2026 Harrow London Borough Council election

2026 Harrow London Borough Council election
7 May 2026 (2026-05-07)
All 55 seats to Harrow London Borough Council
28 seats needed for a majority
Turnout42.24%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Paul Osborn David Perry Pamela Fitzpatrick
Party Conservative Labour Arise
Leader's seat Pinner Marlborough Marlborough
Last election 31 seats, 47.1% 24 seats, 40.7% Did not exist
Seats before 31 23 0
Seats won 42[1] 12 1
Seat change Increase 11 Decrease 12 Increase 1
Popular vote 88,771 44,095 6,078
Percentage 46.7% 23.2% 3.2%
Swing Decrease 0.4 pp Decrease 17.5 pp New
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Savitha Prakash Joseph Gaunt
Party Reform Green Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat Wealdstone South (contested) Pinner (contested)
Last election 0 seats, 0.2% 0 seats, 3.3% 0 seats, 6.3%
Seats before 0 0 0
Seats won 0 0 0
Popular vote 21,676 18,718 10,864
Percentage 11.4% 9.8% 5.7%
Swing Increase 11.2 pp Increase 6.5 pp Decrease 0.6 pp
Map of the results of the 2026 Harrow council election
Map of the results of the 2026 Harrow London Borough Council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Arise in purple.
Leader before election

Paul Osborn
Conservative

 Leader after election

Paul Osborn
Conservative

The 2026 Harrow London Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2026. All 55 members of Harrow London Borough Council were elected. The elections took place alongside other 2026 United Kingdom local elections, including local elections in the other 31 London boroughs.

The Conservatives retained control of the council at this election and increased their majority.[2]

Background

London borough councils are the principal authorities in Greater London and have responsibilities including education, highways, social services, libraries, recreation, waste, environmental health, housing development and revenue collection. Some of the powers are shared with the Greater London Authority and the Mayor of London, which also manage passenger transport, police and fire.

Harrow voted in a Conservative council in its first election in 1964, and (excluding a brief three-year period of no overall control) Harrow remained Conservative-controlled till 1994. In that year, the Liberal Democrats became the biggest party on the council, although the council had no overall control. In 1998, Labour won a majority on Harrow Council for the first time.

Labour lost their majority in 2002 and the Tories retook the council in 2006, only to lose it to Labour again in 2010. Although there was a brief period of no overall control, Labour won majorities in 2014 and 2018.

In 2022, the Conservatives won a majority on Harrow Council, with 31 seats, while Labour were reduced to 24,[3] defeating the incumbent Labour administration of twelve years, which had held a majority for eight of those years.

Both the Tories and Labour stood 55 candidates each in 2022, while the Liberal Democrats stood 28 candidates, Greens stood 14 candidates, and Reform stood 3 candidates. 9 candidates stood as independents.

The Conservatives took control of Harrow Council from Labour in 2022

In June 2023, Labour suspended a councillor, Phillip O'Dell, who became an independent.[4] That same year, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, expanded the Ultra-Low Emission Zone to outer London (ULEZ). This was challenged in court by Bexley, Bromley, Harrow and Hillingdon councils, although the court challenge was defeated.[5]

On 4 July 2024, the 2024 United Kingdom general election saw a Labour Party victory, with a total 411 seats. The Conservative Party saw a reduction in their total seats to 121, the lowest in their history, resulting in Keir Starmer becoming Prime Minister. However, Labour had won this landslide on less than 35 percent of the vote, and a rapid collapse in Labour (and also Conservative) polling combined with the surge of Reform UK, has led to some political commentators suggesting that the two-party system has ended or has come close to ending.[6][7][8]

Council control of the London Borough of Harrow in 2022. The black line represents the majority line.

A new party, Arise, was formed in August 2025 with the backing of Jeremy Corbyn.[9] This party is led by Pamela Fitzpatrick,[9] a Labour councillor between 2014 and 2021, then an independent councillor until 2022, and an independent candidate for Harrow West in the 2024 general election. They have announced that they intend to target Marlborough ward.

Council administration

In 2025, Harrow Times reported that the Conservative council invested £3 million into renovating council housing.[10]

In 2026, the Conservatives increased Harrow council tax by 4.99%. Labour leader David Perry called the budget a "disaster for this Conservative administration," and claimed the Tories "voted to break their own election promises by raising council tax by the maximum 5 per cent for a fourth consecutive year."[11] Harrow also has the third-highest council tax in London, having dropped down from the second-highest rate under the previous Labour administration at the 2022 election, which was run by Roxbourne councillor Graham Henson. The two councils that pay more council tax than Harrow are Lib Dem-run Kingston-upon-Thames and Conservative-run Croydon.[12][13]

Electoral system

London borough councils elect all of their councillors at once every four years. The previous election took place in 2022. The election will take place by multi-member first-past-the-post voting, with each ward being represented by two or three councillors. Electors will have as many votes as there are councillors to be elected in their ward, with the top two or three being elected, depending on the ward.

28 seats are needed for a majority on Harrow Council. Prior to the election, Conservatives had a majority[14] and Labour needed an increase of 4 seats to gain a majority. The narrowest Labour defeats in 2022 were North Harrow, by 5 votes, Rayners Lane, by 15 votes, North Harrow, by 39 votes, and Edgware, by 49 votes.[14] (North Harrow and Rayners Lane each have two councillors and Edgware has three.)

Policies

The Harrow Conservatives have campaigned on their record leading the council, promising to protect one-hour free parking, crack down on houses in multiple occupation (HMOs),[15] resist overdevelopment in the green belt, prosecute fly-tipping and maintain clean streets, invest more in road resurfacing and repairs, and protect the Freedom Pass and Winter Fuel Payments.[16]

Harrow Labour has campaigned on six "key pledges", promising to freeze Council Tax in 2027, offer one-hour free parking, double residential cleaning to every two weeks, create an anti-social behaviour squad, introduce tougher penalties for fly-tippers and a private alleyway clearance scheme, and crack down on HMOs and rogue landlords.[17][16][18]

The Harrow Liberal Democrats published a manifesto promising to improve waste management standards to reduce littering, build affordable homes that are built sustainably, make Harrow attractive for business, get an 'Outstanding' Ofsted rating for council-provided children's services, improve contacting the council, and make improvements to roads with an emphasis on active travel and safety.[19][16]

The Harrow Green Party listed their priorities for Harrow as: improving access to GP services and supporting local schools, cracking down on bad landlords and raising standards for tenants, fixing poor housing and pushing for more affordable and accessible homes, cleaning up streets and tackling fly-tipping, protecting nature and biodiversity, protecting green spaces and making them safer, cleaning up rivers, supporting community wellbeing and local services, celebrating Harrow’s diversity and bringing communities together, and making the council more open, accountable and responsive.[20][16]

Reform UK Harrow has promised to: tackle crime, drug dealing, antisocial behaviour and street drinking; protect one-hour free parking; stop overdevelopment and unlicensed HMOs; focus on repairing potholes to fix roads; make town centre improvements; and take public health seriously on spitting and tuberculosis.[21][16]

Arise Harrow listed the issues of housing, education and SEN provision, poverty, community spaces, disability rights, social care, and having an ethical council as its priorities.[22] Arise pledged to: stop the conversion of family homes into overcrowded HMOs, strengthen enforcement against rogue landlords, provide affordable homes by building council housing, investigate the high rate of school exclusions, ensure every child has a suitable school place, bring care homes under council control, introduce free adult social care at home with meals on wheels; create a not-for-profit community supermarket, divest the council from companies involved in human rights violations, such as in Palestine, Congo, and South Sudan, and repurpose empty buildings into community spaces.[16]

26 candidates signed the Palestine Solidarity Campaign's 'Candidate Pledge for Palestine', pledging to "uphold the rights of the Palestinian people, stand up to Israel for its crimes of genocide and apartheid, and ensure their councils are not complicit, including through divestment of pension funds from complicit companies".[23][24] This includes 12 Green candidates, 11 Arise candidates, and 3 Labour candidates.[24]

Campaign

A leaflet from the Conservative Party

The Conservatives are led by Paul Osborn,[25] Labour is led by David Perry,[26] the Lib Dems are chaired by Joseph Gaunt,[27] the Harrow Greens are volunteer-led,[28] Reform is chaired by Savitha Prakash,[29][30] and Arise was founded by Pamela Fitzpatrick.[9]

Harrow Conservatives have campaigned on free parking in Harrow and other issues relating to public roads and streets.[31] The Conservatives say they have "restored" the Westfield Lane pathway and introduced a scheme against fine-dodgers.[32][33] They also cite their red route in Rayners Lane.[34] They also have announced a resident contact centre on Gayton Road.[35]

Will Jackson, a Conservative candidate in North Harrow, was deselected by the Conservatives after offensive social media comments, including saying independent MP Adnan Hussain should be bullied "back to Pakistan", and saying "Abolish all foreign MPs. Bye." in a reply to Your Party MP Zarah Sultana.[36][37][38] The Conservative Party withdrew support for his campaign, describing his posts as "wholly unacceptable".[38] Nathan Smith, a Conservative candidate in West Harrow, called for the "mass deportation" of Afghans living in the UK.[39] He was suspended by the Conservatives.[40] Both Jackson and Smith will remain as Conservative candidates on the ballot as the official deadline for nominations had passed.[38][40]

Harrow Labour is focusing on more social issues, such as children's provisions.[41] Labour have attacked the Conservatives for "waste" projects and for increasing council tax every year. They have also said that voting Labour sends Reform "a message."[42] David Perry has attacked "vanity projects [...] that have cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of pounds needlessly."[43] Labour has also attacked the Conservatives for introducing evening and weekend parking charges in Council-owned car parks.[44]

Reform leader Savitha Prakash has claimed that the United Kingdom is "regressing back to how things were in India." Prakash has claimed Reform activists in Harrow were subjected to abuse online.[30]

The Harrow Liberal Democrats expressed "support for our Iranian residents in Harrow" and attacked "Tory economic vandalism."[45][46]

Arise Harrow has been endorsed by Your Party, as one of multiple local independent groups it is supporting in the local elections.[47][48]

Analysis

London School of Economics professor Tony Travers has said that the "Conservatives will hold Harrow", and described it as one of the party's safest boroughs in London.[49] A YouGov MRP poll has predicted a Conservative win in 2026 with the Conservatives winning the largest share of the popular vote, with Labour, Reform and the Greens within three points of each other.[50]

Previous council composition

After 2022 election Before 2026 election After 2026 election
Party Seats Party Seats Party Seats
Conservative 31 Conservative 31 Conservative 41
Labour 24 Labour 23 Labour 12
Independent 1 Arise 1
Independent 1

Although Will Jackson was a Conservative on the ballot paper, he had been deselected by the Tories before the election and the Harrow Council website says he is an independent.[51]

Election result

2026 Harrow London Borough Council election[52]
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 55 42 11 - Increase 11 76.36 46.49 88,417 Increase 0.61
  Labour 55 12 - 12 Decrease 12 21.82 23.18 44,095 Decrease 17.52
  Arise 11 1 1 - Increase 1 1.82 3.20 6,078 NEW
  Reform 55 0 - - Steady - 11.58 22,030 Increase 11.38
  Green 32 0 - - Steady - 9.84 18,718 Increase 6.54
  Liberal Democrats 32 0 - - Steady - 5.71 10,864 Decrease 0.59


Ward results

These are the final candidates listed in the Statement of Persons Nominated released on 10 April 2026.[53] Labour and Reform each have a full slate of candidates. Some Labour candidates are standing under the 'Labour and Co-operative' banner. No independents are standing.[54]

Belmont (2)

Belmont (2)[55]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Anjana Patel 1,845 66
Conservative Mina Parmar 1,679 60
Green Soody Kim 385 14
Labour Navin Shah 383 14
Green Sunita Mehta 380 14
Reform Keval Radia 294 10
Labour Yogeshwar Vasdev 286 10
Reform Fathima Farzan 217 8
Liberal Democrats Colin Webber 198 6
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Mina Parmar is in charge of Housing.

Canons (2)

Canons (2)[56]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Ameet Jogia 1,991 70
Conservative Amir Moshenson 1,535 54
Green Roma Agrawal 408 14
Labour Jim Lockie 386 14
Labour Lesley Stackpoole 355 12
Reform Marcello Borgese 339 12
Reform Piibe Paide 238 8
Liberal Democrats Sheila Levy 222 8
Liberal Democrats Philip Levy 202 8
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Centenary (3)

Centenary (3)[57]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Govind Bharadia 2,337 63
Conservative David Ashton 2,334 63
Conservative Salim Chowdhury 1,819 48
Labour Hetal Patel 825 21
Labour Andre Aalari 712 18
Green Rebecca Lennon 685 18
Labour Pratham Patel 682 18
Reform Jayashree Patel 490 12
Reform Robin Black 433 12
Reform John Ogilvie 360 9
Liberal Democrats Laurence Cox 302 9
Liberal Democrats Sheila O'Reilly 268 6
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

David Ashton is in charge of Finance and Highways.

Edgware (3)

Edgware (3)[58]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Nicola Blackman 2,348 60
Conservative Paresh Chudasama 2,157 54
Conservative Yogesh Teli 1,895 48
Labour Nitin Parekh 1,141 30
Labour Devisha Patel 968 24
Labour Hershil Patel 852 21
Green Emma Raymond 634 15
Green Richard Indrikut 593 15
Reform Brian Pedro 375 9
Reform Avi Orenstein 360 9
Liberal Democrats Philip Hawkins 342 9
Reform Suthventh Suralli 295 6
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Greenhill (3)

Greenhill (3)[59]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Rhys Benjamin 975 36
Conservative Alpeshkumar Patel 930 33
Conservative Gabriele Montone 873 33
Labour Aneka Shah-Levy 858 33
Labour Ghazanfar Ali 853 30
Labour Michael Borio 824 30
Green Sophie Green 526 18
Green Mike Blakeney 505 18
Green Sobanon Narenthiran 455 18
Reform Paul Bisnar 407 15
Reform Jennifer Somers 344 12
Reform Robert Selkirk 334 12
Liberal Democrats Marshel Arasan 243 9
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Harrow on the Hill (2)

Harrow on the Hill (2)[60]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Ellé Goodwin-Freeman 1,014 38
Conservative Caroline Ojo 961 36
Labour Viv Berwick 923 34
Labour Stephen Hickman 876 32
Green Patrick Thimbleby 478 18
Reform Roger Clark 350 12
Reform Philip Adrian Matthews 333 12
Liberal Democrats Steve Carey 249 10
Liberal Democrats Alexander Cunliffe 202 8
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Stephen Hickman shadows Children and Education Services.

Harrow Weald (3)

Harrow Weald (3)[61]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Pritesh Patel 2,018 54
Conservative Stephen Greek 2,005 54
Conservative Michael Raven 1,928 51
Labour Dan Anderson 826 21
Green Ahsan Talib 770 21
Labour Primesh Patel 752 21
Labour Eden Kulig 724 18
Reform Eric Bon 580 15
Reform Cezar Mihai Damian 511 15
Reform Cosmin Gilca 503 12
Liberal Democrats Valerie Taylor 389 9
Liberal Democrats Derek Hill 334 9
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Stephen Greek is in charge of Performance, Communication and Customer Excellence. Eden Kulig shadows Performance, Communication and Customer Excellence.

Hatch End (2)

Hatch End (2)[62]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Matthew Goodwin-Freeman 2,013 66
Conservative Susan Hall 1,876 60
Labour Sue Anderson 612 20
Green Mohinder Perihar 525 16
Labour James Corbett 476 16
Liberal Democrats Jeff Rollason 311 10
Reform John Bugler 230 8
Reform Adrian Mutti 147 4
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Headstone (3)

Headstone (3)[63]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Raymond Grant 1,684 36
Conservative Arunasalam Raj 1,517 33
Conservative Meera Vadher 1,497 33
Labour Simon Brown 1,343 30
Labour Tasha Proctor 1,221 27
Labour Sasi Suresh 1,127 24
Arise Amaan Choudhry 1,078 24
Green Rachel Leathers 948 21
Green Ximena Poblete 704 15
Green Esme Scarborough 667 15
Reform Rohit Goel 568 12
Reform Julian Wilson 531 12
Reform Magan Kanjia 521 12
Liberal Democrats Anthony Levene 317 6
Liberal Democrats Pietro Rescia 203 3
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Simon Brown shadows Adult Services and Public Health. Natasha Proctor is Deputy Leader of the Opposition and shadows Finance and Highways.

Kenton East (3)

Kenton East (3)[64]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Nitesh Hirani 2,818 72
Conservative Chetna Halai 2,553 66
Conservative Samir Sumaria 2,183 57
Labour Rekha Shah 720 18
Labour Dario Celaschi 700 18
Green Boris Bose 630 15
Labour Raj Vakesan 559 15
Reform Rajni Patel 513 12
Reform Michael Mantock 417 12
Reform Namrata Shah 395 9
Liberal Democrats Leslie Norman Moss 289 6
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Kenton West (2)

Kenton West (2)[65]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Kanti Rabadia 2,017 66
Conservative Ashish Halai 1,911 64
Labour Sanjay Dighe 482 16
Labour Chloe Smith 433 14
Green Inigo Wilkins 431 14
Reform Arindam Datta 274 10
Reform Bhagyashree Singh 269 8
Liberal Democrats Rajan Walia 208 6
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Marlborough (3)

Marlborough (3)[66]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour David Perry 900 30
Arise Pamela Fitzpatrick 878 30
Labour Varsha Parmar 848 30
Labour Asif Hussain 800 27
Conservative Joyce Osborn 760 27
Conservative Krish Sharma 731 24
Conservative Jaydeep Patel 724 24
Arise Sheila Guhadasan 722 24
Arise Asha Mohamed 660 21
Green Rowan Langley 654 21
Reform Mihaela Stroe 313 12
Reform Steve Watson 312 12
Liberal Democrats Paolo Arrigo 294 9
Reform Fathima Razick 238 9
Labour hold Swing
Arise gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing

David Perry is Leader of the Opposition.

North Harrow (2)

North Harrow (2)[67]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Anola Savjani 1,319 44
Conservative Will Jackson 1,230 40
Labour Sechi Kailasa 966 32
Labour James Watkins 890 30
Green Simon Courtenage 612 20
Reform Lesline Lewinson 354 12
Reform Sagar Shukla 336 12
Liberal Democrats Daniel Hawkes 310 10
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Note: Will Jackson was deselected by the Conservatives after "wholly unacceptable" comments but was listed as the Conservative candidate on the ballot paper as the nomination deadline had passed.[36][37]

Pinner (3)

Pinner (3)[68]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Paul Osborn 2,279 51
Conservative Kuha Kumaran 2,169 51
Conservative Norman Stevenson 2,136 48
Labour Jeff Anderson 760 18
Green Alexander Lee 760 18
Labour Christine Robson 730 18
Green Jacob Lyalls 632 15
Labour Ben Wealthy 596 10
Liberal Democrats Sarah Ismail 564 12
Reform Jane Kowalczyk 548 12
Liberal Democrats Joseph Gaunt 538 12
Reform Anupam Pandey 538 12
Reform Zbigniew Kowalczyk 492 12
Liberal Democrats John Maddrell 351 9
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Paul Osborn is leader of Harrow Council.

Pinner South (3)

Pinner South (3)[69]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Christopher Baxter 2,747 54
Conservative Hitesh Karia 2,591 51
Conservative Janet Mote 2,584 51
Labour Rangdatt Joshi 945 18
Green Rosa Gomez 919 18
Labour Dinesh Murugesh-Warren 914 18
Labour Hamda Ali 911 18
Liberal Democrats Veronica Chamberlain 826 15
Reform Vijay Singh 641 12
Reform Herbert Crossman 633 12
Liberal Democrats Nahid Boethe 605 12
Liberal Democrats Paul Scott 556 12
Reform Sangamithra Soundararajan 509 9
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Hitesh Karia is in charge of Children and Education Services. Janet Mote is in charge of Community and Culture. Christopher Baxter is the Conservative chief whip.[70]

Rayners Lane (2)

Rayners Lane (2)[71]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Thaya Idaikkadar 1,041 34
Labour Krishna Suresh 945 30
Conservative Metha Muthukumar 935 30
Labour Ranjna Shiyani 757 24
Liberal Democrats Chris Noyce 652 22
Liberal Democrats Yogi Sockalingam 509 16
Green Harshan Branauanathan 373 12
Green Abigail Moore 346 12
Reform Aeron Beckett 341 10
Reform Dinesh Kannan 310 10
Conservative hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Krishna Suresh shadows Community and Culture.

Roxbourne (2)

Roxbourne (2)[72]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Graham Henson 1,092 44
Labour Maxine Henson 947 38
Conservative Mark Barreto 706 28
Conservative Sunil Jaiswal 645 26
Green Brandon Butler-Lewis 629 26
Reform Emma Darbyshire 398 16
Reform Noah Smith 346 14
Liberal Democrats Thomas Yasin 243 10
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Graham Henson shadows Housing.

Roxeth (3)

Roxeth (3)[73]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Peymana Assad 1,450 36
Labour Rashmi Kalu 1,426 36
Conservative John Baxter 1,422 36
Conservative Kumarasamy Indrachith 1,383 33
Labour Jerry Miles 1,383 33
Conservative Muthukumar Krishnasamy 1,356 33
Green Swati Patel 861 21
Reform Jyothy James 514 12
Arise Kirsten Perkins 458 12
Reform Viyan Parekh 425 9
Reform Taruna Manchanda 424 9
Arise Farid Mall 404 9
Arise Yihya Sirhan 378 9
Liberal Democrats Charles Boethe 367 9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Stanmore (3)

Stanmore (3)[74]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Marilyn Ashton 2,662 69
Conservative Philip Benjamin 2,519 66
Conservative Zak Wagman 2,270 60
Green Margaret Murtagh 585 15
Reform Joshua Selby 571 15
Reform Caidian Johnson 504 12
Reform Howard Koch 504 12
Green Badri Wadawadigi 490 12
Labour Jay Doshi 448 12
Labour Jeff Gallant 376 9
Liberal Democrats Jad Kanji 323 9
Labour Michael Kinsey 321 9
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Marilyn Ashton is the Deputy Leader of the Council.

Wealdstone North (2)

Wealdstone North (2)[75]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Shahania Choudhury 820 34
Conservative Ajay Agrawal 699 30
Labour Ajay Maru 690 28
Conservative Mayurika Chourdia 623 26
Green Emma Stowell 473 20
Reform Michael McCabe 350 14
Arise Faran Khan 340 14
Reform Paul II Bisnar 335 14
Arise Dante Korjov 292 12
Liberal Democrats Christopher Smith 151 6
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Wealdstone South (2)

Wealdstone South (2)[76]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Angella Murphy-Strachan 570 30
Labour Yusuf Yusuf 483 24
Reform Savitha Prakash 453 24
Arise Paul Crimmins 449 22
Conservative Eileen Kinnear 444 22
Arise Aghileh Djafari-Marbini 419 22
Conservative Dimabo Wolseley 351 18
Reform Charley Swarc 323 16
Green Norman Uppard 286 14
Liberal Democrats John Ingram 144 8
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

West Harrow (2)

West Harrow (2)[77]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Sarah Butterworth 1,194 42
Labour Mike Williams 1,034 36
Conservative Jhala Janaksinh 719 24
Green Sian Hume 695 24
Green Pratik Doshi 679 24
Conservative Nathan Smith 659 22
Reform Bharatkumar Patel 367 12
Reform Ian Price 323 12
Liberal Democrats Alan Newman 152 6
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Note: Nathan Smith[78] was deselected by the Conservatives after "deeply concerning" social media posts but remained listed as the Conservative candidate on the ballot paper as the official deadline for nominations had passed.

Result summary

Paul Osborn and the Harrow Conservatives emerged with an increased majority, gaining 11 seats from Labour despite a narrow drop in the Conservative voteshare. David Perry's Labour lost 12 seats, 11 to the Conservatives and one to Arise, led by Pamela Fitzpatrick. Labour had a 17.5% drop in vote share.

The Gallagher index gave the election a 23.92 score. All parties other than the Conservatives got a greater percentage of votes than seats.

Gallagher Index for the 2026 Harrow London Borough Council election
Party Votes (%) Seats (%) Difference Difference
squared
Conservatives 46.70% 76.40% 29.7 882.09
Labour 23.20% 21.80% -1.4 1.96
Reform UK 11.40% 0.00% -11.4 129.96
Greens 9.80% 0.00% -9.8 96.04
Liberal Democrats 5.70% 0.00% -5.7 32.49
Arise 3.20% 1.80% -1.4 1.96
Total of differences squared 1144.5
Total / 2 572.25
Square root of (Total / 2): Gallagher Index result 23.92

In the below table, the votes for each party per ward are the mean (average) of the votes for each of the party's candidates in the specific ward.

The vote and councillor numbers for the Conservatives include Will Jackson and Nathan Smith, both of whom were deselected by the Conservatives after "deeply concerning" social media posts but remained listed as the Conservative candidates on the ballot paper as the official deadline for nominations had passed.

Wards where the plurality of votes were won by Harrow Conservatives
Wards where the plurality of votes were won by Harrow Labour
Harrow Conservatives Harrow Labour Reform UK Harrow Harrow Greens Harrow Liberal Democrats Arise Harrow
Ward councillors % councillors % councillors % councillors % councillors % councillors % councillors
Belmont 2 63 2 12 0 9 0 14 0 3 0 0 0
Canons 2 62 2 13 0 10 0 7 0 8 0 0 0
Centenary 3 58 3 19 0 11 0 6 0 5 0 0 0
Edgware 3 54 3 25 0 8 0 15 0 3 0 0 0
Greenhill 3 34 3 32 0 13 0 18 0 3 0 0 0
Harrow on the Hill 2 37 2 33 0 12 0 9 0 9 0 0 0
Harrow Weald 3 53 3 20 0 14 0 7 0 9 0 0 0
Hatch End 3 63 2 18 0 6 0 8 0 10 0 0 0
Headstone 3 34 3 27 0 12 0 17 0 5 0 8 0
Kenton East 3 65 3 17 0 11 0 5 0 2 0 0 0
Kenton West 2 65 2 15 0 9 0 7 0 3 0 0 0
Marlborough 3 25 0 29 2 11 0 7 0 3 0 25 0
North Harrow 2 42 2 31 0 12 0 10 0 5 0 0 0
Pinner 3 50 3 15 0 12 0 17 0 11 0 0 0
Pinner South 3 52 3 18 0 11 0 6 0 13 0 0 0
Rayners Lane 2 32 1 27 1 10 0 19 0 12 0 0 0
Roxbourne 2 27 0 41 2 15 0 5 0 13 0 0 0
Roxeth 3 34 1 35 2 10 0 7 0 3 0 10 0
Stanmore 3 65 3 10 0 13 0 9 0 3 0 0 0
Wealdstone North 2 28 1 31 1 14 0 10 0 3 0 13 0
Wealdstone South 2 20 0 27 2 20 0 7 0 4 0 22 0
West Harrow 2 23 0 39 2 12 0 24 0 3 0 0 0
TOTALS: 55 46.7 42 23.2 12 11.4 0 9.8 0 5.7 0 3.2 1

References

  1. ↑ The seat and vote count figures for the Conservatives given here include Will Jackson, a Conservative candidate who was deselected by the Conservatives after the nomination deadline had passed and thus appeared as a Conservative on the ballot paper.
  2. ↑ Mitchell, Chris (8 May 2026). "Conservatives retain control of Harrow Council with increased majority". Harrow Online. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
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