Election Name: | 1968 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1964 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 1964 |
Next Election: | 1971 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 1971 |
Majority Seats: | 31 |
Election Date: | 9 May 1968 |
Map Size: | 300px |
Council control | |
Posttitle: | Subsequent council control |
Before Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
Elections to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council were held on 9 May 1968. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 14.3%.
Until 1978, each London council had aldermen, in the ratio of one aldermen to six councillors. Tower Hamlets had ten aldermen. Following the elections, Tower Hamlets elected five aldermen, who served until 1974. The remaining five aldermen had been elected in 1964 and would serve until 1971. All aldermen on Tower Hamlets were Labour.
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Book: London Borough Council Elections 9 May 1968. Research and Intelligence unit, Greater London Council. 1968. London.