Hounslow local elections: Full list of candidates

The countdown to the 2022 local elections has begun. On May 5, voters will go to the polls to choose the councillors that will represent them for the next four years.

In Hounslow, a total of 172 candidates will be battling it out for 62 seats across 22 wards. This is a change from the last election where there were 60 seats available in 20 wards.

The Labour Party is putting forward 62 candidates, while the Conservative Party is offering up 61 candidates. There are also 26 Green candidates and 20 Liberal Democrats standing for office.

Two candidates are standing as independents, and just one candidate, Bob Ayres (Brentford East Ward), has not declared who he is standing for.

Issues high on the agenda for voters to consider include whether efforts to tackle crime and fly tipping in the borough are working, as well as how to address the need for social housing.

As a borough, Hounslow was hit particularly hard by the pandemic, with many job losses resulting from the drop in traffic through nearby Heathrow Airport. How candidates propose to support the borough's post-pandemic recovery may influence who comes out on top.

The full list of candidates is as follows:

Bedfont Ward: Lily Bath (Lab); Hareshkumar Bhalsod (Con); Peter Edwards (Con); Adesh Farmahan (Lab); John Osborn (Con); Raghwinder Siddhu (Lab); Dave Wetzel (Green)

Brentford East Ward: Paul Baksh (Con); Thomas Hearn (Con); Marina Sharma (Lab); Freya Summersgill (Green); Rhys Williams (Lab)

Brentford West Ward: Bob Ayres; Stephen Clark (Green); Michale Denniss (Con); Tony Firkins (Green); Guy Lambert (Lab); Zoe Nixon (Con); Lara Parizotto (Lab)

Chiswick Gunnersbury Ward: Joanna Biddolph (Con); Helen Cross (Lib Dem); Will Francis (Lib Dem); Ranjit Gill (Con); Johanna Guppy (Lib Dem); Hanif Khan (Lab); Ron Mushiso (Con); Uday Nagaraju (Lab); Emma Yates (Lab)

Chiswick Homefields Ward: Martin Bleach (Green); James Charrington (Lib Dem); Mark Cripps (Lib Dem); Leigh Edwards (Lib Dem); Jonathan Elkon (Green); Jack Emsley (Con); Astrid Hilne (Green); Saroosh Khan (Lab); Mukesh Malhotra (Lab); Gerald McGregor (Con); John Todd (Con); Olivia Uwechue (Lab)

Chiswick Riverside Ward: Gurbachan Athwal (Lab); Andrea Black (Green); Melvin Collins (Lab); Amy Croft (Lab); Guy de Boursac (Lib Dem); Gabriella Giles (Con); Bill Hagerty (Green); Elly Lewis-Holmes (Green); Charles Rees (Lib Dem); Peter Thompson (Con); Sebastian Wallace (Con)

Cranford Ward: Ghazala Butt (Lab); Sukhbir Dhaliwal (Lab); Vickram Grewal (Lab); Mohamad Jarche (Con); Vaibhav Mistry (Con); Sheekeba Nasimi (Con); Gurpal Sindhar (Green); Gurpal Virdi (Independent)

Feltham North Ward: Muhammad Akram (Lab); Zubair Awan (Con); Nimmi Madadi (Con); Tariq Mehmood (Lab); Samina Nagra (Lab); Kuldeep Tak (Con); Chantel Wetzel (Green)

Feltham West Ward: Madeeha Asim (Lab); Christina Ellis (Green); Vanita Kanda (Con); Sonia Luther (Con); Hina Mir (Lab); Alan Mitchell (Lab); Manoj Srirangam (Con)

Hanworth Park Ward: Tom Beaton (Green); Bishnu Gurung (Lab); Farah Kamran (Lab); Ran Maliyadde (Con); Adamya Raj (Con); Liz Trayhorn (Lib Dem)

Hanworth Village Ward: Srinivasa Aripirala (Con); Richard Foote (Lab); Allan Joseph (Con); Noreen Kaleem (Lab); Darius Nasimi (Con); Damian Read (Green); Naeem Ulfat (Lab)

Heston Central Ward: Harleen Atwal (Lab); Tony Browne (Green); Sandra Cullinane (Con); Shivraj Grewal (Lab); Muhammad Gull (Lab); Nooralhaq Nasimi (Con); Chaitan Shah (Lib Dem); Mohammed Shaikh (Con)

Heston East Ward: Aqsa Ahmed (Lab); Hari Borpatla (Con); Sonia Dhiman (Con); Gurmail Lal (Lab); Amritpal Mann (Lab); Krish Pisavadia (Con); Zbynek Simcik (Green)

Heston West Ward: Muhammad Anwar (Con); Adriana Gheorghe (Lab); Maha Jarche (Con); Swarnjit Kamboh (Con); Karamat Malik (Lab); Shantanu Rajawat (Lab); Ann Thomas (Green)

Hounslow Central Ward: Shumaila Ali (Con); Rasheed Bhatti (Lab); Ajmer Grewal (Lab); Pritam Grewal (Lab); Katharine Hollingworth-Kandelaki (Green); Hetal Kataria (Con); Nimit Shishodia (Con)

Hounslow East Ward: Mary-Ellen Archer (Green); Juneau Meah (Lab); Jesal Patel (Con); Jignesh Patel (Con); Daanish Saeed (Lab)

Hounslow Heath Ward: Sally Billenness (Lib Dem); Satvinder Buttar (Con); Samia Chaudhary (Lab); Warwick Francis (Lib Dem); Nada Jarche (Con); Sana Jarche (Con); Afzaal Kiani (Lab); Farhaan Rehman (Lab); Stefan Wells (Green)

Hounslow South Ward: Tom Bruce (Lab); Michael Bull (Green); Muraad Chaudhry (Con); Laura Elliott (Con); Sayyar Raza (Lab); Ekansh Sharma (Con); Karen Smith (Lab); Krishna Valluru (Lib Dem)

Hounslow West Ward: Sergejs Adamovs (Green); Sudhakar Bhumana (Con); Bandna Chopra (Lab); Wafa Khider (Con); Carl Pierce (Lib Dem); Jagdish Sharma (Lab); Ranveer Summan (Con); Mohammed Umair (Lab)

Isleworth Ward: Ai Al-Ayoby (Con); Muhammad Awais (Con); Joseph Bourke (Lib Dem); David Juritz (Green); Sue Sampson (Labour); Salman Shaheen (Labour); John Stroud-Turp (Lab); Robert Thorpe (Lib Dem); Khalid Warsame (Con)

Osterley and Spring Grove Ward: Sukhy Bahia (Con); Unsa Chaudri (Lab); Jason Harcourt (Con); Judith Kowalczyk (Lib Dem); Tony Louki (Lab); Aftab Siddiqui (Lab); Maneesh Singh (Con); Rashid Wahab (Green)

Syon and Brentford Lock Ward: Anthony Agius (Green); Adam Ali (Con); Jack Ballentyne (Lib Dem); Dan Bowring (Lab); Theo Dennison (Independent); Katherine Dunne (Lab); Christopher Gillie (Lib Dem); Balraj Sarai (Lab); Chaitan Sinha (Con); Phyllis van der Esch (Lib Dem)