2018 London local elections

<p>The 2018 London local elections took place in London on 3 May 2018 as part of <a href="/facts/2018_United_Kingdom_local_elections/fU7q7GkQ">wider local elections in England</a>. All <a href="/facts/London_borough/8HvhDcVM">London borough</a> councillor seats were up for election. <a href="/facts/2017_City_of_London_Corporation_election/B9AsDgYV">Elections to the Corporation of London</a> were held in 2017. <a href="/facts/Directly_elected_mayors_in_England_and_Wales/MkPXuUTA">Mayoral</a> contests were also held in <a href="/facts/London_Borough_of_Hackney/wR8QVwTI">Hackney</a>, <a href="/facts/London_Borough_of_Lewisham/A6l8w2CN">Lewisham</a>, <a href="/facts/London_Borough_of_Newham/Ky8XDoCn">Newham</a> and <a href="/facts/London_Borough_of_Tower_Hamlets/zGKRPBfz">Tower Hamlets</a>. <a href="/facts/2014_London_local_elections/EFx7RKrn">The previous London borough elections</a> were in 2014.
</p><p>The results saw the <a href="/facts/London_Labour_Party/PPVSlRvm">London Labour Party</a> 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 <a href="/facts/1971_London_local_elections/Nr750oPe">1971</a> total. The <a href="/facts/London_Conservatives/soLld2sD">London Conservatives</a>, 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 <a href="/facts/London_Liberal_Democrats/92GAyb8v">London Liberal Democrats</a>. 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 <a href="/facts/2014_London_local_elections/EFx7RKrn">2014 election</a>, gaining 34 council seats and winning two councils from the Conservatives. Among the other parties, the <a href="/facts/London_Green_Party/7lQKSIJM">London Green Party</a> was the most successful, winning a total of 11 council seats, just below their all-time high of 12 in <a href="/facts/2006_London_local_elections/MQeXr8pX">the 2006 election</a>. Support for the <a href="/facts/UK_Independence_Party/U7YPcmSj">UK Independence Party</a> 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 <a href="/facts/People%27s_Alliance_of_Tower_Hamlets/sfTWXYA2">People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets</a> (1 seat) and the Harold Hill Independent Party (1 seat).
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2018 London local elections