1968 London local elections

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1968 London local elections
←  1964 9 May 1968 1971  →
All 1,863 on all 32 London boroughs
Turnout35.8%
 First partySecond party
  Heathdod.JPG Harold Wilson (1967).jpg
Leader Edward Heath Harold Wilson
Party Conservative Labour
Leader since27 July 196514 February 1963
Councils283
Councils +/–Increase2.svg19Decrease2.svg17
Councillors1,438350
Councillors +/–Increase2.svg770Decrease2.svg668
London local elections 1968.svg
Results by Borough in 1968.
(Red indicates Labour, blue indicates the Conservatives and black indicates No Overall Control)

Local government elections were held in the thirty-two London boroughs on Thursday 9 May 1968. Polling stations were open between 8am and 9pm.

Contents

All seats were up for election. The result was a landslide for the Conservative Party, [1] who won twenty-eight of the boroughs, while Labour lost control of seventeen of the twenty boroughs it had held going into the elections (including Bexley, where it did not win a single seat). Only ten Liberal councillors were elected in London. [2]

The result followed the Conservative gain of the Greater London Council in the elections the previous year.

Aldermanic elections

Until 1978, each council had aldermen, in the ratio of one aldermen to six councillors. Following the elections, each council elected half of its aldermen, who served until 1974. The remaining aldermen had been elected in 1964 and would serve until 1971. This only affected political control in Newham, which remained Labour-held after the election of aldermen.

Results summary

PartyCouncillorsChangeCouncilsChange
Conservative 1,438+77028+19
Labour 350-6683-17
Liberal 10-60±0
Residents 36-130±0
Independent 26+150±0
Communist 3±00±0
Others0±00±0
No overall control n/an/a1-2

Council results

Summary of council election results:

Previous controlNew control Conservative Labour Liberal OthersDetails
Barking LabourLabour1332-4 Details
Barnet ConservativeConservative5631- Details
Bexley LabourConservative55--1 Details
Brent LabourConservative4911-- Details
Bromley ConservativeConservative5253- Details
Camden LabourConservative4218-- Details
Croydon NOC Conservative471111 Details
Ealing LabourConservative535-2 Details
Enfield LabourConservative519-- Details
Greenwich LabourConservative3822-- Details
Hackney LabourConservative31272- Details
Hammersmith LabourConservative546-- Details
Haringey LabourConservative537-- Details
Harrow ConservativeConservative56--- Details
Havering NOC Conservative357-13 Details
Hillingdon LabourConservative60--- Details
Hounslow LabourConservative537-- Details
Islington LabourConservative4710-3 Details
Kensington and Chelsea ConservativeConservative573-- Details
Kingston upon Thames ConservativeConservative591-- Details
Lambeth LabourConservative573-- Details
Lewisham LabourConservative4416-- Details
Merton NOC Conservative464-4 Details
Newham Labour NOC 630321 Details
Redbridge ConservativeConservative555-- Details
Richmond upon Thames ConservativeConservative54--- Details
Southwark LabourLabour2733-- Details
Sutton ConservativeConservative417-3 Details
Tower Hamlets LabourLabour-57-3 Details
Waltham Forest LabourConservative444-- Details
Wandsworth LabourConservative4812-- Details
Westminster ConservativeConservative555-- Details

Overall councillor numbers

Councillor statistics, 1968
PartySeats+/-Councils+/-
Conservative 1,438+77028+19
Labour 350-6683-17
Residents' association 36-13
Independent 26+15
Liberal 10-6
Communist 3±0
No overall control 1-2

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References

  1. ↑ "Those little local difficulties". BBC News. 5 May 2006. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  2. 1 2 "London Borough Council Elections 9 May 1968" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council.
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