Labour gains Westminster, Wandsworth and Barnet from Tories but lose Harrow
The Conservatives hold Kensington & Chelsea, Hillingdon and Bexley
The Lib Dems hold Sutton and Richmond-upon-Thames
The Conservatives take Harrow from Labour
Mayoral elections: Labour candidates win Hackney, Lewisham and Newham but Lutfur Rahman is elected in Tower Hamlets
The majority of boroughs have declared results
Olivia Demetriades
BBC London
Sadiq Khan said Labour's route to Downing Street is "through London" as he praised Sir Keir Starmer for tackling anti-Semitism in the party.
The mayor of London spoke outside City of Westminster Council after Labour's first-ever election victory in the central London borough.
Thomas Mackintosh
BBC London News
Here are all of the London councils which have declared results so far.
As you can see, the capital city is dominated by Labour, with the Lib Dems maintaining its south-west London boroughs of Richmond-upon-Thames and Sutton.
Havering in east London remains in no overall control.
Image source, London CouncilsMore results are expected throughout the day so stay with us to see what happens in the following boroughs:
Thomas Mackintosh
BBC London News
Tower Hamlets Council in east London has tweeted that the verification process has now been completed.
This means the counting process will start at 13:30 BST for the mayoral election.
Labour's John Biggs won the last election and is standing for re-election against another six candidates.
They are:
We'll be hearing more from the Labour mayor of London shortly.
Sadiq Khan has just arrived at City of Westminster Council on Victoria Street.
BBC London's Frankie McCamley will have more on BBC One at 13:30 BST.
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During a school in his Uxbridge and South Ruislip constituency in west London, Boris Johnson described the council elections across England as a "tough night" for the Conservatives.
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Image source, PA MediaBoris Johnson with the portrait he painted of the Queen during a drawing session with children following local government elections
Boris Johnson has said the Conservatives endured a "tough night" in the local council elections in London and beyond.
During a visit to Field Inn Infant school in his South Ruislip constituency, the prime minister said it has been a "mixed set of results" for the Tories with gains in some places and losses in others.
Asked by broadcasters if he took responsibility for the results, Mr Johnson said: "Of course".
He added: "It is mid-term. It's certainly a mixed set of results.
"We had a tough night in some parts of the country but on the other hand in other parts of the country you are still seeing Conservatives going forward and making quite remarkable gains in places that haven't voted Conservative for a long time, if ever."
More from the Prime Minister in a moment...
Image source, PASpeaking earlier in Wimbledon, south-west London, Lib Dem leader Ed Davey said a "shockwave" had been felt across the country, which could see the Conservative government come "tumbling down".
The Liberal Democrats have so far gained 120 council seats in the capital and held both Sutton and Richmond-upon-Thames.
Sir Ed, MP for Kingston and Surbiton, said: "It’s a movement of millions of people who are saying they’ve had enough. Enough of energy bills going up, of tax bills going up and their standards of living going down.
"They’re saying they’ve had enough of this prime minister, and I think the tectonic plates of British politics are shifting and now it’s up to Conservative MPs to shove the prime minister into the abyss."
BBC London
Tune in to BBC One at 13:30 this afternoon and Asad Ahmed will bring you the latest headlines from BBC London's lunchtime bulletin.
Political correspondent Karl Mercer will recap an historic night in London after Labour broke Tory strongholds in Westminster, Wandsworth and Barnet.
There will also be reaction from Mayor of London Sadiq Khan and a look at what is to come for the remaining boroughs still to declare.
You can watch online here at 13:30 after Jane Hill brings the main national news on BBC One.
Thomas Mackintosh
BBC London News
The results are in for the election of the Mayor of Lewisham - and it's another Labour hold.
Damien Egan has been re-elected with just under 40,000 votes - around 58% of the overall vote.
The 37-year-old Irishman beat off competition from the Green candidate Nick Humberstone, who came second, and Conservatives Caroline Louise Attfield.
Lewisham is one of five London councils who use the directly elected mayoral system - Hackney, Newham, Croydon and Tower Hamlets being the others.
Mr Egan will choose select no more than 10 Labour councillors to form Lewisham Council's next cabinet.
Local Democracy Reporting Service
Image source, ReutersLabour easily won Hammersmith and Fulham Council again and has extended its power over the west London local authority.
Control of Hammersmith and Fulham has alternated between Labour and the Conservatives since the first local elections in the borough in 1964 but the Labour Party has held it since 2014
The Conservatives lost one seat while the Labour party now has 40 seats.
Across the borough, a total of 146 candidates battled it out for 50 seats across 21 wards.
In this election the Tories put forward candidates in every seat while there were also 36 Liberal Democrat candidates, eight Green candidates, one Independent and one Social Democrat standing for office.
Labour councillors looked relaxed and quietly confident on the night as ward after ward was revealed to be in their favour.
Conservatives were able to keep Fulham Town, Parson’s Green and Shepherd’s Bush Green, Munster wards blue but the rest of the borough remained firmly red.
Voters backed the Labour-run council to fix Hammersmith Bridge and promised to continue to protect Charing Cross Hospital.
Labour also promised to scrap controversial parking fees introduced at the height of the pandemic.
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Labour's Philip Glanville has been re-elected as Hackney's mayor on the first count.
He won 59% of the vote with the Green's Zoe Garbett coming second with 17%.
Mr Glanville has been mayor in the borough since September 2016.
Thomas Mackintosh
BBC London News
Image source, ReutersPrime Minister Boris Johnson is facing an angry backlash from local Tories as the party saw key London flagship councils fall to Labour.
Sir Keir Starmer hailed a "turning point" as his party strengthened its grip on the capital, taking the totemic Tory authority in Wandsworth, winning Westminster for the first time since its creation in 1964 and clinching victory in Barnet.
Scores of Tory councillors lost their council seats across London against a backdrop of the row about lockdown-busting parties in No 10 and the cost-of-living crisis, local Conservative leaders pointed the finger of blame at the Prime Minister.
However, allies of Mr Johnson warned it was not the time for a change in the occupant of No 10, saying the Labour gains fell short of what was needed for the party to secure victory at a general election.
Ravi Govindia, leader of the Wandsworth Tories, said: "Let's not be coy about it, of course national issues were part of the dilemma people were facing."
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Labour tightened its control of Camden as the Conservatives took a hammering, losing their leader and three other councillors – with some putting the blame at the door of Downing Street.
An election gamble by Oliver Cooper, who moved from Hampstead Town to try to boost the Conservative vote in Belsize, saw him lose his place on the council after seven years.
Cooper, who was leader of the opposition last term, said he took responsibility for the decision.
Candidates distanced themselves from the national party and chose to stand as local Conservatives instead, but it was still a bad night for them.
Steve Adams lost his seat after four years as a councillor in Belsize.
Council leader Georgia Gould said: “It has been an overwhelming and sometimes surprising victory for Labour.”
Camden Council is now made up of 47 Labour councillors, three Conservatives, four Liberal Democrats, and one Green.
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Labour scored a historic victory in Barnet, taking overall control of the council for the first time since the borough’s creation in 1964.
Group leader Barry Rawlings pledged to work with residents to “make big changes to the borough” as he celebrated winning a 19-seat majority on the council.
In Barnet, the Labour group won 41 seats compared to the Tories who got 22.
Key gains for Labour included High Barnet and Childs Hill, where Conservative group chair Peter Zinkin lost his seat.
West Hendon, which turned blue four years ago, returned to Labour.
Mr Rawlings described the result as “a great victory” and thanked residents “for putting their trust” in the Labour group.
He added: “I know we had the right message with the right team at the right time, and Barnet deserves the changes we will bring.”
The Green Party, Women’s Equality Party, The Rejoin EU Party and four independent candidates also stood for election but failed to win seats.
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BBC Radio 4
Image source, PA MediaNorth-west London Conservative MP David Simmonds said Boris Johnson has some "difficult questions" to answer after the party's losses in the local elections in the capital and beyond.
The MP for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner said voters were unhappy about the disclosures over lockdown parties in Downing Street and Whitehall.
He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "It was a pretty clear message on the doorstep. Clearly the Prime Minister has got some difficult questions to answer.
"Overwhelmingly the message that I heard on the doorsteps was people were broadly positive about the Government's policies but they are not happy about what they have been hearing about partygate.
"He said, 'I will take full responsibility for these election results', and I think he needs to confront that question now."
Jennifer McKiernan
BBC London
Ashley Halton said his focus on tackling climate change meant he turned his back on both main parties
Ashley Halton, 20, said he voted for the Green Party because he thought the power-switch between the two main parties was a distraction from what really mattered.
Conservative leaflets in the borough were printed with a green colour scheme instead of the traditional party colours of blue, in what some said was an attempt to distance the local party from Downing Street.
"I voted Green because I believe we should save the environment," Mr Halton said.
"I don't drive so arguments about traffic flow are not an issue for me.
"I voted to save the planet and stop climate change and none of the rest of it matters."
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Before the election in Barking and Dagenham - BBC London's Jamie Moreland spoke to young voters
Labour have won Barking and Dagenham Council in a landslide once again.
The party has retained full control of the council in one of their traditional east London strongholds.
Almost a third of the council seats had already been handed to Labour before a single vote was cast.
In 15 of Barking and Dagenham’s 51 council seats, there were more Labour candidates than all other parties combined.
Tories were unable to field a candidate in every ward in the borough – as they did in 2018 – making it easier for council seats to be guaranteed for Labour before the polls had opened on 5 May.
However, the Conservatives – branded ‘Local Conservatives’ for the election – managed to win one solitary council seat, denying Labour 100% control of Barking and Dagenham Council.
Labour have won every election in the borough since they started in 1964.
The Labour win will also see Darren Rodwell returned as leader of the council for a fourth consecutive term.
Mr Rodwell has been the head of the council since 2010, meaning he will have held the office for 16 years by the time of the next local election in 2026.
Tim Donovan
BBC London, Political Editor
Image source, ReutersIn 1990 Conservative success in Wandsworth and Westminster enabled then party chairman Kenneth Baker to spin disastrous results overall into a kind of victory.
Now we've seen the inverse of that.
While there may be some reasons for Boris Johnson to be cheerful in parts of the North and the Midlands, it will be eclipsed by the loss of these totemic London councils.
It is a dangerous political moment for him.
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan listed every one of the previous Tory leaders who managed to hang on to them - even in bleak times.
He has more reason than most to understand the Labour agony it's entailed. As a local councillor, Mr Khan fought - and failed - to dislodge the Tories from Wandsworth over more than a decade.
Tory candidates departed the count ashen-faced, declining to comment leaving their outgoing leader to front up.
You can read the full analysis of London's election results here.
Jennifer McKiernan
BBC London
'The Tories have been in power for 12 years and people are sick of it' says Annabel Hill
Outside Clapham Junction train station in the borough of Wandsworth, the tide of commuters is in full flow.
A good number of them say they haven't voted in the local elections, they didn't know one was happening, or they haven't seen the results.
But, some are pleased to wake up to the news the Conservatives have lost what has been a powerbase for the best part of half a century.
Annabel Hill, 30, said political views in her family were mixed and some were die-hard party supporters no matter what, but others had shifted alliance.
The teacher from Wandsworth said: "The Tories have been in power for 12 years and people are starting to get a bit sick of it.
"Anything that makes Boris Johnson's life that little bit more difficult has got to be a good thing.
"I think the (lockdown) parties did have an impact for some but, although you would hope that would cause people to turn their backs on the Conservatives, others will vote for them until the end, no matter what."
Ms Hill added she was shocked at the number of MPs under investigation for sexual offences at Westminster and wanted to see more women in politics to "clean up" the system and "standing up for things that matter" like education.
Aurelia Foster
BBC London
Vote counters have gone home after two recounts
Voting papers from the Havering Council election have so far been counted three times - and counting has now been called off until Monday. A third recount will start at Havering Town Hall in Romford at 18:00 BST.
The repeated recounts are for three council seats in the Rainham and Wennington ward.
No party has gained overall control of the council.
So far, the Conservatives have lost 5 seats and now have 20, and the Havering Residents Association have 23 seats, having lost one.
Damian White, Conservative leader of London Borough of Havering, said he didn't think it was "beyond the realms of possibility" to continue a working administration with the Havering Residents Association.
He said: "What we need to do as councillors is put our local residents' best interests first, and the best thing for us to be able to do is focus on the main issues and the financial challenges".
Labour has gained four councillors and now has seats on the council.