London Labour Party

London Labour Party
Mayor of London	Sadiq Khan
Chair	Jim Kelly
London Assembly Group Leader	Len Duvall AM
House of Commons Group Chair	Emily Thornberry MP
Headquarters	Southside, 105 Victoria Street London SW1E 6QT
Ideology	Social democracy Democratic socialism[1] Pro-Europeanism[2]
Political position	Centre-left
National affiliation	Labour Party
European affiliation	Party of European Socialists
International affiliation	Progressive 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
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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.

Current representatives

Members of Parliament

Shadow Cabinet

• Keir Starmer – Leader
• David Lammy - Shadow Lord Chancellor and Shadow Secretary of State for Justice
• Emily Thornberry - Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade
• Steve Reed - Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
• Marsha de Cordova - Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities

Shadow Ministers

• Rosena Allin-Khan - Shadow Minister for Mental Health

London Assembly Members

Councillors

Common Councilmen

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

Directly-elected Mayors

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 1974	1,587,065	40.4%	5.3%	50 / 92	5
	Oct 1974	1,540,462	43.9%	3.5%	51 / 92	1
	1979	1,459,085	39.6%	4.3%	42 / 92	9
	1983	1,031,539	29.8%	9.8%	26 / 84	16
	1987	1,136,903	31.5%	1.7%	23 / 84	3
	1992	1,332,424	37.1%	5.6%	35 / 84	12
	1997	1,643,329	49.5%	12.4%	57 / 74	22
	2001	1,306,869	47.3%	2.2%	55 / 74	2
	2005	1,135,687	38.9%	8.4%	44 / 74	11
	2010	1,245,637	36.6%	2.3%	38 / 73	6
	2015	1,545,080	43.7%	7.1%	45 / 73	7
	2017	2,087,010	54.6%	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
	1979	566,525	35.0%	N/A	1 / 10	N/A
	1984	683,789	41.0%	4.2%	5 / 10	4
	1989	778,589	41.6%	0.6%	7 / 10	2
	1994	821,876	50.2%	8.5%	9 / 10	2
	1999	399,466	35.0%	15.2%	4 / 10	5
	2004	466,584	24.8%	10.3%	3 / 9	1
	2009	372,590	21.3%	3.5%	2 / 8	1
	2014	806,959	36.7%	15.4%	4 / 8	2
	2019	536,810	23.9%	-12.7%	2 / 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
	1964	1,063,390	44.6%	N/A	64 / 100	N/A	Labour win
	1967	732,669	34.0%	10.6%	18 / 100	46	Conservative win
	1970	766,272	39.9%	5.9%	35 / 100	17	Conservative win
	1973	928,034	47.4%	7.5%	58 / 92	23	Labour win
	1977	737,194	32.9%	14.5%	28 / 92	30	Conservative win
	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
	2000	501,296	31.6%	N/A	502,874	30.3%	N/A	9 / 25	N/A
	2004	444,808	24.7%	6.9%	468,247	25.0%	5.3%	7 / 25	2
	2008	673,855	28.0%	3.3%	665,443	27.1%	2.7%	8 / 25	1
	2012	933,438	42.3%	14.3%	911,204	41.1%	13.5%	12 / 25	4
	2016	1,138,576	43.5%	1.2%	1,054,801	40.3%	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.

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

External links

• City Hall Labour
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• https://cabnet.richmond.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx

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