2022 Hounslow London Borough Council election

The 2022 Hounslow London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 62 members of Hounslow 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.

2022 Hounslow Council election
5 May 2022
All 62 council seats
 
Leader TBC TBC
Party Labour Conservative
Last election 51 seats, 54.1% 9 seats, 28.8%
Incumbent council control


Labour


In the previous election in 2018, the Labour Party maintained its control of the council, winning 51 out of the 60 seats with the Conservative Party forming the council opposition with the remaining nine seats. The 2022 election took place under new election boundaries, which increased the number of councillors to 62.

Background

History
Result of the 2018 borough election

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.[1]

Since its formation, Hounslow has generally been under Labour control, apart from a period from 1968–1971 when the Conservative Party held a majority of the seats and a period from 2006–2010 when no party had an overall majority of seats. Labour regained control of the council in the 2010 election, when they won 35 seats with 35.2% of the vote and the Conservatives won 25 seats with 32.0% of the vote. No Liberal Democrats, independents and residents' group councillors were elected in 2010, 2014 or 2018. In the 2018 Hounslow London Borough Council election, Labour extended its majority to win 51 seats with 54.1% of the vote, while the Conservatives won the remaining 9 seats, all in Chiswick, with 28.8% of the vote across the borough. The Liberal Democrats won 8.1% of the vote and the Green Party won 7.8% of the vote, but neither party won any seats.[2]

Council term

A Labour councillor for Heston West, Rajinder Bath, died in June 2019. He had been first elected in 1990 and had served as mayor in 1998.[3] The former council leader and sitting Labour councillor for the Feltham North ward, John Chatt, died in August 2019. He had served as a councillor for twenty-nine years.[4] By-elections to fill both seats were held on 12 December 2019 to coincide with the 2019 general election. Bath's seat of Heston West was won by the Labour candidate Balraj Sarai, while the Conservative Party candidate Kuldeep Tak gained Chatt's seat in Feltham North.[5] A Labour councillor for Hounslow Heath, Hina Kiani, resigned in July 2020 for work reasons.[6] The Labour councillor for Cranford ward, Poonam Dhillon died in January 2021. She had represented the ward since 2006–2014 and was re-elected in 2018.[7] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, by-elections for both seats were delayed until 6 May 2021, alongside the 2021 London mayoral election and the London Assembly election. Hounslow Heath was held for Labour by Madeeha Asim, while Cranford ward was held for Labour by Devina Ram, with the Conservatives coming in second place in both wards.[8]

As with most London boroughs, Hounslow elected its councillors under new boundaries decided by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, which it produced after a period of consultation. The number of councillors rose to 62, an increase from the previous 60, across eighteen three-councillor wards and four two-councillor wards.[9]

Campaign

Darius Nasimi, who came to the United Kingdom as an Afghan refugee in 1999, was selected as a Conservative candidate for Hanworth.[10] The Labour councillor Theo Dennison resigned from his party after his motion of no confidence in council leader Steve Curran failed.[11] Curran later announced he would not be seeking re-election due to illness.[12]

Electoral process

Hounslow, like other London borough councils, elects all of its councillors at once every four years. The previous election took place in 2018. The election took place by multi-member first-past-the-post voting, with each ward being represented by two or three councillors. Electors had 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 were entitled to vote in the election. People who lived at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, were entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities.[13] Voting in-person at polling stations took place from 7:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters were able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.[13]

Previous council composition
After 2018 election Before 2022 election
Party Seats Party Seats
Labour 51 Labour 48
Conservative 9 Conservative 10
Independent 0 Independent 2

Results summary
2022 Hounslow London Borough Council election
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 52 1 1 Increase 1 83.9 54.7 94,667 +0.6
  Conservative 10 1 1 Increase 1 16.1 31.3 54,139 +2.5
  Green 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 6.9 12,011 -0.9
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 6.2 10,732 -1.9
  Independent 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.9 1,537 +0.1

Ward results

Source:[14]

Bedfont
Bedfont (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lily Bath 1,768 55.1
Labour Adesh Kumar Farmahan 1,663 51.8
Labour Raghwinder Singh Siddhu 1,627 50.7
Conservative Peter George Edwards 1,245 38.8
Conservative John Osborn 1,162 36.7
Conservative Hareshkumar Trikamlal Bhalsod 999 31.1
Green Dave Wetzel 429 13.3
Turnout 3,211 31.8
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Brentford East
Brentford East (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rhys Williams 1,058 66.7
Labour Marina Cheri Sharma 994 62.7
Conservative Thomas Samuel Hearn 314 19.9
Green Freya Caroline Summersgill 312 19.7
Conservative Paul Anthony Baksh 271 17.1
Turnout 1,586 28.5
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Brentford West
Brentford West (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Guy Lambert 1,183 51.8
Labour Lara Parizotto 1,119 49.0
Green Stephen Paul Clark 669 29.3
Conservative Michael James Annear Denniss 410 17.9
Conservative Zoe Louise Nixon 392 17.2
Green Tony Firkins 367 16.1
Independent Bob Ayres 226 9.9
Turnout 2,285 36.06
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Chiswick Gunnersbury
Chiswick Gunnersbury (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joanna Biddolph 1,552 42.6
Conservative Ron Mushiso 1,402 38.5
Conservative Ranjit Gill 1,382 37.9
Labour Emma Jane Yates 1,359 37.3
Labour Uday Nagaraju 1,215 33.3
Labour Hanif Ahmad Khan 1,210 33.2
Liberal Democrats Will Francis 840 23.0
Liberal Democrats Helen Diana Cross 803 22.0
Liberal Democrats Johanna Katherine Guppy 657 18.0
Turnout 3,645
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Chiswick Homefields
Chiswick Homefields (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Richard Todd 1,884 43.8
Conservative Gerald Alexander Richard Mcgregor 1,849 43.0
Conservative Jack Joseph Emsley 1,746 40.6
Labour Olivia Katherine Adesuwa Uwechue 1,277 29.7
Labour Saroosh Khan 1,251 29.1
Labour Mukesh Malhotra 1,213 28.2
Liberal Democrats James Nicholas Charrington 646 15.0
Liberal Democrats Mark Cripps 627 14.6
Green Martin James Bleach 600 14.0
Liberal Democrats Leigh Gareth Edwards 585 13.6
Green Astrid Hilne 488 11.3
Green Jonathan Stevan Elkon 455 10.6
Turnout 4,301
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Chiswick Riverside
Chiswick Riverside (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gabriella Sabrina Gonzalez Giles 1,105 37.9
Conservative Peter Thompson 1,087 37.3
Labour Amy Michelle Croft 1,064 36.5
Conservative Sebastian Paul Wallace 1,055 36.2
Labour Gurbachan Singh Athwal 948 32.5
Labour Melvin Barrie Collins 926 31.8
Green Andrea Marsha Louise Black 513 17.6
Liberal Democrats Charles Rees 485 16.6
Liberal Democrats Guy De Boursac 458 15.7
Green Elly Lewis-holmes 455 15.6
Green Bill Hagerty 362 12.4
Turnout 2,913
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Cranford
Cranford (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sukhbir Singh Dhaliwal 1,949 60.2
Labour Vickram Singh Grewal 1,942 60.0
Labour Ghazala Butt 1,843 57.0
Conservative Vaibhav Mistry 698 21.6
Conservative Sheekeba Nasimi 690 21.3
Conservative Mohamad Abdul Rahman Jarche 608 18.8
Green Gurpal Singh Sindhar 519 16.0
Independent Gurpal Singh Virdi 489 15.1
Turnout 3,235
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Feltham North
Feltham North (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Samina Riaz Nagra 1,288 46.2
Conservative Kuldeep Tak 1,276 45.8
Labour Muhammad Shakeel Akram 1,244 44.6
Conservative Nimmi Madadi 1,225 43.9
Labour Tariq Mehmood 1,186 42.5
Conservative Zubair Ahmed Awan 1,172 42.0
Green Chantel Fai Wetzel 431 15.5
Turnout 2,789
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing

Feltham West
Feltham West (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan James Philip Mitchell 1,752 58.1
Labour Madeeha Asim 1,567 52.0
Labour Hina Mir 1,557 51.7
Conservative Manoj Kumar Srirangam 1,000 33.2
Conservative Sonia Luther 997 33.1
Conservative Vanita Kanda 970 32.2
Green Christina Dawn Gorst Ellis 501 16.6
Turnout 3,013
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Hanworth Park
Hanworth Park (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bishnu Bahadur Gurung 1,037 48.2
Labour Farah Kamran 983 45.7
Conservative Ran Manike Maliyadde 769 35.8
Conservative Adamya Raj 649 30.2
Green Tom Beaton 318 14.8
Liberal Democrats Liz Trayhorn 282 13.1
Turnout 2,150
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Hanworth Village
Hanworth Village (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Winston Foote 1,675 49.9
Labour Noreen Kaleem 1,475 43.9
Conservative Allan Edil Bert Joseph 1,434 42.7
Labour Naeem Ulfat 1,419 42.3
Conservative Darius Nasimi 1,373 40.9
Conservative Srinivasa Chakravarthy Aripirala 1,306 38.9
Green Damian James Read 595 17.7
Turnout 3,358
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Heston Central
Heston Central (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shivraj Singh Grewal 1,957 65.8
Labour Harleen Atwal hear 1,775 59.7
Labour Muhammad Riaz Gull 1,648 55.4
Conservative Sandra Cullinane 724 24.3
Conservative Nooralhaq Nasimi 489 16.4
Green Tony Browne 471 15.8
Liberal Democrats Chaitan Shah 450 15.1
Conservative Mohammed Eaoyor Shaikh 403 13.5
Turnout 2,975
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Heston East
Heston East (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gurmail Singh Lal 1,491 61.4
Labour Amritpal Singh Mann 1,415 58.3
Labour Aqsa Ahmed 1,288 53.0
Conservative Sonia Maya Dhiman 721 29.7
Conservative Hari Hrushikesh Borpatla 666 27.4
Conservative Krish Pisavadia 648 26.7
Green Zbynek Simcik 340 14.0
Turnout 2,429
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Heston West
Heston West (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Adriana Gheorghe 1,998 69.2
Labour Shantanu Rajawat 1,906 66.0
Labour Karamat Ali Malik 1,768 61.3
Conservative Swarnjit Kamboh 637 22.1
Conservative Maha Jarche 553 19.2
Conservative Muhammad Azeem Anwar 550 19.1
Green Ann Thomas 475 16.5
Turnout 2,886
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Hounslow Central
Hounslow Central (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Pritam Singh Grewal 1,217 59.7
Labour Ajmer Grewal 1,166 57.2
Labour Rasheed Bhatti 1,144 56.1
Conservative Hetal Kataria 618 30.3
Conservative Nimit Shishodia 573 28.1
Conservative Shumaila Ali 542 26.6
Green Katharine Hollingworth-kandelaki 384 18.8
Turnout 2,039
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Hounslow East
Hounslow East (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Junue Meah 1,065 53.9
Labour Daanish Saeed 1,035 52.4
Conservative Jesal Jignesh Patel 642 32.5
Conservative Jignesh Patel 632 32.0
Green Mary-Ellen Archer 373 18.9
Turnout 1,975
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Hounslow Heath
Hounslow Heath (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Samia Zafar Chaudhary 2,175 58.6
Labour Afzaal Ahmad Kiani 1,934 52.1
Labour Farhaan Abdul Rehman 1,841 49.6
Conservative Satvinder Pal Singh Buttar 1,028 27.7
Conservative Nada Mohamad Jarche 742 20.0
Conservative Sana Khalil Jarche 740 20.0
Liberal Democrats Sally Anne Billenness 708 19.1
Green Stefan Edward Wells 576 15.5
Liberal Democrats Warwick Bruce Francis 540 14.6
Turnout 3,709
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Hounslow South
Hounslow South (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tom Bruce 2,279 62.6
Labour Karen Ruby Smith 2,024 55.6
Labour Sayyar Raza 1,770 48.6
Conservative Laura Elliott 1,122 30.8
Conservative Ekansh Sharma 930 25.5
Conservative Muraad Ali Chaudhry 866 23.8
Green Michael Trevenen Bull 674 18.5
Liberal Democrats Krishna Valluru 520 14.3
Turnout 3,643
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Hounslow West
Hounslow West (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bandna Chopra 2,112 63.1
Labour Jagdish Rai Sharma 2,002 59.8
Labour Mohammed Umair 1,819 54.3
Conservative Ranveer Singh Summan 837 25.0
Conservative Sudhakar Bhumana 765 22.8
Conservative Wafa Faisal Salih Khider 618 18.5
Liberal Democrats Carl Michael Pierce 494 14.8
Green Sergejs Adamovs 490 14.6
Turnout 3,348
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Isleworth
Isleworth (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sue Sampson 2,124 61.4
Labour Salman Haroun Shaheen 1,832 53.0
Labour John Robert Stroud-Turp 1,672 48.4
Liberal Democrats Robert Campbell Thorpe 855 24.7
Green David Peter Faure Juritz 697 20.2
Liberal Democrats Joseph Gerald Bourke 669 19.3
Conservative Al Al-ayoby 622 18.0
Conservative Muhammad Umar Awais 606 17.5
Conservative Khalid Omar Warsame 593 17.1
Turnout 3,458
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Osterley & Spring Grove
Osterley & Spring Grove (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tony Louki 2,116 60.1
Labour Unsa Kausar Chaudri 1,751 49.7
Labour Aftab Siddiqui 1,640 46.6
Conservative Jason Dylan Willoughby Harcourt 1,105 31.4
Conservative Sukhy Bahia 1,048 29.8
Conservative Maneesh Singh 982 27.9
Green Rashid Wahab 566 16.1
Liberal Democrats Judith Kowalczyk 565 16.0
Turnout 3,521
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Syon & Brentford Lock
Syon & Brentford Lock (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Katherine Sarah Dunne 1,463 52.8
Labour Dan Bowring 1,368 49.4
Labour Balraj Sarai 1,080 39.0
Independent Theo Christopher Dennison 822 29.7
Green Anthony William John Agius 625 22.6
Conservative Adam Ali 573 20.7
Conservative Chaitan Sinha 542 19.6
Liberal Democrats Phyllis Ann Van der esch 391 14.1
Liberal Democrats Christopher Darsie Gillie 363 13.1
Liberal Democrats Jack Piers Ballentyne 314 11.3
Turnout 2,770
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

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