Who won the most seats in the Local elections 12 May 1949?

The Labour Party won the most seats in the Local elections 12 May 1949, with 742 of 1,373 seats filled.

When was the Local elections 12 May 1949?

The Local elections 12 May 1949 was held on 12 May 1949.

Local elections 12 May 1949

Local elections 12 May 1949 was held on 12 May 1949. 1,373 seats were filled across 328 wards and divisions in 28 councils, from 3,101 candidates. The Labour Party won 742, Conservative Party won 616 and Communist won 11.

Date: 12 May 1949
Seats filled: 1,373
Candidates: 3,101
Councils: 28

Local elections 12 May 1949: seats and votes by party
Party	Candidates	Seats won	Votes	Vote share
The Labour Party	1,311	742	1,860,078	45.1%
Conservative Party	1,211	616	2,103,006	51.0%
Communist	331	11	56,281	1.4%
Independent Labour	7	4	3,418	0.1%
The Liberal Party	199	0	95,844	2.3%
Independent	25	0	3,185	0.1%
Union Movement	13	0	1,886	0.0%
Independent Liberal	2	0	401	0.0%
Other	2	0	268	0.0%

Local elections 12 May 1949: results by council
Council	Wards / divisions	Seats filled	Largest party	Its seats
Metropolitan Borough of Battersea	16	55	Labour	34
Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey	12	54	Labour	54
Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green	4	30	Labour	30
Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell	20	60	Labour	39
Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea	6	36	Conservative	32
Metropolitan Borough of Deptford	12	36	Labour	29
Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury	11	56	Labour	37
Metropolitan Borough of Fulham	8	40	Labour	21
Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich	9	30	Labour	21
Metropolitan Borough of Hackney	16	48	Labour	38
Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith	13	39	Labour	27
Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead	7	42	Conservative	40
Metropolitan Borough of Holborn	9	42	Conservative	41
Metropolitan Borough of Islington	11	60	Labour	48
Metropolitan Borough of Kensington	9	60	Conservative	48
Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth	12	60	Labour	41
Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham	18	55	Conservative	44
Metropolitan Borough of Paddington	9	60	Conservative	40
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	9	60	Conservative	51
Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras	8	60	Conservative	34
Metropolitan Borough of Stepney	20	60	Labour	50
Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington	6	30	Conservative	23
Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth	20	60	Conservative	50
Metropolitan Borough of Westminster	14	60	Conservative	60
Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich	14	45	Labour	36