27/05/2026
It’s been almost 3 weeks since the local elections and there’s no point pretending otherwise, the result for Sutton Conservatives was a bad one.
What’s sad is Sutton also lost some very experienced councillors who spent years holding the Liberal Democrats to account and standing up for residents.
The reality now is there are only 4 opposition councillors left on Sutton Council. One is very experienced, one has done a single term, and the other 2 are completely new and inexperienced.
We understand people were angry with the Conservative Party nationally, but these were local elections about local issues, planning, parking, roads and the future of Sutton.
Like it or not, the Liberal Democrats now have a huge majority and very little opposition watching over what they do. And if we’re honest, we all know what this means, more parking schemes, more blocks of flats and more poor consultation with residents.
But this doesn’t mean we’re disappearing.
Even though many of us are no longer councillors, we’ll still be watching meetings, reading committee papers and keeping an eye on decisions being made behind the scenes. We’ve already got people covering different areas because we still care about Sutton and the people living here. This is still our home.
We know trust has to be rebuilt and that won’t happen overnight, but we’re not walking away.
This is a setback, not the end 💙
