Ealing Council Announces Complete Candidate Roster for 2026 Local Elections
Ealing Council has officially released the comprehensive list of candidates who will be standing in the upcoming local elections scheduled for May 7, 2026. Across the borough's 24 distinct wards, a total of 363 candidates are vying for 70 available council seats, setting the stage for a highly competitive electoral contest.
Political Party Breakdown and Candidate Numbers
The Labour Party, which has maintained control of Ealing Council since 2006, is fielding the maximum number of candidates with 70 nominees. The Liberal Democrats and Conservative Party are close behind, each presenting 69 candidates. Other parties and groups include Reform UK with 61 candidates, The Green Party with 54, Ealing Community Independents with 26, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition with 5, Rejoin EU with 5, Independent candidates numbering 4, and the Social Democratic Party with a single candidate.
Most wards in Ealing are represented by three council seats, though some areas have only two seats available. This structural variation explains why political parties frequently nominate multiple candidates within the same geographical area, allowing them to maximize their electoral potential across different ward configurations.
Ward-by-Ward Candidate List Highlights
The candidate list reveals diverse political representation across Ealing's neighborhoods. In Central Greenford, candidates include Labour's Munir Abbasi, Reform UK's Natalia Cassel, Green Party's Ted Chase, Conservatives Benjamin Davies and Cathy Frisina, Liberal Democrat Matthew Hirst, Independent Haitham Idriss, Labour's Sanjai Kumar Kohli, Reform UK's Bob Little, Liberal Democrat John William Mitchell, Green Party's Florence Olden-Chandler and Frank Proud, Liberal Democrat Ian Rex-Hawkes, Labour's Valery Patricia Ryan, Conservative Peter Smith, and Reform UK's Filomena Strollo.
Dormers Wells features Ealing Community Independents - Putting Southall First candidate Khalil Ahmed, Labour's Kanwal Kaur Bains, Reform UK's Alex Beniatian, Liberal Democrat Bob Browning, Reform UK's David Burvill, Green Party's Annette Dean, Labour's Ranjit Lal Dheer, Green Party's Mark Eccleston, Ealing Community Independents - Putting Southall First's Raj Gill, Conservative Dolu Khan, Liberal Democrats Pat Mellor and Oliver Murphy, Labour's Isabel Martha Owen, Ealing Community Independents - Putting Southall First's Anwar Sabar, Conservatives Babul Sharker and Md Main Uddin, and Rejoin EU's Mohd Moffiz Uddin.
Ealing Broadway presents Liberal Democrat Francesco Fruzza, Conservatives Julian Gallant, Sean Hanrahan and Seema Kumar, Rejoin EU's Georgie Louise Hare, Reform UK's David Hounsell, Liberal Democrats Adam Keenan and Mandy Lurie, Labour candidates Mahdi Imam Murtaza, Alex Norfolk and Iram Woolley, Green Party's Neil Reynolds, Freya Summersgill and Mark Uddin.
Ealing Common includes Green Party's Alexandru-Andrei Abutoaiei, Labour's Maxim Bagdasarian and Keith Scott Broomfield, Liberal Democrat Jon Ball, Conservative John Cowing, Reform UK's Jai Dhawan, Green Party's Lewis Garland, Conservative Samuel Gibb, Liberal Democrat Connie Hersch, Reform UK's Simon Ludgate, Labour's Mohinder Kaur Midha, Conservative Roz Reece, Reform UK's Martin Shippey, Liberal Democrat Lakhbir Singh, and Green Party's Alex Vines.
Additional Ward Candidate Selections
East Acton features Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition's Amirah Abrahams, Liberal Democrat Abdi Ahmed, Conservative Richard Arnold, Reform UK's Jeremy Bradshaw, Conservative Calvin Chan, Liberal Democrats Kate Crawford and Benedict Cross, Green Party's Sam Diamond, Labour's Stephen Owen Donnelly, Reform UK's Michele Farruggio, Green Party's Suzanne Fernandes, Conservative Patrick Kennedy, Labour's Rabia Nasimi, Reform UK's Djivan Souren, Labour's Hitesh Tailor, and Green Party's Marijn Van De Geer.
Greenford Broadway presents Labour's Stephanie Lorraine Ajayi, Conservative Predrag Babic, Reform UK's Terri Beniatian, Green Party's Matt Chadburn, Labour's Harbhajan Kaur Dheer, Conservative Peter Edwards, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition's Dara Kennedy John Fitzgerald, Green Party's Joanna Fleck, Conservative Sean Keeley, Labour's Anthony John Kelly, Reform UK's Sanjay Pote, Ealing Community Independents - Putting Greenford First candidates Yousef Qandeel and Cathy Swift, Liberal Democrats Gillian Rowley and Anna Salaman, and Reform UK's Jyoti Satam.
Hanger Hill includes Conservative Edward Bailey, Social Democratic Party's Stephen Andrew Balogh, Green Party's Kate Crossland, Ben Fryer and Hadi Khorsandi, Labour's David John Lines, Reform UK's Michael Minkov, Conservative Dea Omari, Liberal Democrat Jonathan Oxley, Reform UK's Deshal Raja, Liberal Democrat Mark Sanders, Labour's Catherine Ann Wallace, Rejoin EU's Peter Mark Ward, Labour's Cianan John Whelan, Conservative Anthony Young, and Liberal Democrat Athena Zissimos.
Comprehensive Borough-Wide Representation
The remaining wards continue this pattern of diverse political representation. Hanwell Broadway features Rejoin EU's Taslema Akhter, Reform UK candidates Reg Anderson, Jaroslaw Andrysiak, Salim Izza, Liberal Democrat Edward Cook, Conservative Hussein Ali Dima, Labour's Alexander Ewart Dismore, Liberal Democrat Leslie Glancy, Labour's Yoel Gordon, Conservative Edward Iredale, Labour's Polly Knewstub, Green Party's Natalia Kubica, Liberal Democrat Stephen O`Shea, Conservative Richard Reade, Green Party's Andrew Walkley and Clare Welsby.
Lady Margaret presents Reform UK's Gulshan Ahluwalia, Liberal Democrat Loreta Alac, Labour's Praveen Kamlesh Anand, Reform UK's Robert Balaam, Green Party's Nicholas Chapman, Liberal Democrat John Gower, Labour's Monica Hamidi, Conservatives Nazrul Islam and Rafiq Islam, Green Party's Olivia Law-Zygadlo, Labour's Karam Chand Mohan, Independent Gurpreet Singh Sahota, Conservative Abul Kalam Azad Sarker, and Liberal Democrat Philip Wells.
North Acton includes Green Party's Simon Anthony, Reform UK's Bob Baker and Caroline Fanneran, Conservatives Sarah Beament and Sally Gorman, Labour's Hodan Mohamoud Haili and Blerina Hashani, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition's David Lawrence Hofman, Conservative Ann Lazarow, Labour's Guneet Singh Malik, Rejoin EU's Kamlesh Mehta, Green Party's Nasim Nur and Maciej Pawlik, Liberal Democrats Simon Quince, Patrick Salaun and Alan Whelan, and Reform UK's Alan Warr.
Continued Candidate Diversity Across Neighborhoods
North Greenford features Green Party's Ryan Allain, Liberal Democrats Jim Doona and John Gauss, Labour and Co-operative Party candidates Javaid Iqbal, Amarjit Kaur Jammu and Shital Ved Prakash Manro, Conservatives Flora Macloughlin, Kristian Mower and Ajay Roy, Liberal Democrat Bex Scott, Green Party's Korhan Tunca, and Reform UK's Jonathan Notley and Monika Williams.
North Hanwell presents Conservative Kamran Ali, Liberal Democrat Geoffrey Berg, Labour's Louise Brett, Reform UK's Andrew Evzona and Felicity Georghiades, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition's Tony Gill, Liberal Democrat Zoe Horwich, Green Party's Dominic Kirkbride, Tegan Millard and John Rolt, Conservative Ian Potts and Minoo Sullivan, Labour's Lauren Marie Wall and Ray Wall, and Liberal Democrat Martin Williams.
Northfield includes Conservative Arthur Alexander, Liberal Democrats Mark Andrews, Nigel Bakhai and Robert Hall, Ealing Community Independents' Mike Barnshaw, Reform UK's Nigel Bird and Joshue Lemontagnard, Green Party's Nikki Daniel and Ian Douglas, Labour's Paul William Driscoll and Ian Arthur George Kingston, Conservative Anita Kapoor, Reform UK's Karen McFall, Conservative Theresa Mullins, Ealing Community Independents' Florence Pinaud and Craig Smith, Green Party's Ruby Smith, and Labour's Sinead Ann Whelan.
Final Ward Candidate Completions
Northolt Mandeville features Liberal Democrat Lawrence Aggleton, Labour's Andrew Bailey, Green Party's Katy Barton, Conservative James Kevin Bremen, Reform UK's Donal de Blacam, Liberal Democrat Leslie Hurst, Reform UK's Conrad Lewandowski, Conservatives Andrew Maddox and Elliott Malik, Reform UK's Marco Manassero, Green Party's Beth McCormack, Liberal Democrat Jim McWilliams, and Labour's Dominic Moffitt and Miriam Edna Rice.
Northolt West End includes Conservative Fabio Conti, Labour's Atlyn Forde, Liberal Democrats Lee Horwich and Milena Izmirlieva, Green Party's Ryan Jendoubi, Labour's Bassam Mahfouz and Dee Martin, Reform UK's Lee Marriott and Seb Wallace, Liberal Democrat Tony Miller, Conservative Diva Nazari, Reform UK's Maxine Williams, and Conservative Janet Young.
Norwood Green presents Liberal Democrat Rehana Ali, Ealing Community Independents - Putting Southall First candidate Mark Jason Benjamin, Reform UK's David Burgess, Liberal Democrat Susan Henderson, Conservative George Lafford, Independent John Martin, Labour's Ghulam Murtaza, Reform UK's Olu Ogunsanlu, Conservative Aminur Rahman Ony, Liberal Democrat Michael Pidoux, Ealing Community Independents - Putting Southall First candidates Jahangir Raina and Happy Singh Dhaliwal, Labour's Jags Sanghera and Claire Marie Tighe, and Green Party's Michal Solski.
Remaining Ward Candidate Details
Perivale includes Labour's Munir Ahmed, Ealing Community Independents - Putting Perivale First candidate Debbie Allen, Conservatives Zekél Atherley and Vlod Barchuk, Liberal Democrats Carl Brooks, Clive Davis and Sarah Seton-Rogers, Reform UK's Gabor Horvath and Marie Marjolin, Labour's Tariq Mahmood, Green Party's Juliana Niederwanger, Conservative Ian Proud, Labour's Charan Bala Sharma, and Reform UK's Jedidiah Sivapalan.
Pitshanger features Labour's Rima Baaklini, Reform UK's Will Calito and Chris Lumb, Conservatives Will Copping and Grace Hunter, Liberal Democrat Francesco Daniele Fruzza, Green Party's Alex James and Sarah McCartney, Labour's Shaira Karimi, Ealing Community Independents' Tina Moonen, Liberal Democrat Rod Nathan, Conservative Liz Paice, Green Party's Emma Powell, Liberal Democrat Humaira Sanders, Reform UK's Kas Ullah, and Labour's Ben Wesson.
South Acton includes Green Party's Husam Alharahsheh, Conservative Antoni Bialek, Labour's Katie Lynn Douglas, Ealing Community Independents - Putting Acton First candidates Miça Evans, Elizabeth Jones and Glen Miller, Reform UK's Anna Grayson-Morley and Stephen Jewell, Liberal Democrats Luke Hearn, Margaret Joachim and Peter Roche, Labour's Yvonne Elizabeth Johnson and Gareth James Shaw, Conservative Anura Keppetipola, Green Party's Christina Meiklejohn, Conservative Stephen Peach, Reform UK's Nicholas Rees, and Green Party's Elyes Rezgui.
Final Ward Candidate Completions
Southall Broadway presents Labour's Shahbaz Ahmed, Green Party's Rowan Beentje, Liberal Democrat Robin Bettridge, Conservative Darshan Singh Bhinder, Ealing Community Independents - Putting Southall First candidates Angela Fonso and Chaudhry Qamer Iqbal, Reform UK's Mo Latif and Sheung-yuen Lee, Conservative Mohd Ibrahim Miah, Labour's Kamaljit Kaur Nagpal, and Liberal Democrat David Zerdin.
Southall Green includes Labour's Jasbir Kaur Anand, Ealing Community Independents - Putting Southall First candidates Joe Bhangu, Minni Kumari Dogra and Jatinder Rajput, Liberal Democrat Rusi Dalal, Labour's Kamaljit Singh Dhindsa, Liberal Democrats Derek Groen and Susan Kendrick, Green Party's Liza Halim, Reform UK's Robert Harwood and Horatiu Ilie, Conservative Mohammed Jashim Uddin, Labour's Peter Elijah Jonathan Mason, Conservative Sabikun Nahar, Independent Swaran Singh Padda, Conservative Khandaker Rahman, and Reform UK's Kamaljit Tambar.
Southall West features Ealing Community Independents - Putting Southall First candidates Dan Cortese and Sukhi Floria, Liberal Democrats Alison Cross and Roger Davies, Reform UK's Steve Johnston and Zeljko Leventic, Conservative Md Feroz Khan, Green Party's Gurpal Kular, Conservative Mohammad Tota Miah, and Labour's Faduma Ayan Ahmed Hagi Mohamed and Kim Kaur Nagpal.
Concluding Ward Candidate Information
Southfield presents Labour's Ayomilekan Jonathan Adegunwa, Conservative Chris Brown, Liberal Democrat Gary Busuttil, Conservative Darryll Coates, Green Party's Laura Darwish, Conservative Charlotte Duthie, Labour's Dean Ricky Gilligan, Reform UK's Elaine Jelly, Green Party's Mike Landon, Liberal Democrat Gary Malcolm, Reform UK's Matthew Martin, Labour's Jeannie Adetokunbo Okikiolu, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition's Helen Katherine Campbell Pattison, Liberal Democrat Andrew Steed, and Reform UK's Tom Vanson.
Walpole includes Reform UK's Brian Coe and Marian Glynn, Labour's Catherine Anne Fitzgibbon and Grace Barbara Quansah, Liberal Democrat Will Francis, Ealing Community Independents' Darius Ghazyzadeh and Carl Russell, Conservatives Isobel Grant, Anu Khela and Shanuk Mediwaka, Green Party's Barry Greenan, Robin Gutch and Tom Matthews, Liberal Democrats Ksenia Maximova and Matt Mellor, Labour's Binda Rai, and Ealing Community Independents' Richard Tall.
This comprehensive candidate list demonstrates the vibrant democratic process unfolding across Ealing borough, with residents preparing to make their selections that will shape local governance for the coming term. The election results on May 7 will determine whether Labour maintains its two-decade control of the council or whether other parties can make significant inroads in this diverse West London borough.
