| Election Name: | 1982 London local elections |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1978 London local elections |
| Previous Year: | 1978 |
| Next Election: | 1986 London local elections |
| Next Year: | 1986 |
| Seats For Election: | All 1,914 on all 32 London boroughs |
| Election Date: | 6 May 1982 |
| 1Blank: | Councils |
| 2Blank: | Councils +/– |
| 3Blank: | Councillors |
| 4Blank: | Councillors +/– |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Popular Vote1: | 912,005 |
| Percentage1: | 42.2% |
| Swing1: | 6.5% |
| 1Data1: | 17 |
| 3Data1: | 984 |
| 4Data1: | 24 |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Popular Vote2: | 652,430 |
| Percentage2: | 30.2% |
| Swing2: | 8.9% |
| 1Data2: | 12 |
| 2Data2: | 2 |
| 3Data2: | 781 |
| 4Data2: | 101 |
| Leader3: | David Steel (Lib.) Collective (SDP) |
| Leader Since3: | 1976 (Steel), 1981 (SDP) |
| Colour3: | FFD700 |
| Party3: | SDP - Liberal Alliance |
| Popular Vote3: | 530,340 |
| Percentage3: | 24.6% |
| Swing3: | 17.5% |
| 1Data3: | 0 |
| 3Data3: | 124 |
| 4Data3: | 94 |
| Map Size: | 400px |
Local government elections took place in London, and some other parts of the United Kingdom on Thursday 6 May 1982. Ward changes took place in Enfield which increased the total number of councillors by 6 from 1,908 to 1,914.
All London borough council seats were up for election. Both major parties lost votes to the SDP-Liberal Alliance, but whilst the Conservatives gained 20 council seats, Labour lost 101.
The party's result of 30.4%, 12 councils and 781 councillors was the worst Labour result since 1968.
The previous Borough elections in London were in 1978.[1]
To date, this remains the last London local election in which the Conservatives won a majority of council seats or councils, as well as the last time the party won over 40% of the vote. The Conservatives would not win the popular vote in a London local election for another two decades, and would not win a plurality of seats in London again until the election of 2006, 24 years later.
| Party[2] | Votes won | % votes | Change | Seats | % seats | Change | Councils | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 912,005 | 42.2 | -6.5 | 984 | 51.4 | +24 | 17 | ±0 | ||
| 652,430 | 30.2 | -8.9 | 781 | 40.8 | -101 | 12 | -2 | ||
| 530,340 | 24.6 | +17.5 | 124 | 6.5 | +94 | 0 | ±0 | ||
| Others | 64,387 | 3.0 | -2.1 | 25 | 1.3 | -11 | 0 | ±0 | |
| n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 3 | +2 | ||