2022 Barnet London Borough Council election

Barnet had been the top target council for Labour to win in London in 2014 and 2018; it neither time was the party successful. It was again mooted as a potential gain for the party in 2022, with the Conservative peer Robert Hayward saying that his party risked losing control of it in the wake of the partygate scandal.[16] Jewish News reported that Labour hoped to do well in the election, possibly winning control of the council, saying that the election "will give the community the chance to offer a clear sign of how impressed they are with Starmer’s efforts to kick the antisemites out".[17] The Evening Standard reported that 15% of residents in the borough were estimated to be Jewish.[18] Nick Bowes, the chief executive of the Centre for London, wrote that the result "will reveal how successfully Keir Starmer has shaken off Jeremy Corbyn’s toxic legacy on antisemitism".[19] Labour launched their London local election campaign in High Barnet.[20]

Transport for London's plans to build housing on some station car parks were considered a potential issue in the election.[16] The Conservative councillor Helene Richman defected to the Liberal Democrats in April 2022. She said "the Conservatives are letting inequality rise and living standards drop. They have given up on communities like ours". The Conservative council leader Daniel Thomas said there had been complaints about her conduct.[21]

Labour and the Conservatives are standing a full slate of 63 candidates, the Liberal Democrats are standing 46 candidates in 18 wards, the Greens are standing one candidate in each of the 24 wards, four independents are standing in three wards, the Women's Equality Party are standing four candidates in four wards and Rejoin EU are standing three candidates in three wards.

Barnet, as with London borough councils, elects all of its councillors at once every four years, with the previous election having taken place in 2018. The election will take place by multi-member first-past-the-post voting, with each ward being represented by two or three councillors. Electors will have as many votes as there are councillors to be elected in their ward, with the top two or three being elected. There are fifteen wards with three councillors and nine with two councillors.

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in London aged 18 or over will be entitled to vote in the election. People who live at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, are entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities.[22] Voting in-person at polling stations will take place from 7:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters will be able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.[22]

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  Council composition following the 2018 election
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  Council composition ahead of the 2022 election

Statements of persons nominated were published on 6 April.[23] Incumbent councillors are marked with an asterisk (*).

• Barnet Council, new ward boundaries