London Labour

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London Labour
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan
ChairMaggi Ferncombe [1]
London Assembly Group Leader Len Duvall
House of Commons Group Chair Dawn Butler [2]
HeadquartersSouthside, 105 Victoria Street
London
SW1E 6QT
Ideology Social democracy
Political position Centre-left
National affiliation Labour Party
European affiliation Party of European Socialists
International affiliation Progressive Alliance
Socialist International (observer)
Colours  Red
House of Commons (London seats)
59 / 75
London Assembly
11 / 25
Court of Common Council
6 / 100
Councillors
1,146 / 1,817
Council control
21 / 32
Directly elected mayors
3 / 5
Website
www.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.

Contents

Current representatives

Members of Parliament

Cabinet

London Assembly Members [3]

AMConstituency
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
Onkar Sahota Ealing and Hillingdon
Krupesh Hirani Brent and Harrow
Sakina Sheikh Party-list (2)

Councillors

CouncilCouncillors
Barking and Dagenham
51 / 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

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 LeachCripplegate
Jason PritchardPortsoken

Directly-elected Mayors

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

Electoral performance

2024 consistency results LondonParliamentaryConstituency2024Results.svg
2024 consistency results

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. [4]

DateVotes won % of VotesChangeMPs electedChange
Feb 1974 1,587,06540.4%Decrease2.svg5.3%
50 / 92
Decrease2.svg5
Oct 1974 1,540,46243.9%Increase2.svg3.5%
51 / 92
Increase2.svg1
1979 1,459,08539.6%Decrease2.svg4.3%
42 / 92
Decrease2.svg9
1983 1,031,53929.8%Decrease2.svg9.8%
26 / 84
Decrease2.svg16
1987 1,136,90331.5%Increase2.svg1.7%
23 / 84
Decrease2.svg3
1992 1,332,42437.1%Increase2.svg5.6%
35 / 84
Increase2.svg12
1997 1,643,32949.5%Increase2.svg12.4%
57 / 74
Increase2.svg22
2001 1,306,86947.3%Decrease2.svg2.2%
55 / 74
Decrease2.svg2
2005 1,135,68738.9%Decrease2.svg8.4%
44 / 74
Decrease2.svg11
2010 1,245,63736.6%Decrease2.svg2.3%
38 / 73
Decrease2.svg6
2015 1,545,08043.7%Increase2.svg7.1%
45 / 73
Increase2.svg7
2017 2,087,01054.6%Increase2.svg10.9%
49 / 73
Increase2.svg4
2019 1,810,81048.1%Decrease2.svg 6.5
49 / 73
Steady2.svg
2024
59 / 75
Increase2.svg10

European Parliament elections

The table below shows the results gained by the London Labour Party in elections to the European Parliament. From 1979 to 1994, MEPs were elected from 10 individual constituencies by first-past-the-post; since 1999, MEPs were elected from a London-wide regional list by proportional representation.

DateVotes won % of VotesChangeMEPs electedChange
1979 566,52535.0%N/A
1 / 10
N/A
1984 683,78941.0%Increase2.svg4.2%
5 / 10
Increase2.svg4
1989 778,58941.6%Increase2.svg0.6%
7 / 10
Increase2.svg2
1994 821,87650.2%Increase2.svg8.5%
9 / 10
Increase2.svg2
1999 399,46635.0%Decrease2.svg15.2%
4 / 10
Decrease2.svg5
2004 466,58424.8%Decrease2.svg10.3%
3 / 9
Decrease2.svg1
2009 372,59021.3%Decrease2.svg3.5%
2 / 8
Decrease2.svg1
2014 806,95936.7%Increase2.svg15.4%
4 / 8
Increase2.svg2
2019 536,81023.9%Decrease2.svg12.7%
2 / 8
Decrease2.svg2

Regional elections

Greater London Council elections

The table below shows the results obtained by the London Labour Party in elections to the Greater London Council. The GLC was abolished by the Local Government Act 1985.

Party Labour Conservative
Seats won6436
Popular vote1,063,390956,543
Percentage44.6%40.1%
DateLeaderVotes won % of VotesChangeCouncillorsChangeResult
1964 1,063,39044.6%N/A
64 / 100
N/ALabour win
1967 Bill Fiske 732,66934.0%Decrease2.svg10.6%
18 / 100
Decrease2.svg46Conservative win
1970 Reg Goodwin 766,27239.9%Increase2.svg5.9%
35 / 100
Increase2.svg17Conservative win
1973 Reg Goodwin 928,03447.4%Increase2.svg7.5%
58 / 92
Increase2.svg23Labour win
1977 Reg Goodwin 737,19432.9%Decrease2.svg14.5%
28 / 92
Decrease2.svg30Conservative win
1981 Andrew McIntosh 939,45741.8%Increase2.svg8.9%
50 / 92
Increase2.svg22Labour win

Between 1986 and 2000 there was no city-wide governmental body in Greater London.

London Assembly elections

The table below shows the results obtained by the London Labour Party in elections to the London Assembly.

DateConstituency Vote % of VoteChangeRegional Vote % of VoteChangeAMsChange
2000 501,29631.6%N/A502,87430.3%N/A
9 / 25
N/A
2004 444,80824.7%Decrease2.svg6.9%468,24725.0%Decrease2.svg5.3%
7 / 25
Decrease2.svg2
2008 673,85528.0%Increase2.svg3.3%665,44327.1%Increase2.svg2.7%
8 / 25
Increase2.svg1
2012 933,43842.3%Increase2.svg14.3%911,20441.1%Increase2.svg13.5%
12 / 25
Increase2.svg4
2016 1,138,57643.5%Increase2.svg1.2%1,054,80140.3%Decrease2.svg0.8%
12 / 25
Steady2.svg
2021 1,083,21541.7%Decrease2.svg1.8%986,60938.1%Decrease2.svg2.2%
11 / 25
Decrease2.svg1

London Mayoral elections

The table below shows the London Labour Party's results in elections for the Mayor of London.

DateCandidate1st Round vote % of vote2nd Round vote % of voteResultNotes
2000 Frank Dobson 223,88413.1%EliminatedEliminatedIndependent winEx-GLC leader and Labour MP Ken Livingstone ran as an independent and won.
2004 Ken Livingstone 685,54836.8%828,39055.4%Labour win
2008 Ken Livingstone 893,88737.0%1,028,96646.8%Conservative win
2012 Ken Livingstone 889,91840.3%992,27348.5%Conservative win
2016 Sadiq Khan 1,148,71644.2%1,310,14356.8%Labour win
2021 Sadiq Khan 1,013,72140.0%1,206,03455.2%Labour win

Borough council elections

The table below shows the London Labour Party's results in elections for the London Boroughs.

DateVote shareChangeCouncillorsChangeCouncilsChange
1964 N/A
1,112 / 1,859
N/A
20 / 32
N/A
1968 28.1%N/A
350 / 1,863
Decrease2.svg762
3 / 32
Decrease2.svg17
1971 53.1%Increase2.svg25.0%
1,221 / 1,863
Increase2.svg871
21 / 32
Increase2.svg18
1974 42.9%Decrease2.svg10.2%
1,090 / 1,867
Decrease2.svg131
18 / 32
Decrease2.svg3
1978 39.6%Decrease2.svg3.3%
882 / 1,908
Decrease2.svg208
14 / 32
Decrease2.svg4
1982 30.4%Decrease2.svg9.3%
781 / 1,914
Decrease2.svg101
12 / 32
Decrease2.svg2
1986 38.0%Increase2.svg7.7%
957 / 1,914
Increase2.svg176
15 / 32
Increase2.svg3
1990 40.8%Increase2.svg2.8%
925 / 1,914
Decrease2.svg32
14 / 32
Decrease2.svg1
1994 42.9%Increase2.svg2.1%
1,044 / 1,917
Increase2.svg119
17 / 32
Increase2.svg3
1998 42.2%Decrease2.svg0.6%
1,050 / 1,917
Increase2.svg6
18 / 32
Increase2.svg1
2002 36.1%Decrease2.svg6.2%
866 / 1,861
Decrease2.svg184
15 / 32
Decrease2.svg3
2006 30.1%Decrease2.svg6.0%
685 / 1,861
Decrease2.svg181
7 / 32
Decrease2.svg8
2010 35.1%Increase2.svg5.0%
875 / 1,861
Increase2.svg190
17 / 32
Increase2.svg10
2014 43.0%Increase2.svg8.0%
1,060 / 1,851
Increase2.svg185
20 / 32
Increase2.svg3
2018 47.0%Increase2.svg4.0%
1,120 / 1,851
Increase2.svg60
21 / 32
Increase2.svg1
202242.2% [5] Decrease2.svg4.8%
1,173 / 1,817
Increase2.svg45
21 / 32
Steady2.svg 0

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