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Westminster

Conservative majority after May 7 2026. (Majority gained, previously Labour)

What happened on May 7

Seats won and overall control

After May 7

Conservative majority

Council size: 54 seats · 54 up on May 7

Reform UK

0 of 54 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

Conservative
32
Labour
22

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 Westminster

78% 14 / 18 winners called correctly across this council's wards
6.20pp major-party MAE, average gap between predicted and actual share
+7.43pp 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

Conservative
18
Labour
17
Reform UK
15
Lib Dem
2
Green Party
2

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
Abbey Road Conservative Conservative 38.4% medium
Bayswater Labour Conservative 35.8% medium
Church Street Labour Labour 40.4% high
Harrow Road Green Party Labour 26.3% medium
Hyde Park Labour Conservative 31.0% medium
Knightsbridge & Belgravia Conservative Conservative 39.2% medium
Lancaster Gate Conservative Labour 27.5% medium
Little Venice Reform UK Conservative 28.0% medium
Maida Vale Labour Labour 36.7% medium
Marylebone Conservative Conservative 31.9% medium
Pimlico North Conservative Conservative 34.3% medium
Pimlico South Labour Labour 31.4% medium
Queen's Park Labour Labour 42.4% medium
Regent's Park Conservative Conservative 33.3% medium
St James's Conservative Conservative 33.7% medium
Vincent Square Conservative Conservative 39.2% medium
West End Conservative Conservative 38.0% medium
Westbourne Labour Labour 41.0% medium

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