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Kensington and Chelsea 2026

Local elections held 7 May 2026.

15 ward races

42 seats

42 elected below the proportional quota

100.0% of seats below quota

How to read this page

Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share they'd need to clinch the seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.

Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the signed gap as points below quota (a negative number) — the editorial indictment. Above-quota results clear the bar and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.

If votes were counted by party

Across the 15 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 42 seats had been shared out 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.

Party	Votes	Vote %	Seats won	% of seats	Proportional seats	Proportional %	Δ
Conservative Party	39,128	49.1%	28	66.7%	22	52.4%	+6
Labour Party	15,285	19.2%	11	26.2%	8	19.0%	+3
Liberal Democrats	10,071	12.6%	3	7.1%	5	11.9%	-2
Reform UK	7,631	9.6%	0	0.0%	4	9.5%	-4
Green Party	7,095	8.9%	0	0.0%	3	7.1%	-3
Independent	443	0.6%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Total	79,653	100.0%	42	100.0%	42	100.0%	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

Council composition: what this election replaced

The 2026 cycle was an all-out election — every seat was contested. The two opencouncildata snapshots below show the council immediately after the 2026 election (current) and on the eve of it (2025), so you can see what the result replaced.

Current (2026)

Previous (2025)

Wards in this council

Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.

Dalgarno · 2 seats · won at 18.2% · −15.2 pts below quota
Colville · 3 seats · won at 12.0% · −13.0 pts below quota
Golborne · 3 seats · won at 13.3% · −11.7 pts below quota
Notting Dale · 3 seats · won at 14.2% · −10.8 pts below quota
Earl's Court · 3 seats · won at 14.4% · −10.6 pts below quota
Chelsea Riverside · 3 seats · won at 14.7% · −10.3 pts below quota
Pembridge · 2 seats · won at 24.9% · −8.4 pts below quota
Redcliffe · 3 seats · won at 20.3% · −4.7 pts below quota
Stanley · 3 seats · won at 20.5% · −4.5 pts below quota
Holland · 3 seats · won at 21.7% · −3.3 pts below quota
Abingdon · 3 seats · won at 21.7% · −3.3 pts below quota
Queen's Gate · 3 seats · won at 21.9% · −3.1 pts below quota
Royal Hospital · 3 seats · won at 22.2% · −2.8 pts below quota
Norland · 2 seats · won at 30.6% · −2.7 pts below quota
Courtfield · 3 seats · won at 23.5% · −1.5 pts below quota

Race results

Dalgarno · 2-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 18.2% Proportional quota 33.3% Below quota −15.2 pts Valid ballots 3,174

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Abdullahi Nur	Labour Party	593	18.7%	−14.7 pts	Elected
2	Alex Porter	Labour Party	577	18.2%	−15.2 pts	Elected
3	Rahul Imran	Green Party	400	12.6%	—
4	Rayen Naghi	Green Party	386	12.2%	—
5	Alex De Silva	Conservative Party	304	9.6%	—
6	Gordon Newell	Conservative Party	250	7.9%	—
7	Margaret Louise Parker	Reform UK	239	7.5%	—
8	Albert Woodruff	Reform UK	206	6.5%	—
9	Alex Tatton-Brown	Liberal Democrats	84	2.6%	—
10	Nuria Sabin-Mosquera	Liberal Democrats	71	2.2%	—
11	Eva Jedut	Independent	64	2.0%	—

Electorate 4,563 · Ballots cast 3,187 · Invalid 13 · EC ward code local.kensington-and-chelsea.dalgarno.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Colville · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 12.0% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −13.0 pts Valid ballots 6,133

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Monica Press	Labour Party	821	13.4%	−11.6 pts	Elected
2	Cihan Cheron	Labour Party	745	12.1%	−12.9 pts	Elected
3	Jack Reason	Labour Party	739	12.0%	−13.0 pts	Elected
4	Samantha Batra	Green Party	535	8.7%	—
5	Wilson Leon Brathwaite	Green Party	509	8.3%	—
6	Steph Warrick	Green Party	467	7.6%	—
7	Elena Gheorghe	Conservative Party	426	6.9%	—
8	Minna Johanna Korjonen	Conservative Party	407	6.6%	—
9	Rahul Tharmaratnam	Conservative Party	360	5.9%	—
10	Theodore Andrew Francis Karpinski	Reform UK	203	3.3%	—
11	Deborah Skinner A	Reform UK	198	3.2%	—
12	Matthew Snell	Reform UK	195	3.2%	—
13	Tom Mayers	Liberal Democrats	192	3.1%	—
14	Cyrus Ardalan	Liberal Democrats	182	3.0%	—
15	Brian James Orrell	Liberal Democrats	154	2.5%	—

Electorate 6,172 · Ballots cast 6,138 · Invalid 5 · EC ward code local.kensington-and-chelsea.colville.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Golborne · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 13.3% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −11.7 pts Valid ballots 4,957

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Nadia Nail	Labour Party	704	14.2%	−10.8 pts	Elected
2	Sina Lari	Labour Party	696	14.0%	−11.0 pts	Elected
3	Peter Marshall	Labour Party	658	13.3%	−11.7 pts	Elected
4	Mona Adam	Green Party	608	12.3%	—
5	Alex Clarke	Green Party	546	11.0%	—
6	Bhupinder Kaur Sudan	Green Party	435	8.8%	—
7	Harry Hopkins	Conservative Party	210	4.2%	—
8	Ellie Jane Lines	Conservative Party	203	4.1%	—
9	Kieran Terry	Conservative Party	194	3.9%	—
10	Donovan Gill	Reform UK	171	3.4%	—
11	Deida Acero	Reform UK	161	3.2%	—
12	Krzysztof Ziembla	Reform UK	139	2.8%	—
13	Sabina Kelly	Liberal Democrats	98	2.0%	—
14	Andrew Roland	Liberal Democrats	76	1.5%	—
15	Tony Somers	Liberal Democrats	58	1.2%	—

Electorate 6,062 · Ballots cast 4,964 · Invalid 7 · EC ward code local.kensington-and-chelsea.golborne.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Notting Dale · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 14.2% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −10.8 pts Valid ballots 5,603

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Kasim Ali	Labour Party	944	16.8%	−8.2 pts	Elected
2	Claire Simmons	Labour Party	893	15.9%	−9.1 pts	Elected
3	Portia Thaxter	Labour Party	798	14.2%	−10.8 pts	Elected
4	Rema Farhan	Green Party	524	9.4%	—
5	Jamie Rahman	Green Party	448	8.0%	—
6	Cordelia Evans	Conservative Party	303	5.4%	—
7	Tom Montgomery	Conservative Party	284	5.1%	—
8	Ben Louis Fforde Creswell	Conservative Party	280	5.0%	—
9	Adrian Christopher Cardenas	Reform UK	271	4.8%	—
10	Robin Hobbs	Reform UK	247	4.4%	—
11	Angie Defoe	Reform UK	226	4.0%	—
12	Ben Mayers	Liberal Democrats	127	2.3%	—
13	Gillian E Shaw	Liberal Democrats	117	2.1%	—
14	Yury Kanavalau	Liberal Democrats	112	2.0%	—
15	Zack Gilpin	Independent	29	0.5%	—

Electorate 5,775 · Ballots cast 5,619 · Invalid 16 · EC ward code local.kensington-and-chelsea.notting-dale.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Earl's Court · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 14.4% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −10.6 pts Valid ballots 6,726

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Linda Wade	Liberal Democrats	1,205	17.9%	−7.1 pts	Elected
2	James Ortiz	Liberal Democrats	972	14.5%	−10.5 pts	Elected
3	Sofia Gurrola	Liberal Democrats	967	14.4%	−10.6 pts	Elected
4	Andrea Dardi	Conservative Party	826	12.3%	—
5	Brian Stephens	Conservative Party	815	12.1%	—
6	Esther Idoko	Conservative Party	733	10.9%	—
7	Elske Daisy Waite	Green Party	259	3.9%	—
8	Chloe Braganca	Labour Party	229	3.4%	—
9	David O'Connell	Labour Party	194	2.9%	—
10	John Winter	Labour Party	175	2.6%	—
11	Adam Burclaff	Reform UK	139	2.1%	—
12	Natalia Jesurun Ballestas	Reform UK	113	1.7%	—
13	Anas Hassan	Reform UK	99	1.5%	—

Electorate 5,788 · Ballots cast 6,739 · Invalid 13 · EC ward code local.kensington-and-chelsea.earls-court.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Chelsea Riverside · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 14.7% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −10.3 pts Valid ballots 6,585

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Laura Burns	Conservative Party	1,073	16.3%	−8.7 pts	Elected
2	Heena Bellara	Conservative Party	1,015	15.4%	−9.6 pts	Elected
3	Max Chauhan	Conservative Party	969	14.7%	−10.3 pts	Elected
4	Anne Corbett	Labour Party	498	7.6%	—
5	Mike Coelho	Labour Party	486	7.4%	—
6	Keith Cunningham	Labour Party	412	6.3%	—
7	Julian Burger	Green Party	405	6.2%	—
8	Andrew David Barclay	Reform UK	354	5.4%	—
9	Alexa Jago	Reform UK	307	4.7%	—
10	Henry Woodruff	Reform UK	288	4.4%	—
11	Amal Ah Bider	Independent	281	4.3%	—
12	Moya Denman	Liberal Democrats	187	2.8%	—
13	Peter Kosta	Liberal Democrats	155	2.4%	—
14	Margo Schwartz	Liberal Democrats	155	2.4%	—

Electorate 5,960 · Ballots cast 6,591 · Invalid 6 · EC ward code local.kensington-and-chelsea.chelsea-riverside.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Pembridge · 2-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 24.9% Proportional quota 33.3% Below quota −8.4 pts Valid ballots 2,846

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Georgia Hardisty	Conservative Party	735	25.8%	−7.5 pts	Elected
2	Natacha Tannous Ritchie	Conservative Party	710	24.9%	−8.4 pts	Elected
3	Sam Dodgshon	Liberal Democrats	501	17.6%	—
4	Hridi J.Chowdhury	Liberal Democrats	464	16.3%	—
5	Ayah Mamode	Labour Party	147	5.2%	—
6	Taif Rahman	Labour Party	130	4.6%	—
7	Henry McWatters	Reform UK	85	3.0%	—
8	Kristi Gulliver	Reform UK	74	2.6%	—

Electorate 3,394 · Ballots cast 2,854 · Invalid 8 · EC ward code local.kensington-and-chelsea.pembridge.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Redcliffe · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 20.3% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −4.7 pts Valid ballots 5,815

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Tom Bennett	Conservative Party	1,293	22.2%	−2.8 pts	Elected
2	Marie-Therese Anne Rossi	Conservative Party	1,225	21.1%	−3.9 pts	Elected
3	Sidney Yankson	Conservative Party	1,181	20.3%	−4.7 pts	Elected
4	Burford J-F	Liberal Democrats	266	4.6%	—
5	Maria Arana	Labour Party	255	4.4%	—
6	Marguerite Ohan	Liberal Democrats	228	3.9%	—
7	Genevieve Shanahan	Green Party	227	3.9%	—
8	Robert Atkinson	Labour Party	226	3.9%	—
9	Michael Zihan Jin	Liberal Democrats	207	3.6%	—
10	Alexander Hewett	Reform UK	188	3.2%	—
11	Emma Hollands	Reform UK	185	3.2%	—
12	Lucas Cadman	Labour Party	179	3.1%	—
13	Jonathan O'Keefe	Reform UK	155	2.7%	—

Electorate 5,898 · Ballots cast 5,825 · Invalid 10 · EC ward code local.kensington-and-chelsea.redcliffe.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Stanley · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 20.5% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −4.5 pts Valid ballots 6,513

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Will Pascall	Conservative Party	1,359	20.9%	−4.1 pts	Elected
2	Josh Rendall	Conservative Party	1,356	20.8%	−4.2 pts	Elected
3	Kim David Spencer Taylor-Smith	Conservative Party	1,338	20.5%	−4.5 pts	Elected
4	Sylvia Parnell	Labour Party	328	5.0%	—
5	Ali Awil	Labour Party	320	4.9%	—
6	Hassan Muhamud	Labour Party	294	4.5%	—
7	Emma Marie MacKenzie	Reform UK	286	4.4%	—
8	Marc Burca	Reform UK	263	4.0%	—
9	Lucy Woodruff	Reform UK	249	3.8%	—
10	Jose Buera	Liberal Democrats	236	3.6%	—
11	Carl Michel	Liberal Democrats	231	3.5%	—
12	Arsalan Nazim	Liberal Democrats	184	2.8%	—
13	Iain A Smith	Independent	69	1.1%	—

Electorate 6,302 · Ballots cast 6,521 · Invalid 8 · EC ward code local.kensington-and-chelsea.stanley.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Holland · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 21.7% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −3.3 pts Valid ballots 6,274

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Lucy Knight	Conservative Party	1,408	22.4%	−2.6 pts	Elected
2	Johnny Thalassites	Conservative Party	1,390	22.2%	−2.8 pts	Elected
3	Aarien Uday Om Areti	Conservative Party	1,360	21.7%	−3.3 pts	Elected
4	Caterina Perrone	Labour Party	409	6.5%	—
5	Lena El-Malak	Green Party	336	5.4%	—
6	Sonny Remmer-Riley	Labour Party	334	5.3%	—
7	Lina El Baz	Labour Party	187	3.0%	—
8	Daniel Borrero Fresno	Liberal Democrats	187	3.0%	—
9	Nadia MacDonald	Liberal Democrats	180	2.9%	—
10	Hugh Lalor	Liberal Democrats	157	2.5%	—
11	Arman Rahimi	Reform UK	119	1.9%	—
12	Nellie Mirnezami	Reform UK	108	1.7%	—
13	Maahan Mirnezami	Reform UK	99	1.6%	—

Electorate 5,659 · Ballots cast 6,282 · Invalid 8 · EC ward code local.kensington-and-chelsea.holland.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Abingdon · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 21.7% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −3.3 pts Valid ballots 5,382

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Sarah Ann Louise Addenbrooke	Conservative Party	1,248	23.2%	−1.8 pts	Elected
2	Anne Barbara Cyron	Conservative Party	1,177	21.9%	−3.1 pts	Elected
3	James Alexander Husband	Conservative Party	1,170	21.7%	−3.3 pts	Elected
4	Guler Alice Ergun	Green Party	249	4.6%	—
5	Angus Cameron	Liberal Democrats	218	4.1%	—
6	Jeremy Good	Liberal Democrats	210	3.9%	—
7	Pat Healy	Labour Party	200	3.7%	—
8	Annabelle Louvros	Labour Party	195	3.6%	—
9	Jonathan Robert Owen	Liberal Democrats	168	3.1%	—
10	Andrew Moran	Labour Party	159	3.0%	—
11	Justin Cook	Reform UK	137	2.5%	—
12	Fiona Scott McWatters	Reform UK	127	2.4%	—
13	Max Windsor	Reform UK	124	2.3%	—

Electorate 5,123 · Ballots cast 5,385 · Invalid 3 · EC ward code local.kensington-and-chelsea.abingdon.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Queen's Gate · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 21.9% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −3.1 pts Valid ballots 4,531

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Sam Mackover	Conservative Party	1,075	23.7%	−1.3 pts	Elected
2	Max Dodd-Noble	Conservative Party	1,051	23.2%	−1.8 pts	Elected
3	Ned Whitley	Conservative Party	994	21.9%	−3.1 pts	Elected
4	Sheila McGuirk	Liberal Democrats	203	4.5%	—
5	Max Dunne	Green Party	193	4.3%	—
6	Luke Woollen	Liberal Democrats	161	3.6%	—
7	Linda Reid	Labour Party	151	3.3%	—
8	Bob Mingay	Labour Party	134	3.0%	—
9	Pawel Urbanski	Liberal Democrats	128	2.8%	—
10	Kezia Noble	Reform UK	120	2.6%	—
11	Thomas Walker	Reform UK	115	2.5%	—
12	Keith Stirling	Labour Party	104	2.3%	—
13	Juliet Zhong	Reform UK	102	2.3%	—

Electorate 4,377 · Ballots cast 4,537 · Invalid 6 · EC ward code local.kensington-and-chelsea.queens-gate.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Royal Hospital · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 22.2% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −2.8 pts Valid ballots 6,893

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Elizabeth Jennifer Campbell	Conservative Party	1,671	24.2%	−0.8 pts	Elected
2	Emma Wingfield Will	Conservative Party	1,547	22.4%	−2.6 pts	Elected
3	Cem Campbell Kemahli	Conservative Party	1,530	22.2%	−2.8 pts	Elected
4	Deborah Iliffe	Reform UK	329	4.8%	—
5	Paul Kerr	Reform UK	310	4.5%	—
6	David Alexander Linsey	Reform UK	298	4.3%	—
7	Helen Ashby	Labour Party	220	3.2%	—
8	Alice Clack	Green Party	212	3.1%	—
9	Caroline Church	Liberal Democrats	188	2.7%	—
10	Abdulmajid Malin	Labour Party	160	2.3%	—
11	Penelope Pocock	Liberal Democrats	158	2.3%	—
12	Stuart Shapro	Labour Party	137	2.0%	—
13	Alexandra Walker	Liberal Democrats	133	1.9%	—

Electorate 5,965 · Ballots cast 6,898 · Invalid 5 · EC ward code local.kensington-and-chelsea.royal-hospital.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Norland · 2-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 30.6% Proportional quota 33.3% Below quota −2.7 pts Valid ballots 3,057

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Stéphanie Petit	Conservative Party	964	31.5%	−1.8 pts	Elected
2	Marc Goldfinger	Conservative Party	936	30.6%	−2.7 pts	Elected
3	Max Alexander	Labour Party	266	8.7%	—
4	Angela Victoria Georgievski	Green Party	216	7.1%	—
5	Amal Saleh	Labour Party	198	6.5%	—
6	Carmel McLoughlin	Liberal Democrats	140	4.6%	—
7	Joe Mayers	Liberal Democrats	126	4.1%	—
8	Adam Irving	Reform UK	123	4.0%	—
9	David Spring	Reform UK	88	2.9%	—

Electorate 3,729 · Ballots cast 3,061 · Invalid 4 · EC ward code local.kensington-and-chelsea.norland.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Courtfield · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 23.5% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −1.5 pts Valid ballots 5,164

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Greg Hammond	Conservative Party	1,285	24.9%	−0.1 pts	Elected
2	Janet Evans	Conservative Party	1,262	24.4%	−0.6 pts	Elected
3	Quentin Marshall	Conservative Party	1,211	23.5%	−1.5 pts	Elected
4	Luisa Esposito	Liberal Democrats	191	3.7%	—
5	Christophe Noblet	Liberal Democrats	154	3.0%	—
6	Alex Anstruther	Labour Party	143	2.8%	—
7	Robert Fleming	Reform UK	141	2.7%	—
8	Vincent Lowe	Liberal Democrats	140	2.7%	—
9	Theo Zaman Albakri Verden	Green Party	140	2.7%	—
10	Claire Wheatley	Reform UK	132	2.6%	—
11	Tina Alkaff	Labour Party	128	2.5%	—
12	Margaret Pringle	Labour Party	119	2.3%	—
13	Luke Wates	Reform UK	118	2.3%	—

Electorate 5,261 · Ballots cast 5,167 · Invalid 3 · EC ward code local.kensington-and-chelsea.courtfield.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index