Local elections were held in London, city borough councils and in Scotland on 1 November 1934. The Labour Party gained many seats in sweeping successes throughout the country. In London, they won 457 seats, which gave them control of 11 councils and enabled them to hold four. In chief provincial boroughs, their net gains numbered 276 and gained 6 councils. There were also Scottish elections in which Labour also won many seats. The gains for Labour came at the expense of the Liberal Party which was by this stage had a declining presence in both national and local elections as well as the Conservative Party.
Results County Councils England
Council Previous control Result Details BedfordshireDetails BerkshireDetails BuckinghamshireDetails CambridgeshireDetails CheshireDetails CornwallDetails CumberlandDetails DerbyshireDetails DevonDetails DorsetDetails DurhamDetails East SuffolkDetails East SussexDetails EssexDetails GloucestershireDetails HampshireDetails HerefordshireDetails HertfordshireDetails HollandDetails HuntingdonshireDetails Isle of ElyDetails KentDetails KestevenDetails LancashireDetails LeicestershireDetails LindseyDetails London gainDetails MiddlesexMiddlesex Municipal AllianceMiddlesex Municipal AllianceDetails NottinghamshireDetails East RidingDetails North RidingDetails West RidingDetails West SuffolkDetails West SussexDetails WestmorlandDetails WiltshireDetails WorcestershireDetails
Wales
Council Previous control Result Details AngleseyDetails BrecknockshireDetails CarnarvonshireDetails CardiganshireDetails Carmarthenshire Details DenbighshireDetails FlintshireDetails GlamorganDetails MerionethshireDetails MonmouthshireDetails MontgomeryshireDetails PembrokeshireDetails RadnorshireDetails
London Metropolitan boroughs
Council Previous control Result DetailsBattersea gainDetailsBermondsey holdDetailsBethnal Green gainDetailsCamberwell gainDetailsChelsea holdDetailsDeptford holdDetailsFinsburyRatepayers Association gainDetailsFulham gainDetailsGreenwich gainDetailsHackney gainDetailsHammersmithConstitutional Ratepayers AssociationConstitutional Ratepayers Association holdDetailsHampsteadHampstead Municipal Electors' AllianceHampstead Municipal Electors' Alliance holdDetailsHolborn holdDetailsIslington gainDetailsKensington holdDetailsLambeth holdDetailsLewisham holdDetailsPaddington holdDetailsPoplar holdDetailsShoreditchPeople's Party gainDetailsSt Marylebone holdDetailsSt Pancras holdDetailsStepney gainDetailsStoke NewingtonRatepayers AssociationRatepayers Association holdDetailsSouthwark gainDetailsWandsworth holdDetailsWestminster holdDetailsWoolwich gainDetails
References Whitaker's Almanack 1936