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The borough had 13 wards which returned between 3 and 5 members. Of the 13 wards 6 of the wards had all candidates elected unopposed. Labour won all the seats, the
Conservatives only stood in 4 wards, the Liberal Party 1 ward and the Communist Party 1 ward.
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35:Bermondsey Borough Election Result 1956
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200:Willis, Alan; Woollard, John (2000).
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286:1956 United Kingdom local elections
19:Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey
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235:1959 Bermondsey Borough election
219:1953 Bermondsey Borough election
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423:1956 English local elections
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226:Southwark local elections
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299:Metropolitan boroughs
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22:were held in 1956.
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231:Succeeded by
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17:Elections to the
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384:Stoke Newington
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30:Election result
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314:Bethnal Green
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55:Seats %
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290:→ 1957
275:1955 ←
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105:Conservative
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390:Westminster
340:Hammersmith
428:Bermondsey
407:Categories
387:Wandsworth
378:St Pancras
367:Shoreditch
361:Paddington
352:Kensington
317:Camberwell
310:Bermondsey
187:References
371:Southwark
349:Islington
343:Hampstead
334:Greenwich
306:Battersea
161:Communist
393:Woolwich
358:Lewisham
327:Finsbury
323:Deptford
381:Stepney
355:Lambeth
346:Holborn
337:Hackney
320:Chelsea
157:
133:Liberal
129:
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69:
49:Losses
364:Poplar
331:Fulham
73:Labour
61:Votes
46:Gains
43:Seats
40:Party
89:100.0
174:0.0
146:0.0
118:0.0
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