2018 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election

Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council
Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council
Structure
Seats	46 councillors
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Political groups	Majority Party (35) Labour (35); Opposition (11) Conservative (11);

2018 Hammersmith and Fulham Borough Council election^[1]
All 46 seats to Hammersmith and Fulham Council; 24 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	39.0% (2.4%)
	Map of the results of the 2018 Hammersmith and Fulham council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.
Council control before election; ; Labour	Council control after election ; ; Labour

The 2018 Hammersmith and Fulham Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Hammersmith and Fulham Council in London.^[2]^[3]

Overall results

Hammersmith and Fulham Council election result 2018^[3]^[4]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	35	9	0	+9	76.1	54.3	77,407	+8.1
Conservative	11	0	9	-9	23.9	33.8	48,192	-7.4
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0		11.2	15,937	+3.5
Green	0	0	0	0		0.5	660	-2.0
UKIP	0	0	0	0		0.1	183	-1.4
Independent	0	0	0	0		0.1	89	+0.1

Labour consolidated control of the council by gaining 9 seats (in addition to the 11 they gained in 2014), winning 35 in all. The Conservatives lost 9 seats, winning 11 in all. This was the lowest number of Conservative councillors since 1986.

There were no wards with split party representation – for only the fourth time in the fifteen elections since the council was created in 1968. The previous occasions when this occurred was 1990, 1978 and the 1971 Labour landslide.

Another sign of the increased homogeneity was the number of wards where the winning party got less than 50% of the vote – just three wards this time. Ravenscourt Park with 46%, Town with 48% and Sands End with a fraction under 50%. This compares with the 2014 election when there were 6 wards including Sands End with 38%. In the 2010 election there were 10 wards including Addison with 39%. And in the 2006 election there were also 10 wards including Askew with 39%.

26 Councillors successfully retained their seats – 20 Labour and 6 Conservative. 5 sitting Councillors were defeated – all Conservative, including the previous opposition leader.^[5]

The ward with the highest percentage vote for one party was Wormholt and White City which saw a 76.5% vote share for the Labour Party. This is the highest percentage any party has achieved at the five elections since these wards were established in 2002. Vote share percentages by ward for previous elections are not currently available.

The largest percentage change was in the Shepherds Bush Green ward, where the Labour Party increased its vote share by 20.9 percentage points – as the Green Party did not stand a candidate this time round. The largest percentage decrease was in the Fulham Reach ward where the Conservative vote dropped by 14.6 percentage points.

The candidate with the largest individual tally was Lisa Homan with 2,577 votes in the Askew ward. This veteran councillor has been elected on all but one occasion since 1994 – losing out in 2002 by 44 votes.

One of the successful Conservative candidates in Palace Riverside had been deselected from the same ward in 2006, and had run as an independent candidate – coming within 146 votes of winning at that election.^[6]

The Liberal Democrats fielded a full slate of 46 candidates – in 2014 they put forward 39 candidates for election.

UKIP fielded 3 candidates – in 2014 they had 7 candidates.

The Green Party fielded 2 candidates – in 2014 they had 7 candidates.

There was 1 Independent candidate – the same number as in 2014, although a different individual. The 2018 independent had previously run in the same ward in the 2006 local election and in the Hammersmith constituency at the 2017 general election.

TUSC did not stand any candidates in the 2018 local elections – they had two candidates in Hammersmith and Fulham in 2014.

National Health Action Party did not field candidates in the 2018 local elections – they had a single candidate in Hammersmith and Fulham in 2014.

Ward results

(*) represents a candidate seeking re-election in the same ward.

(~) represents a candidate seeking re-election in a different ward.

Addison

Addison (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sue Fennimore*	1,902	54.5	+7.5
	Labour	Adam Connell*	1,849	52.9	+5.1
	Labour	Rachel Leighton	1,762	50.5	+9.1
	Conservative	Clare Ambrosino	1,153	33.0	−11.4
	Conservative	James Colquhoun	1,114	31.9	−9.8
	Conservative	Al Lewis	983	28.2	−13.5
	Green	Liz Goad	330	9.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Laura Goeman	322	9.2	−4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Luke Blackett	313	9.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Leitch	251	7.2	N/A
	UKIP	Maggie Casey	62	1.8	N/A
	UKIP	Elizabeth Jones	50	1.4	N/A
Majority			609	17.5
Turnout				41.66%	−1.3%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Askew

Askew (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lisa Homan*	2,577	68.9	+15.1
	Labour	Rory Vaughan*	2,515	67.3	+16.0
	Labour	Rowan Ree	2,466	66.0	+5.8
	Conservative	Dominic Masters	690	18.5	−5.8
	Conservative	Paul Thomas	658	17.6	−3.6
	Conservative	Arunasalam Yogeswaran	579	15.5	−5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Remy	504	13.5	+6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Florian Chevoppe-Verdier	468	12.5	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Burden	463	12.4	+5.8
Majority			1776	47.5
Turnout				37.06%	+0.1%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Avonmore and Brook Green

Avonmore and Brook Green (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rebecca Harvey	1,807	52.0	+8.4
	Labour	David Morton	1,794	51.7	+12.5
	Labour	Fiona Smith	1,696	48.8	+12.4
	Conservative	Caroline Ffiske*	1,329	38.3	−4.1
	Conservative	Joe Carlebach*	1,299	37.4	−7.1
	Conservative	Will Marshall	1,170	33.7	−7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Billy Dann	348	10.0	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Cecile Fossy	338	9.7	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Perrin	337	9.7	+1.0
Majority			367	10.5
Turnout				42.48%	+5.6%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

College Park and Old Oak

College Park and Old Oak (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wesley Harcourt*	1,459	73.6	+14.6
	Labour	Alexandra Sanderson	1,360	68.6	+5.0
	Conservative	Marie Higton	372	18.9	−1.9
	Conservative	Paul Keegan	357	18.0	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Niamh McCarthy	119	6.0	−1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Baxter	117	5.9	N/A
Majority			988	49.7
Turnout				33.02%	+1.3%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Fulham Broadway

Fulham Broadway (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ben Coleman*	1,720	56.2	+5.9
	Labour	Alan de'Ath*	1,611	52.6	+3.8
	Labour	Sharon Holder*	1,590	51.9	+2.6
	Conservative	Adam Carew	1,094	35.7	−4.4
	Conservative	Aliya Afzal Khan	1,045	34.1	−5.3
	Conservative	Matt Fincham	1,028	33.6	−5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Natasha Farrant	267	8.7	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Penelope Stradling	260	8.5	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Cook	258	8.4	+2.4
Majority			496	16.2
Turnout				37.69%	−1.7%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Fulham Reach

Fulham Reach (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christabel Cooper	2,034	60.0	+13.8
	Labour	Iain Cassidy*	1,976	58.3	+11.8
	Labour	Guy Vincent*	1,903	56.2	+13.0
	Conservative	Gabriel Gavin	958	28.3	−14.3
	Conservative	Rory Boden	956	28.2	−13.1
	Conservative	Dorinne Tin Ming Kaw	892	26.3	−14.5
	Green	Jimi Davies	330	9.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Jenny Beardmore	320	9.4	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Rutger Wip	227	6.7	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats	George Cotcher-Riley	211	6.2	+1.5
Majority			945	27.9
Turnout				41.38%	−0.3%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Hammersmith Broadway

Hammersmith Broadway (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Cowan*	2,255	68.6	+15.0
	Labour	PJ Murphy*	2,188	66.6	+13.0
	Labour	Patricia Quigley	2,126	64.7	+11.6
	Conservative	Naomi Greaves	658	20.0	−9.3
	Conservative	David Rogers	644	19.6	−5.8
	Conservative	Younis Mageit	579	17.6	−7.4
	Liberal Democrats	David Burridge	407	12.4	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jessie Venegas-Garcia	373	11.4	+2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Longworth	340	10.3	+2.8
Majority			1468	44.7
Turnout				38.81%	+1.8%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Munster

Munster (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adronie Alford*	1,374	51.4	−4.3
	Conservative	Alex Karmel*	1,367	51.1	−3.6
	Conservative	Dominic Stanton	1,316	49.2	−8.9
	Labour	Emma Cooper	900	33.6	+7.7
	Labour	Nikolaos Souslous	800	29.9	+6.6
	Labour	Leo Watson	786	29.4	+8.6
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Barton	406	15.2	+5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ted Townsend	385	14.4	+5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Krystian Belliere	378	14.1	+6.1
Majority			416	15.6
Turnout				34.77%	+2.7%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

North End

North End (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Daryl Brown*	1,944	65.6	+16.9
	Labour	Larry Culhane*	1,815	61.3	+16.2
	Labour	Zarar Qayyum	1,741	58.8	+14.4
	Conservative	Sophie Richards	702	23.7	−16.1
	Conservative	Chris Glenny	683	23.1	−14.7
	Conservative	Saif Lone	678	22.9	−11.9
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Barnes	346	11.7	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Taylor	330	11.1	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Meher Oliaji	243	8.2	+2.1
	UKIP	John Lodge	71	2.4	−4.9
Majority			1039	35.1
Turnout				37.94%	−1.5%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Palace Riverside

Palace Riverside (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Amanda Lloyd-Harris	1,576	61.3	+0.1
	Conservative	Donald Johnson*	1,565	60.9	−4.1
	Labour	Clare Clifford	631	24.5	+3.8
	Labour	Jacolyn Daly	569	22.1	+5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Tamara Dragadze	363	14.1	+6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Bradford	349	13.6	+7.0
Majority			934	36.4
Turnout				47.01%	+2.7%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Parsons Green and Walham

Parsons Green and Walham (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frances Stainton*	1,800	63.2	−1.7
	Conservative	Mark Loveday*	1,771	62.2	−0.9
	Conservative	Matt Thorley	1,755	61.6	−6.4
	Labour	Mary Smith	612	21.5	+2.7
	Labour	Stephen Naulls	591	20.7	+0.4
	Labour	Mahdi Pour Nezami	561	19.7	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Eithne Buchanan-Barrow	420	14.7	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Mason	409	14.4	+5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Couldrey	377	13.2	+6.0
Majority			1143	40.1
Turnout				38.26%	+2.7%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ravenscourt Park

Ravenscourt Park (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jonathan Caleb-Landy	1,834	45.9	+6.1
	Labour	Bora Kwon	1,768	44.2	+8.7
	Labour	Asif Siddique	1,752	43.8	+8.8
	Conservative	Harry Phibbs*	1,405	35.1	−7.9
	Conservative	Lucy Ivimy*	1,351	33.8	−12.3
	Conservative	Mark Higton	1,281	32.0	−11.4
	Liberal Democrats	Henrietta Bewley	815	20.4	+11.8
	Liberal Democrats	Irina Von Wiese	744	18.6	+12.5
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Hancock	741	18.5	+12.5
Majority			347	8.7
Turnout				50.44%	+1.1%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Sands End

Sands End (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lucy Richardson	1,829	49.0	+10.1
	Labour	Ann Rosenberg	1,818	48.8	+16.7
	Labour	Matt Uberoi	1,714	46.0	+14.5
	Conservative	Jackie Borland	1,585	42.5	+0.7
	Conservative	Steve Hamilton*	1,500	40.2	−2.4
	Conservative	Tom Martin	1,484	39.8	−0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Burnet	342	9.2	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Gerald Milch	288	7.7	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Justin Kandiah	279	7.5	+0.7
Majority			129	3.5
Turnout				39.41%	+6.8%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Shepherds Bush Green

Shepherds Bush Green (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Jones*	2,050	68.4	+9.2
	Labour	Natalie Perez*	2,023	67.5	+8.6
	Labour	Mercy Umeh*	1,981	66.1	+10.1
	Conservative	Charlotte Duthie	555	18.5	−3.0
	Conservative	Simon Hewitt	533	17.8	−2.4
	Conservative	Liane Pibworth	471	15.7	−2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ralph Redfern	319	10.6	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Naylor	307	10.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Buchanan-Barrow	273	9.1	N/A
Majority			1426	47.6
Turnout				35.35%	+0.4%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Town

Town (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Victoria Brocklebank-Fowler	1,567	48.0	−4.4
	Conservative	Belinda Donovan~	1,508	46.2	+0.1
	Conservative	Andrew Brown*	1,480	45.3	−5.5
	Labour	Nick Buckley	1,354	41.5	+17.2
	Labour	Helen Rowbottom	1,339	41.0	+17.1
	Labour	James Doheny	1,255	38.4	+16.5
	Liberal Democrats	Azi Ahmed	328	10.0	−10.1
	Liberal Democrats	Henry Bagwell	328	10.0	−9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Muir	323	9.9	−4.7
Majority			126	3.8
Turnout				41.70%	+9.4%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wormholt and White City

Wormholt and White City (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Aherne*	2,493	77.7	+9.3
	Labour	Sue Macmillan*	2,396	74.7	+12.7
	Labour	Max Schmid*	2,261	70.5	+13.7
	Conservative	Nick Botterill~	473	14.7	−2.8
	Conservative	James O'Donohoe	450	14.0	−2.4
	Conservative	Amir Sadjady	404	12.6	−3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Oscar Tapper	242	7.5	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Anderson	187	5.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Morris	172	5.4	N/A
	Independent	Jagdeo Hauzaree	89	2.8	N/A
Majority			1788	55.8
Turnout				35.11%	−1.9%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

By-elections

Fulham Broadway

A by-election was held in Fulham Broadway after the resignation of Councillor Alan de'Ath on 19 September 2019.

Fulham Broadway: 19 September 2019^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Rowbottom	1,097	44.2	−8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jessie Venegas	755	30.4	+21.7
	Conservative	Aliya Afzal Khan	628	25.3	−8.8
Majority			342	13.8
Turnout			2,480	31.7	−6.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Wormholt & White City

A by-election was held in Wormholt & White City following the death of Councillor Colin Aherne on 11 July 2021.^[8]

Wormholt & White City: 23 September 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frances Umeh	1,462	70.0	−5.6
	Conservative	Constance Campbell	431	20.6	+6.3
	Green	Naranee Ruthra-Rajan	110	5.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Illingworth	86	4.1	−3.2
Majority			1,031	49.4
Turnout			2,089	22.6
	Labour hold		Swing	6.0

References

^ "Local Election Summaries 2018". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
^ "Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council".
^ ^a ^b "2018 council election results". 10 April 2018.
^ "Borough Council Election Results 2014". datapress.com. Archived from the original on 8 May 2018.
^ "Hammersmith and Fulham local elections: Tory leader loses seat". 4 May 2018.
^ Knowles, Katherine (13 April 2006). "Tories deselect single mother and gay Arab". Pink News. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
^ "2019 Fulham Broadway ward by-election". Hammersmith & Fulham Borough Council. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
^ "Tribute to Colin Aherne from H&F Leader Stephen Cowan". 12 July 2021.

[1] "Local Election Summaries 2018". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 24 June 2019.

[2] "Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council".

[lbhf-3] "2018 council election results". 10 April 2018.

[4] "Borough Council Election Results 2014". datapress.com. Archived from the original on 8 May 2018.

[5] "Hammersmith and Fulham local elections: Tory leader loses seat". 4 May 2018.

[6] Knowles, Katherine (13 April 2006). "Tories deselect single mother and gay Arab". Pink News. Retrieved 17 January 2023.

[7] "2019 Fulham Broadway ward by-election". Hammersmith & Fulham Borough Council. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2020.

[8] "Tribute to Colin Aherne from H&F Leader Stephen Cowan". 12 July 2021.

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