London local elections, 1974

2 May 1974

London borough councils by political control following election

Local government elections took place in London, and some other parts of the United Kingdom on Thursday 2 May 1974. Ward changes took place which increased the total number of councillors by 4 from 1,863 to 1,867.

All London borough council seats were up for election. The previous Borough elections in London were in 1971.^[1]

Council results

Council			Details
Barking	Labour	Labour	Details
Barnet	Conservative	Conservative	Details
Bexley	Labour	Conservative	Details
Brent	Labour	Labour	Details
Bromley	Conservative	Conservative	Details
Camden	Labour	Labour	Details
Croydon	Conservative	Conservative	Details
Ealing	Labour	Labour	Details
Enfield	Conservative	Conservative	Details
Greenwich	Labour	Labour	Details
Hackney	Labour	Labour	Details
Hammersmith	Labour	Labour	Details
Haringey	Labour	Labour	Details
Harrow	No overall control	Conservative	Details
Havering	Labour	No overall control	Details
Hillingdon	Labour	Labour	Details
Hounslow	Labour	Labour	Details
Islington	Labour	Labour	Details
Kensington and Chelsea	Conservative	Conservative	Details
Kingston upon Thames	Conservative	Conservative	Details
Lambeth	Labour	Labour	Details
Lewisham	Labour	Labour	Details
Merton	Labour	Conservative	Details
Newham	Labour	Labour	Details
Redbridge	Conservative	Conservative	Details
Richmond upon Thames	Conservative	Conservative	Details
Southwark	Labour	Labour	Details
Sutton	Conservative	Conservative	Details
Tower Hamlets	Labour	Labour	Details
Waltham Forest	Labour	Labour	Details
Wandsworth	Labour	Labour	Details
Westminster	Conservative	Conservative	Details

London local elections 1974 Councillor statistics
Party		Seats	Net Gain/Loss
	Labour	1,090	-131
	Conservative	713	+116
	Liberal	27	+18
	Others	37	+1

↑ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections 7 May 1998 including the Greater London Authority Referendum results" (PDF). Demographic and Statistical Studies. London Research Centre. Retrieved 29 May 2014.

(1973 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 1974 (→ 1975)

London boroughs	Barking Barnet Bexley Brent Bromley Camden Croydon Ealing Enfield Greenwich Hackney Hammersmith Haringey Harrow Havering Hillingdon Hounslow Islington Kensington and Chelsea Kingston upon Thames Lambeth Lewisham Merton Newham Redbridge Richmond upon Thames Southwark Sutton Tower Hamlets Waltham Forest Wandsworth Westminster

District councils (Scotland)	Aberdeen Angus Annandale and Eskdale Argyll Badenoch and Strathspey Banff and Buchan Bearsden and Milngavie Berwickshire Bishopbriggs and Kirkintilloch Caithness Clackmannan Clydebank Cumbernauld Cumnock and Doon Valley Cunninghame Dumbarton Dundee Dunfermline East Kilbride East Lothian Eastwood Edinburgh Ettrick and Lauderdale Falkirk Glasgow Gordon Hamilton Inverclyde Inverness Kilmarnock and Loudoun Kincardine and Deeside Kirkcaldy Kyle and Carrick Lanark Lochaber Merrick Midlothian Monklands Moray Motherwell Nairn Nithsdale North East Fife Perth and Kinross Renfrew Ross and Cromarty Roxburgh Skye and Lochalsh Stewartry Stirling Sutherland Tweeddale West Lothian

Regional councils (Scotland)	Borders Central Dumfries and Galloway Fife Grampian Highland Lothian Orkney Shetland Strathclyde Tayside Western Isles

See also: UK General election (Feb) UK General election (Oct)

London borough council elections

By year	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018

By borough	Barking and Dagenham Barnet Bexley Brent Bromley Camden Croydon Ealing Enfield Greenwich Hackney Hammersmith and Fulham Haringey Harrow Havering Hillingdon Hounslow Islington Kensington and Chelsea Kingston Lambeth Lewisham Merton Newham Redbridge Richmond Southwark Sutton Tower Hamlets Waltham Forest Wandsworth Westminster

See also	List of electoral wards in Greater London List of Greater London boundary changes

Elections and referendums in the United Kingdom

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Referendums	1975 2011 2016

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