Elections to Southwark Council were held in May 1971. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 28.7%.
This election had aldermen as well as councillors. Labour got all ten aldermen as well as 58 elected councillors. The Liberal Party did not contest any seats.
Election result
Ward results Abbey
Alleyn
Bellenden
Bricklayers
Browning
Brunswick
Burgess
Cathedral
Chaucer
College
Consort
Dockyard
Faraday
Friary
Lyndhurst
Newington
Riverside
Rotherhithe
Ruskin
Rye
St Giles
The Lane
Waverley
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