London local election results 2022 live: Latest news on who won council elections - Labour wins Westminster
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Lutfur Rahman has won a shock re-election as Tower Hamlets mayor – seven years after he was removed from office for electoral fraud.
Last night, Labour took Westminster, Wandsworth and Barnet on a historic night for the party.
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Hide AdVoters in 32 London boroughs have decided on their local councillors, and who will run their council for the next four years.
A total of 1,817 seats are up for election across the city, with Labour holding 21 boroughs, the Conservatives seven, Lib Dems three and one council is under no overall control.
Waltham Forest was the first council to be declared, with the north-east London borough being controlled by Labour.
The party then went onto take the flagship council of Wandsworth, as well as Barnet and Westminster for the first time in the party’s history.
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Hide AdConservatives gained Harrow from Labour, which went against the trend across the rest of the city.
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London local election results 2022 live
Welcome to LondonWorld’s local elections live blog
Welcome to LondonWorld’s local elections live blog, where we will bring you the latest news, updates and results from across the city as they come in.
We have reporters at counts across the capital, including in the key battleground councils of Wandsworth and Barnet.
Labour will be hoping to take both of these if the party is having a good night, while the Tories will be hoping to hold them and take control of Sutton from the Lib Dems.
While you’re waiting for results to come in, why not read the rest of our election coverage on our dedicated elections page.
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