1945 London local elections

1945 London local elections parliamentary no yes 1937 London local elections 1937 1949 London local elections 1949 All 1,377 councillors in all 28 metropolitan boroughs 1 November 1945 Councils Councils +/– Councillors Councillors +/– Labour Party (UK) 23 6 1,038 Municipal Reform Party 5 6 315 Local elections were held in London on 1 November 1945. Electoral arrangements The County of London, outside of the City of London, was divided into 28 metropolitan boroughs. Each borough was divided into a number of multi-member electoral wards. The previous election was in 1937. In the normal three-yearly cycle, elections should have taken place in 1940, 1943 and 1946. 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. Councillors were elected for a three-year term, to go out of office in November 1948. However, the normal month of the 1948 and future borough council elections was changed to the following May by the Representation of the People Act 1948. Councillors elected in November 1945 had their terms extended to go out of office in May 1949. The franchise was extended by the Representation of the People Act 1945 for this and future local elections to be on the same basis as Parliamentary elections.Today's local elections The Guardian 1 November 1945 5 Results The Conservative-aligned Municipal Reform Party lost control of six councils to the Labour Party. The results for each borough were as follows:Woollard John Willis Alan Twentieth Century Local Elections Results. Volume 2: Election Results for London Metropolitan Boroughs 1931-1962 2000 LGC Information https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Twentieth-Century-Local-Election-Results-Volume-2.pdfWoollard John Willis Alan Twentieth Century Local Elections Results. Volume 3: Summary Data: Inner London County & Borough Elections 1889-1998 2000 LGC Information https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Twentieth-Century-Local-Election-Results-Volume-3.pdf Borough Previous control New control Labour Municipal Reform Communist Others Total Details Battersea Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 49 6 55 Bermondsey Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 51 3 54 Details Bethnal Green Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 30 30 Camberwell Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 51 9 60 Chelsea Municipal Reform Party Municipal Reform Party 9 27 36 Deptford Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 34 2 36 Finsbury Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 47 1 86 Ratepayers' association, 2 Genuine Labour. 56 Fulham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 34 6 40 Greenwich Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 23 7 30 Hackney Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 47 1 48 Hammersmith Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 36 36 Hampstead Municipal Reform Party Municipal Reform Party 14 28 42 Holborn Municipal Reform Party Labour Party (UK) 24"Holborn" In Holborn the election was postponed until 27 November in one ward with nine seats due to the death of a candidate. 18 42"Holborn" Islington Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 60 60 Kensington Municipal Reform Party Municipal Reform Party 18 42 60 Lambeth Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 57 3 60 Lewisham Municipal Reform Party Labour Party (UK) 43 10 53 Paddington Municipal Reform Party Labour Party (UK) 34 26 60 Poplar Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 42 42 Shoreditch Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 42 42 Southwark Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 60 60 Details Stepney Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 49 10 11 Independent Labour. 60 St Marylebone Municipal Reform Party Municipal Reform Party 9 51 60 Stoke Newington Municipal Reform Party Labour Party (UK) 30 30 St Pancras Municipal Reform Party Labour Party (UK) 54 6 60 Wandsworth Municipal Reform Party Labour Party (UK) 43 17 60 Westminster Municipal Reform Party Municipal Reform Party 5 52 3 60 Woolwich Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 43 2 45 Total 1,038 315 15 10 1,377 Notes References Category:London metropolitan borough council elections by year Category:Elections in London Category:1945 in London Category:1945 English local elections