This is a list of London-wide local elections since 1870. 1870 was the first year in which a local election was held across the whole of the London area, with the first London School Board elections. The list does not include elections to the Metropolitan Vestries created in 1856 as the elections to these bodies were held on various dates over a number of weeks and nor does it include elections to the Corporation of London. It includes all scheduled elections, but not by-elections held to fill casual vacancies.