Independent Candidate Wins in Syon and Brentford Lock

Labour's Max Mosley retains Brentford East seat in low turnout

Theo Dennison smiles after the result is declared. Picture: Brentford TV

March 7, 2025

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Independent candidate and fierce critic of the Labour administration in Hounslow, Theo Dennison, has been elected as the councillor for the Syon and Brentford lock ward.

He took the seat by just twelve votes with Labour’s Max Mosley holding onto the party’s other seat in Brentford East following the by-election held on Thursday 6 March.

Syon and Brentford Lock By-election Result
Name of Candidate	Party	Votes
DENNISON Theo Christopher	Independent	615
PRAIN Jennifer	Labour	603
SUMMERSGILL Freya Caroline	Green	218
DENNISS Michael	Conservative	150
PARULEKAR Chinmay Kishor	Reform UK	149
BALLENTYNE Jack Piers	Liberal Democrats	102

Cllr Dennison received 615 votes compared to 603 for Labour’s Jennifer Prain. Having been a long-standing member of the Labour party in Hounslow and a councillor serving in cabinet, he split from the party in 2022 after expressing concerns about the leadership style of Steve Curran. He stood in the Syon and Brentford Lock ward as an independent in the election of that year and came fourth in a three-seat ward and then contested the Brentford West seat unsuccessfully in a by-election in 2024. He got another chance in Syon and Brentford Lock when Labour’s Balraj Sarai had to step down for failing to turn up at council meetings.

Freya Summersgill took third place in the ward gaining 218 votes with Michael Denniss narrowly edging out Reform UK’s Chinmay Parulekar for fourth.

Brentford East By-election Result
Name of Candidate	Party	Votes
MOSLEY Max	Labour	430
KERR David Elliott	Reform UK	197
CUNNIFFE Christine	Conservative	99
WAHAB Rashid	Green	89
ROUST Bernice Elaine	Liberal Democrats	79

Labour celebrates Max Mosley's win in Brentford East. Picture: Brentford TV

Labour’s victory in Brentford East was achieved with an exceptionally low turnout with just 894 votes cast. Max Mosley gained nearly half of those votes with 430 and David Kerr of Reform UK took second with no other candidate getting over 100.

Cllr Dennison told the Local Democracy Reporting Service, “I broke with them for the same issues I was fighting this by-election on. They were raising the council tax, cutting the council tax reduction scheme and raising their own allowances. That’s what came up on doorsteps.

“People see this sort of thing from people in positions of responsibility and it distresses them… the council no longer has an interest in satisfying people because it didn’t think it needed to. I think the message is that you need to listen to the voters. It cannot be that the council is allowed to continue raising the council tax and cutting the scheme for some of the poorest households, with no regard for the impact of these things.”

Cllr Dennison has previously worked as a parliamentary staffer for George Galloway. Mr Galloway congratulated the newly elected councillor for Syon & Brentford Lock in a social media post.

He said, “Congratulations to the new Councillor for Hounslow, my former parliamentary staffer Theo Dennison! Congratulations my good friend.”

Written with contributions from Philip James Lynch - Local Democracy Reporter

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