1949 London County Council election

1949 London County Council election

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First party Second party Third party   Lab Leader Henry Brooke Isaac Hayward Percy Harris Party Conservative Labour Liberal Leader since 1946 1947 Leader's seat Cities of London and Westminster Deptford Bethnal Green Seats won 64 64 1 Seat change 34 26 1 Popular vote 1,526,000 1,404,805 37,266 Percentage 50.9% 46.9% 1.2%

An election to the County Council of London took place on 7 April 1949. The council was elected by First Past the Post with each elector having three votes in the three-member seats. The Conservative Party made substantial gains, achieving the same number of seats as the Labour Party. However, Labour held the chair of the council, and was thus able to retain control.

The constituencies were completely reorganised before the election. The 60 former two-member constituencies and one four-member constituency were replaced by 43 three-member constituencies, to align with the UK Parliamentary constituencies due to be introduced at the 1950 UK general election.^[1]