London Labour Party

London Labour Party
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan
Statutory Deputy Mayor Joanne McCartney AM
Leader in the London Assembly Len Duvall AM
Headquarters Southside, 105 Victoria Street
London
SW1E 6QT
Ideology Social democracy
Democratic socialism[1]
Political position Centre-left
National affiliation Labour Party (UK)
European affiliation Party of European Socialists
International affiliation Progressive Alliance, Socialist International (Observer)
European Parliament group Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
Colours      Red
House of Commons (London Seats)
49 / 73
European Parliament (London seats)
4 / 8
London Assembly
12 / 25
Court of Common Council
5 / 100
Councillors in London
1,060 / 1,851
Council control in London
21 / 32
Executive mayoralties in London
5 / 5
Website
London Labour Party

The London Labour Party is the regional party of the Labour Party that is currently the largest political party operating in Greater London.

Current representatives

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politics and government of
London
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Members of the European Parliament

MEPParty-list
Claude Moraes1
Mary Honeyball2
Lucy Anderson3
Seb Dance4

Members of Parliament

Shadow Cabinet
Shadow Ministers
Opposition whip

London Assembly Members

AMConstituency
Jennette ArnoldNorth East
Unmesh DesaiCity and East
Tom CopleyParty-list (4)
Andrew DismoreBarnet and Camden
Len Duvall (Leader)Greenwich and Lewisham
Nicky GavronParty-list (1)
Joanne McCartneyEnfield and Haringey
Murad QureshiParty-list (2)
Onkar SahotaEaling and Hillingdon
Navin ShahBrent and Harrow
Val ShawcrossLambeth and Southwark
Fiona TwycrossParty-list (3)

Councillors

CouncilCouncillors
Barking and Dagenham
51 / 51
Barnet
25 / 63
Bexley
11 / 45
Brent
60 / 63
Bromley
8 / 60
Camden
43 / 54
Croydon
41 / 70
Ealing
57 / 69
Enfield
46 / 63
Greenwich
42 / 51
Hackney
52 / 57
Hammersmith and Fulham
35 / 46
Haringey
42 / 57
Harrow
35 / 63
Havering
5 / 54
Hillingdon
21 / 65
Hounslow
51 / 60
Islington
47 / 48
Kensington and Chelsea
13 / 50
Kingston upon Thames
0 / 48
Lambeth
57 / 63
Lewisham
54 / 54
Merton
34 / 60
Newham
60 / 60
Redbridge
51 / 63
Richmond upon Thames
0 / 54
Southwark
48 / 63
Sutton
0 / 54
Tower Hamlets
42 / 45
Waltham Forest
46 / 60
Wandsworth
26 / 60
Westminster
18 / 60

Common Councilmen

Labour is the only political party to have any seats in the City of London Corporation's Court of Common Council.

Common CouncilmanWard
Richard CrossanAldersgate
Mary DurcanCripplegate
William PimlottCripplegate
Munsur AliPortsoken
Jason PritchardPortsoken

Executive Mayors

MayoraltyMayor
Greater LondonSadiq Khan
HackneyPhilip Glanville
LewishamDamien Egan
NewhamRokhsana Fiaz
Tower HamletsJohn Biggs

Electoral performance

UK Parliament elections

Red indicates the seat won by Labour at the 2017 General Election.

The table below shows the London Labour Party's results at UK general elections since the area of Greater London was created.[2]

Date Votes won % of Votes Change MPs elected Change
Feb 19741,587,06540.4%Decrease5.3%
50 / 92
Decrease5
Oct 19741,540,46243.9%Increase3.5%
51 / 92
Increase1
19791,459,08539.6%Decrease4.3%
42 / 92
Decrease9
19831,031,53929.8%Decrease9.8%
26 / 84
Decrease16
19871,136,90331.5%Increase1.7%
23 / 84
Decrease3
19921,332,42437.1%Increase5.6%
35 / 84
Increase12
19971,643,32949.5%Increase12.4%
57 / 74
Increase22
20011,306,86947.3%Decrease2.2%
55 / 74
Decrease2
20051,135,68738.9%Decrease8.4%
44 / 74
Decrease11
20101,245,63736.6%Decrease2.3%
38 / 73
Decrease6
20151,545,08043.7%Increase7.1%
45 / 73
Increase7
20172,087,01054.6%Increase10.9%
49 / 73
Increase4

European Parliament elections

The table below shows the results gained by the London Labour Party in elections to the European Parliament. From 1979 to 1994, MEPs were elected from 10 individual constituencies by first-past-the-post; since 1999, MEPs have been elected from a London-wide regional list by proportional representation.

Date Votes won % of Votes Change MEPs elected Change
1979 566,52535.0%N/A
1 / 10
N/A
1984 683,78941.0%Increase4.2%
5 / 10
Increase4
1989 778,58941.6%Increase0.6%
7 / 10
Increase2
1994 821,87650.2%Increase8.5%
9 / 10
Increase2
1999 399,46635.0%Decrease15.2%
4 / 10
Decrease5
2004 466,58424.8%Decrease10.3%
3 / 9
Decrease1
2009 372,59021.3%Decrease3.5%
2 / 8
Decrease1
2014 806,95936.7%Increase15.4%
4 / 8
Increase2

Regional elections

Greater London Council elections

The table below shows the results obtained by the London Labour Party in elections to the Greater London Council. The GLC was abolished by the Local Government Act 1985.

Date Votes won % of Votes Change Councillors Change Result
19641,063,39044.6%N/A
64 / 100
N/ALabour win
1967732,66934.0%Decrease10.6%
18 / 100
Decrease46Conservative win
1970766,27239.9%Increase5.9%
35 / 100
Increase17Conservative win
1973928,03447.4%Increase7.5%
58 / 92
Increase23Labour win
1977737,19432.9%Decrease14.5%
28 / 92
Decrease30Conservative win
1981939,45741.8%Increase8.9%
50 / 92
Increase22Labour win

Between 1986 and 2000 there was no city-wide governmental body in Greater London.

London Assembly elections

The table below shows the results obtained by the London Labour Party in elections to the London Assembly.

Date Constituency Vote % of Vote Change Regional Vote % of Vote Change AMs Change
2000501,29631.6%N/A502,87430.3%N/A
9 / 25
N/A
2004444,80824.7%Decrease6.9%468,24725.0%Decrease5.3%
7 / 25
Decrease2
2008673,85528.0%Increase3.3%665,44327.1%Increase2.7%
8 / 25
Increase1
2012933,43842.3%Increase14.3%911,20441.1%Increase13.5%
12 / 25
Increase4
20161,138,57643.5%Increase1.2%1,054,80140.3%Decrease0.8%
12 / 25
Steady

London Mayoral elections

The table below shows the London Labour Party's results in elections for the Mayor of London.

Date Candidate 1st Round vote % of vote 2nd Round vote % of vote Result Notes
2000Frank Dobson223,88413.1%EliminatedEliminatedIndependent winEx-GLC leader and Labour MP Ken Livingstone ran as an independent and won.
2004Ken Livingstone685,54836.8%828,39055.4%Labour win
2008Ken Livingstone893,88737.0%1,028,96646.8%Conservative win
2012Ken Livingstone889,91840.3%992,27348.5%Conservative win
2016Sadiq Khan1,148,71644.2%1,310,14356.8%Labour win

Borough council elections

The table below shows the London Labour Party's results in elections for the London Boroughs.

Date Vote share Change Councillors Change Councils Change
1964N/A
1,112 / 1,859
N/A
20 / 32
N/A
196828.1%N/A
350 / 1,863
Decrease431
3 / 32
Decrease17
197153.1%Increase25.0%
1,221 / 1,863
Increase871
21 / 32
Increase18
197442.9%Decrease10.2%
1,090 / 1,867
Decrease131
18 / 32
Decrease3
197839.6%Decrease3.3%
882 / 1,908
Decrease208
14 / 32
Decrease4
198230.4%Decrease9.3%
781 / 1,914
Decrease101
12 / 32
Decrease2
198638.0%Increase7.7%
957 / 1,914
Increase176
15 / 32
Increase3
199040.8%Increase2.8%
925 / 1,914
Decrease32
14 / 32
Decrease1
199442.9%Increase2.1%
1,044 / 1,917
Increase119
17 / 32
Increase3
199842.2%Decrease0.6%
1,050 / 1,917
Increase6
18 / 32
Increase1
200236.1%Decrease6.2%
866 / 1,861
Decrease184
15 / 32
Decrease3
200630.1%Decrease6.0%
685 / 1,861
Decrease181
7 / 32
Decrease8
201035.1%Increase5.0%
875 / 1,861
Increase190
17 / 32
Increase10
201443.0%Increase8.0%
1,060 / 1,851
Increase185
20 / 32
Increase3
201847.0%Increase4.0%
1,120 / 1,851
Increase60
21 / 32
Increase1

Chairs

1915: John Stokes
1916: Fred Bramley
1919: Thomas Naylor
1933: Harold Clay
1948: Jock Tiffin
1952: Charles Brandon
1956: Bob Mellish
1977: Arthur Latham
1986: Glenys Thornton
1991: Jim Fitzpatrick
2000: Chris Robbins
2002: Len Duvall

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 July 2007. Retrieved 21 July 2007.
  2. http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/flatfile.html
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