1937 Southwark Borough Council election

March 2020 March 2020 Elections to the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark were held in 1937. This was the last set of elections before World War II. The borough had ten wards which returned between 3 and 8 members. Labour won all of the seats. Electoral arrangements Councillors were elected for a three-year term, to go out of office in November 1940. However, due to the Second World War, and the provisions of the Local Elections and Register of Electors (Temporary Provisions) Acts 1939–1944 and the Representation of the People Act 1945, the terms of those elected in 1937 were extended to 1945. Election result Southwark Borough Election Result 1937Willis Alan John Woollard Twentieth Century Local Election Results Volume 2: Election Results For London Metropolitan Boroughs (1931–1962) Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre 2000 Plymouth Labour Party (UK) 60 0 0 0 100.0 Municipal Reform Party 0 0 0 0 0.0 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0.0 |} References 1934 Southwark Borough election Southwark local elections 1945 Southwark Borough election Category:Council elections in the London Borough of Southwark Category:1937 English local elections Category:1937 in London