Local elections were held in London on 10 May 1962.
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 1965. Prior to this, elections to the shadow London borough councils were held on 7 May 1964.
Results The Conservatives lost control of three councils, Lewisham, St Pancras and Wandsworth, to Labour.
The results for each borough were as follows:
Borough Previous control New control Labour Conservative Liberal Others Total Details Battersea 40 12 3 55 Bermondsey 45 45 Details Bethnal Green 30 30 Camberwell 48 12 60 Chelsea 6 30 36 Deptford 33 3 36 Finsbury 32 2 34 Fulham 33 7 40 Greenwich 29 6 35 Hackney 48 48 Hammersmith 33 6 39 Hampstead 12 27 3 42 Holborn 8 34 42 Islington 58 2 60 Kensington 18 42 60 Lambeth 47 13 60 Lewisham 29 26 55 Paddington 23 37 60 Poplar 39 3 42 Shoreditch 33 33 Southwark 60 60 Details Stepney 35 2 3 40 St Marylebone 10 50 60 Stoke Newington 26 4 30 St Pancras 50 10 60 Wandsworth 36 24 60 Westminster 17 43 60 Woolwich 45 9 54 Total 923 393 12 8 1,336
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