Balham ward

Vote share over time

Each line is a party's lead candidate as a share of ballots cast. Hollow points are by-elections.

07/05/2026 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Lynsey Eve Hedges Elected 2,678 41.3% -2.7
Labour Party Jo Rigby Elected 2,543 39.2% -3.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Jonathan Neil Dessain Iliff Elected 2,458 37.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Sami Khairy Abouzahra 2,422 37.4% —
Labour Party Tom Armstrong 2,364 36.5% —
Labour Party Tom Pollard 2,246 34.6% —
Green Party Nicholas Humberstone 1,027 15.8% +3.1
Green Party John Gabriel Low 959 14.8% —
Green Party Varun Santhosh 833 12.9% —
Liberal Democrats David Edward Elliott 373 5.8% -2.1
Liberal Democrats Warwick Richard Danks 373 5.8% —
Liberal Democrats Toby Tanner 328 5.1% —
Reform UK Scott Grant 318 4.9% —
Reform UK Peter Wilkinson 273 4.2% —
Reform UK Nicholas Lester 250 3.9% —
Majority36
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)6,482

Conservative and Unionist Party hold · Labour Party hold

05/05/2022 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Lynsey Eve Hedges Elected 2,284 44.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Dan Hamilton Elected 2,250 43.4% —
Labour Party Jo Rigby Elected 2,214 42.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Azhar Jamal Chaudhry 2,188 42.2% —
Labour Party Douglas Oddy 1,963 37.8% —
Labour Party Richard Alex Taylor 1,913 36.9% —
Green Party Alexa Jane Crow 659 12.7% —
Green Party Ben Burt 528 10.2% —
Green Party John Gabriel Low 514 9.9% —
Liberal Democrats Provence Maydew 405 7.8% —
Liberal Democrats Shanaz Casoojee 353 6.8% —
Liberal Democrats Raaid Casoojee 294 5.7% —
Majority26
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)5,188

03/05/2018 Estimated

This ward's boundary changed, so nobody stood in it at this election. 100% of the ward is accounted for.

PartyEstimated share
Conservative and Unionist Party 48%
Labour Party 40%
Liberal Democrats 10%
Green Party 9%
Renew 9%
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 0%

Reconstructed from Balham (74%), Nightingale (26%). No hold or gain is shown: there is no comparable earlier result.