London Labour
Political party in London
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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.
London Labour | |
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| Mayor of London | Sadiq Khan |
| Chair | Maggi Ferncombe[1] |
| London Assembly Group Leader | Len Duvall |
| House of Commons Group Chair | Dawn Butler[2] |
| Headquarters | Southside, 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[3] | 1,087 / 1,817 |
| Council control | 21 / 32 |
| Directly elected mayors | 3 / 5 |
| Website | |
| www | |
Current representatives
Members of Parliament
Cabinet
London Assembly Members
Councillors
| 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
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
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 |
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| 2024[7] | 1,432,622 | 43.0% | 5.1% | 59 / 75 |
10 | |
European Parliament elections
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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 |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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