London Labour

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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
Politics of London
  • Political parties
  • London Labour is the

    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

    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.

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