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West Central London News July 14, 2026

Lewis Baston: Greens hold one and lose one in Lambeth by-elections

There were three by-elections in London on Thursday 9 July, one of them in Camden and two of them in Lambeth. Camden’s Regent’s Park election has been given special treatment in a separate piece but the Lambeth polls had interesting results that conflict with the mild encouragement for Labour in Camden. The 7 May elections […]
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West Central London News June 26, 2026

Barnaby Towns: London’s Tories are still going backwards. What should they do?

Seasoned observers of London politics weren’t surprised when Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch rolled up at Westminster Council’s 20-storey, 1960s, Victoria Street headquarters on the day after May’s London local elections, declaring “the Conservatives are coming back”. The prestigious borough’s Tories had won nine seats from Labour, enabling them to recapture the 54-seat council, which they […]
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West Central London News June 8, 2026

Transport for London opens new consultation on DLR extension to Thamesmead

Transport for London has opened a new public consultation on its plans for extending the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) from the south of Newham beneath the Thames into Greenwich and creating two new stations, one on each side of the river. The scheme would see a new branch of DLR track begin between the existing […]
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West Central London News May 21, 2026

Barnet Council has a Labour leader again. How did it happen?

Many recent London local election outcomes were close, but none were closer than Barnet’s. Labour, which had been in control since 2022, ended up with 31 seats. The Conservatives, who had previously been in control of Barnet throughout its entire history, ended up with 31 seats too. Barnet has 63 council seats in total. A […]
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West Central London News April 30, 2026

Newham 2026: Green candidate accused of giving ‘false address’ amid confusion over borough elections rules

A Labour councillor seeking re-election to his local ward in Newham has reported a Green Party challenger to the police, claiming there has been “a potential case of election fraud” due to the Green candidate providing the council with incorrect information about where he lives. In an email to the Met’s designated officer dealing with […]
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