Local Council elections 2026
Wandsworth Borough Council elections will take place on Thursday 7 May 2026. All 58 seats of the Council will be up for election across all 22 local government wards.
Notice of election
The notice of election was published on Monday 30 March 2026. This marks the official start of the Wandsworth local elections timetable.
Important election dates
Key dates for voters:
- Register to vote - the deadline to register to vote at the elections is midnight on Monday 20 April 2026. You can register to vote online in less than 5 minutes on the GOV.UK website. You will need to have your National Insurance number to hand
- Poll cards - official poll cards will be delivered to all registered electors from Monday 30 March 2026. Details of your designated polling station will be printed on your poll card
- Apply to vote by post - the deadline to apply to vote by post is 5pm on Tuesday 21 April 2026
Postal vote packs will be sent first class via Royal Mail.
- If your postal vote is already in place or your application is approved by 1 April, your pack will be dispatched on 20 April
- If your application is approved between 2 and 21 April, your pack will be dispatched on 24 April
Candidates standing in these elections
All candidates for each ward are shown in the statement of persons nominated notices, which can be found under official notices.
ID for voting in person
Don’t forget you now need to bring photo ID to vote in a polling station.
Find your polling station
Use the polling station finder from the Electoral Commission to find out where your polling station is.
Official notices
All official notices for each of the 22 wards in the borough will be published here.
- Notice of election
- Statement of persons nominated – Balham 2026
- Statement of persons nominated – Battersea Park 2026
- Statement of persons nominated – East Putney 2026
- Statement of persons nominated – Falconbrook 2026
- Statement of persons nominated – Furzedown 2026
- Statement of persons nominated – Lavender 2026
- Statement of persons nominated – Nine Elms 2026
- Statement of persons nominated – Northcote 2026
- Statement of persons nominated – Roehampton 2026
- Statement of persons nominated – Shaftesbury and Queenstown 2026
- Statement of persons nominated – South Balham 2026
- Statement of persons nominated – Southfields 2026
- Statement of persons nominated – St Mary's 2026
- Statement of persons nominated – Thamesfield 2026
- Statement of persons nominated – Tooting Bec 2026
- Statement of persons nominated – Tooting Broadway 2026
- Statement of persons nominated – Trinity 2026
- Statement of persons nominated – Wandle 2026
- Statement of persons nominated – Wandsworth Common 2026
- Statement of persons nominated – Wandsworth Town 2026
- Statement of persons nominated – West Hill 2026
- Statement of persons nominated – West Putney 2026
- Notice of election agents – Balham 2026
- Notice of election agents – Battersea Park 2026
- Notice of election agents – East Putney 2026
- Notice of election agents – Falconbrook 2026
- Notice of election agents – Furzedown 2026
- Notice of election agents – Lavender 2026
- Notice of election agents – Nine Elms 2026
- Notice of election agents – Northcote 2026
- Notice of election agents – Roehampton 2026
- Notice of election agents – Shaftesbury and Queenstown 2026
- Notice of election agents – South Balham 2026
- Notice of election agents – Southfields 2026
- Notice of election agents – St Mary's 2026
- Notice of election agents – Thamesfield 2026
- Notice of election agents – Tooting Bec 2026
- Notice of election agents – Tooting Broadway 2026
- Notice of election agents – Trinity 2026
- Notice of election agents – Wandle 2026
- Notice of election agents – Wandsworth Common 2026
- Notice of election agents – Wandsworth Town 2026
- Notice of election agents – West Hill 2026
- Notice of election agents – West Putney 2026