All 58 seats. 22 wards. 295 candidates. Your choice.
Labour holds 34 seats and needs 30 to keep control. The Conservatives hold 21 and need a net gain of 9 to win a majority. Reform, the Greens and the Liberal Democrats are all fielding candidates. A hung council is possible.
We are covering this election the way we cover everything else: by testing what the parties say against what the evidence shows. Same standards. Every party.
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Start here: Everything you need to know about the Putney local elections on 7 May
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Election Fact-Check
We test every verifiable claim in every party’s election materials against primary evidence — council documents, FOI responses, official statistics, and our own published investigations. Same methodology. Same standards. Every party.
Conservative manifesto: ‘High-quality services’ or ‘decades of stagnation’? The Conservatives’ record, checked
28 claims tested. Financial diagnosis largely accurate. Housing and waste data cherry-picked. Forward pledges mostly too vague to hold them to.
Labour manifesto: Received. Analysis in progress. Same treatment, same standards.
Hustings — hear your candidates in person
Three public hustings before polling day. Free entry. No registration. Just turn up. Organised by Churches Together in Putney and Roehampton, in collaboration with the Putney Society.
Monday 13 April, 7pm — READ THE REVIEW — East Putney & Thamesfield St Margaret’s Church, Putney Park Lane, SW15 5HU How to make it count
Wednesday 15 April, 7pm — READ THE REVIEW — Roehampton & West Putney Holy Trinity Church, Roehampton, SW15 4LA Submit your question
Tuesday 21 April, 7pm — READ THE REVIEW — Southfields St Barnabas Church, Southfields
How to vote
Photo ID is required. Accepted: passport, driving licence, Oyster 60+, Blue Badge, or a free Voter Authority Certificate.
Polls open 7am to 10pm. Your polling station is on your poll card — check at wandsworth.gov.uk/elections.
You vote for individual candidates in your ward (2 or 3 seats depending on ward). It is not a party vote — you choose people.
This page is updated as new coverage is published. For the full archive: Election 2026. Putney.news is editorially independent. We are not affiliated with any political party. Our election coverage applies the same standards to all parties.