| Election Name: | 2018 Bexley Borough Council election |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 2014 Bexley London Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2022 Bexley London Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 2022 |
| Election Date: | 3 May 2018 |
| Seats For Election: | All 45 seats to Bexley London Borough Council |
| Majority Seats: | 23 |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 45 seats, 38.1% |
| Seats1: | 34 |
| Seats Before1: | 35† |
| Seat Change1: | 1* |
| Popular Vote1: | 35,207 |
| Percentage1: | 50.4% |
| Swing1: | 12.3% |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election2: | 15 seats, 25.7% |
| Seats2: | 11 |
| Seats Before2: | 10† |
| Seat Change2: | 1* |
| Popular Vote2: | 23,564 |
| Percentage2: | 33.7% |
| Swing2: | 8.0% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| After Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
The 2018 Bexley Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Bexley London Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
There were boundary changes which reduced the number of wards from 21 to 17 and the number of councillors from 63 to 45.
The Conservatives retained control of the council, winning 34 of the new seats. Labour won 11 and UKIP won no seats.[1]
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†Notional changes calculated by the BBC.[2]
Barnehurst became a 2 member ward in 2018, following the cutdown on councilors from 63 to 45. Brian Bishop became Mayor of Bexley after this election.
Leader of the Opposition in Bexley, Daniel Francis, stood here.
Leader of the Council, Teresa O'Neill, stood here, following the abolition of her previous ward; Brampton
Erith became a 2 member ward, following the cutdown of councillors from 63 to 45.
Longlands became a 2 member ward after the cutdown of councillors from 63 to 45
Northumberland Heath became a 2 member ward in 2018, after the cutdown of councillors from 63 to 45.
Former Labour councillor, Endy Ezenwata, defected to the Christian Peoples Alliance and subsequently lost re-election. Former councillor for Lesnes Abbey, Danny Hackett, stood here following the abolition of his former ward.
On 23 February 2019, Danny Hackett resigned from the Labour Party, citing a culture of "anti-Semitism, hatred and bullying." He will now sit as an Independent.
Mayor of the time, Peter Reader, stood here. John Davey became deputy mayor after the election.