Who won the most seats in the Local Elections 1968?

Conservative Party won the most seats in the Local Elections 1968, with 2,607 of 3,430 seats filled.

When was the Local Elections 1968?

The Local Elections 1968 was held on 9 May 1968.

Local Elections 1968

Name: Local Elections 1968 results
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Local Elections 1968 was held on 9 May 1968. 3,430 seats were filled across 1,985 wards and divisions in 138 councils, from 8,604 candidates. Conservative Party won 2,607, The Labour Party won 594 and The Liberal Party won 66.

Date: 9 May 1968
Seats filled: 3,430
Candidates: 8,604
Councils: 138

Local Elections 1968: seats and votes by party
Party	Candidates	Seats won	Votes	Vote share
Conservative Party	3,161	2,607	5,565,136	58.5%
The Labour Party	3,259	594	2,786,454	29.3%
The Liberal Party	1,210	66	649,508	6.8%
Residents	134	58	166,618	1.8%
Independent	174	35	98,386	1.0%
Cit	35	27	69,255	0.7%
Prog	15	11	10,755	0.1%
I.RA	12	6	12,994	0.1%
R.R	14	6	12,554	0.1%
R.A	31	5	18,981	0.2%
COMM	223	3	34,059	0.4%
Communist	201	2	32,953	0.3%
IMA	2	2	2,122	0.0%
PROT	2	2	1,619	0.0%
Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales	23	1	16,374	0.2%
Citizens' Association	3	1	4,315	0.0%
L(C)	1	1	2,025	0.0%
I.Lib	1	1	1,480	0.0%
C(Ind)	1	1	1,440	0.0%
RA	2	1	288	0.0%
LIB	13	0	8,764	0.1%
National Front	22	0	4,694	0.0%
T.A	5	0	2,759	0.0%
TEN	10	0	2,546	0.0%
I.Lab	9	0	2,134	0.0%
Other	15	0	1,899	0.0%
I.Con	4	0	1,563	0.0%
RES	1	0	1,225	0.0%
Non-Resident Association	4	0	1,177	0.0%
Lan	1	0	906	0.0%
CHTA	1	0	797	0.0%
BRA	1	0	769	0.0%
Dem	3	0	565	0.0%
Socialist Candidate	1	0	553	0.0%
Rpa	1	0	549	0.0%
Independent Labour Party	1	0	528	0.0%
P.I.Lib	1	0	211	0.0%
Union Movement	2	0	183	0.0%
T.Nat	1	0	97	0.0%
WG	1	0	68	0.0%

Local Elections 1968: results by council
Council	Wards / divisions	Seats filled	Largest party	Its seats
Altrincham Borough Council	8	8	Conservative	6
Barking and Dagenham	12	49	Labour	32
Barnet	20	60	Conservative	56
Barnsley County Borough Council	10	10	Labour	5
Barrow County Borough Council	8	8	Conservative	6
Bath County Borough Council	15	16	Conservative	10
Bexley	20	56	Conservative	55
Birkenhead County Borough Council	16	16	Conservative	10
Birmingham County Borough Council	39	39	Conservative	35
Blackburn County Borough Council	14	14	Conservative	9
Blackpool County Borough Council	17	17	Conservative	14
Bolton County Borough Council	16	24	Conservative	19
Bootle County Borough Council	7	18	Conservative	16
Bournemouth County Borough Council	16	16	Conservative	14
Bradford County Borough Council	19	57	Conservative	55
Brent	31	60	Conservative	49
Brighton County Borough Council	19	22	Conservative	21
Bristol County Borough Council	28	29	Cit	24
Bromley	25	60	Conservative	52
Burnley County Borough Council	12	13	Conservative	6
Burton upon Trent County Borough Council	8	9	Conservative	9
Bury County Borough Council	6	11	Conservative	11
Camden	19	60	Conservative	42
Canterbury County Borough Council	3	6	Conservative	6
Cardiff County Borough Council	19	19	Conservative	18
Carlisle County Borough Council	10	30	Conservative	22
Carmarthen	1	0	—	—
Chester County Borough Council	7	14	Conservative	14
Christchurch	1	0	—	—
Cleethorpes	3	0	—	—
Congleton	1	0	—	—
Coventry County Borough Council	18	18	Conservative	11
Croydon	20	60	Conservative	47
Darlington County Borough Council	11	11	Conservative	9
Daventry	1	0	—	—
Derby County Borough Council	18	54	Conservative	47
Dewsbury County Borough Council	9	9	Conservative	3
Doncaster County Borough Council	12	12	Conservative	9
Dover	2	0	—	—
Dudley County Borough Council	15	15	Conservative	13
Ealing	20	60	Conservative	53
Eastbourne County Borough Council	10	10	Conservative	6
Enfield	30	60	Conservative	51
Exeter County Borough Council	17	17	Conservative	13
Gateshead County Borough Council	12	12	Labour	6
Gloucester County Borough Council	11	11	Conservative	9
Gosport	1	0	—	—
Great Yarmouth County Borough Council	12	12	Conservative	10
Greenwich	27	60	Conservative	38
Grimsby County Borough Council	14	15	Conservative	12
Guildford	1	0	—	—
Hackney	20	60	Conservative	31
Halifax County Borough Council	15	15	Conservative	10
Hammersmith and Fulham	21	60	Conservative	54
Haringey	20	60	Conservative	53
Harrow	15	56	Conservative	56
Hartlepool County Borough Council	15	16	Conservative	12
Hastings County Borough Council	8	8	Conservative	6
Havering	20	55	Conservative	35
Hereford	1	0	—	—
Hillingdon	18	60	Conservative	60
Hounslow	20	60	Conservative	53
Huddersfield County Borough Council	15	16	Conservative	12
Ipswich County Borough Council	14	14	Conservative	12
Islington	19	60	Conservative	47
Kensington and Chelsea	15	60	Conservative	57
Kingston upon Hull County Borough Council	21	23	Conservative	16
Kingston upon Thames	24	60	Conservative	59
Lambeth	20	60	Conservative	57
Leeds County Borough Council	30	90	Conservative	74
Leicester County Borough Council	16	16	Conservative	16
Lewes	1	0	—	—
Lewisham	23	60	Conservative	44
Lincoln County Borough Council	10	16	Conservative	14
Liverpool County Borough Council	40	40	Conservative	31
Luton County Borough Council	12	13	Conservative	13
Maidstone	1	0	—	—
Manchester County Borough Council	38	41	Conservative	33
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council	8	8	Labour	4
Merton	14	54	Conservative	46
Newbury	2	0	—	—
Newcastle upon Tyne County Borough Council	20	20	Conservative	14
Newcastle-under-Lyme	11	0	—	—
Newham	24	60	Labour	30
Newport County Borough Council	13	13	Conservative	8
Northampton County Borough Council	12	12	Conservative	11
Norwich County Borough Council	16	18	Conservative	14
Nottingham County Borough Council	18	54	Conservative	46
Oldham County Borough Council	13	13	Conservative	12
Oxford County Borough Council	8	17	Conservative	17
Penzance Borough Council	1	0	—	—
Peterborough	1	0	—	—
Plymouth County Borough Council	22	22	Conservative	19
Portsmouth County Borough Council	16	16	Conservative	14
Preston County Borough Council	12	13	Conservative	11
Reading County Borough Council	13	13	Conservative	11
Redbridge	17	60	Conservative	55
Richmond upon Thames	18	54	Conservative	54
Rochdale County Borough Council	12	13	Conservative	8
Rotherham County Borough Council	11	11	Labour	6
Sale Borough Council	8	9	Conservative	9
Salford County Borough Council	16	16	Conservative	15
Salisbury	1	0	—	—
Sheffield County Borough Council	27	30	Conservative	22
Solihull County Borough Council	10	10	Conservative	5
South Shields County Borough Council	15	15	Prog	10
Southampton County Borough Council	18	20	Conservative	18
Southend-on-Sea County Borough Council	16	17	Conservative	14
Southport County Borough Council	15	16	Conservative	15
Southwark	23	61	Labour	33
St Albans	2	0	—	—
St Helens County Borough Council	10	10	Labour	5
Stockport County Borough Council	18	18	Conservative	14
Stoke-on-Trent County Borough Council	24	24	Conservative	12
Stratford-On-Avon	2	2	Independent	1
Stretford Borough Council	8	8	Conservative	7
Sunderland County Borough Council	22	22	Conservative	12
Sutton	25	51	Conservative	41
Swansea County Borough Council	15	15	Labour	8
Swindon	3	2	Labour	2
Teesside County Borough Council	26	26	Conservative	16
Torbay County Borough Council	12	12	Conservative	11
Tower Hamlets	20	60	Labour	57
Tynemouth County Borough Council	9	9	Independent	9
Wakefield County Borough Council	11	11	Conservative	6
Wallasey County Borough Council	16	16	Conservative	14
Walsall County Borough Council	15	16	Conservative	9
Waltham Forest	16	48	Conservative	44
Wandsworth	20	60	Conservative	48
Warley County Borough Council	15	15	Conservative	15
Warrington County Borough Council	9	9	Conservative	7
Warwick	1	0	—	—
West Bromwich County Borough Council	15	15	Conservative	14
Westminster	18	60	Conservative	55
Wigan County Borough Council	14	14	Labour	10
Wolverhampton County Borough Council	20	20	Conservative	16
Worcester County Borough Council	12	13	Conservative	10
York County Borough Council	13	13	Conservative	13