And with those final results in Lewisham and Tower Hamlets we now have the full picture of London's political landscape.

It's been a bruising few days for Labour, which has lost control of several councils, while the Greens and Reform UK have picked up their first ever London boroughs.

Until this vote, Labour had 21 boroughs, the Conservatives had five, the Lib Dems had three, the Aspire Party had one and two were no overall control.

Here are the final 2026 results:

• Barking and Dagenham - Labour hold
• Barnet - Labour loss to no overall control
• Bexley - Conservative hold
• Brent - Labour loss to no overall control
• Bromley - Conservative hold
• Camden - Labour hold
• Croydon - Remains no overall control
• Ealing - Labour hold
• Enfield - Labour loss to no overall control
• Greenwich - Labour hold
• Hackney - Green gain from Labour
• Hammersmith and Fulham - Labour hold
• Haringey - Labour loss to no overall control
• Harrow - Conservative hold
• Havering - Reform UK gain from no overall control
• Hillingdon - Conservative hold
• Hounslow - Labour hold
• Islington - Labour hold
• Kensington and Chelsea - Conservative hold
• Kingston-upon-Thames - Liberal Democrat hold
• Lambeth - Labour loss to no overall control
• Lewisham - Green gain from Labour
• Merton - Labour hold
• Newham - Labour loss to no overall control
• Redbridge - Labour hold
• Richmond-upon-Thames - Liberal Democrat hold
• Southwark - Labour loss to no overall control
• Sutton - Liberal Democrat hold
• Tower Hamlets - Aspire hold
• Waltham Forest - Green gain from Labour
• Wandsworth - Labour loss to no overall control
• Westminster - Conservative gain from Labour

We're going to pause our live coverage of London's election results for now but will be back in the morning for a special Politics London programme and a local elections show on Radio London, where there will be more reaction and analysis of what it all means for the capital.

You can follow all of Sunday's reaction here.

Harrison Galliven
Local Democracy Reporting Service

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Earlier Labour emerged as the largest party on Croydon Council but failed to secure overall control after the Greens won a record eight seats in a breakthrough result.

Both Labour and the Conservatives suffered losses, although Jason Perry remains in charge of the council following his re-election as mayor yesterday.

Voter turnout was 41.02%, with 286,933 people casting their ballots in Croydon’s elections, making it one of the largest local election counts in London.

Labour secured 30 seats overall, including a gain from the Conservatives in North Addington North.

However, the party lost ground to the Greens across central and northern parts of the borough.

Fairfield ward, which now covers most of the town centre, will now be represented by three Greens following the election of Paul Ainscough.

Elsewhere, both Woodside and South Norwood are split between Labour and the Greens.

In the north of the borough, Labour lost two seats in Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, leaving the ward split between the Liberal Democrats and the Greens.

Another surprise result saw Conservative councillors Lara Fish and Tony Pearson lose New Addington South to Croydon’s first Reform UK councillors — Scott Holman and former Conservative councillor Adam Kellett.

The Conservatives also lost a seat to Labour in Waddon, giving Labour full control of the ward.

Meanwhile, in Old Coulsdon, in the far south of the borough, Liberal Democrat Gill Hickson gained a seat, leaving the ward split between the Lib Dems and Conservatives.

The final results were declared at 16:40 BST on Saturday at Fairfield Halls in Croydon.

Croydon’s executive mayoral system means that while Labour are the largest party, Tory Mayor Jason Perry will lead the strategic direction, budget and day-to-day running of the council.

Speaking to the Local Democracy Reporting Service after the count, Perry said: “For me, this is business as usual. For the last four years we have had no overall control of the council and we are going into another four years with no overall control of the council.

“I think for me as the executive mayor things will work in a very similar way.”

The Aspire Party has retained control of Tower Hamlets Council with an increased majority.

The local political party's leader Lutfur Rahman was re-elected as mayor of Tower Hamlets yesterday.

The council results are:

Aspire Party: 33

Labour Party: 5

Green Party: 5

Conservative Party: 1

Liberal Democrats: 1

Hannah Bayman
Reporting from the Lewisham count

The Greens have now won at least 28 of 54 seats, to give them an outright majority, with a number of the council's 19 wards still to declare.

Labour have nine seats so far.

No other party but Labour has controlled the council for 55 years, since the last Conservative administration in 1971.

Labour had held every seat on the council since 2018.

The borough was under no overall control between 2006 to 2010 and before that the last Conservative administration of Lambeth ended in 1971. Labour controlled the council from 1971 to 2006 and again from 2010 to 2026.

Counting is well under way at the Excel Centre for Tower Hamlets Council.

It looks like the Aspire Party are going to retain control - Aspire's leader Lutfur Rahman was re-elected as mayor of Tower Hamlets yesterday.

The results so far with 38 out of 45 seats declared:

Aspire: 27

Greens: 5

Labour: 4

Lib Dems: 1

Conservatives: 1

We still seem to be a while away from a final result in Lewisham but some wards have been declared with the Greens picking up a number of seats, much to the joy of the party's supporters at the count.

Before this election, Labour had controlled the borough for most of its history and had won all 54 seats in the 2022 local elections.

Grant Williams
Local Democracy Reporting Service

Image source, Grant Williams

Labour lost control of Brent Council after falling short of an overall majority, losing 17 councillors compared to the 2022 elections.

Gains made by the Liberal Democrats, Conservatives and Greens left the local authority under no overall control.

The borough returned a total of 26 Labour members from 57 available seats – three short of an overall majority.

The lack of a majority will mean the party has to make agreements with other groups in order to pass non-statutory policies.

The Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives both won 11 seats and the Green Party got nine. Reform UK struck a blank despite standing a full slate of candidates.

Speaking after the election result, Muhammed Butt, the Labour group leader, told the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) it had been a “difficult day”.

He added: “We have lost some really good people who have been working in the council supporting our residents.... We will [have] conversations to support what we can do moving forward."

The north-west London borough has been held by Labour since 2010, with the Conservatives previously forming the official opposition.

Notable results saw the Liberal Democrats sweeping up all three seats in Queens Park, unseating cabinet member Neil Nerva in the process. Other key votes saw the deputy leader, Mili Patel, and the deputy mayor, Narinder Singh Bajwa, both lose their seats.

Cameron Blackshaw
Local Democracy Reporting Service

Image source, Greenwich Labour

Labour retained control in Greenwich despite losing several seats to the Green Party.

Greenwich Council has been a Labour stronghold since 1971 and will continue to be until 2030 despite the loss of 12 councillors.

The Greens made significant gains in the south-east London borough, growing their members from two to 13 and becoming the new opposition group on the council.

Greenwich council leader Anthony Okereke said: “I’m excited. I want to get back and get the ball rolling and start delivering for residents, but I can’t pretend I’m not bruised. It has been hard and I’ve lost colleagues across London and that is quite difficult."

Despite losing their opposition group label, the Conservatives gained a seat and now have six councillors.

In what might be the most surprising event of the day, Reform UK made inroads in Greenwich with Cllr Paul Banks being elected in Eltham Page.

Okereke said he felt “privileged to be given the opportunity to serve the borough once again” and especially his ward of Woolwich Common.

He admitted he felt “sore” after losing 12 seats and said he had lost some “absolutely inspiring people who do a really good job” serving the communities of Greenwich.

Karl Mercer
BBC London political editor

BBC London was in Hackney this morning where Zoë Garbett, the borough's newly elected mayor, got a warm welcome when she appeared at Ridley Road Market in Dalston.

And while she is still euphoric about her decisive win yesterday, she’s aware of the responsibilities her new role brings.

“Now I get to really deliver and change the systems I can see that are harming people and I take my responsibilities as an elected person hugely seriously,” she says.

Hackney used to be a safe Labour borough – now the Greens have 42 out of 57 councillors. She says people felt “incredibly let down” by Labour.

“You could really feel it on the doorstep… a lot of people talk about government failings around disability support, changes to immigration policies, complicity in the war in Gaza - you know these national issues made people feel really let down.

“But also local issues too, like people feel like their local representatives have really drifted from the issues that were really affecting them and don't represent them and don't get those basics right locally.”

Garbett adds: “I've got ideas about what I want to do in my first 100 days. I've got a background of working in the NHS, delivering programmes and delivering service change.

“I'm thinking about how I can get external advice on some of the areas that I want to deliver on.”

The voters of Hackney voted for change – now it is up to the Greens to deliver it.

Charlotte Lillywhite
Local Democracy Reporting Service

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The Liberal Democrats kept their large majority in one of their south-west London strongholds, securing an easy victory in Kingston-upon-Thames for the third term in a row.

The borough is home to party leader and local MP Sir Ed Davey - his wife Emily easily retained her seat in Norbiton with 1,416 votes.

The party secured 44 out of the 48 seats on Kingston Council – the same number of seats the party won in 2022, but two more seats than it had going into the election on Thursday.

They lost a seat to Kingston Independent Residents Group (KIRG) in a by-election in November 2022, while another councillor left the group in 2024.

KIRG held onto both seats in Green Lanes and St James – with leader James Giles securing 1,043 votes, followed by Councillor Yvonne Tracey with 1,001 votes.

But the party lost its other seat, as Jamal Chohan was not re-elected.

The Conservatives also kept both seats in Coombe Hill, with leader Rowena Bass and Ian George winning the highest number of votes in the ward.

The result means KIRG is no longer the official opposition in Kingston, as it previously had one more councillor than the Tories.

Giles told the Local Democracy Reporting Service: “Whilst obviously we would have liked more independents to be elected across the borough, our borough-wide vote share was higher than the Labour Party, and it is clear that more and more residents are looking for change here in Kingston.

“Whilst the Democrats have once more emerged with a super majority, rest assured we will work day in and out to provide the opposition that Kingston’s residents so desperately need. Thank you to everybody who placed their trust in us.”

The last few seats declared go to Labour meaning they are the largest party on Croydon Council, which remains under no overall control.

Nicky Ford
Reporting from the Lewisham count

Image source, EPA

Here at Haberdashers’ Knights Academy in south London, the Lewisham count is well under way.

As the results come through the sound of the Green Party cheers are resounding - and frequent.

At times they are getting to their feet to applaud, whoop and cheer.

Buoyed by their win of the mayoralty yesterday, it’s looking like they’ll get a majority on the council too.

With Labour sitting on one side of the hall and the Greens on the other, it feels a little like an odd sort of wedding.

Tony Grew
BBC London

The Tories and Labour have both increased their number of councillors in the Croydon council elections.

With 61 out of 70 seats declared, the Conservatives have 28, Labour has 23, the Greens are on six and Reform UK and the Lib Dems on two each.

It is too early to say for sure, but no overall control is likely.

Grant Williams
Local Democracy Reporting Service

Image source, Harrow Council

Harrow Council was held by the Conservatives, adding 11 councillors to their tally.

Labour councillors have halved since the last election, whilst new party Arise secured one seat.

The north-west London borough returned a total of 42 Conservative councillors from 55 available seats.

The results mirrored councils across London and the rest of the country, with Labour suffering heavy losses.

Labour only returned 12 seats and will once again form the official opposition. The Green Party, Liberal Democrats and Reform UK all struck a blank, despite standing a full slate of candidates.

Arise won its first councillor, with Pamela Fitzpatrick taking a seat in the Marlborough ward.

Throughout the last 60 years, the local authority has flip flopped between either Labour, Conservatives or no overall control.

Polling had indicated the council would continue to be held by the Conservatives – with Harrow being the only borough where the Conservatives increased its vote share at the 2024 general election.

Nick Clark
Local Democracy Reporting Service

Image source, LDRS

Newly-elected Barking and Dagenham councillor for Reform UK, Ben Suter, said they had "made complete history here".

But he told the Local Democracy Reporting Service the party had been “hoping for more”.

He said: "We’ve elected the first opposition in Barking and Dagenham Council in 16 years and we’re proud of that achievement."

Labour kept control of the council, but lost nine seats to Reform UK and four to the Green Party.

The party kept a firm grip on the town hall, although with a reduced majority of 38 councillors.

Suter said in some cases Reform candidates had lost out to Labour by small margins.

In Alibon ward, for example, Labour candidate Muazzim Sandhu won with just eleven more votes than Reform candidate Tracey Jane Sullivan-Sparks.

Suter said that Reform could have won more candidates if more of its supporters had turned out to vote. “A lot of people just didn’t have the belief that Reform could win so a lot of our people stayed home."

Council leader Dominic Twomey claimed in his victory speech there is "no foothold for Reform in this borough".

He added: "They’ll collapse quickly. We will expose them for the charlatans that they are. All they will do is continue the division they sow across the country.”

Tony Grew
BBC London

Scott Ainslie, Lambeth Green Party group leader, says the party is "proud and honoured to have won the confidence of so many voters across this borough".

The Greens are now the largest party on Lambeth Council with 29 councillors, up 27.

The Labour Party lost 32 seats and now have 26 councillors and the Lib Dems have eight, up by five.

Ainslie adds: "We will work every day to give them a voice, push back austerity, and make this borough the best place to live, work and have fun.

"We will put their right to a decent affordable home, a liveable environment, and fulfilled life ahead of the interests of developers and speculators.

"We will make this a council that listens and empowers. Thank you to everyone who voted, to all of our volunteers, and to all of the council staff who have worked so hard to deliver the election."

Karl Mercer
BBC London political editor

Another one bites the dust! Labour has lost control of another council in London, as the Greens become the biggest party in Lambeth, winning 29 seats to Labour's 26, with the Lib Dems picking up eight.

After a night when they won mayoral contests in Hackney and Lewisham, as well as their first London borough in Waltham Forest, the Green surge has continued.

Their eyes will now be focussed on nearby Lewisham to see if they can win the council there to add to their victory in the mayoral race.

London's Labour mayor has called his party's results in the capital "bitterly disappointing", blaming the government for Labour's long list of casualties across London.

And it is a long list, losing control in Hackney, Lewisham, Haringey, Brent, Waltham Forest, Southwark, Enfield, Barnet, Wandsworth, Westminster and Newham.

A party that on Thursday ran 21 of London's 32 boroughs finds itself in a very different place this weekend.

With 42 results declared out of 70, Croydon is more than halfway through its council count.

The results so far:

Conservatives: 16

Labour: 16

Greens: 6

Reform UK: 2

Liberal Democrats: 2

The final results are in from the Kia Oval - Lambeth is in no overall control with the Greens as the largest party.