1934 United Kingdom local elections

British elections April 2022 Local elections were held in London, city borough councils and in Scotland on 1 November 1934. The Labour Party gained many seats in sweeping successes throughout the country. In London, they won 457 seats, which gave them control of 11 councils and enabled them to hold four. In chief provincial boroughs, their net gains numbered 276 and gained 6 councils. There were also Scottish elections in which Labour also won many seats. The gains for Labour came at the expense of the Liberal Party which was by this stage had a declining presence in both national and local elections as well as the Conservative Party. Results County Councils England thumb|Map of County & Borough Councils in England. Council Previous control Result Details BedfordshireDetails BerkshireDetails BuckinghamshireDetails CambridgeshireDetails CheshireDetails CornwallDetails CumberlandDetails DerbyshireDetails DevonDetails DorsetDetails DurhamDetails East SuffolkDetails East SussexDetails EssexDetails GloucestershireDetails HampshireDetails HerefordshireDetails HertfordshireDetails HollandDetails HuntingdonshireDetails Isle of ElyDetails KentDetails KestevenDetails LancashireDetails LeicestershireDetails LindseyDetails London Municipal Reform Party Labour Party (UK) gainDetails MiddlesexMiddlesex Municipal AllianceMiddlesex Municipal AllianceDetails NottinghamshireDetails East RidingDetails North RidingDetails West RidingDetails West SuffolkDetails West SussexDetails WestmorlandDetails WiltshireDetails WorcestershireDetails Wales thumb|Map of Welsh local government divisions. Council Previous control Result Details AngleseyDetails BrecknockshireDetails CarnarvonshireDetails CardiganshireDetails Carmarthenshire Independent (politician) Independent (politician)Details DenbighshireDetails FlintshireDetails GlamorganDetails MerionethshireDetails MonmouthshireDetails MontgomeryshireDetails PembrokeshireDetails RadnorshireDetails London Metropolitan boroughs thumb|Map of the results of the Metropolitan Borough elections. Council Previous control Result DetailsBattersea Municipal Reform Party Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsBermondsey Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBethnal Green Progressive Party (London) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsCamberwell Municipal Reform Party Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsChelsea Municipal Reform Party Municipal Reform Party holdDetailsDeptford Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsFinsburyRatepayers Association Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsFulham Municipal Reform Party Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsGreenwich No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsHackney Municipal Reform Party Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsHammersmithConstitutional Ratepayers AssociationConstitutional Ratepayers Association holdDetailsHampsteadHampstead Municipal Electors' AllianceHampstead Municipal Electors' Alliance holdDetailsHolborn Municipal Reform Party Municipal Reform Party holdDetailsIslington Municipal Reform Party Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsKensington Municipal Reform Party Municipal Reform Party holdDetailsLambeth Municipal Reform Party Municipal Reform Party holdDetailsLewisham Municipal Reform Party Municipal Reform Party holdDetailsPaddington Municipal Reform Party Municipal Reform Party holdDetailsPoplar Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsShoreditchPeople's Party Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsSt Marylebone Municipal Reform Party Municipal Reform Party holdDetailsSt Pancras Municipal Reform Party Municipal Reform Party holdDetailsStepney No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsStoke NewingtonRatepayers AssociationRatepayers Association holdDetailsSouthwark Municipal Reform Party Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsWandsworth Municipal Reform Party Municipal Reform Party holdDetailsWestminster Municipal Reform Party Municipal Reform Party holdDetailsWoolwich Municipal Reform Party Labour Party (UK) gainDetails References Whitaker's Almanack 1936