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12 May 2021

London elections round-up

Mayoral election: Sadiq Khan (Lab) was re-elected as Mayor of London on Thursday 6 May after securing 55.2 per cent of votes in a second round run off with Conservative Shaun Bailey (44.8 per cent).

London Assembly Elections: In the poll for the 25 London Assembly members (14 constituency seats and 11 London-wide), Labour secured 11 seats (-1); Conservatives 9 (+1); the Green Party 3 (+1) and the Liberal Democrats 2 (+1).

( [link removed] )Full results are available on the London Elects website. ( [link removed] ) ( [link removed] )

Council by-elections: A total of 46 council ward by elections held over from lockdown were also contested on 6 May - see full list below (click on ward for results):

Barking & Dagenham: (Thames ( [link removed] )) Barnet: (Edgeware ( [link removed] )) (East Barnet ( [link removed] )) Bexley: (Longlands ( [link removed] )) Brent: (Brondesbury Park ( [link removed] )) Bromley: (Crystal Palace ( [link removed] )) Croydon: (Kenley ( [link removed] )) (New Addington North ( [link removed] )) (Woodside ( [link removed] )) (Parkhill & Whitgift ( [link removed] )) (South Norwood ( [link removed] )) Ealing: (Ealing Broadway ( [link removed] )) (Hobbayne ( [link removed] )) (Hanger Hill ( [link removed] )) Enfield: (Chase ( [link removed] )) (Southbury ( [link removed] )) (Jubilee ( [link removed] )) Greenwich: (Glyndon ( [link removed] )) (Kidbrooke with Hornfair ( [link removed] )) (Greenwich West ( [link removed] )) (Shooters Hill ( [link removed] )) Hackney: (Woodberry Down ( [link removed] )) (Kings Park ( [link removed] )) (Stamford Hill West ( [link removed] )) (Hoxton East and Shoreditch ( [link removed] )) Hillingdon: (Charville ( [link removed] )) Hounslow; (Hounslow Heath & Cranford ( [link removed] )) Islington: (Highbury West ( [link removed] )) (Mildmay ( [link removed] )) (Holloway ( [link removed] )) (Bunhill) ( [link removed] ) (St Peter's ( [link removed] )); Kingston: (Chessington South ( [link removed] )) Lewisham: (Bellingham ( [link removed] )) (Catford South ( [link removed] )) (New Cross ( [link removed] )) (Sydenham ( [link removed] )) Merton: (St Helier ( [link removed] )) Newham: (East Ham Central ( [link removed] )) Redbridge: (Loxford and Seven Kings ( [link removed] )) Richmond: (Hampton Wick ( [link removed] )) Waltham Forest: (Hatch Lane ( [link removed] )) Wandsworth: (Bedford ( [link removed] )) Westminster: (Churchill ( [link removed] )).

Governance referendums: Two governance referendums were held in Newham ( [link removed] ) and Tower Hamlets ( [link removed] ), where voters were given the choice of retaining their current system of directly elected mayors, or reverting to a conventional council leader and cabinet model. Both boroughs voted to keep their Mayoral system (in Newham by 56 per cent to 44 per cent and in Tower Hamlets by 78 per cent to 22 per cent).

New chief executive

Alison Griffin has been appointed as Chief Executive of London Councils, following the departure of previous chief executive John O'Brien, who announced in September 2020 that he would be leaving the organisation after 14 years at the helm.

The appointment was made by a panel comprised of the Leaders of the ( [link removed] )Labour ( [link removed] ), ( [link removed] )Conservative ( [link removed] ) ( [link removed] ) and Liberal Democrat Groups on London Councils with the ( [link removed] )Chair of the Policy and Resources Committee ( [link removed] ) ( [link removed] ) at the City of London Corporation.

Chair of London Councils ( [link removed] )Cllr Georgia Gould ( [link removed] ) ( [link removed] ) said: "Alison brings with her a passion for community engagement, a deep understanding of local government finance and experience of collaboration that will enable London Councils to build on what has been learned over the past year and provide even stronger support to the boroughs in the years to come. I am very excited that Alison will be leading London Councils into the future and help us deliver for our great, diverse city.'

( [link removed] )Alison Griffin ( [link removed] ) ( [link removed] ), said: ‘I’m very excited to be joining London Councils. I am looking forward to working with the boroughs and partners in central government, the GLA and all London’s public services as well as the business and voluntary sectors to ensure that London and Londoners are able to recover from the pandemic, tackle the big issues such as climate change and seize the opportunities of the future."

Alison will take up her role at London Councils in July 2021. Deputy Chief Executive Dick Sorabji will be acting Chief Executive of London Councils in the interim.

Lambeth Leader to stand down

On Monday (10 May) Lambeth Leader Cllr Jack Hopkins, announced that he had decided to stand down from the post.

Cllr Hopkins was first elected as a councillor in Oval Ward in 2010 and has served in the Cabinet since 2012 and as Leader of the Council for two years.

( [link removed] )You can read Cllr Hopkins' statement in full on LB Lambeth's website here ( [link removed] ) ( [link removed] )

A new Leader will be elected at a future meeting of Lambeth council (date to be confirmed).

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