Local elections were held in London on 1 November 1900.
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 1903. Polling took place on 1 November 1900.
Results The Conservative-aligned Moderates won control of the majority of boroughs. The Liberal-aligned Progressives took control of Battersea, Bethnal Green, Camberwell, Fulham, Shoreditch and Southwark councils.
The results for each borough were as follows:
Borough New control Moderate Progressive Others Total Details Battersea 17 37 54 Bermondsey 27 25 2 54 Bethnal Green 8 22 30 Details Camberwell 24 31 5 60 Chelsea 23 13 36 Deptford 20 16 36 Finsbury 29 12 13 54 Fulham 14 21 1 36 Greenwich 19 11 30 Hackney 37 20 3 60 Hammersmith 26 8 2 36 Hampstead 24 15 3 42 Holborn 39 2 1 42 Islington 47 10 3 60 Kensington 48 10 2 60 Lambeth 35 25 60 Lewisham 35 7 42 Paddington 47 10 3 60 Poplar 20 19 3 42 Shoreditch 13 28 1 42 Southwark 15 44 1 60 Stepney 32 23 5 60 St Marylebone 44 12 4 60 Stoke Newington 30 30 St Pancras 38 22 60 Wandsworth 57 2 1 60 Westminster 50 8 2 60 Woolwich 24 10 2 36 Total 812 463 87 1,362
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