2018 Harrow London Borough Council election

The 2018 Harrow London Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Harrow London Borough Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections in England. The Conservatives had hoped to win control of the council from Labour, but Labour emerged with an increased number of seats and kept their majority. The Liberal Democrats lost their only seat in the borough. The Conservatives lost seats to Labour, but maintained their total of 28 by winning two seats that had been held by independents.[2]

2018 Harrow Borough Council election
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All 63 seats to Harrow London Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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Party Labour Conservative
Last election 34 seats, 40.0% 26 seats, 40.6%
Seats won 35 28
Seat change Increase1 Increase2
Popular vote 98,148 94,902
Percentage 46.6% 45.1%
Swing Increase6.6% Increase4.5%

Map of the results of the 2018 Harrow council election. Labour in red and Conservatives in blue.

Council control before election


Labour

Council control after election


Labour

Overall result

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Harrow Council election result 2018
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 35 1 0 +1 55.6 46.6 98,148 +6.6
  Conservative 28 2 0 +2 44.4 45.1 94,902 +4.5
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 1 -1 0.0 6.4 13,399 +0.7
  Green 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.4 2,922 +0.3
  Independent 0 0 2 -2 0.0 0.4 807 -1.9
  National Liberal 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.2 325 New

Candidates

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Belmont

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Belmont (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mina Parmar 2,292 61.9
Conservative Anjana Patel 2,254 60.9
Conservative Lynda Seymour 2,172 58.7
Labour Labiba Choudhury 1,045 28.2
Labour Laura Stackpoole 1,033 27.9
Labour Mohammed Gbadamosi 758 20.5
Liberal Democrats Tracey Pollard 329 8.9
Green Soody Ahmad 311 8.4
Total votes
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Canons

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Canons (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ameet Jogia 2,403 60.7
Conservative Amir Moshenson 2,390 60.4
Conservative Bharat Thakker 2,278 57.5
Labour Howard Bluston 1,154 29.1
Labour Mrinal Choudhury 1,052 26.6
Labour Jill Travers 993 25.1
Liberal Democrats Adam Bernard 521 13.2
Total votes
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Edgware

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Edgware (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nitin Parekh 1,891 55.6
Labour James Lee 1,797 52.8
Labour Angella Murphy-Strachan 1,640 48.2
Conservative Govind Bharadia 1,302 38.3
Conservative Salim Chowdhury 1,015 29.8
Conservative Augustine Ebot 994 29.2
Liberal Democrats Timothy Collison 270 7.9
Liberal Democrats Steven Kuo 244 7.2
Total votes
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Greenhill

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Greenhill (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sue Anderson 1,857 57.1
Labour Ghazanfar Ali 1,569 48.2
Labour Keith Ferry 1,557 47.8
Conservative Surendra Patel 962 29.6
Conservative Narinder Mudhar 961 29.5
Conservative Bernard Segal 910 28.0
Green Emma Wallace 378 11.6
Green Madeleine Atkins 303 9.3
Liberal Democrats Nahid Boethe 265 8.1
Green Rowan Langley 251 7.7
Total votes
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Harrow on the Hill

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Harrow on the Hill (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dan Anderson 1,875 52.7
Labour Sarah Butterworth 1,864 52.4
Labour Jamie Honey 1,827 51.3
Conservative Eileen Kinnear 1,364 38.3
Conservative June Baxter 1,325 37.2
Conservative Barry Macleod-Cullinane 1,310 36.8
Liberal Democrats Karsten Shaw 302 8.5
Liberal Democrats Ibrahim Abdulle 242 6.8
Total votes
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Harrow Weald

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Harrow Weald (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ramji Chauhan 1,772 46.8
Conservative Stephen Greek 1,751 46.2
Conservative Pritesh Patel 1,737 45.8
Labour Lee Johnson 1,296 34.2
Labour Sajid Parkar 1,159 30.6
Labour Manju Raghwani 1,119 29.5
Liberal Democrats Darren Diamond 714 18.8
Liberal Democrats Sanjay Karia 703 18.5
Liberal Democrats Paolo Arrigo 686 18.1
Total votes
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Hatch End

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Hatch End (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Susan Hall 2,236 66.7
Conservative John Hinkley 2,035 60.7
Conservative Jean Lammiman 2,017 60.2
Labour Stephen Hickman 978 29.2
Labour Bill Stephenson 807 24.1
Labour Adam Shabbir 803 24.0
Liberal Democrats John Bryant 346 10.3
Liberal Democrats Nana Adjepong 278 8.3
Total votes
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Headstone North

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Headstone North (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Baxter 1,877 48.9
Conservative Janet Mote 1,824 47.5
Conservative Lesline Lewinson 1,741 45.3
Labour Will Gee 1,597 41.6
Labour Aghileh Djafari-Marbini 1,482 38.6
Labour Endri Hatillari 1,445 37.6
Liberal Democrats Robert D'Souza 440 11.5
Liberal Democrats Bansri Buddhdev 359 9.3
Total votes
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Headstone South

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Headstone South (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Simon Brown 2,066 61.9
Labour Pamela Fitzpatrick 2,002 60.0
Labour Sasi Suresh 1,880 56.4
Conservative Calum McHale 974 29.2
Conservative Mala Morjaria 938 28.1
Conservative Prakash Raja 850 25.5
Liberal Democrats Lisa-Maria Bornemann 414 12.4
Liberal Democrats Claire Ingham 328 9.8
Total votes
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Kenton East

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Kenton East (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nitesh Hirani 1,964 51.4
Labour Niraj Dattani 1,791 46.9
Conservative Chetna Halai 1,770 46.4
Labour Nish Patel 1,767 46.3
Conservative Manjibhai Kara 1,706 44.7
Labour Aneka Shah-Levy 1,614 42.3
Total votes
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Kenton West

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Kenton West (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ajay Maru 1,967 49.3
Conservative Vina Mithani 1,967 49.3
Conservative Kanti Rabadia 1,918 48.1
Conservative Richard Bhanap 1,763 44.2
Labour Shahania Choudhury 1,730 43.4
Labour James Holah 1,662 41.7
Liberal Democrats Sarah Ismail 232 5.8
Total votes
Labour hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Marlborough

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Marlborough (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Perry 2,059 62.1
Labour Varsha Parmar 2,039 61.5
Labour Antonio Weiss 1,917 57.9
Conservative William Diffey 938 28.3
Conservative Pravin Seedher 872 26.3
Conservative Sukeshi Thakkar 783 23.6
Green Mark Baker 517 15.6
Total votes
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Pinner

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Pinner (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Wright 1,908 53.9
Conservative Norman Stevenson 1,885 53.3
Conservative Paul Osborn 1,770 50.0
Labour Jane Massey 906 25.6
Labour Ron Schneider 816 23.1
Independent Niamh McEnery 807 22.8
Labour Sanjay Dighe 806 22.8
Liberal Democrats Veronica Chamberlain 476 13.5
Liberal Democrats David Brooks 432 12.2
Total votes
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Pinner South

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Pinner South (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Almond 2,156 60.4
Conservative Kamaljit Chana 2,024 56.7
Conservative Charles Mote 2,019 56.5
Labour Anne Whitehead 965 27.0
Labour Ann Groves 941 26.4
Labour David Nash 910 25.5
Liberal Democrats Bronwen Jones 542 15.2
Liberal Democrats Robert Pitt 487 13.6
Total votes
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Queensbury

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Queensbury (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sachin Shah 2,174 57.2
Labour Kiran Ramchandani 2,134 56.2
Labour Michael Borio 2,066 54.4
Conservative Umesh Perera 1,469 38.7
Conservative Tracy Pearmain 1,413 37.2
Conservative Zak Wagman 1,337 35.2
Total votes
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Rayners Lane

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Rayners Lane (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Krishna Suresh 1,794 42.9
Labour Jeff Anderson 1,623 38.9
Labour Chloe Smith 1,593 38.1
Liberal Democrats Christopher Noyce 1,537 36.8
Conservative Rosalyn Neale 1,207 28.9
Liberal Democrats Geraldine Noyce 1,172 28.1
Conservative Robin Paul 1,166 27.9
Conservative Raksha Pandya 989 23.7
Liberal Democrats Pietro Rescia 917 22.0
Total votes
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Roxbourne

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Roxbourne (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Graham Henson 2,361 66.7
Labour Maxine Henson 2,237 63.2
Labour Dean Gilligan 2,205 62.3
Conservative Joyce Nickolay 825 23.3
Conservative Julia Merison 781 22.1
Conservative John Rennie 683 19.3
Green Swati Patel 391 11.0
Total votes
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Roxeth

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Roxeth (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jerry Miles 2,285 66.2
Labour Peymana Assad 2,041 59.2
Labour Primesh Patel 2,001 58.0
Conservative John Nickolay 964 27.9
Conservative Mohammad Kaiserimam 773 22.4
Conservative Annabel Singh 771 22.3
National Liberal Raj Rajalingham 325 9.4
Total votes
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Stanmore Park

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Stanmore Park (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Marilyn Ashton 2,427 67.6
Conservative Camilla Bath 2,395 66.8
Conservative Philip Benjamin 2,366 65.9
Labour Jeffrey Gallant 825 23.0
Labour James Lockie 813 22.7
Labour Lesley Stackpoole 745 20.8
Green Linda Robinson 403 11.2
Total votes
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Wealdstone

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Wealdstone (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Phillip O'Dell 1,796 58.8
Labour Natasha Proctor 1,781 58.3
Labour Rekha Shah 1,672 54.7
Conservative Deanna Keene 872 28.5
Conservative Elliot Van Emden 747 24.4
Conservative Dimabo Wolseley 691 22.6
Green Alexander Lee 368 12.0
Liberal Democrats Stephen Carey 311 10.2
Total votes
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

West Harrow

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West Harrow (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christine Robson 1,910 52.0
Labour Kareema Marikar 1,792 48.8
Labour Adam Swersky 1,764 48.0
Conservative Kuha Kumaran 1,456 39.6
Conservative John Baxter 1,411 38.4
Conservative Dinesh Solanki 1,282 34.9
Liberal Democrats Simon Courtenage 366 10.0
Liberal Democrats Prakash Nandhra 249 6.8
Total votes
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

By-elections

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Pinner South

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Pinner South: 14 October 2021
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hitesh Karia 1,392 60.5 +1.6
Liberal Democrats Sanjay Karia 390 16.9 +2.2
Labour Brahma Mohanty 331 14.4 −12.0
Green Alexander Lee 188 8.2 N/A
Majority 1,002 43.6
Turnout 2,309 28.8
Conservative hold Swing  0.3

References

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  1. ^ "Local Election - Thursday 3 May 2018". harrow.gov.uk. Harrow London Borough Council. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  2. ^ Shaw, Adam (4 May 2018). "Harrow elections 2018: Labour increase majority". Harrow Times. Retrieved 5 May 2018.