Candidates in Ilford South — Local Elections 2026
These are the people standing in the upcoming local elections on 7 May 2026. Click a candidate to learn more about them.
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Chadwell
18 candidates
Aba Kristilolu
Ahmed Maruf
Arakoth Ahmed Chowdhury
Bert Alexander Jones
Gary Peter Straight
Luthfa Rahman
Maximillian Phoenix
Monis Khan
Muhammad Abdul Hakim Layek
Muhammad Touseef Afzal
Niamh Victoria Atkins
Prince Nnaemeka Nwankwo
Sagal Abshir Osman
Sanjay Kumar Vijh
Shamima Aktar
Shirley Baah-Mensah
Syed Eyamen Siddiqi
Waz Akram
Clementswood
15 candidates
Abdurahman Akhtar Jafar
Deepika Verma
Farjana Afroja
Fazlul Haque
Finlay Collins
Muhammad Arif Mughal
Muhammed Javed
Peter Roovers
Ritu Chaubey
Saheena Saeed
Sarika Dube
Taifur Rashid
Tanaka Nasrin Pinki
Zain Ali
Zulfiqar Hussain
Goodmayes
15 candidates
Amina Azmath
Amjad Iqbal
Ben Oliver Alan Cornish
Chacko Bibin
Hannah Chapman
Helen Choudhury
Humera Yasin
John Charles Tyne
Maureen Ashley
Mohammed Abul Kashem Chowdhury
Prabjit Gurm
Robin Thakur
Shorful Islam
Shorif Hossain Akhonda
Spencer Rose
Ilford Town
10 candidates
Firoz Patel
Hossain Mohammed Enamul
Isaac Odejmi
Mohammed Ashfaque Zaman Khan
Naresh Maharaj
Roger Fallows
Saima Ahmed
Shoaib Patel
Syed Shumon Siddiqi
Zahirvl Islam Mirdha
Loxford
17 candidates
Aleska Hossain
Ataur Rahman
Foyzur Rahman
Iqbal Ahmed
Jaffry Jaman
Kashif Naqvi
Mazhar Saleem
Michael Noel
Mohsin Toga
Muhammad Naseer Afzal
Nisa Firdaus
Poonam Gaur
Ramona Mitrache
Razaul Karim
Ruthba Amin
Sahdia Ehsan Warraich
Tad Jani
Mayfield
15 candidates
Azmain Tazwar
Bilal Muhammad
Carl Odell
Edreis Rizwan
Eva Marta Takacs
Harneek Kaur
Imran Awan
Joanne Nicola Hennessey
ljaz Amjad
Matthew Alexander Cole
Noor Jahan Begum
Rishi Sharma Bhagi
Russel Dias
Sharad Desai
Tanweer Akhtar Khan
Newbury
14 candidates
Aslam Mohammed Iqbal
Chloe Juliette
Ibtasum Iktador
Maulik Pravinchandra Patel
Moazzam Sultan
Olakunle Olaifa
Samia Chidera Emeka Nneji
Stanley Segor
Strungaru Vitalie
Sunny Brar
Syeda Lovely Choudhury
Tanvir Ahmed
Thavathuray Jeyaranjan
Winslow Bernard Green
Seven Kings
16 candidates
Abdur Rashid
Andy Walker
Awab Bahri
Chiara Castelli
Dak Patel
Imran Ahmed
Kes Choudhery
Mir Maqdoom Hai Qamer Ali
Mohammed Khaled Noor
Nav Johal
Rayhana Yasmin
Sadiq Yakub Kothia
Thomas Kempster
Tony Csoka
Usman Rasheed
Vanisha Surendra Bharti Solanki