Candidates in Leyton and Wanstead — 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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Cann Hall
14 candidates
Attila Gurbuz
Chris Hill-Davies
Eva Aasma Tabbasam
Ian Slater
Keith Rayner
Kischa Green
Mike Lang
Peter Richardson
Philip Denis Hawker
Robin Kenneth Williams
Sally Burnell
Sally Littlejohn
Terry Leonard Noon
Tom Hainge
Cathall
12 candidates
Aisha Abubakar
Carol Vickery
Connor Rosoman
Naheed Asghar
Nicola McGregor
Rachel Susan Barratt
Rita Moore
Robert Graham Cocking
Shaukat Ali
Susan Catten
Thomas Hugh MacInnes
Vincent John
Forest
18 candidates
Asad Ishtiaq
Colin Mace
Fred Harrison
Jonathan Luke Jerningham Schutz
Judy Karas Hounsun
Kastriot Berberi
Lauren Smith
Len Hockey
Mamad Jalloh
Maria Talaia
Marsela Berberi
Muhammad Abadat Ali
Paul Perkins
Robert Andrew Harvey
Saif Ullah
Simone McNichols-Thomas
Yuksel Gonul
Zafran Malik
Grove Green
15 candidates
Naomi McCarthy
Active on State
Arran Paul Angus
Charlotte Lafferty
David Boulter
Fiona Hamilton
Frank Boateng
Iona Shouna Berg
Khevyn Limbajee
Malcolm Shykles
Mike Smith
Minnie Hope Cullen Close
Paul Treacy
Robert Ivan Thomas
Sarah Bentley
Uzma Rasool
Hoe Street
15 candidates
Adnin Mourin
Ahsan Khan
Andrew James Dixon
Andrew Killin
Anup Banik
Ciara Mary Simmons
Hanaan Malik
Ijaz Miles Kato
Jean-Francois Marie Alfred Dor
Jon Goddard
Laura Anne Pearce
Md Shoeb Khan
Miriam Rose Mirwitch
Raihaan Akhtar
Ricardo Joseph
Leyton
15 candidates
Asim Shahzad
Daisy Richards
Demetrius Williams
Ed Clarke
Imran Hussain
Joe Dyer
Kathy Berg
Kyalo Burt-Fulcher
Lorenzo Salemi
Luke Berg
Muhsin Manir
Rob Gardner
Terry Wheeler
Trevor Robert Stone
Whitney Ihenachor
Leytonstone
14 candidates
Beverley Goldie
Clyde Loakes
Denise Alder
Elizabeth Usu Binitie
Helen Johnson
Jaison Thomas
Jenny Gray
Marie Pye
Nick Goldie
Oliver William John Gregory
Rhiannon Eglin
RoseMary Warington
Rylan Phi-Long Allen Holey
Stephen George Routledge
South Woodford
14 candidates
Beverley Lisa Brewer
Crispin William Acton
Jaya Narinesingh
Joe Hehir
Jonathan Santaub
Kallan Greybe
Monika Patel
Paul Canal
Robert Alexander Cole
Robert John Newman
Sam Chapman
Sam Windle
Scott Raymond Wilding
Suzanne Nolan
Wanstead Park
10 candidates
Alan Howard Thomas
Andrew Malcolm Joyce
David Alexander Thom
Emma Selina Shepherd-Mallinson
Milli Richards Clack
Nadir Iqbal Gilani
Neil Hepworth
Paul Anton Smith
Simon John Miller
Yit Chan Phoenix
Wanstead Village
15 candidates
Corbyn Leon D'Alanno
Daniel Huw Morgan-Thomas
David Davies
David Smith
Humza Sair
Jo Blackman
Mark Evan Scannell
Mark Gitsham
Md Kabir Ali
Mohammed Ohid Uddin
Neal Krishan Vithlani
Rabiya Tehseen
Sharmon Lewis
Sue Whitehead
William John Collins