The 1968 Havering Council election took place on 9 May 1968 to elect members of Havering London Borough Council in London, England.

[1] Gaining nineteen seats, the Conservative Party won overall control of the council for the first time.

The Labour Party lost twenty seats and was only able to hold on to seven councillors in the Heaton, Hilldene and Gooshays wards covering the Harold Hill estate.

One of the three seats in Hylands ward went from Labour to the Independent Residents.

Holding on to a further twelve seats in Cranham, Hacton, Rainham and Upminster, the Independent Residents became the second largest group on the council.