Waltham Forest

  • Council Control: Lab
  • Conservatives 10
  • Labour 44
  • Liberal Democrats 0
  • Green 0
  • Reform UK 3
  • Other 3

Independent 3. North-east London borough, running from Leyton, Leytonstone, Walthamstow, to Chingford. Part of the Olympic Park is in the south of the borough.

Marion Fitzgerald and Tim James (both Hatch Lane and Highams Park North) moved from Conservative to Reform UK in January 2026; their ward colleague Justin Halabi had done so in August 2025.

Next local elections
2026

Election cycle
Full

Local authority type
London

Address
Forest Road, London E17 4JF

Phone
020 8527 5544

Website
http://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/

Council Tax (Band D)
£2277.65