1906 London local elections

March 2020 March 2020 1906 London local elections parliamentary no All 1,353 councillors in all 28 London boroughs 1 November 1906 Councils Councils +/– Councillors Henry Harris Municipal Reform Party 22 22 929 170x170px|Thomas Wood Thomas Wood Progressive Party (London) 3 6 254 File:Metropolitan_councils_control_1906.png 300px Results by Borough in 1906. (Blue indicates Municipal Reform, yellow indicates the Progressives and light blue indicates independent control)Local government elections took place in London on 1 November 1906. All council seats in all 28 metropolitan boroughs were up for election. The results were a landslide victory for the Conservatives, who stood as Municipal Reformers. Prior to the election, a central Municipal Reform Committee had been formed in September 1906, and the new organisation absorbed the former Moderate Party, who formed the opposition to the Progressives on the county council, as well as groups on the borough councils that opposed what they termed the "Progressive-Socialist Party".London Borough Council elections, The Times, 26 September 1906 The Municipal Reformers won 22 boroughs. This compared to three for the Liberals, who stood as Progressives, two for Independents and the nascent Labour Party losing its only borough, Woolwich. Political control Summary of council election results:Pethick Lawrence Frederick Edwards Joseph The Reformers’ Year Book, 1907 Taylor, Garnett, Evans and Co. 1907 London, Manchester and Reddish Previous control New control Municipal Reform Progressive Labour and Socialist Independent Battersea Progressive Progressive 25 29 - - Bermondsey Moderate Municipal Reform 32 20 2 - Bethnal Green Progressive Progressive - 30 - - Camberwell Progressive Municipal Reform 43 11 - 6 Chelsea Moderate Municipal Reform 33 3 - - Deptford Progressive/Labour Municipal Reform 30 1 - 5 Finsbury Progressive Municipal Reform 34 13 1 6 Fulham Progressive/Labour Municipal Reform 36 - - - Greenwich Progressive/Independent Municipal Reform 20 5 - 5 Hackney Progressive Progressive/Independent 18 22 - 20 Hammersmith Moderate Progressive 15 19 1 1 Hampstead Independent Independent - - - 42 Holborn Moderate Municipal Reform 37 4 - 1 Islington Progressive Municipal Reform 58 2 - - Kensington Moderate Municipal Reform 43 5 6 6 Lambeth Moderate Municipal Reform 55 4 1 - Lewisham Progressive Municipal Reform 42 - - - Paddington Moderate Municipal Reform 49 7 - 4 Poplar Progressive/Labour Municipal Reform 22 9 9 2 St. Marylebone Moderate Municipal Reform 51 5 - 4 St. Pancras Progressive Municipal Reform 48 10 2 - Shoreditch Moderate Municipal Reform 31 9 2 - Southwark Progressive Municipal Reform 32 27 1 - Stepney Progressive/Independent Municipal Reform 42 14 - 4 Stoke Newington Independent Independent - - - 30 Wandsworth Moderate Municipal Reform 58 - - 2 Westminster Moderate Municipal Reform 53 5 2 - Woolwich Labour Municipal Reform 22 - 13 1 References Category:London metropolitan borough council elections by year Category:Elections in London Category:1906 in London Category:1906 English local elections Category:November 1906 in the United Kingdom