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. 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.

Results summary

Party Votes won % votes Change Seats % seats Change† Councils Change Labour 1,076,934 43.7 6.1 1,128 61.567 21 1 707,724 28.7 2.3 508 27.7 92 7 2 323,074 13.1 2.5 152 8.3 34 3 2 218,842 8.9 0.9 11 0.6 7 0 20,599 0.8 8.7 0 0.0 9 0 Others 116,962 4.8 1.3 34 1.9 7 0 colspan="6" 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 2014 result Eve-of-poll control 2018 result Turnout (%) Details Barking and Dagenham 29.5Details Barnet 43.7Details Bexley 37.5Details Brent 36.7Details Bromley 40.0Details Camden 37.3Details Croydon 38.1Details Ealing 41.3Details Enfield 38.2Details Greenwich 36.1Details Hackney 37.0Details Hammersmith and Fulham 39.4Details Haringey 38.8Details Harrow 41.0Details Havering 36.8Details Hillingdon 38.3Details Hounslow 36.6Details Islington 38.4Details Kensington and Chelsea 39.7Details Kingston upon Thames 47.3Details Lambeth 34.3Details Lewisham 37.3Details Merton 41.1Details Newham 35.8Details Redbridge 38.8Details Richmond upon Thames 51.4Details Southwark 33.6Details Sutton 41.2Details Tower Hamlets 41.8Details Waltham Forest 37.8Details Wandsworth 43.6Details Westminster 38.0Details

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 Barking and Dagenham 51 0 0 0 0 29.5 Details Barnet 25 38 0 0 0 43.7 Details Bexley 11 34 0 0 0 37.5 Details Brent 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 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 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) 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

Opinion polling

Date(s)conductedPolling organisation/clientSample size Lab Con Lib Dem Green OthersLead3 May 20182018 electionsn/a 43.7% 28.7% 13.1% 8.9% 5.6%15.0%27-30 April 2018Survation / 4in101,005 51%31%12%4%2%20%20-24 April 2018YouGov / QMUL1,099 51%29%11%4%5%22%12-15 Feb 2018YouGov / QMUL1,155 54%28%11%4%3%26%25-29 Sep 2017YouGov / QMUL1,044 53%29%12%–6%24%22 May 20142014 elections2,515,073 37.6% 26.4% 10.6% 9.8% 15.6%11.2%

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