2018 Brent London Borough Council election

The 2018 Brent London Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Brent London Borough Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

2018 Brent Borough Council election

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All 63 seats to Brent London Borough Council 32 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Labour Conservative Last election 56 seats, 46.8% 6 seats, 20.6% Seats won 60 3 Seat change 4 3 Popular vote 48,189 18,809 Percentage 57.6% 22.5% Swing 10.8% 1.9%
Map of the results of the 2018 Brent London Borough Council election. Labour in red and Conservatives in blue.
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

Results summary

Brent Local Election Result 2018^[2]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	60			+4	95.0	57.6	48,189	+10.8
	Conservative	3			-3	5.0	22.5	18,809	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	0			-1	0.0	12.6	10,562	-5.0
	Green	0			0	0.0	5.6	4,660	-5.2
	Women's Equality	0			0	0.0	0.7	626	New
	Independent	0			0	0.0	0.5	383	+0.2
	UKIP	0			0	0.0	0.3	234	-1.5
	Duma Polska	0			0	0.0	0.3	217	New

Results by ward

Alperton

Alperton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Bhagwanji Chohan	3,185	57.3
	Labour Co-op	James Allie	3,174	57.1
	Labour Co-op	Trupti Sangani	2,961	53.3
	Conservative	Vikas Patel	1,337	24.1
	Conservative	George Appiah Fordjour	1,162	20.9
	Conservative	Shamim Chowdhury	1,026	18.5
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Brown	582	10.5
	Green	Andrew Linnie	577	10.4
	Liberal Democrats	David Johnson	500	9.0
	Liberal Democrats	James Kerr	362	6.5
Turnout			5,557	46.83
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Barnhill

Barnhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Pavey	2,411	61.3
	Labour	Shafique Choudhary	2,408	61.2
	Labour	Sarah-Louise Marquis	2,403	61.1
	Conservative	Ghanshyam Boricha	950	24.1
	Conservative	Valerie Trott	947	24.1
	Conservative	Smita Mehta	946	24.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ekaterina Knight	290	7.4
	Liberal Democrats	George Morrow	277	7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Vivienne Williamson	271	6.9
	Independent	Elcena Jeffers	126	3.2
Turnout			3,934	34.20
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Brondesbury Park

Brondesbury Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kieron Gill	1,674	45.7	+14.7
	Labour	Erica Gbajumo	1,660	45.4
	Labour	Tony Ethapemi	1,636	44.7
	Conservative	Carol Shaw	1,567	42.8
	Conservative	John Warren	1,324	36.2
	Conservative	Bertha Joseph	1,261	34.5
	Liberal Democrats	Tilly McAuliffe	439	12.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Duggan	420	11.5
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Round	320	8.7
Turnout			3,660	40.93
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+14.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Dollis Hill

Dollis Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Parvez Ahmed	2,195	55.4
	Labour	Liz Dixon	2,131	53.8
	Labour	Arshad Mahmood	2,100	53.0
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Hopkins	1,355	34.2
	Liberal Democrats	Naim Hasani	913	23.0
	Liberal Democrats	Afifa Pervez	857	21.6
	Conservative	Richard Lacey	429	10.8
	Conservative	Mark Oates	354	8.9
	Conservative	Harry Quainoo	342	8.6
	Duma Polska	Robert Nowak	67	1.7
	Duma Polska	Robert Gajdzinski	65	1.6
	Duma Polska	Anna Paskiewicz	63	1.6
Turnout			3,963	43.07
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Dudden Hill

Dudden Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Aslam Choudry	2,214	58.9
	Labour	Janice Long	2,170	57.7
	Labour	Krupesh Hirani	2,053	54.6
	Conservative	Tobias Batkin	572	15.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Cummins	507	13.5
	Conservative	Tarul Islam	462	12.3
	Conservative	Ramesh Vara	462	12.3
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Goodsell	400	10.6
	Green	Phil Ram	387	10.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Hellett	359	9.5
	Duma Polska	Marcin Caban	150	4.0
	Duma Polska	Iwona Dankowska	132	3.5
	Duma Polska	Agnieszka Zywica	130	3.5
	Independent	Mohan Gupta	85	2.3
Turnout			3,761	37.51
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Fryent

Fryent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Crane	2,102	64.7
	Labour	Vincent Lo	1,989	61.2
	Labour	Shama Tatler	1,971	60.7
	Conservative	Ramila Mistry	1,071	33.0
	Conservative	Gerald Soames	936	28.8
	Conservative	Agnieszka Lecka-Wuni	889	27.4
Turnout			3,248	34.47
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Harlesden

Harlesden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lloyd McLeish	2,425	76.5
	Labour	Joshua Murray	2,310	72.9
	Labour	Mili Patel	2,156	68.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Latham	397	12.5
	Conservative	Diana Newhall	312	9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Scott	310	9.8
	Conservative	Hazel Al-Jawad	277	8.7
	Conservative	Martha Ocampo	252	8.0
Turnout			3,168	30.32
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Kensal Green

Kensal Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jumbo Chan	2,258	67.8
	Labour	Claudia Hector	2,179	65.4
	Labour	Matt Kelcher	1,998	60.0
	Green	Samuel Hopkins	427	12.8
	Liberal Democrats	Daisy Newton Dunn	416	12.5
	Conservative	Sophia Moore	393	11.8
	Conservative	Stephen Hoffman	389	11.7
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah Sutherland	370	11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Isabella Thomas	360	10.8
	Conservative	Khatheja Asif	348	10.4
	UKIP	Frances Flanagan	118	3.5
Turnout			3,331	34.54
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Kenton

Kenton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Suresh Kansagra	1,884	51.0
	Conservative	Reg Colwill	1,795	48.6
	Conservative	Michael Maurice	1,699	46.0
	Labour	Rajan Seelan	1,454	39.4
	Labour	Colum Moloney	1,345	36.4
	Labour	Nyela Reid	1,244	33.7
	Liberal Democrats	Aruna Nair	346	9.4
	Green	Shonte Miller-Howe	256	6.9
	Liberal Democrats	James Thomas	213	5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Duncan Wharton	152	4.1
Turnout			3,693	39.84
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kilburn

Kilburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rita Conneely	2,613	65.7
	Labour	Abdirazak Abdi	2,431	61.1
	Labour	Faduma Hassan	2,387	60.0
	Liberal Democrats	Mireille Levy	631	15.9
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Brand	611	15.4
	Conservative	Edward Moores	545	13.7
	Conservative	Louie Brockbank	527	13.3
	Conservative	Monica Roberts	503	12.6
	Liberal Democrats	Derick Rethans	456	11.5
	Independent	John Duffy	412	10.4
Turnout			3,977	33.48
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Mapesbury

Mapesbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lia Colacicco	2,129	55.5
	Labour	Tariq Dar	1,971	51.2
	Labour	Ahmad Shahzad	1,750	45.5
	Conservative	George Currie	615	16.0
	Liberal Democrats	Alyssa Gilbert	610	15.9
	Conservative	Poppy Simister	602	15.7
	Liberal Democrats	Clayton Crabtree	580	15.1
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Dunn	573	14.9
	Conservative	James Newhall	559	14.5
	Green	Scott Bartle	499	13.9
	Green	Lenia Evans	463	12.0
	Green	Sophie Ogier	439	11.4
Turnout			3863	37.27
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Northwick Park

Northwick Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Perrin	2,055	57.5
	Labour	Robert Johnson	1,862	52.1
	Labour	Margaret McLennan	1,855	51.9
	Conservative	Ekta Gohl	1,244	34.8
	Conservative	Sushil Dokwal	1,161	32.5
	Conservative	Nilesh Sadhu	1,155	32.3
	Green	Simon Rebbitt	383	10.7
Turnout			3,574	36.53
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Preston

Preston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anita Thakkar	2,423	57.1
	Labour	Daniel Kennelly	2,320	54.7
	Labour	Ihtesham Afzal	2,135	50.3
	Conservative	Hema Mistry	1,541	36.3
	Conservative	Felix Di Netimah	1,364	32.1
	Conservative	Badrul Haque	1,261	29.7
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Conduit	341	8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Smith	285	6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Shaikh	258	6.1
	Independent	Jeffrey Deen	172	4.1
Turnout			4,244	37.93
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Queensbury

Queensbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ramesh Patel	2,211	54.5
	Labour	Sandra Kabir	2,148	52.9
	Labour	Kana Naheerathan	2,100	51.8
	Conservative	Kanta Mistry	1,902	46.9
	Conservative	Jayanti Patel	1,828	45.1
	Conservative	Mick Iqbal	1,530	37.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Lewis	359	8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Peggy Cruickshank	323	8.0
	Green	Nesrin Ahmet	318	7.8
	Liberal Democrats	Larry Ngan	290	7.1
Turnout			4,671	39.75
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Queens Park

Queens Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil Nerva	1,862	39.9
	Labour	James Denselow	1,835	39.3
	Labour	Eleanor Southwood	1,766	37.8
	Liberal Democrats	Virginia Bonham Carter	1,005	21.5
	Liberal Democrats	Hussain Khan	767	16.4
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah Unger	763	16.3
	Conservative	Chris Alley	700	15.0
	Women's Equality	Emma Ko	626	13.4
	Conservative	Ellie Phipps	593	12.7
	Conservative	Nick Vose	519	11.1
	Green	Poppy Stockbridge	507	10.9
	Green	John Mansook	373	8.0
	Green	Lawrence McNally	336	7.2
Turnout			4,057	39.30
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Stonebridge

Stonebridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Abdi Aden	3,177	83.9
	Labour	Promise Knight	2,995	79.1
	Labour	Ernest Ezeajughi	2,945	77.8
	Conservative	Theresa Baker	428	11.3
	Conservative	Alison Maurice	382	10.1
	Conservative	Joan Padro	317	8.4
Turnout			3,785	31.04
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Sudbury

Sudbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Daly	2,304	49.4
	Labour	Saqib Butt	2,131	45.7
	Labour	Thomas Stephens	2,015	43.2
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Lorber	1,793	38.5
	Liberal Democrats	Kalpana Rawai	1,522	32.7
	Liberal Democrats	Selina Rawal	1,386	29.7
	Conservative	Tarun Kapadia	592	12.7
	Conservative	Ashok Patel	497	10.7
	Conservative	Savinder Oberai	460	9.9
	Green	Rose Osborn	249	5.3
Turnout			4,660	44.08
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Tokyngton

Tokyngton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Muhammed Butt	2,651	63.7
	Labour	Ketan Sheth	2,597	62.4
	Labour	Orleen Hylton	2,522	60.6
	Conservative	Kelvin Bageire	949	22.8
	Conservative	Jonathan Pollock	906	21.8
	Conservative	Dan Russell	838	20.1
	Green	Martin Francis	450	10.8
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Brown	415	10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Abid Khalid	310	7.4
Turnout			4,164	29.86
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Welsh Harp

Welsh Harp

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Amer Agha	1,953	61.2
	Labour	Roxanne Mashari	1,918	60.1
	Labour	Harbi Farah	1,846	57.8
	Conservative	Steven Binks	730	22.9
	Conservative	Andy Sharma	712	22.3
	Conservative	Edward Young	644	20.2
	Liberal Democrats	Diana Ayres	282	8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Freda Raingold	212	6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Sisson	182	5.7
	UKIP	Andrew Beckman	116	3.6
	UKIP	Janice North	113	3.5
	UKIP	Robin Yewdall	61	1.9
Turnout			3,193	33.66
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Wembley Central

Wembley Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Krupa Sheth	3,210	64.9
	Labour	Wilhelmina Mitchell Murray	3,187	64.4
	Labour	Luke Patterson	2,996	60.6
	Conservative	George Fergusson	768	15.5
	Conservative	Adin Brewis	755	15.3
	Conservative	Lacey Butcher	734	14.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jyotshna Patel	540	10.9
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Brown	435	8.8
	Green	Rohan Patel	318	6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Wharton	288	5.8
Turnout			4,947	42.47
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Willesden Green

Willesden Green ward elections were put on hold following death of incumbent Labour councillor Lesley Jones.^[3] The election was eventually held on 21 June.

Willesden Green^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fleur Donnelly-Jackson	1,683	67.6
	Labour	Elliot George Chappell	1,679	67.4
	Labour	Tom Miller	1,618	65.0
	Green	Shaka Lish	289	11.6
	Conservative	Harry Goodwill	280	11.2
	Green	Peter Murry	256	10.3
	Liberal Democrats	Felicity Jane Dunn	254	10.2
	Green	William Relton	250	10.0
	Conservative	Shahin Chowdury	237	9.5
	Conservative	Ali Mahmoud Al Jawad	218	8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ulla Ursula Thiessen	189	7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Charles Wheatley	184	7.4
Turnout			2,503	25.49
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2018–2022 by elections

Alperton by-election, 23 January 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anton Georgiou	1,699	39.7	29.5
	Labour	Chetan Harpale	1,304	30.5	25.6
	Conservative	Harmit Vyas	900	21.0	2.5
	Green	Andrew Linnie	373	8.7	1.4
Majority			395	9.2	N/A
Turnout			4,276	34.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	+27.55

Wembley Central by-election, 23 January 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sonia Shah	1,945	54.5	11.8
	Conservative	Sai Madabhushi	1,090	30.6	14.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jyotshna Patel	378	10.6	0.6
	Green	William Renton	154	4.3	2.3
Majority			855	23.9
Turnout			3,567	27.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-13.25

Brondesbury Park by-election, 5 May 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gwen Grahl	1,871	46.6	0.9
	Conservative	Sapna Chadha	1,227	30.6	12.2
	Green	Sheila Simpson	469	11.7	New
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Alexander	448	11.2	0.8
Majority			855	16.0	+13.1
Turnout			4,015	27.6	−13.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.55