On Sunday(May 8) night, the last borough to call their election results in London saw Croydon Council tipping into no overall control.
Labour won 34 seats on the council, with the Conservatives close behind on 32 seats. The Green Party won two seats, and the Liberal Democrats one seat.
The result was a minor gain for the Conservatives in the capital after the party lost control of Westminster, Wandsworth and Barnet to Labour.
Thursday’s vote has resulted has been celebrated as positive for Labour in London gaining control of 3 new councils.
However, the party lost control of Tower Hamlet to the Aspire Party, and Harrow to the Conservatives, while in Croydon they were unable to hold onto control.
Overall Labour holds control of 21 councils in the capital, Conservatives control 5 councils followed by the Liberal Democrats with 3 and the Aspire party holding one.
Mayoral Results
Labour Mayor Damian Egan was re-elected in the Lewisham elections, as well as Labour mayor Rokhsana Fiaz of Newham and Philip Glanville in Hackney
In Croydon, Conservative Jason Perry was declared Mayor after beating former Labour Mayor Val Shawcross by 600 votes.
In Tower Hamlet Lutfur Rahman, who had been found by an election tribunal to have engaged in corrupt and illegal practices and banned from standing in public office for 5-years unseat the incumbent mayor, Labour’s John Biggs, under the banner of his Aspire party.
Turkish speaking councillors
Londoners went to the polls with 66 candidates from the Turkish, Turkish Cypriot and Kurdish communities racing to gain seats across 12 London councils.
Nearly half of these were in Enfield where 33 candidates, were followed by Waltham Forest with 11 along with candidates across Hackney, Haringey, Bexley, Croydon, Camden, Ealing, Lambeth and Wandsworth.
Following the final results from all the boroughs now in, 40 of the 68 candidates have won seats on their councils.
The newly elected councillors are:
LAB- Labour Party, CON- Conservative Party, LIB-D- Liberal Democrats, IND- Independent
Bexley- 2
Cafer Munur (CON/ Blackfen & Lamorbey)
Andy (Ahmet) Dourmoush(Con/Longands)
Camden – 1
Meriç Apak(LAB/Kentish Town South)
Enfield-21
Ahmet Oykener(LAB/Bowes Park)
Gunes Arkbulut(LAB/ Edmonton Green)
Ergin Erbil(LAB/ Edmonton Green)
Suna Hurman(LAB/Enfield Lock)
Sabri Ozaydin (LAB/Enfield Lock)
Eylem Yuruk(LAB/ Enfield Lock)
Hivran Dalkaya (LAB/ Brimsdown)
Ahmet Hassan (LAB/ Brimsdown)
Bektas Ozer (LAB/ Brimsdown)
Mustafa Cetinkaya (LAB/Hazelbury)
Ayten Guzel(LAB/Southbury)
Mehmut Aksanoglu (LAB/Southbury)
Sinan Boztas (LAB/Lower Edmonton)
Guney Dogan (LAB/Lower Edmonton)
Elif Erbil (LAB/Lower Edmonton)
Esin Gunes(LAB/Bullsmoor)
Susan Erbil(LAB/Caterhatch)
Nesil Caliskan(LAB/Jubilee)
Alev Cazimoglu (LAB/Jubilee)
Kensington and Chelsea – 1
Cem Kemahli (CON/Royal Hospital Ward)
Ealing – 1
Ilayda Nijhar (LAB/Pitshanger)
Haringey- 4
Erdal Doagn (LAB/Bruce Castle)
Makbule Gunes (LAB/ South Tottenham)
Peray Ahmet (LAB/Noel Park)
Emine Ibrahim(LAB/Noel Park)
Hackney –4
Deniz Cemgil Oguzkanli (LAB/Lea Bridge)
Mete Serdar Coban (LAB/Stoke Newington)
Ali Henry Sadek (Labour/King’s Park)
Muharrem Can Ozsen (LAB/London Fields)
Islington-3
Gulcin Ozdemir (LAB/St George)
Nurullah Turan (LAB/Laycock)
Ilkay Cinko-Oner (LAB/Laycock)
Lambeth- 1
Ibrahim Dogus (LAB/Waterloo & South Bank)
Waltham Forest -3
Sazimet Palta Imre (CON/Chingford Green)
Isa Kay(CON/Chingford Green)
Justin Halabi(CON/Hatch Lane)
Wandsworth- 1
Aydin Dikerdem (LAB/ Shaftesbury & Queenstown)
Updates: 11.05.2022 @13.48/Removal of 2 candidates in Enfield Ridgeway Ward
