London local elections 2026: Who will win in the City of Westminster? London The home of Oxford Street and several wealthy residents, the Conservatives were proud of holding a council right in the centre of London until losing to Labour in 2022. Will uproar over Sir Sadiq Khan’s mayoralty and concerns about local finances lead to a comeback? Westminster turned red for the first time in its history [...]
London local elections 2026: Who will win in the borough of Wandsworth? London Wandsworth was a major council loss for the Tories in 2022. After suffering accusations of lying about council tax freezes and recent stories about crime in the area, can Labour maintain support here? Wandsworth was a Tory stronghold in London for decades – until it lost to Labour in 2022. Four years later, the battle [...]
Local elections 2026: who will win in Hillingdon Council? London The Conservatives have run Hillingdon since 2006 but their majority is slipping. Reform is targeting the Leave-voting area hard, a 4.99 per cent council tax rise is biting, and a £65m Heathrow-linked funding gap is straining local services. No overall control seems to be a real possibility. Voters in Hillingdon face a disrupted trip to [...]
Local elections 2026: who will win in Hounslow Council? April 23, 2026 Labour is favourite to hold Hounslow Council in May 2026 – but only just. Reform UK is contesting all 62 seats, the Greens are targeting Chiswick, and independents are standing across the borough, as Band D council tax hits £2,185. With turnout typically low, even small shifts in vote share could reshape individual wards. Hounslow [...]
Local elections 2026: who will win in Havering Council? April 23, 2026 Havering is one of Reform UK’s top London targets, and one of its most plausible. The borough backed Leave in 2016, is propped up by £77m in emergency government funding, and has approved a 4.99 per cent council tax rise for 2026/27. Reform has grown fast through defections, while the Havering Residents’ Association minority administration, [...]
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, [...]
London Local Elections 2026: Who will win in Ealing? April 23, 2026 Voters are heading to the polls in the Labour stronghold of Ealing, against a backdrop of controversial developments, an increasingly split electoral map, and a hike in council tax. In the West London borough of Ealing, Labour is defending one of its strongest majorities in London at this latest set of local elections. Back [...]
London local elections 2026: Who will win in Barnet? April 23, 2026 Labour faces a battle in defending Barnet in the local elections after recent surges in council tax and a flurry of defections since 2022. Barnet stands as a real test for both the Conservative and Labour party. What was traditionally a safe seat for the Tories flipped red in 2022 as Labour won the borough [...]