2018 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.

2018 London local elections
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All 1,833 councillors on all 32 London boroughs
and 4 directly-elected mayors
  First party Second party
 
Leader Sadiq Khan Gareth Bacon
Party Labour Conservative
Popular vote 1,076,934 707,724
Percentage 43.7% 28.7%
Swing Increase6.1% Increase2.3%
Councils 21 7
Councils +/– Increase1 Decrease2
Councillors 1,128 508
Councillors +/– Increase67* Decrease92*

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Caroline Pidgeon Siân Berry
Party Liberal Democrats Green
Popular vote 323,074 218,842
Percentage 13.1% 8.9%
Swing Increase2.5% Decrease0.9%
Councils 3 0
Councils +/– Increase2 Steady
Councillors 152 11
Councillors +/– Increase34* Increase7*

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 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

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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

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Party[3] 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

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Control

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Council 2014 result Eve-of-poll control 2018 result 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

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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
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 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
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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 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 41.2 Details
Tower Hamlets 42 2 0 0 41.8 Details
Waltham Forest 46 14 0 0 0 37.8 Details
Wandsworth 26 33 0 0 43.6 Details
Westminster 19 41 0 0 0 38.0 Details

Mayoral elections

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There were four mayoral elections.

Local authority Previous Mayor New Mayor
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

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London-wide

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

 
2018 London local elections results map

By borough

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Opinion polling

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Date(s)
conducted
Polling organisation/client Sample size Lab Con Lib Dem Green 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

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  1. ^ In Bexley there were boundary changes and a reduced number of seats in the 2018 election.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ In Bexley there were boundary changes and a reduced number of seats in the 2018 election.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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

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