons85224.3
Labour Navin Shah80322.9
Labour Jeffrey Gallant78422.4
Liberal Democrats Nikki Kopelman39211.2
Green Linda Robinson35610.2
Liberal Democrats Philip Levy3309.4
Liberal Democrats Sheila Levy3279.3
Reform Howard Koch952.7
Turnout 365336
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

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Wealdstone North (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Shahania Choudhury 1,405 65.2
Labour Phillip O'Dell 1,361 63.1
Conservative Vinod Tikoo78136.2
Conservative Paul Greek76635.5
Turnout 226633
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

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Wealdstone South (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kandy Dolor 888 54.8
Labour Dean Gilligan 847 52.3
Conservative Manjibhai Kara66140.8
Conservative Naresh Gothadiya63539.2
Green Halema Khatun20812.8
Turnout 168033
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

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West Harrow (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rekha Shah 1,507 54.7
Labour Asif Hussain 1,459 52.9
Conservative Luke Wilson91133.0
Conservative Caroline Ojo84930.8
Green Monika Sobiecki43715.9
Liberal Democrats Em Dean35112.7
Turnout 284140
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

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Changes 2022–2026

References

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  2. ↑ "The essential guide to London local government | London Councils". www.londoncouncils.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  3. ↑ Holder, Josh (4 May 2018). "Local council elections 2018 – results in full". the Guardian. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "Labour increase council majority in Harrow". Harrow Times. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  5. ↑ "Labour Group elects new leader". Harrow Times. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  6. 1 2 Baston, Lewis (15 October 2021). "Harrow Council by-election win maintains Tory progress in London". OnLondon. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  7. ↑ "Former council leader was 'there to help anyone in Harrow'". Harrow Times. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  8. ↑ Shaw, Adam (22 November 2021). "Harrow councillor expelled from Labour for interview with socialist newspaper". MyLondon. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  9. ↑ "LGBCE | Harrow | LGBCE Site". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  10. 1 2 "How the elections work | London Councils". www.londoncouncils.gov.uk. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  11. ↑ "Election results by party, 5 May 2022". 5 May 2022.
  12. ↑ "Election results for Headstone, 5 May 2022". 5 May 2022.
  13. ↑ "Election results for Roxeth, 5 May 2022". 5 May 2022.
  14. ↑ "Election results for Stanmore, 5 May 2022". 5 May 2022.
  15. ↑ "Election results for Wealdstone North, 5 May 2022". 5 May 2022.
  16. ↑ "Election results for Wealdstone South, 5 May 2022". 5 May 2022.
  17. ↑ "Election results for West Harrow, 5 May 2022". 5 May 2022.
  18. ↑ Williams, Grant (2 June 2023). "Harrow councillor Phillip O'Dell has Labour whip removed". Harrow Times. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
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