1968_Lambeth_London_Borough_Council_election

1968 Lambeth London Borough Council election

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Elections to Lambeth London Borough Council were held in May 1968. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 29.9%. This election had aldermen as well as councillors. Labour and the Conservatives both got 5 aldermen. Labour lost control of the Council which was under the control of the Conservatives until the next election.

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Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (1993). Local Elections in Britain: A Statistical Digest. Plymouth: Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre.

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"London Borough Council Elections: 9 May 1968" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. April 1969. Retrieved 13 October 2023.

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %
Conservative	62			+43	88.6	63.7
Labour	8			-43	11.4	31.0
Liberal	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.6

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Donatus Anyanwu
	Labour
	Labour
	Conservative
	Conservative
	Conservative
	Communist
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Conservative
	Conservative
	Labour
	Labour
	Labour
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour	Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour	Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour	Swing

Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Conservative
	Conservative
	Labour
	Labour
	Labour
	Liberal
	Liberal
	Liberal
	National Front
Turnout
	Conservative hold	Swing
	Conservative hold	Swing
	Conservative hold	Swing

Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Conservative
	Conservative
	Labour
	Labour
	Labour
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour	Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour	Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour	Swing

1968_Lambeth_London_Borough_Council_election

1968 Lambeth London Borough Council election

Election result

Ward results

Angell

Bishop's

Clapham Park

Clapham Town

Ferndale

Knight's Hill

Larkhall

Leigham

Oval

Prince's

St Leonard's

Stockwell

Streatham South

Streatham Wells

Thornton

Thurlow Park

Town Hall

Tulse Hill

Vassall

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J.E. Langley	1,025	18.0%
	Conservative	G.R.I. Allnut	1,002	17.6%
	Conservative	John Roy Major	991	17.4%
	Labour	L.G.M. Davis	921	16.2%
	Labour	J.M. Dodson	892	15.7%
	Labour	D.J. Packer	863	15.2%
Turnout			5,694
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Becker	1,308	54.6	+32.0
	Conservative	L.M. Burton	1,270
	Conservative	J. Smith	1,240
	Labour	J.W. Boyle	1,089	45.4	−32.0
	Labour	W.A. Brownett *	1,076
	Labour	F.J. Chesher	1,061
Turnout			2,427	22.4	+4.5
Registered electors			10,835		−9.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+32.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+32.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+32.0