2018 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election

2018 Kensington and Chelsea Borough Council election
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All 50 seats to Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council
26 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
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Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Last election 37 seats, 57.8% 12 seats, 28.7% 1 seat, 8.6%
Seats won 36 13 1
Seat change Decrease1 Increase1 Steady0
Popular vote 51,106 32,816 12,321
Percentage 51.4% 33.0% 12.4%
Swing Decrease6.4% Increase4.3% Increase3.8%
Results of the 2018 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow.
Council control before election

Conservative

 Council control after election

Conservative

The 2018 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council in England.[1] The election was held on the same day as other local elections in England. While Kensington and Chelsea is usually regarded as a Conservative stronghold, there was media speculation that Labour could win control of the council in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire.[2][3] However the Conservatives maintained control, losing just one Councillor, in St. Helen's Ward, winning 36 seats to Labour's 13.[3]

Overall results

Council composition after the election.
Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election[4]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 36 0 1 -1 72.0 51.4 51,106 -6.4
  Labour 13 1 0 +1 26.0 33.0 32,816 +4.3
  Liberal Democrats 1 0 0 ±0 2.0 12.4 12,321 +3.8
  Advance 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.4 2,357 New
  Green 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.4 446 -1.0
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.3 318 -0.2
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 58 -2.8
  Democrats and Veterans 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 27 New

Ward Results

Abingdon

Abingdon (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sarah Addenbrooke 1,389 66.2 −6.8
Conservative Anne Cyron 1,309 62.4 −6.1
Conservative James Husband* 1,296 61.7 −6.6
Labour Manju Gregory 368 17.5 +2.7
Labour Sharda Rozena 356 17.0 +3.0
Liberal Democrats Ciara Brown 338 16.1 N/A
Labour Stuart Shapro 318 15.2 +3.9
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Good 307 14.6 +4.3
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Owen 299 14.2 +4.9
Advance Britta Scupin Rogers 101 4.8 N/A
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

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Brompton and Hans Town

Brompton and Hans Town (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Walaa Idris 1,342 70.5 −7.5
Conservative Mary Weale* 1,324 69.6 +0.7
Conservative Sophia McVeigh 1,322 69.5 −1.3
Labour David Kear 290 15.2 +0.9
Labour John Morley 286 15.0 +1.0
Labour Marian Skeen 279 14.7 +1.8
Liberal Democrats Moya Denman 233 12.2 +2.9
Liberal Democrats George Herford 163 8.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Robert Woodthorpe-Browne 157 8.3 N/A
UKIP Elizabeth De Stanford Wallitt 72 3.8 N/A
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Campden

Campden (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Catherine Faulks* 1,483 63.5 −8.4
Conservative Robert Freeman* 1,481 63.4 −6.0
Conservative Ian Wason 1,398 59.8 −15.5
Liberal Democrats Priscilla Congreve 352 15.1 −0.4
Labour Tabatha Batra Vaughan 345 14.8 −1.9
Labour Frank Kovacs 309 13.2 +1.6
Labour Ian Trewin 304 13.0 +2.5
Liberal Democrats Tim Walker 304 13.0 N/A
Advance Sonia Mihelic 289 12.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Richard Burnett-Hall 260 11.1 N/A
Advance Peter Marshall 213 9.1 N/A
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Chelsea Riverside

Chelsea Riverside (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Adrian Berrill-Cox 1,196 48.4
Conservative Alison Jackson 1,170 47.3
Conservative Gerard Hargreaves 1,164 47.1
Labour Lorna Sherlock 911 36.9
Labour Kasim Ali 909 36.8
Labour Sofiane Saidoune 903 36.5
Liberal Democrats Panayiotis Vardakis 240 9.7
Liberal Democrats Josie Mayers 204 8.3
Advance Eryl Humphrey Jones 188 7.6 N/A
UKIP Richard Braine 62 2.5 N/A
UKIP Sophie Braine 62 2.5 N/A
UKIP Alasdair Seton-Marsden 51 2.1 N/A
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Colville

Colville (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Monica Press* 1,269 54.7 +15.0
Labour Nadia Nail 1,200 51.7 +12.2
Labour Ian Henderson 1,170 50.4 +15.9
Conservative Christopher Knight 645 27.8 +3.7
Conservative Carole Noble 588 25.3 +1.3
Conservative Chris Spring 557 24.0 +0.6
Liberal Democrats Nicola Kerr 287 12.4 −12.4
Liberal Democrats Susanna Chenery 268 11.6 −5.4
Liberal Democrats Nigel Warrack 220 9.5 −0.5
Advance Nadia Boujjettef 206 8.9 N/A
Advance Claire Van Helfteren 165 7.1 N/A
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Courtfield

Courtfield (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Janet Evans 1,373 69.0 −2.0
Conservative Greg Hammond 1,354 68.1 +1.9
Conservative Quentin Marshall* 1,325 66.6 +1.0
Liberal Democrats Charlie Goodman 283 14.2 +1.9
Labour Rene Gimpel 252 12.7 −3.4
Liberal Democrats Norma Peacock 252 12.7 −1.6
Liberal Democrats Tim Verboven 242 12.2 N/A
Labour Luke Francis 233 11.7 −2.6
Labour Angharad Monk 212 10.7 −3.0
Advance Amir Tayebi 127 6.4 N/A
Independent Kyle Farren 58 2.9 N/A
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Dalgarno

Dalgarno (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Pat Healy* 1,258 73.7 +11.2
Labour Robert Thompson* 1,119 65.5 +13.4
Conservative Marina Palmer 393 23.0 +2.5
Conservative Dougal Steward 315 18.4 +1.4
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Taylor 137 8.0 +1.3
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Earl’s Court

Earl’s Court (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Linda Wade* 1,073 45.3 +5.1
Conservative Malcolm Spalding* 913 38.6 −5.7
Conservative Hamish Adourian 764 32.3 −12.1
Conservative Lloyd North 756 31.9 −7.2
Labour Samantha Batra 610 25.8 +7.4
Liberal Democrats Harry Baden-Powell 609 25.7 +5.6
Labour Bruno Diantantou 598 25.3 +10.7
Liberal Democrats Carmel McLoughlin 568 24.0 +4.3
Labour Danny Sweeney 483 20.4 +6.1
Green Erwin Schaefer 223 9.4 −6.0
UKIP Callum Dorrington Hutton 51 2.2 N/A
UKIP Mike Jones 20 0.8 N/A
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Golborne

Golborne (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Emma Dent Coad* 1,585 77.5 +8.0
Labour Pat Mason* 1,503 73.5 +4.4
Labour Sina Lari 1,409 68.9 +6.8
Conservative Will Mumby 288 14.1 −0.4
Conservative Georgina Stewart 267 13.0 −0.7
Conservative David Mytton 243 11.9 −1.5
Liberal Democrats Frances Owen 161 7.9 +1.4
Liberal Democrats Andre Petrolo 125 6.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Somers 109 5.3 +1.5
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Holland

Holland (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Aarien Areti 1,203 52.8 −15.1
Conservative Charles O'Connor 1,191 52.3 −10.3
Conservative Johnny Thalassites 1,142 50.1 −12.0
Labour Lorna Kelly 760 33.4 +11.1
Labour Roberto Stasi 727 31.9 +11.6
Labour Nathaniel McBride 685 30.1 +10.3
Liberal Democrats Dominque Lambert 304 13.3 −1.4
Liberal Democrats Hugh Lalor 253 11.1 −3.5
Advance Deepali Nangia 208 9.1 N/A
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Norland

Norland (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Lindsay* 1,151 58.8 −7.6
Conservative Julie Mills* 1,126 57.5 −9.9
Labour Mona Adam 467 23.8 +1.7
Labour Jan Sweeney 433 22.1 +1.0
Liberal Democrats Vivienne Shirley 234 11.9 +1.6
Liberal Democrats Blanche Girouard 204 10.4 +1.2
Advance Valerie John-Baptiste 176 9.0 N/A
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Notting Dale

Notting Dale (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Judith Blakeman* 1,658 72.3 +2.2
Labour Robert Atkinson* 1,562 68.1 +1.4
Labour Marwan Elnaghi 1,544 67.3 +3.9
Conservative Clarissa Agnew 397 17.3 −7.3
Conservative Daniel Lewis 387 16.9 −5.0
Conservative Cordelia Evans 373 16.3 −4.6
Liberal Democrats Lucy Chenery 211 9.2 N/A
Advance Melvyn Akins 171 7.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats William Somers 116 5.1 N/A
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Pembridge

Pembridge (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Laura Round 822 53.7 −10.9
Conservative Dori Schmetterling 777 50.8 −9.3
Labour Annabelle Giles Louvros 438 28.6 +5.9
Labour Henry Peterson 381 24.9 +5.3
Liberal Democrats Tom Fox 257 16.8 +2.0
Liberal Democrats Andrew Lomas 196 12.8 +2.4
Advance Ritika Handa 123 8.0 N/A
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Queen’s Gate

In May 2019, Palmer was expelled from the Conservatives, he now sits as an Independent.[6]

Queen’s Gate (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Max Chauhan 1,126 67.7 −7.6
Conservative Matthew Palmer* 1,110 66.7 −1.5
Conservative Max Woodger 1,105 66.4 −6.9
Liberal Democrats Jill Manasseh 297 17.9 +4.9
Liberal Democrats Sheila McGuirk 278 16.7 +5.0
Liberal Democrats Noel McNamara 243 14.6 N/A
Labour Carmen Callil 235 14.1 +1.1
Labour Emma Southby 224 13.5 +2.2
Labour Soonu Engineer 210 12.6 +2.5
Democrats and Veterans Ralph Hancock 27 1.6 N/A
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Redcliffe

Redcliffe (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tom Bennett 1,317 62.4 −3.2
Conservative Marie-Therese Rossi* 1,282 60.8 −3.6
Conservative Charles Williams* 1,195 56.6 −4.6
Labour Isabel Atkinson 411 19.5 +2.0
Labour Meg McDonald 348 16.5 +2.3
Labour Mike Vessey 346 16.4 +3.5
Liberal Democrats Katerina Porter 324 15.4 +5.4
Liberal Democrats Virginia Morck 319 15.1 +4.6
Liberal Democrats Barbara Woodthorpe-Browne 272 12.9 N/A
Advance Theo Goodliffe 173 8.2 N/A
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Royal Hospital

Royal Hospital (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Elizabeth Campbell* 1,907 74.8 −0.5
Conservative Emma Will* 1,817 71.3 −1.3
Conservative Cem Kemahli 1,779 69.8 +1.4
Labour Michael O'Brien 349 13.7 +1.3
Labour Mary Gardiner 346 13.6 +2.6
Labour Marian Kearney 338 13.3 +8.3
Liberal Democrats Penny Pocock 291 11.4 +2.8
Liberal Democrats Margo Schwartz 246 9.7 +2.8
Liberal Democrats Alexander Nowak 241 9.5 N/A
Advance Mark Sautter 80 3.1 N/A
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

St Helen’s

St Helen’s (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohammed Bakhtiar* 924 52.5 +7.4
Labour Portia Thaxter 867 49.3 +7.1
Conservative Eve Allison* 592 33.7 −11.4
Conservative Miloud Bouhaddou 527 30.0 −11.0
Liberal Democrats Alexandra Tatton-Brown 244 13.9 +3.5
Liberal Democrats Toby McMillan 187 10.6 +4.0
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Stanley

Stanley (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Josh Rendall 1,423 60.9 −1.0
Conservative Kim Taylor-Smith 1,407 60.2 +1.4
Conservative Will Pascall* 1,400 59.9 +0.7
Labour Lorrain Motileb 532 22.8 +8.9
Labour Richard Chute 507 21.7 +8.6
Labour Mark Motileb 500 21.4 +9.5
Green Heinz Schumi 223 9.5 −9.3
Liberal Democrats Carl Michel 213 9.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Vincent Lowe 200 8.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Guy Mayers 179 7.7 N/A
Advance Jennifer Eastwood 137 5.9 N/A
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Heinz Schumi stood as an Independent candidate in 2014.

References

  1. ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated". rbkc.gov.uk. Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  2. ^ Crerar, Pippa (1 May 2018). "Could Grenfell cost the Tories control of Kensington and Chelsea?". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  3. ^ a b Farand, Chloe (4 May 2018). "Tories keep hold of Kensington and Chelsea council despite outrage over Grenfell Tower tragedy". Independent.
  4. ^ "Local council elections 2018 - Results | Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea".
  5. ^ "Abingdon - local election results 2018 | Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea".
  6. ^ "A Royal Borough Rotter – Councillor Matthew Palmer - the Steeple Times".