The line-up of the new 25-member London Assembly is: Labour 11 seats, Conservatives 9, Green Party 3 and the Liberal Democrats 2.
In 2016, the balance was Labour 12, Conservatives 8, Green 2, UKIP 2 and Lib Dems 1. What happened?
There was no change in any of the 14 Assembly constituency seats, each of which is represented by a single Assembly Member (AM) elected by a first past the post electoral system. Their political composition remains: Labour 9 and Conservatives 5.
There was, however, significant change in the composition of the 11 Londonwide seats compared with the election of 2016. These members are elected by means of a form of proportional representation, enabling smaller parties to have a voice at City Hall.
There are now four Conservative Londonwide AMs (+1), three from the Green Party, (+1), two from Labour (-1) and two from the Liberal Democrats (+1). In 2016, UKIP won two Londonwide Assembly seats but that party has won none in 2021.
Seven of the 14 London Assembly constituency results were declared on the evening of Friday 7 May and the other seven on the evening of Saturday 8 May. Each declaration also announced the votes for the Londonwide party list section of the Assembly election cast in that constituency. There will be separate On London coverage of how constituencies voted for mayoral candidates in the next few days.
RESULTS DECLARED ON FRIDAY 7 MAY
Bexley & Bromley
Constituency: CONSERVATIVE HOLD
Conservatives: 97,966
Labour: 47,389
Green: 21,600
Liberal Democrats: 13,305
Reform UK: 5,861
The Tory majority rose from 41,669 to 50,577. That is probably thanks to the disappearance of the hefty UKIP vote of five years ago, much of which will have swung behind the Conservatives this time. Peter Fortune become a new Assembly Member, succeeding Gareth Bacon, one of the Tory group’s most effective inquisitors, who became MP for Orpington in 2019.
Londonwide List
Conservatives: 92,819
Labour: 41,551
Green Party: 19,192
Liberal Democrats: 10,218
Brent & Harrow
Constituency: LABOUR HOLD
Labour: 77,782
Conservative: 56,560
Green: 17,472
Lib Dem: 14,783
Reform UK: 3,916
Krupesh Hirani succeeds the retiring Navin Shah as constituency AM, retaining almost exactly the same vote share as Shah secured in 2106 (45.6 percent compared with 45.7)
Londonwide list
Labour: 66,701
Conservative: 60,269
Green: 14,127
Lib Dem 8,831
Ealing & Hillingdon
Constituency: LABOUR HOLD
Labour: 85,216
Conservative: 76,974
Green: 22,620
Lib Dem: 16,435
Reform UK: 7,415
Onkar Sahota Retains his seat comfortably though with a reduced majority.
Londonwide list
Labour: 79,281
Conservative: 72,377
Green: 19,653
Lib Dem: 10,919
Havering & Redbridge
Constituency: CONSERVATIVE HOLD
Conservative: 77,268
Labour: 61,941
Green: 13,683
Lib Dem: 8,150
Reform UK: 5,134
TUSC: 1,856
Although a marginal on the face of it, this was always going to be hard for Labour’s Judith Garfield to win from Tory Keith Prince because the large UKIP vote from 2016 swing behind him this time.
Londonwide list
Conservative: 73,657
Labour: 55,903
Green: 12,002
Lib Dem: 5,570
North East
Constituency: LABOUR HOLD
Labour: 112,739
Green: 43,601
Conservative: 41,398
Lib Dem: 14,827
Sem Moema succeeds Jennette Arnold for this seat which covers Hackney, Islington and Waltham Forest. Caroline Russell for the Greens came an impressive second.
Londonwide list
Labour: 105,520
Green: 37,353
Conservative: 36,853
Lib Dem: 11,091
Lambeth & Southwark
Constituency: LABOUR HOLD
Labour: 91,949
Green: 36,933
Conservative: 30,855
Lib Dem: 20,920
Reform UK: 3,917
TUSC: 2,919
Marina Ahmad succeeds Florence Eshalomi, who became MP for Vauxhall in 2019, in this ultra-safe Labour seat.
Londonwide list
Labour: 83,844
Green 33,406
Conservative: 29,213
Lib Dem: 15,984
West Central
Constituency: CONSERVATIVE HOLD
Conservative: 55,163
Labour: 52,938
Green: 16,427
Lib Dem: 13,462
Reform UK: 1,954
Let London Live: 1,977
Tony Devenish has come very close to being unseated by Labour’s Rita Begum. His 2016 majority was 14,564, so the swing is very significant.
Londonwide list
Conservative: 51,435
Labour: 46,364
Green: 16,320
Lib Dem: 10,742
RESULTS DECLARED ON SATURDAY 8 MAY
Barnet & Camden
Constituency: LABOUR HOLD
Labour: 75,180
Conservative: 62,178
Green: 22,180
Lib Dem: 14,172
Reform UK: 4,107
Anne Clarke has retained this for Labour with room to spare in a seat her party cannot take for granted. She is a new AM and succeeds the very distinguished Andrew Dismore.
Londonwide list
Labour 64,039
Conservative: 60,902
Green 21,239
Lib Dem: 11,536
City & East
Constituency: LABOUR HOLD
Labour: 125,025
Conservative: 46,718
Green: 25,598
Lib Dem: 14,136.
Reform UK: 9,060
Unmesh Desai is returned to City Hall by a massive majority with the Tories’ Nick Vandyke finishing second.
Londonwide list
Labour: 116,148
Conservative: 44,957
Green: 20,106
Lib Dem: 9,001
Croydon & Sutton
Constituency: CONSERVATIVE HOLD
Conservative: 75,246
Labour: 56,975
Lib Dem: 26,258
Green: 18,069
Reform UK: 3,190
Let London Live: 2,021
Neil Garratt has held this semi-marginal seat for his party and will take over at City Hall from the long-serving Steve o”Connell.
Londonwide list
Conservative: 71,168
Labour: 53,534
Green: 18,450
Lib Dem: 16,683
Enfield & Haringey
Constituency: LABOUR HOLD
Labour: 81,620
Conservative: 43,626
Green: 21,921
Lib Dem: 17,363
Reform UK: 3,284
Independent: 1,020
A walk in the park for Labour’s Joanne McCartney.
Londonwide list
Labour: 74,654
Conservative: 41,834
Green: 21,128
Lib Dem: 10,100
Greenwich & Lewisham
Constituency: LABOUR HOLD
Labour: 82,048
Conservative: 38,889
Green: 30,808
Lib Dem: 12,744
Reform UK: 3,689
Independent: 1,851
City Hall veteran and Assembly Labour Group leader Len Duvall prevails once more.
Londonwide list
Labour: 75,665
Conservative: 36,001
Green: 24,592
Lib Dem: 9,685
Merton & Wandsworth
Constituency: LABOUR HOLD
Labour: 75,468
Conservative: 60,968
Green: 22,793
Lib Dem: 18,818
A very secure hold for Labour’s Leonie Cooper, who took this off the Tories in 2016.
Londonwide list
Labour: 67,251
Conservative: 55,625
Green: 22,852
Lib Dem: 15,860
South West
Constituency: CONSERVATIVE hold
Conservative: 69,212
Lib Dem: 61,222
Labour: 56,945
Green: 23,135
Reform UK: 3,396
Let London Live: 2,836
Nick Rogers prevailed in this tight three-way contest, defeating Richmond Council leader Gareth Roberts and Labour’s Candice Atterton. He is the successor to Tony Arbour, who had represented the seat since int creation in 2000.
Londonwide list
Conservative: 67,971
Labour: 56,154
Lib Dem: 43,302
Green: 24,978
THE END
Results in full can be found on the GLA’s London Elects website here.
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