Your mayor, Councillor Tom Bennett
Councillor Tom Bennett was elected as the Mayor of Kensington and Chelsea for 2025-2026 at the Annual Council meeting on Wednesday 21 May 2025.
Tom was first elected as councillor for Redcliffe Ward in Kensington and Chelsea in 2018 and was re-elected in 2022. Since then, he has served the council as Chairman of the Environment Select Committee and Vice-Chairman of the Planning Committee. He has served his ward through many local initiatives, including pedestrian safety, tree-planting and housing.
Tom grew up in Berkshire, before moving to the United States for university, where he studied economics. Tom moved to Kensington and Chelsea with his now wife, Beatrice, in 2013. They have since welcomed a daughter, Aurelia, and a son, Lorenzo, both born in Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.
Aside from his duties on the council, Tom is also the financial director and co-founder of an environmental technology company, which designs and manufactures monitoring systems for the water and flood sectors.
Mayor of Kensington and Chelsea, Councillor Tom Bennett said:
“It is an enormous honour to be elected by my colleagues to represent our borough as mayor. We are lucky to have so many amazing organisations and community groups across our borough, and I can’t wait to meet as many as possible during my year as mayor. My themes for the year are civic pride, civic unity, and civic joy, and I will do everything I can to help foster those in RBKC throughout my time as mayor.
"I am also proud to be working with London’s Air Ambulance Charity as the Mayoral charity for the upcoming year. Through their enormous skill and heroism they have saved numerous lives in Kensington and Chelsea, and across London. I hope to further raise awareness of them and support their amazing work.”
Make a donation to the Mayoral Charity.
Tom has appointed Councillor Aarien Areti as his Deputy Mayor, who has represented Holland Ward since 2018 and his wife, Mrs Beatrice Bennett, has been appointed as Mayoress.
The Mayoral Chaplain is The Reverend Dave Matthews, who is the Area Dean of Chelsea and the Associate Vicar of St Luke’s Redcliffe Square.
Contact us
Mayor’s Office
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Town Hall
8 Hornton Street
London
W8 7NX
telephone: 020 7361 2431
email: [email protected]
Follow the Mayor on X (Twitter) at @RBKCMayor and on Instagram at @mayorofkensingtonandchelsea