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:1934 United Kingdom local elections

{{Short description|British elections}}

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{{Politics of the United Kingdom}}

Local elections were held in London, city borough councils and in Scotland on 1 November 1934. The Labour Party gained many seats in sweeping successes throughout the country. In London, they won 457 seats, which gave them control of 11 councils and enabled them to hold four. In chief provincial boroughs, their net gains numbered 276 and gained 6 councils. There were also Scottish elections in which Labour also won many seats. The gains for Labour came at the expense of the Liberal Party which was by this stage had a declining presence in both national and local elections as well as the Conservative Party.

Results

=County Councils=

==England==

File:England Admin Counties 1890-1965.png

class="wikitable"
scope="col" | Council

! colspan=2 | Previous control

! colspan=2 | Result

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Bedfordshire

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Berkshire

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Buckinghamshire

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Cambridgeshire

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Cheshire

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Cornwall

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Cumberland

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Derbyshire

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Devon

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Dorset

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Durham

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | East Suffolk

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | East Sussex

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Essex

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Gloucestershire

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Hampshire

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Herefordshire

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Hertfordshire

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Holland

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Huntingdonshire

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Isle of Ely

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Kent

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Kesteven

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Lancashire

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Leicestershire

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Lindsey

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | London

| {{Party name with colour|Municipal Reform Party}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} gain

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Middlesex

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Nottinghamshire

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | East Riding

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | North Riding

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | West Riding

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | West Suffolk

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | West Sussex

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Westmorland

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Wiltshire

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Worcestershire

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==Wales==

File:Wales Administration Map 1947.png

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scope="col" | Council

! colspan=2 | Previous control

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! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Anglesey

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Brecknockshire

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Carnarvonshire

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Cardiganshire

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Carmarthenshire

| {{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}}

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Denbighshire

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Flintshire

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Glamorgan

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Merionethshire

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Monmouthshire

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Montgomeryshire

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Pembrokeshire

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Radnorshire

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=London Metropolitan boroughs=

File:London Metropolitan Borough elections, 1934.svg

class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
scope="col" | Council

! colspan=2 | Previous control

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! class="unsortable" scope="col"| Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Battersea

| {{Party name with colour|Municipal Reform Party}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} gain

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Bermondsey

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Bethnal Green

| {{Party name with colour|Progressive Party (London)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} gain

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Camberwell

| {{Party name with colour|Municipal Reform Party}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} gain

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Chelsea

| {{Party name with colour|Municipal Reform Party}}

| {{Party name with colour|Municipal Reform Party}} hold

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Deptford

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Finsbury

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|Ratepayers Association

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} gain

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Fulham

| {{Party name with colour|Municipal Reform Party}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} gain

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Greenwich

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} gain

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Hackney

| {{Party name with colour|Municipal Reform Party}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} gain

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Hammersmith

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|Constitutional Ratepayers Association

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|Constitutional Ratepayers Association hold

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Hampstead

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|Hampstead Municipal Electors' Alliance

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|Hampstead Municipal Electors' Alliance hold

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Holborn

| {{Party name with colour|Municipal Reform Party}}

| {{Party name with colour|Municipal Reform Party}} hold

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Islington

| {{Party name with colour|Municipal Reform Party}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} gain

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Kensington

| {{Party name with colour|Municipal Reform Party}}

| {{Party name with colour|Municipal Reform Party}} hold

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Lambeth

| {{Party name with colour|Municipal Reform Party}}

| {{Party name with colour|Municipal Reform Party}} hold

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Lewisham

| {{Party name with colour|Municipal Reform Party}}

| {{Party name with colour|Municipal Reform Party}} hold

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Paddington

| {{Party name with colour|Municipal Reform Party}}

| {{Party name with colour|Municipal Reform Party}} hold

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Poplar

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Shoreditch

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|People's Party

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} gain

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |St Marylebone

| {{Party name with colour|Municipal Reform Party}}

| {{Party name with colour|Municipal Reform Party}} hold

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |St Pancras

| {{Party name with colour|Municipal Reform Party}}

| {{Party name with colour|Municipal Reform Party}} hold

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Stepney

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} gain

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Stoke Newington

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|Ratepayers Association

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|Ratepayers Association hold

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Southwark

| {{Party name with colour|Municipal Reform Party}}

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Wandsworth

| {{Party name with colour|Municipal Reform Party}}

| {{Party name with colour|Municipal Reform Party}} hold

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Westminster

| {{Party name with colour|Municipal Reform Party}}

| {{Party name with colour|Municipal Reform Party}} hold

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scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Woolwich

| {{Party name with colour|Municipal Reform Party}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} gain

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References

  • Whitaker's Almanack 1936

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