London local elections, 2018

London local elections, 2018

3 May 2018
All 1,851 councillors on all 32 London boroughs and 4 directly-elected mayors
First party Second party Third party   Leader Jeremy Corbyn Theresa May Vince Cable Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrat Leader since 12 September 2015 13 July 2016 20 July 2017 Popular vote 1,076,617 707,373 320,031 Percentage 43.9% 28.8% 13.0% Swing 6.3% 2.4% 2.4% Councils 21 7 3 Councils +/– 1 2 2 Councillors 1,128 508 152 Councillors +/– 67* 92* 34*
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 London local elections, 2014.

Local government elections took place on London on 3 May 2018, as part of the wider local elections in England.

All London borough councillor seats were up for election. Elections to the Corporation of London were held in 2017.^[1] Mayoral contests were also held in Hackney, Lewisham, Newham and Tower Hamlets. The previous London borough elections were in 2014.

The results saw the 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 Conservative Party, 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 Liberal Democrats. The party's vote share increased by 2%, but at 28.8%, it was still the second-worst popular vote total for the Conservatives in the history of the London Boroughs.

The 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 minor parties, the 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 0.9%. 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.^[2] 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.^[3]

Results summary

Party[4]		Votes won	% votes	Change	Seats	% seats	Change†	Councils	Change
	Labour	1,076,617	43.9	6.3	1,128	61.5	67	21	1
	Conservative	707,373	28.8	2.4	508	27.7	92	7	2
	Liberal Democrat	320,031	13.0	2.4	152	8.3	34	3	2
	Green	211,170	8.6	1.2	11	0.6	7	0	±0
	UKIP	21,077	0.9	8.6	0	0.0	9	0	±0
	Others	118,769	4.8	1.3	34	1.9	7	0	±0
	No overall control	N/A						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

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

Mayoral elections

There were four mayoral elections.

Borough result maps

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  Barking and Dagenham 2018 results map
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  Barnet 2018 results map
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  Bromley 2018 results map
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  Camden 2018 results map
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  Ealing 2018 results map
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  Hackney 2018 results map
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  Hammersmith and Fulham 2018 results map
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  Hillingdon 2018 results map
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  Hounslow 2018 results map
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  Islington 2018 results map
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  Kingston upon Thames 2018 results map
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  Lambeth 2018 results map
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  Merton 2018 results map
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  Newham 2018 results map
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  Richmond Upon Thames 2018 results map
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  Sutton 2018 results map
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  Waltham Forest 2018 results map

Opinion polling

Notes

References