London Labour

London Labour Party
London Labour Party
Mayor of London	Sadiq Khan
Statutory Deputy Mayor	Joanne McCartney AM
Leader in the London Assembly	Len Duvall AM
Headquarters	Southside, 105 Victoria Street; London; SW1E 6QT
Ideology	Social democracy; Democratic socialism
Political position	Centre-left
National affiliation	Labour Party (UK)
European affiliation	Party of European Socialists
International affiliation	Progressive Alliance, Socialist International (Observer)
European Parliament group	Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
Colours	Red
House of Commons (London Seats)	49 / 73
European Parliament (London seats)	4 / 8
London Assembly	12 / 25
Court of Common Council	5 / 100
Councillors in London	1,060 / 1,851
Council control in London	21 / 32
Executive mayoralties in London	5 / 5
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The London Labour Party is the regional party of the Labour Party that is currently the largest political party operating in Greater London.

Current representatives

Members of the European Parliament

MEP	Party-list
Claude Moraes	1
Mary Honeyball	2
Lucy Anderson	3
Seb Dance	4

Members of Parliament

Shadow Cabinet

Jeremy Corbyn – Leader
John McDonnell – Shadow Chancellor
Diane Abbott – Shadow Home Secretary
Emily Thornberry – Shadow Foreign Secretary and Shadow First Secretary of State (Chair of the London Group of Labour MPs)
Keir Starmer – Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union
Barry Gardiner - Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade.
Dawn Butler - Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities.

Shadow Ministers

Steve Reed – Shadow Minister for Local Government
Catherine West – Shadow Foreign Minister
Lyn Brown – Shadow Home Minister
Andy Slaughter – Shadow Justice Minister
Teresa Pearce – Shadow Minister for Housing
Stephen Pound – Shadow Minister for Northern Ireland
Clive Efford – Shadow Minister for Sport & Tourism
Marsha De Cordova - Shadow Minister for Disabled People

Opposition whip

Vicky Foxcroft

London Assembly Members

AM	Constituency
Jennette Arnold	North East
Unmesh Desai	City and East
Tom Copley	Party-list (4)
Andrew Dismore	Barnet and Camden
Len Duvall (Leader)	Greenwich and Lewisham
Nicky Gavron	Party-list (1)
Joanne McCartney	Enfield and Haringey
Murad Qureshi	Party-list (2)
Onkar Sahota	Ealing and Hillingdon
Navin Shah	Brent and Harrow
Val Shawcross	Lambeth and Southwark
Fiona Twycross	Party-list (3)

Councillors

Council	Councillors
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	18 / 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 Councilman	Ward
Richard Crossan	Aldersgate
Mary Durcan	Cripplegate
William Pimlott	Cripplegate
Munsur Ali	Portsoken
Jason Pritchard	Portsoken

Executive Mayors

Mayoralty		Mayor
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Greater London	Sadiq Khan
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Hackney	Philip Glanville
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Lewisham	Damien Egan
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Newham	Rokhsana Fiaz
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Tower Hamlets	John 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.^[2]

Date		Votes won	% of Votes	Change	MPs elected	Change
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Feb 1974	1,587,065	40.4%	5.3%	50 / 92	5
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Oct 1974	1,540,462	43.9%	3.5%	51 / 92	1
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1979	1,459,085	39.6%	4.3%	42 / 92	9
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1983	1,031,539	29.8%	9.8%	26 / 84	16
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1987	1,136,903	31.5%	1.7%	23 / 84	3
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1992	1,332,424	37.1%	5.6%	35 / 84	12
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1997	1,643,329	49.5%	12.4%	57 / 74	22
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	2001	1,306,869	47.3%	2.2%	55 / 74	2
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	2005	1,135,687	38.9%	8.4%	44 / 74	11
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	2010	1,245,637	36.6%	2.3%	38 / 73	6
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	2015	1,545,080	43.7%	7.1%	45 / 73	7
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	2017	2,087,010	54.6%	10.9%	49 / 73	4

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 have been elected from a London-wide regional list by proportional representation.

Date		Votes won	% of Votes	Change	MEPs elected	Change
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1979	566,525	35.0%	N/A	1 / 10	N/A
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1984	683,789	41.0%	4.2%	5 / 10	4
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1989	778,589	41.6%	0.6%	7 / 10	2
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1994	821,876	50.2%	8.5%	9 / 10	2
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1999	399,466	35.0%	15.2%	4 / 10	5
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	2004	466,584	24.8%	10.3%	3 / 9	1
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	2009	372,590	21.3%	3.5%	2 / 8	1
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	2014	806,959	36.7%	15.4%	4 / 8	2

Regional elections

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.

Date		Votes won	% of Votes	Change	Councillors	Change	Result
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1964	1,063,390	44.6%	N/A	64 / 100	N/A	Labour win
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1967	732,669	34.0%	10.6%	18 / 100	46	Conservative win
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1970	766,272	39.9%	5.9%	35 / 100	17	Conservative win
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1973	928,034	47.4%	7.5%	58 / 92	23	Labour win
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1977	737,194	32.9%	14.5%	28 / 92	30	Conservative win
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1981	939,457	41.8%	8.9%	50 / 92	22	Labour 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
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	2000	501,296	31.6%	N/A	502,874	30.3%	N/A	9 / 25	N/A
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	2004	444,808	24.7%	6.9%	468,247	25.0%	5.3%	7 / 25	2
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	2008	673,855	28.0%	3.3%	665,443	27.1%	2.7%	8 / 25	1
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	2012	933,438	42.3%	14.3%	911,204	41.1%	13.5%	12 / 25	4
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	2016	1,138,576	43.5%	1.2%	1,054,801	40.3%	0.8%	12 / 25

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
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	2000	Frank Dobson	223,884	13.1%	Eliminated	Eliminated	bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" \| Independent win	Ex-GLC leader and Labour MP Ken Livingstone ran as an independent and won.
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	2004	Ken Livingstone	685,548	36.8%	828,390	55.4%	Labour win
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	2008	Ken Livingstone	893,887	37.0%	1,028,966	46.8%	Conservative win
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	2012	Ken Livingstone	889,918	40.3%	992,273	48.5%	Conservative win
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	2016	Sadiq Khan	1,148,716	44.2%	1,310,143	56.8%	Labour win

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
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1964	—	N/A	1,112 / 1,859	N/A	20 / 32	N/A
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1968	28.1%	N/A	350 / 1,863	431	3 / 32	17
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1971	53.1%	25.0%	1,221 / 1,863	871	21 / 32	18
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1974	42.9%	10.2%	1,090 / 1,867	131	18 / 32	3
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1978	39.6%	3.3%	882 / 1,908	208	14 / 32	4
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1982	30.4%	9.3%	781 / 1,914	101	12 / 32	2
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1986	38.0%	7.7%	957 / 1,914	176	15 / 32	3
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1990	40.8%	2.8%	925 / 1,914	32	14 / 32	1
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1994	42.9%	2.1%	1,044 / 1,917	119	17 / 32	3
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1998	42.2%	0.6%	1,050 / 1,917	6	18 / 32	1
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	2002	36.1%	6.2%	866 / 1,861	184	15 / 32	3
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	2006	30.1%	6.0%	685 / 1,861	181	7 / 32	8
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	2010	35.1%	5.0%	875 / 1,861	190	17 / 32	10
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	2014	43.0%	8.0%	1,060 / 1,851	185	20 / 32	3
width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	2018	47.0%	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

References

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External links

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