2022 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election

2022 Hammersmith and Fulham Council election
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	Map of the results of the 2022 Hammersmith and Fulham council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.
council control before election; ; Labour	Subsequent council control ; TBD;

The 2022 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 50 members of Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council were elected. The elections took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.

The election took place under new election boundaries, which increased the number of councillors from 46 to 50.^[1]^[2] The Labour Party maintained control of the council, which it has held since 2014.^[1]

Background

History

The thirty-two London boroughs were established in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963. They are the principal authorities in Greater London and have responsibilities including education, housing, planning, highways, social services, libraries, recreation, waste, environmental health and revenue collection. Some of the powers are shared with the Greater London Authority, which also manages passenger transport, police and fire.^[3]

Since its formation, Hammersmith and Fulham has been under Labour control, Conservative control or no overall control. The council has had a Labour majority since the 2014 election in which Labour won 26 seats to the Conservatives' 20. In the most recent election in 2018, Labour extended their majority to 35 seats with 52.0% of the vote, while the Conservatives won 11 seats with 34.7% of the vote. The Liberal Democrats received 11.2% of the vote across the borough but won no seats. The incumbent leader of the council is the Labour councillor Stephen Cowan, who has held that position since 2014.

Council term

In 2019, a Labour councillor for Fulham Broadway, Alan De'Ath, resigned as he had taken a politically restricted job. A by-election to replace him was held on 19 September 2019, which was won by the Labour candidate Helen Rowbottom, an NHS service manager. The Liberal Democrats saw a significant increase in their vote share for the seat.^[4] A Labour councillor for Wormholt and White City, Colin Aherne, died in July 2021. Aherne had served as a councillor for the area since 1986.^[5] A by-election for the ward was held in September 2021, which was won by the Labour candidate Frances Umeh, who worked as a communications professional.^[6]

Electoral process

Hammersmith and Fulham, like other London borough councils, elects all of its councillors at once every four years. The previous election took place in 2018. The election will take place by multi-member first-past-the-post voting, with each ward being represented by two or three councillors. Electors will have as many votes as there are councillors to be elected in their ward, with the top two or three being elected.

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in London aged 18 or over will be entitled to vote in the election. People who live at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, are entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities.^[7] Voting in-person at polling stations will take place from 7:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters will be able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.^[7]

Previous council composition

Council composition after the 2018 election
Council composition ahead of the 2022 election

After 2018 election			Before 2022 election			After 2022 election
Party		Seats	Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Labour	35		Labour	35		Labour	40
	Conservative	11		Conservative	11		Conservative	10

Results summary

2022 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	40	5	80.0	57.1	55,996	+2.8
Conservative	10	1	20.0	29.1	28,562	-4.7
Liberal Democrats	0		0.0	10.6	10,399	-0.6
Green	0		0.0	3.0	2,919	+2.5
Independent	0		0.0	0.2	183	+0.1
SDP	0		0.0	0.0	49	N/A

Ward results

Addison

Addison (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jacolyn Daly	1,291	75.8
	Labour	Ross Melton	1,195	70.1
	Conservative	Letitia Davies	276	16.2
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Burden	259	15.2
	Conservative	Mark Loveday	249	14.6
Turnout			1,704	30.7
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Avonmore

Avonmore (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Laura Janes	1,176	66.9
	Labour	David Morton	1,059	60.2
	Conservative	Horatio Lovering	430	24.4
	Conservative	Hagir Ahmed	412	23.4
	Liberal Democrats	Eithne Buchanan-Barrow	283	16.1
Turnout			1,759	33.8
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Brook Green

Brook Green (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Stala Antoniades	1,237	58.2
	Labour	Adam Lang	1,141	53.7
	Conservative	Charlotte Duthie	639	30.1
	Conservative	Simon Hewitt	625	29.4
	Liberal Democrats	Dorothy Brooks	275	12.9
	Liberal Democrats	Niamh McCarthy	253	11.9
Turnout			2,126	37.7
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

College Park & Old Oak

College Park & Old Oak (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Wesley Harcourt	1,284	77.3
	Labour	Alexandra Sanderson	1,237	74.5
	Labour	Bora Kwon	1,194	71.9
	Conservative	Jack Smith	248	14.9
	Conservative	Kieran Bergholcs	247	14.9
	Conservative	Alexander Nicholson	247	14.9
	Liberal Democrats	Molly McLoughlin	235	14.1
Turnout			1,661	27.2
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour win (new seat)

Coningham

Coningham (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lisa Homan	1,529	67.2
	Labour	Rowan Ree	1,305	57.3
	Labour	Rory Vaughan	1,247	54.8
	Green	Colin Murphy	531	23.3
	Green	Amelia Walker	459	20.2
	Green	Benjamin Simms	347	15.2
	Conservative	Robert Iggulden	302	13.3
	Conservative	Lavente Kiss	291	12.8
	Conservative	Benjamin Ransom	281	12.3
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Remy	175	7.7
	Liberal Democrats	David Miller	153	6.7
Turnout			2,276	30.1
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Fulham Reach

Fulham Reach (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lucy Richardson	1,983	69.0
	Labour	Omid Miri	1,756	61.1
	Labour	Nikos Souslous	1,717	59.8
	Conservative	Elisabeth Beloten	756	26.3
	Conservative	James Windsor-Clive	728	25.3
	Conservative	Saif Lone	653	22.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jelena Sarmo	395	13.8
	Liberal Democrats	Rutger Wip	292	10.2
Turnout			2,872	35.6
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Fulham Town

Fulham Town (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Victoria Brocklebank-Fowler	817	46.7
	Conservative	Andrew Dinsmore	759	43.4
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Hancock	502	28.7
	Labour	Sue Fennimore	497	28.4
	Labour	Juliet Thorpe	450	25.7
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Pounsford	411	23.5
Turnout			1,750	34.0
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Grove

Grove (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Stephen Cowan	1,412	70.8
	Labour	Helen Rowbottom	1,372	68.8
	Conservative	Oliver Briscoe	360	18.1
	Liberal Democrats	Megan Roper	353	17.7
	Conservative	Donald Johnson	340	17.1
Turnout			1,994	38.5
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Hammersmith Broadway

Hammersmith Broadway (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Emma Apthorp	1,198	74.1
	Labour	Patricia Quigley	1,108	68.6
	Conservative	Nick Mason	314	19.4
	Conservative	David Rogers	258	16.0
	Liberal Democrats	Dennis Martin	161	10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Meher Oliaji	134	8.3
Turnout			1,616	31.4
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Lillie

Lillie (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ben Coleman	903	63.2
	Labour	Sharon Holder	848	59.3
	Conservative	Emily Maister	368	25.8
	Conservative	Jemima Tate	329	23.0
	Liberal Democrats	Elena Brooke-Edwards	165	11.5
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Bicknell	145	10.1
Turnout			1,429	30.2
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Munster

Munster (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alex Karmel	1,169	41.5
	Conservative	Adronie Alford	1,164	41.4
	Conservative	Dominic Stanton	1,113	39.6
	Labour	Shirley Cupit	899	31.9
	Labour	Lydia Paynter	863	30.7
	Labour	Reber Kamaran	831	29.5
	Liberal Democrats	Nicola Horlick	734	26.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ted Townsend	706	25.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Burden	655	23.3
Turnout			2,814	33.8
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Palace & Hurlingham

Palace & Hurlingham (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Amanda Lloyd-Harris	1,774	56.3
	Conservative	Jackie Borland	1,711	54.3
	Conservative	Aliya Afzal-Khan	1,682	53.4
	Labour	Caroline Needham	952	30.2
	Labour	Jonathan Caleb-Landy	812	25.8
	Labour	Guy Vincent	729	23.1
	Liberal Democrats	Tamara Dragadze	574	18.2
	Green	Nida Al-Fulaij	540	17.1
	Independent	Alex Horn	183	5.8
Turnout			3,150	38.7
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Parsons Green & Sandford

Parsons Green & Sandford (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jose Afonso	935	54.3
	Conservative	Adrian Pascu-Tulbure	922	53.6
	Labour	Christabel Cooper	522	30.3
	Labour	John Grigg	468	27.2
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Muir	267	15.5
	Liberal Democrats	Benedict Nightingale	263	15.3
Turnout			1,721	32.0
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ravenscourt

Ravenscourt (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Liz Collins	1,262	60.1
	Labour	Patrick Walsh	1,088	51.8
	Conservative	Hugo Fitzgerald	515	24.5
	Conservative	Mark Higton	497	23.7
	Green	Aileen-Ann Gonsalves	277	13.2
	Liberal Democrats	Henrietta Bewley	275	13.1
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Cook	200	9.5
Turnout			2,101	42.9
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Sands End

Sands End (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Paul Alexander	1,199	50.5
	Labour	Ann Rosenberg	1,177	49.6
	Labour	Ashok Patel	1,098	46.3
	Conservative	Constance Campbell	970	40.9
	Conservative	Liam Downer-Sanderson	912	38.4
	Conservative	Stewart Waine	869	36.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ray Burnet	297	12.5
	Liberal Democrats	Gerald Milch	203	8.6
Turnout			2,374	32.4
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Shepherd's Bush Green

Shepherd's Bush Green (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mercy Umeh	784	72.8
	Labour	Zarar Qayyum	781	72.5
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Buchanan-Barrow	170	15.8
	Conservative	Al Lewis	165	15.3
	Conservative	Christian Vinante	151	14.0
Turnout			1,077	28.3
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Walham Green

Walham Green (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Trey Campbell-Simon	907	55.1
	Labour	Genevieve Nwaogbe	860	52.2
	Conservative	Richard Cubitt	458	27.8
	Conservative	Jamie Monteith-Mann	429	26.1
	Liberal Democrats	Rosie McDonagh	185	11.2
	Green	Robert Owen	172	10.4
	Liberal Democrats	William Bagwell	156	9.5
Turnout			1,646	31.9
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Wendell Park

Wendell Park (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Rebecca Harvey	1,511	70.3
	Labour	Asif Siddique	1,305	60.7
	Conservative	Alistair Milmore	462	21.5
	Conservative	Jack Perschke	429	20.0
	Liberal Democrats	Amelia Gaughan	396	18.4
Turnout			2,149	40.9
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

West Kensington

West Kensington (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Daryl Brown	1,280	65.1
	Labour	Sally Taylor	1,270	64.6
	Labour	Florian Chevoppe-Verdier	1,213	61.7
	Conservative	Sophie Richards	439	22.3
	Conservative	Yasantha Monerawela	380	19.3
	Conservative	Dragi Temkov	364	18.5
	Liberal Democrats	Gill Barnes	289	14.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Taylor	261	13.3
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Barton	197	10.0
	SDP	Simon Marshall	49	2.5
Turnout			1,966	30.2
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

White City

White City (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Andrew Jones	1,396	74.0
	Labour	Natalia Perez	1,388	73.6
	Labour	Frances Umeh	1,262	66.9
	Green	David Kelly	346	18.3
	Conservative	Sada Farah	239	12.7
	Liberal Democrats	Felix Brett	224	11.9
	Conservative	Nasir Jamal	197	10.4
	Conservative	Zara Mahmood	197	10.4
Turnout			1,887	27.5
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Wormholt

Wormholt (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Maxwell Schmid	1,010	67.0
	Labour	Nicole Trehy	990	65.7
	Conservative	Steve Lyons	250	16.6
	Green	Emma Byrne	247	16.4
	Conservative	Fatima Bajwa	240	15.9
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Illingworth	156	10.4
Turnout			1,507	29.9
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

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