Richmond Council has released a full list of the candidates standing in the local elections which take place next month.

Across the 18 wards in Richmond upon Thames, 250 candidates will battle for its 54 seats on 7 May 2026.

The number of candidates for each party is as follows:

• Liberal Democrats - 54
• Labour Party - 53
• Conservative Party - 54
• Reform UK - 45
• Green Party - 15
• Independents - 29

All wards in Richmond have three seats which is why parties may put more or less candidates up for election in the same area.

Barnes

• Ivan Avanessov - Independent
• Sam Cullen - Labour Party
• Helen Edward - Conservative Party
• Mark David Fox - Reform UK
• Carlos Garofolin - Conservative Party
• Andy Hale - Liberal Democrats
• Miranda Katherine Lewis - Independent
• Christopher Macnee - Reform UK
• Kim Marshall - Independent
• Sujata Patel - Labour Party
• Duncan Rasor - Liberal Democrats
• Guy Simon Rose - Reform UK
• Stephen Michael Russell - Labour Party
• Fiona Sacks - Liberal Democrats
• Kieran John Sheedy - Independent
• Sandy Urquhart - Conservative Party

East Sheen

• Julia Cambridge - Liberal Democrats
• Danielle Coleman - Independent
• Margaret Dane - Liberal Democrats
• Mike Freedman - Labour Party
• Deborah Genders - Labour Party
• David Hopwood - Independent
• Mohsin Khan - Liberal Democrats
• Nick King - Conservative Party
• Tracey Mullins - Labour Party
• Claudia Nascimento - Conservative Party
• Philip Nuthall - Reform UK
• Luke Richard Parker - Conservative Party
• Juliet Lisa Rawlings - Reform UK
• Jill Winser - Independents

Ham, Petersham & Richmond Riverside

• Georgina Susan Butler - Conservative Party
• Penny Frost - Liberal Democrats
• Seamus Joyce - Liberal Democrats
• Dermot Kelly - Liberal Democrats
• Oliver Sami Lafci - Reform UK
• Helen Fleur Montgomery - Labour Party
• Helen Caroline Nance - Labour Party
• Jaydan Okunola - Green Party
• John Farley Rose - Reform UK
• Lauren Standsfield - Green Party
• Andrew Jeremy Swarbrick - Reform UK
• John Traversi - Conservative Party
• Robert Holt Tudway - Conservative Party
• Mohammed Sharif Walid - Labour Party
• Chas Warlow - Green Party

Kew

• Anusheh Alavi - Labour Party
• Anthony Blanco - Conservative Party
• Margaret Butler-Morris - Conservative Party
• Kelvin Cheatle - Liberal Democrats
• Ray Ferris - Liberal Democrats
• Maureen Goldthrope - Liberal Democrats
• Barnaby Marder - Labour Party
• Geoffery O'Connell - Independent
• Xandi Steele - Conservative Party
• Alex Stylianou - Independent
• Clare Vollum - Liberal Democrats
• Glyn Douglas Wallis-Jones - Reform UK
• Andrew Webster - Independent

Mortlake & Barnes Common

• Paisley Arnold - Reform UK
• Seth Ashby-Hawkins - Green Party
• Francine Loudon Bates - Labour Party
• Geri Cox - Liberal Democrats
• Ciaran Edward Cusack - Green Party
• Clare Delmar - Conservative Party
• Michael Dingemans - Liberal Democrats
• John Kirwan Hughes - Reform UK
• Anton McNulty-Howard - Liberal Democrats
• Nadia Miriam Mirza - Green Party
• Lucas Spencer - Labour Party
• Rhys Irvine James Thomas - Conservative Party
• Peter Vider - Conservative Party
• David Charles White - Reform UK
• Matthew David Woolston - Labour Party

North Richmond

• Tom Absolon - Labour Party
• Nancy Baldwin - Liberal Democrats
• Amen Bayat - Conservative Party
• Alan Charnley - Reform UK
• Jonathan Alexander Dredge - Labour Party
• Jane Harrison - Independent
• Jenna Kruger - Independent
• Fiona Mary O'Farrell - Labour Party
• Thomas O'Malley - Conservative Party
• David Palairet - Conservative Party
• Richard Pyne - Liberal Democrats
• Maggie Richens - Independent
• Diane Scott - Independent
• Richard Warren - Liberal Democrats

South Richmond

• Massimo Chiesa - Liberal Democrats
• Christine Cullis - Reform UK
• Max Davies - Labour Party
• Susan Gamble - Reform UK
• Alexi Hatto - Green Party
• David McAlpine - Labour Party
• Charlie Schneider - Reform UK
• Sheba Sogol - Conservative Party
• Philip Brian Taylor - Conservative Party
• Chris Varley - Liberal Democrats
• Paulina Vassileva - Liberal Democrats
• Marion White - Labour Party
• Tanya Williams - Green Party

This article excludes wards in and around Twickenham and Teddington.

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