Havering
London borough controlled by Reform UK since May 2026.
Havering, in outer east London, became Reform UK's first London borough when the party took control of the council on 7 May 2026.
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What is Reform UK doing with its first London borough?
Timeline for Havering
Reform sheds 56 councillors since May
UK Local Elections 2026Background
Havering is a London borough in the capital's outer east, administered from Havering Town Hall in Romford. Reform UK took control of the council on 7 May 2026, its first council win in London.
The borough's early standing sits inside a wider pattern of instability across Reform's May 2026 intake nationally. Mark Pack's council by-election tracker recorded 56 lost councillors by early August 2026, through resignation, suspension and defection, a rate Pack judged unusually high for a party this soon after a landslide win.
The tracker does not break its figures out by council, so how much of that churn has reached Havering specifically is not established by the evidence available here.
What is Havering Council's 100-day plan?
What London borough does Reform UK control?
