London local election results 2022 live: Latest news on who won council elections - Labour wins Westminster

Wandsworth’s Conservative leader Cllr Ravi Govindia laid the blame of losing the flagship council to Labour squarely at the door of Boris Johnson and the national government.

The south-west London borough voted red for the first time in 44 years.

The previous council leader said his local authority was an “exceptional council” but “other events clouded the judgement of people in Wandsworth”.

Cllr Govindia told the BBC: “It looks like a low turnout, it looks like people didn’t turn up in the number we expected.

“And inevitably other events clouded the judgement of people in Wandsworth.”

When probed on what he was talking about, Cllr Govindia said: “Let’s not beat about the bush, the national events.”

He continued: “My difficulty is that we have run a exceptional council - we have cut council tax, we have frozen rents we have frozen heating bills.

“We have done exactly what the residents of Wandsworth have wanted for the last 44 years indeed.

“To find out that counts for nothing is kind of a sad reflection of local government - that that wasn’t recognised.

“On the doorstep consistently people raised the issues of central government.”

With four wards still to call, Camden has been called for Labour by the BBC.

Labour have won 37 seats, the Lib Dems four seats and Conservatives with three seats - after losing four.

Ealing has been declared for Labour, with all of the wards declared.

Labour won comprehensively with 59 seats out of 70.

The Lib Dems have gained two seats, taking their tally to six, and the Tories lost three seats leaving them with five councillors.

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, who lives in Tooting, and Tooting MP Dr Rosena Allin-Khan joined in the celebrations as Labour won Wandsworth Council for the first time in 44 years.

Mr Khan simply said: “Three words - Wandsworth Labour gain.”

Cllr Simon Hogg, the new leader of Wandsworth Council, told LondonWorld: “It’s been a really good evening for us - it’s actually exceeded our expectations.

“Delighted to be surrounded by dozens of new Labour councillors ready to get to work.

“It’s surprised the scale of it, how many votes we’ve got and how many councillors we’ve returned.

“But we’ve been working hard on this for months, lots of these guys have been out in the wind and the cold often on their own, so they really deserve their win.”

Woodhouse ward elects Geof Cooke and Anne Hutton - both Labour.

Mill Hill ward elects Val Duschinsky, Elliot Simpson, and Laithe Jajeh - all Cons.

Six wards have had their results declared in Barnet.

Hendon ward elected Joshua Conway, Alex Prager and Mark Richard (all Conservative).

Finchley Church End ward elected Eva Greenspan, Jennifer Grocock and Daniel Thomas (all Cons).

Childs Hill ward elected Giulia Innocenti, Matthew Perlberg and Nigel Herbert (all Labour).

Underhill ward elected Zahra Parveen and Tim Roberts (both Labour).

Friern Barnet ward elected Pauline Coakley, Linda Luisingu and Barry Rawlings (all Labour).

And West Finchley ward elected Kath McGuirk, Ross Semple and Danny Rich (all Labour).

If Labour were having a really good night they would have hoped to have take Hillingdon, however the Tories have held on to overall control once again.

The Conservatives have hold onto Bexley, with the south-east London borough being the first to be declared for the Tories.

Labour has held the east London borough of Redbridge, the BBC has called.

After 16 wards have been declared Labour have 33 seats and the Conservatives have two.

This borough really illustrates Labour’s new dominance in the capital, as only in 2009 the Tories controlled Redbridge.

The Conservatives had been hoping to win back wards in Wanstead, however Labour held all of their councillors in that area.

Labour has gained Wandsworth from the Conservatives.

This is the first time the part has controlled the former Tory flagship council since 1978.

Wandsworth was one of Labour’s big targets for the night in London, and the party has so far gained eight seats.

Three seats are still to be declared.

Seats:

Labour 32

Conservatives 22

Independent 1

Still to declare 3