Who won the most seats in the Local elections 7 May 1959?

The Labour Party won the most seats in the Local elections 7 May 1959, with 853 of 1,336 seats filled.

When was the Local elections 7 May 1959?

The Local elections 7 May 1959 was held on 7 May 1959.

Local elections 7 May 1959

Local elections 7 May 1959 was held on 7 May 1959. 1,336 seats were filled across 355 wards and divisions in 28 councils, from 2,660 candidates. The Labour Party won 853, Conservative Party won 479 and Communist won 2.

Date: 7 May 1959
Seats filled: 1,336
Candidates: 2,660
Councils: 28

Local elections 7 May 1959: seats and votes by party
Party	Candidates	Seats won	Votes	Vote share
The Labour Party	1,269	853	1,325,681	49.8%
Conservative Party	1,077	479	1,237,674	46.5%
Communist	65	2	15,326	0.6%
Independent	27	1	7,986	0.3%
Other	5	1	2,644	0.1%
The Liberal Party	197	0	70,802	2.7%
Independent Labour	11	0	2,655	0.1%
Independent Conservative	3	0	308	0.0%
National Labour	3	0	278	0.0%
The Socialist Party of Great Britain	3	0	136	0.0%

Local elections 7 May 1959: results by council
Council	Wards / divisions	Seats filled	Largest party	Its seats
Metropolitan Borough of Battersea	16	55	Labour	34
Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey	13	45	Labour	45
Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green	5	30	Labour	30
Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell	20	60	Labour	48
Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea	6	36	Conservative	30
Metropolitan Borough of Deptford	12	36	Labour	33
Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury	8	34	Labour	29
Metropolitan Borough of Fulham	8	40	Labour	31
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	39
Metropolitan Borough of Islington	11	60	Labour	60
Metropolitan Borough of Kensington	9	60	Conservative	48
Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth	21	60	Labour	46
Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham	18	55	Conservative	28
Metropolitan Borough of Paddington	12	60	Conservative	37
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	Conservative	33
Metropolitan Borough of Stepney	14	40	Labour	37
Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington	10	30	Labour	30
Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth	20	60	Conservative	35
Metropolitan Borough of Westminster	20	60	Conservative	53
Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich	22	54	Labour	40