Kensington and Chelsea Council - Wards and Councillors

London borough · London · 50 seats in 18 wards · All seats elected every four years · Next election 2 May 2030

The Conservatives have a majority on Kensington and Chelsea Council. The council has 50 councillors in 18 wards. Seats by party: Conservative 34, Labour 13, Lib Dem 3. The next election is on 2 May 2030.

Control

Seats by party

Conservative (Majority)

50 seats - 26 for a majority

Labour 13Conservative 34Lib Dem 3

Seat changes since the 7 May 2026 election No change since the election.

Vote share at the 7 May 2026 election (50 seats, all wards)

ShareSeats won

Conservative45.9%34

Labour18.8%13

Green12.5%0

Lib Dem12.2%3

Reform9.3%0

Other1.4%0

2026 election results for Kensington and Chelsea, ward by ward

Next election

2 May 2030

all 50 seats up, then every four years

Largest party

Conservative 34

majority of 18; 26 needed

Closest result

St Helen's

Labour won the last seat by 26 votes over Conservative, 7 May 2026

Latest by-election

Norland

Conservative hold, 9 May 2024 (1 since 2021)

Constituencies

2 overlap

2024Now

Voted Leave in 2016

31%

GB 52%

Wards

Who holds each ward

LabourConservativeLib Dem

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 18 wards

Councillors and last results

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

Ward and councillors	Last election
Abingdon James Husband, Anne Cyron, Sarah Addenbrooke	7 May 2026 Conservative 60.8% lead 48.7 pts
Brompton & Hans Town Walaa Idris, Sof McVeigh, Mary Weale	7 May 2026 Conservative 64.6% lead 51.3 pts
Campden Catherine Faulks, Lloyd North, Preety Hudd	7 May 2026 Conservative 60.8% lead 47.4 pts
Chelsea Riverside Heena Bellara, Max Chauhan, Laura Burns	7 May 2026 Conservative 38.3% lead 20.5 pts
Colville Cihan Cheron, Jack Reason, Monica Press	7 May 2026 Labour 37.7% lead 13.1 pts
Courtfield Quentin Marshall, Janet Evans, Greg Hammond	7 May 2026 Conservative 67.6% lead 57.5 pts
Dalgarno Alex Porter, Abdullahi Nur	7 May 2026 Labour 35.2% lead 11.4 pts
Earl's Court James Ortiz, Sofia Gurrola, Linda Wade	7 May 2026 Lib Dem 45.3% lead 14.2 pts
Golborne Peter Marshall, Sina Lari, Nadia Nail	7 May 2026 Labour 39.3% lead 5.4 pts
Holland Johnny Thalassites, Lucy Knight, Aarien Areti	7 May 2026 Conservative 56.3% lead 39.9 pts
Norland Marc Goldfinger, Stéphanie Petit	7 May 2026 Conservative 56.4% lead 40.8 pts
Notting Dale Kasim Ali, Claire Simmons, Portia Thaxter	7 May 2026 Labour 42.9% lead 19.1 pts
Pembridge Natacha Ritchie, Georgia Hardisty	7 May 2026 Conservative 50.1% lead 16.0 pts
Queen's Gate Max Dodd-Noble, Ned Whitley, Sam Mackover	7 May 2026 Conservative 61.7% lead 50.0 pts
Redcliffe Marie-Therese Rossi, Tom Bennett, Sidney Yankson	7 May 2026 Conservative 58.0% lead 46.1 pts
Royal Hospital Elizabeth Campbell, Cem Kemahli, Emma Will	7 May 2026 Conservative 63.8% lead 51.2 pts
St Helen's Billy Beckett, Lucy Shaw	7 May 2026 Labour 35.9% lead 3.2 pts
Stanley Josh Rendall, Kim Taylor-Smith, Will Pascall	7 May 2026 Conservative 59.7% lead 45.3 pts

Abingdon

Anne Cyron ConservativeJames Husband ConservativeSarah Addenbrooke Conservative

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Conservative60.8%

Green12.1%

Lib Dem10.6%

Labour9.7%

Reform6.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Sarah Ann Louise Addenbrooke Elected	Conservative	1,248
Anne Barbara Cyron Elected	Conservative	1,177
James Alexander Husband Elected	Conservative	1,170
Guler Alice Ergun	Green	249
Angus Cameron	Lib Dem	218
Jeremy Good	Lib Dem	210
Pat Healy	Labour	200
Annabelle Louvros	Labour	195
Jonathan Robert Owen	Lib Dem	168
Andrew Moran	Labour	159
Justin Cook	Reform	137
Fiona Scott McWatters	Reform	127
Max Windsor	Reform	124

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Brompton & Hans Town

Mary Weale ConservativeSof McVeigh ConservativeWalaa Idris Conservative

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Conservative64.6%

Reform13.3%

Labour11.5%

Lib Dem10.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Sof McVeigh Elected	Conservative	1,084
Mary Caroline Weale Elected	Conservative	1,081
Walaa Idris Elected	Conservative	1,072
Bella Buchanan	Reform	224
Penelope Bouchot Humbert	Reform	218
Suzy Lewis	Reform	198
Marian Kearney	Labour	193
Maurizio Campolo	Lib Dem	178
Rees Cowne	Lib Dem	173
Kasper Moller	Labour	168
Alia Mahmud	Lib Dem	165
Ambigai Waters	Labour	161

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Campden

Catherine Faulks ConservativeLloyd North ConservativePreety Hudd Conservative

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Conservative60.8%

Labour13.4%

Lib Dem13.1%

Reform9.2%

Independent3.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Catherine Faulks Elected	Conservative	1,405
Preety Hudd Elected	Conservative	1,308
Lloyd North Elected	Conservative	1,282
Otto Barrow	Labour	310
Christopher Bellamy	Lib Dem	303
Ruth Daniel	Labour	284
Juan Carrizosa	Lib Dem	279
Juni Farmanfarmaian	Lib Dem	245
Ouafae Elmansouri	Labour	242
Victoria Chapman	Reform	213
Alistair Carl Wellmann	Reform	176
Josh Ismail	Reform	142
Stephen Conboy	Independent	78

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Chelsea Riverside

Heena Bellara ConservativeLaura Burns ConservativeMax Chauhan Conservative

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Conservative38.3%

Labour17.8%

Green14.5%

Reform12.7%

Independent10.0%

Lib Dem6.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Laura Burns Elected	Conservative	1,073
Heena Bellara Elected	Conservative	1,015
Max Chauhan Elected	Conservative	969
Anne Corbett	Labour	498
Mike Coelho	Labour	486
Keith Cunningham	Labour	412
Julian Burger	Green	405
Andrew David Barclay	Reform	354
Alexa Jago	Reform	307
Henry Woodruff	Reform	288
Amal Ah Bider	Independent	281
Moya Denman	Lib Dem	187
Margo Schwartz	Lib Dem	155
Peter Kosta	Lib Dem	155

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Colville

Cihan Cheron LabourJack Reason LabourMonica Press Labour

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Labour37.7%

Green24.6%

Conservative19.6%

Reform9.3%

Lib Dem8.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Monica Press Elected	Labour	821
Cihan Cheron Elected	Labour	745
Jack Reason Elected	Labour	739
Samantha Batra	Green	535
Wilson Leon Brathwaite	Green	509
Steph Warrick	Green	467
Elena Gheorghe	Conservative	426
Minna Johanna Korjonen	Conservative	407
Rahul Tharmaratnam	Conservative	360
Theodore Andrew Francis Karpinski	Reform	203
Deborah Skinner A	Reform	198
Matthew Snell	Reform	195
Tom Mayers	Lib Dem	192
Cyrus Ardalan	Lib Dem	182
Brian James Orrell	Lib Dem	154

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Courtfield

Greg Hammond ConservativeJanet Evans ConservativeQuentin Marshall Conservative

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Conservative67.6%

Lib Dem10.1%

Labour7.5%

Reform7.4%

Green7.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Greg Hammond Elected	Conservative	1,285
Janet Evans Elected	Conservative	1,262
Quentin Marshall Elected	Conservative	1,211
Luisa Esposito	Lib Dem	191
Christophe Noblet	Lib Dem	154
Alex Anstruther	Labour	143
Robert Fleming	Reform	141
Theo Zaman Albakri Verden	Green	140
Vincent Lowe	Lib Dem	140
Claire Wheatley	Reform	132
Tina Alkaff	Labour	128
Margaret Pringle	Labour	119
Luke Wates	Reform	118

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Dalgarno

Abdullahi Nur LabourAlex Porter Labour

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Labour35.2%

Green23.8%

Conservative18.1%

Reform14.2%

Lib Dem5.0%

Independent3.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Abdullahi Nur Elected	Labour	593
Alex Porter Elected	Labour	577
Rahul Imran	Green	400
Rayen Naghi	Green	386
Alex De Silva	Conservative	304
Gordon Newell	Conservative	250
Margaret Louise Parker	Reform	239
Albert Woodruff	Reform	206
Alex Tatton-Brown	Lib Dem	84
Nuria Sabin-Mosquera	Lib Dem	71
Eva Jedut	Independent	64

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Earl's Court

James Ortiz Lib DemLinda Wade Lib DemSofia Gurrola Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Lib Dem45.3%

Conservative31.1%

Green9.7%

Labour8.6%

Reform5.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Linda Wade Elected	Lib Dem	1,205
James Ortiz Elected	Lib Dem	972
Sofia Gurrola Elected	Lib Dem	967
Andrea Dardi	Conservative	826
Brian Stephens	Conservative	815
Esther Idoko	Conservative	733
Elske Daisy Waite	Green	259
Chloe Braganca	Labour	229
David O'Connell	Labour	194
John Winter	Labour	175
Adam Burclaff	Reform	139
Natalia Jesurun Ballestas	Reform	113
Anas Hassan	Reform	99

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Golborne

Nadia Nail LabourPeter Marshall LabourSina Lari Labour

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Labour39.3%

Green33.9%

Conservative11.7%

Reform9.5%

Lib Dem5.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Nadia Nail Elected	Labour	704
Sina Lari Elected	Labour	696
Peter Marshall Elected	Labour	658
Mona Adam	Green	608
Alex Clarke	Green	546
Bhupinder Kaur Sudan	Green	435
Harry Hopkins	Conservative	210
Ellie Jane Lines	Conservative	203
Kieran Terry	Conservative	194
Donovan Gill	Reform	171
Deida Acero	Reform	161
Krzysztof Ziembla	Reform	139
Sabina Kelly	Lib Dem	98
Andrew Roland	Lib Dem	76
Tony Somers	Lib Dem	58

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Holland

Aarien Areti ConservativeJohnny Thalassites ConservativeLucy Knight Conservative

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Conservative56.3%

Labour16.4%

Green15.1%

Lib Dem7.5%

Reform4.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Lucy Knight Elected	Conservative	1,408
Johnny Thalassites Elected	Conservative	1,390
Aarien Uday Om Areti Elected	Conservative	1,360
Caterina Perrone	Labour	409
Lena El-Malak	Green	377
Lina El Baz	Labour	336
Sonny Remmer-Riley	Labour	334
Daniel Borrero Fresno	Lib Dem	187
Nadia MacDonald	Lib Dem	180
Hugh Lalor	Lib Dem	157
Arman Rahimi	Reform	119
Nellie Mirnezami	Reform	108
Maahan Mirnezami	Reform	99

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Norland

Marc Goldfinger ConservativeStéphanie Petit Conservative

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Conservative56.4%

Labour15.6%

Green12.6%

Lib Dem8.2%

Reform7.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Stéphanie Petit Elected	Conservative	964
Marc Goldfinger Elected	Conservative	936
Max Alexander	Labour	266
Angela Victoria Georgievski	Green	216
Amal Saleh	Labour	198
Carmel McLoughlin	Lib Dem	140
Joe Mayers	Lib Dem	126
Adam Irving	Reform	123
David Spring	Reform	88

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Notting Dale

Claire Simmons LabourKasim Ali LabourPortia Thaxter Labour

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Labour42.9%

Green23.8%

Conservative13.8%

Reform12.3%

Lib Dem5.8%

Independent1.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Kasim Ali Elected	Labour	944
Claire Simmons Elected	Labour	893
Portia Thaxter Elected	Labour	798
Rema Farhan	Green	524
Jamie Rahman	Green	448
Cordelia Evans	Conservative	303
Tom Montgomery	Conservative	284
Ben Louis Fforde Creswell	Conservative	280
Adrian Christopher Cardenas	Reform	271
Robin Hobbs	Reform	247
Angie Defoe	Reform	226
Ben Mayers	Lib Dem	127
Gillian E Shaw	Lib Dem	117
Yury Kanavalau	Lib Dem	112
Zack Gilpin	Independent	29

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Pembridge

Georgia Hardisty ConservativeNatacha Ritchie Conservative

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Conservative50.1%

Lib Dem34.1%

Labour10.0%

Reform5.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Georgia Hardisty Elected	Conservative	735
Natacha Tannous Ritchie Elected	Conservative	710
Sam Dodgshon	Lib Dem	501
Hridi J.Chowdhury	Lib Dem	464
Ayah Mamode	Labour	147
Taif Rahman	Labour	130
Henry McWatters	Reform	85
Kristi Gulliver	Reform	74

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Queen's Gate

Max Dodd-Noble ConservativeNed Whitley ConservativeSam Mackover Conservative

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Conservative61.7%

Lib Dem11.7%

Green11.1%

Labour8.7%

Reform6.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Sam Mackover Elected	Conservative	1,075
Max Dodd-Noble Elected	Conservative	1,051
Ned Whitley Elected	Conservative	994
Sheila McGuirk	Lib Dem	203
Max Dunne	Green	193
Luke Woollen	Lib Dem	161
Linda Reid	Labour	151
Bob Mingay	Labour	134
Pawel Urbanski	Lib Dem	128
Kezia Noble	Reform	120
Thomas Walker	Reform	115
Keith Stirling	Labour	104
Juliet Zhong	Reform	102

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Redcliffe

Marie-Therese Rossi ConservativeSidney Yankson ConservativeTom Bennett Conservative

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Conservative58.0%

Lib Dem11.9%

Labour11.4%

Green10.2%

Reform8.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Tom Bennett Elected	Conservative	1,293
Marie-Therese Anne Rossi Elected	Conservative	1,225
Sidney Yankson Elected	Conservative	1,181
Burford J-F	Lib Dem	266
Maria Arana	Labour	255
Marguerite Ohan	Lib Dem	228
Genevieve Shanahan	Green	227
Robert Atkinson	Labour	226
Michael Zihan Jin	Lib Dem	207
Alexander Hewett	Reform	188
Emma Hollands	Reform	185
Lucas Cadman	Labour	179
Jonathan O'Keefe	Reform	155

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Royal Hospital

Cem Kemahli ConservativeElizabeth Campbell ConservativeEmma Will Conservative

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Conservative63.8%

Reform12.6%

Labour8.4%

Green8.1%

Lib Dem7.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Elizabeth Jennifer Campbell Elected	Conservative	1,671
Emma Wingfield Will Elected	Conservative	1,547
Cem Campbell Kemahli Elected	Conservative	1,530
Deborah Iliffe	Reform	329
Paul Kerr	Reform	310
David Alexander Linsey	Reform	298
Helen Ashby	Labour	220
Alice Clack	Green	212
Caroline Church	Lib Dem	188
Abdulmajid Malin	Labour	160
Penelope Pocock	Lib Dem	158
Stuart Shapro	Labour	137
Alexandra Walker	Lib Dem	133

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

St Helen's

Billy Beckett LabourLucy Shaw Labour

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Labour35.9%

Conservative32.7%

Green19.2%

Reform8.0%

Lib Dem4.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Billy Beckett Elected	Labour	648
Lucy Shaw Elected	Labour	615
Yusuf Ibrahim	Conservative	589
Maxwell Woodger	Conservative	586
Doulla Croft	Green	346
Charles Rupert Foster-Hall	Green	304
Charles Dunn	Reform	144
Henry Sire	Reform	122
Paula McPherson	Lib Dem	76
Rosemary Somers	Lib Dem	63

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Stanley

Josh Rendall ConservativeKim Taylor-Smith ConservativeWill Pascall Conservative

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Conservative59.7%

Labour14.4%

Reform12.6%

Lib Dem10.4%

Independent3.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Will Pascall Elected	Conservative	1,359
Josh Rendall Elected	Conservative	1,356
Kim David Spencer Taylor-Smith Elected	Conservative	1,338
Sylvia Parnell	Labour	328
Ali Awil	Labour	320
Hassan Muhamud	Labour	294
Emma Marie MacKenzie	Reform	286
Marc Burca	Reform	263
Lucy Woodruff	Reform	249
Jose Buera	Lib Dem	236
Carl Michel	Lib Dem	231
Arsalan Nazim	Lib Dem	184
Iain A Smith	Independent	69

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

By-elections

Every council by-election since 2021

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

Date	Ward	Result	Winner's share
9 May 2024	Norland	Conservative hold

Parliament

Parliamentary constituencies

Constituency	Share of council	2024 winner	Projected now
Kensington and Bayswater	74%	Labour	Labour 47%
Chelsea and Fulham	26%	Labour	Labour 46%

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 Kensington and Chelsea

143,381 residents in 66,882 households

Voted Leave in 2016

31% 21 below GB

Degree or higher

60% 26 above GB

No qualifications

11% 7 below GB

Own their home

32% 29 below GB

Rent from a council or housing association

28% 11 above GB

Rent privately

40% 20 above GB

Aged 15 to 34

35% 4 above GB

Aged 65 and over

17% 5 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.