Merton council election, 2026

Most seats
32
Labour Party
Seats contested
57
across 20 wards
Turnout
—
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 32 +1 59,193 30.8% -11.1
Liberal Democrats 19 +2 53,195 27.7% +2.9
Conservative and Unionist Party 4 -3 29,381 15.3% -10.5
Merton Park Ward Independent Residents 2 +0 3,714 1.9% -0.2
Green Party 0 +0 23,590 12.3% +7.1
Reform UK 0 +0 22,776 11.9% —
Animal Welfare Party 0 +0 108 0.1% —
Independent 0 +0 96 0.0% —
Libertarian Party 0 +0 31 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 57
Conservative and Unionist Party 57
Labour Party 57
Liberal Democrats 57
Reform UK 57
Green Party 38
Independent 2
Merton Park Ward Independent Residents 2
Animal Welfare Party 1
Libertarian Party 1

A party standing a full slate could field 57 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.

Abbey 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats John Matthew Braithwaite Elected 1,594 46.5% +7.6
Liberal Democrats Klaar Dresselaers Elected 1,452 42.4% —
Liberal Democrats Barry John Smith Elected 1,370 40.0% —
Labour Party Kara Regina Rose Una Abrams 953 27.8% -7.4
Labour Party Andrew Robert Copeland 820 23.9% —
Labour Party Shajaki Jeyaveerasingam 701 20.5% —
Green Party George Nicholas Burridge 676 19.7% +8.0
Green Party James Sellers 622 18.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Nigel Charles Benbow 507 14.8% -13.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Ellie Christina Lauren Ioannou 399 11.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Cleon Edmund Enrique Wilson 351 10.2% —
Reform UK Zoe Miller 289 8.4% —
Reform UK Clark Inglis 275 8.0% —
Reform UK Simon Ogilvie-Harris 268 7.8% —
Majority417
Turnout—
Registered electors7,631
Ballots cast (estimated)3,426

Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Party · Liberal Democrats hold

Cannon Hill 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Richard David Poole Elected 1,379 36.4% -1.5
Liberal Democrats Asif Ashraf Elected 1,376 36.3% —
Liberal Democrats Robert James Mitchell Elected 1,278 33.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Nick McLean 1,038 27.4% -8.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael Charles Joseph Paterson 926 24.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Frank Laurance Pocock 880 23.2% —
Labour Party Elizabeth Ann Sherwood 702 18.5% -11.4
Green Party Emma Jane Alexander 659 17.4% +8.9
Labour Party Mohammad Ahsan Ashraf 629 16.6% —
Labour Party Neil Valentine Davies 625 16.5% —
Green Party Margaret Clare Rogers 503 13.3% —
Reform UK Troy Lee Bowler 474 12.5% —
Reform UK Paul Gaskin 466 12.3% —
Reform UK John William Wigmore 439 11.6% —
Majority240
Turnout—
Registered electors7,165
Ballots cast (estimated)3,791

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

Colliers Wood 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Caroline Masue Cooper-Marbiah Elected 1,807 47.0% -18.5
Labour Party Stuart Neaverson Elected 1,763 45.9% —
Labour Party Joanna Sieradzinska Elected 1,494 38.9% —
Green Party Conor Mark Dunwoody 950 24.7% -4.7
Liberal Democrats Jenny Booth 886 23.1% +13.6
Liberal Democrats George Hadjiyiannakis 772 20.1% —
Green Party Fevzi Hussein 763 19.9% —
Green Party Mehmood Naqshbandi 746 19.4% —
Liberal Democrats John Michael Oliver 651 16.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew Robert Cole 315 8.2% -5.5
Reform UK Olivier Beumer 281 7.3% —
Reform UK William Richards 259 6.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Rob Cossins 255 6.6% —
Reform UK Edward Smith 244 6.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Martin Thomas Lake 243 6.3% —
Independent Alex Forbes 48 1.2% —
Independent Alex Forbes 48 1.2% —
Majority544
Turnout—
Registered electors8,418
Ballots cast (estimated)3,842

Labour Party hold

Cricket Green 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Michael Kevin Butcher Elected 1,576 54.3% -19.7
Labour Party Usaama Kaweesa Elected 1,510 52.1% —
Labour Party Gill Manly Elected 1,492 51.4% —
Green Party Ryan Lee Omamori Letbe-Holder 553 19.1% +7.9
Green Party Adele Pinkett 549 18.9% —
Reform UK Richard Law 530 18.3% —
Reform UK Casey Powell 462 15.9% —
Reform UK Artem Mikheev 424 14.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Eleanor Anne Cox 316 10.9% -6.7
Liberal Democrats William Woodward 300 10.3% +2.4
Liberal Democrats Vivian Rose Vella 296 10.2% —
Liberal Democrats Yu Wing Wong 266 9.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Debbie Wills 217 7.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter Vindal Ludvigsen 210 7.2% —
Majority939
Turnout—
Registered electors8,417
Ballots cast (estimated)2,900

Labour Party hold

Figge's Marsh 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Agatha Mary Akyigyina Elected 1,569 61.7% -5.3
Labour Party Dan Johnston Elected 1,374 54.0% —
Labour Party Franca Ofeimu Elected 1,323 52.0% —
Green Party Omar Daair 503 19.8% +6.1
Green Party Sally Pannifex 435 17.1% —
Green Party Johnathan Ian Gifford Knight 408 16.0% —
Reform UK Ronan Fraser 356 14.0% —
Reform UK Steeve Mandarin 326 12.8% —
Reform UK Vinayak Malhotra 320 12.6% —
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Jean Barker 235 9.2% +2.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Alice Sophie Jane Hammond 176 6.9% -6.6
Liberal Democrats Matthew William Payne 172 6.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Sally Patricia Hammond 164 6.4% —
Liberal Democrats Emma Catherine Wiley 141 5.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party William Henry Woodroofe 133 5.2% —
Majority820
Turnout—
Registered electors7,576
Ballots cast (estimated)2,545

Labour Party hold

Graveney 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Linda Christine Kirby Elected 1,778 56.8% -22.2
Labour Party Billy Hayes Elected 1,607 51.3% —
Labour Party Devina Marylyn Paul Elected 1,562 49.9% —
Green Party Franki Appleton 832 26.6% +11.3
Green Party Darrell Ennis-Gayle 727 23.2% —
Green Party Rupert Arthur Stevens 607 19.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Beth Mitchell 308 9.8% -4.1
Liberal Democrats Iain James Coleman 284 9.1% +1.9
Reform UK Ivana Jurcevic 281 9.0% —
Reform UK James Oakenfull 257 8.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Thomas Sebastian George Moulton 257 8.2% —
Reform UK Charles Williams 254 8.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Caitilin Jane Dawson Smith 240 7.7% —
Liberal Democrats Man Ho Yip 199 6.4% —
Liberal Democrats Hamish Thomas Norbrook 196 6.3% —
Majority730
Turnout—
Registered electors8,427
Ballots cast (estimated)3,130

Labour Party hold

Hillside 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Sarah Jane Golby Elected 1,366 46.0% +3.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Dan Holden Elected 1,089 36.7% -4.3
Liberal Democrats Richard Shillito 1,063 35.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Suzanne Ellen Grocott 944 31.8% —
Green Party Nick Robins 424 14.3% —
Labour Party Catherine Kagau 318 10.7% -9.2
Labour Party Robert Newbery 286 9.6% —
Reform UK Angus Murray 241 8.1% —
Reform UK Guy Winterflood 206 6.9% —
Majority26
Turnout—
Registered electors6,271
Ballots cast (estimated)2,968

Liberal Democrats hold · Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Lavender Fields 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Edith Joan MacAuley Elected 1,316 47.7% -25.1
Labour Party Harry John Platts Elected 1,170 42.4% —
Labour Party Slawek Szczepanski Elected 1,126 40.8% —
Green Party Emma Antonia Donegan 641 23.2% +6.7
Green Party Gareth James Davidson 615 22.3% —
Green Party Dom Teuma 485 17.6% —
Reform UK Amanda Ashford 475 17.2% —
Reform UK John Furness 444 16.1% —
Reform UK Gina Ann Harper 437 15.8% —
Liberal Democrats Emily Jane Robertson 293 10.6% -1.6
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Trevor Brown 284 10.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Vivian Aku-Barton 243 8.8% -10.2
Liberal Democrats Cosmo Patrick Lupton 220 8.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Capri Chanel Fox 199 7.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Gary Michael Pritchard 196 7.1% —
Animal Welfare Party Mike Kelson 108 3.9% —
Libertarian Party Marco Bocci 31 1.1% —
Majority485
Turnout—
Registered electors8,057
Ballots cast (estimated)2,761

Labour Party hold

Longthornton 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Brenda Lorraine Fraser Elected 1,637 58.6% -17.7
Labour Party Ross Benjamin Garrod Elected 1,494 53.5% —
Labour Party Sonia Elaine Phillips Elected 1,472 52.7% —
Green Party Christopher Adrian Stanton 641 22.9% +9.4
Green Party Ann Montrose Strydom 597 21.4% —
Reform UK Jonathan Deane 386 13.8% —
Reform UK Leslie Colin King 338 12.1% —
Reform UK Ryan Powell 326 11.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Roger Stephen Drage 311 11.1% -7.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Kelly Caroline Hockey 295 10.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Hugo Hawksley Summerson 259 9.3% —
Liberal Democrats Mary-Jane Jeanes 241 8.6% -0.2
Liberal Democrats Christine Peace 199 7.1% —
Liberal Democrats Savas Michael Nicolaides 187 6.7% —
Majority831
Turnout—
Registered electors8,147
Ballots cast (estimated)2,794

Labour Party hold

Lower Morden 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Sally Isabel Kenny Elected 1,604 37.9% -13.1
Labour Party Dan Hogan Elected 1,499 35.4% —
Labour Party Daniel Lewis Shearer Elected 1,379 32.6% —
Reform UK Fraser Robertson 1,088 25.7% —
Reform UK Elizabeth Weeks 1,051 24.9% —
Reform UK Rohan Kempadoo 1,001 23.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Joe Hackett 908 21.5% -22.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Jack Alexander Gebhard 894 21.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Harry Joseph Todd 821 19.4% —
Green Party Martin John Astrand 608 14.4% +3.4
Liberal Democrats Vincent James William Bolt 540 12.8% +5.0
Green Party Ahmed Nasir 522 12.3% —
Liberal Democrats Georgina Dilali 416 9.8% —
Liberal Democrats Guy Mercer 356 8.4% —
Majority291
Turnout—
Registered electors8,546
Ballots cast (estimated)4,229

Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Labour Party hold

Merton Park 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Merton Park Ward Independent Residents Edward Foley Elected 1,916 60.9% -1.2
Merton Park Ward Independent Residents Stephen Mercer Elected 1,798 57.1% —
Green Party Melinda Balatoni 443 14.1% +8.3
Liberal Democrats Emma Tamsin Maddison 406 12.9% +3.1
Labour Party Elizabeth Hawes 381 12.1% -7.1
Liberal Democrats Christopher Oxford 286 9.1% —
Labour Party Shirley Pritchard 286 9.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Hayley Emma Ormrod 213 6.8% -4.8
Reform UK Christopher Dunn 202 6.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Yuriy Lysenko 182 5.8% —
Reform UK Ricky Bello 181 5.8% —
Majority1,355
Turnout—
Registered electors6,185
Ballots cast (estimated)3,147

Merton Park Ward Independent Residents hold

Pollards Hill 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Joan Palmeta Henry Elected 1,696 63.7% -18.2
Labour Party Martin Whelton Elected 1,574 59.1% —
Labour Party Ryan Rodrigues Elected 1,556 58.4% —
Green Party Zainul Abadeen 643 24.1% +16.8
Reform UK Chun Yin Cheung 428 16.1% —
Reform UK Sandy Gretton 425 16.0% —
Reform UK Irene Perdomo 396 14.9% —
Liberal Democrats Anne Babington Blanchard 256 9.6% +4.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Stephen Paul Crowe 225 8.4% -7.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael Ormrod 207 7.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Anton Gjeta 201 7.5% —
Liberal Democrats Susie Hicks 198 7.4% —
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Paul Harris 184 6.9% —
Majority913
Turnout—
Registered electors8,447
Ballots cast (estimated)2,663

Labour Party hold

Ravensbury 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Stephen Alambritis Elected 1,321 47.4% -25.0
Labour Party Val Hoppichler Elected 1,172 42.0% —
Labour Party Peter Joseph McCabe Elected 1,158 41.5% —
Liberal Democrats Christopher Michael Bird 815 29.2% +20.0
Liberal Democrats Edward Marsh 696 25.0% —
Liberal Democrats David Miller-Holland 575 20.6% —
Green Party Nicholas Shaun Prangnell 532 19.1% +4.9
Reform UK James Bogle 526 18.9% —
Reform UK Simon Goldstein 509 18.3% —
Reform UK Alexander Smith 478 17.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Julia Mary Cox 235 8.4% -10.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Jeremy James Klerck 175 6.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Brian Ernest Lewis-Lavender 173 6.2% —
Majority343
Turnout—
Registered electors6,728
Ballots cast (estimated)2,788

Labour Party hold

Raynes Park 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Victoria Jane Wilson Elected 2,093 50.8% +4.2
Liberal Democrats Chessie Flack Elected 2,087 50.7% —
Liberal Democrats Matthew James Willis Elected 2,072 50.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael Martin Bull 735 17.8% -15.2
Green Party Angela Jane Manser 659 16.0% +5.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Nigel Christopher Popham 655 15.9% —
Green Party Richard Mark Evans 626 15.2% —
Labour Party Sandy Cowling 610 14.8% -4.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Sivas Ranjan 560 13.6% —
Labour Party Mark Featherston 556 13.5% —
Labour Party Timothy John Patrick McLoughlin 461 11.2% —
Reform UK Darren Manning 432 10.5% —
Reform UK Charles Patrick McSwiggan 410 10.0% —
Reform UK Kadir Kadir 397 9.6% —
Majority1,337
Turnout—
Registered electors8,862
Ballots cast (estimated)4,118

Liberal Democrats hold

St Helier 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Andrew Judge Elected 1,215 39.9% -8.5
Labour Party Nedra Nalda Daniel Elected 1,209 39.7% —
Labour Party Shuile Narmin Syeda Elected 1,135 37.3% —
Green Party Pippa Maslin 929 30.5% +7.9
Green Party Steve Coles 834 27.4% —
Green Party Benjamin Smith 761 25.0% —
Reform UK Christopher Lovejoy 537 17.7% —
Reform UK Andrew Robin Parr 508 16.7% —
Reform UK Assana Assadi Haghi 485 15.9% —
Liberal Democrats Hermione Peace 296 9.7% -2.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Charlie Beale 276 9.1% -8.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Sophia Paterson 248 8.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Joshua Jonathan Harmston-Gething 239 7.9% —
Liberal Democrats Sarah Elizabeth Weber 235 7.7% —
Liberal Democrats John Leslie Raymond 220 7.2% —
Majority206
Turnout—
Registered electors7,660
Ballots cast (estimated)3,042

Labour Party hold

Village 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Max Daniel Austin Elected 2,169 48.4% -3.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Jan Comer Elected 1,973 44.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Will Orson Elected 1,939 43.3% —
Liberal Democrats Ursula Gillian Faulkner 1,701 38.0% +4.3
Liberal Democrats Iain Hugh Wadie 1,542 34.4% —
Liberal Democrats Leo Liao 1,478 33.0% —
Green Party Rachel Eileen Brooks 441 9.8% -1.8
Reform UK Fiona Beumer 421 9.4% —
Reform UK Alistair Robert Boyd 395 8.8% —
Labour Party Andrea Colquhoun 377 8.4% -4.9
Labour Party Ann Teresa Gillespie 347 7.7% —
Reform UK Eoin Fraser 337 7.5% —
Labour Party Margaret Tulloch 323 7.2% —
Majority238
Turnout—
Registered electors8,777
Ballots cast (estimated)4,481

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Wandle 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Eleanor Stringer Elected 1,155 43.2% +8.7
Labour Party Sebastian Budner Elected 1,076 40.2% —
Liberal Democrats Kirsten Galea 986 36.8% +1.7
Liberal Democrats Philip Ling 864 32.3% —
Green Party Gideon Noah Tarry 438 16.4% +4.6
Reform UK Richard Albert Dalton 238 8.9% —
Reform UK Jeremy Singer 218 8.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Thomas Clive McCall 192 7.2% -16.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Oonagh Jane Moulton 185 6.9% —
Majority90
Turnout—
Registered electors5,492
Ballots cast (estimated)2,676

Labour Party gain from Liberal Democrats · Labour Party hold

West Barnes 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Hina Bokhari Elected 1,816 49.8% +1.8
Liberal Democrats Robert Page Elected 1,560 42.8% —
Liberal Democrats Mariam Hakim Elected 1,540 42.3% —
Labour Party Oenone Kate Flambert 666 18.3% -2.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Gilli Lewis-Lavender 664 18.2% -14.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Sarah Jane Bosley McAlister 618 17.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Teresa Elzbieta Engley 614 16.8% —
Green Party Charles Barraball 610 16.7% +3.9
Labour Party Rebecca Claire Tate 567 15.6% —
Green Party Susan Rose O'Connor 517 14.2% —
Labour Party John Clive Townsend 484 13.3% —
Reform UK Christopher McLaughlin 449 12.3% —
Reform UK Petra Frolkova 420 11.5% —
Reform UK Alex Pinna 406 11.1% —
Majority874
Turnout—
Registered electors7,733
Ballots cast (estimated)3,644

Liberal Democrats hold

Wimbledon Park 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Jil Hall Elected 2,078 57.1% +13.5
Liberal Democrats Tony Reiss Elected 1,853 50.9% —
Liberal Democrats Nick Thomas Elected 1,777 48.8% —
Green Party Juliet Dorothy Boyd 741 20.3% +2.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Janice Mary Elizabeth Howard 610 16.7% -15.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew Geoffrey Eliot Howard 604 16.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Linda Joan Taylor 552 15.2% —
Labour Party Hugh Constant 538 14.8% -8.7
Green Party James Francis Norman Robson 510 14.0% —
Labour Party David Cowling 444 12.2% —
Labour Party Terry Daniels 392 10.8% —
Reform UK John Christopher Pearson 284 7.8% —
Reform UK Stephen Gibson 280 7.7% —
Reform UK Edward Powell 263 7.2% —
Majority1,036
Turnout—
Registered electors8,079
Ballots cast (estimated)3,642

Liberal Democrats hold

Wimbledon Town & Dundonald 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Samantha MacArthur Elected 2,664 60.9% +0.1
Liberal Democrats Anthony John Fairclough Elected 2,618 59.9% —
Liberal Democrats Simon McGrath Elected 2,287 52.3% —
Green Party Huw Henry Mason Buckley 840 19.2% +6.0
Labour Party Abigail Clare Jones 793 18.1% +1.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Anthony Neil Cole 634 14.5% -11.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Sarah Elizabeth Poole 620 14.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Katie Russell 589 13.5% —
Labour Party Peter Richard Payne 571 13.1% —
Labour Party Joel Daniel Winter 544 12.4% —
Reform UK Lisa Kay Bassett 339 7.8% —
Reform UK Timothy Becker 308 7.0% —
Reform UK John Bradbury 306 7.0% —
Majority1,447
Turnout—
Registered electors8,959
Ballots cast (estimated)4,371

Liberal Democrats hold

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