Florence Cayford

Dame Florence Evelyne Cayford, DBE, JP (1897 – 1987) was a Labour politician in London.

From 1937 until 1965 Cayford served as a member of Hampstead Borough Council, leading the Labour group 1945-58. She represented Hampstead as Alderman on the London County Council, of which she was Chairman in 1960. She continued as a councillor on the newly formed London Borough of Camden from 1964, serving as Deputy Mayor 1967-68 and Mayor 1968-69, and represented Islington on the Greater London Council from 1964.