Fulham Picks a New Set of Councillors

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The Conservatives rebuild their enclave in the SW6 postcode area

A montage of some of the people elected to the council representing local wards

May 11, 2026

Labour might have relatively comfortably held on to control of Hammersmith & Fulham Council after last week's election. It might represent clutching at straws, but the Conservatives can claim to be the largest party in the SW6 area where all twelve of their councillors now represent wards.

A net gain of two seats for the Tories made little dent in the ruling administration's majority particular with Labour making a net gain of one thanks to it reclaiming a seat in Walham Green from a defector to the Greens.

Ward by Ward Results

Ward	Winner	Seats
Munster	Con
Sands End	Lab
Lillie	Lab
Parsons Green & Sandford	Con
Fulham Town	Con
Palace & Hurlingham	Con
Walham Green	Lab
Fulham Reach	Lab
West Kensington	Lab

The Sands End vote provided the greatest excitement of the night with a recount necessary before it was declared that the Conservatives had taken two of the seats with Labour hanging on to one of the three they held from 2022. It was always expected to be a close contest and in the event the difference between Roseanne Meacher, the Labour winner, and Matt Sinclair, the fourth placed Tory, was just 19 votes. Rob Harris and Libby Hart took the two other seats. Martyna Marcinkowska put her party in third place with Reform ahead of the Lib Dems.

Sands End councillors. L to R: Rob Harris (Con), Roseanne Meacher (Lab), Libby Hart (Con)

Sands End Result
Candidate	Party	Votes
Rob Harris	Conservative	967
Roseanne Meacher	Labour	946
Libby Hart	Conservative	941
Matt Sinclair	Conservative	927
David Morris	Labour	857
Ken Jemedafe	Labour	841
Martyna Marcinkowska	Green	472
Amanda Beddows-Adams	Reform UK	410
Deep Bassi	Reform UK	357
Tom Stojanovic	Reform UK	327
Ray Burnet	Liberal Democrat	260
Henry Bagwell	Liberal Democrat	224
Benjamin Budd	Liberal Democrat	217

Walham Green saw Sam Kelly and sitting councillor Genevieve Nwaogbe topping the poll and securing both seats. Their vote totals — 731 and 730 respectively — placed them ahead of the Conservative candidates by a much smaller margin than polls had suggested. The Conservatives’ Elinor Alice Bale and James Windsor-Clive both polled around 100 votes behind the eventual winners. They were well ahead of the Green Party’s Ann Savage who pipped the Reform candidates to put her party in third place. This was a net loss for the Greens as the ward had previously been represented by Trey Campbell-Simon who defected to them from Labour.

Walham Green councillors. L to R: Sam Kelly (Lab) Genevieve Nwaogbe (Lab)

Walham Green Result
Candidate	Party	Votes
Sam Kelly	Labour	731
Genevieve Nwaogbe	Labour	730
Elinor Alice Bale	Conservative	642
James Windsor-Clive	Conservative	631
Ann Savage	Green	314
Edward Colnet	Reform UK	261
Dan Taub	Reform UK	216
Luigi Trovato	Liberal Democrat	131
Oliver Wessely	Liberal Democrat	118

Despite polling which suggested there was a chance for the Liberal Democrats in Munster ward, the Conservatives easily took the three seats being contested. Adronie Elizabeth Alford, Dominic Stanton, and Stewart Edward Waine each secured well over 1,200 votes, placing them far ahead of their Labour challengers. The Green candidate Jason Khan took the next highest number of votes with one of the Lib Dem candidates finishing last behind Reform.

Munster ward councillors. L to R: Adronie Elizabeth Alford (Con), Dominic Stanton (Con)

Munster Result
Candidate	Party	Votes
Adronie Elizabeth Alford	Conservative	1,378
Dominic Stanton	Conservative	1,305
Stewart Edward Waine	Conservative	1,241
Caroline Needham	Labour	843
Guy Vincent	Labour	713
Patrick Walsh	Labour	665
Jason Khan	Green	550
Lucy O’Sullivan	Reform UK	451
Mervyn Guille	Reform UK	442
Lawrence Gould	Liberal Democrat	406
Ted Townsend	Liberal Democrat	394
David Kelly	Reform UK	382
Philipp Rader	Liberal Democrat	330

As expected, Labour held on in Lillie ward with Sharon Holder and Lydia Paynter with a reduced majority ahead of their nearest rivals. Cllr Holder, a long-standing figure in the borough’s administration who was serving as the Mayor of Hammersmith & Fulham, topped the poll with a clear personal lead.

Lillie ward councillors. L to R: Sharon Holder (Lab) and Lydia Paynter (Lab)

The Conservatives were the closest contenders, with Saadi Chowdhury and Tom Wade both polling in the mid-500s. The Greens secured a clear third-place finish among the other parties, with Maria Guerrero attracting more than 300 votes. Reform UK and the Liberal Democrats followed.

Lillie Result
Candidate	Party	Votes
Sharon Holder	Labour	701
Lydia Paynter	Labour	665
Saadi Chowdhury	Conservative	549
Tom Wade	Conservative	536
Maria Guerrero	Green	327
Daniel Pienaar	Reform UK	194
Subodh Gupta	Reform UK	176
Francis Flaherty	Liberal Democrat	167

Fulham Town delivered a clear two-seat Conservative hold as was projected, with Victoria Brocklebank-Fowler and Liam Downer-Sanderson elected comfortably ahead of all rivals. The Conservative lead was decisive, with both candidates securing close to or above 900 votes, well ahead of the next-placed candidate, Labour's Mary Smith who finished ahead of the Liberal Democrats.

Fulham Town councillors. L to R: Victoria Brocklebank-Fowler (Con) and Liam Downer-Sanderson (Con)

Fulham Town Result
Candidate	Party	Votes
Victoria Brocklebank-Fowler	Conservative	990
Liam Downer-Sanderson	Conservative	906
Mary Smith	Labour	398
Jacqueline Diane Dennee	Liberal Democrat	359
Roy Kenneth Pounsforth	Liberal Democrat	344
Jonathan Wong	Labour	309
Shruti Mohan	Green	262
Matthew Riding	Reform UK	245
Joseph Robertson	Reform UK	204

To nobody's surprise, Palace & Hurlingham delivered one of the most emphatic Conservative victories in Hammersmith & Fulham in 2026. All three Conservative candidates — Amanda Lloyd-Harris, Jeremy Maddocks, and Aliya Afzal-Khan — broke the 1,950-vote mark, producing some of the highest individual tallies recorded anywhere in the borough. Their vote totals placed them far ahead of the Labour slate and confirmed the ward’s status as a deep Conservative stronghold.

Palace and Hurlingham councillors. L to R: Amanda Lloyd-Harris (Con), Jeremy Maddocks (Con), Aliya Afzal-Khan (Con)

Labour finished a distant second, with Shirley Cupit, Orlando Morley, and Nick Elverston each polling between 708 and 830 votes. These are respectable figures but nowhere near competitive in a ward where the Conservative lead exceeded 1,100 votes.

Among the otherparties, the Greens and Liberal Democrats both performed strongly, with Matt Dobson (593) and Tamara Dragadze (556) each surpassing the 550-vote mark — unusually high for non-Labour, non-Conservative candidates in this part of the borough. Reform UK also registered a visible presence, with Guy Hennings, Stephen Lewis, and William Tucker all polling in the mid-300s to low-400s.

Palace and Hurlingham Result
Candidate	Party	Votes
Amanda Lloyd-Harris	Conservative	2,037
Jeremy Maddocks	Conservative	1,972
Aliya Afzal-Khan	Conservative	1,952
Shirley Cupit	Labour	830
Orlando Morley	Labour	729
Nick Elverston	Labour	708
Matt Dobson	Green	593
Tamara Dragadze	Liberal Democrat	556
Guy Hennings	Reform UK	435
Stephen Lewis	Reform UK	399
William Tucker	Reform UK	363

The picture was similar in Parsons Green and Sandford where Conservative group leader Jose Afonso and Adrian Pascu-Tulbure with over 1,000 votes each more than 600 ahead of the nearest Labour challenger. Of note in this ward was the relatively strong performance of Reform whose two candidates put their party in third place ahead of the Greens and Lib Dems.

Parsons Green and Sandford councillors. L to R: Jose Afonso (Con), Adrian Pascu-Tulbure (Con)

Parsons Green and Sandford
Candidate	Party	Votes
Jose Afonso	Conservative	1,158
Adrian Pascu-Tulbure	Conservative	1,055
Alexandra Thomas	Labour	404
Isabella Wyatt	Labour	385
Peter Moore	Reform UK	319
Rajeev Nair	Reform UK	244
Sam Hunter Jones	Green	239
Jerome Lussan	Liberal Democrat	218
Graham Peter Muir	Liberal Democrat	194
Sana Omar	Green	191

As predicted, Labour comfortably held all three seats in Fulham Reach, repeating their 2022 clean sweep and maintaining a strong lead over the Conservatives. David Campbell, Anna Magryta Urban, and Nikos Souslous were elected with sizeable margins, each polling well above 1,300 votes.

Fulham Reach councillors. L to R: David Campbell (Lab), Anna Magryta-Urban (Lab), Nikos Souslous (Lab)

The Conservatives remained the clear runners up but were far behind Labour, with their top candidate, Caroline Ruth Ffiske. The Greens placed a solid third in vote share, ahead of Reform UK and the Liberal Democrats.

Fulham Reach Result
Candidate	Party	Votes
David Campbell	Labour	1550
Anna Magryta-Urban	Labour	1487
Nikos Souslous	Labour	1393
Caroline Ruth Ffiske	Conservative	781
Mark Richard Nelson	Conservative	713
Fuad Hendricks	Conservative	653
Tereza Cervenova	Green	586
Ash Goddard	Green	538
James Christopher Bennett	Reform UK	439
Shelly Sawyer	Reform UK	395
Joe Soares	Reform UK	382
Jelena Sarmo	Liberal Democrat	224
Meher Oliaji	Liberal Democrat	221

In West Kensington, Labour won all three seats as predicted with disablity rights campaigner and radio producer Victoria Brignell, who had previously been given the Freedom of the Borough, well ahead of the rest of the field. The Green Party’s Denise Baker delivered a strong performance, finishing fourth overall with 602 votes — one of the highest Green tallies in the borough. The Conservatives followed, with Jackie Borland, Harry Phibbs, and Yaz Monerawela polling between 328 and 400 votes, well behind Labour’s leading trio. The Lib Dems were pushed into last place by the three Reform candidates.

West Kensington's councillors. L to R: Victoria Brignell, Daryl Brown, Florian Chevoppe-Verdier

West Kensington Result
Candidate	Party	Votes
Victoria Brignell	Labour	1,023
Daryl Brown	Labour	962
Florian Chevoppe-Verdier	Labour	885
Denise Baker	Green	602
Jackie Borland	Conservative	400
Harry Phibbs	Conservative	378
Yaz Monerawela	Conservative	328
David Amos	Reform UK	308
Martin Howe	Reform UK	286
Hilary Macdonald	Reform UK	276
Gill Barnes	Liberal Democrat	259
Sarah Taylor	Liberal Democrat	264
Jose Espinas	Liberal Democrat	191

The next meeting of the Full Council for Hammersmith & Fulham is the Annual Meeting, scheduled for Thursday, 21 May , at 7:00 pm.

This meeting typically follows the local elections and serves to appoint the Mayor, the Leader of the Council, and various committee members for the new municipal year.

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