2022 Harrow London Borough Council election

The 2022 Harrow London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 55 members of Harrow London Borough Council were elected. The elections took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.

2022 Harrow Borough Council election

5 May 2022
All 55 seats to Harrow London Borough Council 28 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Conservative Labour Last election 28 seats, 45.1% 34 seats, 46.6% Seats won 31 24 Seat change 3 11 Percentage 47.1% 40.7% Swing 2.0% 5.9%
Map of the results of the 2022 Harrow London Borough Council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red.

The 2022 election took place under new election boundaries, which reduced the number of councillors to 55. In the previous election in 2018, the Labour Party maintained its control of the council, winning 35 out of the 63 seats with the Conservative Party as the council opposition with the remaining 28 seats. However, in the 2022 elections, the Conservative Party won control from Labour with net gains of 8 seats to gain a total of 31 seats. This was the only council in London the Conservatives gained control of bucking the citywide trend with Labour gaining Barnet, Wandsworth and Westminster from the Conservatives.

Background

History

Result of the 2018 borough election

The thirty-two London boroughs were established in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963. They are the principal authorities in Greater London and have responsibilities including education, housing, planning, highways, social services, libraries, recreation, waste, environmental health and revenue collection. Some of the powers are shared with the Greater London Authority, which also manages passenger transport, police and fire.

Since its formation, Harrow has been under Labour control, Conservative control and no overall control. The Labour Party most recently gained an overall majority on the council from no overall control in the 2014 election, winning 34 seats to the Conservatives' 26, with the Liberal Democrats winning one seat and independent candidates winning two. In the most recent election in 2018, Labour gained one seat to win 35 with 46.6% of the vote and the Conservatives gained two to win 28 seats with 45.1% of the vote. The Liberal Democrats received 6.4% of the vote across the borough and lost their only seat.

Council term

Shortly after the 2018 election, a Labour group annual general meeting elected Graham Henson as group leader, defeating the incumbent Sachin Shah. Henson consequently became leader of the council. The former Conservative leader of the council and councillor for Pinner South, Chris Mote, died in July 2021. Mote had been a councillor in Harrow since 1982. A by-election to replace him was held in October 2021. The by-election was held for the Conservatives by the businessperson Hitesh Karia, with the Liberal Democrat candidate coming in second place. A councillor for Headstone South, Pamela Fitzpatrick, was expelled from the Labour Party in November 2021, which she said was for speaking to the Socialist Appeal newspaper.

As with most London boroughs, Harrow was electing its councillors under new boundaries decided by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, which it produced after a period of consultation. The number of councillors fell by eight to 55, representing eleven three-councillor wards and eleven two-councillor wards.

Electoral process

Harrow, like other London borough councils, elects all of its councillors at once every four years. The previous election took place in 2018. 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. Voting in-person at polling stations took place from 7:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters were able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.

Previous council composition

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  Council composition after the 2018 election
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  Council composition ahead of the 2022 election

After 2018 election			Before 2022 election
Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Labour	35		Labour	34
	Conservative	28		Conservative	28
				Independent	1

Overall result

2022 Harrow Council election result

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	31	5		+3	56	47.1	83,261	+2.0
	Labour	24		5	-11	44	40.7	71,893	-5.9
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	6.3	11,207	-0.1
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	3.3	5,800	+1.9
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	2.4	4,269	+2.0
	Reform UK	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	411	New

Changes to 2018 election result

Ward results

Belmont (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anjana Patel*	1,720	62.5
	Conservative	Mina Parmar*	1,707	62.0
	Labour	Sue Anderson	843	30.6
	Labour	Kuldeep Mathur	716	26.0
	Green	Sunita Mehta	309	11.2
	Independent	Annie Kendall	211	7.7
Turnout				42.1
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Canons (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ameet Jogia*	1,679	69.1
	Conservative	Amir Moshenson*	1,490	61.3
	Labour	Sanjay Dighe	698	28.7
	Labour	Linda Lockie	673	27.7
	Liberal Democrats	James Bore	323	13.3
Turnout				36.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Centenary (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Govind Bharadia	2,267	58.7
	Conservative	David Ashton	2,165	56.0
	Conservative	Salim Chowdhury	1,799	46.6
	Labour	Parvine Mawkin	1,523	39.4
	Labour	Brahma Mohanty	1,484	38.4
	Labour	Yusuf Yusuf	1,294	33.5
	Liberal Democrats	Nishi Karia	549	14.2
	Liberal Democrats	Laurence Cox	511	13.2
Turnout				39.5
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Edgware (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicola Blackman	2,091	54.4
	Conservative	Yogesh Teli	1,934	50.3
	Labour	Nitin Parekh*	1,880	48.9
	Conservative	Stefan Voloseniuc	1,801	46.8
	Labour	James Lee*	1,752	45.5
	Labour	Angella Murphy-Strachan*	1,687	43.9
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Kuo	394	10.2
Turnout				36.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Greenhill (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dan Anderson*	1,115	48.5
	Labour	Ghazanfar Ali*	1,017	44.2
	Labour	Aneka Shah-Levy	1,009	43.9
	Conservative	Simon Dunkerley	852	37.0
	Conservative	Rhys Benjamin	841	36.6
	Conservative	Eileen Kinnear	800	34.8
	Green	Sonia Moore	401	17.4
	Liberal Democrats	Prakash Nandhra	337	14.7
	Liberal Democrats	Nahid Boethe	265	11.5
	Liberal Democrats	Lucy Tonge	263	11.4
Turnout				29.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Harrow on the Hill (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eden Kulig	1,261	46.1
	Labour	Stephen Hickman	1,260	46.1
	Conservative	Kiran Fothergill	1,208	44.2
	Conservative	Will Jackson	1,116	40.8
	Green	Soody Kim	325	11.9
	Liberal Democrats	Gaye Branch	296	10.8
Turnout				39.1
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Harrow Weald (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ramji Chauhan*	2,055	55.9
	Conservative	Pritesh Patel*	2,017	54.9
	Conservative	Stephen Greek*	1,989	54.1
	Labour	Sophie Green	1,318	35.9
	Labour	Tejinder Sharma	1,227	33.4
	Labour	Ahmed Ali-Ashghar	1,221	33.2
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Taylor	437	11.9
	Liberal Democrats	Darren Diamond	395	10.7
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Hill	366	10.0
Turnout				36.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hatch End (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Mary Hall	1,629	59.0
	Conservative	Matthew John Adam Goodwin-Freeman	1,452	52.6
	Labour	Nimmi Dinesh Patel	725	26.3
	Labour	Bill Stephenson	706	25.6
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Mona Ismail	406	14.7
	Green	Bhavna Roopram	395	14.3
	Reform UK	Ian Jeffrey Price	208	7.5
Turnout			2846	40
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Headstone (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon Brown	1,860	43.3
	Labour	Natasha Proctor	1,820	42.3
	Labour	Sasi Suresh	1,733	40.3
	Conservative	Lesline Patricia Lewinson	1352	31.5
	Conservative	Anthony Harry Seymour	1302	30.3
	Conservative	Vijay Yeshwanth Singh	1278	29.7
	Independent	Heshma Shah	796	18.5
	Independent	Geoffrey Peter Eldridge	782	18.2
	Independent	Mary Ellen Turner	742	17.3
	Green	Adele Poskitt	499	11.6
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Levene	421	9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Pietro Rescia	311	7.2
Turnout			4458	41
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Kenton East (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nitesh Hirani	2,695	65.7
	Conservative	Chetna Halai	2,498	60.9
	Conservative	Samir Sobhagchand Sumaria	2,223	54.2
	Labour	Rohit Dixit	1650	40.3
	Labour	Manju Shivji Raghwani	1626	39.7
	Labour	Rangdatt Janakkumar Joshi	1605	39.2
Turnout			4368	40
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kenton West (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vipin Chhotalal Mithani	1,701	54.9
	Conservative	Kanti Rabadia	1,635	52.7
	Labour	Ajay Harilal Maru	1300	41.9
	Labour	Meera Ajay Maru	1295	41.8
	Liberal Democrats	Charles David Boethe	269	8.7
Turnout			3181	44
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Marlborough (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Richard Perry	1,172	50.0
	Labour	Varsha Parmar	1,134	48.4
	Labour	Antonio Eduardo Weiss	1,095	46.7
	Conservative	Savitha Prakash	563	24.0
	Conservative	Jaydeep Kantilal Patel	534	22.8
	Conservative	Dinesh Solanki	529	22.6
	Green	Lawrence John Mathias	439	18.7
	Independent	Samantha Pali	401	17.1
	Independent	Edmond Bicari	356	15.2
	Liberal Democrats	Paolo Cesare Arrigo	320	13.6
	Independent	Nish Patel	256	10.9
	Liberal Democrats	David Monah Al-Basha	236	10.1
Turnout			2482	32
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

North Harrow (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher John Baxter	1,510	54.2	N/A
	Conservative	Janet Teresa Mote	1,487	53.4	N/A
	Labour	Hugh James Brown	1482	53.2	N/A
	Labour	Georgia Lin Weston	1448	52.0	N/A
	Green	Emma Jane Wallace	331	11.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Marshel Amutharasan	255	9.2	N/A
Turnout			2,785	40.0
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Pinner (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman Shairp Stevenson	2,044	51.4	−2.5
	Conservative	Kuha Kumaran	2,012	50.6	−2.7
	Conservative	Paul Simon Osborn	1,945	48.9	−1.1
	Labour	Jeffrey Alan Anderson	1,271	32.0	+6.4
	Labour	James Frank Lockie	1,104	27.8	+4.7
	Labour	Lesley Stackpoole	1,077	27.1	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Veronica Margaret Chamberlain	775	19.5	+6.0
	Green	Krystel Shin Pei Lee	618	15.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Jacalina Bunce-Linsell	552	13.9	+1.7
Turnout			3,974	39.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pinner South (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	June Rosemary Baxter	2,418	52.3	−8.1
	Conservative	Hitesh Kantilal Karia	2,305	49.8	−6.9
	Conservative	Jean Lammiman	2,097	45.3	−11.2
	Labour	Finley Brook Harnett	1,728	37.4	+10.4
	Labour	William Phillips	1,442	31.2	+4.8
	Labour	Raj Vakesan	1,380	29.9	+4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Sanjay Karia	865	18.7	+3.5
	Green	Alexander Eng Soon Lee	747	16.1	N/A
	Reform UK	Zbigniew Kowalczyk	108	2.3	N/A
Turnout			4,626	41.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rayners Lane (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Krishna Suresh	1,399	44.1	+1.2
	Conservative	Thaya Idaikkadar	977	30.8	+1.9
	Labour	Tarza Ahmed Sharif	962	30.3	−8.6
	Conservative	Mala Morjaria	886	27.9	+0.0
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Noyce	665	20.9	−15.9
	Independent	Sockalingam Yogalingam	559	17.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Gerri Noyce	426	13.4	−14.7
	Green	Rowan Nicholas Charles Langley	182	5.7	N/A
	Independent	Herbie Crossman	166	5.2	N/A
Turnout			3,175	45.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Roxbourne (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Douglas Henson	1,446	65.2
	Labour	Maxine Margaret Henson	1,369	61.7
	Conservative	Arunasalam Rajalingam	764	34.4
	Conservative	John Stuart Haddon Hinkley	687	31.0
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Peter Sikandar Yasin	170	7.7
Turnout			2306	33
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Roxeth (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jerry Miles	2,180	60.8
	Labour	Peymana Assad	2,009	56.0
	Labour	Rashmi Suranga Kalu	1,991	55.5
	Conservative	Rajagopal Deleepan	1422	39.6
	Conservative	Sockalingam Karunalingam	1364	38.0
	Conservative	Subankani Pathmanathan Pratheepan	1242	34.6
	Green	Swati Rameshchandra Patel	553	15.4
Turnout			3881	35
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Stanmore (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marilyn Joy Ashton	2,340	66.8
	Conservative	Philip Richard Benjamin	2,244	64.0
	Conservative	Zak Oliver Wagman	1,992	56.8
	Labour	Hannah Louise Gibbons	852	24.3
	Labour	Navin Shah	803	22.9
	Labour	Jeffrey Charles Gallant	784	22.4
	Liberal Democrats	Nikki Kopelman	392	11.2
	Green	Linda Carol Robinson	356	10.2
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Grenville Levy	330	9.4
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Michelle Levy	327	9.3
	Reform UK	Howard Keith Koch	95	2.7
Turnout			3653	36
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Wealdstone North (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shahania Choudhury	1,405	65.2
	Labour	Phillip William O'Dell	1,361	63.1
	Conservative	Vinod Tikoo	781	36.2
	Conservative	Paul Francis Greek	766	35.5
Turnout			2266	33
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Wealdstone South (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kandy Ann Marie Dolor	888	54.8
	Labour	Dean Gilligan	847	52.3
	Conservative	Manjibhai Kara	661	40.8
	Conservative	Naresh Gothadiya	635	39.2
	Green	Halema Khatun	208	12.8
Turnout			1680	33
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

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West Harrow (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rekha Shah	1,507	54.7
	Labour	Asif Hussain	1,459	52.9
	Conservative	Luke Andrew Titus Wilson	911	33.0
	Conservative	Caroline Mojisola Ojo	849	30.8
	Green	Monika Sobiecki	437	15.9
	Liberal Democrats	Em Dean	351	12.7
Turnout			2841	40
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing