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Londoners are heading to the polls to elect councillors for 32 London<\/a> boroughs on May 7. <\/p>\n A total of 1,817 seats are up for grabs across the capital, while voters in Croydon, Hackney, Lewisham, Newham and Tower Hamlets will also select their mayor.<\/p>\n The Conservatives currently hold six councils<\/a>, while the Liberal Democrats run three. Tower Hamlets is run by the independent left-wing Aspire party and Havering is under no overall control. <\/p>\n Sir Keir Starmer is facing the prospect of losing hundreds of council seats across England at Thursday\u2019s elections<\/p>\n PA Wire<\/p>\n How did London vote in 2022? <\/p>\n At the last local elections<\/a> in 2022 Labour dominated in London, winning 21 of the city\u2019s 32 councils. <\/p>\n In two boroughs – Barking and Dagenham and Lewisham – Labour won every single seat.<\/p>\n In most London areas it was a straight fight between two of the mainstream parties. <\/p>\n Barnet, Bexley, Enfield, Hammersmith and Fulham, Haringey, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Southwark, Waltham Forest, Wandsworth, Newham, Islington and Westminster returned councillors from just two parties.<\/p>\n Reform UK, which only officially rebranded from the Brexit Party in January 2021, did not win any seats. <\/p>\n Meanwhile the Greens, whose candidates have mounted a major challenge to Labour in inner London this year, returned just 17 councillors across eight boroughs. <\/p>\n Since 2022 Labour\u2019s popularity in the capital has slumped, resulting in a number of council by-election losses and defections. <\/p>\n More than 50 Labour representatives have joined the Greens since the 2024 general election and Zack Polanski\u2019s party has formed opposition groups in several boroughs.<\/p>\n Independents have also made major gains in east London, winning by-elections in Newham and Redbridge since the 2022 vote. <\/p>\n The mainstream political parties are running candidates in almost every ward in the capital.<\/p>\n Independent parties are fielding a full set of candidates in some London boroughs. <\/p>\n Smaller parties, such as the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, the Christian Peoples and The Official Monster Raving Loony Party, are also running in some areas. <\/p>\n Most voters will select two or three representative for their area, meaning there will likely be more than a dozen candidates to choose from on your ballot paper. <\/p>\n Usually, polling stations are set up at public buildings such as schools, town halls and churches. <\/p>\n For Thursday\u2019s elections, you can find your assigned polling station<\/a> by entering your postcode into one of the websites below:<\/p>\n![\"Sir](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/9a60ba975b79f3986a0b648d1250f8d1Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzc4MTM3NTgz-2.84518168.jpg\")
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