London Labour Party

The London Labour Party, branded London Labour, is the devolved, regional part of the Labour Party in London. It is the largest political party in London, currently holding all the executive mayoralties, a majority of local councils, council seats and parliamentary seats, and a plurality of assembly seats.

London Labour Party
Mayor of LondonSadiq Khan
ChairJim Kelly
London Assembly Group LeaderLen Duvall AM
House of Commons Group ChairEmily Thornberry MP
HeadquartersSouthside, 105 Victoria Street
London
SW1E 6QT
IdeologySocial democracy
Democratic socialism[1]
Pro-Europeanism[2]
Political positionCentre-left
National affiliationLabour Party
European affiliationParty of European Socialists
International affiliationProgressive Alliance
Socialist International (observer)
Colours  Red
House of Commons (London Seats)
49 / 73
London Assembly
12 / 25
Court of Common Council
6 / 100
Councillors in London
1,128 / 1,851
Council control in London
21 / 32
Directly-elected Mayors in London
5 / 5
Website
London Labour Party

Current representatives

Members of Parliament

Shadow Cabinet
Shadow Ministers

London Assembly Members

AMConstituency
Jennette ArnoldNorth East
Leonie CooperMerton and Wandsworth
Unmesh DesaiCity and East
Andrew DismoreBarnet and Camden
Len Duvall (Leader)Greenwich and Lewisham
Florence EshalomiLambeth and Southwark
Nicky GavronParty-list (1)
Joanne McCartneyEnfield and Haringey
Alison MooreParty-list (5)
Murad QureshiParty-list (4)
Onkar SahotaEaling and Hillingdon
Navin ShahBrent and Harrow

Councillors

CouncilCouncillors
Barking and Dagenham
51 / 51
Barnet
25 / 63
Bexley
11 / 45
Brent
60 / 63
Bromley
8 / 60
Camden
43 / 54
Croydon
41 / 70
Ealing
57 / 69
Enfield
46 / 63
Greenwich
42 / 51
Hackney
52 / 57
Hammersmith and Fulham
35 / 46
Haringey
42 / 57
Harrow
35 / 63
Havering
5 / 54
Hillingdon
21 / 65
Hounslow
51 / 60
Islington
47 / 48
Kensington and Chelsea
13 / 50
Kingston upon Thames
0 / 48
Lambeth
57 / 63
Lewisham
54 / 54
Merton
34 / 60
Newham
60 / 60
Redbridge
51 / 63
Richmond upon Thames
0 / 54
Southwark
48 / 63
Sutton
0 / 54
Tower Hamlets
42 / 45
Waltham Forest
46 / 60
Wandsworth
26 / 60
Westminster
19 / 60

Common Councilmen

Labour is the only political party to have any seats in the City of London Corporation's Court of Common Council.

Common CouncilmanWard
Richard CrossanAldersgate
Natasha Lloyd-OwenCastle Baynard
Mary DurcanCripplegate
William PimlottCripplegate
Munsur AliPortsoken
Jason PritchardPortsoken

Directly-elected Mayors

MayoraltyMayor
Greater LondonSadiq Khan
HackneyPhilip Glanville
LewishamDamien Egan
NewhamRokhsana Fiaz
Tower HamletsJohn Biggs

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.[3]

Date Votes won % of Votes Change MPs elected Change
Feb 19741,587,06540.4%5.3%
50 / 92
5
Oct 19741,540,46243.9%3.5%
51 / 92
1
19791,459,08539.6%4.3%
42 / 92
9
19831,031,53929.8%9.8%
26 / 84
16
19871,136,90331.5%1.7%
23 / 84
3
19921,332,42437.1%5.6%
35 / 84
12
19971,643,32949.5%12.4%
57 / 74
22
20011,306,86947.3%2.2%
55 / 74
2
20051,135,68738.9%8.4%
44 / 74
11
20101,245,63736.6%2.3%
38 / 73
6
20151,545,08043.7%7.1%
45 / 73
7
20172,087,01054.6%10.9%
49 / 73
4
2019 1,810,810 48.1% 6.5
49 / 73

European Parliament elections

The table below shows the results gained by the London Labour Party in elections to the European Parliament. From 1979 to 1994, MEPs were elected from 10 individual constituencies by 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
1979566,52535.0%N/A
1 / 10
N/A
1984683,78941.0%4.2%
5 / 10
4
1989778,58941.6%0.6%
7 / 10
2
1994821,87650.2%8.5%
9 / 10
2
1999399,46635.0%15.2%
4 / 10
5
2004466,58424.8%10.3%
3 / 9
1
2009372,59021.3%3.5%
2 / 8
1
2014806,95936.7%15.4%
4 / 8
2
2019 536,810 23.9% -12.7%
2 / 8
2

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 Votes won % of Votes Change Councillors Change Result
19641,063,39044.6%N/A
64 / 100
N/ALabour win
1967732,66934.0%10.6%
18 / 100
46Conservative win
1970766,27239.9%5.9%
35 / 100
17Conservative win
1973928,03447.4%7.5%
58 / 92
23Labour win
1977737,19432.9%14.5%
28 / 92
30Conservative win
1981939,45741.8%8.9%
50 / 92
22Labour 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
2000501,29631.6%N/A502,87430.3%N/A
9 / 25
N/A
2004444,80824.7%6.9%468,24725.0%5.3%
7 / 25
2
2008673,85528.0%3.3%665,44327.1%2.7%
8 / 25
1
2012933,43842.3%14.3%911,20441.1%13.5%
12 / 25
4
20161,138,57643.5%1.2%1,054,80140.3%0.8%
12 / 25
2020

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
2000Frank Dobson223,88413.1%EliminatedEliminatedIndependent winEx-GLC leader and Labour MP Ken Livingstone ran as an independent and won.
2004Ken Livingstone685,54836.8%828,39055.4%Labour win
2008Ken Livingstone893,88737.0%1,028,96646.8%Conservative win
2012Ken Livingstone889,91840.3%992,27348.5%Conservative win
2016Sadiq Khan1,148,71644.2%1,310,14356.8%Labour win
2020 Sadiq Khan

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
1964N/A
1,112 / 1,859
N/A
20 / 32
N/A
196828.1%N/A
350 / 1,863
431
3 / 32
17
197153.1%25.0%
1,221 / 1,863
871
21 / 32
18
197442.9%10.2%
1,090 / 1,867
131
18 / 32
3
197839.6%3.3%
882 / 1,908
208
14 / 32
4
198230.4%9.3%
781 / 1,914
101
12 / 32
2
198638.0%7.7%
957 / 1,914
176
15 / 32
3
199040.8%2.8%
925 / 1,914
32
14 / 32
1
199442.9%2.1%
1,044 / 1,917
119
17 / 32
3
199842.2%0.6%
1,050 / 1,917
6
18 / 32
1
200236.1%6.2%
866 / 1,861
184
15 / 32
3
200630.1%6.0%
685 / 1,861
181
7 / 32
8
201035.1%5.0%
875 / 1,861
190
17 / 32
10
201443.0%8.0%
1,060 / 1,851
185
20 / 32
3
201847.0%4.0%
1,120 / 1,851
60
21 / 32
1

Chairs

1915: John Stokes
1916: Fred Bramley
1919: Thomas Naylor
1933: Harold Clay
1948: Jock Tiffin
1952: Charles Brandon
1956: Bob Mellish
1977: Arthur Latham
1986: Glenys Thornton
1991: Jim Fitzpatrick
2000: Chris Robbins
2002: Len Duvall
2019: Jim Kelly

References

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