This thread is the results of the 2026 local election in Kingston-Upon-Thames.<\/p>\n
Going into the election, Liberal Democrats held 42 of the 48 council seats, Conservatives held 2 seats and Independent candidates held 4 seats. <\/p>\n
Total number of confirmed councillors: 40\/48<\/p>\n
Liberal Democrats: 38<\/p>\n
Kingston Independent Residents Group (KIRG): 2<\/p>\n
Alexandra \u2013 Winning Candidates<\/p>\n
Berrylands<\/p>\n
Anita Schaper (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n
Rizwana Suhail Malik (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n
Canbury Gardens<\/p>\n
Chessington South and Malden Rushett<\/p>\n
Andreas Kirsch (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n
Griseldis Kirsch (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n
Sharukh Mirza (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n
Coombe Hill<\/p>\n
Coombe Vale<\/p>\n
Kim Natasha Bailey (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n
Brian Maxwell Austen (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n
Andrew Sillet ( Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n
Green Lane and St James<\/p>\n
James Giles (KIRG)<\/p>\n
Yvonne Tracey (KIRG)<\/p>\n
Hook and Chessington North<\/p>\n
Sue Ansari (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n
Joanne Emma Barker (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n
Lorraine Dunstone (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n
King George\u2019s and Sunray<\/p>\n
Mark Rahim Benyon (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n
Helen Rachel Grocott (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n
Kingston Gate<\/p>\n
Stephen Nicloas Evans (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n
Mark Peter Manners (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n
Sarah Wait-Sillet (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n
Kingston Town<\/p>\n
Roger Mark Hayes (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n
Inez Nicola Nardelli (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n
Saba Hamed (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n
Motspur Park and Old Malden East<\/p>\n
New Malden Village<\/p>\n
Mark James Durant (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n
Lesley Anne Heap (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n
Dongsung Kim (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n
Norbiton<\/p>\n
Emily Davey (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n
Sam Foulder-Hughes (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n
Olly Wehring (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n
Old Malden<\/p>\n
Elizabeth Park (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n
Mike Pascal Massimi (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n
St Mark\u2019s and Seething Wells<\/p>\n
Helen Milestone (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n
Robert Sadler (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n
Yogan Yoganathan (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n
Surbiton Hill<\/p>\n
Allison Holt (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n
Manish Shukla (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n
Tom Reeve (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n
Tolworth<\/p>\n
Thay Thayalan (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n
Jane Lim (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n
Andrew John Wooldridge (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n
Tudor<\/p>\n
Blaise Kemp Murphet (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n
Sachin Tulyani (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n
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