Who won the most seats in the Local elections 7 May 1953?

The Labour Party won the most seats in the Local elections 7 May 1953, with 873 of 1,356 seats filled.

When was the Local elections 7 May 1953?

The Local elections 7 May 1953 was held on 7 May 1953.

Local elections 7 May 1953

Local elections 7 May 1953 was held on 7 May 1953. 1,356 seats were filled across 352 wards and divisions in 28 councils, from 2,737 candidates. The Labour Party won 873, Conservative Party won 482 and Independent Labour won 1.

Date: 7 May 1953
Seats filled: 1,356
Candidates: 2,737
Councils: 28

Local elections 7 May 1953: seats and votes by party
Party	Candidates	Seats won	Votes	Vote share
The Labour Party	1,271	873	1,961,317	52.2%
Conservative Party	1,197	482	1,715,208	45.7%
Independent Labour	1	1	321	0.0%
The Liberal Party	177	0	59,083	1.6%
Communist	77	0	14,577	0.4%
Independent	10	0	4,596	0.1%
Union Movement	3	0	161	0.0%
Independent Liberal	1	0	123	0.0%

Local elections 7 May 1953: results by council
Council	Wards / divisions	Seats filled	Largest party	Its seats
Metropolitan Borough of Battersea	16	55	Labour	37
Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey	13	45	Labour	45
Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green	5	30	Labour	30
Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell	20	60	Labour	46
Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea	6	36	Conservative	32
Metropolitan Borough of Deptford	12	36	Labour	31
Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury	8	34	Labour	29
Metropolitan Borough of Fulham	8	40	Labour	27
Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich	12	35	Labour	29
Metropolitan Borough of Hackney	16	48	Labour	48
Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith	13	39	Labour	33
Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead	7	42	Conservative	36
Metropolitan Borough of Holborn	9	42	Conservative	38
Metropolitan Borough of Islington	11	60	Labour	60
Metropolitan Borough of Kensington	9	60	Conservative	42
Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth	21	60	Labour	51
Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham	18	55	Conservative	33
Metropolitan Borough of Paddington	9	60	Conservative	39
Metropolitan Borough of Poplar	14	42	Labour	42
Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch	11	33	Labour	33
Metropolitan Borough of Southwark	10	60	Labour	60
Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone	10	60	Conservative	50
Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras	8	60	Labour	42
Metropolitan Borough of Stepney	20	60	Labour	59
Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington	10	30	Labour	24
Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth	20	60	Conservative	39
Metropolitan Borough of Westminster	14	60	Conservative	60
Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich	22	54	Labour	41