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Council · London borough

Kingston upon Thames

Liberal Democrats majority after May 7 2026. (Majority held)

What happened on May 7

Seats won and overall control

After May 7

Liberal Democrats majority

Council size: 48 seats · 48 up on May 7

Reform UK

0 of 48 seats

Won 0 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

Lib Dem
44
Conservative
2
Independent / Other
2

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 Kingston upon Thames

95% 18 / 19 winners called correctly across this council's wards
6.77pp major-party MAE, average gap between predicted and actual share
+6.85pp Reform UK signed bias, positive = predicted hot, negative = predicted cold

Locked, sha256-witnessed forecast scored against the actual count. See the full national accuracy audit →

Our locked May 7 forecast

The pre-election prediction

Lib Dem
18
Reform UK
16
Conservative
7
Green Party
3
Labour
3
Independent
1

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
Alexandra Lib Dem Lib Dem 33.0% medium
Berrylands Lib Dem Lib Dem 36.3% medium
Canbury Gardens Lib Dem Lib Dem 29.3% medium
Chessington South & Malden Rushett Lib Dem Lib Dem 33.1% medium
Coombe Hill Conservative Conservative 33.8% medium
Coombe Vale Lib Dem Lib Dem 27.4% medium
Green Lane & St James Independent Kingston Independent Residents Group 39.5% medium
Hook & Chessington North Lib Dem Lib Dem 38.7% medium
King George's & Sunray Lib Dem Lib Dem 49.7% medium
Kingston Gate Reform UK Lib Dem 28.4% medium
Kingston Town Lib Dem Lib Dem 30.8% medium
Motspur Park & Old Malden East Lib Dem Lib Dem 28.8% medium
New Malden Village Lib Dem Lib Dem 28.0% medium
Norbiton Lib Dem Lib Dem 34.2% medium
Old Malden Lib Dem Lib Dem 37.6% medium
St Mark's & Seething Wells Lib Dem Lib Dem 30.0% medium
Surbiton Hill Reform UK Lib Dem 28.9% medium
Tolworth Lib Dem Lib Dem 38.5% medium
Tudor Lib Dem Lib Dem 29.2% medium

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