Local elections were held in London on 1 November 1937.
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 for a three-year term, to go out of office in November 1940. However, due to the Second World War, and the provisions of the Local Elections and Register of Electors (Temporary Provisions) Acts 1939–1944 and the Representation of the People Act 1945, the terms of those elected in 1937 were extended to 1945.
Ward boundaries were changed in Hackney (60 councillors decreased to 48), Lewisham (50 increased to 53) and Southwark. Total councillors were reduced by 9 from 1,386 to 1,377.
Results Labour took control of two councils, Hammersmith and Lambeth, from the Conservative-aligned Municipal Reform Party.
The results for each borough were as follows:
Borough Previous control New control Labour Municipal Reform Communist Total Details Battersea 40 15 55 Bermondsey 54 54 Details Bethnal Green 30 30 Camberwell 38 22 60 Chelsea 36 36 Deptford 30 6 36 Finsbury 48 8 56 Fulham 27 13 40 Greenwich 21 9 30 Hackney 41 7 48 Hammersmith 27 9 36 Hampstead 6 36 42 Holborn 6 36 42 Islington 42 18 60 Kensington 12 48 60 Lambeth 31 29 60 Lewisham 11 42 53 Paddington 23 37 60 Poplar 42 42 Shoreditch 36 6 42 Southwark 60 60 Details Stepney 59 1 60 St Marylebone 9 51 60 Stoke Newington 13 17 30 St Pancras 27 33 60 Wandsworth 10 50 60 Westminster 60 60 Woolwich 35 10 45 Total 778 598 1 1,377
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