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Who is Zack Polanski, UK Greens leader and rising political star?

London’s 32 councils. The party’s ratings have steadily improved since Polanski was elected leader in a landslide victory in September last year. In February, the Green

Mapped: the elections that could deliver ‘unprecedented’ losses for Labour

Greens, the [Liberal Democrats](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/liberaldemocrats) and independents – across 136 council races, including in its strongholds in London and the north. While reliable polling across the council races is hard to come

Met police arrest two Green election candidates over alleged antisemitism

Green party candidates in the local elections have been arrested over alleged antisemitic social media posts. The women, running in seats for Lambeth council, south London

Why Labour's London squeeze exposes a fragmented modern British politics

council elections in London is that it represents Labour's new heartland. One in seven Labour MPs represents constituencies in the capital. The prime minister is a London member of parliament, as is his deputy

Zack Polanski calls two-party politics dead after mayoral and council wins

London](https://www.theguardian.com/uk/london) where the party won its first ever elected mayor, he added: “I said that the Green party were going to replace Labour. That’s exactly what we did in Gorton

‘Everything I do has climate at its centre’: Hackney’s first Green mayor gets to work

London borough’s first [Green party](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/green-party) mayor in this month’s local elections, surfing a wave of support which resulted in the party winning more than 500 seats, taking control of five

Vote Lib Dem or ‘regret it’ living under a Reform council, Davey tells voters

party and Reform at the English local elections. More than 5,000 councillors will be elected on Thursday, with more than half of these being in either London or the south-east. Some [projections show

Analysis: Many Labour MPs are blaming the boss for elections body blow

London, lost to the Greens. although Labour hung on to control of the council. The Conservatives lost to Reform in Kemi Badenoch's backyard of Essex. And in Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, the local leaders

Major test for Labour as polls open in English, Scottish and Welsh elections

parties such as Reform UK, the Greens and the [Liberal Democrats](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/liberaldemocrats). The elections cover the Scottish and Welsh parliaments and 136 local councils in England, where 5,014 seats are being contested

Polls close in elections across England, Scotland and Wales

Green party are expected to make significant gains at the expense of Westminster’s two biggest parties in England, while the [Liberal Democrats](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/liberaldemocrats) could turn swathes of local government yellow and increase

Pressure grows on Starmer as more Labour MPs call for resignation – UK politics live

party’s first minister, Eluned Morgan, lost her seat. Labour could slump to third place in Scotland behind the SNP and Reform. In London, a Green surge meant Labour lost control of councils

Winners, losers and a PM on the brink - what to expect in next week's elections

councils, they'd be somehow found out, and their appeal might fade. It doesn't look like voters will make that happen in this election. For the Greens, it's the first national test

Keir Starmer under pressure to agree exit plan after election mauling

Greens gained their first two directly elected mayors – in [Hackney](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/08/greens-unseat-labour-to-win-mayoral-election-in-hackney-zoe-garbett) and Lewisham – although they missed out on some more ambitious targets in London, as their leader, Zack Polanski, declared Britain

Challenge Starmer by Monday or I will, Labour MP tells cabinet

council elections, with Reform UK making huge gains in former Labour heartlands in northern England and the Midlands. Meanwhile, the Greens won control of Waltham Forest, Lewisham and Hackney in London, where Labour had previously

How Labour’s ‘terrible’ night unfolded as Reform surges and Greens and Lib Dems hail wins

Green party](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/green-party) versus Reform.” The Liberal Democrat leader, Ed Davey, was also bullish after the party gained control of Portsmouth and Stockport, while in south-west London the party now holds

Most Labour members think Starmer cannot revive party fortunes, poll finds

London, the Greens took several councils across the capital, a [sign of growing progressive disillusionment](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/08/greens-unseat-labour-to-win-mayoral-election-in-hackney-zoe-garbett) in Keir Starmer’s party. Among members, the poll found Burnham has a net favourability

Green party threat to Labour in London laid bare in Starmer’s own back yard

council by the Greens, Liberal Democrats and Labour – which holds 45 of its 55 seats – as well as independent candidates. It would require a uniform swing of 19% to another party for Labour to lose

Election results so far at a glance - and what's still to come

London. The two areas had previously been flagship Conservative councils and under the party's control for decades until 2022, when they were won by Labour. The party continues to face a threat from Reform

Keir Starmer makes late pitch to voters turning to Greens and Reform

party will lose more than 75% of its seats, or about 1,900. Labour hopes to be able to point to early holds in London, including Westminster and Wandsworth, which were traditionally Tory councils

The Tories are still on life support – so why is Badenoch in celebratory mood?

London, where the Tories won back the totemic council of Westminster, took the most seats in Wandsworth council and saw off the threat from Reform in Bexley and Bromley. But it was hard to ignore