1968 Southwark London Borough Council election

none 9 May 1968 1968 Southwark Council election parliamentary no Labour Party (UK) 1964 Southwark London Borough Council election 1964 1971 Southwark London Borough Council election 1971 All council seats Labour Party (UK) 43 21 18,963 42.45% Conservative Party (UK) 27 21 22,918 51.31% Council Control Labour Party (UK) Council Control Labour Party (UK) 25.98 24.31April 2022 Elections to Southwark Council were held in May 1968. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 20.7%. There were 23 wards. This election had aldermen as well as councillors. Labour got all ten aldermen as well as 33 directly elected councillors. Election result center|frameless|317x317px Southwark local election result 1968Rallings Colin Colin Rallings Michael Thrasher Michael Thrasher Local Elections in Britain: A Statistical Digest Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre 1993 Plymouth Conservative Party (UK) 27 21 0 21 38.57 51.31 22,918 25.98 Labour Party (UK) 43 0 21 21 61.43 42.45 18,963 24.31 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 0.00 3.86 1,724 0.96 Liberal Party (UK) 0 0 0 0.00 2.38 1,062 2.63 |} none|thumb|601x601px|Southwark Council voting history Ward results Abbey Abbey (2) Labour Party (UK) C.A. Sawyer 1,153 74.2 Labour Party (UK) C.J. Coveney 1,108 71.3 Conservative Party (UK) F.A. Reddin 456 29.4 Communist Party of Great Britain R. Gordon 183 11.8 1,553 22.0 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Alleyn Alleyn (2) Conservative Party (UK) H.S. Partridge 1,330 59.2 Conservative Party (UK) R.C. Gent 1,316 58.5 Labour Party (UK) G.W. Byfield 628 27.9 Labour Party (UK) M.G. Stevens 613 27.3 Liberal Party (UK) J.F. Hayes 229 10.2 Liberal Party (UK) B.G. Awty 217 9.7 2,248 34.3 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Bellenden Bellenden (3) Conservative Party (UK) B.C. Leach 1,848 65.7 Conservative Party (UK) A.G. Sinclair 1,794 63.8 Conservative Party (UK) R.P. Primmer 1,777 63.2 Labour Party (UK) F.E. Lee 886 31.5 Labour Party (UK) D.J.V. Moore 863 30.7 Labour Party (UK) E.J. Kemp 858 30.5 2,813 28.6 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Bricklayers Bricklayers (2) Labour Party (UK) L.A.J. Henley 768 63.8 Labour Party (UK) Mrs F. Whitnall 754 62.6 Conservative Party (UK) C.C. Hayward 373 31.0 Conservative Party (UK) F.H. Morgan 368 30.6 Communist Party of Great Britain A. Jacovou 40 3.3 1,204 18.6 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Browning Browning (3) Labour Party (UK) J.R. McCoid 789 43.6 Labour Party (UK) J.S. Lees 773 42.7 Labour Party (UK) Rev J.W. Watson 770 42.5 Conservative Party (UK) A.I. Robin 560 30.9 Conservative Party (UK) J. Gordon 555 30.7 Conservative Party (UK) G. Chandler 550 30.4 Communist Party of Great Britain S.P. Bent 398 22.0 Communist Party of Great Britain Mrs S.M. Hume 333 18.4 Communist Party of Great Britain T.C. Fuller 330 18.2 1,810 17.8 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Brunswick Brunswick (3) Labour Party (UK) Mrs E.S. Daymond 775 47.1 Labour Party (UK) E.W.T. Pruce 767 46.7 Conservative Party (UK) C.B. Cumming 765 46.5 Conservative Party (UK) Mrs N.R. Cumming 757 46.0 Labour Party (UK) Miss A.G. Liddle 754 45.9 Conservative Party (UK) Miss C.N. Frizell 720 43.8 Communist Party of Great Britain Mrs J. Willoughby 82 5.0 1,644 17.9 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Burgess Burgess (3) Conservative Party (UK) Mrs J.R. Bryant 711 47.0 Labour Party (UK) Mrs J.E. Cannon 710 47.0 Labour Party (UK) R. Richards 690 45.6 Conservative Party (UK) Mrs L.V. Best 685 45.3 Labour Party (UK) G.A. Tarrant 683 45.2 Conservative Party (UK) Mrs M.M. Tuck 655 43.3 Communist Party of Great Britain P.J. Hicks 108 7.1 1,512 15.5 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Cathedral Cathedral (3) Labour Party (UK) C.C. Gates 644 44.6 Labour Party (UK) E.J. Hall 619 42.9 Labour Party (UK) M. Warne 590 40.9 Communist Party of Great Britain E.D. Hume 436 30.2 Conservative Party (UK) L.E. Monkhouse 428 29.7 Conservative Party (UK) Mrs M.M. Jesshop 410 28.4 Conservative Party (UK) F.N. Richardson 410 28.4 1,443 14.2 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Chaucer Chaucer (3) Labour Party (UK) C.A. Farrow 766 48.6 Labour Party (UK) Mrs N.G. Farrow 758 48.1 Labour Party (UK) N.H. Tertis 725 46.0 Conservative Party (UK) D.M. Lang 701 44.5 Conservative Party (UK) G.R. Baxter 677 43.0 Conservative Party (UK) Miss B. North 677 43.0 Communist Party of Great Britain Miss M.B. Brooks 177 11.2 1,576 15.6 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) College College (2) Conservative Party (UK) R.W. Ames 2,024 65.2 Conservative Party (UK) B.G.J. Hoskins 2,015 65.0 Labour Party (UK) Mrs J. Lee 709 22.9 Labour Party (UK) T.E. Pilford 657 21.2 Liberal Party (UK) C.A. Williams 299 9.6 Liberal Party (UK) J.C. Williams 281 9.1 Communist Party of Great Britain Mrs E. Miles 98 3.2 3,102 43.1 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Consort Consort (3) Conservative Party (UK) Mrs F.G. Percival 982 53.5 Conservative Party (UK) R. Percival 941 51.2 Conservative Party (UK) Mrs J.C. Hudson 900 49.0 Labour Party (UK) W.F. Jones 865 47.1 Labour Party (UK) Mrs B.D. Chambers 793 43.2 Labour Party (UK) A.P. Chambers 769 41.9 1,837 17.5 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Dockyard Dockyard (2) Labour Party (UK) Mrs L.M. Brown 984 69.6 Labour Party (UK) John H. O’Grady 897 63.5 Conservative Party (UK) P. Gray 437 30.9 1,413 22.8 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Faraday Faraday (4) Labour Party (UK) S.R. Combes 1,173 54.4 Labour Party (UK) J.T. Greening 1,167 54.1 Labour Party (UK) F.W. Combes 1,166 54.1 Labour Party (UK) Mrs A.E. Waller 1,128 52.3 Conservative Party (UK) C.C. Keene 672 31.2 Conservative Party (UK) J.K. Bennett 629 29.2 Conservative Party (UK) S.H. Smith 627 29.1 Liberal Party (UK) Mrs M.E. Crockett 333 15.4 Liberal Party (UK) Miss M. Paling 296 13.7 Liberal Party (UK) G.H. Larden 280 13.0 Liberal Party (UK) Mrs C.K. Howard 255 11.8 2,156 17.8 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Friary Friary (3) Labour Party (UK) F.A. Goldwin 806 52.7 Labour Party (UK) Mrs M.V. Goldwin 777 50.8 Labour Party (UK) R.A. Cheesewright 751 49.1 Conservative Party (UK) Mrs J.V. Goldson 702 45.9 Conservative Party (UK) Mrs C.E. Pitman 675 44.1 Conservative Party (UK) Mrs M.A. Vaughan 658 43.0 1,529 15.0 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Lyndhurst Lyndhurst (3) Conservative Party (UK) Mrs P.C. Cooper 2,030 57.1 Conservative Party (UK) I.M. Andrews 1,968 55.3 Conservative Party (UK) R. Spilberg 1,956 55.0 Labour Party (UK) E. Corderoy 1,376 38.7 Labour Party (UK) Mrs A. Inman 1,348 37.9 Labour Party (UK) H.C. Potter 1,342 37.7 Communist Party of Great Britain A. Rolle 127 3.6 3,558 34.7 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Newington Newington (3) Labour Party (UK) C.A.G. Halford 944 52.0 Labour Party (UK) Mrs C.M. Clunn 932 51.3 Labour Party (UK) J.A. Matheson 911 50.1 Conservative Party (UK) A.L.A. Constable 794 43.7 Conservative Party (UK) Mrs R. Constable 777 42.8 Conservative Party (UK) E.G. Taylor 775 42.7 1,817 18.1 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Riverside Riverside (2) Labour Party (UK) J. Colmy 938 66.5 Labour Party (UK) L.T. Tucker 894 63.4 Conservative Party (UK) Miss H.C.A. Mitchell 446 31.6 Conservative Party (UK) J.B. Wheatley 411 29.1 1,410 21.5 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Rotherhithe Rotherhithe (2) Labour Party (UK) W.L. Ellis 891 70.1 Labour Party (UK) H.W. Young 862 67.8 Conservative Party (UK) Mrs I.E. Arrowsmith 342 26.9 Conservative Party (UK) G.G. Colbran 339 26.7 1,271 19.0 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Ruskin Ruskin (2) Conservative Party (UK) Mrs H.E. Day 2,463 78.2 Conservative Party (UK) H.J. Grant 2,458 78.0 Labour Party (UK) Mrs F.E. Sampson 634 20.1 Labour Party (UK) A.N. Bransom 628 19.9 3,151 46.0 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Rye Rye (2) Conservative Party (UK) A.P. Pritchett 1,936 70.1 Conservative Party (UK) W.V. Fuller 1,895 68.6 Labour Party (UK) Miss M.J. Roff 530 19.2 Labour Party (UK) P.J. Gethin 528 19.1 Liberal Party (UK) Mrs A.M. Bennett 263 9.5 Liberal Party (UK) Mrs L.R. Darsley 253 9.2 2,761 38.8 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) St Giles St Giles (3) Conservative Party (UK) M.P. Mulligan 1,120 54.8 Conservative Party (UK) G. Scott 1,088 53.2 Conservative Party (UK) M.D. Simmons 1,066 52.1 Labour Party (UK) Mrs E.M. Dalton 855 41.8 Labour Party (UK) L.H. Alden 843 41.2 Labour Party (UK) R. Wedlake 827 40.4 2,045 19.7 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) The Lane The Lane (3) Conservative Party (UK) D.P. Cianfarani 891 49.6 Conservative Party (UK) Mrs L.C. Marshall 869 48.4 Conservative Party (UK) G.N. Thornton 848 47.2 Labour Party (UK) F.J. Francis 822 45.8 Labour Party (UK) F.T. Rolfe 785 43.7 Labour Party (UK) P. Cather 760 42.3 Communist Party of Great Britain E.L. Hodson 119 6.6 1,796 19.0 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Waverley Waverley (2) Conservative Party (UK) F.J. Shirley 1,292 62.0 Conservative Party (UK) A.E. Smith 1,271 61.0 Labour Party (UK) H.T. Ball 749 35.9 Labour Party (UK) H.H. Guichard 729 35.0 2,085 33.7 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) By-Elections Consort by-election, 25 July 1968London Borough Council Elections 13 May 1971 https://londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/LBCE_1971-5-13.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20150124012200/https://londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/LBCE_1971-5-13.pdf dead 24 January 2015 London Datastore Greater London Council 3 March 2015 Conservative Party (UK) D. M. Lang 808 52.7 -0.8 Labour Party (UK) W. F. Jones 725 47.3 +0.2 1,533 14.6 -2.9 Conservative Party (UK) References Category:Council elections in the London Borough of Southwark Category:1968 London Borough council elections Category:20th century in the London Borough of Southwark