Bromley Council Election 2026: Complete Candidate List Across All Wards
All 58 council seats at Bromley Council will be contested in the upcoming local elections scheduled for May 7, 2026. Voters across the South London borough will determine the political composition of their local authority, with the Conservative Party aiming to maintain control they have held since 2001. Currently, the Tories command a 34-seat majority on the council.
Key Figures and Political Dynamics
Council leader Colin Smith is seeking re-election in the Bickley & Sundridge ward, alongside five other members of the council's executive committee. The sole executive member not standing for re-election is Councillor Nicholas Bennett, who holds the portfolio for Transport, Highways and Road Safety.
The Labour Party hopes to expand their current representation of 11 seats, while the Liberal Democrats aim to build upon their five existing councillors. The Reform Party, with three current seats, also anticipates making gains in the election. The Green Party, which has never held a seat on Bromley Council, remains optimistic about breaking through this electoral barrier.
Independent Candidates and Political Shifts
The independent group Chislehurst Matters is campaigning to reclaim all three Chislehurst seats. Meanwhile, Councillor Melanie Stevens will not be re-standing for the Biggin Hill Independent group following the defection of her former colleague Councillor Sophie Dunbar to the Conservative Party in November 2025.
In that same month, Councillor Alisa Igoe announced her resignation from the Labour Party. She will now stand as an independent candidate in the Plaistow ward during the May 7 elections.
Complete Ward-by-Ward Candidate Breakdown
Beckenham Town & Copers Cope
- Conservative: Stephen Mark Ayshford, Patrick Joseph Olliffe, Michael John Tickner (incumbent)
- Green: Ruth Fabricant, Geoff Newman, Mark William Phillippo
- Labour: Anna-Marie Clare Blewer, Mike Brown, Sebastian James Crisp
- Liberal Democrat: Gita Kanchan Bapat, Steven Alexander Jefferies, Chloe-Jane Ross (incumbent)
- Reform: Steve Walker, Melody Anne Whelan, Dave Wibberley
Bickley & Sundridge
- Conservative: Mark Brock (incumbent in West Wickham), Kate Lymer (incumbent), Colin Paul Smith (incumbent council leader)
- Green: Cecilia Mary Broderick, Charles William Mulvihill, Denis Tyurenkov
- Labour: Gary Thomas Dixson, Robert Neil Evans, Kyle Harley James Sewell
- Liberal Democrat: Robert Paul Cliff, Martin Cooper, Jon Webber
- Reform: Michael Ellery, John Evans, Adrian Lawrence
Biggin Hill
- Conservative: Sophie Alexandra Dunbar (incumbent), Philip Hatch
- Green: Geoff Allen, Laurence Christian Dominic Hamilton
- Labour: Steve Cranenburgh, Aji Kunjachan George
- Liberal Democrat: Geoff Gostt, Malcolm Bruce Westbrook
- Reform: Tim Allitt, Steve James
Bromley Common & Holwood
- Conservative: Sunil Gupta (incumbent), Simon Alexander Innes, Ian Frederick Payne
- Green: Louis Arthur Reginald Goddard-Glen, Geraldine Ker, Clare Louise Searle
- Labour: Shona Anne Moses, Michel Anthony Simms, Sobia Zubair
- Liberal Democrat: Clive Anthony Broadhurst, Alan Carter, Andrew John Viner
- Reform: Alan Cook (incumbent), Kira Gabbert (incumbent in Bickley & Sundridge), Alfie Stokes
Bromley Town
- Better Bromley: Carol Denyer, Caroline Ibukun, Sum Thiagarajan
- Conservative: Oliver Luc Cameron, Max Peter English-Sayers, Tristan Francis Lee
- Green: Rose-Marie Billington, Arturs Bilmanis
- Labour: Larry Bayode Awobayiku, Marie Bardsley, Owen Andrew Wittekind
- Liberal Democrat: Graeme Lee Casey (incumbent), Julie Mary Ireland (incumbent), Sam Dunning Webber (incumbent)
- Reform: Colin Clements, Joshua Collins, Charmain Senior
Chelsfield
- Conservative: Mike Botting (incumbent), Sumeet Jalan
- Green: Senthil Krishna
- Labour: Lynn Ann Sellwood, Peter John Tozer
- Liberal Democrat: Harsha Puttaswamy, Joseph John Watchorn
- Reform: Steven Charles Clements, Julian Patrick Greville Grainger
Chislehurst
- Chislehurst Matters: Mike Jack (Incumbent), Mark Jeffrey Smith (Incumbent), Alison Margaret Stammers (Incumbent)
- Conservative: Kamil Choudhury, Kieran Terry, Alfie Thomas
- Labour: Sam Blake, Julian Heal, Christian Russell Mole
- Liberal Democrat: Katharine Louise Bollon, Peter Hennah Mansell, Laura Christine McCracken
- Reform: Malcolm Hutty, Andrew James, Phil Wade
Clock House
- Conservative: Scott Curtis Pattenden, Sarah Jane Phillips, Christopher Clifford Watts
- Green: James Alan Carter, Aidan Lucas Keogh, Victoria Louise Rennie
- Labour: Jeremy Adams (incumbent), Jenny Coleman, Josh King (incumbent)
- Liberal Democrat: Claudio Gambarotta, Adam Pritchard, Emily Verazzo
- Reform: Larry Malyon, Justin O'Neill, Paul Reeves
Crystal Palace & Anerley
- Conservative: Terry Richardson, Tanya Singh
- Green: Sonay Erten, Jordaine Osaghae
- Labour: Ruth McGregor (incumbent), Ryan Thomson (incumbent)
- Liberal Democrat: Stafford Malcom Fitch-Bunce, Pearse Reynolds
- Reform: Karen Moran, David Quarterman
Darwin
- Conservative: Jonathan James Andrews (incumbent)
- Green: Ann Christine Garrett
- Labour: Freddie Price
- Liberal Democrat: Michael Jones
- Reform: Barry Cook
Farnborough & Crofton
- Conservative: Andy Dourmoush, Sheri Isa, Angela Page (incumbent in Chelsfield)
- Green: Mary-Claire Lewis, Juergen Wiegerling
- Labour: Christine Lesley McNamara, Oscar Roy Seal, Chris Taylor
- Liberal Democrat: Ian Catchpole, Deepanshi Kaur Gulati, John Loosemore
- Reform: Lou Bartholomew, James Bowditch, Steven Guillemet
Hayes & Coney Hall
- Conservative: Josh Coldspring-White (incumbent), Alexa Christine Anne Michael (incumbent), Diane Smith (incumbent in Kelsey & Eden Park)
- Green: Sarah Louise Chant
- Labour: Peter John Ayres, Elizabeth Ruth Johnstone, Rayhan Rahman
- Liberal Democrat: Margaret Helen Gibbs, Tudor Griffiths, Nicholas Weaks
- Reform: Gus Kennedy, Henrietta Nwulu Oladipupo, Andrew Williams
Kelsey & Eden Park
- Conservative: Mark Christopher Amis, Michael George Doble, Christopher William Stuart Williams
- Green: Paul Nicholas Robert Jones, Zach Knowles-Weir, Lisa Mutti
- Labour: Matt Aldridge, Ju Owens, Anne Williams
- Liberal Democrat: Robert Andrew Jackson, Taylor Roger Charlie Matthews, Matt Thorpe
- Reform: Caroline Nevard, Louie Saunders, Daniel Slade
Mottingham
- Conservative: Giles Cordwell, Will Rowlands (incumbent)
- Green: Josh Thomas, Jamie Andrew Tulacz
- Labour: Zarreena Jameela McKenley-Osbourne, John Leslie Pead
- Liberal Democrat: Sarah Adeduntan, Vicki Webber
- Reform: Louise Sage, Harriet Terry
Orpington
- Conservative: Kim Botting (incumbent), Pauline Anne Tunnicliffe (incumbent)
- Green: Angela Dees
- Labour: Malcolm Douglas Clark, Patrick Lewis Malone
- Liberal Democrat: Steven Roy Sollitt, Allan Joseph James Tweddle
- Reform: Dean Sawyer, Richard Scoates
Penge & Cator
- Conservative: William Keith Ernest Huntington-Thresher, Tony Power, Michael James Rutherford
- Green: Kyle Anthony Royalton Allen-Taylor, Sarah Juliet Dearing, Daniel Philip Meyer
- Labour: Kathy Bance (incumbent), Simon Jeal (incumbent), Kevin Kennedy-Brooks (incumbent)
- Liberal Democrat: Suraj Rajesh Gandecha, Lindsay Maxwell Victoria, Dan Vongswang
- Reform: Calum Miller, David Morrall, Mila Robinson
Petts Wood & Knoll
- Conservative: George Andrew Barnes, Simon Henry Fawthrop (incumbent), Tony Owen (incumbent)
- Green: Saskia Felicitas Sabelus
- Labour: Tim Fisher, Margarent Ann Mills, Gareth Lloyd Wretham
- Liberal Democrat: Sara Colaj, Ben Loxley, Thomas Wimal Velvick
- Reform: Hugh Dasley, Ben Gulvin, John Hemming-Clark
Plaistow
- Conservative: Panos Robert Papayannakos, Alwin Puthenpurakal
- Green: Mary Elizabeth Ion, Ian McCormack
- Independent: Alisa Igoe (incumbent)
- Labour: Tony McPartlan (incumbent), Elizabeth Hookway Morgan
- Liberal Democrat: Lesley Carol Furniss, Peter Robert Furniss
- Reform: Paul Dhesi, Gary Stevens
Shortlands & Park Langley
- Conservative: Adam Grant (incumbent), Serena Gupta, Gemma Turrell (incumbent)
- Green: Jessica Hardy, Adam Shahin, Hannah Moyne Witham
- Labour: Amin Aboushagor, Gail Emerson, Jack Robert Cowood Smith
- Liberal Democrat: John Beecroft, Sarah Annabel Fox, Stephen Wells
- Reform: Edward Apostolides, Chris Hudson, Richard Percy
St Mary Cray
- Conservative: Yvonne Bear (incumbent), Shaun Slator (incumbent), Harry Randolph Stranger (incumbent)
- Green: Hali Ibrahim, Seamus McCauley, Jake Paul Rest
- Labour: Nathaniel Arthur, Richard Honess, Julius Ugochukwu Ubochi
- Liberal Democrat: Rebecca Elizabeth Casey, Edward Donald Evans, Olly Loosemore
- Reform: John Michaelis, Matthew Pearson, Claire Rushworth
St Paul’s Cray
- Conservative: Bola Adediran, James Oleka, Anthony James Whelan
- Green: Katharine Elizabeth Barker
- Labour: Janvier Nadene Dorrance Yimbo Palmer, Chris Price (incumbent), Debbie Price
- Liberal Democrat: Gerda Claire Loosemore-Reppen, Richard James Newitt, Jonathan Swift
- Reform: Christopher David Marlow (incumbent in Farnborough & Crofton), Dean James Miller, William Rawles
West Wickham
- Conservative: Daniel Michael Burden, Hannah Gray (incumbent), Christine Harris (incumbent in Kelsey & Eden Park)
- Green: Hilary Gee, Angela Rahil Hulm, Anna Mansaray
- Labour: Peter Lionel Rothwel Bently, Olga Evans, Lewis James Quinn
- Liberal Democrat: Alison Margaret Davis, Ray Farnham, Richard Michael Jones
- Reform: Chris Davenport, Deborah Percy, Laura Taylor
The upcoming election represents a significant political moment for Bromley, with multiple parties and independent groups vying for influence across the borough's diverse wards. The results will determine the direction of local governance for the next electoral cycle.
