After May 7
Labour majority
Council size: 62 seats · 62 up on May 7
Council · London borough
Hounslow
Labour majority after May 7 2026. (Majority held)
What happened on May 7
Seats won and overall control
Reform UK
8 of 62 seats
Won 8 on May 7 · had 0 before
Next election
May 2030
Whole council every 4 years (London cycle).
Post-May 7 composition
Every party's seat count on the new council
Pre-May-7 composition is the latest OCD snapshot of who held each seat; post is pre minus seats up plus actual winners.
How accurate was the model here?
Our 7 May 2026 forecast for Hounslow
Locked, sha256-witnessed forecast scored against the actual count. See the full national accuracy audit →
Our locked May 7 forecast
The pre-election prediction
This is the seats-on-the-ballot projection we published before polls opened, used here for accuracy comparison only.
All wards
Per-ward forecast vs actual
| Ward | Our top pick | Actual winner | Predicted share | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedfont | Labour | Reform UK | 31.5% | medium |
| Brentford East | Labour | Labour | 36.5% | medium |
| Brentford West | Independent | Green Party | 27.1% | medium |
| Chiswick Gunnersbury | Conservative | Conservative | 33.5% | medium |
| Chiswick Homefields | Reform UK | Conservative | 26.7% | medium |
| Chiswick Riverside | Reform UK | Conservative | 26.0% | medium |
| Cranford | Labour | Conservative | 31.7% | medium |
| Feltham North | Labour | Labour | 26.6% | medium |
| Feltham West | Labour | Labour | 35.2% | medium |
| Hanworth Park | Labour | Reform UK | 35.6% | medium |
| Hanworth Village | Labour | Reform UK | 32.6% | medium |
| Heston Central | Labour | Conservative | 36.0% | medium |
| Heston East | Labour | Labour | 39.9% | medium |
| Heston West | Labour | Labour | 37.6% | medium |
| Hounslow Central | Labour | Labour | 33.0% | medium |
| Hounslow East | Labour | Labour | 38.9% | medium |
| Hounslow Heath | Labour | Labour | 34.2% | medium |
| Hounslow South | Labour | Labour | 35.7% | medium |
| Hounslow West | Labour | Conservative | 31.0% | medium |
| Isleworth | Labour | Labour | 37.2% | medium |
| Osterley & Spring Grove | Labour | Labour | 36.9% | medium |
| Syon & Brentford Lock | Independent | Labour | 32.8% | medium |