Local elections were held in London on 10 May 1956.
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 1959.
Results Lewisham was the only council to change control, from Conservative to Labour.
The results for each borough were as follows:
Borough Previous control New control Labour Conservative Communist Independent Total Details Battersea 37 18 55 Bermondsey 45 45 Details Bethnal Green 30 30 Camberwell 48 12 60 Chelsea 30 6 36 Deptford 33 3 36 Finsbury 32 2 34 Fulham 30 10 40 Greenwich 29 6 35 Hackney 48 48 Hammersmith 33 6 39 Hampstead 6 36 42 Holborn 3 39 42 Islington 60 60 Kensington 18 42 60 Lambeth 45 15 60 Lewisham 30 25 55 Paddington 23 37 60 Poplar 42 42 Shoreditch 33 33 Southwark 60 60 Details Stepney 48 4 8 60 St Marylebone 10 50 60 Stoke Newington 27 3 30 St Pancras 37 23 60 Wandsworth 28 32 60 Westminster 60 60 Woolwich 47 7 54 Total 912 432 4 8 1,356
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