1964 Greater London Council election

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| <- 1961 | 9 April 1964 | 1967 ->

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100 councillors
51 seats needed for a majority
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Leader  | Bill Fiske | Percy Rugg
Party  | Labour | Conservative
Leader since  | 1964  | 1964
Leader's seat  | Havering | Kensington and Chelsea
Seats won  | 64 | 36
Popular vote  | 1,063,390 | 956,543
Percentage  | 44.6% | 40.1%

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|  | Leader after election

Bill Fiske
Labour Party

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The first election to the Greater London Council (GLC) was held on 9 April 1964.

## Background

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The election happened at a time of very high political tension, with a general election due in a few months. The GLC did not come into its powers until 1 April 1965, but spent the first year setting up its committee structure and arranging with its predecessor authorities to take over.

## Electoral arrangements

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New constituencies to be used for elections to Parliament and also for elections to the GLC had not yet been settled, so the London boroughs were used as multi-member 'first past the post' electoral areas. Westminster was joined with the City of London for this purpose. Each electoral area returned between 2 and 4 councillors.

The first election to the Greater London Council took place a month before the first election to the 32 London borough councils on 7 May 1964.

## Results

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### General election of councillors

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The Labour Party won a majority of seats at the election.

When the GLC was being planned, it was expected to produce Conservative majorities.[1] However, many suburban Conservative-voting areas had successfully campaigned to be excluded from the Greater London boundaries.[2]

The large constituencies where the winner took all exaggerated Labour's win in votes into a near two-to-one lead in terms of seats. It also made it extremely difficult for the Liberal Party to win any seats.

With an electorate of 5,466,756, there was a turnout of 44.2%.[3][4] Labour did particularly well to win Bexley and Havering, but performed poorly in Enfield which they might have expected to win. In Tower Hamlets, the Communist Party of Great Britain came in as runners-up with 8% of the vote.

Party | Votes | Seats

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Number | % | Stood | Seats | %
| Labour | 1,063,390 | 44.6 | 100 | 64 | 64.0
| Conservative | 956,543  | 40.1  | 100  | 36  | 36.0
| Liberal | 238,967  | 10.0  | 86  | 0  | 0.0
| Communist | 90,779  | 3.8  | 36  | 0  | 0.0
| Independent | 19,983  | 0.9  | 9  | 0  | 0.0
| Ratepayers | 5,858  | 0.3  | 3  | 0  | 0.0
| Christian Independent  | 2,895  | 0.1  | 1  | 0  | 0.0
| New Liberal | 2,474  | 0.1  | 3  | 0  | 0.0
| Union Movement | 2,353  | 0.1  | 2  | 0  | 0.0

### Aldermanic election

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In addition to the 100 councillors, there were sixteen aldermen elected by the council. The eight aldermen with the least votes were elected to serve until 1967 and the other eight until 1970. The aldermen were elected on 27 April 1964.

Aldermen elected in 1964, to retire in 1967:

Party | Alderman

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| Labour | Charles Christopher
| Labour | Arthur Edwards
| Conservative | Andrew Jardine
| Conservative | Albert Knowlden
| Labour | Terence McMillan
| Conservative | John Mason
| Labour | Bernard Rockman
| Labour | Donald Soper[a]

Aldermen elected in 1964, to retire in 1970:

Party | Alderman

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| Labour | Frank Banfield[b]
| Conservative | Francis Bennett
| Labour | Audrey Callaghan
| Labour | Edward Castle
| Labour | Alfred Chorley
| Labour | Herbert Ferguson
| Conservative | Leslie Freeman
| Labour | Edgar Garton

The aldermen divided 11 to Labour and 5 to the Conservatives, and so the overall strength of the parties on the council was 75 Labour to 41 Conservatives after the aldermanic election.

## Constituency results

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Results by electoral area

### Barking

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Barking (2)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Charles Prendergast  | 25,380  |  |
| Labour | Maud Ball  | 23,803  |  |
| Conservative | R. C. Denney  | 7,653  |  |
| Conservative | C. A. Pool  | 7,547  |  |
| Liberal | Hubert Herbert Creemer Blake | 4,625  |  |
| Liberal | J. D. Tyrrell  | 3,824  |  |
| Communist | K. Halpin  | 1,385  |  |
Turnout |  |  |
| Labour win (new seat)
| Labour win (new seat)

### Barnet

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Barnet (4)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Peter Blair Black  |  |  |
| Conservative | Jean Leslie Scott  |  |  |
| Conservative | Sir Joseph Henry Haygarth  |  |  |
| Conservative | Reginald Marks  |  |  |
| Labour | N Birch  |  |  |
| Labour | Mrs BR Scharf  |  |  |
| Labour | CHF Reynolds  |  |  |
| Labour | FB Groves  |  |  |
| Liberal | JW Webb  |  |  |
| Liberal | J. Murray Medway  |  |  |
| Liberal | Peter Hasler Billeness |  |  |
| Liberal | OC Williams  |  |  |
| Communist | RT Gooding  |  |  |
| Communist | JW Pinder  |  |  |
Turnout |  | 53.8  |
| Conservative win (new seat)
| Conservative win (new seat)
| Conservative win (new seat)
| Conservative win (new seat)

### Bexley

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Bexley (3)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Edwin Furness  | 41,300  |  |
| Labour | John Nicoll Powrie  | 39,079  |  |
| Labour | Robin Beauchamp Thompson  | 37,314  |  |
| Conservative | Douglas Melville Fielding  | 33,958  |  |
| Conservative | A. F. Cobbold  | 33,906  |  |
| Conservative | R. J. F. Monk  | 31,939  |  |
| Liberal | R. J. Marsh  | 7,435  |  |
| Liberal | R. H. A. Saunders  | 6,770  |  |
| Liberal | C. E. Wright  | 5,991  |  |
| Communist | L. H. Smith  | 2,929  |  |
Turnout |  |  |
| Labour win (new seat)
| Labour win (new seat)
| Labour win (new seat)

### Brent

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Brent (4)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Muriel Rose Forbes | 46,786  |  |
| Labour | Peter Otwell  | 46,307  |  |
| Labour | Illtyd Harrington | 46,284  |  |
| Labour | Frank Towell  | 45,552  |  |
| Conservative | Ruby Georgina Nancy Taylor  | 38,500  |  |
| Conservative | C. H. Ansted  | 38,221  |  |
| Conservative | H. J. C. Faulkner  | 38,079  |  |
| Conservative | Alfred Abram Berney  | 37,892  |  |
| Liberal | E. Baker  | 11,180  |  |
| Liberal | J. E. C. Perry  | 10,727  |  |
| Liberal | G. Phelps  | 10,416  |  |
| Liberal | M. R. Uziell-Hamilton  | 8,029  |  |
| Communist | M. E. Alcock  | 3,574  |  |
| Communist | L. G. Burt  | 2,722  |  |
Turnout |  |  |
| Labour win (new seat)
| Labour win (new seat)
| Labour win (new seat)
| Labour win (new seat)

### Bromley

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Bromley (4)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Edith Gordon Beecher-Bryant  |  |  |
| Conservative | Victor Sidney Henry Mitchell  |  |  |
| Conservative | Benita Dorothy Barham  |  |  |
| Conservative | Robert Joseph Turner*  |  |  |
| Labour | CJ Christopher  |  |  |
| Labour | FFW Coates  |  |  |
| Liberal | Michael Alan Minter |  |  |
| Liberal | Alfred Baldock Howard |  |  |
| Liberal | Nicholas Dudley Murdoch McGeorge |  |  |
| Labour | LM Moelwyn-Hughes  |  |  |
| Labour | GH Warrack  |  |  |
| Liberal | LD Ricketts  |  |  |
| Communist | CL Coleman  |  |  |
Turnout |  | 54.5  |
| Conservative win (new seat)
| Conservative win (new seat)
| Conservative win (new seat)
| Conservative win (new seat)

### Camden

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Camden (3)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Leila Campbell | 38,198  |  |
| Labour | Louis Wolfgang Bondy | 38,191  |  |
| Labour | Evelyn Joyce Denington | 37,364  |  |
| Conservative | F. E. H. Bennett  | 30,096  |  |
| Conservative | Lena Moncrieff Townsend | 28,723  |  |
| Conservative | Isita Clare Mansel  | 28,588  |  |
| Liberal | A. J. F. Macdonald  | 4,839  |  |
| Liberal | J. M. Arram  | 4,614  |  |
| Liberal | M. S. Watson  | 4,087  |  |
| Communist | J. Nicolson  | 2,875  |  |
| Independent | B. W. Haines  | 1,016  |  |
Turnout |  |  |
| Labour win (new seat)
| Labour win (new seat)
| Labour win (new seat)

### Croydon

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Croydon (4)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | John Leonard Aston  |  |  |
| Conservative | Geoffrey Weston Aplin  |  |  |
| Conservative | Paul Alexander Saunders  |  |  |
| Conservative | Keith Andrew Edwards  |  |  |
| Labour | Arthur George Edwards  |  |  |
| Labour | FT Cole  |  |  |
| Labour | JA Clinch  |  |  |
| Labour | S Sutcliffe  |  |  |
| Liberal | Ronald E J Banks |  |  |
| Liberal | Mrs BM Bashford  |  |  |
| Liberal | LG Pine  |  |  |
| Liberal | RF Tapsell  |  |  |
| Communist | M Rapaport  |  |  |
| Independent | SB Stray  |  |  |
| Independent | Jesse T. E. A. Waddell  |  |  |
Turnout |  |  |
| Conservative win (new seat)
| Conservative win (new seat)
| Conservative win (new seat)
| Conservative win (new seat)

### Ealing

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Ealing (4)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Peter Ernest Anderson  | 50,949  |  |
| Labour | Christopher Thomas Higgins  | 49,655  |  |
| Labour | George Francis Palmer  | 49,304  |  |
| Labour | Ethel Winifred Jones  | 49,253  |  |
| Conservative | Lady Henniker-Heaton  | 45,688  |  |
| Conservative | J. H. Ward  | 43,971  |  |
| Conservative | E. L. Prodham  | 43,118  |  |
| Conservative | R. F. Tovell  | 42,894  |  |
| Liberal | H. C. N. Baylis  | 8,649  |  |
| Liberal | J. E. Elsom  | 8,272  |  |
| Liberal | S. E. Smith  | 7,448  |  |
| Liberal | J. A. Sullivan  | 7,299  |  |
| Independent | J. McConville  | 3,311  |  |
| Communist | H. A. Tank  | 3,137  |  |
Turnout |  |  |
| Labour win (new seat)
| Labour win (new seat)
| Labour win (new seat)
| Labour win (new seat)

### Enfield

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Enfield (3)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Stanley Graham Rowlandson  | 37,527  |  |
| Conservative | Gordon Laurence Dixon  | 37,284  |  |
| Conservative | Thomas Broughton Mitcheson  | 36,947  |  |
| Labour | E. L. Mackenzie  | 36,576  |  |
| Labour | E. V. Gorton  | 35,260  |  |
| Labour | H. S. Newman  | 34,906  |  |
| Liberal | D. M. Gilbert  | 11,240  |  |
| Liberal | E. B. Pearce  | 10,782  |  |
| Liberal | R. F. Skinner  | 10,599  |  |
| Communist | R. A. Leeson  | 2,449  |  |
Turnout |  |  |
| Conservative win (new seat)
| Conservative win (new seat)
| Conservative win (new seat)

### Greenwich

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Greenwich (3)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Julia Ada Johnson  | 44,714  |  |
| Labour | John William Andrews  | 44,349  |  |
| Labour | James Young | 42,621  |  |
| Conservative | U. V. Lister  | 25,358  |  |
| Conservative | W. S. Manners  | 25,104  |  |
| Conservative | L. J. Smith  | 24,851  |  |
| Communist | E. Halpin  | 3,786  |  |
| Independent | H. H. Wright  | 2,016  |  |
Turnout |  |  |
| Labour win (new seat)
| Labour win (new seat)
| Labour win (new seat)

### Hackney

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Hackney (3)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Ellis Simon Hillman | 24,793  |  |
| Labour | David Thomas Pitt | 24,281  |  |
| Labour | Arthur Ernest Wicks | 24,037  |  |
| Conservative | O. S. Henriques  | 6,561  |  |
| Conservative | W. J. Hawkins  | 6,265  |  |
| Conservative | A. M. White  | 6,260  |  |
| Liberal | R. B. James  | 3,953  |  |
| Liberal | T. Keen  | 3,904  |  |
| Liberal | T. D. Gates  | 3,641  |  |
| Communist | M. Goldman  | 2,807  |  |
Turnout |  |  |
| Labour win (new seat)
| Labour win (new seat)
| Labour win (new seat)

### Hammersmith

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Hammersmith (3)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Richard Clive Edmonds  | 36,051  |  |
| Labour | Marjorie Eleanor McIntosh | 35,406  |  |
| Labour | Jane Phillips  | 35,185  |  |
| Conservative | John Stewart Collins  | 21,135  |  |
| Conservative | Ann McVicker Forbes-Cockell  | 20,715  |  |
| Conservative | J. Graham  | 19,380  |  |
| Liberal | C. M. Hildred-Goode  | 2,055  |  |
| Liberal | D. Webb  | 1,966  |  |
| Liberal | F. C. Scrivener  | 1,892  |  |
| Communist | P. T. Robson  | 1,736  |  |
| Labour win (new seat)
| Labour win (new seat)
| Labour win (new seat)

### Haringey

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Haringey (3)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Annie Florence Remington  | 39,698  |  |
| Labour | Louis Albert Vitoria  | 39,412  |  |
| Labour | Gladys Felicia Dimson  | 39,412  |  |
| Conservative | A. G. Brown  | 31,284  |  |
| Conservative | H. H. Godwin-Monck  | 30,849  |  |
| Conservative | N. Muldoon  | 30,177  |  |
| Communist | E. L. Ramsay  | 5,612  |  |
| Labour win (new seat)
| Labour win (new seat)
| Labour win (new seat)

### Harrow

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Harrow (3)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Horace Walter Cutler | 37,895  |  |
| Conservative | Oliver John Galley  | 37,021  |  |
| Conservative | William Emlyn Jones  | 35,577  |  |
| Labour | A. J. Lovell  | 27,000  |  |
| Labour | T. T. Swan  | 25,995  |  |
| Labour | A. R. Judge  | 24,684  |  |
| Liberal | M. D. Colne  | 14,447  |  |
| Liberal | D. F. Joyner  | 13,333  |  |
| Liberal | C. M. Hawkings  | 13,151  |  |
| Communist | R. A. Ward  | 3,426  |  |
Turnout |  |  |
| Conservative win (new seat)
| Conservative win (new seat)
| Conservative win (new seat)

### Havering

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Havering (3)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | William Geoffrey Fiske | 36,280  |  |
| Labour | William Arthur Gillman  | 34,915  |  |
| Labour | Bertie Edwin Roycraft  | 32,150  |  |
| Conservative | N. L. Anfilogoff  | 29,590  |  |
| Conservative | Mrs E. H. Dean  | 29,394  |  |
| Conservative | E. T. Davies  | 28,835  |  |
| Liberal | D. M. Hardy  | 11,705  |  |
| Liberal | C. W. Brewster  | 10,437  |  |
| Liberal | G. M. Horey  | 8,930  |  |
| Communist | F. Barlow  | 4,000  |  |
Turnout |  |  |
| Labour win (new seat)
| Labour win (new seat)
| Labour win (new seat)

### Hillingdon

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Hillingdon (3)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | William John Lipscombe  | 34,728  |  |
| Labour | Frank Herbert Rapley  | 33,216  |  |
| Labour | David John Davies  | 32,898  |  |
| Conservative | E. L. Ing  | 32,091  |  |
| Conservative | G. Corran  | 32,072  |  |
| Conservative | Leslie Freeman  | 31,715  |  |
| Liberal | S. H. Davidson  | 7,299  |  |
| Liberal | J. B. Leno  | 7,112  |  |
| Liberal | J. A. Friedlander  | 6,545  |  |
| Independent | T. H. Barnard  | 5,020  |  |
| Communist | F. Stanley  | 3,240  |  |
Turnout |  |  |
| Labour win (new seat)
| Labour win (new seat)
| Labour win (new seat)

### Hounslow

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Hounslow (3)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Jack Dunnett | 40,684  |  |
| Labour | Ernest Kinghorn | 38,028  |  |
| Labour | Frederick W. Powe | 36,860  |  |
| Conservative | Geoffrey Chase-Gardener  | 32,044  |  |
| Conservative | Andrew Jardine  | 31,281  |  |
| Conservative | Dyas Cyril Loftus Usher  | 29,426  |  |
| Liberal | R. P. Power  | 7,457  |  |
| Liberal | G. C. Middleton  | 7,084  |  |
| Liberal | J. S. Probert  | 6,062  |  |
| Communist | F. Stanley  | 2,077  |  |
Turnout |  |  |
| Labour win (new seat)
| Labour win (new seat)
| Labour win (new seat)

### Islington

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Islington (3)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Edwin Bayliss | 31,077  |  |
| Labour | Irene Chaplin | 30,165  |  |
| Labour | Florence Evelyne Cayford | 30,107  |  |
| Conservative | R. A. Baker  | 8,152  |  |
| Conservative | P. E. Postgate  | 7,811  |  |
| Conservative | A. Hardy  | 7,380  |  |
| New Liberal | F. C. Barrett  | 2,922  |  |
| Communist | J. F. Moss  | 2,309  |  |
| New Liberal | F. G. S. White  | 2,292  |  |
| Liberal | S. W. Applin  | 2,290  |  |
| New Liberal | A. E. Lomas  | 2,207  |  |
| Liberal | C. Simpson  | 1,956  |  |
| Liberal | A. F. Cook  | 1,675  |  |
| Independent | D. H. L. Chenappa  | 659  |  |
Turnout |  |  |
| Labour win (new seat)
| Labour win (new seat)
| Labour win (new seat)

### Kensington and Chelsea

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Kensington and Chelsea (3)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Sir Percy Rugg | 34,683  |  |
| Conservative | Robert Louis Vigars  | 34,130  |  |
| Conservative | Seton Forbes Cockell  | 34,114  |  |
| Labour | A. L. Grieves  | 15,824  |  |
| Labour | O. M. Wilson  | 15,598  |  |
| Labour | T. W. Ives  | 15,001  |  |
| Liberal | M. Neilson  | 5,352  |  |
| Liberal | P. C. Boucher  | 5,060  |  |
| Liberal | J. H. Crowhurst  | 4,981  |  |
| Communist | H. B. Collins  | 2,153  |  |
Turnout |  |  |
| Conservative win (new seat)
| Conservative win (new seat)
| Conservative win (new seat)

### Kingston upon Thames

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Kingston upon Thames (2)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Sydney William Leonard Ripley  | 26,252  |  |
| Conservative | Geoffrey John David Seaton  | 25,868  |  |
| Labour | E. K. Leggett  | 16,411  |  |
| Labour | C. Lesser  | 16,068  |  |
| Liberal | J. P. Farmer  | 6,788  |  |
| Liberal | A. M. Hollis  | 6,705  |  |
| Communist | D. E. Wilson  | 1,039  |  |
| Union Movement | A. J. C. Murray  | 944  |  |
Turnout |  |  |
| Conservative win (new seat)
| Conservative win (new seat)

### Lambeth

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Lambeth (4)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Robert William George Humphreys  | 46,240  |  |
| Labour | Victor Mishcon | 46,056  |  |
| Labour | Beatrice Serota | 45,492  |  |
| Labour | Sidney Aubrey Melman  | 45,125  |  |
| Conservative | L. Iremonger  | 37,812  |  |
| Conservative | Gerard Folliott Vaughan | 37,358  |  |
| Conservative | A. M. Tennant  | 37,122  |  |
| Conservative | I. N. Samuel  | 37,057  |  |
| Liberal | D. R. Chapman  | 4,860  |  |
| Liberal | W. B. Mattinson  | 4,606  |  |
| Liberal | J.H. Gardner  | 4,451  |  |
| Liberal | I. Shaw  | 4,116  |  |
| Communist | J. Lawrence  | 2,416  |  |
| Communist | T. Gorringe  | 2,052  |  |
| Independent | William George Boaks | 1,282  |  |
| Independent | A. C. Osman  | 1,103  |  |
Turnout |  |  |
| Labour win (new seat)
| Labour win (new seat)
| Labour win (new seat)
| Labour win (new seat)

### Lewisham

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Lewisham (4)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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Turnout |  |  |
| Labour win (new seat)
| Labour win (new seat)
| Labour win (new seat)
| Labour win (new seat)

### Merton

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Merton (2)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Thomas William Scott  | 29,920  |  |
| Conservative | Frederick William Walker  | 29,895  |  |
| Labour | C. M. Waugh  | 28,752  |  |
| Labour | J. T. Pyne  | 27,108  |  |
| Liberal | E. M. Morrison  | 6,753  |  |
| Liberal | J. S. Rowlinson  | 6,676  |  |
| Communist | S. E. French  | 1,552  |  |
| Union Movement | D. Wheeler  | 1,409  |  |
Turnout |  |  |
| Conservative win (new seat)
| Conservative win (new seat)

### Newham

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Newham (3)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Samuel Boyce  | 34,429  |  |
| Labour | Edward Percy Bell  | 33,568  |  |
| Labour | Arthur Frank George Edwards  | 30,674  |  |
| Liberal | D. A. S. Brooke  | 9,476  |  |
| Conservative | C. A. Rugg  | 7,616  |  |
| Conservative | B. C. Balcomb  | 7,155  |  |
| Conservative | W. C. Willis  | 6,717  |  |
| Liberal | E. Johnson  | 6,119  |  |
| Liberal | R. A. Savill  | 5,703  |  |
| Communist | J. A. Walker  | 2,757  |  |
Turnout |  |  |
| Labour win (new seat)
| Labour win (new seat)
| Labour win (new seat)

### Redbridge

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Redbridge (3)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Robert Mitchell | 37,601  |  |
| Conservative | Francis Herbert James  | 36,785  |  |
| Conservative | Anne Sylvia Terry  | 36,259  |  |
| Labour | L. Fallaize  | 24,463  |  |
| Labour | A. F. J. Chorley  | 23,205  |  |
| Labour | A. E. O'Connor  | 22,440  |  |
| Liberal | G. S. Bellamy  | 17,901  |  |
| Liberal | K. H. N. Ives  | 17,622  |  |
| Liberal | D. F. Murphy  | 17,487  |  |
| Communist | P. J. Devine  | 3,885  |  |
Turnout |  |  |
| Conservative win (new seat)
| Conservative win (new seat)
| Conservative win (new seat)

### Richmond upon Thames

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Richmond upon Thames (2)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Frederick Denis Christian  | 34,259  |  |
| Conservative | Montague William Garrett  | 34,029  |  |
| Labour | G. H. Loman  | 19,649  |  |
| Labour | T. R. Starr  | 19,557  |  |
| Liberal | D. V. G. Feltham  | 12,379  |  |
| Liberal | L. Worth  | 11,205  |  |
| Communist | A. J. Banfield  | 1,947  |  |
| Conservative win (new seat)
| Conservative win (new seat)

### Southwark

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Southwark (4)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Reginald Eustace Goodwin | 49,518  |  |
| Labour | Henry George Lamborn | 49,480  |  |
| Labour | Edgar Ernest Reed  | 48,471  |  |
| Labour | Albert Edward Samuels | 47,177  |  |
| Conservative | Toby Francis Henry Jessel | 18,333  |  |
| Conservative | J. A. Prichard  | 17,568  |  |
| Conservative | A. P. R. Noble  | 17,401  |  |
| Conservative | J. G. L. M. Porter  | 17,148  |  |
| Communist | S. P. Bent  | 4,311  |  |
Turnout |  |  |
| Labour win (new seat)
| Labour win (new seat)
| Labour win (new seat)
| Labour win (new seat)

### Sutton

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Sutton (2)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | George Frederick Everitt  | 30,393  |  |
| Conservative | Frederick William Thompson  | 28,979  |  |
| Labour | P. J. Bassett  | 19,023  |  |
| Labour | H. Ferguson  | 18,129  |  |
| Liberal | J. D. Ross  | 7,548  |  |
| Liberal | G. R. Watkin  | 6,787  |  |
| Communist | A. T. Goddard  | 1,880  |  |
Turnout |  |  |
| Conservative win (new seat)
| Conservative win (new seat)

### Tower Hamlets

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Tower Hamlets (2)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | John Patrick Branagan  | 25,350  |  |
| Labour | Ernest Ashley Bramall | 24,488  |  |
| Communist | Solly Kaye | 2,618  |  |
| Liberal | S. H. Woodham  | 2,179  |  |
| Liberal | J. W. Parton  | 2,133  |  |
| Conservative | A. J. Lawrence  | 2,113  |  |
| Conservative | B. Hawley  | 1,959  |  |
Turnout |  |  |
| Labour win (new seat)
| Labour win (new seat)

### Waltham Forest

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Waltham Forest (3)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | James Albert Edward Collins  | 35,338  |  |
| Labour | Betty Kathleen Lowton  | 33,299  |  |
| Labour | Mavis Joan Webster  | 31,872  |  |
| Conservative | M. J. Harvey  | 22,980  |  |
| Conservative | J. Gordon  | 22,158  |  |
| Conservative | G. W. Mason  | 21,113  |  |
| Ratepayers | W. J. Bowstead  | 6,624  |  |
| Liberal | J. M. Bishop  | 5,995  |  |
| Ratepayers | L. E. Norman  | 5,557  |  |
| Ratepayers | T. H. Oakman  | 5,393  |  |
| Liberal | W. T. Neilson-Hansen  | 4,944  |  |
| Liberal | W. V. E. Seymer  | 4,748  |  |
| Communist | D. J. Solomons  | 1,289  |  |
Turnout |  |  |
| Labour win (new seat)
| Labour win (new seat)
| Labour win (new seat)

### Wandsworth

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Wandsworth (4)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | M. C. Jay | 53,747  |  |
| Labour | Norman George Mollett Prichard | 52,606  |  |
| Labour | George Frederick Rowe  | 51,857  |  |
| Labour | Joseph Simeon Samuels  | 51,292  |  |
| Conservative | M. Bowen  | 37,459  |  |
| Conservative | J. I. Tweedie-Smith  | 37,292  |  |
| Conservative | F. L. Abbott  | 37,258  |  |
| Conservative | D. Y. Fell  | 36,776  |  |
| Liberal | A. Cowen  | 8,630  |  |
| Liberal | R. A. Locke  | 8,443  |  |
| Liberal | M. E. Lawson  | 7,897  |  |
| Liberal | C. V. Gittins  | 7,716  |  |
| Communist | G. M. Easton  | 3,116  |  |
| Communist | D. J. Welsh  | 2,143  |  |
Turnout |  |  |
| Labour win (new seat)
| Labour win (new seat)
| Labour win (new seat)
| Labour win (new seat)

### Westminster and the City of London

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Westminster and the City of London (4)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Louis Halle Gluckstein | 40,109  |  |
| Conservative | Harold Sebag-Montefiore  | 39,856  |  |
| Conservative | Samuel Isidore Salmon | 39,703  |  |
| Conservative | Arthur Desmond Herne Plummer | 39,581  |  |
| Labour | J. J. Curran  | 25,735  |  |
| Labour | H. E. Browne  | 25,511  |  |
| Labour | Countess Lucan | 25,136  |  |
| Labour | B. C. G. Whitaker  | 24,856  |  |
| Liberal | Timothy Wentworth Beaumont | 4,996  |  |
| Liberal | Richard Lord Afton | 4,405  |  |
| Liberal | Arthur William Robert Capel | 4,112  |  |
| Liberal | Lady Ruth Abrahams | 4,035  |  |
| Communist | L. R. Temple  | 1,758  |  |
Turnout |  |  |
| Conservative win (new seat)
| Conservative win (new seat)
| Conservative win (new seat)
| Conservative win (new seat)

## By-elections 1964-1967

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Further information: List of Greater London Council by-elections

Less than a month after the election, Marjorie McIntosh (Labour, Hammersmith) died and precipitated a byelection; however, given that the voters had elected the GLC and the new London boroughs, the parties were short of money and the Conservatives decided not to oppose the Labour candidate who was returned unopposed on 18 June. Oliver Galley (Conservative, Harrow, died in October 1965 and the Conservatives retained his seat at a byelection on 27 January 1966.[5] By the end of the term, there were two seats vacant due to the resignations of Sir Joseph Haygarth (Conservative, Barnet) and Mrs Mavis Webster (Labour, Waltham Forest).

There was one aldermanic by-election in 1965 caused by the resignation of Donald Soper (Labour). Frederick Lionel Tonge (Labour) was elected by the council on 6 July 1965, to serve until 1967.

## Notes

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1. ^ Resigned 13 May 1965
2. ^ Died 31 March 1970

## References

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1. ^ Porter, Roy (1998). London, a Social History. Harvard University Press. p. 396.
2. ^ Garside, Patricia (2006). Politics, ideology and the issue of open space in London, 1939–2000. Routledge.
3. ^ Boothroyd, David. "GLC Election Results Summaries". United Kingdom Election Results. Archived from the original on 1 September 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
4. ^ "General Election of Greater London Councillors" (PDF). London Datastore. 9 April 1964. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
5. ^ Boothroyd, David. "Greater London Council Election results: Harrow". United Kingdom Election Results. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2023.

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