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Every election cycle we have data for, most recent first.

4 cycles in our data
2.8% all-time seats elected below the quota (5 of 178)
25.8% all-time seats unfairly awarded (46 of 178 across 4 cycles)

Cycles

Council composition as of 2026

57 councillors, by party. One square per seat. Source: opencouncildata annual snapshot — reflects the council at the end of 2026 (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Hover any seat for the party.

Most recent election (2026)

In 2026, 57 seats were up across 22 wards. The table below shows what each party actually won — alongside what they would have won if the 57 seats had been shared in proportion to votes received (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented; negative are parties it under-represented.

PartyVotesVote %Seats won% of seatsProportional seatsProportional %Δ
Labour Party62,07929.8%2645.6%1729.8%+9
Green Party46,63122.3%915.8%1322.8%-4
Conservative Party42,89820.6%1119.3%1221.1%-1
Liberal Democrats32,17215.4%1119.3%915.8%+2
Reform UK20,94710.0%00.0%58.8%-5
Independent3,7501.8%00.0%11.8%-1
Workers Party of Britain1070.1%00.0%00.0%0
UK Independence Party (UKIP)690.0%00.0%00.0%0
Total208,653100.0%57100.0%57100.0%0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share
Actual seats
Proportional seats

Full ward-by-ward results for 2026 →

Composition history

One row per opencouncildata annual snapshot — the council at the end of each year (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Newest first; hover any seat for the party.

2026
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016

Ward by ward

Each row is a ward, each column a cycle. Each cell shows the top-of-poll candidate's party (swatch) and their share of valid ballots. Wards are matched by name across cycles — boundary reviews can mean a ward of the same name is a slightly different area in a later cycle.

Ward2016201820222026
Alperton64%52%47%
Barnhill66%64%29%
Brondesbury Park49%59%59%
Cricklewood and Mapesbury63%44%
Dollis Hill61%65%43%
Dudden Hill66%
Fryent70%
Harlesden86%
Harlesden and Kensal Green72%42%
Kensal Green73%
Kenton54%54%46%
Kilburn59%71%71%45%
Kingsbury57%34%
Mapesbury59%
Northwick Park63%58%39%
Preston60%58%36%
Queens Park48%63%41%
Queensbury51%50%55%
Roundwood82%46%
Stonebridge93%84%40%
Sudbury53%47%49%
Tokyngton68%62%36%
Welsh Harp67%59%29%
Wembley Central73%63%37%
Wembley Hill50%41%
Wembley Park64%36%
Willesden Green71%67%40%