The outgoing Conservative leader of Wandsworth Council Ravi Govindia says "inevitably other events have clouded the judgement of people in Wandsworth" he says and admits people raised "the issue of Boris Johnson" during the campaign.

He says he has run the "most successful council" which has cut council tax and frozen rent

"We have done exactly what the residents of Wandsworth wanted - to find that counts for nothing is a sad reflection of importance of local government not being recognised."

Labour have taken control of Wandsworth, overturning a Tory majority on the council.

Chief executive of the Conservative Home website Mark Wallace says he’s being told that the party will lose control of Westminster, which it has held since the council was created in 1964.

Wandsworth has already been taken by Labour and Barnet is expected to follow, so Westminster is set to form part of a triple blow for the Tories in London.

Labour's London Mayor Sadiq Khan has tweeted a photograph of himself standing beside Labour councillor Simon Hogg.

Alongside the photograph, Mr Khan wrote: "The three words we've wanted to hear for so long: WANDSWORTH LABOUR GAIN "The first Labour council leader of Wandsworth in 44 years..

"Congratulations CllrSimonHogg"

Labour has held Ealing for the fourth election in a row.

Labour have taken control of Wandsworth, in south London, where the Conservatives had held power since 1978.

The party gained 8 seats from the Tories.

Labour has held Redbridge for the third election in a row.

Traditionally a safe Conservative borough in a two-party fight, Labour have been the largest party in the council since 2014.

In 2018, Labour registered a 14 point increase in their vote share and took 51 of the council's 63 seats.

With eight wards still to declare Labour already has already won more than the 32 seats required for a majority on the council.

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Labour are now echoing what their Conservative rivals were saying earlier on in the night - that Labour have won Wandsworth council.

A Labour source tells the BBC: "Boris Johnson losing Wandsworth is monumental.

"This was the Tories' jewel in the crown. Voters in Wandsworth have put their trust in the change Keir Starmer's Labour represents."

Speaking on the BBC, Minister for London Paul Scully says it would be "disappointing" if his party lost the council, saying it has been "a beacon", providing low tax and good services.

The Conservatives currently have 11 councillors in Richmond, after winning 32.2% of the popular vote in 2018.

The council is one of three neighbouring Lib Dem run boroughs in London.

Harry Low
BBC London News

The body language here in Enfield is telling: fist pumping from the candidates wearing red rosettes and long faces from Conservatives who are whispering that they have lost votes to the Liberal Democrats.

Palmers Green - the kind of marginal ward that the Conservatives would need to win if it were to regain control of the council for the first time since its 2006 election win - has elected two Labour councillors.

Labour are on course to maintain control of Enfield council for the fourth election in a row.

Sam Francis
BBC News, London

If you voted in London today you may have been asked to vote for up to three councillors and even an elected mayor. But how does that decide who runs the council?

Boroughs are divided up into areas called wards. Every constituent gets a chance to vote for who represents their ward. Some wards can elect up to three councillors.

Each London borough council must follow one of two possible models. These are:

• A leader elected by the largest party or coalition on the council, similar to the way a prime minister is selected. The leader then decides on the deputy leader, size of the cabinet and appoints cabinet members. The mayoral function in these councils is a ceremonial role. This is the structure used by the majority of councils in London
• A mayor directly elected by local voters. He or she then chooses a cabinet of no more than 10 councillors. Only five of London's councils use this system: Croydon, Hackney, Lewisham, Newham and Tower Hamlets

London has had its first result of the night.

With one ward left to declare Labour has officially kept control of Waltham Forest, which they have run since 2010. Labour has picked up at least one extra ward and will run the council with at least 46 councillors.

The result is not a surprise as Labour has been the largest party in the borough since 1968.

Sam Francis
BBC News, London

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Labour are looking the happier of the two main parties at the count at Westminster Council.

This is despite the Conservatives winning the only two wards that have been announced so far. Both Regents Park and St James' ward have returned two Tory councillors, as they did in 2018.

The council is a key target for Labour despite being Conservative-run since 1964.

In the 2017 general election, there were swings of around 10% to Labour in both of the borough’s parliamentary constituencies.

A year later the Conservatives lost three seats to Labour but still controlled 41 of the council's 60 seats.

Since then a £6m disaster in the shape of an incomplete artificial hill has eroded the council's reputation.

It will be an uphill battle but if Labour were to win here it would be a huge blow to the Conservatives.

The leader of the Labour group on Barnet council said the party was confident of taking the council from the Tories.

Barry Rawlings told the BBC: "I've been feeling confident for a while, I think we've had a very good campaign, got good candidates, it feels good on the streets."

The north London borough has a large Jewish community and he said the "stain" of anti-Semitism had been removed from the party under Sir Keir Starmer. "We've certainly turned a corner on anti-Semitism since Keir's been the leader," he said.

"Obviously I've been leader (in Barnet) for six years so it hasn't always been the most comfortable six years to represent Labour in a place like Barnet, where there's about 15% of the population - but if you're talking about regular voters, it's probably about 20% are Jewish.

"But of course it means that there's a lot of non -Jewish people who have Jewish friends and so anti-Semitism was a stain on us. We were a tainted brand."

Sir Keir launched Labour's London election campaign in Barnet, which showed the "symbolic value" of the borough.

Barnet in north London is a key Labour target. The Conservative leader of the council Daniel Thomas is sounding very downbeat about the prospect of retaining the borough, telling the BBC he's "disappointed but proud of our track record over the last 20 years".

"If Labour are making gains.. this is multiple factors and a perfect storm of 12 years of Conservative national government and 20 years of a Conservative council, and cost of living."

He's also blamed the rise in National Insurance last month.