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

Cabinet Wes Streeting – Secretary of State for Defence Miatta Fahnbulleh – Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero

Greater London Authority Mayor of London

Sadiq Khan, of the Labour Party, is Mayor of London. London Assembly Members

AM Constituency First elected Majority Marina Ahmad Lambeth and Southwark 2021 49,624 28.5 Elly Baker Londonwide List 2021 N/A N/AAnne Clarke Barnet and Camden 2021 19,143 11.8 Leonie Cooper Merton and Wandsworth 2016 27,423 15.5 Unmesh Desai City and East 2016 70,487 36.4 Len Duvall (Leader) Greenwich and Lewisham 2000 51,807 32.1 Krupesh Hirani Brent and Harrow 2021 8,828 5.6 Bassam Mahfouz Ealing and Hillingdon 2024 4,861 2.5 Joanne McCartney Enfield and Haringey 2004 46,102 28.1Sem Moema North East 2021 59,746 28.8James Small-Edwards West Central 2024 4,253 3.5

Councillors

Council Councillors Barking and Dagenham Barnet Bexley Brent Bromley Camden Croydon Ealing Enfield Greenwich Hackney Hammersmith and Fulham Haringey Harrow Havering Hillingdon Hounslow Islington Kensington and Chelsea Kingston upon Thames Lambeth Lewisham Merton Newham Redbridge Richmond upon Thames Southwark Sutton Tower Hamlets Waltham Forest Wandsworth Westminster

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 Anne Corbett Cripplegate Helen Lesley Fentiman Aldersgate Sarah Helen Gillinson Cripplegate Stephen Goodman Aldersgate Mercy Haggerty Cripplegate Sandra Jenner Aldersgate Jacqueline Roberts Webster Cripplegate

Directly elected local authority mayors

Mayoralty Mayor Newham Forhad Hussain

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.

Date Votes won % of Votes Change MPs elected ChangeFeb 1974 1,587,065 40.4% 5.3% 5Oct 1974 1,540,462 43.9% 3.5% 11979 1,459,085 39.6% 4.3% 91983 1,031,539 29.8% 9.8% 161987 1,136,903 31.5% 1.7% 31992 1,332,424 37.1% 5.6% 121997 1,643,329 49.5% 12.4% 222001 1,306,869 47.3% 2.2% 22005 1,135,687 38.9% 8.4% 112010 1,245,637 36.6% 2.3% 62015 1,545,080 43.7% 7.1% 72017 2,087,010 54.6% 10.9% 420191,810,81048.1% 6.5% 20241,432,62243.0% 5.1% 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. 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 1979 Jim Callaghan 566,525 36.7 N/A N/A 2nd 1984 Neil Kinnock 683,789 41.0 4.3 4 1st 1989 778,589 41.6 0.6 2 1st 1994 Margaret Beckett 826,047 50.3 8.7 2 1st 1999 Tony Blair 399,466 35.0 15.3 5 1st 2004 466,584 24.8 10.3 1 2nd 2009 Gordon Brown 372,590 21.3 3.5 1 2nd 2014 Ed Miliband 806,959 36.7 15.4 2 1st 2019 Jeremy Corbyn 536,810 23.9 12.7 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 1964 Bill Fiske 1,063,390 44.6 N/A N/A 1967 732,669 34.0 10.6 46 1970 Reg Goodwin 766,272 39.9 5.9 17 1973 928,034 47.4 7.5 23 1977 737,194 32.9 14.5 30 1981 Andrew McIntosh 939,457 41.8 8.9 22

1986 Inner London Education Authority election

In the 1986 Inner London Education Authority election, there were 58 candidates and 45 of them were successful at the election. The Labour Party received 664,520 votes, 47.2% of the total number of votes.

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 Seats Seats 2000 Toby Harris 501,296 31.6% 502,874 30.3% N/A 2004 444,808 24.7% 468,247 25.0% 2 2008 Len Duvall 673,855 28.0% 665,443 27.1% 1 2012 933,438 42.3% 911,204 41.1% 4 2016 1,138,576 43.5% 1,054,801 40.3% 2021 1,083,215 41.7% 986,609 38.1% 1 2024 983,216 39.7% 951,056 38.4%

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.

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 2000 Frank Dobson 223,884 13.1 N/A Eliminated 2004 Ken Livingstone 685,548 36.8 23.7 828,390 55.4 N/A 2008 894,317 37.0 0.2 1,029,406 46.8 8.6 2012 889,918 40.3 3.3 992,273 48.5 1.6 2016Sadiq Khan 1,148,716 44.2 3.9 1,310,143 56.8 8.4 2021 1,013,721 40.0 4.2 1,206,034 55.2 1.6 2024 1,088,225 43.8 3.8

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 696 seats and overall control of 9 boroughs at the most recent elections in 2026.

Election LeaderVotes Councillors Councils Seats Majorities 1964 Harold Wilson N/A N/A N/A 1968 28.1 N/A 762 17 1971 53.1 25.0 871 18 1974 42.9 10.2 131 3 1978 James Callaghan 39.6 3.3 208 4 1982 Michael Foot 30.4 9.3 101 2 1986 Neil Kinnock 38.0 7.7 176 3 1990 40.8 2.8 32 1 1994 John Smith 42.9 2.1 119 3 1998 Tony Blair 42.2 0.6 6 1 2002 36.1 6.2 184 3 2006 30.1 6.0 181 8 2010 Gordon Brown 35.1 5.0 190 10 2014 Ed Miliband 43.0 8.0 185 3 2018 Jeremy Corbyn 47.0 4.0 60 1 2022 Keir Starmer 42.2 4.8 45 202625.6 16.9 459 12

See also English Labour Network London Conservatives London Green Party London Liberal Democrats

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