2026 London local elections

2026 London local elections
7 May 2026
All 1,817 councillors on all 32 London boroughs,
and 5 directly-elected mayors
  First party Second party
 
Leader Keir Starmer Kemi Badenoch
Party Labour Conservative
Last election 1,156 seats, 40.3% 404 seats, 24.8%
Seats before 1,089 390
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Ed Davey Zack Polanski
Party Liberal Democrats Green
Last election 180 seats, 13.8% 18 seats, 11.4%
Seats before 182 33

The 2026 London local elections will take place on 7 May 2026, as part of the 2026 United Kingdom local elections.[1] All London borough councillor seats will be up for election.[2]

Councils

Council Seats Party control Details
Previous New
Barking and Dagenham 51 Labour Details
Barnet 63 Labour Details
Bexley 45 Conservative Details
Brent 57 Labour Details
Bromley 58 Conservative Details
Camden 55 Labour Details
Croydon 70 No overall control
(Conservative minority) 		Details
Ealing 70 Labour Details
Enfield 63 Labour Details
Greenwich 55 Labour Details
Hackney 57 Labour Details
Hammersmith and Fulham 50 Labour Details
Haringey 57 Labour Details
Harrow 55 Conservative Details
Havering 55 No overall control
(HRA/Labour coalition) 		Details
Hillingdon 53 Conservative Details
Hounslow 62 Labour Details
Islington 51 Labour Details
Kensington and Chelsea 50 Conservative Details
Kingston upon Thames 48 Liberal Democrats Details
Lambeth 63 Labour Details
Lewisham 54 Labour Details
Merton 57 Labour Details
Newham 66 Labour Details
Redbridge 63 Labour Details
Richmond upon Thames 54 Liberal Democrats Details
Southwark 63 Labour Details
Sutton 55 Liberal Democrats Details
Tower Hamlets 45 Aspire Details
Waltham Forest 60 Labour Details
Wandsworth 58 Labour Details
Westminster 54 Labour Details
All 32 councils 1,817

Councillor comparison with 2022

The table below shows the number of councillors by party for each council in London. The shaded cells show the party or parties in each council's governing administration.

Council 2022 election Current 2026 election
Lab Con Lib Dem Green Others Lab Con Lib Dem Green Reform UK Ind Others Lab Con Lib Dem Green Reform UK Others
Barking and Dagenham 51 0 0 0 0 47 0 0 3 0 1 0
Barnet 41 22 0 0 0 40 19 0 0 2 2 0
Bexley 12 33 0 0 0 12 30 0 0 0 3 0
Brent 49 5 3 0 0 42 6 3 5 0 1 0
Bromley 12 36 5 0
5
Chislehurst Matters: 3
Independent: 2
 12 35 5 0 1 2
3
Chislehurst Matters: 3
Camden 47 3 4 1 0 45 3 6 1 0 0 0
Croydon 34 33[a] 1 2 0 34 33[a] 1 2 0 0 0
Ealing 59 5 6 0 0 59 4 7 0 0 0 0
Enfield 38 25 0 0 0 36 25 0 0 0 2 0
Greenwich 52 3 0 0 0 47 4 0 1 0 3 0
Hackney 50 5 0 2 0 44 6 0 3 0 4 0
Hammersmith and Fulham 40 10 0 0 0 37 10 0 2 0 1 0
Haringey 50 0 7 0 0 45 0 7 2 0 3 0
Harrow 24 31 0 0 0 23 31 0 0 0 1 0
Havering 9 23 0 0
23
Havering Residents Association: 20[b]
Harold Hill Independent: 3
 8 17 0 0 0 2
28
Havering Residents Association: 25[b]
East Havering Residents Group: 3
Hillingdon 23 30 0 0 0 18 30 0 0 0 5 0
Hounslow 52 10 0 0 0 50 8 0 1 0 2
1
Workers Party of Britain: 1
Islington 48 0 0 3 0 44 0 0 3 0 4 0
Kensington and Chelsea 13 35 2 0 0 7 36 2 2 0 3 0
Kingston upon Thames 0 3 44 0
1
Kingston Independent Residents Group: 1
 0 2 42 0 0 0
4
Kingston Independent Residents Group: 4
Lambeth 58 0 3 2 0 55 0 3 4 0 1 0
Lewisham 54 0 0 0 0 52 0 0 2 0 0 0
Merton 31 7 17 0
2
Merton Park Ward Independent Residents: 2
 30 7 17 0 0 1
2
Merton Park Ward Independent Residents: 2
Newham 64 0 0 2 0 58 0 0 3 0 2
3
Newham Independents: 3
Redbridge 58 5 0 0 0 54 5 0 0 0 4 0
Richmond upon Thames 0 1 48 5 0 0 0 49 5 0 0 0
Southwark 52 0 11 0 0 48 0 11 1 0 3 0
Sutton 3 20 29 0
3
Independent: 3
 2 21 29 0 0 0
3
Sutton Independent Residents Group: 3
Tower Hamlets 19 1 0 1
24
Aspire: 24
 17 1 0 1 0 5
21
Aspire: 21
Waltham Forest 47 13 0 0 0 45 12 0 0 1 2 0
Wandsworth 35 22 0 0
1
Independent: 1
 34 21 0 0 1 2 0
Westminster 31 23 0 0 0 28 25 0 0 1 0 0
Total 1,156 404 180 18 59 1,078 390 182 36 6 60 64

Notes

  1. ^ a b Led by a Conservative Mayor
  2. ^ a b Led by a Havering Residents Association and Labour coalition

References

  1. ^ Coughlan, Joe (30 April 2025). "London local elections, why they aren't in 2025 and when the next ones will be". My London. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  2. ^ "Local authority, combined authority, and county combined authority election cycles in England". GOV.UK. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
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