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.
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 and the Harold Hill Independent Party.

Eligibility to vote

All registered electors who are aged 18 or over on polling day were entitled to vote in the local elections. A person who has two homes 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.

Results summary

†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

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.
CouncilLabConLib DemGreenOthersTurnout Details
CouncilOthersTurnout Details
Barking and Dagenham51000029.5Details
Barnet253800043.7Details
Bexley113400037.5Details
Brent60300036.7Details
Bromley8500040.0Details
Camden43731037.3Details
Croydon412900038.1Details
Ealing57840041.3Details
Enfield461700038.2Details
Greenwich42900036.1Details
Hackney52500037.0Details
Hammersmith and Fulham351100039.4Details
Haringey420150038.8Details
Harrow352800041.0Details
Havering5250036.8Details
Hillingdon214400038.3Details
Hounslow51900036.6Details
Islington47001038.4Details
Kensington and Chelsea133610039.7Details
Kingston upon Thames09390047.3Details
Lambeth57105034.3Details
Lewisham54000037.3Details
Merton34176041.1Details
Newham60000035.8Details
Redbridge511200038.8Details
Richmond upon Thames011394051.4Details
Southwark490110033.6Details
Sutton01833041.2Details
Tower Hamlets4220041.8Details
Waltham Forest461400037.8Details
Wandsworth26330043.6Details
Westminster194100038.0Details

Mayoral elections

There were four mayoral elections.

Ward result maps

London-wide

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

Opinion polling

Date
conducted		Polling organisation/clientSample sizeLabConLib DemGreenOthersLead
Date
conducted		Polling organisation/clientSample sizeOthersLead
3 May 20182018 electionsn/a43.7%28.7%13.1%8.9%5.6%15.0%
27-30 April 20181,00551%31%12%4%2%20%
20-24 April 20181,09951%29%11%4%5%22%
12-15 Feb 20181,15554%28%11%4%3%26%
25-29 Sep 20171,04453%29%12%–6%24%
22 May 20142014 elections2,515,07337.6%26.4%10.6%9.8%15.6%11.2%