Bexley Council - Wards and Councillors

London borough · London · 45 seats in 17 wards · All seats elected every four years · Next election 2 May 2030

The Conservatives have a majority on Bexley Council. The council has 45 councillors in 17 wards. Seats by party: Conservative 28, Labour 9, Reform 7, Other 1. The next election is on 2 May 2030.

Control

Seats by party

Conservative (Majority)

45 seats - 23 for a majority

Reform 7Labour 9Conservative 28Other 1

Seat changes since the 7 May 2026 election Other +1 Conservative −1

Vote share at the 7 May 2026 election (45 seats, all wards)

ShareSeats won

Conservative32.9%29

Reform28.9%7

Labour18.1%9

Green12.8%0

Lib Dem5.6%0

Other1.7%0

2026 election results for Bexley, ward by ward

Next election

2 May 2030

all 45 seats up, then every four years

Largest party

Conservative 28

majority of 11; 23 needed

Closest result

Slade Green & Northend

Labour won the last seat by 1 vote over Reform, 7 May 2026

Latest by-election

Belvedere

Labour hold, 17 October 2024 (1 since 2021)

Constituencies

3 overlap

2024Now

Voted Leave in 2016

63%

GB 52%

Wards

Who holds each ward

LabourConservativeReform

Coloured by the party holding most of the ward's seats today; where seats are split evenly, by the party with the higher share at the last election.

All 17 wards

Councillors and last results

Select a ward for its full results, candidates and last by-election.

Ward and councillors	Last election
Barnehurst Michael Gillespie, Howard Jackson	7 May 2026 Conservative 37.0% lead 6.4 pts
Belvedere Jeremy Fosten, Christopher Calvert, Sally Hinkley	7 May 2026 Labour 29.5% lead 2.4 pts
Bexleyheath Hannah Gillespie, Bola Carew, Rags Sandhu	7 May 2026 Conservative 37.5% lead 7.0 pts
Blackfen & Lamorbey Frazer Brooks, Brian Bishop, Peter Craske	7 May 2026 Conservative 33.7% lead 2.5 pts
Blendon & Penhill Nick O'Hare, David Leaf, Cafer Munur	7 May 2026 Conservative 40.5% lead 8.9 pts
Crayford Debbie Ryan, Oke Ene, Sandra Cerisola	7 May 2026 Reform 31.8% lead 3.8 pts
Crook Log Graham D'Amiral, Janice Ward-Wilson, Chris Taylor	7 May 2026 Conservative 34.9% lead 5.3 pts
East Wickham Steven Hall, Caroline Newton, David Li	7 May 2026 Conservative 36.6% lead 7.5 pts
Erith Nicola Taylor, Chris Ball	7 May 2026 Labour 36.2% lead 10.4 pts
Falconwood & Welling Dave Curtois, Barry Saunders, Christine Catterall	7 May 2026 Conservative 36.9% lead 5.6 pts
Longlands Oscar Harrison, Lisa-Jane Moore	7 May 2026 Conservative 45.7% lead 20.1 pts
Northumberland Heath Chris Purfield, Sean Brackstone	7 May 2026 Reform 35.8% lead 7.2 pts
Sidcup June Slaughter, Andrew Curtois, Terry Barcock	7 May 2026 Conservative 39.1% lead 15.4 pts
Slade Green & Northend Donna Briant, Stefano Borella	7 May 2026 Labour 32.1% lead 2.1 pts
St Mary's & St James Cameron Smith, Kurtis Christoforides	7 May 2026 Conservative 54.7% lead 32.9 pts
Thamesmead East Abi Johnson, Zainab Asunramu, Larry Ferguson	7 May 2026 Labour 40.8% lead 20.0 pts
West Heath Eliot Smith, Sue Ford, Thomas Clapperton	7 May 2026 Conservative 33.9% lead 2.9 pts

Barnehurst

Howard Jackson ConservativeMichael Gillespie Conservative

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Conservative37.0%

Reform30.6%

Labour17.3%

Green10.7%

Lib Dem4.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Dr Michael Gillespie Elected	Conservative	1,578
Howard William Jackson Elected	Conservative	1,404
Lois Jane Moules	Reform	1,303
Deborah Anne Smith	Reform	1,236
Rachel Gogo	Labour	737
Matthew James Murphy	Labour	586
John Gerard Ely	Green	456
Lyndon Griffiths	Lib Dem	186

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Belvedere

Christopher Calvert ReformJeremy Fosten LabourSally Hinkley Labour

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Labour29.5%

Reform27.1%

Green17.9%

Conservative17.5%

Lib Dem5.6%

Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition2.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Sally Hinkley Elected	Labour	1,461
Jeremy Fosten Elected	Labour	1,451
Christopher Finlay Calvert Elected	Reform	1,343
Chris Frampton	Reform	1,272
Anthony Scott Riches	Labour	1,256
Michael John Wilson	Reform	1,226
Sarah Barry	Green	884
Christine Frances Bishop	Conservative	867
Matthew John Gater	Conservative	751
Edwin Clement Hollands	Green	679
Masbah Uddin Khan	Conservative	637
Sam Kanu	Lib Dem	278
Jonathan David Tringham	Lib Dem	209
Deji Olayinka	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	116

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Bexleyheath

Bola Carew ConservativeHannah Gillespie ConservativeRags Sandhu Conservative

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Conservative37.5%

Reform30.5%

Labour15.1%

Green11.6%

Lib Dem5.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Hannah Christine Gillespie Elected	Conservative	2,378
Bola Carew Elected	Conservative	2,347
Rags Sandhu Elected	Conservative	2,243
Andrew Cronin	Reform	1,934
Mike Lyons	Reform	1,887
Colin Harold Grostate	Reform	1,821
Eric James Davies	Labour	957
Lily Patricia Demetriou	Labour	941
Brendan Keenan	Labour	803
Yolanda Evelyn Allen	Green	732
Nancy Willmouth-Coates	Green	643
Ronnie King	Lib Dem	334
Jawharah Qasem Mahfoudh Albakri	Lib Dem	293

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Blackfen & Lamorbey

Brian Bishop ConservativeFrazer Brooks ConservativePeter Craske Conservative

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Conservative33.7%

Reform31.2%

Green11.3%

Labour9.7%

Independent8.7%

Lib Dem5.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Brian John Bishop Elected	Conservative	2,417
Peter Craske Elected	Conservative	2,254
Frazer Brooks Elected	Conservative	2,242
Robert David Brooks	Reform	2,240
Graham Robert Holland	Reform	2,142
Lynn Smith	Reform	2,066
James Brown	Green	813
Nicola Jane Iles	Labour	694
Tunde Adewopo	Labour	691
James Hunt	Independent	626
John Browning	Labour	603
James Handscombe	Lib Dem	392
Robin Paul Kelly	Lib Dem	355

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Blendon & Penhill

Cafer Munur ConservativeDavid Leaf ConservativeNick O'Hare Conservative

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Conservative40.5%

Reform31.6%

Labour11.1%

Green11.0%

Lib Dem5.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes
David Leaf Elected	Conservative	2,676
Cafer Munur Elected	Conservative	2,575
Nicholas O'Hare Elected	Conservative	2,555
Mike Ferro	Reform	2,086
Mac McGannon	Reform	1,988
Jon Templer	Reform	1,975
Esther Amaning	Labour	731
Mariam Zahedi	Green	729
Pat Ball	Labour	697
Ben Ryan Nottle	Labour	505
Zoe Georgina Brooks	Lib Dem	380
Shule Antoinette Basaran	Lib Dem	326

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Crayford

Debbie Ryan ReformOke Ene ReformSandra Cerisola Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Reform31.8%

Conservative28.0%

Labour19.0%

Green13.2%

Lib Dem8.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Sandra Elizabeth Cerisola Elected	Reform	1,756
Debbie Ryan Elected	Reform	1,734
Oke Ene Elected	Reform	1,599
Geraldene Anne Lucia-Hennis	Conservative	1,544
Andrew Martin Credgington	Conservative	1,493
Jonathan Richard Gillespie	Conservative	1,453
Sevda Bloom	Labour	1,050
Colin Chin	Labour	1,005
Nathan Ogunleye	Labour	949
Francesca Wyvern	Green	728
Paul Barrett	Lib Dem	439

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Crook Log

Chris Taylor ConservativeGraham D'Amiral ConservativeJanice Ward-Wilson Conservative

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Conservative34.9%

Reform29.6%

Labour15.9%

Green12.7%

Lib Dem5.7%

Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition1.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Chris Taylor Elected	Conservative	2,212
Graham Martin D'Amiral Elected	Conservative	2,183
Janice Ward-Wilson Elected	Conservative	2,177
Eamonn James Delaney	Reform	1,875
John William Dunford	Reform	1,823
Philip Andrew Savage	Reform	1,794
Liam James Davies	Labour	1,006
Daisy Page	Labour	997
Tim Nicholls	Labour	880
Tony Ball	Green	805
Cemile Dilber Ahmet	Lib Dem	362
Lindsay Alison Mackie	Lib Dem	350
Giuseppe Tomaselli	Lib Dem	285
Vianney Kimbugwe	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	72

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

East Wickham

Caroline Newton ConservativeDavid Li ConservativeSteven Hall Conservative

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Conservative36.6%

Reform29.1%

Labour16.3%

Green12.0%

Lib Dem6.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Steven Frederick Hall Elected	Conservative	2,268
Caroline Newton Elected	Conservative	2,049
David Li Elected	Conservative	1,987
David Brian Byrne	Reform	1,801
Miles Langham Jones	Reform	1,689
Baris Lefkonuklu	Reform	1,520
Vincent Fisayo Adegoke	Labour	1,007
Veronica Olabisi Obadara	Labour	943
Philip John Segurola	Labour	842
Bob Morris	Green	744
Connor Wood	Lib Dem	374

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Erith

Chris Ball LabourNicola Taylor Labour

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Labour36.2%

Reform25.8%

Green18.4%

Conservative12.9%

Lib Dem6.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Nicola Taylor Elected	Labour	1,143
Chris Ball Elected	Labour	1,089
Caroline Panetta	Reform	816
Geoff Williams	Reform	766
Martin Radbon	Green	581
Joe Pollard	Conservative	409
Gurhan Otem	Conservative	405
Laurie Bennett	Lib Dem	212

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Falconwood & Welling

Barry Saunders ConservativeChristine Catterall ConservativeDave Curtois Independent

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Conservative36.9%

Reform31.3%

Labour13.9%

Green12.5%

Lib Dem5.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Christine Margaret Catterall Elected	Conservative	2,191
Dave Curtois Elected	Conservative	2,149
Barry John Ian Saunders Elected	Conservative	1,928
Catherine Louise Allard	Reform	1,862
Pamela Andrews	Reform	1,837
Nicola Jones	Reform	1,713
Ian Robert McCawley	Labour	828
Janet White	Labour	788
Daniel Stavros Richard Rowson	Labour	754
Mercedes Gale Parr	Green	743
Lis Radbon	Green	673
Richard Arthur Chown	Lib Dem	316
Luke Patrick Murphy	Lib Dem	275

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Longlands

Lisa-Jane Moore ConservativeOscar Harrison Conservative

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Conservative45.7%

Reform25.6%

Labour13.2%

Green11.2%

Lib Dem4.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Oscar Harrison Elected	Conservative	1,853
Lisa-Jane Moore Elected	Conservative	1,848
Alexander Cleak	Reform	1,037
Gary Paul Levett	Reform	999
Ana Davies	Labour	537
Anita Paris	Green	453
Christine Landman	Labour	438
David Paris	Green	354
Julian Alexander Baxter	Lib Dem	176
Paul William Hurren	Lib Dem	168

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Northumberland Heath

Chris Purfield ReformSean Brackstone Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Reform35.8%

Labour28.6%

Conservative19.3%

Green11.1%

Lib Dem5.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Sean Paul Brackstone Elected	Reform	1,302
Chris Purfield Elected	Reform	1,207
Baljeet Singh Gill	Labour	1,038
Temilola Stewart	Labour	885
Marcio Fasano	Conservative	702
Unisa Sesay	Conservative	614
Daniel Stamp	Green	404
Thomas Phillips	Lib Dem	187
Paul Andrew Bargery	Lib Dem	174

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Sidcup

Andrew Curtois ConservativeJune Slaughter ConservativeTerry Barcock Conservative

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Conservative39.1%

Reform23.7%

Green11.6%

Labour10.7%

Independent7.8%

Lib Dem4.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Terry Barcock Elected	Conservative	2,318
June Elizabeth Slaughter Elected	Conservative	2,267
Andy Curtois Elected	Conservative	2,052
Daniel James Martin	Reform	1,404
Ranw Aso-Rashid	Reform	1,312
Daniel Kersten	Reform	1,293
Laurence Williams	Green	687
Julian Himmerich	Green	663
Jo Chodha	Labour	632
John Alexander Cove	Labour	628
Tonya Kelsey	Labour	628
Inke Schreiber	Green	601
Sue Petty	Independent	464
Tristan Adam Thomas Lowne	Lib Dem	238
David John Merry	Lib Dem	222
Dimitri Shvorob	Working for Sidcup	191

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Slade Green & Northend

Donna Briant LabourStefano Borella Labour

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Labour32.1%

Reform30.0%

Conservative16.4%

Green16.1%

Lib Dem5.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Stefano Borella Elected	Labour	1,106
Donna Briant Elected	Labour	1,033
John Frederick McDermont	Reform	1,032
Bright Oghemakpobo Uwhokori	Reform	976
Bimpe Adepoju	Conservative	566
Sarah Louise Frost	Green	553
Adam Rook	Conservative	442
Mark Robson	Lib Dem	186

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

St Mary's & St James

Cameron Smith ConservativeKurtis Christoforides Conservative

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Conservative54.7%

Reform21.8%

Green10.3%

Labour9.0%

Lib Dem4.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Kurtis Christoforides Elected	Conservative	2,363
Cameron James Smith Elected	Conservative	2,293
Simon Paul Francis	Reform	943
Garret Anthony Lynch	Reform	872
Rob Davies	Green	447
Victoria Hart	Labour	390
Marko Minka	Green	351
Sophia Parr	Labour	334
Oliver John Brooks	Lib Dem	176
David Frederick Sexton	Lib Dem	119

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Thamesmead East

Abi Johnson LabourLarry Ferguson LabourZainab Asunramu Labour

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Labour40.8%

Green20.8%

Reform19.6%

Conservative11.1%

Lib Dem7.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Zainab Olamide Asunramu Elected	Labour	1,460
Larry Ferguson Elected	Labour	1,361
Abi Johnson Elected	Labour	1,346
Jonathan Rooks	Green	745
Lee Keiran Delaney	Reform	700
Matthew Ernest Solo	Reform	658
Tom Staples	Reform	643
Angela Lorraine Gillespie	Conservative	396
Allison Avril Joanne Hartshorn	Conservative	347
Graham Anthony Moon	Conservative	325
Ayo Mohammed	Lib Dem	274

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

West Heath

Eliot Smith ConservativeSue Ford ReformThomas Clapperton Conservative

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Conservative33.9%

Reform31.0%

Labour17.6%

Green11.6%

Lib Dem6.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Thomas William Clapperton Elected	Conservative	2,329
Eliot Smith Elected	Conservative	2,198
Sue Ford Elected	Reform	2,130
Melvin Norman Seymour	Conservative	2,121
Ian Rowlands	Reform	2,010
David Simmons	Reform	2,006
Ahmad Brooke	Labour	1,207
Kate Sillah	Labour	1,176
Ray Williams	Labour	1,076
Stuart Carter	Green	795
Andrew Michael Kellett	Lib Dem	412

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Councillors

Changed party since the election

1 councillor now sit for a different party from the one they were elected for.

Ward	Councillor	Elected as	Now
Falconwood & Welling	Dave Curtois	Conservative 2026	Independent

By-elections

Every council by-election since 2021

1 by-election since July 2021, 0 of them gains.

Date	Ward	Result	Winner's share
17 October 2024	Belvedere	Labour hold	39.0%

Parliament

Parliamentary constituencies

Constituency	Share of council	2024 winner	Projected now
Old Bexley and Sidcup	42%	Conservative	Conservative 35%
Bexleyheath and Crayford	40%	Labour	Labour 30%
Erith and Thamesmead	18%	Labour	Labour 45%

Share of the council: the proportion of its census neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs) in each seat. The projection is PollCheck's demographic model at current polling, not a forecast.

People

Who lives in Bexley

246,466 residents in 95,281 households

Voted Leave in 2016

63% 11 above GB

Degree or higher

32% 2 below GB

No qualifications

18% same as GB

Own their home

69% 8 above GB

Rent from a council or housing association

15% 2 below GB

Rent privately

15% 5 below GB

Aged 15 to 34

30% 1 below GB

Aged 65 and over

21% 1 below GB

GB figure. 2021 Census (Scotland: 2022): age as a share of residents aged 15 and over, qualifications of residents aged 16 and over, housing as a share of households. Leave: 2016 EU referendum, Electoral Commission results by counting area.

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Closest on the measures above: the 2016 Leave vote, age, qualifications and housing. Maps show which party holds each ward.

Sources

Sources and method

Seat totals and control: PollCheck council control tracker. Councillors: Open Council Data (CC BY-SA 4.0). Election results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), with some vote counts from DCLEAPIL, Leman (2025) (CC BY-SA 4.0), and corrections checked against councils' official declarations. Ward boundaries: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Census: Office for National Statistics and National Records of Scotland.

Councillor lists and DCLEAPIL-derived vote counts on this page are available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

In wards electing more than one councillor, a party's share counts only its leading candidate (the Rallings and Thrasher method). Independents count individually. The lead is the gap between the top two parties' shares.