2022 Hammersmith and Fulham Council election

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First party Second party   Leader Stephen Cowan Victoria Brocklebank-Fowler Party Labour Conservative Last election 35 seats, 52.0% 11 seats, 34.7% Seats won 40 10 Seat change 5 1
Map of the results of the 2022 Hammersmith and Fulham council election.Conservatives in blue andLabour in red.
council control before election Labour Subsequent council control TBD

The2022 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 50 members ofHammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council were elected. The elections took place alongsidelocal elections in the other London boroughs andelections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.

The election took place under new election boundaries, which increased the number of councillors from 46 to 50.^[1][2] TheLabour Party maintained control of the council, which it has held since2014.^[1]

The thirty-twoLondon boroughs were established in 1965 by theLondon 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 theGreater London Authority, which also manages passenger transport, police and fire.^[3]

Since its formation, Hammersmith and Fulham has been underLabour control,Conservative control orno overall control. The council has had a Labour majority since the2014 election in which Labour won 26 seats to the Conservatives' 20. In themost recent election in 2018, Labour extended their majority to 35 seats with 52.0% of the vote, while the Conservatives won 11 seats with 34.7% of the vote. The Liberal Democrats received 11.2% of the vote across the borough but won no seats. The incumbent leader of the council is the Labour councillor Stephen Cowan, who has held that position since 2014.

In 2019, a Labour councillor for Fulham Broadway, Alan De'Ath, resigned as he had taken a politically restricted job. A by-election to replace him was held on 19 September 2019, which was won by the Labour candidate Helen Rowbottom, an NHS service manager. The Liberal Democrats saw a significant increase in their vote share for the seat.^[4] A Labour councillor for Wormholt and White City, Colin Aherne, died in July 2021. Aherne had served as a councillor for the area since 1986.^[5] A by-election for the ward was held in September 2021, which was won by the Labour candidate Frances Umeh, who worked as a communications professional.^[6]

Hammersmith and Fulham, 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-memberfirst-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.

Allregistered electors (British,Irish,Commonwealth andEuropean Union citizens) living in London aged 18 or over were entitled to vote in the election. People who lived 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.^[7] 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.^[7]

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  Council composition after the 2018 election

2022 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	40	0	0	5	80.0	57.1	55,996	+2.8
	Conservative	10	0	0	1	20.0	29.1	28,562	-4.7
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0		0.0	10.6	10,399	-0.6
	Green	0	0	0		0.0	3.0	2,919	+2.5
	Independent	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	183	+0.1
	SDP	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	49	N/A

On 22 July 2025 it was announced that two Labour councillors, Liz Collins (Ravenscourt) and Trey Campbell-Simon (Walham Green), had defected to the Green Party.^[8]

Hammersmith Broadway by-election: 20 February 2025

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Callum Nimmo	578	53.4	18.2
	Reform UK	Anthony Goodwin	148	13.7	N/A
	Conservative	Nora Farah	144	13.3	5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Meerav Shah	135	12.5	2.9
	Green	Colin Murphy	77	7.1	N/A
Majority			430	39.7	N/A
Turnout			1,082
	Labourhold

Lillie by-election: 20 February 2025

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lydia Paynter	466	40.4	–22.5
	Conservative	Matt Sinclair	352	30.5	+4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Conor Campbell	212	18.4	+6.9
	Reform UK	Peter Hunter	123	10.7	N/A
Majority			114	9.9	N/A
Turnout			1,153
	Labourhold		Swing	13.7

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