London local elections, 1974

London local elections, 1974

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All 1,867 on all 32 London boroughs
First party Second party Third party   Leader Harold Wilson Edward Heath Jeremy Thorpe Party Labour Conservative Liberal Leader since 14 February 1963 27 July 1965 18 January 1967 Popular vote 42.9% 41.7% 12.3% Swing 10.2% 2.3% 8.1% Councils 18 13 0 Councils +/– 3 3 Councillors 1,090 713 27 Councillors +/– 131 116 18
Results by Borough in 1974. (Red indicates Labour, blue indicates the Conservatives and grey indicates No Overall Control)

Local government elections took place in London, and some other parts of the United Kingdom on Thursday 2 May 1974. Ward changes took place which increased the total number of councillors by 4 from 1,863 to 1,867.

All London borough council seats were up for election. The previous Borough elections in London were in 1971.

Councillor statistics