Kingston upon Thames council election, 2026

Most seats
44
Liberal Democrats
Seats contested
48
across 19 wards
Turnout
—
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats 44 +3 66,405 44.8% -3.1
Conservative and Unionist Party 2 -1 22,099 14.9% -10.5
Kingston Independent Residents Group 2 +1 12,306 8.3% +3.7
Green Party 0 +0 19,493 13.2% +5.3
Reform UK 0 +0 17,536 11.8% —
Labour Party 0 +0 9,557 6.5% -7.0
Independent 0 +0 391 0.3% +0.1
The Official Monster Raving Loony Party 0 +0 279 0.2% -0.2
Heritage Party 0 +0 30 0.0% —

Changes are against the previous council election on 05/05/2022. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 48
Conservative and Unionist Party 48
Labour Party 48
Liberal Democrats 48
Reform UK 43
Green Party 41
Kingston Independent Residents Group 34
The Official Monster Raving Loony Party 3
Independent 2
Heritage Party 1

A party standing a full slate could field 48 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Alexandra 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Ian Manders Elected 1,006 42.2% -2.3
Liberal Democrats Amir Ali Khan Elected 951 39.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Simon Illsley 451 18.9% -15.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Arjun Johal 413 17.3% —
Reform UK Jill Margaret Anderson 318 13.4% —
Kingston Independent Residents Group Aaron Mafi 315 13.2% —
Green Party Anna Katharine Burlingsby 290 12.2% +1.8
Kingston Independent Residents Group Gavin Pushparajan 286 12.0% —
Reform UK Caroline Ann Buchan 277 11.6% —
Green Party Des Kay 238 10.0% —
Labour Party Marian Margaret Freedman 129 5.4% -6.1
Labour Party Alexander James Lock 91 3.8% —
Majority500
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,382

Liberal Democrats hold

Berrylands 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Anita Margaret Schaper Elected 1,331 48.5% -3.4
Liberal Democrats Rizwana Suhail Malik Elected 1,203 43.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Steve Kent 662 24.1% -5.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Bedforth 654 23.8% —
Green Party Maya Joyce Kay 397 14.5% +4.0
Reform UK Garfield Anthony Bateman 329 12.0% —
Green Party Philip Smith 317 11.6% —
Reform UK Anthony Ayoola 289 10.5% —
Labour Party Heather Estelle Buchanan 159 5.8% -5.0
Labour Party Lawrence Roy Green 148 5.4% —
Majority541
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,744

Liberal Democrats hold

Canbury Gardens 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Peter Christopher Higgins Elected 1,362 51.6% +3.6
Liberal Democrats Nicolai Due-Gundersen Elected 1,311 49.7% —
Green Party Linda Jane Sawyer 455 17.2% +1.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Anand Rajpurohit 357 13.5% -17.4
Reform UK Maria Theresa Blake 321 12.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mohammad Beheshti 320 12.1% —
Green Party Ian Bryn Worrall 314 11.9% —
Reform UK Anthony Larkin 304 11.5% —
Labour Party Kelly Jane Galvin 168 6.4% -3.4
Labour Party Christopher Robert Priest 134 5.1% —
Kingston Independent Residents Group Mihaela McKendrick 133 5.0% —
Kingston Independent Residents Group Ali Abdulla 102 3.9% —
Majority856
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,640

Liberal Democrats hold

Chessington South & Malden Rushett 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Andreas Kirsch Elected 1,641 50.5% -1.8
Liberal Democrats Griseldis Kirsch Elected 1,542 47.5% —
Liberal Democrats Sharukh Mirza Elected 1,518 46.7% —
Reform UK Simon Bain 1,001 30.8% —
Reform UK Kevin Eggleton 946 29.1% —
Reform UK Pawel Marian Lachowski 855 26.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Sue Towner 590 18.2% -20.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Irena Boylett 502 15.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party James John Eakin 496 15.3% —
Labour Party Laurie South 178 5.5% -7.1
Labour Party Alfred Pirotta 173 5.3% —
Labour Party Fe Wood 148 4.6% —
The Official Monster Raving Loony Party Captain Coiley 79 2.4% -0.8
The Official Monster Raving Loony Party A Gent Chinners 74 2.3% —
Majority517
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,248

Liberal Democrats hold

Coombe Hill 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Rowena Bass Elected 854 38.1% -12.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Ian George Elected 760 33.9% —
Kingston Independent Residents Group Jamal Chohan 636 28.3% +20.3
Kingston Independent Residents Group Zebunisa Rao 494 22.0% —
Liberal Democrats Zain Ausaf Abbas 407 18.1% -17.2
Liberal Democrats Tushar Aneja 383 17.1% —
Green Party Patrick Lewis Goodacre 227 10.1% —
Reform UK Jeanine Bateman 203 9.0% —
Green Party Ezra Tunley 183 8.2% —
Reform UK Shaun Tocher 180 8.0% —
Labour Party Anthony Michael Murray 92 4.1% -8.4
Labour Party Sally Richardson 69 3.1% —
Majority124
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,244

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Coombe Vale 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Kim Natasha Bailey Elected 1,744 47.6% +1.4
Liberal Democrats Brian Maxwell Austen Elected 1,608 43.9% —
Liberal Democrats Andrew Sillett Elected 1,378 37.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Cathy Roberts 755 20.6% -13.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Marcel Lee 738 20.1% —
Green Party Chloe Vittoria Bell 699 19.1% -0.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Pallavi Konwar 670 18.3% —
Kingston Independent Residents Group David James Giles 561 15.3% +1.0
Kingston Independent Residents Group Phil Doyle 511 13.9% —
Green Party Peter Anthony Whitworth 472 12.9% —
Kingston Independent Residents Group Suniya Qureshi 441 12.0% —
Reform UK Sandy Piercey 426 11.6% —
Independent Kamala Kugan 319 8.7% —
Labour Party Ian Alexander Parker 252 6.9% -8.2
Labour Party Nick Draper 242 6.6% —
Labour Party Gareth Brian Thomas 181 4.9% —
Majority623
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,666

Liberal Democrats hold

Green Lane & St James 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Kingston Independent Residents Group James Giles Elected 1,043 45.3% -1.0
Kingston Independent Residents Group Yvonne Tracey Elected 1,001 43.5% —
Liberal Democrats Simon Patrick Foylan 863 37.5% +2.5
Liberal Democrats Rory Hall 772 33.6% —
Reform UK Lucy Grimstone 175 7.6% —
Labour Party Pat Dobson 165 7.2% -7.2
Reform UK Gregory Jarrett 161 7.0% —
Labour Party Gerry Jones 133 5.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mike Chattey 129 5.6% +1.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Rosemary Anne Salusbury 86 3.7% —
Independent Dunia Al-Baghdadi 72 3.1% —
Majority138
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,300

Kingston Independent Residents Group gain from Liberal Democrats · Kingston Independent Residents Group hold

Hook & Chessington North 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Joanne Emma Barker Elected 1,510 46.1% -1.5
Liberal Democrats Sue Ansari Elected 1,496 45.7% —
Liberal Democrats Lorraine Denishea Helen Dunstone Elected 1,460 44.6% —
Reform UK Angus Timothy Cameron 900 27.5% —
Reform UK Stephen John Cherry 888 27.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party David Phillips 621 19.0% -8.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Noëlle Carteret 599 18.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Kye Alan Slawson-Powell 486 14.8% —
Green Party Lucy Elizabeth Hill 376 11.5% +2.4
Green Party David John Webb 326 10.0% —
Green Party Parsa Bahadori 317 9.7% —
Kingston Independent Residents Group Liam Hebborn 268 8.2% —
Labour Party David Kenneth John Cooper 159 4.9% -11.3
Labour Party Christine Wynne Thompson 148 4.5% —
Labour Party Rosemary Vase 138 4.2% —
The Official Monster Raving Loony Party Liam Angus Secrett 126 3.8% —
Majority560
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,273

Liberal Democrats hold

King George's & Sunray 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Helen Rachel Grocott Elected 916 48.7% -1.4
Liberal Democrats Mark Rahim Beynon Elected 902 48.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Nausheen Arnold 492 26.2% -8.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Gia Borg-Darcy 418 22.2% —
Green Party Pauline Howard 240 12.8% —
Green Party Kate Worley 218 11.6% —
Kingston Independent Residents Group Julian McCarthy 166 8.8% —
Labour Party Bob Freedman 150 8.0% -8.8
Labour Party Andrew David Prosser 146 7.8% —
Kingston Independent Residents Group Danyaal Khwaja 110 5.9% —
Majority410
Turnout—
Registered electors4,471
Ballots cast (estimated)1,879

Liberal Democrats hold

Kingston Gate 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Sarah Wait-Sillett Elected 1,807 47.6% +0.1
Liberal Democrats Stephen Nicholas Evans Elected 1,797 47.3% —
Liberal Democrats Mark Peter Manners Elected 1,668 43.9% —
Green Party Matt Browne 824 21.7% +3.9
Green Party Claire Elizabeth Walter 718 18.9% —
Green Party Paul Wright 544 14.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Donald Reginald Porter 431 11.3% -11.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Leela Sita Seaton 402 10.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Rahul Naithani 392 10.3% —
Reform UK Robert Edwards 351 9.2% —
Kingston Independent Residents Group Kerry Giles 321 8.5% -9.1
Reform UK Alexander Horsfall 316 8.3% —
Reform UK Graham Charles Matthews 307 8.1% —
Reform UK Graham Matthews 307 8.1% —
Kingston Independent Residents Group Noor Jamal Chohan 306 8.1% —
Labour Party Tam Holmes 276 7.3% -4.9
Kingston Independent Residents Group Sonu Ali Sayeed 250 6.6% —
Labour Party Nicholas James Oatridge 193 5.1% —
Labour Party Frank Kitson 184 4.8% —
Majority844
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,798

Liberal Democrats hold

Kingston Town 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Roger Mark Hayes Elected 1,277 42.3% -2.2
Liberal Democrats Nicola Inez Nardelli Elected 1,184 39.3% —
Liberal Democrats Sabah Hamed Elected 1,175 39.0% —
Green Party James Benjamin Dean 592 19.6% +6.4
Green Party Peter Haydn Czaja 573 19.0% —
Green Party Raffaele Litto 563 18.7% —
Labour Party Kezia Elizabeth Coleman 441 14.6% -7.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Gillian Elizabeth Aston 405 13.4% -4.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Terry Bowers 384 12.7% —
Reform UK Tony James 375 12.4% —
Reform UK John Joseph Ennett 374 12.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Marie McGuire 348 11.5% —
Labour Party James Stanton 318 10.5% —
Reform UK Osvaldina Prezilius 313 10.4% —
Labour Party Keegan Philip Ronnie Hillier 302 10.0% —
Kingston Independent Residents Group Rubina Cassell 161 5.3% -5.2
Kingston Independent Residents Group Hayley Smithers 147 4.9% —
Kingston Independent Residents Group Jabeen Shah 115 3.8% —
Majority583
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,016

Liberal Democrats hold

Motspur Park & Old Malden East 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Callum Sol Morrissey Elected 1,182 46.6% -1.5
Liberal Democrats Wimal Wimalathasan Elected 1,005 39.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Terry Paton 718 28.3% -10.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Rob Smith 656 25.9% —
Reform UK Diane Ferguson-Smith 443 17.5% —
Reform UK Riona Mary Seana Woodman 399 15.7% —
Green Party Bea Osbourne 370 14.6% +5.2
Labour Party Alastair Breen 151 6.0% -9.0
Labour Party Sean Paul Casey 144 5.7% —
Majority287
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,534

Liberal Democrats hold

New Malden Village 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Mark James Durrant Elected 1,524 44.1% -0.0
Liberal Democrats Lesley Anne Heap Elected 1,327 38.4% —
Liberal Democrats Dongsung Kim Elected 1,320 38.2% —
Kingston Independent Residents Group Richard Hebborn 1,043 30.2% +3.9
Kingston Independent Residents Group Deepa Veneik 899 26.0% —
Kingston Independent Residents Group Raju Pandya 851 24.6% —
Green Party Lucy Howard 531 15.4% -16.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Caroline Bowis 371 10.7% -6.2
Conservative and Unionist Party John Crocket Bowis 336 9.7% —
Green Party Jem Kale 329 9.5% —
Green Party Joel Monroe 314 9.1% —
Reform UK David Michael Bent 306 8.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Valerie McIntyre 278 8.0% —
Labour Party Tess Bowyer 261 7.5% -8.2
Reform UK James David Winn Stileman 254 7.3% —
Labour Party Michelle Honor Gordon 232 6.7% —
Labour Party Gary Alan See 201 5.8% —
Majority277
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,459

Liberal Democrats hold

Norbiton 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Emily Davey Elected 1,416 48.9% -5.3
Liberal Democrats Olly Wehring Elected 1,297 44.8% —
Liberal Democrats Sam Foulder-Hughes Elected 1,124 38.8% —
Labour Party Tony Banks 537 18.5% -13.2
Green Party Martin Andrew Hall 524 18.1% +9.7
Green Party Fahima Mahomed 497 17.1% —
Green Party Dylan Stewart 438 15.1% —
Labour Party Liz Meerabeau 410 14.1% —
Labour Party Tom Wingfield 391 13.5% —
Reform UK Christopher Llewellyn Last 359 12.4% —
Reform UK Andrew Parker 358 12.4% —
Reform UK Jo Melbourne 352 12.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Kevin John Davis 275 9.5% -3.7
Kingston Independent Residents Group Soha Sultana 264 9.1% +2.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Sandira Beekoo 229 7.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party John Barnabas Rutter 222 7.7% —
Majority587
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,898

Liberal Democrats hold

Old Malden 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Mike Pascal Massimi Elected 1,311 52.0% +1.7
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Park Elected 1,228 48.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party John Baek 467 18.5% -19.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Harry George Foskin 450 17.8% —
Reform UK Nicholas Richard David Badham 394 15.6% —
Reform UK Ismail Birant 284 11.3% —
Green Party David Charlton 249 9.9% +2.3
Green Party Harrie Vischjager 194 7.7% —
Labour Party Graeme Hodge 147 5.8% -5.6
Labour Party Rahul Taran Khandelwal 138 5.5% —
Kingston Independent Residents Group Clair Hebborn 91 3.6% —
Kingston Independent Residents Group Chris Walton 63 2.5% —
Heritage Party Michael Gerard Watson 30 1.2% —
Majority761
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,523

Liberal Democrats hold

St Mark's & Seething Wells 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Helen Milestone Elected 2,146 51.7% +4.2
Liberal Democrats Robert Sadler Elected 1,943 46.8% —
Liberal Democrats Yogan Yoganathan Elected 1,892 45.6% —
Green Party Archie Coyne 1,103 26.6% -8.5
Green Party Ayse Demir 1,065 25.7% —
Green Party Abbas Aref 1,062 25.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Tim Brown 513 12.4% -1.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Carole Robinson 470 11.3% —
Reform UK Caroline Ford 468 11.3% —
Reform UK Nick Frei 418 10.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ian Wilson 402 9.7% —
Reform UK Marcus Reno Mohammed 344 8.3% —
Labour Party Emma Keeley Francis 260 6.3% -5.8
Labour Party Joseph Al-Khalili 198 4.8% —
Labour Party Brian John Matthews 172 4.1% —
Majority789
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)4,152

Liberal Democrats hold

Surbiton Hill 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Alison Hamilton Holt Elected 1,948 54.9% -1.6
Liberal Democrats Tom Reeve Elected 1,833 51.6% —
Liberal Democrats Manish Shukla Elected 1,619 45.6% —
Green Party Emma Loffler 599 16.9% +5.3
Green Party Nannette Herbert 578 16.3% —
Green Party Conor James McGovern-Paul 459 12.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Kristine Marie Boudreau 458 12.9% -8.3
Reform UK Jackie Alex 428 12.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Alasdair Bruce Rennie 426 12.0% —
Reform UK Noel Edward Alex 418 11.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Colin Suckling 407 11.5% —
Reform UK Peter William Harris 399 11.2% —
Kingston Independent Residents Group Glen Colegate 223 6.3% -2.6
Labour Party Maxwell Oliver Freedman 204 5.7% -6.2
Labour Party Rebecca Claire Way 189 5.3% —
Kingston Independent Residents Group Andrea Chambers 175 4.9% —
Labour Party Kris Saravanan 171 4.8% —
Kingston Independent Residents Group Easha-tir-Raazi Khawaja 113 3.2% —
Majority1,020
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,549

Liberal Democrats hold

Tolworth 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Jane Lim Elected 1,861 51.6% -12.0
Liberal Democrats Thay Thayalan Elected 1,838 51.0% —
Liberal Democrats Andrew John Wooldridge Elected 1,754 48.7% —
Green Party Claire Louise Burlingsby 563 15.6% —
Reform UK David John Butcher 509 14.1% —
Green Party Luma Al-Azzawi 474 13.2% —
Reform UK Graham Alan Seager 458 12.7% —
Reform UK Silva Kaludura 444 12.3% —
Green Party Owen Oastler 442 12.3% —
Kingston Independent Residents Group Jessica Dearlove 428 11.9% -0.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Emma Louise Mary Perham 321 8.9% -10.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Martin Pike 287 8.0% —
Kingston Independent Residents Group Mark David Thomas 269 7.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew Willson 265 7.4% —
Labour Party Grace Victoria Bowers 265 7.4% -11.1
Kingston Independent Residents Group Michael Winston Firth 249 6.9% —
Labour Party Martin Christopher Ellis 199 5.5% —
Labour Party Gill Gray 187 5.2% —
Majority1,191
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,604

Liberal Democrats hold

Tudor 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Blaise Kemp Murphet Elected 1,355 48.3% +0.8
Liberal Democrats Sachin Tulyani Elected 1,270 45.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Julian Stewart Harvey Bedale 642 22.9% -19.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Jamila Bibi-Sarwar 491 17.5% —
Green Party Alison Jane Gomez-Russell 433 15.4% +1.5
Green Party Lydia Poole 386 13.7% —
Reform UK Bernardo Barreto-Kuhlbrodt 319 11.4% —
Reform UK Jithwin Lalam Venkata 266 9.5% —
Kingston Independent Residents Group Maureen Wilkins 137 4.9% —
Kingston Independent Residents Group Syreeta Howard-James 134 4.8% —
Labour Party Andrew Michael Middleton 101 3.6% -4.8
Labour Party Stephen James Pike 82 2.9% —
Majority628
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,808

Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Liberal Democrats hold

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