1971 London local elections

Local government elections took place in London, and some other parts of the United Kingdom on Thursday 13 May 1971.

1971 London local elections

← 1968 13 May 1971 1974 →
All 1,863 on all 32 London boroughs
Turnout	38.7% (2.9%)
First party Second party   Leader Harold Wilson Edward Heath Party Labour Conservative Leader since 14 February 1963 27 July 1965 Councils 21 10 Councils +/– 18 18 Councillors 1,221 597 Councillors +/– 871 841
Results by Borough in 1971. (Red indicates Labour, blue indicates the Conservatives and black indicates No Overall Control)

All London borough council seats were up for election. The previous Borough elections in London were in 1968.^[1]

Results summary

Party		Councillors	Change	Councils	Change
	Labour	1,221	+871	21	+18
	Conservative	597	-841	10	-18
	Liberal	9	-1	0	±0
	Others	36	-29	0	±0
	No overall control	n/a	n/a	1	±0

• Turnout: 2,105,571 voters cast ballots, a turnout of 38.7% (+2.9%).^[2]

Council results

Council	Previous control		Result		Details
Barking		Labour		Labour	Details
Barnet		Conservative		Conservative	Details
Bexley		Conservative		Labour	Details
Brent		Conservative		Labour	Details
Bromley		Conservative		Conservative	Details
Camden		Conservative		Labour	Details
Croydon		Conservative		Conservative	Details
Ealing		Conservative		Labour	Details
Enfield		Conservative		Conservative	Details
Greenwich		Conservative		Labour	Details
Hackney		Conservative		Labour	Details
Hammersmith		Conservative		Labour	Details
Haringey		Conservative		Labour	Details
Harrow		Conservative		No overall control	Details
Havering		Conservative		Labour	Details
Hillingdon		Conservative		Labour	Details
Hounslow		Conservative		Labour	Details
Islington		Conservative		Labour	Details
Kensington and Chelsea		Conservative		Conservative	Details
Kingston upon Thames		Conservative		Conservative	Details
Lambeth		Conservative		Labour	Details
Lewisham		Conservative		Labour	Details
Merton		Conservative		Labour	Details
Newham		No overall control		Labour	Details
Redbridge		Conservative		Conservative	Details
Richmond upon Thames		Conservative		Conservative	Details
Southwark		Labour		Labour	Details
Sutton		Conservative		Conservative	Details
Tower Hamlets		Labour		Labour	Details
Waltham Forest		Conservative		Labour	Details
Wandsworth		Conservative		Labour	Details
Westminster		Conservative		Conservative	Details

Overall councillor numbers

London local elections 1971 Councillor statistics
Party		Seats	Gain/loss
	Labour	1,221	+871
	Conservative	597	-841
	Liberal	9	-1
	Others	36	-29