2022 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election

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2022 Kensington and Chelsea Council election
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All 50 council seats
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
LeaderElizabeth CampbellMo BakhtiarLinda Wade
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Last election36 seats, 51.4%13 seats, 33.0%1 seat, 12.4%
Seats won35132
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1Steady2.svgIncrease2.svg1
Popular vote40,36327,81113,134
Percentage48.7%33.6%15.9%
SwingDecrease2.svg2.7%Increase2.svg0.6%Increase2.svg3.5%
Kensington and Chelsea London UK local election 2022 map.svg
Results of the 2022 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow.
council control before election


Conservative

Subsequent council control


Conservative

The 2022 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election was held on 5 May 2022. All 50 members of Kensington and Chelsea 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 Conservative party lost one seat to the Liberal Democrats, but maintained their majority on the council.

Background

History

Result of the 2018 borough election Kensington and Chelsea 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. [1]

Kensington and Chelsea has been under Conservative control since its establishment. In the most recent election in 2018, the Conservatives won 36 seats with 51.4% of the vote across the borough; Labour won 13 seats with 33.0% of the vote and the Liberal Democrats won a single seat with 12.4% of the vote. [2] The council had been a target for the Labour Party, who had been expected to perform better following the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire. [2]

Council term

A Labour councillor for Dalgarno ward, Robert Thomson, resigned in early 2019 because his job required him to relocate. A by-election was held to fill his seat on 21 March 2019, which was won by the Labour candidate Kasim Ali with the Conservatives coming in second place. [3]

Unlike most London boroughs, Kensington and Chelsea will continue with the same ward boundaries it elected councillors under in 2018 as it had been subject to a recent boundary review.

Electoral process

Kensington and Chelsea, 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 plurality block 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. [4] 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. [4]

Previous council composition

After 2018 electionBefore 2022 election
PartySeatsPartySeats
Conservative 36 Conservative 35
Labour 13 Labour 13
Liberal Democrats 1 Liberal Democrats 2

Overall Results

Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election [5]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 351107048.740,363-2.7
  Labour 130002633.627,811+0.6
  Liberal Democrats 210+1415.913,134+2.5
  Green 000001.41,140+1.0
  Independent 001-100.5388+0.4

Results by ward

Abingdon

[6]

Abingdon (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sarah Addenbrooke 1,019 60.0 -6.2
Conservative Anne Cyron 964 56.5 -5.9
Conservative James Husband 915 53.6 -8.1
Labour Manju Gregory37421.9+4.4
Labour Nasrin Lari34220.0+3.0
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Good33519.6+5.0
Labour Bora Ristic33519.6+4.4
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Owen33019.3+5.1
Liberal Democrats Peter Kosta27916.3+0.2
Turnout 32.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Brompton and Hans Town

[7]

Brompton and Hans Town (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Walaa Idris 1,044 64.2 -6.3
Conservative Sof McVeigh 1,040 63.9 -5.6
Conservative Mary Weale 1,032 63.4 -6.2
Labour Marian Kearney27917.1+1.9
Labour Monica Preston26716.4+1.4
Liberal Democrats Maurizio Campolo26616.3+4.1
Labour Karl-Eric Cheron26616.3+1.6
Liberal Democrats Ewen Cameron26116.0+7.4
Liberal Democrats Robert Woodthorpe Browne22513.8+5.5
Turnout 28.9
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Campden

[8]

Campden (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Catherine Faulks 1,122 58.6 -4.9
Conservative Preety Hudd 1,026 53.6 -9.8
Conservative Lloyd North 995 52.0 -7.8
Labour Margaret McDonald41721.8+8.6
Labour Heathcote Ruthann36519.1+6.1
Liberal Democrats Juan Carrizosa34317.9+2.8
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Wade34117.8+4.8
Labour Tabatha Vaughan33317.4+2.6
Green Luke Douglas-Home29415.4N/A
Liberal Democrats Christopher Coplans29215.3+4.2
Turnout 35.6
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Chelsea Riverside

[9]

Chelsea Riverside (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Laura Burns 1,007 46.8 -1.6
Conservative Gerard Hargreaves 941 43.7 -3.4
Conservative Sonia Zvedeniuk 923 42.9 -4.4
Labour Jake Thomas81938.0+1.1
Labour Mike Coelho80536.7-0.1
Labour Cihan Cheron72232.9-3.6
Liberal Democrats Margo Schwartz64329.3+19.6
Turnout 35.9
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Colville

[10]

Colville (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Toby Benton 1,108 59.8 +5.1
Labour Mohammed Bakhtiar 1,091 58.9 +7.2
Labour Dahabo Isse 1,014 54.8 +4.4
Conservative Ellie Lines45824.7-3.1
Conservative Roni Greenfield45324.4-0.9
Conservative Becky Walsh44123.8-0.2
Liberal Democrats Josie Mayers29816.1+3.7
Liberal Democrats Jules Lipton25713.9+2.3
Liberal Democrats Alex Nowak22612.2+2.7
Turnout 29.6
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Courtfield

[11]

Courtfield (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Janet Evans 1,068 59.6 -9.4
Conservative Greg Hammond 1,037 57.8 -10.3
Conservative Quentin Marshall 947 52.8 -13.8
Liberal Democrats Marc Goldfinger74041.3+27.1
Labour Fatima Kara28215.7+4.0
Labour Marius Brill27015.1+4.4
Labour Rene Gimpel27015.1+2.4
Turnout 32.8
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Dalgarno

[12]

Dalgarno (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kasim Ali 867 60.2 -13.5
Labour Eva Jedut 837 58.1 -7.4
Conservative Theodore Karpinksi31621.9-1.1
Conservative Anjulika Vatish27619.2+0.8
Liberal Democrats Alexandra Tatton-Brown15911.0+3.0
Independent Delores Patterson15610.8N/A
Independent Philip Williams15510.8N/A
Turnout 31.7
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Earl's Court

[13]

Earl's Court (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Linda Wade 1,048 51.1 +5.8
Liberal Democrats Tim Verboven 757 36.9 +11.2
Conservative Hamish Adourian 705 34.4 +2.1
Liberal Democrats Christophe Noblet69934.1+10.1
Conservative Stéphanie Petit67432.8-5.8
Conservative Max Chauhan60829.6-2.3
Labour Bruno Diantantou41520.2-5.6
Labour Sharda Rowena39819.4-5.9
Labour John Winter28613.9-6.5
Green Erwin Schaeffer20910.2+0.8
Turnout 34.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Golborne

[14]

Golborne (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mona Adam 1,036 69.1 -8.4
Labour Sina Lari 1,005 67.0 -1.9
Labour Abdullahi Nur 950 63.4 -10.1
Conservative Elizabeth Acka29719.8+5.7
Conservative Margaret Parker27818.5+5.5
Conservative Michael Walsh25917.3+5.4
Liberal Democrats Sheila McGuirk16010.7+2.8
Liberal Democrats William Somers1338.9+2.8
Turnout 25.2
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Holland

[15]

Holland (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lucinda Knight 1,049 52.1 -0.2
Conservative Johnny Thalassites 1,019 50.6 +0.5
Conservative Aarien Areti 993 49.3 -3.5
Labour Samantha Batra73136.3+2.9
Labour Nathaniel McBride65432.5+2.4
Labour Axel Landin65032.3+0.4
Liberal Democrats Hugh Lalor24112.0+0.9
Liberal Democrats Noel McNamara24112.0-1.3
Liberal Democrats Leopold Rupf1899.4N/A
Turnout 35.9
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Norland

[16]

Norland (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Lindsay 787 49.2 -9.6
Conservative Stuart Graham 738 46.2 -11.3
Labour Sylvia Parnell35522.2-1.6
Green Fabien Frenzel33821.1N/A
Green Angela Georgievski29918.7N/A
Labour Bernard Shaw28918.1-3.0
Liberal Democrats Tom Fox16210.1-1.8
Liberal Democrats Blanche Girouard1579.8-0.6
Turnout 41.6
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Notting Dale

[17]

Notting Dale (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Claire Simmons 1,200 68.4 -3.9
Labour Mona Ahmed 1,180 67.3 -0.8
Labour Marwan Elnaghi 1,162 66.2 -1.1
Conservative Filippo Salamone32918.8+1.5
Conservative Mehreen Malik31417.9+1.0
Conservative Sasi Kamaladasan30017.1+0.8
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Somers19411.1+6.0
Liberal Democrats Philip Chenery19110.9+1.7
Liberal Democrats Yury Kanavalau1257.1N/A
Turnout 30.6
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Pembridge

[18]

Pembridge (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joanna Gardner 609 46.8 -6.9
Conservative Dori Schmetterling 560 43.0 -7.8
Liberal Democrats Sam Dodgshon44834.4+17.6
Labour Lorna Kelly39330.1+1.5
Labour Jonathan Daniels38629.6+4.7
Turnout 36.5
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Queen's Gate

[19]

Queen's Gate (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roberto Weeden-Sanz 966 59.0 -8.7
Conservative Will Lane 955 58.3 -8.4
Conservative Sam Mackover 942 57.5 -8.9
Liberal Democrats Blaise Baquiche54833.5+15.6
Labour Lenore Robinson33120.2+6.1
Labour Tim Thomas26015.9+2.4
Labour Hassan Muhammad25215.4+2.8
Turnout 34.7
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Redcliffe

[20]

Redcliffe (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thomas Bennett 1,038 55.5 -6.9
Conservative Marie-Therese Rossi 973 52.1 -8.7
Conservative Sidney Yankson 883 47.2 -9.4
Liberal Democrats Jean-Francois Burford63433.9+18.5
Labour Anne Corbett49426.4+6.9
Labour Otto Barrow40721.8+5.3
Labour Alfie Gee36419.5+3.1
Turnout 30.6
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Royal Hospital

[21]

Royal Hospital (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Elizabeth Campbell 1,387 69.0 -5.8
Conservative Emma Will 1,309 65.1 -6.2
Conservative Cem Kemahli 1,261 62.7 -7.1
Liberal Democrats Jean Goodliffe32616.2+6.5
Liberal Democrats Penny Pocock31515.7+4.3
Labour David Kear30715.3+1.6
Labour Pat Mason28314.1+0.5
Labour Soushian Samadi28114.0+0.7
Liberal Democrats Theodore Goodliffe26513.2+3.7
Turnout 32.7
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

St Helen's

[22]

St Helen's (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Emma Dent Coad 811 52.1 -0.4
Labour Portia Thaxter 739 47.5 -1.8
Conservative Miloud Bouhaddou52233.5+3.5
Conservative Maxwell Woodger52133.5-0.2
Liberal Democrats Carmel McLoughlin16710.7-3.2
Liberal Democrats Jibril Al-Nabahani1187.6-3.0
Independent Eve Allison774.9-28.8
Turnout 36.2
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Stanley

[23]

Stanley (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kim Taylor-Smith 1,031 55.9 -4.3
Conservative Josh Rendall 1,027 55.7 -5.2
Conservative Will Pascall 1,005 54.5 -5.4
Labour Leon Garner46525.2+2.4
Liberal Democrats Helena Marconell40221.8+13.2
Labour Abdulmajid Malin37320.2-1.5
Liberal Democrats Jose Buera Cienfuegos-Jovellanos31216.9+9.2
Liberal Democrats Carl Michel30716.7+7.6
Labour Peerzada Bukhari29115.8-5.6
Turnout 30.1
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

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