The 2018 London local elections took place in London on 3 May 2018 as part of wider local elections in England. All London borough councillor seats were up for election. Elections to the Corporation of London were held in 2017. Mayoral contests were also held in Hackney, Lewisham, Newham and Tower Hamlets. The previous London borough elections were in 2014.

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2018 London local elections

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All 1,833 councillors on all 32 London boroughs and 4 directly-elected mayors
First party Second party   Leader Sadiq Khan Gareth Bacon Party Labour Conservative Popular vote 1,076,617 707,373 Percentage 43.9% 28.8% Swing 6.3% 2.4% Councils 21 7 Councils +/– 1 2 Councillors 1,128 508 Councillors +/– 67* 92*   Third party Fourth party   Leader Caroline Pidgeon Siân Berry Party Liberal Democrats Green Popular vote 320,031 211,170 Percentage 13.0% 8.6% Swing 2.4% 1.2% Councils 3 0 Councils +/– 2 Councillors 152 11 Councillors +/– 34* 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. *Due to boundary changes, these seat change figures are notional changes calculated by the BBC, and so will not precisely match up with the results of the 2014 London local elections.

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The results saw the London Labour Party achieve their best result in over 45 years, winning 44% of the vote, 1,128 councillors and control of 21 councils. This represented the party's second-best result in a London local election, only surpassed slightly by its 1971 total. The London Conservatives, by contrast, lost 92 seats to finish with 508 councillors, its lowest-ever tally of seats in a London local election. However, it retained control of 7 councils, having lost two to the London Liberal Democrats. The party's vote share increased by 2%, but at 28.8%, it was still the second-worst popular vote total for the Conservatives in the history of the London Boroughs. The London Liberal Democrats made a recovery from their all-time low in the 2014 election, gaining 34 council seats and winning two councils from the Conservatives. Among the other parties, the London Green Party was the most successful, winning a total of 11 council seats, just below their all-time high of 12 in the 2006 election. Support for the UK Independence Party collapsed, with the party losing all of its seats and dropping from 9.5% of the vote to 0.9%. The only other parties to win seats were the People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets (1 seat) and the Harold Hill Independent Party (1 seat).

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who are aged 18 or over on polling day were entitled to vote in the local elections.^[1] A person who has two homes (such as a university student having a term-time address and living at home during holidays) can register to vote at both addresses as long as they are not in the same electoral area, and can vote in the local elections for the two different local councils.^[2]

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Party[3]		Votes won	% votes	Change	Seats	% seats	Change†	Councils	Change
	Labour	1,076,617	43.9	6.3	1,128	61.5	67	21	1
	Conservative	707,373	28.8	2.4	508	27.7	92	7	2
	Liberal Democrats	320,031	13.0	2.4	152	8.3	34	3	2
	Green	211,170	8.6	1.2	11	0.6	7	0
	UKIP	21,077	0.9	8.6	0	0.0	9	0
	Others	118,769	4.8	1.3	34	1.9	7	0
	No overall control	—						1	1

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^†Due to boundary changes, the figures for seat losses/gains are notional changes calculated by the BBC, and do not match up precisely to the London-wide results in 2014.

There were four mayoral elections.