Elections to Metropolitan Borough of Southwark were held in 1956.
The borough had ten wards which returned between 3 and 8 members. Labour won all the seats and no other party stood a full set of candidates.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 60 | 100 | – | ||||||
Conservative | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Liberal | 0 | 0 |
Preceded by Southwark Borough election, 1953 | Southwark local elections | Succeeded by Southwark Borough election, 1959 |