1949 London County Council election

{{Short description|1949 local election in England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2020}}

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1949 London County Council election

| country = United Kingdom

| flag_image = LCC arms 1914.png

| type = parliamentary

| ongoing = no

| party_colour = yes

| previous_election = 1946 London County Council election

| previous_year = 1946

| next_election = 1952 London County Council election

| next_year = 1952

| seats_for_election =

| election_date = 7 April 1949

| 1blank = Councillors

| image1 = x160px

| colour1 =

| leader1 = Henry Brooke

| leader_since1 = 1946

| leaders_seat1 = Cities of London and Westminster

| party1 = Conservative Party (UK)

| last_election1 =

| seats1 = 64

| seat_change1 = {{increase}}34

| popular_vote1 = 1,526,000

| percentage1 = 50.9%

| swing1 =

| image2 = x160px

| colour2 =

| leader2 = Isaac Hayward

| leader_since2 = 1947

| leaders_seat2 = Deptford

| party2 = Labour Party (UK)

| last_election2 =

| seats2 = 64

| seat_change2 = {{decrease}}26

| popular_vote2 = 1,404,805

| percentage2 = 46.9%

| swing2 =

| image3 = x160px

| colour3 =

| leader3 = Percy Harris

| leader_since3 =

| leaders_seat3 = Bethnal Green

| party3 = Liberal Party (UK)

| last_election3 =

| seats3 = 1

| seat_change3 = {{decrease}}1

| popular_vote3 = 37,266

| percentage3 = 1.2%

| swing3 =

}}

An election to the County Council of London took place on 7 April 1949. The council was elected by First Past the Post with each elector having three votes in the three-member seats. The Conservative Party made substantial gains, achieving the same number of seats as the Labour Party. However, Labour held the chair of the council, and was thus able to retain control.

The constituencies were completely reorganised before the election. The 60 former two-member constituencies and one four-member constituency were replaced by 43 three-member constituencies, to align with the UK Parliamentary constituencies due to be introduced at the 1950 UK general election.{{cite news |title=LCC election nominations |work=The Times |date=23 March 1949}}