2026 Broxbourne Borough Council election

2026 Broxbourne Borough Council election

7 May 2026
10 out of 30 seats to Broxbourne Borough Council 16 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Corina Gander Carol Bowman Siobhan Monaghan Party Conservative Labour Reform Leader's seat Goffs Oak Waltham Cross Cheshunt South and Theobalds (defeated) Last election 27 seats, 50.4% 3 seats, 30.5% 0 seats, 0.0% Seats before 25 3 2 Seats won 7 1 2 Seats after 25 3 2 Seat change 2 2
Results by ward
Leader before election Corina Gander Conservative Leader after election Corina Gander Conservative

The 2026 Broxbourne Borough Council election was held on 7 May 2026 to elect members to Broxbourne Borough Council. It was held on the same day as other local elections. The election was the last election held in Broxbourne before local government reorganisation.

The Conservatives retained their majority on the council.

Background

In the 2024 council election, the Conservative Party held 9 out of 10 seats that were up for election, maintaining their majority and control of the council. The Labour Party held the seat of Waltham Cross. In the 2024 general election, Charles Walker, the incumbent Conservative MP of Broxbourne, stood down. Lewis Cocking, the leader of Broxbourne Borough Council, was selected as the Conservative candidate to replace Walker and elected with a majority of 2,858 votes. Cocking was succeeded as leader of the council by councillor Mark Mills-Bishop of Goffs Oak in May 2024. In February 2025, councillors Giles Hall of Flamstead End and Siobhan Monaghan of Cheshunt South and Theobalds left the Conservative Party and joined Reform UK. Mills-Bishop called for Hall and Monaghan to resign and face by-elections. Mills-Bishop stood down as leader in May 2025 and was succeeded by councillor Corina Gander of Goffs Oak.

Election results

2026 Broxbourne Borough Council election
Party		This election				Full council			This election
		Candidates	Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	{{{candidates}}}	7		70.0	18	25	83.3	11,018	39.6	–10.8
	Labour	{{{candidates}}}	1		10.0	2	3	10.0	3,119	11.2	–19.3
	Reform	{{{candidates}}}	2		20.0	0	2	6.7	9,325	33.5	N/A
	Green	{{{candidates}}}	0		0.0	0	0	0	3,277	11.8	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats	{{{candidates}}}	0		0.0	0	0	0	988	3.5	-2.7
	TUSC	{{{candidates}}}	0		0.0	0	0	0	113	0.4	-0.8

Candidates by party

Conservative Party (10/10)

Reform (10/10)

Green Party (10/10)

Labour Party (10/10)

Liberal Democrats (8/10)

TUSC (6/10)

Candidates by ward

Broxbourne and Hoddesdon South

Broxbourne and Hoddesdon South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Perkins	1,666	50.0	−5.3
	Reform	Christopher Hall	911	27.3	N/A
	Green	Sally Kemp	375	11.3	−13.3
	Labour	Rob Perry	214	6.4	−5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Kiran Thomas	165	5.0	−0.1
Turnout			3,331
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cheshunt North

Cheshunt North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patsy Spears	957	36.9	−11.4
	Reform	Cameron Delaney	860	33.2	N/A
	Labour	Lisa Newby	346	13.3	−26.2
	Green	Skylar Johnson	310	12.0	+7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Kostas Inchenko	101	3.9	−1.6
	TUSC	Josh Asker	20	0.8	−1.2
Turnout			2,594
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cheshunt South and Theobalds

Cheshunt South and Theobalds

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Erin Celebi	985	40.3	−3.5
	Reform	Siobhan Monaghan	700	28.6	N/A
	Labour	Zahra Spencer	378	15.5	−25.4
	Green	Florine Nikound Imb	344	14.1	+7.1
	TUSC	Bea Gardner Asker	39	1.6	+0.1
Turnout			2,446
	Conservative hold		Swing

Flamstead End

Flamstead End

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Nicolaou	1,061	41.7	−18.3
	Reform	James Beatty	907	35.6	N/A
	Green	Jacky Carr	278	10.9	+3.2
	Labour	Ian Dust	209	8.2	−17.3
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Kemp	87	3.4	−1.5
	TUSC	Aaron Smith	4	0.2	−1.6
Turnout			2,546
	Conservative hold		Swing

Goffs Oak

Goffs Oak

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shenis Hassan	1,475	43.5	−14.2
	Reform	Mandy Hayward	1,260	37.2	N/A
	Green	Chris Whitehead	297	8.8	+2.0
	Labour	Roy Wareham	186	5.5	−11.6
	Liberal Democrats	David Payne	171	5.0	−13.3
Turnout			3,389
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hoddesdon North

Hoddesdon North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Perkins	1,405	44.3	−11.5
	Reform	Joe Bertolone	1,168	36.8	N/A
	Green	James McQuillan	243	7.7	−0.5
	Labour	Peter Skinner	224	7.1	−16.3
	Liberal Democrats	Gerard Dugdill	132	4.2	−1.1
Turnout			3,172
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hoddesdon Town and Rye Park

Hoddesdon Town and Rye Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Giorgio Daniel	990	40.5	N/A
	Conservative	Kevin Andrews	793	32.4	−16.2
	Green	Stephen Hawcroft	284	11.6	−0.7
	Labour Co-op	Aeden Rooney	241	9.9	−19.8
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Vizer	127	5.2	−1.3
	TUSC	Pauline Sulman	10	0.4	−2.5
Turnout			2,445
	Reform gain from Conservative		Swing

Rosedale and Bury Green

Rosedale and Bury Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Giles Hall	912	36.2	N/A
	Conservative	Suzanne Anstee	895	35.5	−18.7
	Green	Laura Frost	342	13.6	+4.0
	Labour	Ed Dragusin	293	11.6	−20.0
	Liberal Democrats	Neville Townsend	78	3.1	−1.5
Turnout			2,520
	Reform gain from Conservative		Swing

Waltham Cross

Waltham Cross

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carol Bowman	745	28.7	−28.5
	Reform	Carole Barrett	728	28.1	N/A
	Conservative	Yinka Sonubi	514	19.8	−7.6
	Green	Owen Brett	457	17.6	+11.2
	Liberal Democrats	Fabio Bonfante	127	4.9	−1.4
	TUSC	Christine Thomas	23	0.9	−1.7
Turnout			2,594
	Labour hold		Swing

Wormley and Turnford

Wormley and Turnford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rowan Quant	1,267	45.2	−10.9
	Reform	Theo Savidis	889	31.7	N/A
	Green	Ellie Austen	347	12.4	+4.8
	Labour	Madeline McFadden	283	10.1	−20.9
	TUSC	Robert Landon	17	0.6	−0.9
Turnout			2,803
	Conservative hold		Swing