London Labour

London Labour
Mayor of LondonSadiq Khan
ChairMaggi Ferncombe[1]
London Assembly Group LeaderLen Duvall
House of Commons Group ChairDawn Butler[2]
HeadquartersSouthside, 105 Victoria Street
London
SW1E 6QT
IdeologySocial democracy
Political positionCentre-left
National affiliationLabour Party
European affiliationParty of European Socialists
International affiliationProgressive Alliance
Socialist International (observer)
Colours  Red
House of Commons (London seats)
59 / 75
London Assembly
11 / 25
Court of Common Council
6 / 100
Councillors[3]
1,087 / 1,817
Council control
21 / 32
Directly elected mayors
3 / 5
Website
labourinlondon.org.uk

London Labour is the devolved, regional part of the Labour Party in Greater London. It is the largest political party in London, currently holding a majority of the executive mayoralties, a majority of local councils, council seats and parliamentary seats, and a plurality of assembly seats.

Current representatives

Members of Parliament

Main article: List of Labour Party Members of Parliament in London

Cabinet

London Assembly Members

AM[4] Constituency
Marina Ahmad Lambeth and Southwark
Elly Baker Party-list (1)
Anne Clarke Barnet and Camden
Leonie Cooper Merton and Wandsworth
Unmesh Desai City and East
Len Duvall (Leader) Greenwich and Lewisham
Joanne McCartney Enfield and Haringey
Sem Moema North East
Bassam Mahfouz Ealing and Hillingdon
Krupesh Hirani Brent and Harrow
James Small-Edwards West Central

Councillors

Main article: 2022 London local elections


Council Councillors[5]
Barking and Dagenham
47 / 51
Barnet
41 / 63
Bexley
12 / 45
Brent
49 / 59
Bromley
12 / 59
Camden
46 / 55
Croydon
34 / 71
Ealing
59 / 70
Enfield
38 / 63
Greenwich
52 / 55
Hackney
50 / 57
Hammersmith and Fulham
40 / 50
Haringey
50 / 57
Harrow
24 / 55
Havering
8 / 55
Hillingdon
23 / 65
Hounslow
50 / 60
Islington
48 / 51
Kensington and Chelsea
13 / 50
Kingston upon Thames
0 / 48
Lambeth
58 / 63
Lewisham
54 / 54
Merton
31 / 57
Newham
64 / 66
Redbridge
58 / 63
Richmond upon Thames
0 / 54
Southwark
52 / 63
Sutton
0 / 54
Tower Hamlets
19 / 45
Waltham Forest
47 / 60
Wandsworth
35 / 58
Westminster
31 / 54

Common Councilmen

Main article: 2022 City of London Corporation election

Labour is the only political party to have any seats in the City of London Corporation's Court of Common Council.

Common Councilman Ward
Helen Fentiman Aldersgate
Stephen Goodman Aldersgate
Natasha Lloyd-Owen Cripplegate
Anne Corbett Cripplegate
Frances Leach Cripplegate
Jason Pritchard Portsoken

Directly-elected Mayors

Mayoralty Mayor
Greater London Sadiq Khan
Hackney Philip Glanville
Lewisham Damien Egan
Newham Rokhsana Fiaz

Electoral performance

UK Parliament elections

The table below shows the London Labour Party's results at UK general elections since the area of Greater London was created.[6]

Date Votes won % of Votes Change MPs elected Change
Feb 1974 1,587,065 40.4% 5.3%
50 / 92
 5
Oct 1974 1,540,462 43.9% 3.5%
51 / 92
 1
1979 1,459,085 39.6% 4.3%
42 / 92
 9
1983 1,031,539 29.8% 9.8%
26 / 84
 16
1987 1,136,903 31.5% 1.7%
23 / 84
 3
1992 1,332,424 37.1% 5.6%
35 / 84
 12
1997 1,643,329 49.5% 12.4%
57 / 74
 22
2001 1,306,869 47.3% 2.2%
55 / 74
 2
2005 1,135,687 38.9% 8.4%
44 / 74
 11
2010 1,245,637 36.6% 2.3%
38 / 73
 6
2015 1,545,080 43.7% 7.1%
45 / 73
 7
2017 2,087,010 54.6% 10.9%
49 / 73
 4
2019 1,810,810 48.1% 6.5%
49 / 73
2024[7] 1,432,622 43.0% 5.1%
59 / 75
 10

European Parliament elections

During the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union (1973–2020), Greater London participated in European Parliament elections, held every five years from 1979 until 2019.[8] The table below shows the London Labour results in elections to the European Parliament. From 1979 to 1994, London members of the European Parliament (MEPs) were elected from ten individual constituencies by first-past-the-post voting; from 1999 to 2019, MEPs were elected from a London-wide regional list by proportional representation.

Election Leader Votes Seats Pos.
No. % ± No. ±
1979 Jim Callaghan 566,525 36.7 N/A
1 / 10
 N/A 2nd
1984 Neil Kinnock 683,789 41.0 4.3
5 / 10
 4 1st
1989 778,589 41.6 0.6
7 / 10
 2 1st
1994 Margaret Beckett 826,047 50.3 8.7
9 / 10
 2 1st
1999 Tony Blair 399,466 35.0 15.3
4 / 10
 5 1st
2004 466,584 24.8 10.3
3 / 9
 1 2nd
2009 Gordon Brown 372,590 21.3 3.5
2 / 8
 1 2nd
2014 Ed Miliband 806,959 36.7 15.4
4 / 8
 2 1st
2019 Jeremy Corbyn 536,810 23.9 12.7
2 / 8
 2 2nd

Regional elections

Greater London Council elections

The table below shows the results obtained by London Labour in elections to the Greater London Council (GLC). The GLC was the top-tier local government administrative body for Greater London from 1965 to 1986. It replaced the earlier London County Council which had covered a much smaller area. The GLC was dissolved in 1986 by the Local Government Act 1985 and its powers were devolved to the London boroughs and other entities. All GLC elections were conducted under the first-past-the-post voting system.

The party's best result was at the 1964 GLC election, when it won 64 of 100 seats.

Election Leader Votes Seats Status
No. % ± No. ±
1964 Bill Fiske 1,063,390 44.6 N/A
64 / 100
 N/A Majority
1967 732,669 34.0 10.6
18 / 100
 46 Opposition
1970 Reg Goodwin 766,272 39.9 5.9
35 / 100
 17 Opposition
1973 928,034 47.4 7.5
58 / 92
 23 Majority
1977 737,194 32.9 14.5
28 / 92
 30 Opposition
1981 Andrew McIntosh 939,457 41.8 8.9
50 / 92
 22 Majority

London Assembly elections

The table below shows the London Labour results at London Assembly elections since the Greater London Authority was established in 2000. Assembly elections use the additional member system, a form of mixed member proportional representation, with 14 directly elected constituencies and 11 London-wide top-up seats.

The party's best results were at the 2012 and 2016 London Assembly elections, when it won 12 of 25 seats. London Labour won 11 of 25 seats at the most recent London Assembly election in 2024.

Election Leader Constituency Party Total Seats ±
No. % Seats No. % Seats
2000 Toby Harris 501,296 31.6%
6 / 14
 502,874 30.3%
3 / 11
9 / 25
 N/A
2004 444,808 24.7%
5 / 14
 468,247 25.0%
2 / 11
7 / 25
 2
2008 Len Duvall 673,855 28.0%
6 / 14
 665,443 27.1%
2 / 11
8 / 25
 1
2012 933,438 42.3%
8 / 14
 911,204 41.1%
4 / 11
12 / 25
 4
2016 1,138,576 43.5%
9 / 14
 1,054,801 40.3%
3 / 11
12 / 25
2021 1,083,215 41.7%
9 / 14
 986,609 38.1%
2 / 11
11 / 25
 1
2024 983,216 39.7%
10 / 14
 951,056 38.4%
1 / 11
11 / 25

London Mayoral elections

The table below shows the London Labour results in London Mayoral elections since the Greater London Authority was established in 2000. Elections between 2000 and 2021 were conducted using the supplementary vote system, which allowed voters to transfer votes from first to second preference candidates. The 2024 election used the first-past-the-post system.[9]

London Labour have won four London mayoral elections: 2004, 2016, 2021, and 2024. London Labour's best result was at the 2016 election when Sadiq Khan won 56.8% of the vote including transfers. The party won 43.8% of the vote at the most recent election in 2024.

Election Candidate 1st Round 2nd Round Result
No. % ± No. % ±
2000 Frank Dobson 223,884 13.1 N/A Eliminated Lost
2004 Ken Livingstone 685,548 36.8 23.7 828,390 55.4 N/A Won
2008 894,317 37.0 0.2 1,029,406 46.8 8.6 Lost
2012 889,918 40.3 3.3 992,273 48.5 1.6 Lost
2016 Sadiq Khan 1,148,716 44.2 3.9 1,310,143 56.8 8.4 Won
2021 1,013,721 40.0 4.2 1,206,034 55.2 1.6 Won
2024 1,088,225 43.8 3.8 Won

Local elections

The table below shows the London Labour results at London borough council elections since the London Government Act 1963 created the administrative area of Greater London in 1965. All borough council elections use the first-past-the-post voting system.

The party's best result was at the 1971 London local elections when it won 1,221 of 1,863 seats and overall control of 21 of 32 boroughs. London Labour won 1,173 seats and overall control of 21 boroughs at the most recent elections in 2022.

Election Leader Votes Councillors Councils
No. % ± Seats ± Majorities ±
1964 Harold Wilson N/A
1,112 / 1,859
 N/A
20 / 32
 N/A
1968 28.1 N/A
350 / 1,863
 762
3 / 32
 17
1971 53.1 25.0
1,221 / 1,863
 871
21 / 32
 18
1974 42.9 10.2
1,090 / 1,867
 131
18 / 32
 3
1978 James Callaghan 39.6 3.3
882 / 1,908
 208
14 / 32
 4
1982 Michael Foot 30.4 9.3
781 / 1,914
 101
12 / 32
 2
1986 Neil Kinnock 38.0 7.7
957 / 1,914
 176
15 / 32
 3
1990 40.8 2.8
925 / 1,914
 32
14 / 32
 1
1994 John Smith 42.9 2.1
1,044 / 1,917
 119
17 / 32
 3
1998 Tony Blair 42.2 0.6
1,050 / 1,917
 6
18 / 32
 1
2002 36.1 6.2
866 / 1,861
 184
15 / 32
 3
2006 30.1 6.0
685 / 1,861
 181
7 / 32
 8
2010 Gordon Brown 35.1 5.0
875 / 1,861
 190
17 / 32
 10
2014 Ed Miliband 43.0 8.0
1,060 / 1,851
 185
20 / 32
 3
2018 Jeremy Corbyn 47.0 4.0
1,120 / 1,851
 60
21 / 32
 1
2022 Keir Starmer 42.2 4.8
1,173 / 1,817
 45
21 / 32

See also

References

  1. ^ "Regional Executive Committee". London Labour. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  2. ^ Butler, Dawn (3 December 2021). "My message to Boris Johnson: stop treating Londoners as a political football". LabourList. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021. I am the chair of the London group of Labour MPs.
  3. ^ http://opencouncildata.co.uk/councils.php?model=L&y=0
  4. ^ "London Assembly members | LGOV". www.london.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  5. ^ http://opencouncildata.co.uk/councils.php?model=L&y=0
  6. ^ "Historical Data and Plots". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk.
  7. ^ "ElectionMapsUK GE2024 Supersheet". Election Maps UK. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  8. ^ Cracknell, Richard; Uberoi, Elise; Burton, Matthew (9 August 2023). "UK Election Statistics: 1918–2023, A Long Century of Elections" (PDF). House of Commons Library. pp. 65–67. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  9. ^ Cracknell, Richard; Uberoi, Elise; Burton, Matthew (9 August 2023). "UK Election Statistics: 1918–2023, A Long Century of Elections" (PDF). House of Commons Library. p. 78. Retrieved 25 February 2026.
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