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1968 London local elections

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Field	Value
election_name	1968 London local elections
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
turnout	35.8%
previous_election	1964 London local elections
previous_year	1964
next_election	1971 London local elections
next_year	1971
seats_for_election	All 1,863 on all 32 London boroughs
election_date	9 May 1968
1blank	Councils
2blank	Councils +/–
3blank	Councillors
4blank	Councillors +/–
image1	[[File:Heathdod.JPG	170x170px	Edward Heath]]
leader1	Edward Heath
leader_since1	27 July 1965
party1	Conservative Party (UK)
1data1	28
2data1	19
3data1	1,438
4data1	770
image2	[[File:Harold Wilson (1967).jpg	170x170px	Harold Wilson]]
leader2	Harold Wilson
leader_since2	14 February 1963
party2	Labour Party (UK)
1data2	3
2data2	17
3data2	350
4data2	668
map_image	London local elections 1968.svg
map_size	400px
map_caption	Results by Borough in 1968.
(Red indicates Labour, blue indicates the Conservatives and black indicates No Overall Control)

(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 8 am and 9 pm.

All seats were up for election. The result was a landslide for the Conservative Party, 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.

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

Councillors	Change	Councils	Change
1,438	+770	28	+19
350	-668	3	-17
10	-6	0	±0
36	-13	0	±0
26	+15	0	±0
3	±0	0	±0
Others	0	±0	0
n/a	n/a	1	-2

Turnout: 1,876,698 voters cast ballots, a turnout of 35.8%.

Council results

Summary of council election results:

Overall councillor numbers

Councillor statistics, 1968	Seats	+/-	Councils	+/-
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Conservative	1,438		28
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Labour	350		3
Residents Association}}"	Residents' association	36
Independent politician}}"	Independent	26
Liberal Party (UK)}}"	Liberal	10
Communist Party of Great Britain}}"	Communist	3	±0
No overall control}}"	No overall control	1

References

Greater London Assembly – London Borough Council Elections 2006

References

(5 May 2006). "Those little local difficulties". BBC News.
"London Borough Council Elections 9 May 1968". Greater London Council.

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