London local elections 2026: Who will win Redbridge? May 6, 2026 A rise in support of Nigel Farage’s Reform will be tested in the north of a borough dominated elsewhere by Labour which faces its own fight from the left. Results will be closely watched by Wes Streeting, whose parliamentary constituency is on the patch. Redbridge is a complex constituency. Labour is battling the Greens to [...]
London local elections 2026: Who will win in Newham? May 6, 2026 What could have become the heartlands for Jeremy Corbyn’s Your Party may represent the shortcomings of the former Labour leader’s new venture, as well as the impact of travails of his old comrades in Westminster. Newham is Jeremy Corbyn’s worst nightmare. A fertile seat for progressive politics, almost all of its wards have been Labour-dominated [...]
London local elections 2026: Who will win in Merton? May 6, 2026 The Lib Dems’ serve up a “Gail’s strategy” to try and ace the vote in Wimbledon’s borough, where calls for affordable homes are rallying support and a local resident’s group has won seats. In Merton, home of the Wimbledon Championships, the Liberal Democrats have their best chance of smashing an ace past the Labour incumbents. [...]
London local elections 2026: Who will win in Lewisham? May 6, 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? May 6, 2026 CLICK HERE to view all the latest London election results 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 [...]
London local elections 2026: Who will win in Kingston upon Thames? May 6, 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: Conservatives HOLD Kensington and Chelsea May 6, 2026 Kensington and Chelsea has been held by the Conservatives. The Tories comfortably retained the affluent borough, holding their seat count at 36. The Labour Party saw its seat count nearly halved, to seven, as the Lib Dems remained on two seats. The Green Party took one seat and one independent candidate was elected. Kensington stays Tory Kensington [...]
London local elections 2026: Who will win in the borough of Islington? May 6, 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 [...]
Local elections 2026: who will win in Hounslow Council? May 6, 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 Hillingdon Council? May 6, 2026 CLICK HERE to view all the latest London election results 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 [...]