Local elections were held in London on 7 May 1953.
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 1956.
Ward boundaries were changed in Bermondsey (54 councillors reduced to 45), Bethnal Green, Camberwell, Finsbury (56 to 34), Greenwich (30 increased to 35), Hackney, Lambeth, St Marylebone, Stoke Newington and Woolwich (45 to 54). Total councillors were reduced by 17 from 1,373 to 1,356.
Results Two councils changed control, Stoke Newington and St Pancras, from Conservative to Labour.
The results for each borough were as follows:
Borough Previous control New control Labour Conservative Ind. Labour Total Details Battersea 37 18 55 Bermondsey 45 45 Details Bethnal Green 30 30 Camberwell 46 14 60 Chelsea 4 32 36 Deptford 31 5 36 Finsbury 29 5 34 Fulham 27 13 40 Greenwich 29 6 35 Hackney 48 48 Hammersmith 33 6 39 Hampstead 6 36 42 Holborn 4 38 42 Islington 60 60 Kensington 18 42 60 Lambeth 51 9 60 Lewisham 22 33 55 Paddington 24 36 60 Poplar 42 42 Shoreditch 33 33 Southwark 60 60 Details Stepney 59 1 60 St Marylebone 10 50 60 Stoke Newington 24 6 30 St Pancras 42 18 60 Wandsworth 21 39 60 Westminster 60 60 Woolwich 41 13 54 Total 876 470 1 1,356
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