Three Parties Win a Seat in Chiswick Riverside
Conservative leader ousted with Green and Labour councillors elected
Rick Rowe (Green), Gabriella Giles (Conservative) and Amy Croft (Labour) after the Chiswick Riverside declaration. Picture: Hounslow Council
May 9, 2026
With the Conservatives having easily taken all the seats in the first two Chiswick wards to be declared after the count in the conference room at Twickenham Stadium, they may have been quietly confident of a win in Chiswick Riverside.
In the event the outcome was an unlikely three-way split with Gabriella Giles and Labour’s Amy Croft retaining their seats and the Green's Rick Rowe taking the third. The result makes for a potential awkward atmosphere in the council chamber as the newly elected Green representative has reported Cllr Giles' father to the police over allegations of threatening behaviour when they encountered each other on the campaign.
Being one of the top ranked councillors in the borough for casework over the last two years appears to have paid off for Cllr Croft who was well clear in first place with 1,387, outperforming her party colleagues by around 400 votes, followed by Cllr Giles on 1,202 in a contest that saw nearly half of the electorate turn out. The against the odds victory turned out to be crucial for her party which managed to secure a majority on the council by just one seat.
The result means that Peter Thompson, who served for four years as council leader as part of a coalition, and was the current head of the opposition group has lost his seat. He was just 38 votes behind Rick Rowe who took third place. It will be a bittersweet day for him with his party significantly outperforming expectations to take seventeen seats.
| Chiswick Riverside Result | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
Status |
Amy Croft |
Labour |
1387 |
Elected |
Gabriella Giles |
Conservative |
1202 |
Elected |
Rick Rowe |
Green |
1184 |
Elected |
Peter Thompson |
Conservative |
1146 |
– |
Jessika Toto-Moukouo |
Conservative |
949 |
– |
Muddassir Syed |
Green |
896 |
– |
Trevor Macfarlane |
Labour |
865 |
– |
Gurminder Sandhu |
Labour |
820 |
– |
Frank Beddington |
Liberal Democrats |
627 |
– |
Nicholas Bellerophon |
Liberal Democrats |
472 |
– |
James Nicholas Charrington |
Liberal Democrats |
362 |
– |
James Kerr |
Reform UK |
327 |
– |
Royen Prince Fernandes |
Reform UK |
295 |
– |
George Radulski |
Reform UK |
283 |
– |
The Conservatives won all three seats in Chiswick Gunnersbury, with Joanna Biddolph, Ron Mushiso and Vickram Grewal re-elected following a strong performance. Cllr Biddolph topped the poll by a wide margin with 1,709 votes, followed by Cllr Mushiso on 1,493 and Cllr Grewal on 1,382.
The Conservatives were comfortable winners in Chiswick Gunnersbury. Picture: Hounslow Council
Labour finished in second place overall, with Maria Saroya receiving 1,088 votes and Hanif Ahmad Khan 1,017. The Green Party also performed strongly, with Aubrey Crawley on 999 votes and Jon Elkon close behind on 949. The Liberal Democrats and Reform UK trailed further back, with their candidates polling between 301 and 559 votes.
Turnout in the ward was 46.03 per cent, one of the highest in the borough, with 4,200 ballot papers issued from an electorate of 9,133.
| Chiswick Gunnersbury Result | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Result |
| Joanna Biddolph | Conservative | 1709 | Elected |
| Ron Mushiso | Conservative | 1493 | Elected |
| Vickram Grewal | Conservative | 1382 | Elected |
| Maria Saroya | Labour | 1088 | — |
| Hanif Ahmad Khan | Labour | 1017 | — |
| Aubrey Mark Charles Crawley | Green | 999 | — |
| Jon Elkon | Green | 949 | — |
| Guy De Boursac | Liberal Democrats | 559 | — |
| Paul Jonathan Halliwell | Liberal Democrats | 524 | — |
| Nik Hole | Liberal Democrats | 471 | — |
| Leanne Yu | Reform UK | 324 | — |
| Sau Khuan Parkins | Reform UK | 322 | — |
| Joshua Stanton | Reform UK | 301 | — |
| Naeem Ulfat | Labour | 776 | — |
The Conservatives have also comfortably held all three seats in Chiswick Homefields, with Jack Emsley, Michael Denniss and Linden Grigg elected in one of the highest-turnout wards in the borough. Cllr Emsley led the field with 1,911 votes, followed closely by Denniss on 1,866 Grigg on 1,763. It represents a return to the council for Michael Denniss who previously served in Chiswick Riverside between 2018 and 2022.
A changing of the guard for Chiswick Homefields. New councillors Mike Denniss and Linden Grigg stand behind their predecessors Gerard McGregor and John Todd at the count
Labour finished as the main challenger, with Aisha Farah receiving 1,245 votes, Mohammed Umair 1,077, and Fatima Tayyab 1,029, while the Green Party also attracted significant support through Maya Hamlyn on 1,064 and Claire Li on 890. The Liberal Democrats’ three candidates polled between 542 and 930, and Reform UK’s candidates received between 469 and 541.
Turnout reached 48.91 per cent, one of the highest figures recorded in Hounslow so far in this election, with 5,027 ballot papers issued from an electorate of 10,276.
| Chiswick Homefields Result | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Result |
| Jack Emsley | Conservative | 1911 | Elected |
| Michael Denniss | Conservative | 1866 | Elected |
| Linden Grigg | Conservative | 1763 | Elected |
| Aisha Farah | Labour | 1245 | — |
| Mohammed Umair | Labour | 1077 | — |
| Maya Devi Hamlyn | Green | 1064 | — |
| Fatima Tayyab | Labour | 1029 | — |
| Helen Cross | Liberal Democrats | 930 | — |
| Claire Yue Li | Green | 890 | — |
| Leigh Gareth Edwards | Liberal Democrats | 682 | — |
| Arthur Brian Haynes | Liberal Democrats | 542 | — |
| Mary Brown | Reform UK | 541 | — |
| David Manson | Reform UK | 498 | — |
| Nick Roach | Reform UK | 469 | — |
The winning candidates in Chiswick Homefields ward. Picture: Hounslow Council
Southfield, the other ward covering Chiswick but in Ealing borough was retained by the three sitting Liberal Democrat councillors with a large majority.
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