Election Date: | 2 May 1974 |
Election Name: | 1974 Southwark Council election |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | Labour Party (UK) |
Previous Election: | 1971 Southwark London Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 1971 |
Next Election: | 1978 Southwark London Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 1978 |
Seats For Election: | All council seats |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Seats1: | 66 |
Seat Change1: | 2 |
Popular Vote1: | 31,604 |
Percentage1: | 65.28% |
Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Seats2: | 4 |
Seat Change2: | 2 |
Popular Vote2: | 10,586 |
Percentage2: | 21.87% |
Council Control | |
Before Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
Posttitle: | Council Control |
After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
Swing1: | 9.34% |
Swing2: | 1.99% |
Elections to Southwark Council were held in May 1974. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 24.2%.
This was the last local election to feature aldermen as well as councillors. Labour got all ten aldermen as well as 56 elected councillors.
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