2018 London local elections

2018 London local elections
All 1,833 councillors on all 32 London boroughs ; and 4 directly-elected mayors
	Map showing London borough councils by political control following the elections, as shown in the main table of results. Black denotes no overall control. ; ; *Due to boundary changes, these seat change figures are notional changes calculated by the BBC, and so will not precisely match up with the results of the 2014 London local elections.

The 2018 London local elections took place in London on 3 May 2018 as part of wider local elections in England. All London borough councillor seats were up for election. Elections to the Corporation of London were held in 2017. Mayoral contests were also held in Hackney, Lewisham, Newham and Tower Hamlets. The previous London borough elections were in 2014.

The results saw the London Labour Party achieve their best result in over 45 years, winning 44% of the vote, 1,128 councillors and control of 21 councils. This represented the party's second-best result in a London local election, only surpassed slightly by its 1971 total. The London Conservatives, by contrast, lost 92 seats to finish with 508 councillors, its lowest-ever tally of seats in a London local election. However, it retained control of 7 councils, having lost two to the London Liberal Democrats. The party's vote share increased by 2%, but at 28.7%, it was still the second-worst popular vote total for the Conservatives in the history of the London Boroughs. The London Liberal Democrats made a recovery from their all-time low in the 2014 election, gaining 34 council seats and winning two councils from the Conservatives. Among the other parties, the London Green Party was the most successful, winning a total of 11 council seats, just below their all-time high of 12 in the 2006 election. Support for the UK Independence Party collapsed, with the party losing all of its seats and dropping from 9.5% of the vote to 0.8%. The only other parties to win seats were the People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets (1 seat) and the Harold Hill Independent Party (1 seat).

Eligibility to vote

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who are aged 18 or over on polling day were entitled to vote in the local elections.^[1] A person who has two homes (such as a university student having a term-time address and living at home during holidays) can register to vote at both addresses as long as they are not in the same electoral area, and can vote in the local elections for the two different local councils.^[2]

Results summary

	Votes won	% votes	Change	Seats	% seats	Change^†	Councils	Change
Labour	1,076,934	43.7	6.1	1,128	61.5	67	21	1
Conservative	707,724	28.7	2.3	508	27.7	92	7	2
Liberal Democrats	323,074	13.1	2.5	152	8.3	34	3	2
Green	218,842	8.9	0.9	11	0.6	7	0
UKIP	20,599	0.8	8.7	0	0.0	9	0
Others	116,962	4.8	1.3	34	1.9	7	0
No overall control	—						1	1

^†Due to boundary changes, the figures for seat losses/gains are notional changes calculated by the BBC, and do not match up precisely to the London-wide results in 2014.

Councils results

Control

Council				Turnout (%)	Details
Barking and Dagenham	Labour	Labour	Labour	29.5	Details
Barnet	Conservative	No overall control	Conservative	43.7	Details
Bexley^{[n 1]}	Conservative	Conservative	Conservative	37.5	Details
Brent^{[n 2]}	Labour	Labour	Labour	36.7	Details
Bromley	Conservative	Conservative	Conservative	40.0	Details
Camden	Labour	Labour	Labour	37.3	Details
Croydon	Labour	Labour	Labour	38.1	Details
Ealing	Labour	Labour	Labour	41.3	Details
Enfield	Labour	Labour	Labour	38.2	Details
Greenwich	Labour	Labour	Labour	36.1	Details
Hackney	Labour	Labour	Labour	37.0	Details
Hammersmith and Fulham	Labour	Labour	Labour	39.4	Details
Haringey	Labour	Labour	Labour	38.8	Details
Harrow	Labour	Labour	Labour	41.0	Details
Havering	No overall control	No overall control	No overall control	36.8	Details
Hillingdon	Conservative	Conservative	Conservative	38.3	Details
Hounslow	Labour	Labour	Labour	36.6	Details
Islington	Labour	Labour	Labour	38.4	Details
Kensington and Chelsea	Conservative	Conservative	Conservative	39.7	Details
Kingston upon Thames	Conservative	Conservative	Liberal Democrats	47.3	Details
Lambeth	Labour	Labour	Labour	34.3	Details
Lewisham	Labour	Labour	Labour	37.3	Details
Merton	Labour	Labour	Labour	41.1	Details
Newham	Labour	Labour	Labour	35.8	Details
Redbridge	Labour	Labour	Labour	38.8	Details
Richmond upon Thames	Conservative	Conservative	Liberal Democrats	51.4	Details
Southwark	Labour	Labour	Labour	33.6	Details
Sutton	Liberal Democrats	Liberal Democrats	Liberal Democrats	41.2	Details
Tower Hamlets	No overall control	No overall control	Labour	41.8	Details
Waltham Forest	Labour	Labour	Labour	37.8	Details
Wandsworth	Conservative	Conservative	Conservative	43.6	Details
Westminster	Conservative	Conservative	Conservative	38.0	Details

Councillors

The table below shows the number of councillors won by each party for each council in London. The shaded cells show the party or parties in each council's governing administration.

Council	Lab	Con	Lib Dem	Green	Others	Turnout (%)	Details
Council					Others	Turnout (%)	Details
Barking and Dagenham	51	0	0	0	0	29.5	Details
Barnet	25	38	0	0	0	43.7	Details
Bexley^{[n 3]}	11	34	0	0	0	37.5	Details
Brent^{[n 4]}	60	3	0	0	0	36.7	Details
Bromley	8	50	0	0	2 Independent: 2	40.0	Details
Camden	43	7	3	1	0	37.3	Details
Croydon	41	29	0	0	0	38.1	Details
Ealing	57	8	4	0	0	41.3	Details
Enfield	46	17	0	0	0	38.2	Details
Greenwich	42	9	0	0	0	36.1	Details
Hackney	52	5	0	0	0	37.0	Details
Hammersmith and Fulham	35	11	0	0	0	39.4	Details
Haringey	42	0	15	0	0	38.8	Details
Harrow	35	28	0	0	0	41.0	Details
Havering	5	25	0	0	24 Residents groups: 23 (opposition) Independent: 1 (coalition)	36.8	Details
Hillingdon	21	44	0	0	0	38.3	Details
Hounslow	51	9	0	0	0	36.6	Details
Islington	47	0	0	1	0	38.4	Details
Kensington and Chelsea	13	36	1	0	0	39.7	Details
Kingston upon Thames	0	9	39	0	0	47.3	Details
Lambeth	57	1	0	5	0	34.3	Details
Lewisham	54	0	0	0	0	37.3	Details
Merton	34	17	6	0	3 Merton Park Ward Residents Association: 3	41.1	Details
Newham	60	0	0	0	0	35.8	Details
Redbridge	51	12	0	0	0	38.8	Details
Richmond upon Thames	0	11	39	4	0	51.4	Details
Southwark	49	0	11	0	0	33.6	Details
Sutton	0	18	33	0	3 Independent: 3	41.2	Details
Tower Hamlets	42	2	0	0	1 People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets: 1	41.8	Details
Waltham Forest	46	14	0	0	0	37.8	Details
Wandsworth	26	33	0	0	1 Independent: 1	43.6	Details
Westminster	19	41	0	0	0	38.0	Details

Mayoral elections

There were four mayoral elections.

Local authority
Hackney	Philip Glanville (Labour)	Philip Glanville (Labour)
Lewisham	Steve Bullock (Labour)	Damien Egan (Labour)
Newham	Robin Wales (Labour)	Rokhsana Fiaz (Labour)
Tower Hamlets	John Biggs (Labour)^{[n 5]}	John Biggs (Labour)

Ward result maps

London-wide

The map below shows the results for each ward across the whole of Greater London.

By borough

Barking and Dagenham 2018 results map
Barnet 2018 results map
Bexley 2018 results map
Brent 2018 results map
Bromley 2018 results map
Camden 2018 results map
Croydon 2018 results map
Ealing 2018 results map
Enfield 2018 results map
Greenwich 2018 results map
Hackney 2018 results map
Hammersmith and Fulham 2018 results map
Haringey 2018 results map
Harrow 2018 results map
Havering 2018 results map
Hillingdon 2018 results map
Hounslow 2018 results map
Islington 2018 results map
Kensington and Chelsea 2018 results map
Kingston upon Thames 2018 results map
Lambeth 2018 results map
Lewisham 2018 results map
Merton 2018 results map
Newham 2018 results map
Redbridge 2018 results map
Richmond Upon Thames 2018 results map
Southwark 2018 results map
Sutton 2018 results map
Tower Hamlets 2018 results map
Waltham Forest 2018 results map
Wandsworth 2018 results map
Westminster 2018 results map

Opinion polling

Date(s) conducted	Polling organisation/client	Sample size	Lab	Con	Lib Dem	Green	Others	Lead
Date(s) conducted	Polling organisation/client	Sample size					Others	Lead
3 May 2018	2018 elections	n/a	43.7%	28.7%	13.1%	8.9%	5.6%	15.0%
27-30 April 2018	Survation / 4in10	1,005	51%	31%	12%	4%	2%	20%
20-24 April 2018	YouGov / QMUL	1,099	51%	29%	11%	4%	5%	22%
12-15 Feb 2018	YouGov / QMUL	1,155	54%	28%	11%	4%	3%	26%
25-29 Sep 2017	YouGov / QMUL	1,044	53%	29%	12%	–	6%	24%
22 May 2014	2014 elections	2,515,073	37.6%	26.4%	10.6%	9.8%	15.6%	11.2%

Notes

^ In Bexley there were boundary changes and a reduced number of seats in the 2018 election.
^ In Willesden Green, polling day was delayed to 21 June 2018 due to the death of the local councillor, Lesley Jones, the vacant three seats were eventually won by Labour.
^ In Bexley there were boundary changes and a reduced number of seats in the 2018 election.
^ In Willesden Green, polling day was delayed to 21 June 2018 due to the death of the local councillor, Lesley Jones, the vacant three seats were eventually won by Labour.
^ The 2014 election was initially won by Tower Hamlets First, but this result was overturned by an election court decision and Labour won the following by-election.^[4]

References

^ "Representation of the People Act 1983, Section 2". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
^ Electoral Commission. "I have two homes. Can I register at both addresses?". electoralcommission.org.uk. The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 November 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
^ @BritainElects (22 May 2018). "Ward-by-ward results for the 2018..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ "Tower Hamlets election: Labour's John Biggs named mayor - BBC News". Bbc.com. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2017.

[4] In Bexley there were boundary changes and a reduced number of seats in the 2018 election.

[5] In Willesden Green, polling day was delayed to 21 June 2018 due to the death of the local councillor, Lesley Jones, the vacant three seats were eventually won by Labour.

[6] In Bexley there were boundary changes and a reduced number of seats in the 2018 election.

[7] In Willesden Green, polling day was delayed to 21 June 2018 due to the death of the local councillor, Lesley Jones, the vacant three seats were eventually won by Labour.

[9] The 2014 election was initially won by Tower Hamlets First, but this result was overturned by an election court decision and Labour won the following by-election.^[4]

[1] "Representation of the People Act 1983, Section 2". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 April 2017.

[2] Electoral Commission. "I have two homes. Can I register at both addresses?". electoralcommission.org.uk. The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 November 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2017.

[3] @BritainElects (22 May 2018). "Ward-by-ward results for the 2018..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[8] "Tower Hamlets election: Labour's John Biggs named mayor - BBC News". Bbc.com. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2017.

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