Redbridge Council is currently under Labour control, with the party holding a substantial majority of 53 out of 63 seats. The local elections on Thursday, May 7, will see voters head to the polls across the borough. While Labour dominates, the Conservatives hold five seats, there are two Independent councillors, one from Ilford Independents, and two vacancies in Chadwell and Churchfields wards. Below is the complete list of candidates standing in each ward.
Aldborough
- Zahrah Awaleh, Redbridge Independents
- Joshua Cardel Bridgeman-Carty, Redbridge Independents
- Ian Caswell, Conservative Party
- Gwyneth Deakins, Liberal Democrats
- Andrew George Eracleous, Liberal Democrats
- Jyotsna Rahman Islam, Labour Party
- Janum Janum, Redbridge Independents
- Alison Jay, Reform UK
- Sara Kassam, Green Party
- Naresh Macherla, Independent
- Rahul Mahajan, Conservative Party
- Shahana Mashrur, Reform UK
- Lebo Phakoe, Labour Party
- Kam Rai, Labour Party
- Dhenesh Ramanathan, Reform UK
- Savita Sharma, Conservative Party
- Omer Sohail, Independent
- Rosemary Thomas, Liberal Democrats
- Alison Sarah Wood, Green Party
Barkingside
- Vinod Kumar Agrawal, Conservative Party
- Vaseem Ahmed, Redbridge Independents
- Samine Aseeb, Redbridge Independents
- Harminder Singh Bal, Labour Party
- Steven Batey, Reform UK
- Riaz Mahmood Bhatti, Redbridge Independents
- John Richard Clare, Liberal Democrats
- Syeda Ferdause Pasha, Labour Party
- Ihsan Khan, Conservative Party
- Vishwanath Kokkonda, Reform UK
- Saravanan Muthusamy, Conservative Party
- Martin Sachs, Labour Party
- W Thomas Thambipillai, Reform UK
Bridge
- Stephen Adams, Conservative Party
- Misba Ahmed, Labour Party
- Richard Ernest Andrews, Green Party
- Gurdial Singh Bhamra, Labour Party
- Jesmin Chowdhury, Labour Party
- Rachel Collinson, Green Party
- Adam Joiner, Conservative Party
- Thomas Jose, Reform UK
- Joe Iain McIntosh, Green Party
- Josiah Moseley, Conservative Party
- Dilip Padipurakalathi, Liberal Democrats
- Stuart David Shulton, Reform UK
- Rakesh Vasis, Reform UK
Chadwell
- Muhammad Touseef Afzal, Redbridge Independents
- Waz Akram, Reform UK
- Shamima Aktar, Redbridge Matters: Independent Voice for Change
- Niamh Victoria Atkins, Green Party
- Shirley Baah-Mensah, Conservative Party
- Arakoth Ahmed Chowdhury, Redbridge Independents
- Bert Alexander Jones, Labour Party
- Monis Khan, Conservative Party
- Aba Kristilolu, Redbridge Independents
- Muhammad Abdul Hakim Layek, Labour Party
- Ahmed Maruf, Redbridge Matters: Independent Voice for Change
- Prince Nnaemeka Nwankwo, Green Party
- Sagal Abshir Osman, Liberal Democrats
- Maximillian Phoenix, Reform UK
- Luthfa Rahman, Labour Party
- Syed Eyamen Siddiqi, Green Party
- Gary Peter Staight, Liberal Democrats
- Sanjay Kumar Vijh, Conservative Party
Churchfields
- Nicola Cuthbert, Reform UK
- Lloyd Jacob Duddridge, Labour Party
- Judith Anne Naomi Garfield, Labour Party
- Jillian Ghose, Independent
- Chrissie Gorman, Conservative Party
- Zohair Hassan, Conservative Party
- Heather Liddle, Liberal Democrats
- John Long, Reform UK
- Rita Mahli, Independent
- Guy Owen Mansfield Williams, Labour Party
- Samantha Quaresma-Cabral, Conservative Party
- Martin Ian Rosner, Liberal Democrats
- Michael Helmut Teahan, Liberal Democrats
- Helen Watson, Independent
- Alex Wilson, Reform UK
Clayhall
- Krishen Bhardwaj, Redbridge Independents
- Lily Jean Metcalfe Boon, Green Party
- Kalpana Bose, Labour Party
- John Andrew Brodie, Reform UK
- Miki Dutta, Reform UK
- Vinil Kumar Gupta, Conservative Party
- Richard Martin Heins, Reform UK
- Ashburn Holder, Redbridge Independents
- Obaidul Khan, Conservative Party
- Kabir Mahmud, Redbridge Matters: Independent Voice for Change
- Karen Packer, Conservative Party
- Kamal Hussain Qureshi, Labour Party
- Azizur Rahman, Redbridge Independents
- Natascia Paola Servini, Liberal Democrats
- Mohammed Abdus Shahid, Redbridge Matters: Independent Voice for Change
- Kathleen Patricia Teahan, Liberal Democrats
- Jamal Uddin, Labour Party
- Joel Winston, Liberal Democrats
Clementswood
- Farjana Afroja, Redbridge Matters: Independent Voice for Change
- Zain Ali, Green Party
- Ritu Chaubey, Conservative Party
- Finlay Collins, Liberal Democrats
- Sarika Dube, Conservative Party
- Fazlul Haque, Redbridge Independents
- Zulfiqar Hussain, Labour Party
- Abdurahman Akhtar Jafar, Redbridge Independents
- Muhammed Javed, Labour Party
- Muhammad Arif Mughal, Redbridge Independents
- Tanaka Nasrin Pinki, Green Party
- Taifur Rashid, Labour Party
- Peter Roovers, Reform UK
- Saheena Saeed, Green Party
- Deepika Verma, Conservative Party
Cranbrook
- Chaudhary Mushtaq Ahmed, Labour Party
- Mohammed Asif, Independent
- Mohamed Shukry Haleemdeen, Redbridge Independents
- Feza Haque, Redbridge Independents
- Syed Shikul Islam, Labour Party
- Grace Angelin Jacob, Liberal Democrats
- Saira Yasar Jamil, Labour Party
- Steven Kraft, Reform UK
- Vissen Limbeea, Green Party
- Nicole Maccari, Conservative Party
- Tahreem Noor, Redbridge Independents
- Surinder Pahl, Independent
- Rambabu Siripurapu, Conservative Party
- Patricia Fay Steel, Reform UK
- Chiranjeev Verma, Conservative Party
Fairlop
- Madhuri Bandaru, Reform UK
- Gavin Bowtell, Liberal Democrats
- Bob Chattaway, Labour Party
- Catherine Margaret Davies, Liberal Democrats
- Erza Doda, Labour Party
- Richard David Firmstone, Conservative Party
- Razwana Hafiz, Green Party
- Richard King, Reform UK
- Cedric Vincent Felix Knight, Green Party
- Joyce Ellen Ryan, Conservative Party
- Yogesh Saini, Labour Party
- Philip Richard Smith, Reform UK
- Sayeed Syduzzaman, Conservative Party
- Mark James Vince, Liberal Democrats
Fullwell
- Gowri Satish Adimulam, Conservative Party
- James Anderson, Reform UK
- Imran Arshad, Redbridge Independents
- Lee Michael Burkwood, Green Party
- Laura Elliott, Reform UK
- Matthew Goddin, Labour Party
- Arpan Mahajan, Conservative Party
- Ghazala Muhammad, Redbridge Independents
- Linda Anne Mullis, Labour Party
- Sara Nazir, Redbridge Independents
- Amir Ijaz Sandhu, Green Party
- Amanda Swords, Reform UK
- Vibhu Taneja, Labour Party
- Vrindha Vaishnav, Conservative Party
- Fahad Zeeshan, Green Party
Goodmayes
- Shorif Hossain Akhonda, Labour Party
- Maureen Ashley, Conservative Party
- Amina Azmath, Redbridge Independents
- Chacko Bibin, Reform UK
- Hannah Chapman, Reform UK
- Helen Choudhury, Green Party
- Mohammed Abul Kashem Chowdhury, Conservative Party
- Ben Oliver Alan Cornish, Labour Party
- Prabjit Gurm, Labour Party
- Amjad Iqbal, Green Party
- Shorful Islam, Redbridge Independents
- Spencer Rose, Reform UK
- Robin Thakur, Conservative Party
- John Charles Tyne, Green Party
- Humera Yasin, Redbridge Independents
Hainault
- Rana Riaz Ahmad, Redbridge Independents
- Shah Muhammad Jahir Ali, Labour Party
- Neil Philip Anderson, Reform UK
- Pamkaj Laxmidas Baldev, Conservative Party
- Sunil Bali, Reform UK
- Piotr Pawel Berndt, Liberal Democrats
- Pushpita Gupta, Labour Party
- Sylvester Lewis, Reform UK
- Helen Mullis, Labour Party
- Kamaldeep Singh, Conservative Party
- Cat Still, Green Party
- Prabhu Vasudevan, Conservative Party
Ilford Town
- Saima Ahmed, Labour Party
- Mohammed Enamul Hossain, Redbridge Independents
- Roger Fallows, Reform UK
- Mohammed Ashfaque Zaman Khan, Liberal Democrats
- Naresh Maharaj, Reform UK
- Zahirul Islam Mirdha, Conservative Party
- Isaac Odejimi, Conservative Party
- Firoz Patel, Redbridge Independents
- Shoaib Patel, Labour Party
- Syed Shumon Siddiqi, Green Party
Loxford
- Muhammad Naseer Afzal, Redbridge Matters: Independent Voice for Change
- Iqbal Ahmed, Redbridge Independents
- Ruthba Amin, Redbridge Independents
- Nisa Firdaus, Green Party
- Poonam Gaur, Conservative Party
- Aleska Hossain, Conservative Party
- Jaffry Jaman, Independent
- Tad Jani, Reform UK
- Razaul Karim, Conservative Party
- Ramona Mitrache, Redbridge Independents
- Kashif Naqvi, Green Party
- Michael Noel, Reform UK
- Ataur Rahman, Redbridge Matters: Independent Voice for Change
- Foyzur Rahman, Labour Party
- Mazhar Saleem, Labour Party
- Mohsin Toga, Green Party
- Sahdia Ehsan Warraich, Labour Party
Mayfield
- Ijaz Amjad, Green Party
- Imran Awan, Green Party
- Noor Jahan Begum, Redbridge Independents
- Rishi Sharma Bhagi, Labour Party
- Matthew Alexander Cole, Conservative Party
- Sharad Desai, Reform UK
- Russel Dias, Conservative Party
- Joanne Nicola Hennessey, Reform UK
- Harneek Kaur, Labour Party
- Tanweer Akhtar Khan, Labour Party
- Bilal Muhammad, Redbridge Independents
- Carl Odell, Reform UK
- Edreis Rizwan, Redbridge Independents
- Eva Marta Takacs, Green Party
- Azmain Tazwar, Conservative Party
Monkhams
- Gerald Bouchier, Reform UK
- Timothy John Harris, Green Party
- Joel Anthony Herga, Conservative Party
- Claire Frazer Hunt, Liberal Democrats
- Romana Kousar, Labour Party
- Jordan Patrick Meakin, Green Party
- Chris Portou, Liberal Democrats
- Ghandhimathy Sooriyakumar, Labour Party
- Clark Edward Vasey, Conservative Party
- Savan Vyas, Reform UK
Newbury
- Tanvir Ahmed, Redbridge Independents
- Sunny Brar, Labour Party
- Syeda Lovely Choudhury, Labour Party
- Winslow Bernard Green, Redbridge Independents
- Ibtasum Iktador, Conservative Party
- Aslam Mohammed Iqbal, Redbridge Independents
- Thavathuray Jeyaranjan, Labour Party
- Chloe Juliette, Green Party
- Samia Chidera Emeka Nneji, Green Party
- Olakunle Olaifa, Conservative Party
- Maulik Pravinchandra Patel, Green Party
- Stanley Segor, Reform UK
- Moazzam Sultan, Conservative Party
- Vitalie Strungaru, Reform UK
Seven Kings
- Imran Ahmed, Redbridge Independents
- Awab Bahri, Green Party
- Vanisha Surendra Bharti Solanki, Labour Party
- Chiara Castelli, Reform UK
- Kes Choudhery, Redbridge Independents
- Tony Csoka, Green Party
- Nav Johal, Labour Party
- Thomas Kempster, Reform UK
- Sadiq Yakub Kothia, Labour Party
- Mohammed Khaled Noor, Redbridge Matters: Independent Voice for Change
- Dak Patel, Conservative Party
- Mir Maqdoom Hai Qamer Ali, Conservative Party
- Usman Rasheed, Conservative Party
- Abdur Rashid, Redbridge Matters: Independent Voice for Change
- Andy Walker, Redbridge Trade Union Party
- Rayhana Yasmin, Redbridge Independents
South Woodford
- Crispin William Acton, Liberal Democrats
- Beverley Lisa Brewer, Labour Party
- Paul Canal, Conservative Party
- Sam Chapman, Reform UK
- Robert Alexander Cole, Conservative Party
- Kallan Greybe, Green Party
- Joe Hehir, Labour Party
- Jaya Narinesingh, Green Party
- Robert John Newman, Labour Party
- Suzanne Nolan, Conservative Party
- Monika Patel, Green Party
- Jonathan Santaub, Reform UK
- Scott Raymond Wilding, Liberal Democrats
- Sam Windle, Reform UK
Valentines
- Waheed Arshad, Green Party
- Neil Bell, Liberal Democrats
- Priti Bhatawadekar, Conservative Party
- Daniel Blackwell, Reform UK
- Frederick Brown, Reform UK
- Alex Charlton-Holmes, Labour Party
- Rashida Khanam Choudhery, Redbridge Independents
- Khayer Muhammed Rahman Chowdhury, Labour Party
- Kumud Datta Joshi, Labour Party
- Marwan Elfallah, Redbridge Independents
- Munaf Iqbal Gani, Redbridge Independents
- Anu Kapoor, Conservative Party
- Malik Faizan Khalid, Green Party
- Brian Mankin, Reform UK
- Neelam Pahl, Independent
- Ahsan Uddin, Conservative Party
Wanstead Park
- Nadir Iqbal Gilani, Green Party
- Neil Hepworth, Liberal Democrats
- Andrew Malcolm Joyce, Reform UK
- Simon John Miller, Labour Party
- Yit Chan Phoenix, Reform UK
- Milli Richards Clack, Green Party
- Emma Selina Shepherd-Mallinson, Labour Party
- Paul Anton Smith, Conservative Party
- David Alexander Thom, Conservative Party
- Alan Howard Thomas, Liberal Democrats
Wanstead Village
- Md Kabir Ali, Green Party
- Jo Blackman, Labour Party
- William John Collins, Reform UK
- Corbyn Leon D'Alanno, Conservative Party
- David Davies, Reform UK
- Mark Gitsham, Liberal Democrats
- Neal Krishan Vithlani, Labour Party
- Sharmon Lewis, Reform UK
- Daniel Huw Morgan-Thomas, Labour Party
- Humza Sair, Liberal Democrats
- Mark Evan Scannell, Conservative Party
- David Smith, Conservative Party
- Rabiya Tehseen, Green Party
- Mohammed Ohid Uddin, Liberal Democrats
- Sue Whitehead, Green Party
