# 2022 Harrow London Borough Council election

The 2022 Harrow London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 55 members of Harrow London Borough Council were elected. The elections took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.
The 2022 election took place under new election boundaries, which reduced the number of councillors to 55. In the previous election in 2018, the Labour Party maintained its control of the council, winning 35 out of the 63 seats with the Conservative Party as the council opposition with the remaining 28 seats. However, in the 2022 elections, the Conservative Party won control from Labour with net gains of 8 seats to gain a total of 31 seats. This was the only council in London the Conservatives gained control of bucking the citywide trend with Labour gaining Barnet, Wandsworth and Westminster from the Conservatives.

## Background
### History

The thirty-two London boroughs were established in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963. They are the principal authorities in Greater London and have responsibilities including education, housing, planning, highways, social services, libraries, recreation, waste, environmental health and revenue collection. Some of the powers are shared with the Greater London Authority, which also manages passenger transport, police and fire.
Since its formation, Harrow has been under Labour control, Conservative control and no overall control. The Labour Party most recently gained an overall majority on the council from no overall control in the 2014 election, winning 34 seats to the Conservatives' 26, with the Liberal Democrats winning one seat and independent candidates winning two. In the most recent election in 2018, Labour gained one seat to win 35 with 46.6% of the vote and the Conservatives gained two to win 28 seats with 45.1% of the vote. The Liberal Democrats received 6.4% of the vote across the borough and lost their only seat.

### Council term

Shortly after the 2018 election, a Labour group annual general meeting elected Graham Henson as group leader, defeating the incumbent Sachin Shah. Henson consequently became leader of the council. The former Conservative leader of the council and councillor for Pinner South, Chris Mote, died in July 2021. Mote had been a councillor in Harrow since 1982. A by-election to replace him was held in October 2021. The by-election was held for the Conservatives by the businessperson Hitesh Karia, with the Liberal Democrat candidate coming in second place. A councillor for Headstone South, Pamela Fitzpatrick, was expelled from the Labour Party in November 2021, which she said was for speaking to the Socialist Appeal newspaper.
As with most London boroughs, Harrow was electing its councillors under new boundaries decided by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, which it produced after a period of consultation. The number of councillors fell by eight to 55, representing eleven three-councillor wards and eleven two-councillor wards.

## Electoral process

Harrow, like other London borough councils, elects all of its councillors at once every four years. The previous election took place in 2018. The election took place by multi-member first-past-the-post voting, with each ward being represented by two or three councillors. Electors had as many votes as there are councillors to be elected in their ward, with the top two or three being elected.
All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in London aged 18 or over were entitled to vote in the election. People who live at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, were entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities. Voting in-person at polling stations took place from 7:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters were able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.

## Previous council composition

* Council composition after the 2018 election
* Council composition ahead of the 2022 election
| After 2018 election | After 2018 election | After 2018 election | Before 2022 election | Before 2022 election | Before 2022 election |
| Party | Party | Seats | Party | Party | Seats |
| | Labour | 35 | | Labour | 34 |
| | Conservative | 28 | | Conservative | 28 |
| | | | | Independent | 1 |

## Overall result

2022 Harrow Council election result :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 31 | 5 | | +3 | 56 | 47.1 | 83,261 | +2.0 |
| Labour | 24 | | 5 | -11 | 44 | 40.7 | 71,893 | -5.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 11,207 | -0.1 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 5,800 | +1.9 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 4,269 | +2.0 |
| Reform UK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 411 | New |
Changes to 2018 election result

## Ward results

Belmont (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Anjana Patel* | 1,720 | 62.5 |
| | Conservative | Mina Parmar* | 1,707 | 62.0 |
| | Labour | Sue Anderson | 843 | 30.6 |
| | Labour | Kuldeep Mathur | 716 | 26.0 |
| | Green | Sunita Mehta | 309 | 11.2 |
| | Independent | Annie Kendall | 211 | 7.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 42.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Canons (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Ameet Jogia* | 1,679 | 69.1 |
| | Conservative | Amir Moshenson* | 1,490 | 61.3 |
| | Labour | Sanjay Dighe | 698 | 28.7 |
| | Labour | Linda Lockie | 673 | 27.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Bore | 323 | 13.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 36.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Centenary (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Govind Bharadia | 2,267 | 58.7 | |
| | Conservative | David Ashton | 2,165 | 56.0 | |
| | Conservative | Salim Chowdhury | 1,799 | 46.6 | |
| | Labour | Parvine Mawkin | 1,523 | 39.4 | |
| | Labour | Brahma Mohanty | 1,484 | 38.4 | |
| | Labour | Yusuf Yusuf | 1,294 | 33.5 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nishi Karia | 549 | 14.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Laurence Cox | 511 | 13.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 39.5 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Edgware (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Nicola Blackman | 2,091 | 54.4 |
| | Conservative | Yogesh Teli | 1,934 | 50.3 |
| | Labour | Nitin Parekh* | 1,880 | 48.9 |
| | Conservative | Stefan Voloseniuc | 1,801 | 46.8 |
| | Labour | James Lee* | 1,752 | 45.5 |
| | Labour | Angella Murphy-Strachan* | 1,687 | 43.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Steven Kuo | 394 | 10.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 36.7 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Greenhill (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Dan Anderson* | 1,115 | 48.5 |
| | Labour | Ghazanfar Ali* | 1,017 | 44.2 |
| | Labour | Aneka Shah-Levy | 1,009 | 43.9 |
| | Conservative | Simon Dunkerley | 852 | 37.0 |
| | Conservative | Rhys Benjamin | 841 | 36.6 |
| | Conservative | Eileen Kinnear | 800 | 34.8 |
| | Green | Sonia Moore | 401 | 17.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Prakash Nandhra | 337 | 14.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nahid Boethe | 265 | 11.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lucy Tonge | 263 | 11.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 29.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Harrow on the Hill (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Eden Kulig | 1,261 | 46.1 |
| | Labour | Stephen Hickman | 1,260 | 46.1 |
| | Conservative | Kiran Fothergill | 1,208 | 44.2 |
| | Conservative | Will Jackson | 1,116 | 40.8 |
| | Green | Soody Kim | 325 | 11.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gaye Branch | 296 | 10.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 39.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Harrow Weald (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Ramji Chauhan* | 2,055 | 55.9 |
| | Conservative | Pritesh Patel* | 2,017 | 54.9 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Greek* | 1,989 | 54.1 |
| | Labour | Sophie Green | 1,318 | 35.9 |
| | Labour | Tejinder Sharma | 1,227 | 33.4 |
| | Labour | Ahmed Ali-Ashghar | 1,221 | 33.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Valerie Taylor | 437 | 11.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Darren Diamond | 395 | 10.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Derek Hill | 366 | 10.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 36.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Hatch End (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Susan Mary Hall | 1,629 | 59.0 |
| | Conservative | Matthew John Adam Goodwin-Freeman | 1,452 | 52.6 |
| | Labour | Nimmi Dinesh Patel | 725 | 26.3 |
| | Labour | Bill Stephenson | 706 | 25.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sarah Mona Ismail | 406 | 14.7 |
| | Green | Bhavna Roopram | 395 | 14.3 |
| | Reform UK | Ian Jeffrey Price | 208 | 7.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2846 | 40 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Headstone (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Simon Brown | 1,860 | 43.3 | |
| | Labour | Natasha Proctor | 1,820 | 42.3 | |
| | Labour | Sasi Suresh | 1,733 | 40.3 | |
| | Conservative | Lesline Patricia Lewinson | 1352 | 31.5 | |
| | Conservative | Anthony Harry Seymour | 1302 | 30.3 | |
| | Conservative | Vijay Yeshwanth Singh | 1278 | 29.7 | |
| | Independent | Heshma Shah | 796 | 18.5 | |
| | Independent | Geoffrey Peter Eldridge | 782 | 18.2 | |
| | Independent | Mary Ellen Turner | 742 | 17.3 | |
| | Green | Adele Poskitt | 499 | 11.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tony Levene | 421 | 9.8 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pietro Rescia | 311 | 7.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4458 | 41 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
Kenton East (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Nitesh Hirani | 2,695 | 65.7 |
| | Conservative | Chetna Halai | 2,498 | 60.9 |
| | Conservative | Samir Sobhagchand Sumaria | 2,223 | 54.2 |
| | Labour | Rohit Dixit | 1650 | 40.3 |
| | Labour | Manju Shivji Raghwani | 1626 | 39.7 |
| | Labour | Rangdatt Janakkumar Joshi | 1605 | 39.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4368 | 40 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Kenton West (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Vipin Chhotalal Mithani | 1,701 | 54.9 |
| | Conservative | Kanti Rabadia | 1,635 | 52.7 |
| | Labour | Ajay Harilal Maru | 1300 | 41.9 |
| | Labour | Meera Ajay Maru | 1295 | 41.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Charles David Boethe | 269 | 8.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3181 | 44 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Marlborough (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | David Richard Perry | 1,172 | 50.0 |
| | Labour | Varsha Parmar | 1,134 | 48.4 |
| | Labour | Antonio Eduardo Weiss | 1,095 | 46.7 |
| | Conservative | Savitha Prakash | 563 | 24.0 |
| | Conservative | Jaydeep Kantilal Patel | 534 | 22.8 |
| | Conservative | Dinesh Solanki | 529 | 22.6 |
| | Green | Lawrence John Mathias | 439 | 18.7 |
| | Independent | Samantha Pali | 401 | 17.1 |
| | Independent | Edmond Bicari | 356 | 15.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paolo Cesare Arrigo | 320 | 13.6 |
| | Independent | Nish Patel | 256 | 10.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Monah Al-Basha | 236 | 10.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2482 | 32 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
North Harrow (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Christopher John Baxter | 1,510 | 54.2 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Janet Teresa Mote | 1,487 | 53.4 | N/A |
| | Labour | Hugh James Brown | 1482 | 53.2 | N/A |
| | Labour | Georgia Lin Weston | 1448 | 52.0 | N/A |
| | Green | Emma Jane Wallace | 331 | 11.9 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marshel Amutharasan | 255 | 9.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,785 | 40.0 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Pinner (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Norman Shairp Stevenson | 2,044 | 51.4 | −2.5 |
| | Conservative | Kuha Kumaran | 2,012 | 50.6 | −2.7 |
| | Conservative | Paul Simon Osborn | 1,945 | 48.9 | −1.1 |
| | Labour | Jeffrey Alan Anderson | 1,271 | 32.0 | +6.4 |
| | Labour | James Frank Lockie | 1,104 | 27.8 | +4.7 |
| | Labour | Lesley Stackpoole | 1,077 | 27.1 | +4.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Veronica Margaret Chamberlain | 775 | 19.5 | +6.0 |
| | Green | Krystel Shin Pei Lee | 618 | 15.6 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jacalina Bunce-Linsell | 552 | 13.9 | +1.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,974 | 39.0 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Pinner South (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | June Rosemary Baxter | 2,418 | 52.3 | −8.1 |
| | Conservative | Hitesh Kantilal Karia | 2,305 | 49.8 | −6.9 |
| | Conservative | Jean Lammiman | 2,097 | 45.3 | −11.2 |
| | Labour | Finley Brook Harnett | 1,728 | 37.4 | +10.4 |
| | Labour | William Phillips | 1,442 | 31.2 | +4.8 |
| | Labour | Raj Vakesan | 1,380 | 29.9 | +4.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sanjay Karia | 865 | 18.7 | +3.5 |
| | Green | Alexander Eng Soon Lee | 747 | 16.1 | N/A |
| | Reform UK | Zbigniew Kowalczyk | 108 | 2.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,626 | 41.0 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Rayners Lane (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Krishna Suresh | 1,399 | 44.1 | +1.2 |
| | Conservative | Thaya Idaikkadar | 977 | 30.8 | +1.9 |
| | Labour | Tarza Ahmed Sharif | 962 | 30.3 | −8.6 |
| | Conservative | Mala Morjaria | 886 | 27.9 | +0.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Noyce | 665 | 20.9 | −15.9 |
| | Independent | Sockalingam Yogalingam | 559 | 17.6 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gerri Noyce | 426 | 13.4 | −14.7 |
| | Green | Rowan Nicholas Charles Langley | 182 | 5.7 | N/A |
| | Independent | Herbie Crossman | 166 | 5.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,175 | 45.0 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Roxbourne (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Graham Douglas Henson | 1,446 | 65.2 |
| | Labour | Maxine Margaret Henson | 1,369 | 61.7 |
| | Conservative | Arunasalam Rajalingam | 764 | 34.4 |
| | Conservative | John Stuart Haddon Hinkley | 687 | 31.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Thomas Peter Sikandar Yasin | 170 | 7.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2306 | 33 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Roxeth (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Jerry Miles | 2,180 | 60.8 |
| | Labour | Peymana Assad | 2,009 | 56.0 |
| | Labour | Rashmi Suranga Kalu | 1,991 | 55.5 |
| | Conservative | Rajagopal Deleepan | 1422 | 39.6 |
| | Conservative | Sockalingam Karunalingam | 1364 | 38.0 |
| | Conservative | Subankani Pathmanathan Pratheepan | 1242 | 34.6 |
| | Green | Swati Rameshchandra Patel | 553 | 15.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3881 | 35 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Stanmore (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Marilyn Joy Ashton | 2,340 | 66.8 | |
| | Conservative | Philip Richard Benjamin | 2,244 | 64.0 | |
| | Conservative | Zak Oliver Wagman | 1,992 | 56.8 | |
| | Labour | Hannah Louise Gibbons | 852 | 24.3 | |
| | Labour | Navin Shah | 803 | 22.9 | |
| | Labour | Jeffrey Charles Gallant | 784 | 22.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nikki Kopelman | 392 | 11.2 | |
| | Green | Linda Carol Robinson | 356 | 10.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Grenville Levy | 330 | 9.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sheila Michelle Levy | 327 | 9.3 | |
| | Reform UK | Howard Keith Koch | 95 | 2.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3653 | 36 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Wealdstone North (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Shahania Choudhury | 1,405 | 65.2 | |
| | Labour | Phillip William O'Dell | 1,361 | 63.1 | |
| | Conservative | Vinod Tikoo | 781 | 36.2 | |
| | Conservative | Paul Francis Greek | 766 | 35.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2266 | 33 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
Wealdstone South (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Kandy Ann Marie Dolor | 888 | 54.8 | |
| | Labour | Dean Gilligan | 847 | 52.3 | |
| | Conservative | Manjibhai Kara | 661 | 40.8 | |
| | Conservative | Naresh Gothadiya | 635 | 39.2 | |
| | Green | Halema Khatun | 208 | 12.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1680 | 33 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
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West Harrow (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Rekha Shah | 1,507 | 54.7 |
| | Labour | Asif Hussain | 1,459 | 52.9 |
| | Conservative | Luke Andrew Titus Wilson | 911 | 33.0 |
| | Conservative | Caroline Mojisola Ojo | 849 | 30.8 |
| | Green | Monika Sobiecki | 437 | 15.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Em Dean | 351 | 12.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2841 | 40 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |