The council was elected by First Past the Post with each elector having two votes in the two-member seats.

The Progressive Party retained control of the council, with a slightly reduced majority.

All the seats were contested other than Deptford and Greenwich, which were held uncontested by the Progressive Party.

[1] The main issue at the election was education policy, as the London School Board was to be abolished and its powers absorbed by the council.

[2][3] Other issues were the attitude of candidates towards the employment of Chinese immigrants in South Africa, and the purchase of the county council of some rails manufactured in Belgium.