2022 Hillingdon London Borough Council election

2022 Hillingdon Council election

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All 53 council seats
Leader Ian Edwards Peter Curling Party Conservative Labour Last election 44 seats, 54.2% 21 seats, 38.5%
Map of the results of the 2022 Hillingdon London Borough Council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red.
Incumbent council control Conservative

The 2022 Hillingdon London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 53 members of Hillingdon 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.

In the previous election in 2018, the Conservative Party maintained its control of the council, winning 44 out of the 65 seats with the Labour Party as the council opposition with the remaining 21 seats. The 2022 election took place under new election boundaries, which reduced the number of councillors to 53. The Conservatives maintained control despite losing 4 seats to the Labour Party.

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]

Hillingdon has been under Conservative control, Labour control and no overall control since its establishment. The Conservatives have held control since the 2006 election, when they won 45 seats with 47.0% of the vote to Labour's 18 seats on 24.4% of the vote and the Liberal Democrats' 2 seats with 20.5% of the vote. The Liberal Democrats lost their representation on the council in 2010 and did not regain it in the subsequent council elections in 2014 or 2018. In the most recent election in 2018, the Conservatives won 44 seats with 54.2% of the vote while Labour won 21 seats with 38.5% of the vote. Among the other parties, the Green Party performed best with 4.9% of the vote across the borough. The incumbent council leader was reselected after the 2018 election, Ray Puddifoot, who had led the Conservative group since 2000. ^[2]

Council term

A Conservative councillor for Hillingdon East, Pat Jackson, resigned in early 2020. A by-election to replace her was held on 27 February 2020, which was held for the Conservatives by Colleen Sullivan with a large swing from Labour. ^[3] A Conservative councillor for Charville ward, Neil Fyfe, died in November 2020. ^[4] He had represented the ward since 2010. ^[5] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the by-election to fill his seat wasn't held until 6 May 2021 alongside the 2021 London mayoral election and London Assembly election. The seat was held for the Conservatives by Darran Davies, with the Labour candidate coming second. ^[6] Puddifoot stood down as council leader in January, and was replaced by the Conservative councillor and former Metropolitan Police commander Ian Edwards. ^[2]

Along with most London boroughs, Hillingdon will be electing councillors under new ward boundaries in 2022. Following local consultation, the Local Government Boundary Commission for England produced new boundaries reducing the number of councillors from 65 to 53 across twelve three-councillor wards with eight two-seat wards and one single-seat ward. ^[7]

Electoral process

Hillingdon, 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 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. ^[8] Voting in-person at polling stations will take 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. ^[8]

Campaign

The Conservative peer Robert Hayward listed Hillingdon as one of four councils his party risked losing control of in London following the partygate scandal. Labour had been expected to make gains in the borough in the 2018 election, but had fallen back. The borough includes the prime minister Boris Johnson's constituency, Uxbridge and South Ruislip, which a January poll suggested he would be at risk of losing in the event of a general election. ^[9]

Previous council composition

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  Councillors after the 2018 election
• 
  Councillors prior to the 2022 election

After 2018 election			Before 2022 election
Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Conservative	44		Conservative	44 (new boundaries - 34)
	Labour	21		Labour	21 (new boundaries - 19)

Results summary

2022 Hillingdon London Borough Council election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	30	0	3	3	56.6	48.2	85,819	-6.0
	Labour	23	3	0	3	43.4	41.5	73,926	+3.0
	Green	0	0	0		0.0	7.6	13,524	+2.7
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0		0.0	1.7	2,963	+0.1
	TUSC	0	0	0		0.0	0.3	492	New
	Independent	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	298	-0.3
	SDP	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	293	New
	NHA	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	219	New
	Let London Live	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	212	New
	UKIP	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	199	New
Total		53						177,945

Ward results

Statements of persons nominated were published on 6 April ^[10]

Belmore

Belmore (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Labina Basit	2,421	70.7
	Labour	Jagjit Singh	2,421	70.7
	Labour	Narinder Garg	2,368	69.2
	Conservative	Cameron Bell	923	27.0
	Conservative	John Morgan	824	24.1
	Conservative	Isobel Rodrigues	795	23.2
	Green	Katherine Lee	268	7.8
	Green	Andrew Gibbs	252	7.4
Turnout			3,424	34.64
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Charville

Charville (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Nelson-West	1,481	51.8
	Conservative	Darran Davies	1,447	50.6
	Labour	Sumen Starr	1,398	48.9
	Conservative	Teji Barnes	1,396	48.8
Turnout			2,861	38.71
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Colham and Cowley

Colham & Cowley (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shehyrar Ahmad-Wallana	1,851	50.2
	Conservative	Roy Chamdal	1,822	49.4
	Conservative	Ekta Gohil	1,702	46.1
	Labour	Tony Eginton	1,572	42.6
	Labour	Steve Garelick	1,455	39.5
	Labour	Karina Marqvardt Jogart	1,394	37.8
	Green	Nicole Rosemary Cathryn Crook	296	8.0
	Green	Valerie Ann McDonnell	289	7.8
	Green	Lucy Jane Edwina West	266	7.2
	NHA	Alastair James Fischer	219	5.9
	UKIP	Geoff Courtenay	199	5.4
Turnout			3,688	36.5
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

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Eastcote

Eastcote (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nick Denys	3,396	65.4
	Conservative	Becky Haggar	3,272	63.1
	Conservative	Ian Kevin Edwards	3,227	62.2
	Labour	David Michael Ernest Keys	1,256	24.2
	Labour	Robert Mark Cowlin	1,201	23.1
	Labour	Joanne Charlotte Tapper	1,190	22.9
	Green	Rachel Elizabeth Ross	611	11.8
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Cottew	542	10.4
	Green	Andrew George Kennedy	495	9.5
	Green	David William Stephens	304	5.9
	TUSC	Tim Henry	72	1.4
Turnout			5,189	42.1
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Harefield Village

Harefield Village (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane Irene Palmer	929	56.9
	Green	Niki Samuel	524	32.1
	Labour	Mohinder Birah	179	11.0
Majority
Turnout				39.95
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hayes Town

Hayes Town (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Allan Curling	1,906	78.5
	Labour	Janet Elizabeth Gardner	1,844	75.9
	Labour	Raju Sansurpuri	1,812	74.6
	Conservative	Lauren Davies	593	24.4
	Conservative	Taf Sowe	463	19.1
	Conservative	Tristan Clemens Johannes Pahl	454	18.7
	Let London Live	Hazel Gillender	212	8.7
Turnout			2,428	28.3
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Heathrow Villages

Heathrow Villages (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	June Nelson	1,336	55.5
	Labour	Peter Fraz Money	1,274	53.0
	Conservative	Christine Mary Taylor	943	39.2
	Conservative	Daniel Michael Sydenham	886	36.8
	Green	Alice Joy Greenham	227	9.4
	Green	Zahid Hussain Khan	146	6.1
Turnout			2,406	29.6
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Hillingdon East

Hillingdon East (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colleen Margaret Ann Sullivan	2,104	61.6
	Conservative	Wayne Paul Bridges	2,097	61.4
	Conservative	Alan Jeffrey Chapman	2,066	60.5
	Labour	Jagdeep Singh Brar	1,311	38.4
	Labour	Gregory Joseph Goonesekera	1,231	36.1
	Labour	Gurmeet Singh Virk	1,194	35.0
	SDP	Stephen Gardner	239	7.0
Turnout			3,414	31.8
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Hillingdon West

Hillingdon West (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adam Leslie Bennett	1,124	57.3
	Conservative	Reeta Chamdal	1,014	51.7
	Labour	Margaret Theresa McDonald	704	35.9
	Labour	Ray Kenneth Meen	688	35.0
	Green	Christine Deanne Pratt	213	10.9
	Green	David Robert Allam	184	9.4
Turnout			1,963	31.6
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ickenham and South Harefield

Ickenham & South Harefield (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Alan Goddard	2,734	58.1
	Conservative	Eddie Lavery	2,681	57.0
	Conservative	Kaushik Kumar Banerjee	2,537	53.9
	Green	Sarah Charmian Green	1,246	26.5
	Labour	John Campbell	1,111	23.6
	Green	Rose-Marie Adams	1,061	22.5
	Labour	Paul William Espley	997	21.2
	Labour	Kevin Peter McDonald	938	19.9
	Green	Zena Patricia Jean Wigram	817	17.4
Turnout			4,707	41.2
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Northwood

Northwood (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Gary Allan Higgins	1,823	61.9
	Conservative	Richard Anthony Lewis	1,783	60.5
	Labour	Jonathan Charles Hutchins	630	21.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Michael Banks	557	18.9
	Liberal Democrats	David William Miller	455	15.4
	Green	Fiona Claire Holding	288	9.8
	Labour	John Laurence Oswell	186	6.3
	Green	Scott Edward Miles	170	5.8
Turnout			2,946	38.5
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

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Northwood Hills

Northwood Hills (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Philip Simon Bianco	1,686	59.2
	Conservative	Kishan Hitesh Bhatt	1,627	57.1
	Labour	Kerri Prince	754	26.5
	Labour	Shabbar Akberay Sachedina	640	22.5
	Liberal Democrats	Peter John Dollimore	359	12.6
	Green	Stephen Philip Edmeads	319	11.2
	Green	Andrew James Ross	310	10.9
Turnout			2,847	35.4
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Pinkwell

Pinkwell (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Gill	2,314	80.0
	Labour	Kuldeep Lakhmana	2,214	76.5
	Labour	Gursharan Mand	2,154	74.5
	Conservative	Rosie Giddings	692	23.9
	Conservative	Darren Upjohn	669	23.1
	Conservative	Allan Kauffman	635	21.9
Turnout			2,893	29.32
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Ruislip

Ruislip (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Nigel Corthorne	3,242	69.0
	Conservative	John Riley	3,115	66.3
	Conservative	Peter William Smallwood	3,103	66.0
	Labour	John Victor Morse	986	21.0
	Labour	Jane Margaret Smith	892	19.0
	Labour	Andrew Robert Smith	808	17.2
	Green	Andrew John Blakie	625	13.3
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Martin Cunliffe	546	11.6
	Green	Shivalee Alpeshbhai Patel	411	8.7
	Green	Jaishiva Virdee	374	8.0
Turnout			4,701	41.8
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ruislip Manor

Ruislip Manor (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Catherine O' Brien	1,976	62.7
	Conservative	Douglas Stuart Mills	1,951	61.9
	Labour	Norrette Pauline Moore	806	25.6
	Labour	Roshan Lal Ghei	782	24.8
	Green	Graham John Lee	291	9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Melanie Margaret Winterbotham	268	8.5
	Green	Geoffrey Wilkinson	228	7.2
Turnout			3,151	41.6
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

South Ruislip

South Ruislip (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard James Mills	2,373	60.1
	Conservative	Steve Tuckwell	2,356	59.7
	Conservative	Heena Makwana	2,343	59.4
	Labour	Connor Myles Liberty	1,195	30.3
	Labour	Alexander Fraser Sim	1,176	29.8
	Labour	Mohan Lal Sharma	1,077	27.3
	Green	Sandra Mary Baynton	385	9.8
	Green	Deborah Howes	365	9.2
	Independent	Tiffany Rytter	298	7.6
	Green	Peter Leslie Crook	271	6.9
Turnout			3,946	35.9
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Uxbridge

Uxbridge (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Edward Burrows	1,971	51.1
	Labour	Tony Burles	1,764	45.7
	Conservative	Farhad Choubedar	1,740	45.1
	Conservative	Ranjeet Singh Rathore	1,719	44.6
	Labour	Jagdip Singh Gill	1,575	40.8
	Labour	Jess Thurgur	1,572	40.8
	Green	Christine West	452	11.7
	Green	Andronikos Panayiotou	342	8.9
	Green	Michael Alan Ray-Howett	306	7.9
	TUSC	Gary Lee Harbord	129	3.3
Turnout			3,857	39.0
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

West Drayton

West Drayton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jan Sweeting	2,111	57.7
	Labour	Scott Myles Farley	1,968	53.8
	Labour	Mohammed Shofiul Islam	1,911	52.2
	Conservative	Kelly Martin	1,428	39.0
	Conservative	Sanjiv Bisnauthsing	1,312	35.9
	Conservative	Hanna Ahmed Ali	1,296	35.4
	Green	Sarah West	315	8.6
	Green	Iain John Bruce	272	7.4
	Green	Marcus Smith	209	5.7
	TUSC	Carlos Barros	154	4.2
Turnout			3,659	34.1
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Wood End

Wood End (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Garelick	2,133	69.3
	Labour	Kamal Preet Kaur	2,073	67.3
	Labour	Stuart Paul Mathers	1,978	64.3
	Conservative	Nicola Brightman	969	31.5
	Conservative	Reva Anil Gudi	886	28.8
	Conservative	David Anthony Yarrow	823	26.7
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Hooper	236	7.7
	TUSC	Jason Zaidi Buck	137	4.5
Turnout			3,078	28.2
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Yeading

Yeading (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jas Dhot	1,553	70.5
	Labour	Rita Dhot	1,511	68.6
	Conservative	Kelly Marie Bridges	711	32.3
	Conservative	Christopher Smallwood	633	28.7
Turnout			2,204	28.3
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Yiewsley

Yiewsley (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Naser Mohammed Issa Abby	1,361	59.7
	Labour	Sital Punja	1,120	49.1
	Conservative	James William Stephen Geoff Cantwell	861	37.8
	Conservative	Alan Charles Deville	842	36.9
	Green	John Paul Bowman	205	9.0
	Green	Stephen Peter Goss	170	7.5
Turnout			2,279	28.3
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

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