Ealing Conservatives have pledged to make Ealing the “Queen of the Suburbs” again after increasing their number of councillors from four to five in Thursday’s (7 May 2026) Ealing Council local elections.
The party won all three seats in North Greenford — a ward created in 2002 where Labour had held every seat until this year’s election — with Flora MacLoughlin, Kristian Mower and Ajay Roy elected for the Conservatives. Ealing Conservatives leader Julian Gallant was also re-elected in Ealing Broadway, while Sean Hanrahan won a seat in the ward.
In a statement, the party said: “Our councillors are having a much-needed rest after this campaign. But the work will begin anew to be a strong Conservative voice in Ealing Council.
“We want to make Ealing the ‘Queen of the Suburbs’ again, and our work begins now.”
They added: “We would like to thank all who voted for our candidates in this election. We entered the election with four councillors and left with five. For the first time in 16 years, Labour’s majority has shrunk.”
The party, which last controlled Ealing Council before Labour took power in 2010, also pointed to strong results in Labour-held wards, adding: “We also want to congratulate our candidates across Ealing who proved that the Conservatives are the real opposition in Labour wards including Pitshanger, where we came within 100 votes of taking a seat.”
But election night also brought disappointment, with long-serving councillor Seema Kumar losing her seat in Ealing Broadway by 17 votes.
The party said: “We will fight to regain our third seat in Ealing Broadway. This begins today.”
The Conservatives also paid tribute to former councillors Fabio Conti and Anthony Young, who previously represented Hanger Hill and Ealing Broadway respectively. Both unsuccessfully contested different wards at this election. Mr Conti stood in Northolt West End while Mr Young contested Hanger Hill. Mr Young had served as a councillor for 48 years.
Leading up to election day on 7 May 2026, Labour held 56 seats on the council, while the Liberal Democrats held eight, Conservatives four, and two councillors sat as independents.
Labour retained overall control of Ealing Council despite losing 10 councillors in the elections.
Ealing Council is now made up of 46 Labour councillors, 13 Liberal Democrats, five Conservatives, five Green Party councillors and one independent councillor.
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