2026 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election

2026 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election
7 May 2026
Mayoral election
Turnout42.0%
 
Candidate Lutfur Rahman Sirajul Islam
Party Aspire Labour
Popular vote 35,679 19,454
Percentage 38.8% 21.1%
 
Candidate Hirra Khan Adeogun John Bullard
Party Green Reform
Popular vote 19,223 7,153
Percentage 20.9% 7.8%
Council election
All 45 seats in Tower Hamlets London Borough Council
23 seats needed for a majority
Turnout42.36% [1]
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Aspire Lutfur Rahman[a] 32.25 33 +9
Green Hirra Khan  22.83 5 +4
Labour Sirajul Islam 22.67 5 −14
Liberal Democrats Rabina Khan 4.83 1 +1
Conservative Peter Golds 4.79 1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results by ward

The 2026 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2026, as part of the 2026 United Kingdom local elections. All 45 members of Tower Hamlets London Borough Council were elected, with a concurrent mayoral election taking place to determine the council's leader. The elections took place alongside the local elections in the other London boroughs.[2][3] The local political party Aspire won 33 out of the 45 seats up for election, gaining majority control of the council, which had previously been under no overall control, while Aspire's founder and leader Lutfur Rahman won the mayoral election.[4][5]

Background

Result of the 2022 council election

Since its formation in 1965, Tower Hamlets had generally been under Labour control, with brief exceptions. From 1990 to 2006, all councillors elected to the council were Labour or Liberal Democrats; this was challenged in the 2006 election, by the new Respect Party winning twelve seats and the Conservatives taking seven.[6]

In the 2010 election Respect lost all but one of its seats, with Labour winning a large majority, but a simultaneous referendum on introducing a directly elected mayor of Tower Hamlets, which was only backed by Respect, was successful.[7][8]

The Labour councillor Lutfur Rahman, who had been council leader in 2008 until he was replaced in 2010 after a Channel 4 documentary linked him to the Islamic Forum of Europe, was selected as Labour candidate for the mayoral election.[9] He was removed as the candidate by the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party after "very serious allegations" about the selection.[10] He subsequently ran as an independent candidate with support from Respect.[11][12] Rahman was elected in the October 2010 election in the first round.[13]

Having set up a new political party called Tower Hamlets First, Rahman ran for re-election in 2014, being re-elected in the second round against the Labour candidate John Biggs.[14] In the concurrent council election, Tower Hamlets First won 18 seats, with Labour on 22 and the Conservatives on 5, resulting in no overall control of the council.[15]

In 2015, Rahman was removed from office and his election was declared void after he was found guilty of electoral fraud. He was barred from seeking re-election for five years.[16][17] Tower Hamlets First was de-registered as a political party by the Electoral Commission shortly after.[18] In the 2015 re-run of the mayoral election, Rahman endorsed the independent candidate Rabina Khan.[19] Khan had been elected as a Labour councillor in 2010 but had been suspended for supporting Rahman's initial 2010 election, and had been re-elected in the 2014 council election as a Tower Hamlets First councillor.[20][21] Biggs won the election.[22]

The former Tower Hamlets First councillors formed the Tower Hamlets Independent Group. Khan formed the breakaway group the People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets (PATH) with some other Tower Hamlets Independent Group councillors, which was formally registered in 2018.[23] The remaining Tower Hamlets Independent Group councillors formed the new party Aspire.[24]

In the 2018 council election, Labour won 42 seats of the 45 available with 46.1% of the vote. Khan was elected as a councillor for PATH, with her party winning 11.3% of the vote across the borough. Aspire lost all their representation, winning no seats with 15.4% of the vote.[25]

In the 2022 elections, Aspire regained control of the council from Labour, winning 24 seats, and also won the mayoralty with Lutfur Rahman returning as mayor. Reduced to 19 seats, this was the lowest ever number of seats Labour have ever held in the history of Tower Hamlets.

Electoral process and campaigns

Council

Tower Hamlets, like other London borough councils, elects all of its councillors at once every four years. The previous election took place in 2022. The election took place by multi-member first-past-the-post voting, with each ward being represented by two or three councillors. Electors had as many votes as there are councillors to be elected in their ward, with the top two or three being elected.

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in London aged 18 or over were entitled to vote in the election. People who live at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, were entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities.[26]

Mayor

Since 2022, the United Kingdom has used first past the post to elect local mayors. There is only one round of voting, with the candidate with the most votes winning.[27] The mayoral election had nine candidates, with incumbent mayor Lutfur Rahman seeking reelection.[28] Rahman's campaign received heavy criticism due to his previously being barred from office for electoral fraud,[29][30] with a former Aspire councillor accusing Rahman of running "an autocratic council".[30] His campaign was endorsed by Your Party and The Muslim Vote.[31]

The Labour Party's candidate was councillor Sirajul Islam, who received endorsement from Matthew Parris in The Spectator.[32] The Green Party chose Hirra Khan Adeogun as its mayoral candidate after their previous candidate, Nathalie Bienfait, withdrew from the election after a rent increase forced her to move out of Tower Hamlets.[33]

Council composition

After 2022 election Before 2026 election After 2026 election
Party Seats Party Seats Party Seats
Aspire 24 Aspire 22 Aspire 33
Labour 19 Labour 16 Labour 5
Green 1 Green 1 Green 5
Conservative 1 Conservative 1 Conservative 1
Independent 0 Independent 5 Independent 0
Liberal Democrats 0 Liberal Democrats 0 Liberal Democrats 1

Changes 2022–2026:

  • November 2023: Ayas Miah (Labour) leaves party to sit as an independent[34]
  • 2024: Sabina Khan (Labour) joins Aspire[35]
  • June 2024: Sabina Akhtar (Labour) leaves party to sit as an independent[36]
  • August 2024: Rachel Blake (Labour) resigns – by-election held September 2024[37]
  • September 2024: Abdi Mohamed (Labour) wins by-election;[38] Kabir Hussain (Aspire) leaves party to sit as an independent[39]
  • October 2024: Saif Uddin Khaled (Aspire) and Ohid Ahmed (Aspire) leave party to sit as independents[40]
  • November 2024: Jahed Choudhury (Aspire) leaves party to sit as an independent; Sabina Akhtar (independent) joins Aspire[41]

Council results summary

2026 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election[42]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Aspire 33 10 1 Increase 9 73.3 32.25 67,695 Decrease 4.6
  Green 5 4 0 Increase 4 11.1 22.83 47,910 Increase 13.9
  Labour 5 0 14 Decrease 14 11.1 22.67 47,589 Decrease 13.8
  Liberal Democrats 1 1 0 Increase 1 2.2 4.83 10,141 Decrease 4.1
  Conservative 1 0 0 Steady 2.2 4.79 10,045 Decrease 2.9
  Reform 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 5.90 12,382 N/A
  Tower Hamlets Independents 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 4.13 8,662 N/A
  Independent 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 2.28 4,776 Increase 1.4
  TUSC 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 <1 664
  The Forward Party 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 <1 12 N/A

Ward results

The Tower Hamlets council announced the list of nominated candiates for each website on their website on the 10 April 2026.[43]

Bethnal Green East

Bethnal Green East (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Aspire Syed Abdullah 2,371
Aspire Ahmodul Kabir* 2,177
Aspire Halima Islam 2,123
Green Rebecca Binns 1,922
Labour Rebekah Sultana* 1,683
Green Harriet Walsh 1,641
Green Liam McQuade 1,596
Labour Nazma Hussain 1,526
Labour Martin Nesbit 1,207
Reform Gareth Thomas 505
Conservative Richard Trounson 249
Liberal Democrats Freda Graf 218
Conservative Ana Campillo 211
Tower Hamlets Independents Md Ahmed 194
Conservative Marc Pisanski 183
Liberal Democrats Fraser King 178
Tower Hamlets Independents Md Kamruzzaman 163
Tower Hamlets Independents Muhebul Hasan 136
Liberal Democrats Rizgar Khourshid 110
TUSC Robbie Davidson 93
The Forward Party Adham Alkhatip 12
Turnout %
Rejected ballots 30
Aspire gain from Labour
Aspire gain from Labour
Aspire hold

Bethnal Green West

Bethnal Green West (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Aspire Abu Chowdhury* 2,452
Aspire Musthak Ahmed* 2,445
Aspire Amin Rahman* 2,275
Green Mae Dobbs 2,139
Green Chelsea Omoogun 1,875
Independent Ted Maxwell 1,383
Labour Carmie Greusard-Deffeuille 1,218
Labour Tarik Khan 1,191
Labour Gulay Icoz 922
Reform Graham Wild 364
Conservative Peter Bowring 262
Liberal Democrats Paula Palmer 255
Tower Hamlets Independents Muhibul Hoque 237
Tower Hamlets Independents Avi Islam 236
TUSC Clive Heemskerk 209
Liberal Democrats Warwick Danks 196
Tower Hamlets Independents Nasir Jilani 186
Conservative Ahmed Ahmed 150
Liberal Democrats Sundar Joshi 146
Conservative Ahmedur Rahman 100
Turnout %
Rejected ballots 40
Aspire hold
Aspire hold
Aspire hold

Blackwall & Cubitt Town

Blackwall & Cubitt Town (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Aspire Bellal Uddin* 1,477
Aspire Ahmodur Khan* 1,432
Aspire Minara Khatun 1,386
Independent Andrew Wood 1,183
Labour Smrity Azad 1,105
Green Hakan Bas 1,032
Labour Alex Stanley 976
Green Gary O'Leary 879
Labour Anwar Punekar 804
Reform Catherine Prescott 684
Reform Richard Tudor 679
Reform Katherine Walsh 603
Liberal Democrats Shelly English 527
Conservative Lesley Lincoln 479
Liberal Democrats Richard Flowers 425
Conservative Yeashir Ahmed 305
Conservative Idrees Khan 275
Tower Hamlets Independents Zaheed Ahmed 215
Tower Hamlets Independents Shah Muhammad 120
Tower Hamlets Independents Airin Sobhan 116
Turnout %
Rejected ballots 31
Aspire hold
Aspire hold
Aspire hold

Bow East

Bow East (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Mads Churchhouse 2,777
Green Ottilie Swinyard 2,603
Green Jonathan Purcell 2,550
Labour Co-op Marc Francis* 1,873
Labour Co-op Amina Ali* 1,711
Labour Co-op Abdi Mohamed* 1,385
Aspire Yusuf Abdi 1,120
Aspire Mansur Hussain 1,087
Aspire Hamida Juti 1,068
Reform John Forster 559
Reform Gary Taylor 517
Reform Kevin Turner 444
Liberal Democrats Daniel Bond 262
Tower Hamlets Independents Md Chowdhury 186
Conservative Georgie Calle 180
Conservative Robin Edwards 178
Liberal Democrats Dan Lan 170
Conservative Jade Kelly 169
Tower Hamlets Independents Delwar Hira 140
Tower Hamlets Independents Md Islam 131
Liberal Democrats Folkert Veenstra 115
TUSC Naomi Byron 76
Turnout %
Rejected ballots 36
Green gain from Labour
Green gain from Labour
Green gain from Labour

Bow West

Bow West (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Rupert George 1,821
Green Martin Parker 1,506
Labour Co-op Asma Begum* 1,347
Labour Co-op Kevin Brady 1,088
Aspire Syed Ahmad 1,027
Aspire Mohammed Ali 1,018
Reform Robin Griffiths 383
Conservative Debbie Buggs 199
Tower Hamlets Independents Sayeda Johora 190
Liberal Democrats Janet Ludlow 188
Conservative Nick Mitev 165
Tower Hamlets Independents Momtaz Islam 141
Liberal Democrats Tom Kaneko 116
Turnout %
Rejected ballots 14
Green gain from Labour
Green hold

Bromley North

Bromley North (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Aspire Mohammed Ilyas 1,212
Aspire Abdul Mannan* 1,205
Green Hirra Adeogun 1,143
Green James Meadway 1,000
Labour Hamim Chowdhury 791
Labour Shaheda Rahman 652
Tower Hamlets Independents Abdul Mumin 295
Reform John Bullard 232
Conservative Alex Reeves 142
Tower Hamlets Independents Sheikh Nashar 134
Liberal Democrats Simon Herbert 117
Conservative Samia Hersi 112
Liberal Democrats David Lurie 56
TUSC Lauren Riley 35
Turnout %
Rejected ballots 29
Aspire hold
Aspire hold

Bromley South

Bromley South (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shubo Hussain* 1,495
Aspire Bodrul Choudhury* 1,434
Aspire Masood Rahman 1,134
Labour Lynda Ouazar 878
Green Mirren Gidda 796
Green Kim Sparks 721
Tower Hamlets Independents Liton Ahmed 369
Reform Ron Packman 205
Conservative Matt Moorhouse 131
Conservative David Snowdon 124
Liberal Democrats Ian Burns 116
Liberal Democrats Alex Warren 113
Turnout %
Rejected ballots 41
Labour hold
Aspire hold

Canary Wharf

Canary Wharf (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Aspire Maium Talukdar* 1,287
Aspire Saied Ahmed* 1,244
Labour Daniel Lynch 875
Labour Suzy Stride 810
Green Alexander Bishop 594
Reform Jon Bidwell 499
Green Alistair Polson 494
Conservative Callum Murphy 437
Reform Luke Williamson 422
Conservative Dominic Nolan 394
Liberal Democrats Michael Brand 207
Liberal Democrats Finlay Munn 158
Tower Hamlets Independents Zahid Hyath 133
Tower Hamlets Independents Mo Aboshanab 114
Turnout %
Rejected ballots 24
Aspire hold
Aspire hold

Island Gardens

Island Gardens (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Golds* 1,206
Aspire Sadiqur Rahman 1,143
Aspire Syed Ali 1,095
Green David Allison 800
Conservative Matthew Miles 756
Green Paul Burgess 751
Labour Mufeedah Bustin* 616
Reform Michael Gray 513
Labour Ken Murphy 494
Reform Ahmed Ibrahim 341
Tower Hamlets Independents Ewan Horton 324
Liberal Democrats Christian Holland 170
Tower Hamlets Independents Kamrul Hashan 138
Liberal Democrats Damian Johnson 129
TUSC Adam Gillman 37
Turnout %
Rejected ballots 12
Conservative hold
Aspire gain from Labour

Lansbury

Lansbury (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Aspire Iqbal Hossain* 2,251
Aspire Foysal Ahmed 2,181
Aspire Abul Monsur 1,882
Green Simon Levey 1,020
Labour Anwar Miah 982
Labour Shajia Sultana 948
Labour Mohammed Rob 941
Green Daniel Smith 912
Green John Urpeth 785
Independent Jahed Choudhury* 614
Tower Hamlets Independents Romna Begum 601
Reform Daniel Cunliffe 588
Reform Daniel Klop 523
Reform Leslie Pearce-Burden 517
Tower Hamlets Independents Kaisol Islam 338
Conservative Stephen Charge 238
Conservative Douglas Oliver 201
Liberal Democrats Corie Hawkins 188
Liberal Democrats Charles Du Cane 147
Conservative Tangai Nyampingidza 137
Liberal Democrats Quintin Peppiatt 114
TUSC Pete Dickenson 85
Turnout %
Rejected ballots 55
Aspire hold
Aspire hold
Aspire hold

Limehouse

Limehouse (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op David Edgar 643 31.37 Decrease8.81
Green Jurgen Forster 402 19.61 Increase11.72
Aspire Masudul Karim 389 18.98 Decrease0.17
Reform Kellen Hadfield 248 12.10 N/A
Conservative Mark Wolfisz 188 9.17 Decrease13.07
Liberal Democrats Jacob Sinkins 130 6.34 Decrease4.20
Tower Hamlets Independents Jhahan Ali 50
Turnout %
Rejected ballots 11
Labour hold

Mile End

Mile End (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Aspire Rougie Khanom 1,879
Aspire Mohammed Mahmud 1,795
Aspire Mohammed Mehdi 1,775
Labour Co-op Raihan Chowdhury 1,561
Labour Co-op Asma Islam* 1,538
Green Martin Donkin 1,512
Green Amin Rahman 1,494
Labour Co-op Leelu Ahmed* 1,429
Green Hytham Emam 1,381
Tower Hamlets Independents Shah Alam 502
Independent Iftakhar Ahmed 375
Reform Emilie Martin 351
Reform Alan Walker 311
Tower Hamlets Independents Christianah Agbabiaka 230
Liberal Democrats Rupert Bawden 220
Liberal Democrats Catherine Burrows 219
Conservative Neil King 215
Tower Hamlets Independents Nauman Iqbal 212
Conservative Andrew Binns 207
Liberal Democrats Conor Hilliard 158
Conservative Israt Sawda 115
Turnout %
Rejected ballots 15
Aspire gain from Labour
Aspire gain from Labour
Aspire gain from Labour

Poplar

Poplar (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Aspire Gulam Choudhury* 982 42.22
Labour Zaglul Khan 399 17.15
Tower Hamlets Independents Farhad Ahmed 356 15.31
Green Bethan Lant 297 12.77
Reform Seb Downing 161 6.92
Conservative Adrian Thompson 86 3.70
Liberal Democrats Alan Palmer 45 1.93
Turnout %
Rejected ballots 43
Aspire hold

Shadwell

Shadwell (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Aspire Mohammad Miah 1,621
Liberal Democrats Rabina Khan 1,393
Aspire Ana Miah* 1,287
Labour Muhi Mikdad 1,172
Labour Naomi Goldberg 626
Green Jarod Hardcastle 563
Green Gunther Jancke 541
Tower Hamlets Independents Mohammed Sukur 399
Reform Mark Mapstone 177
Reform Iain Tennant 129
Conservative Darly Stafford 116
Conservative Kwame Poku 74
Turnout %
Rejected ballots 32
Aspire hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Aspire

Spitalfields & Banglatown

Spitalfields and Banglatown (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Aspire Faysal Ahmed 1,237 16.63 Decrease26.03
Aspire Suluk Ahmed* 1,148 15.43 Decrease27.12
Labour Shad Chowdhury 1,045 14.05 Decrease27.27
Independent Kabir Hussain* 849 11.41 Decrease31.25
Labour Rumana Azad 727 9.77 Decrease20.40
Green Daniele Pollicino 684 9.19 Increase1.35
Green Maggie Sawant 616 8.28
Tower Hamlets Independents Nurul Maleque 489 6.57
Reform Cristina Cecchinato 127 1.71
Liberal Democrats Gareth Shelton 126 1.69 Decrease2.91
Liberal Democrats Robert Adderley 117 1.57 Decrease4.90
Reform Helen Biebuyck 112 1.51
Conservative Mohammed Miah 84 1.13 Decrease3.50
Conservative Terrel Mollel 79 1.06 Decrease1.45
Turnout 4,069 43.79 Increase2.39
Registered electors 9,292
Aspire hold Swing
Aspire hold Swing

St Dunstan's

St Dunstan's (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Aspire Shafiq Islam 1,661
Aspire Shenaly Miah 1,630
Labour Shahanur Khan 1,486
Green Stephanie Golder 851
Labour Victoria Obaze 709
Green Flo Zwiers 643
Tower Hamlets Independents Muhammed Kamruzzaman 347
Reform Stefano Farina 239
Reform Owen Murphy 217
Tower Hamlets Independents Mohammad Islam 183
Liberal Democrats Alexander Gallagher 112
Conservative Gemma Larter 92
Liberal Democrats Quentin Croft 90
Conservative Olivier Abelhauser 84
Turnout %
Rejected ballots 34
Aspire gain from Labour
Aspire gain from Labour

St Katharine's & Wapping

St Katharine's and Wapping (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Abdal Ullah* 1,303 16.61
Labour Victoria Fleur Lupton 1,205 15.36
Liberal Democrats Guy Benson 869 11.08
Liberal Democrats Seb Villars 772 9.84
Green Mareva De Coninck Moyou 598 7.62
Green Jolley Harrison Gosnold 585 7.46
Aspire Mahbub Alam 509 6.49
Aspire Rafique Uddin 501 6.39
Reform Pete Holt 363 4.63
Conservative Alex Brookes 357 4.55
Conservative Jane Elizabeth Emmerson 333 4.25
Reform John Charles Hilary Wilkes 311 3.96
TUSC Aysha Burton 57 0.73
Tower Hamlets Independents Salim Malik 43 0.55
Tower Hamlets Independents Mohammad Munshat Habib Chowdhury 38 0.48
Turnout %
Rejected ballots 21
Labour hold
Labour hold

Stepney Green

Stepney Green (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Aspire Sabina Akhtar* 1,940
Aspire Abdul Ali* 1,784
Green Volker Gulde 698
Labour Sanu Miah 693
Green Roderick McGlynn 679
Labour Nanziba Nasima 574
Liberal Democrats Aminur Khan 494
Reform Anthony Newland 206
Reform Karen Biebuyck 203
Tower Hamlets Independents Mohammed Rahman 136
Liberal Democrats Simon Tunnicliffe 115
Conservative Freddy Simpson 114
Tower Hamlets Independents Hassan Diriye 106
Conservative Pankaj Goyal 82
Turnout %
Rejected ballots 16
Aspire hold
Aspire gain from Labour

Weavers

Weavers (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Aspire Kabir Ahmed* 1,265
Labour Amina Ali 1,156
Green Sara Petrai 1,124
Green Rakib Ahmed 1,063
Aspire Abdul Mahboob 947
Labour Dilwar Hussan 799
Reform Judy Corstjens 271
Tower Hamlets Independents Imran Hossain 171
Conservative Elliott Weaver 151
Liberal Democrats Edward Long 137
Tower Hamlets Independents Abdullah Nazimuddin 125
Liberal Democrats Joseph Brazier 123
Conservative Sherrill Evarschi 123
Independent Abul Zubair 122
Turnout %
Rejected ballots 48
Aspire hold
Labour hold

Whitechapel

Whitechapel (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Aspire Shafi Ahmed* 2,109
Aspire Kamrul Hussain* 1,908
Aspire Abulkashem Helal 1,802
Labour Faroque Ahmed* 1,247
Green Phoebe Gill 1,063
Labour Shah Ameen 1,059
Green Ed Rhodes 892
Green Karissa Singh 867
Labour Kamrun Shajahan 700
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Hannan 273
Independent Md. Hossain 250
Conservative Debbie Kirk 214
Reform Warren Halpin 199
Tower Hamlets Independents Md Rahman 186
Reform Rick Robinson 179
Conservative Garry Ramsden 178
Conservative Sonia Mironenko 170
Liberal Democrats Wei Qu 165
Liberal Democrats Michael Robinson 162
Tower Hamlets Independents Md Akbor 133
Tower Hamlets Independents Md Bashir 119
TUSC Hugo Pierre 72
Turnout %
Rejected ballots 48
Aspire hold
Aspire gain from Labour
Aspire hold

Mayor election results

Rahman won the election with 38.8% of the vote, winning his third term (and second consecutive term) as Mayor. During Rahman's victory speech, independent candidate Terrence McGrenera was escorted out of the venue by police after holding a sign saying "liar".[44]

2026 Tower Hamlets mayoral election*
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Aspire Lutfur Rahman 35,679 38.8 −8.2
Labour Sirajul Islam 19,454 21.1 −12.1
Green Hirra Khan Adeogun 19,223 20.9 New
Reform John Bullard 7,153 7.8 New
Conservative Dominic Nolan 3,818 4.1 −1.0
Tower Hamlets Independents Zami Ali 3,156 3.4 New
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Hannan 2,421 2.6 −5.1
TUSC Hugo Pierre 638 0.7 −1.0
Independent Terence McGrenera 524 0.6 New
Turnout 92,075 42.0 +0.1
Aspire hold

* Percentage change is in comparison to First round results from 2022

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