London local elections, 2006

Local government elections took place in London, and some other parts of the United Kingdom on Thursday 4 May, 2006. Polling stations were open between 7am and 10pm.

All London borough council seats were up for election. Mayoral contests were held in the London Boroughs of Hackney, Lewisham, and Newham. The previous Borough elections in London were in 2002.

Councils up for election

(Conservative councils in blue, Labour in red, Liberal Democrat in yellow, No Overall Control in grey)

Council	Previous Control	Current Control
Barking and Dagenham	Labour	Labour Hold
Barnet	Conservative	Conservative Hold
Bexley	Labour	Conservative Gain
Brent	Labour	NOC
Bromley	Conservative	Conservative Hold
Camden	Labour	NOC
Croydon	Labour	Conservative Gain
Ealing	Labour	Conservative Gain
Enfield	Conservative	Conservative Hold
Greenwich	Labour	Labour Hold
Hackney	Labour	Labour Hold
Hammersmith and Fulham	Labour	Conservative Gain
Haringey	Labour	Labour Hold
Harrow	NOC	Conservative Gain
Havering	NOC	Conservative Gain
Hillingdon	NOC	Conservative Gain
Hounslow	Labour	NOC
Islington	Lib Dem	NOC
Kensington and Chelsea	Conservative	Conservative Hold
Kingston upon Thames	Lib Dem	Lib Dem Hold
Lambeth	NOC	Labour Gain
Lewisham	Labour	NOC
Merton	Labour	NOC
Newham	Labour	Labour Hold
Redbridge	Conservative	Conservative Hold
Richmond upon Thames	Conservative	Lib Dem Gain
Southwark	NOC	NOC
Sutton	Lib Dem	Lib Dem Hold
Tower Hamlets	Labour	Labour Hold
Waltham Forest	NOC	NOC
Wandsworth	Conservative	Conservative Hold
Westminster	Conservative	Conservative Hold

Current Political Composition

After the last London local elections in 2002, Labour controlled 15, the Conservatives controlled 8 and the Liberal Democrats controlled three of the 32 London Boroughs, with six of the boroughs under no overall control. After the 2002 elections, there were 866 Labour, 653 Conservative, and 309 Liberal Democrat councillors, along with 33 other councillors, mostly representing local issues. [http://www.alg.gov.uk/doc.asp?doc=16712&cat=2210]

The current position (as of 9 May, 2006) has the Conservatives gaining 132 councillors to become the overall largest party in London local politics. Several smaller parties made significant gains, with the British National Party and Respect forming the official opposition in Barking and Tower Hamlets respectively, while the Green Party achieved third-party status in Lewisham.

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Councillor statisticsElection Brief Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 785
net = +132Election Brief Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 685
net = -181Election Brief Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 317
net = +8Election Brief Party
party = RESPECT The Unity Coalition
seats = 15
net = +12Election Brief Party
party = British National Party
seats = 13
net = +13Election Brief Party
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
seats = 12
net = +10Election Brief Party
party = Christian Peoples Alliance
seats = 3
net = +2Election Brief Party
party = Socialist Party (England and Wales)
seats = 2
net = 0Election Brief
party = Local
seats = 24
net = Election Brief
party = Independent
seats = 5
net =

References

*http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/uklocalgov/elec2006.htm
*http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/elections/2006schedule.cfm
*http://www.alg.gov.uk/doc.asp?doc=16712&cat=2210 , by the "Association of London Government", 15th February 2006, retrieved 12th March 2006.
* [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/conservatives/story/0,,1711798,00.html "Party leaders put to the test with a capital campaign"] , by Patrick Wintour and Hugh Muir, "The Guardian", Friday February 17, 2006, retrieved 12th March 2006.
*http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Politics/documents/2006/02/17/london_boroughs_1702.pdf