2022 Hounslow London Borough Council election

2022 Hounslow Council election

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All 62 seats on Hounslow Council 32 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Labour Conservative Last election 51 seats, 54.1% 9 seats, 28.8% Seats won 52 10 Seat change 1 1
Map of the results of the 2022 Hounslow council election. Labour in red and Conservatives in blue.
Leader before election Steve Curran Labour Leader after election Shantanu Rajawat Labour

The 2022 Hounslow London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 62 members of Hounslow 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 Labour Party maintained its control of the council, winning 51 out of the 60 seats with the Conservative Party forming the council opposition with the remaining nine seats. The 2022 election took place under new election boundaries, which increased the number of councillors to 62.

Background

History

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]

Since its formation, Hounslow has generally been under Labour control, apart from a period from 1968–1971 when the Conservative Party held a majority of the seats and a period from 2006–2010 when no party had an overall majority of seats. Labour regained control of the council in the 2010 election, when they won 35 seats with 35.2% of the vote and the Conservatives won 25 seats with 32.0% of the vote. No Liberal Democrats, independents and residents' group councillors were elected in 2010, 2014 or 2018. In the 2018 Hounslow London Borough Council election, Labour extended its majority to win 51 seats with 54.1% of the vote, while the Conservatives won the remaining 9 seats, all in Chiswick, with 28.8% of the vote across the borough. The Liberal Democrats won 8.1% of the vote and the Green Party won 7.8% of the vote, but neither party won any seats. ^[2]

Council term

A Labour councillor for Heston West, Rajinder Bath, died in June 2019. He had been first elected in 1990 and had served as mayor in 1998. ^[3] The former council leader and sitting Labour councillor for the Feltham North ward, John Chatt, died in August 2019. He had served as a councillor for twenty-nine years. ^[4] By-elections to fill both seats were held on 12 December 2019 to coincide with the 2019 general election. Bath's seat of Heston West was won by the Labour candidate Balraj Sarai, while the Conservative Party candidate Kuldeep Tak gained Chatt's seat in Feltham North. ^[5] A Labour councillor for Hounslow Heath, Hina Kiani, resigned in July 2020 for work reasons. ^[6] The Labour councillor for Cranford ward, Poonam Dhillon died in January 2021. She had represented the ward since 2006–2014 and was re-elected in 2018. ^[7] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, by-elections for both seats were delayed until 6 May 2021, alongside the 2021 London mayoral election and the London Assembly election. Hounslow Heath was held for Labour by Madeeha Asim, while Cranford ward was held for Labour by Devina Ram, with the Conservatives coming in second place in both wards. ^[8]

As with most London boroughs, Hounslow elected 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 rose to 62, an increase from the previous 60, across eighteen three-councillor wards and four two-councillor wards. ^[9]

Campaign

Darius Nasimi, who came to the United Kingdom as an Afghan refugee in 1999, was selected as a Conservative candidate for Hanworth. ^[10] The Labour councillor Theo Dennison resigned from his party after his motion of no confidence in council leader Steve Curran failed. ^[11] Curran later announced he would not be seeking re-election due to illness. ^[12]

Electoral process

Hounslow, 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 lived 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. ^[13] 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. ^[13]

Previous council composition

After 2018 election			Before 2022 election
Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Labour	51		Labour	48
	Conservative	9		Conservative	10
	Independent	0		Independent	2

Results summary

2022 Hounslow London Borough Council election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	52	1	1	1	83.9	54.7	94,667	+0.6
	Conservative	10	1	1	1	16.1	31.3	54,139	+2.5
	Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	6.9	12,011	-0.9
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0.0	6.2	10,732	-1.9
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.9	1,537	+0.1

Ward results

Source: ^[14]

Bedfont

Bedfont (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lily Bath	1,768	55.1
	Labour	Adesh Kumar Farmahan	1,663	51.8
	Labour	Raghwinder Singh Siddhu	1,627	50.7
	Conservative	Peter George Edwards	1,245	38.8
	Conservative	John Osborn	1,162	36.7
	Conservative	Hareshkumar Trikamlal Bhalsod	999	31.1
	Green	Dave Wetzel	429	13.3
Turnout			3,211	31.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Brentford East

Brentford East (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rhys Williams	1,058	66.7
	Labour	Marina Cheri Sharma	994	62.7
	Conservative	Thomas Samuel Hearn	314	19.9
	Green	Freya Caroline Summersgill	312	19.7
	Conservative	Paul Anthony Baksh	271	17.1
Turnout			1,586	28.5
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Brentford West

Brentford West (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Guy Lambert	1,183	51.8
	Labour	Lara Parizotto	1,119	49.0
	Green	Stephen Paul Clark	669	29.3
	Conservative	Michael James Annear Denniss	410	17.9
	Conservative	Zoe Louise Nixon	392	17.2
	Green	Tony Firkins	367	16.1
	Independent	Bob Ayres	226	9.9
Turnout			2,285	36.06
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Chiswick Gunnersbury

Chiswick Gunnersbury (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joanna Biddolph	1,552	42.6
	Conservative	Ron Mushiso	1,402	38.5
	Conservative	Ranjit Gill	1,382	37.9
	Labour	Emma Jane Yates	1,359	37.3
	Labour	Uday Nagaraju	1,215	33.3
	Labour	Hanif Ahmad Khan	1,210	33.2
	Liberal Democrats	Will Francis	840	23.0
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Diana Cross	803	22.0
	Liberal Democrats	Johanna Katherine Guppy	657	18.0
Turnout			3,645
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Chiswick Homefields

Chiswick Homefields (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Richard Todd	1,884	43.8
	Conservative	Gerald Alexander Richard Mcgregor	1,849	43.0
	Conservative	Jack Joseph Emsley	1,746	40.6
	Labour	Olivia Katherine Adesuwa Uwechue	1,277	29.7
	Labour	Saroosh Khan	1,251	29.1
	Labour	Mukesh Malhotra	1,213	28.2
	Liberal Democrats	James Nicholas Charrington	646	15.0
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Cripps	627	14.6
	Green	Martin James Bleach	600	14.0
	Liberal Democrats	Leigh Gareth Edwards	585	13.6
	Green	Astrid Hilne	488	11.3
	Green	Jonathan Stevan Elkon	455	10.6
Turnout			4,301
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chiswick Riverside

Chiswick Riverside (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gabriella Sabrina Gonzalez Giles	1,105	37.9
	Conservative	Peter Thompson	1,087	37.3
	Labour	Amy Michelle Croft	1,064	36.5
	Conservative	Sebastian Paul Wallace	1,055	36.2
	Labour	Gurbachan Singh Athwal	948	32.5
	Labour	Melvin Barrie Collins	926	31.8
	Green	Andrea Marsha Louise Black	513	17.6
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Rees	485	16.6
	Liberal Democrats	Guy De Boursac	458	15.7
	Green	Elly Lewis-holmes	455	15.6
	Green	Bill Hagerty	362	12.4
Turnout			2,913
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Cranford

Cranford (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sukhbir Singh Dhaliwal	1,949	60.2
	Labour	Vickram Singh Grewal	1,942	60.0
	Labour	Ghazala Butt	1,843	57.0
	Conservative	Vaibhav Mistry	698	21.6
	Conservative	Sheekeba Nasimi	690	21.3
	Conservative	Mohamad Abdul Rahman Jarche	608	18.8
	Green	Gurpal Singh Sindhar	519	16.0
	Independent	Gurpal Singh Virdi	489	15.1
Turnout			3,235
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Feltham North

Feltham North (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Samina Riaz Nagra	1,288	46.2
	Conservative	Kuldeep Tak	1,276	45.8
	Labour	Muhammad Shakeel Akram	1,244	44.6
	Conservative	Nimmi Madadi	1,225	43.9
	Labour	Tariq Mehmood	1,186	42.5
	Conservative	Zubair Ahmed Awan	1,172	42.0
	Green	Chantel Fai Wetzel	431	15.5
Turnout			2,789
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Feltham West

Feltham West (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan James Philip Mitchell	1,752	58.1
	Labour	Madeeha Asim	1,567	52.0
	Labour	Hina Mir	1,557	51.7
	Conservative	Manoj Kumar Srirangam	1,000	33.2
	Conservative	Sonia Luther	997	33.1
	Conservative	Vanita Kanda	970	32.2
	Green	Christina Dawn Gorst Ellis	501	16.6
Turnout			3,013
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Hanworth Park

Hanworth Park (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bishnu Bahadur Gurung	1,037	48.2
	Labour	Farah Kamran	983	45.7
	Conservative	Ran Manike Maliyadde	769	35.8
	Conservative	Adamya Raj	649	30.2
	Green	Tom Beaton	318	14.8
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Trayhorn	282	13.1
Turnout			2,150
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Hanworth Village

Hanworth Village (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Winston Foote	1,675	49.9
	Labour	Noreen Kaleem	1,475	43.9
	Conservative	Allan Edil Bert Joseph	1,434	42.7
	Labour	Naeem Ulfat	1,419	42.3
	Conservative	Darius Nasimi	1,373	40.9
	Conservative	Srinivasa Chakravarthy Aripirala	1,306	38.9
	Green	Damian James Read	595	17.7
Turnout			3,358
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Heston Central

Heston Central (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shivraj Singh Grewal	1,957	65.8
	Labour	Harleen Atwal hear	1,775	59.7
	Labour	Muhammad Riaz Gull	1,648	55.4
	Conservative	Sandra Cullinane	724	24.3
	Conservative	Nooralhaq Nasimi	489	16.4
	Green	Tony Browne	471	15.8
	Liberal Democrats	Chaitan Shah	450	15.1
	Conservative	Mohammed Eaoyor Shaikh	403	13.5
Turnout			2,975
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Heston East

Heston East (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gurmail Singh Lal	1,491	61.4
	Labour	Amritpal Singh Mann	1,415	58.3
	Labour	Aqsa Ahmed	1,288	53.0
	Conservative	Sonia Maya Dhiman	721	29.7
	Conservative	Hari Hrushikesh Borpatla	666	27.4
	Conservative	Krish Pisavadia	648	26.7
	Green	Zbynek Simcik	340	14.0
Turnout			2,429
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Heston West

Heston West (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Adriana Gheorghe	1,998	69.2
	Labour	Shantanu Rajawat	1,906	66.0
	Labour	Karamat Ali Malik	1,768	61.3
	Conservative	Swarnjit Kamboh	637	22.1
	Conservative	Maha Jarche	553	19.2
	Conservative	Muhammad Azeem Anwar	550	19.1
	Green	Ann Thomas	475	16.5
Turnout			2,886
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Hounslow Central

Hounslow Central (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pritam Singh Grewal	1,217	59.7
	Labour	Ajmer Grewal	1,166	57.2
	Labour	Rasheed Bhatti	1,144	56.1
	Conservative	Hetal Kataria	618	30.3
	Conservative	Nimit Shishodia	573	28.1
	Conservative	Shumaila Ali	542	26.6
	Green	Katharine Hollingworth-kandelaki	384	18.8
Turnout			2,039
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Hounslow East

Hounslow East (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Junue Meah	1,065	53.9
	Labour	Daanish Saeed	1,035	52.4
	Conservative	Jesal Jignesh Patel	642	32.5
	Conservative	Jignesh Patel	632	32.0
	Green	Mary-Ellen Archer	373	18.9
Turnout			1,975
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Hounslow Heath

Hounslow Heath (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Samia Zafar Chaudhary	2,175	58.6
	Labour	Afzaal Ahmad Kiani	1,934	52.1
	Labour	Farhaan Abdul Rehman	1,841	49.6
	Conservative	Satvinder Pal Singh Buttar	1,028	27.7
	Conservative	Nada Mohamad Jarche	742	20.0
	Conservative	Sana Khalil Jarche	740	20.0
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Anne Billenness	708	19.1
	Green	Stefan Edward Wells	576	15.5
	Liberal Democrats	Warwick Bruce Francis	540	14.6
Turnout			3,709
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Hounslow South

Hounslow South (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Bruce	2,279	62.6
	Labour	Karen Ruby Smith	2,024	55.6
	Labour	Sayyar Raza	1,770	48.6
	Conservative	Laura Elliott	1,122	30.8
	Conservative	Ekansh Sharma	930	25.5
	Conservative	Muraad Ali Chaudhry	866	23.8
	Green	Michael Trevenen Bull	674	18.5
	Liberal Democrats	Krishna Valluru	520	14.3
Turnout			3,643
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Hounslow West

Hounslow West (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bandna Chopra	2,112	63.1
	Labour	Jagdish Rai Sharma	2,002	59.8
	Labour	Mohammed Umair	1,819	54.3
	Conservative	Ranveer Singh Summan	837	25.0
	Conservative	Sudhakar Bhumana	765	22.8
	Conservative	Wafa Faisal Salih Khider	618	18.5
	Liberal Democrats	Carl Michael Pierce	494	14.8
	Green	Sergejs Adamovs	490	14.6
Turnout			3,348
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Isleworth

Isleworth (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sue Sampson	2,124	61.4
	Labour	Salman Haroun Shaheen	1,832	53.0
	Labour	John Robert Stroud-Turp	1,672	48.4
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Campbell Thorpe	855	24.7
	Green	David Peter Faure Juritz	697	20.2
	Liberal Democrats	Joseph Gerald Bourke	669	19.3
	Conservative	Al Al-ayoby	622	18.0
	Conservative	Muhammad Umar Awais	606	17.5
	Conservative	Khalid Omar Warsame	593	17.1
Turnout			3,458
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Osterley & Spring Grove

Osterley & Spring Grove (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Louki	2,116	60.1
	Labour	Unsa Kausar Chaudri	1,751	49.7
	Labour	Aftab Siddiqui	1,640	46.6
	Conservative	Jason Dylan Willoughby Harcourt	1,105	31.4
	Conservative	Sukhy Bahia	1,048	29.8
	Conservative	Maneesh Singh	982	27.9
	Green	Rashid Wahab	566	16.1
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Kowalczyk	565	16.0
Turnout			3,521
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Syon & Brentford Lock

Syon & Brentford Lock (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Katherine Sarah Dunne	1,463	52.8
	Labour	Dan Bowring	1,368	49.4
	Labour	Balraj Sarai	1,080	39.0
	Independent	Theo Christopher Dennison	822	29.7
	Green	Anthony William John Agius	625	22.6
	Conservative	Adam Ali	573	20.7
	Conservative	Chaitan Sinha	542	19.6
	Liberal Democrats	Phyllis Ann Van der esch	391	14.1
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Darsie Gillie	363	13.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jack Piers Ballentyne	314	11.3
Turnout			2,770
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Changes 2022–2026

Brentford West by-election, 2 May 2024 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Emma Yates	988	36.37
	Independent	Theo Dennison	798	29.38
	Conservative	Michael Denniss	414	15.24
	Green	Freya Summersgill	338	12.44
	Liberal Democrats	Will Francis	126	4.64
	TUSC	John Viner	33	1.22
Registered electors			6,021
Turnout			2,716	45.1
	Labour hold

The Brentford West by-election was triggered by the resignation of Lara Parizotto, who had been elected as a Labour councillor but left the party in 2023 to sit as an independent. ^[16]

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