London local elections, 2018

London local elections, 2018

3 May 2018

All 1,851 councillors on all 32 London boroughs   First party Second party Third party   Leader Jeremy Corbyn Theresa May Tim Farron Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrat Last election 1,060 seats, 37.4% 612, 26.1% 116, 10.2%

Local government elections will take place in London on 3 May 2018..

All London borough councillor seats are up for election. Mayoral contests will also be held in Hackney, Lewisham, Newham and Tower Hamlets. The previous London borough elections were in 2014.

After the 2014 election, Tower Hamlets Council was in No Overall control. However, following an election court decision and special election, Labour gained control of the council.^[1]

Councils results

(Conservative councils in blue, Labour in red, Liberal Democrat in yellow, no overall control in grey)

Council	2014 result		2018 result
Barking and Dagenham		Labour
Barnet		Conservative
Bexley		Conservative
Brent		Labour
Bromley		Conservative
Camden		Labour
Croydon		Labour
Ealing		Labour
Enfield		Labour
Greenwich		Labour
Hackney		Labour
Hammersmith and Fulham		Labour
Haringey		Labour
Harrow		Labour
Havering		No overall control
Hillingdon		Conservative
Hounslow		Labour
Islington		Labour
Kensington and Chelsea		Conservative
Kingston upon Thames		Conservative
Lambeth		Labour
Lewisham		Labour
Merton		Labour
Newham		Labour
Redbridge		Labour
Richmond upon Thames		Conservative
Southwark		Labour
Sutton		Liberal Democrat
Tower Hamlets		Labour[2]
Waltham Forest		Labour
Wandsworth		Conservative
Westminster		Conservative

Political composition

London local elections 2018 Councillor statistics
Party		Seats	Net Gain/Loss
	Labour
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrat
	Residents' associations
	Green
	Respect
	Independent

References

1. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-33105311
2. After the 2014 election Tower Hamlets was in no overall control. Following an election court decision and special election, Labour gained control of the council