2022 London local elections

2022 London local elections

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All 1,817 councillors on all 32 London boroughs, and 5 directly-elected mayors
First party Second party   Leader Sadiq Khan Susan Hall Party Labour Conservative Popular vote 978,130 601,941 Percentage 42.1 25.9 Swing 1.6% 2.8% Councils 21 5 Councils +/– 2 Councillors 1,156 404 Councillors +/– 28 104   Third party Fourth party   Leader Caroline Pidgeon Caroline Russell Party Liberal Democrats Green Popular vote 335,415 275,927 Percentage 14.4 11.9 Swing 1.3% 3.0% Councils 3 0 Councils +/– Councillors 180 18 Councillors +/– 28 7
Map showing London borough councils by political control following the elections, as shown in the main table of results. Black denotes no overall control.

The 2022 London local elections took place on 5 May 2022, as part of the 2022 United Kingdom local elections. All London borough councillor seats were up for election. Mayoral elections took place in Hackney, Lewisham, Newham and Tower Hamlets, with Croydon electing a mayor for the first time following a local referendum in October 2021.

The election saw Labour gain majority control of Barnet, Wandsworth and Westminster councils whilst the Conservatives gained majority control of Harrow Council and the Aspire Party gained control of Tower Hamlets Council, both from Labour. Labour also lost Croydon Council to no overall control. Of the four existing mayoralties, Labour held three but lost the position of mayor of Tower Hamlets to Lutfur Rahman of the Aspire Party, who had previously been removed from the same office after being found guilty of "corrupt or illegal practices" by an election court. The Conservative candidate Jason Perry won the newly created Croydon mayoralty.