2022 Havering London Borough Council election

2022 Havering Council election
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All 55 council seats
  First party Second party
 
Leader Damian White Ray Morgon
Party Conservative Havering Residents Association
Last election 25 seats, 37.1% 17 seats, 28.4%
Seats won 23 20
Seat change Decrease 2 Increase1
Popular vote 57,193 66,248
Percentage 33.1% 38.4%
Swing Decrease 9.4% Increase10.0%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Keith Darvill Jeffrey Tucker
Party Labour Independent Residents Group
Last election 5 seats, 20.6% 3 seats, 3.4%
Seats won 9 3
Seat change Increase4 Steady0
Popular vote 38,512 5,892
Percentage 22.3% 3.4%
Swing Increase1.7% Steady0.0%

Map of the results of the 2022 Havering London Borough Council election. Conservatives in blue, Havering Residents Association in dark green, Independent Residents Group in grey, Labour in red.

Council Leader before election

Damian White
Conservative (No Overall Control)

Elected Council Leader

Ray Morgon
HRA (Coalition with Labour, No Overall Control)

The 2022 Havering London Borough Council election was held on 5 May 2022 to elect all 55 members of Havering London Borough Council. The elections took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.

In the previous election in 2018, the council remained under no overall control. The Conservatives were the largest party, winning 25 out of the 55 seats with the Havering Residents Association forming the principal opposition with 17 of the remaining seats.

The 2022 election took place under new election boundaries, which increased the number of councillors to 55. The Conservatives remained the largest party and the council remained under no overall control. After weeks of negotiations, Conservative leader Damian White was replaced by HRA leader Ray Morgon on 25 May as Leader of the Council in a coalition with Labour.[1]

  1. ^ Newsdesk (27 May 2022). "Labour team up with Havering Residents Association to elect independent council leader". North East Londoner. Retrieved 11 November 2023.