London local elections 2026: Who will win in Lewisham? April 23, 2026 After a Labour landslide last time around, the red wall to the south of the Thames could crack under a Green onslaught, with housing the key local issue in what has traditionally been a two-way battleground between Labour and the Conservatives. Lewisham Council offers a window into another world. The borough’s last local elections brought [...]
London local elections 2026: Who will win in Lambeth? April 23, 2026 Walking south from the banks of the Thames into Kennington, Vauxhall and Brixton takes voters through a key battleground for Zack Polanski’s Greens and into some of Labour’s London heartlands. The residents of Lambeth know something the rest of the country doesn’t. The borough, which stretches southwards from the bank of the Thames, will be [...]
London local elections 2026: Who will win in the borough of Islington? April 23, 2026 Labour’s dominance makes it almost a one-party authority here. But the Greens are on the march backing rent control after big-name infighting between the likes of Jeremy Corbyn and Keir Starmer means no shortage of political drama. At first glance, Islington Council’s composition is like North Korea’s. It is all-but a one-party authority. At the [...]
London local elections 2026: Who will win in Kingston upon Thames? April 23, 2026 In the Lib Dems’ leafy heartlands, campaigns have included demands for an M&S. But a third runner has entered the traditional two-horse race with the Tories in Ed Davey’s own backyard – the Kingston Independent Residents Group. Kingston upon Thames is both the geographic and the spiritual home of the Liberal Democrats. The leafy south [...]
London local elections 2026: Who will win in Waltham Forest? April 23, 2026 After wrestling over Waltham Forest since the borough was created, Labour and the Conservatives now face a new threat from the Greens. The Conservatives and Labour have played pass the parcel with Waltham Forest since its inception in 1965. Control of the borough has switched as much as eight times since its formation in 1965, [...]
London local elections 2026: Who will win in Kensington and Chelsea? April 23, 2026 Control of this Tory stronghold has not changed since it was created in 1965, as one of the few London boroughs with a double placename in its title. But after a slew of resignations and cross-party defections, and with both Reform and the Green Party on the rise, the UK’s poshest council could soon have [...]
London local elections 2026: Who will win in Barking and Dagenham? April 23, 2026 Labour will take the fight to Reform in its defence of Barking and Dagenham as it looks to continue its long-running hold on the borough. In 2022 Barking and Dagenham was painted a unanimous red. All 51 seats in the 232,747 strong borough went to Labour in a clean sweep, though turnout was 24.5 per [...]
London Local Elections 2026: Who will win in Hackney? April 23, 2026 Voters go to the polls in Hackney for the local elections against the backdrop of a council tax hike and a government funding surge, the previously Labour-dominated borough looks to be a testing ground for Green support in London. In 2022, Sir Keir Starmer’s party scored 50 councillors compared to just five for the Conservatives [...]
London Local Elections 2026: Who will win in Greenwich? April 23, 2026 As voters head to the polls in Greenwich, the Labour stronghold is set to see a rise in Green support amidst a hike in council tax and a cut in central government funding of the local authority. Back in 2022 Labour secured an overwhelming majority on the Council with 51 seats, with just three seats [...]
London Local Elections 2026: Who will win in Enfield? April 23, 2026 Voters are going to the polls in the Labour and Conservative battleground of Enfield in the local elections, against a backdrop of higher council tax and substantially boosted government funding for the Council. In this latest set of local elections in May, results in Enfield are expected at 5pm on 8th May. Back in 2022, [...]