{"id":946449,"date":"2026-05-08T16:37:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T16:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/946449\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T16:37:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T16:37:14","slug":"london-elections-2026-kingston-upon-thames-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/946449\/","title":{"rendered":"London elections 2026: Kingston-Upon-Thames results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>This thread is the results of the 2026 local election in Kingston-Upon-Thames.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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<p>Total number of confirmed councillors: 40\/48<\/p>\n<p>Liberal Democrats: 38<\/p>\n<p>Kingston Independent Residents Group (KIRG): 2<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alexandra \u2013 Winning Candidates<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Berrylands<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Anita Schaper (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n<p>Rizwana Suhail Malik (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Canbury Gardens<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chessington South and Malden Rushett<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Andreas Kirsch (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n<p>Griseldis Kirsch (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n<p>Sharukh Mirza (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coombe Hill<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Coombe Vale<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kim Natasha Bailey (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n<p>Brian Maxwell Austen (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Sillet ( Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Green Lane and St James<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>James Giles (KIRG)<\/p>\n<p>Yvonne Tracey (KIRG)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hook and Chessington North<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sue Ansari (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n<p>Joanne Emma Barker (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n<p>Lorraine Dunstone (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n<p><strong>King George\u2019s and Sunray<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mark Rahim Benyon (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n<p>Helen Rachel Grocott (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kingston Gate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stephen Nicloas Evans (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n<p>Mark Peter Manners (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Wait-Sillet (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kingston Town<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Roger Mark Hayes (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n<p>Inez Nicola Nardelli (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n<p>Saba Hamed (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Motspur Park and Old Malden East<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>New Malden Village<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mark James Durant (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n<p>Lesley Anne Heap (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n<p>Dongsung Kim (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Norbiton<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Emily Davey (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n<p>Sam Foulder-Hughes (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n<p>Olly Wehring (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Old Malden<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth Park  (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n<p>Mike Pascal Massimi  (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n<p><strong>St Mark\u2019s and Seething Wells<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Helen Milestone (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n<p>Robert Sadler (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n<p>Yogan Yoganathan (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Surbiton Hill<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Allison Holt (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n<p>Manish Shukla (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n<p>Tom Reeve (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tolworth<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thay Thayalan (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n<p>Jane Lim (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n<p>Andrew John Wooldridge (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tudor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Blaise Kemp Murphet (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n<p>Sachin Tulyani (Liberal Democrats)<\/p>\n<p>Featured Image Credit: SW Londoner <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This thread is the results of the 2026 local election in Kingston-Upon-Thames. 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