Local elections were held in London on 7 May 1959.
Electoral arrangements The County of London, outside of the City of London, was divided into 28 metropolitan boroughs. Each borough was divided into a number of multi-member electoral wards.
Councillors were elected to serve a three year term, to go out of office in 1962.
Ward boundaries were changed in Stepney (60 councillors decreased to 40) and Westminster. Total councillors were reduced by 20 from 1,356 to 1,336.
Results Labour lost control of two councils, Lewisham and St Pancras, to the Conservatives. However, in Lewisham they were able to retain control of the council following the election of the mayor and aldermen.
The results for each borough were as follows:
Borough Previous control New control Labour Conservative Communist Independent Total Details Battersea 34 21 55 Bermondsey 45 45 Details Bethnal Green 30 30 Camberwell 48 12 60 Chelsea 6 30 36 Deptford 33 3 36 Finsbury 29 5 34 Fulham 31 9 40 Greenwich 29 6 35 Hackney 48 48 Hammersmith 33 6 39 Hampstead 6 36 42 Holborn 3 39 42 Islington 60 60 Kensington 12 48 60 Lambeth 46 14 60 Lewisham 27 28 55 Paddington 23 37 60 Poplar 42 42 Shoreditch 33 33 Southwark 60 60 Details Stepney 37 2 1 40 St Marylebone 10 50 60 Stoke Newington 30 30 St Pancras 27 33 60 Wandsworth 25 35 60 Westminster 6 53 1 60 Woolwich 40 14 54 Total 853 479 2 2 1,336
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