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 Democratic socialism
Political positionCentre-left
National affiliationLabour Party
European affiliationParty of European Socialists
International affiliationProgressive Alliance
Socialist International (observer)
Colours  Red
House of Commons (London Seats)
47 / 73
London Assembly
11 / 25
Court of Common Council
6 / 100
Councillors in London
1,146 / 1,817
Council control in London
21 / 32
Directly-elected Mayors in London
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

Shadow Cabinet
Shadow Ministers

London Assembly Members[3]

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

Councillors

Council Councillors
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
9 / 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

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

Electoral performance

UK Parliament elections

Red indicates the seat won by Labour at the 2017 General Election.

The table below shows the London Labour Party's results at UK general elections since the area of Greater London was created.[4]

Date Votes won % of Votes Change MPs elected Change
Feb 1974 1,587,065 40.4% Decrease5.3%
50 / 92
Decrease5
Oct 1974 1,540,462 43.9% Increase3.5%
51 / 92
Increase1
1979 1,459,085 39.6% Decrease4.3%
42 / 92
Decrease9
1983 1,031,539 29.8% Decrease9.8%
26 / 84
Decrease16
1987 1,136,903 31.5% Increase1.7%
23 / 84
Decrease3
1992 1,332,424 37.1% Increase5.6%
35 / 84
Increase12
1997 1,643,329 49.5% Increase12.4%
57 / 74
Increase22
2001 1,306,869 47.3% Decrease2.2%
55 / 74
Decrease2
2005 1,135,687 38.9% Decrease8.4%
44 / 74
Decrease11
2010 1,245,637 36.6% Decrease2.3%
38 / 73
Decrease6
2015 1,545,080 43.7% Increase7.1%
45 / 73
Increase7
2017 2,087,010 54.6% Increase10.9%
49 / 73
Increase4
2019 1,810,810 48.1% Decrease 6.5
49 / 73
Steady

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.

Date Votes won % of Votes Change MEPs elected Change
1979 566,525 35.0% N/A
1 / 10
N/A
1984 683,789 41.0% Increase4.2%
5 / 10
Increase4
1989 778,589 41.6% Increase0.6%
7 / 10
Increase2
1994 821,876 50.2% Increase8.5%
9 / 10
Increase2
1999 399,466 35.0% Decrease15.2%
4 / 10
Decrease5
2004 466,584 24.8% Decrease10.3%
3 / 9
Decrease1
2009 372,590 21.3% Decrease3.5%
2 / 8
Decrease1
2014 806,959 36.7% Increase15.4%
4 / 8
Increase2
2019 536,810 23.9% Decrease12.7%
2 / 8
Decrease2

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 won 64 36
Popular vote 1,063,390 956,543
Percentage 44.6% 40.1%
Date Leader Votes won % of Votes Change Councillors Change Result
1964 1,063,390 44.6% N/A
64 / 100
N/A Labour win
1967 Bill Fiske 732,669 34.0% Decrease10.6%
18 / 100
Decrease46 Conservative win
1970 Reg Goodwin 766,272 39.9% Increase5.9%
35 / 100
Increase17 Conservative win
1973 Reg Goodwin 928,034 47.4% Increase7.5%
58 / 92
Increase23 Labour win
1977 Reg Goodwin 737,194 32.9% Decrease14.5%
28 / 92
Decrease30 Conservative win
1981 Andrew McIntosh 939,457 41.8% Increase8.9%
50 / 92
Increase22 Labour 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.

Date Constituency Vote % of Vote Change Regional Vote % of Vote Change AMs Change
2000 501,296 31.6% N/A 502,874 30.3% N/A
9 / 25
N/A
2004 444,808 24.7% Decrease6.9% 468,247 25.0% Decrease5.3%
7 / 25
Decrease2
2008 673,855 28.0% Increase3.3% 665,443 27.1% Increase2.7%
8 / 25
Increase1
2012 933,438 42.3% Increase14.3% 911,204 41.1% Increase13.5%
12 / 25
Increase4
2016 1,138,576 43.5% Increase1.2% 1,054,801 40.3% Decrease0.8%
12 / 25
Steady
2021 1,083,215 41.7% Decrease1.8% 986,609 38.1% Decrease2.2%
11 / 25
Decrease1

London Mayoral elections

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

Date Candidate 1st Round vote % of vote 2nd Round vote % of vote Result Notes
2000 Frank Dobson 223,884 13.1% Eliminated Eliminated Independent win Ex-GLC leader and Labour MP Ken Livingstone ran as an independent and won.
2004 Ken Livingstone 685,548 36.8% 828,390 55.4% Labour win
2008 Ken Livingstone 893,887 37.0% 1,028,966 46.8% Conservative win
2012 Ken Livingstone 889,918 40.3% 992,273 48.5% Conservative win
2016 Sadiq Khan 1,148,716 44.2% 1,310,143 56.8% Labour win
2021 Sadiq Khan 1,013,721 40.0% 1,206,034 55.2% Labour win

Borough council elections

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

Date Vote share Change Councillors Change Councils Change
1964 N/A
1,112 / 1,859
N/A
20 / 32
N/A
1968 28.1% N/A
350 / 1,863
Decrease431
3 / 32
Decrease17
1971 53.1% Increase25.0%
1,221 / 1,863
Increase871
21 / 32
Increase18
1974 42.9% Decrease10.2%
1,090 / 1,867
Decrease131
18 / 32
Decrease3
1978 39.6% Decrease3.3%
882 / 1,908
Decrease208
14 / 32
Decrease4
1982 30.4% Decrease9.3%
781 / 1,914
Decrease101
12 / 32
Decrease2
1986 38.0% Increase7.7%
957 / 1,914
Increase176
15 / 32
Increase3
1990 40.8% Increase2.8%
925 / 1,914
Decrease32
14 / 32
Decrease1
1994 42.9% Increase2.1%
1,044 / 1,917
Increase119
17 / 32
Increase3
1998 42.2% Decrease0.6%
1,050 / 1,917
Increase6
18 / 32
Increase1
2002 36.1% Decrease6.2%
866 / 1,861
Decrease184
15 / 32
Decrease3
2006 30.1% Decrease6.0%
685 / 1,861
Decrease181
7 / 32
Decrease8
2010 35.1% Increase5.0%
875 / 1,861
Increase190
17 / 32
Increase10
2014 43.0% Increase8.0%
1,060 / 1,851
Increase185
20 / 32
Increase3
2018 47.0% Increase4.0%
1,120 / 1,851
Increase60
21 / 32
Increase1
2022 42.2%[5] Decrease4.8%
1,173 / 1,817
Increase45
21 / 32
Steady 0

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. ^ "London Assembly members | LGOV". www.london.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Historical Data and Plots". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk.
  5. ^ Hill, Dave (8 May 2022). "London Borough Elections 2022: Results in detail". OnLondon. Retrieved 27 November 2022.

External links

  • Official website
  • City Hall Labour
  • London Labour on Twitter
  • Your Councillors
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