MORE than 300 candidates will stand in the local elections in Havering this May.
Fifty-five seats across 20 wards will be up for grabs on 7th May, when every Londoner will go to the polls to elect their local representatives.
The leading Havering Residents Association (HRA), Conservatives, Labour, Greens and Reform will all field a full slate of 55 candidates.
The Liberal Democrats are putting forward 22 candidates, alongside six independents.
There are currently 25 HRA councillors, 14 Conservatives, eight Labour, and three Reform. There are also five independent councillors, aligned with small-scale resident groups.
Politics in the borough has been mercurial over the past four years.
The coalition between the HRA and Labour collapsed in the summer of 2024, after enough members defected to the HRA for it to form a minority administration.
Reform gained their first seat in the council last year when Conservative London Assembly member and Squirrels Heath ward councillor Keith Prince defected on the eve of the Tory national conference.
Council leader Ray Morgon announced last month he would be stepping down as leader in May but no successor has yet been announced.
All 55 seats are expected to be announced on 8th May. No seats are uncontested.
You can view the full list of candidates across each ward via the council’s website.
