2026 Hull City Council election

7 May 2026 (2026-05-07)

19 of 57 seats to Hull City Council
29 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Mike Ross	Daren Hale	Richard Kelly
Party	Liberal Democrats	Labour	Reform
Seats before	29	23	0
Seats won	8	1	10
Seats after	26	16	10
Seat change	3	7	10
Popular vote	15,941	8,750	17,880
Percentage	31.8%	17.5%	35.7%
Swing	12.2pp	26.6pp	34.5pp

2026 Hull City Council Election Map

Leader before election

Mike Ross
Liberal Democrats

Leader after election

Mike Ross
Liberal Democrats

The 2026 Hull City Council election was held on 7 May 2026, alongside the other local elections across the United Kingdom being held on the same day, to elect 19 of 57 members of Hull City Council.^[1] The Liberal Democrats lost the council to no overall control.^[2]

Council composition

After 2024 election			Before 2026 election
Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Liberal Democrats	31		Liberal Democrats	29
	Labour	26		Labour	23
	Independent	0		Independent	5

Changes 2024–2026:

June 2024: Gary Wareing (Labour) leaves party to sit as an independent^[3]
April 2025: Julia Conner (Liberal Democrats) and Sherilee Jepmond (Liberal Democrats) leave party to sit as independents^[4]
May 2025: Hester Bridges (Labour) leaves party to sit as an independent^[5]
September 2025: Peter North (Labour) leaves party to sit as an independent^[6]

Summary

Background

In 2024, the Liberal Democrats retained control of the council.^[7]

Results summary

2026 Hull City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Reform	10	10	52.6	0	10	17.5	17,880	35.7	+34.5
	Liberal Democrats	8	3	42.1	23	26	45.6	15,941	31.8	-12.2
	Labour	1	7	5.3	14	16	28.1	8,750	17.5	-26.6
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	6,103	12.2	+9.7
	Conservative	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,202	2.4	-3.5
	Independent	0		0.0	5	5	0.0	143	0.3	New
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	60	0.1	-1.3
	National Rebirth Party (UK)	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	19	0.0	New

Incumbents

Ward	Incumbent councillor		Re-standing
Avenue	Rhiannon Beeson	Liberal Democrats	Yes
Beverley & Newland	David McCobb	Liberal Democrats	No
Boothferry	Maria Coward	Liberal Democrats	Yes
Bricknell	Sharon Hofman	Labour	Yes
Central	Sharon Kassim	Labour	Yes
Derringham	Cheryl Payne	Liberal Democrats	No
Drypool	Linda Chambers	Liberal Democrats	Yes
Holderness	Jackie Dad	Liberal Democrats	Yes
Longhill & Bilton Grange	Tim Kemp	Liberal Democrats	Yes
Marfleet	Patrick Wilkinson	Labour	No
Newington & Gipsyville	Lynn Petrini	Labour	No
North Carr	Anita Harrison	Labour	Yes
Orchard Park	Deborah Matthews	Labour	No
Pickering	Tracey Henry	Liberal Democrats	Yes
Southcoates	Anna Thompson	Labour	Yes
St Andrew's & Docklands	Leanne Fudge	Labour	Yes
Sutton	Terry Keal	Liberal Democrats	Yes
University	Holly Burton	Liberal Democrats	No
West Carr	Rob Pritchard	Liberal Democrats	Yes

Results

An asterisk (*) indicates an incumbent who stood for re-election.

Avenue

+ Avenue Ward was won by the Labour Party in 2022, so technically this is a Lib Dem gain from Labour. Former Cllr Marjorie Brabazon (Labour) resigned in January 2024, and Cllr Rhiannon Beeson (Lib Dem) was elected in the subsequent by-election.

Avenue^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rhiannon Margaret Beeson*	1,845	44.9	4.9
	Green	Dan Kelly	948	23.9	14.3
	Labour	Louis George Graves	651	15.8	−27.6
	Reform	Paul Burgin	552	13.4	13.4
	Conservative	Alex Hayward	60	1.5	−2.0
	TUSC	Michael John Whale	23	0.6	−3.0
Majority			897	21.0
Rejected ballots			17
Turnout			4,131	46.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-4.7

Beverley and Newland

Beverley and Newland^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lucy Alice Lennon	1,812	50.9	−12.9
	Reform	Graeme Robert Wightman	800	22.5	22.5
	Green	Justyna Malkiewicz-Young	509	14.3	14.3
	Labour	Temi Makinde	363	10.2	−18.4
	Conservative	James Hawkes	76	2.1	2.1
Majority			1012	28.4
Rejected ballots			0
Turnout			3,561	36.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-17.7

Boothferry

Boothferry^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Maria Coward*	1,382	44.0	−10.9
	Reform	Elena Sayers	1,105	35.2	35.2
	Labour	James Lewis Ireland	313	10.0	−23.7
	Green	Mike Lammiman	261	8.3	2.9
	Conservative	John Caley Sharp	80	2.6	2.6
Majority			277	8.8
Rejected ballots			6
Turnout			3,148	35.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-23.0

Bricknell

Bricknell^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Sharon Hofman*	870	32.5	−23.6
	Liberal Democrats	Darius Kirtiklis	800	29.9	4.2
	Reform	Craig Michael Gadd	732	27.3	27.3
	Green	Daniel Gary Montgomery	218	8.1	4.4
	Conservative	Matilda Sargeson	59	2.2	−12.9
Majority			70	2.6
Rejected ballots			5
Turnout			2,685	44.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-13.9

Central

Central^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Motokin Ali	567	31.3	4.8
	Labour	Sharon Kassim*	515	28.4	−24.6
	Reform	Muhammad Ayub	420	23.2	23.2
	Green	Salman Malik	243	13.4	13.4
	Conservative	Simon Trow	66	3.6	−3.9
Majority			52	2.9
Rejected ballots			4
Turnout			1,815	28.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	-8.3

Derringham

Derringham^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Martin Robert Baker	1,157	40.7	40.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jan Mitchell	1,014	35.6	−6.1
	Labour Co-op	Jake Croft	387	13.6	−36.5
	Green	John Keiron Allison-Walsh	225	7.9	4.1
	Conservative	Michael Stephen Whitehead	63	2.2	−2.1
Majority			143	5.1
Rejected ballots			4
Turnout			2,850	31.7
	Reform gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	23.4

Drypool

Drypool^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Chambers*	1,339	45.7	−17.5
	Reform	Benjamin Robert Fuller	966	33.0	33.0
	Green	Tee Coiffait	344	11.7	5.8
	Labour	Millie J Wood	221	7.6	−17.6
	Conservative	Terry Justice	44	1.5	−4.2
	TUSC	Michael Steven Hirst	15	0.5	0.5
Majority			373	12.7
Rejected ballots			6
Turnout			2,936	34.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-25.3

Holderness

Holderness^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jackie Dad*	1,465	45.5	−15.0
	Reform	Mark Alan Fox	1,159	36.0	36.0
	Green	Deborah Prescott	300	9.3	9.3
	Labour	James Matthew Richardson	235	7.3	−23.2
	Conservative	Mary Justice	59	1.8	−2.5
Majority			306	9.5
Rejected ballots			2
Turnout			3,220	36.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-25.5

Longhill and Bilton Grange

Longhill and Bilton Grange^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Aaron Paul Pickering	1,100	49.6	49.6
	Labour	Jan Hornby	455	20.5	−18.6
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Kemp*	409	18.4	−34.1
	Green	Sarah Scriven	182	8.2	8.2
	Conservative	Geoffrey Laurence Horton	71	3.2	−1.6
Majority			645	29.1
Rejected ballots			5
Turnout			2,222	26.0
	Reform gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	34.11

Marfleet

Marfleet^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Duncan Graham	1,021	52.3	52.3
	Labour	Shaune Patrick Clarkson	366	18.7	−52.3
	Green	Ryan Mulcahy	321	16.4	16.4
	Liberal Democrats	Luna Bourke	185	9.5	−10.1
	Conservative	Jackie Williams	60	3.1	−6.4
Majority			655	33.6
Rejected ballots			5
Turnout			1,959	21.2
	Reform gain from Labour		Swing	52.3

Newington and Gipsyville

Newington and Gipsyville^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Lisa Alexandra Graham	1,050	40.7	40.7
	Labour	Simon Peter Kelsey	768	29.8	−36.2
	Liberal Democrats	Taiye Timmy Fatoki	367	14.3	−8.6
	Green	Christopher Thomas Jackson	316	12.3	12.3
	Conservative	James Richard Sargeant	77	3.0	−8.2
Majority			282	10.9
Rejected ballots			12
Turnout			2,590	25.1
	Reform gain from Labour		Swing	38.5

North Carr

North Carr^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Deborah Louise Carnall	1,098	51.7	38.8
	Labour	Anita Harrison*	400	18.8	−23.5
	Liberal Democrats	Damian Jonathan Grimley	315	14.8	−26.3
	Green	Alex Athena Gibb	251	11.8	11.8
	Conservative	Sam Nattress	60	2.8	−0.9
Majority			698	32.9
Rejected ballots			9
Turnout			2,125	20.6
	Reform gain from Labour		Swing	31.2

Orchard Park

Orchard Park^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Neil Fletcher	954	45.4	45.4
	Labour	Tony Wood	530	25.2	−37.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jacob Anthony Bishop	260	12.4	−7.9
	Green	Amazon Jackson	194	9.2	9.2
	Independent	John Francis Gilling	97	4.6	−5.6
	Conservative	Sandra Vennoyer	68	3.2	−3.6
Majority			424	20.2
Rejected ballots			6
Turnout			2,104	21.0
	Reform gain from Labour		Swing	41.3

Pickering

Pickering^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tracey Irene Henry*	832	41.1	−16.8
	Reform	Brendan Gary Dobbs	816	40.3	40.3
	Labour	Terry Sullivan	226	11.2	−27.2
	Green	Caitlin Whyatt	122	6.0	6.0
	Conservative	Bethany Spencer	31	1.5	−2.3
Majority			16	0.8
Rejected ballots			4
Turnout			2,031	33.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-28.5

Southcoates

Southcoates^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Richard Christopher Kelly	1,179	43.1	28.0
	Labour	Anna Marie Thompson*	943	34.5	−31.9
	Green	Duncan John William Woods	305	11.2	11.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Christopher Adams	195	7.1	−5.6
	Conservative	Christine Ann MacKay	68	2.5	−3.4
	Independent	Ian Broadbent	46	1.7	1.7
Majority			236	8.6
Rejected ballots			1
Turnout			2,738	27.8
	Reform gain from Labour		Swing	29.9

St Andrews and Docklands

St Andrews and Docklands^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Salman Anwar	836	33.3	33.3
	Labour Co-op	Leanne Fudge*	824	32.8	−34.7
	Green	Connor De Lisle	499	19.9	19.9
	Liberal Democrats	Josh Harris	246	9.8	−9.2
	Conservative	Daniel Mark Bond	67	2.7	−4.5
	TUSC	Paul Spooner	22	0.9	0.9
	National Rebirth Party	Barry McGrath	19	0.8	0.8
Majority			12	0.5
Rejected ballots			10
Turnout			2,523	24.2
	Reform gain from Labour		Swing	34.0

Sutton

Sutton^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Simon Taylor	1,295	39.2	39.2
	Liberal Democrats	Terry Keal*	1,252	37.9	−23.7
	Green	David Prescott	434	13.1	13.1
	Labour	Harriet Carey Barker	232	7	−25.1
	Conservative	Frankie Marc Williams	94	2.8	3.6
Majority			43	1.3
Rejected ballots			13
Turnout			3,322	34.0
	Reform gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	31.4

University

University^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Laura Juskey	712	39.1	−8.8
	Reform	Stuart Edward Dean	547	30.1	+30.1
	Green	Jamie Strudwick	269	14.8	+8.9
	Labour	Ebenezer Chiagozia Aniemeka	247	13.6	−28.9
	Conservative	Ben Lavender	45	2.5	+2.5
Majority			165	9.1
Rejected ballots			3
Turnout			1,821	30.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-0.04

West Carr

West Carr^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Ben Padwick	1,093	44.5	44.5
	Liberal Democrats	Rob Pritchard*	944	38.4	−17.3
	Labour	Finn McGregor Anderson	204	8.3	−23
	Green	Drew Jordan Tuffs	162	6.6	6.6
	Conservative	Kevin Druce	54	2.2	−4.4
Majority			149	6.1
Rejected ballots			9
Turnout			2,466	27.8
	Reform gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	31.4

Notes

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