Cranford (ward)

Cranford
Electoral ward for the Hounslow London Borough Council
Cranford ward boundaries since 2022
Borough	Hounslow
County	Greater London
Population	16,027 (2021) [a]
Electorate	10,584 (2022)
Area	3.602 square kilometres (1.391 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created	1965
Number of members	3
Councillors	Vickram Grewal   Ghazala Butt   Hira Dhillon
GSS code	E05013612

Cranford is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Hounslow. The ward has existed since the creation of the borough on 1 April 1965 and was first used in the 1964 elections. It returns three councillors to Hounslow London Borough Council.

Hounslow council elections since 2022

2025 by-election

The by-election took place on 21 August 2025, following the death of Sukhbir Dhaliwal. ^{[1] [2]}

2025 Cranford by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hira Dhillon	951	40.7	−12.6
	Conservative	Gurpreet Sidhu	679	29.1	+10.0
	Reform	Khushwant Singh	405	17.3	New
	Green	Gurpal Virdi	156	6.7	−7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Miruna Leitoiu	145	6.2	New
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

2022 election

The election took place on 5 May 2022. ^[3]

2022 Hounslow London Borough Council election: Cranford (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sukhbir Dhaliwal	1,949	60.2
	Labour	Vickram 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 Jarche	608	18.8
	Green	Gurpal Sindhar	519	16.0
	Independent	Gurpal Virdi	489	15.1
Turnout			3,235
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

2002–2022 Hounslow council elections

Cranford ward boundaries from 2002 to 2022

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Hounslow in 2002.

2021 by-election

The by-election took place on 6 May 2021, following the death of Poonam Dhillon. ^[4] It was held on the same day as the 2021 London mayoral election and 2021 London Assembly election.

2021 Cranford by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Devina Ram	2,129	52.0	−13.7
	Conservative	Shabnam Nasimi	1,191	29.1	+4.7
	Independent	Gurpal Virdi	355	8.7	+8.7
	Green	Martin Bleach	284	6.9	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Sangam Gul	133	3.3	−2.3
Majority			938	22.9
Turnout			4,092
	Labour hold		Swing

2018 election

The election took place on 3 May 2018. ^[5]

2018 Hounslow London Borough Council election: Cranford (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sukhbir Dhaliwal	2,113	64.2
	Labour	Poonam Dhillon	2,039	62.0
	Labour	Khulique Malik	1,853	56.3
	Conservative	Sukhdev Maras	784	23.8
	Conservative	Eileen Newton	651	19.8
	Conservative	Renu Raj	624	19.0
	Liberal Democrats	Iman Malik	180	5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Sangam Gul	163	5.0
	Green	Jon Elkon	141	4.3
	Green	Freya Summersgill	135	4.1
	Green	Jack Ridley	132	4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah Owoade	123	3.7
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Notes

1. 2021 Census data reported for 2022 ward boundaries

References

1. "Hounslow local election: No candidates known yet". Who Can I Vote For?. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
2. Lynch, Philip James (9 July 2025). "West London by-election announced following death of councillor". Harrow Online. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
3. Heywood, Joe; Loftus, Caitlin (March 2023). "London Borough Council Elections: May 2022" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
4. "Hounslow local election: The 5 candidates in Cranford". Who Can I Vote For?. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
5. Colombeau, Joseph (October 2018). "London Borough Council Elections: 3 May 2018" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 4 July 2025.