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Moderates, who had 16 councillors elected. The opposition was formed by the
Progressives with 8 seats. At the next election in 1903 Moderates held control with the support of 2 Independent Conservative councillors. By the time of the 1906 election, the Conservatives contested the elections throughout
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took control of the borough, with 20 seats to 10 for the
Municipal Reform Party. Three years later the position was reversed, with Municipal Reformers retaking control with 22 seats to Labour's 11. At the 1925 election the Municipal Reform and Labour parties both took 15 seats, and the borough
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council was consequently under no overall control. The same party composition was returned at the 1928 and 1931 elections. Labour subsequently gained control, which they held at the 1934 election. Labour held the borough at the 1937 election. Elections were again suspended during the
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was used as the headquarters for the new larger borough instead. The Town Hall and
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The borough was abolished in 1965, and its area was merged with that of the borough of
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in the Art Deco style. When the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich was merged into the
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The Municipal Elections – Results in London Boroughs
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The municipal elections, Changes in London boroughs
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787:Borough council elections – Extensive Labour gains
663:Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England
701:Post Office London County Suburbs Directory, 1919
674:Statistical Abstract for London, 1901 (Vol. IV);
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643:. A Vision of Britain through Time
621:. A Vision of Britain through Time
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