Labour aim to hold on to their 47 seat majority on May 7, while the Conservatives, Greens, Lib Dems and Reform all hope to make gains in the red London stronghold
All 55 seats on Greenwich Council will be up for election come May 7 when voters take to the polls. Notable candidates next month include former Prime Minister Liz Truss’ husband Hugh O’Leary, who is standing for the Conservatives in Woolwich Arsenal.
Mr O’Leary, an accountant, has stood unsuccessfully for the Tories in Greenwich on several occasions, the most recent time being in 2006. Austin Powers also hopes to become one of Greenwich’s first Reform council members when he stands for election in Abbey Wood.
Greenwich Council has been a Labour stronghold since 1971. Labour currently holds a 47 seat majority on the council, while the Conservative opposition have only four council members. There are also two independents and two Greens currently sitting on Greenwich Council.
Below is a list of all candidates standing in the upcoming elections, broken down into wards:
Abbey Wood
Grace Aydin – Conservative
Simon Gallie – Conservative
Angela Skabrin – Conservative
Annabel Beales – Green
Ben Preston – Green
Ann-Marie Imani Cousins (incumbent) – Independent
Ronie Devere Johnson – Independent
Tom Creswell – Labour
Jummy Dawodu – Labour
Gaumaya Gurung Ranabhat – Labour
Finbarr Dominic Headon – Liberal Democrat
Thomas Headon – Liberal Democrat
Simon Robinson – Liberal Democrat
Ruth Handyside – Reform
Austin Powers – Reform
Gregory Rodwell – Reform
Blackheath Westcombe
Geoff Brighty – Conservative
Mary Pfeiffer – Conservative
Tim Waters – Conservative
Jasmine Haga – Green
Fiona Moore – Green
Meena Thiagaraj – Green
Leo Sean Fletcher (incumbent) – Labour
Mariam Lolavar (incumbent) – Labour
Christine St. Matthew-Daniel (incumbent) – Labour
Deramore Hutchcroft – Liberal Democrat
Ray Kay – Liberal Democrat
Sian Walsh – Liberal Democrat
Trevor William Allman – The Official Monster Raving Loony Party
Robert Kennedy – Reform
Vlad Lavrentiev – Reform
Topo Wresniwiro – Reform
Charlton Hornfair
Rupert Fiennes – Conservative
Frederick Waters – Conservative
Jessica Holland – Green
Lakshan Saldin (incumbent) – Green
Bren Albiston – Labour
Ambreen Hisbani – Labour
Sam Burridge – Liberal Democrat
Stuart Watkin – Liberal Democrat
Philip Mark Dunn – Reform
Ann Teresa Kelly – Reform
Charlton Village & Riverside
Ivan Jinaru – Conservative
Sandeep Kunchamwar – Conservative
Andrew James Cowley – Green
Gary Dark – Green
David Llewellyn Gardner (incumbent in Greenwich Peninsula) – Labour
Jo van den Broek (incumbent) – Labour
Geoff Horrell – Liberal Democrat
Tim Jeffery – Liberal Democrat
Stephen Briley – Reform
Caroline Everett – Reform
East Greenwich
Oliver Bingham – Conservative
David Brinson – Conservative
Brian Weller – Conservative
George Edgar – Green
Patrick Thomas Ives – Green
Jo Land – Green
Erik Cummins – Labour
Majid Rahman (incumbent) – Labour
Maisie Richards Cottell (incumbent) – Labour
James Jefford – Liberal Democrat
Josh Rogers – Liberal Democrat
Kieran Watkins – Liberal Democrat
Charlie Michael James Kelly – Reform
Martin Markov – Reform
Darren Ward – Reform
Eltham Page
Spencer Drury – Conservative
Phil Russell – Conservative
Colin James – Green
Robert Ramcharan – Green
Jane Dickenson – Labour
Chris May – Labour
Alistair Mills – Liberal Democrat
Elliot Shubert – Liberal Democrat
Paul Trevor Banks – Reform
Siama Qadar – Reform
Eltham Page & Progress
Anthonia Adolphus-Ugo – Conservative
Ben Crompton – Conservative
Arthur Drury – Green
Sophie Angela McGinness – Green
Earl Williamson – Independent
Jeremy Stuart Fraser – Labour
Gabriella Olumide – Labour
Kieran Edwards – Liberal Democrat
Jason Riddell – Liberal Democrat
Christian Achilli – Reform
Scarlett Ann Kelsey – Reform
Eltham Town & Avery Hill
Charlie Davis (incumbent) – Conservative
Pat Greenwell (incumbent) – Conservative
Rob Sayers – Conservative
Michael David Pickup – Green
Matt Stratford – Green
Mark Williams – Green
Arnold Edwin Tarling – Independent
Johnathan Akindutire – Labour
Eleanor Haddock – Labour
Frederick Sullivan-Wallace – Labour
Michael Chuter – Liberal Democrat
Eileen Cox – Liberal Democrat
Mark Pattenden – Liberal Democrat
Helen Elizabeth Banks – Reform
Azmi Besim – Reform
Daniel Cozer – Reform
Greenwich Creekside
Christopher Swift – Conservative
Rajinder Tamber – Conservative
Keira Tessa Randall – Green
Tillie Muir – Labour
Calum O’Byrne Mulligan (incumbent) – Labour
Anthony Austin – Liberal Democrat
Andrew Harrison – Liberal Democrat
Scott Bailey – Reform
Anthonio Mandika – Reform
Greenwich Park
Andrew Bell – Conservative
Alistair Green – Conservative
Stacy Smith – Green
Karin Tearle – Green
Jen Davis – Labour
Aidan Smith (incumbent) – Labour
Victoria Harris – Liberal Democrat
Andrew Smith – Liberal Democrat
James Keith Reynolds – Reform
Keith Barry Scholefield – Reform
Greenwich Peninsula
Michael Hoskin – Conservative
Jennifer Roberts – Conservative
Martin Seiffarth – Conservative
Austin McGrath – Green
Claire Elaine Selby – Green
Kit Tinkler – Green
Denise Scott-McDonald (incumbent) – Labour
Robert Stebbings – Labour
Nick Williams (incumbent) – Labour
Richard Chamberlain – Liberal Democrat
Jack Sellick – Liberal Democrat
Tim West – Liberal Democrat
Anna Farra – Reform
Catalin Ionut Protea – Reform
Alan Williams – Reform
Kidbrooke Park
Malcolm Reid – Conservative
Carina Watney – Conservative
Veronica Judge – Green
Natacha Jessica Kennedy – Green
John Fahy (incumbent) – Labour
Nikki Thurlow – Labour
Alison Kakoschke – Liberal Democrat
Donald Reid – Liberal Democrat
Don Austen – Reform
Terence James Pratt – Reform
Kidbrooke Village & Sutcliffe
Kate Drury – Conservative
Purabi Ghosh – Conservative
Richard Humphrey Graham – Green
Alison McCants – Green
Sandra Bauer (incumbent) – Labour
Lewis Hurst – Labour
Chris Ashworth – Liberal Democrat
Chris Milne – Liberal Democrat
Alan Alison – Reform
Lil Hubbard – Reform
Middle Park & Horn Park
Mandy Brinkhurst – Conservative
Matthew Brooker – Conservative
Ibrahim Balogun – Green
Anji Melanie Petersen – Green
Olu Babatola (incumbent in Thamesmead Moorings) – Labour
Rachel Taggart-Ryan (incumbent) – Labour
Chris Smith – Liberal Democrat
Roger Spence – Liberal Democrat
Adriana Cozer – Reform
Nicola Linda Meaney – Reform
Mottingham, Coldharbour & New Eltham
Matt Hartley (incumbent) – Conservative
Roger Tester (incumbent) – Conservative
Luke Warren – Conservative
Judy Delap – Green
Alex Pemberton – Green
Victoria Rance – Green
Tom Fielder – Labour
Angela Josiah – Labour
Curtis Vincent Rulton – Labour
Paul Gentry – Liberal Democrat
Judy Spence – Liberal Democrat
Tom Bright – Reform
Charles Case – Reform
Clara Rapley – Reform
Plumstead & Glyndon
Christopher Anoty – Conservative
Doinita Avram – Conservative
Obidike Chukwuma – Conservative
Emma Dalmayne – Green
Victoria Ford – Green
Duncan Hugh Platt – Green
Tammy Aghedo – Labour
Adel Khaireh (incumbent) – Labour
Jit Ranabhat (incumbent) – Labour
Peter Phebey – Liberal Democrat
Andrew Young – Liberal Democrat
Matthew Beales – Reform
Len Heffer – Reform
Michael Thomas Kelly – Reform
Narendra Kandel – Your Party
Plumstead Common
David Bennett – Conservative
Lenin Erazo – Conservative
Dorian Woodward – Conservative
Leonie Katherine Barron – Green
Stewart Christie – Green
David Anthony Monteith – Green
Hetal Padhiar – Independent
Issy Cooke (incumbent) – Labour
Mohammed Khan – Labour
Helen Laker – Labour
Martha Pankhurst – Liberal Democrat
Duncan Wharton – Liberal Democrat
Dee Blackburn – Reform
Elaine Greenwood – Reform
Gary Hubbard – Reform
Shooters Hill
Michael Dowd – Conservative
Sam Shuker – Conservative
Max Green – Green
Tamasin Rhymes (incumbent) – Green
Timothy Folaranmi – Labour
Kim Sullivan – Labour
Kirstie Shedden – Liberal Democrat
Valerie Stainton – Liberal Democrat
Steve Greenwood – Reform
Paul Walker – Reform
Thamesmead Moorings
Diane Morris – Conservative
James Worron – Conservative
Tinu Cornish – Green
Keith Crowhurst – Green
Averil Ann Lekau (incumbent) – Labour
Femi Solola – Labour
Rhian O’Connor – Liberal Democrat
Philip Symes – Liberal Democrat
Jill Evelyn Davies – Reform
Fergus French McClelland – Reform
West Thamesmead
Ezra Aydin – Conservative
Ibrahim Owodunni Shittu – Conservative
Raul Diaz – Green
Samuel Alexander Hedges – Green
Nathan Baffour-Awuah – Labour
Jahdia Spencer (incumbent) – Labour
Emmanuel Idowu – Liberal Democrat
Mursal Siyid – Liberal Democrat
Kathryn Breeden – Reform
Josif Gjoka – Reform
Woolwich Arsenal
Paul Brown – Conservative
Aileen Davis – Conservative
Hugh O’Leary – Conservative
Nathan Budden – Green
Karen Janody – Green
Sangeeta Kalia – Green
Joshua Ayodele (incumbent) – Labour
Sam Littlewood (incumbent) – Labour
Jackie Smith (incumbent) – Labour
Andrew Lock – Liberal Democrat
Michaela Moores – Liberal Democrat
Ramesh Perera-Delcourt – Liberal Democrat
Alex Bowers – Reform
Tricia Kelly – Reform
Anthony Ikedife Nwabudike – Reform
Woolwich Common
Jonathan Morris – Conservative
Victoria Wilson – Conservative
Kirsty Gardiner – Green
Sem Longhurst – Green
Elizabeth Ige (incumbent) – Labour
Anthony Okereke (incumbent) – Labour
Ulysse Abbate – Liberal Democrat
Matthew Glinsman – Liberal Democrat
Alan Cecil – Reform
Selina Joyce Mayne – Reform
Woolwich Dockyard
Paul Butler – Conservative
Patricia Gossington – Conservative
D.J. Cracknell – Green
Dakota Gibbs – Green
Asli Mohammed (incumbent) – Labour
Raja Zeeshan (incumbent in Shooters Hill) – Labour
David Kaye – Liberal Democrat
Matti Pekkola – Liberal Democrat
David Ejakpofo Chunu – Reform
Rozalia Protea – Reform
Tom Adhikari – Your Party
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