Richmond Council 2026 Local Elections: Complete Candidate Roster
Voters across Richmond and throughout England will head to the polls on Thursday, May 7, 2026, to participate in crucial local elections. These elections will determine the political representation for local communities for the subsequent four-year term. In Richmond, every single council seat is contested, marking a significant democratic event for the borough.
Full Slate of Council Seats Up for Grabs
The Richmond Council election encompasses all 54 seats distributed across the borough's 18 distinct wards. Each ward will be represented by three councillors, explaining why political parties are presenting multiple candidates in every area. The Liberal Democrats, who secured control of the council in 2018, are contesting all 54 seats, as are the Labour Party, the Conservative Party, and The Green Party.
Reform UK has put forward 45 candidates, while a total of three Independent candidates are also standing for election. This comprehensive contest ensures that voters in every corner of Richmond will have a choice among various political perspectives and candidates.
Critical Voting Deadlines Approaching
Residents intending to participate in the May 7 election must be aware of important administrative deadlines. The final opportunity to register to vote is midnight on Monday, April 20, 2026. For those preferring to vote by post, applications must be submitted by 5:00 PM on Tuesday, April 21. These deadlines are absolute and essential for ensuring your voice is heard in determining Richmond's local leadership.
Complete Ward-by-Ward Candidate List
Barnes Ward: Ivan Avanessov (Independent), Sam Cullen (Labour), Helen Edward (Conservatives), Mark David Fox (Reform UK), Carlos Garofolin (Conservatives), Andy Hale (Lib Dems), Miranda Katharine Lewis (Green Party), Christopher MacNee (Reform UK), Kim Marshall (Green Party), Sujata Patel (Labour), Duncan Rasor (Lib Dems), Guy Simon Rose (Reform UK), Stephen Michael Russell (Labour), Fiona Sacks (Lib Dems), Kieran John Sheedy (Green Party), Sandy Urquhart (Conservatives).
East Sheen Ward: Julia Cambridge (Lib Dems), Danielle Coleman (Green Party), Margaret Dane (Lib Dems), Mike Freedman (Labour), Deborah Genders (Labour), David Hopwood (Green Party), Mohsin Khan (Lib Dems), Nick King (Conservatives), Tracey Mullins (Labour), Claudia Nascimento (Conservatives), Philip Nuthall (Reform UK), Luke Richard Parker (Conservatives), Juliet Lisa Rawlings (Reform UK), Jill Winser (Green Party).
Fulwell and Hampton Hill Ward: Jo Brown (Conservatives), Jonathan Cardy (Lib Dems), John Walter Edmonds (Labour), Nansi Eggleton (Green Party), Magnus Forster-Brown (Reform UK), John Goodwin (Conservatives), Tim Highmoor (Green Party), Matthew Hull (Lib Dems), James Johnson (Labour), Julian James Joseph Marsh (Conservatives), Gavin Nichols (Reform UK), David Trigg (Green Party), Eva Tutchell (Labour), Matthew Wherry (Lib Dems).
Ham, Petersham and Richmond Riverside Ward: Georgina Susan Butler (Conservatives), Penny Frost (Lib Dems), Seamus Joyce (Lib Dems), Dermot Kelly (Lib Dems), Oliver Sami Lafci (Reform UK), Helen Fleur Montgomery (Labour), Helen Caroline Nance (Labour), Jaydan Okunola (Green Party), John Farley Rose (Reform UK), Lauren Stansfield (Green Party), Andrew Jeremy Swarbrick (Reform UK), John Traversi (Conservatives), Robert Holt Tudway (Conservatives), Mohammad Sharif Walid (Labour), Chas Warlow (Green Party).
Hampton Ward: Veronica Mary Barnes (Conservatives), Valentina Sophia Butenko (Green Party), Sam Dalton (Lib Dems), Christopher Stephen Fawcett (Labour), Derek Jones (Conservatives), Nick Kennerley (Lib Dems), Caroline Anne Loewenstein (Labour), Rody Mager (Conservatives), Debbie Montague (Reform UK), James Olivia-Hauxwell (Labour), Meera Rajendran (Green Party), Gareth David Roberts (Lib Dems), Lewis William Sturdy (Green Party), Stuart Adam Wright (Reform UK).
Hampton North Ward: Lucy Jane Abercrombie (Labour), Carey Bishop (Lib Dems), Alan Butler (Conservatives), Jeremy Davis (Lib Dems), Martin Ashley Fraiel (Reform UK), Elizabeth Gant (Lib Dems), Stephen Richard Hancock (Green Party), Max Hoskinson (Reform UK), Cathy Howe (Conservatives), Christopher Richard Johnson (Labour), Nupur Majumdar (Conservatives), Philip Joseph Moshi (Labour), Poppy Robbins (Green Party), Ayesha Sadiq (Green Party), John Yianni (Reform UK).
Hampton Wick and South Teddington Ward: Helen June Baxter (Lib Dems), Joe Broughton (Conservatives), Neil Roland Browning (Labour), Richard Siu-Ming Cheung (Labour), Mircea Chisacof (Conservatives), Edward Ronald George Davies (Reform UK), Tony Fiddes (Conservatives), Wendy Hatto (Green Party), Michael James Mackie (Reform UK), Jim Millard (Lib Dems), Magan Singodia (Green Party), Liz Tidhar (Lib Dems), Gerard Elliott Ward (Labour), Mike Young (Green Party).
Heathfield Ward: Alastair Armstrong (Green Party), Fiona Maria Theresa Barry (Conservatives), John Coombs (Lib Dems), Lizzie Curtis (Green Party), George Edward Dryja (Conservatives), Anne Feeney (Labour), Keith John Goodenough (Reform UK), Jonathan Charles Lebosquet (Conservatives), Liz MacKenzie (Labour), Michael John McCarthy (Labour), Lesley Pollesche (Lib Dems), Alex Starling (Reform UK), Robert Stephen Thompson (Reform UK), Rae Vermeulen (Green Party), Michael Wilson (Lib Dems).
Kew Ward: Anousheh Alavi (Labour), Anthony Blanco (Conservatives), Margaret Buter-Morris (Conservatives), Kelvin Cheatle (Lib Dems), Ray Ferris (Labour), Maureen Goldthorpe (Lib Dems), Barnaby Marder (Labour), Geoffrey O'Connell (Green Party), Xandi Steele (Conservatives), Alex Stylianou (Green Party), Clare Vollum (Lib Dems), Glyn Douglas Wallis-Jones (Reform UK), Andrew Webster (Green Party).
Mortlake and Barnes Common Ward: Paisley Arnold (Reform UK), Seth Ashby-Hawkins (Green Party), Francine Loudon Bates (Labour), Geri Cox (Lib Dems), Ciaran Edward Cusack (Green Party), Clare Delmar (Conservatives), Michael Dingemans (Lib Dems), John Kirwan Hughes (Reform UK), Anton McNulty-Howard (Lib Dems), Nadia Miriam Mirza (Green Party), Lucas Spencer (Labour), Rhys Irvine James Thomas (Conservatives), Peter Vider (Conservatives), David Charles White (Reform UK), Matthew David Woolston (Labour).
North Richmond Ward: Tom Absolon (Labour), Nancy Baldwin (Lib Dems), Amen Bayat (Conservatives), Alan Charnley (Reform UK), Jonathan Alexander Dredge (Labour), Jane Harrison (Green Party), Jenna Kruger (Green Party), Fiona Mary O'Farrell (Labour), Thomas O'Malley (Conservatives), David Palairet (Conservatives), Richard Pyne (Lib Dems), Maggie Richens (Independent), William George Spencer Richens (Independent), Diane Scott (Green Party), Richard Warren (Lib Dems).
South Richmond Ward: Chiesa Massimo (Lib Dems), Christine Cullis (Reform UK), Max Davies (Labour), Susan Gamble (Reform UK), Paddy Griffith (Green Party), Alexi Hatto (Green Party), David McAlpine (Labour), Charlie Protheroe (Conservatives), Candice Schneider (Reform UK), Sheba Sogol (Conservatives), Phillip Brian Taylor (Conservatives), Chris Varley (Lib Dems), Paulina Vassileva (Lib Dems), Marion White (Labour), Tanya Williams (Green Party).
South Twickenham Ward: Michael Charles Anstey (Reform UK), Richard Bennett (Green Party), Jane Boulton (Conservatives), Michael Butlin (Lib Dems), Jack Clothier Jones (Lib Dems), Daniel Michael Freeman (Labour), David Goldberg (Labour), Christina Joy Rose Green (Labour), Gareth Jones (Green Party), Rhi Lee (Lib Dems), Robert MacIntyre (Reform UK), David Marlow (Conservatives), Ross Monaghan (Green Party), Ian Nieuwstadt (Reform UK), David Richard Porter (Conservatives).
St Margarets and North Twickenham Ward: Sean Anderson (Green Party), Pearse Patrick Benjamin Bates (Reform UK), Milo Clarke (Green Party), Richard Clemence (Green Party), Peter Jonathan Crooks (Reform UK), Alexander Ehmann (Lib Dems), Christopher David Andrew George (Labour), Paul Grindrod (Reform UK), Elizabeth Mary Georgia Hill (Conservatives), Nathaniel Ikeazor (Conservatives), Brian William Jarvis (Conservatives), Katie Mansfield (Lib Dems), Maria Margiotta (Lib Dems), Howard Digby Roberts (Labour), Sandra Jane Roberts (Labour).
Teddington Ward: Julian David Allbut (Reform UK), Richard Baker (Lib Dems), Phulmaya Bhusal (Green Party), Kay Marilyn Brooks (Reform UK), Ken Denaro (Green Party), Elizabeth Dolan (Conservatives), Charlie Engel (Lib Dems), Phil Giesler (Lib Dems), Jon Hollis (Conservatives), James Lloyd-Thomas (Conservatives), Sampson Edward Low (Labour), James Dylan Thomson (Labour), Eddie Thorne (Green Party), Patricia Margaret Tivendale (Labour), Mark Vellacott (Reform UK).
Twickenham Riverside Ward: Maria Barry (Conservatives), Martin Vincent Bergin (Reform UK), Maggie Brown (Green Party), James Henry Chard (Lib Dems), Andrew Duncan (Lib Dems), Sabrina Susan Fuller (Labour), Liam David Humble (Labour), Adrian Johnston (Conservatives), Julia Neden-Watts (Lib Dems), Oliver Patrick Stafford Needs (Reform UK), Steve Roest (Green Party), Merhala Selvarajah (Green Party), Edward Sherwood (Labour), David Gordon Sparrow (Conservatives).
West Twickenham Ward: Piers Allen (Lib Dems), Fiona Maureen Brannon (Conservatives), Rosalie Callway (Green Party), Surya Cooper (Green Party), Oliver Timothy Freeman (Labour), Adam Steuart Gladstone (Labour), Stephen Guichard (Labour), Paul Healey (Green Party), Alan Juriansz (Lib Dems), Zahra Khan (Conservatives), Gabrielle Teresa Maria Koukis (Reform UK), Richard George Lailey (Reform UK), George Anthony McQueen (Reform UK), Rachel Robertson (Lib Dems), Neil Wynn-Jones (Conservatives).
Whitton Ward: Syed Junaid Ahmed (Labour), Max Balfour (Conservatives), David Ian Bradshaw (Conservatives), Keith Buckman (Green Party), Peter Stuart Denver Dombi (Reform UK), David Alan Eckert (Labour), Niall George Fahey (Green Party), Elizabeth Foster (Conservatives), Jo Humphreys (Lib Dems), Nathanael MacDonald (Lib Dems), Pam Marum (Labour), Stephen Jacklin Pulfrey (Reform UK), Kuldev Sehra (Lib Dems), Qudsia Shah (Green Party), Nicolas Silkov-Yianni (Reform UK).
This comprehensive candidate list provides Richmond residents with all necessary information to make informed decisions at the ballot box on May 7, 2026. The election represents a pivotal moment for local governance, with outcomes that will directly impact community services, planning decisions, and the borough's direction for the next four years.
