London local elections, 1964

7 May 1964

All 1,859 on all 32 London boroughs

	First party	Second party

Leader	Harold Wilson	Alec Douglas-Home
Party	Labour	Conservative
Leader since	14 February 1963	19 October 1963
Councils	20	9
Councils +/–	20	9
Councillors	1,112	668
Councillors +/–	1,112	668

London borough councils by political control following election

Local government elections were held in the thirty-two London boroughs on Thursday 7 May 1964. Polling stations were open between 8am and 9pm.

This was the first election for the London boroughs, which had been created by the London Government Act 1963. All seats were up for election. The result was a landslide for the Labour Party, who won twenty of the boroughs. The Conservatives won nine, and three were under no overall control. Only sixteen Liberal councillors were elected in London, along with forty-nine residents and ratepayers candidates, three independents and three Communists.

The result followed the convincing Labour gain of the new Greater London Council in the first GLC elections held on 9 April.

Until 1978, each council had aldermen, in the ratio of one aldermen to six councillors. Following the elections, each council elected all of its aldermen, half of which would go on to serve until 1968 and half until 1971. This did not affect political control in any borough.

Council results

Summary of council election results:

	Political control	Conservative	Labour	Liberal	Residents	Others	Details
Barking	Labour	-	45	-	4	-	Details
Barnet	Conservative	37	13	6	-	-	Details
Bexley	Labour	17	39	-	-	-	Details
Brent	Labour	26	34	-	-	-	Details
Bromley	Conservative	38	15	7	-	-	Details
Camden	Labour	26	34	-	-	-	Details
Croydon	NOC	30	21	-	6	3	Details
Ealing	Labour	26	34	-	-	-	Details
Enfield	Labour	29	31	-	-	-	Details
Greenwich	Labour	11	49	-	-	-	Details
Hackney	Labour	-	60	-	-	-	Details
Hammersmith	Labour	7	53	-	-	-	Details
Haringey	Labour	19	41	-	-	-	Details
Harrow	Conservative	36	20	-	-	-	Details
Havering	NOC	16	27	-	12	-	Details
Hillingdon	Labour	24	36	-	-	-	Details
Hounslow	Labour	12	48	-	-	-	Details
Islington	Labour	-	60	-	-	-	Details
Kensington and Chelsea	Conservative	46	14	-	-	-	Details
Kingston upon Thames	Conservative	40	20	-	-	-	Details
Lambeth	Labour	18	42	-	-	-	Details
Lewisham	Labour	15	45	-	-	-	Details
Merton	NOC	24	26	-	4	-	Details
Newham	Labour	-	50	3	7	-	Details
Redbridge	Conservative	45	15	-	-	-	Details
Richmond upon Thames	Conservative	41	12	-	1	-	Details
Southwark	Labour	6	54	-	-	-	Details
Sutton	Conservative	30	17	-	4	-	Details
Tower Hamlets	Labour	-	55	-	2	3	Details
Waltham Forest	Labour	3	36	-	9	-	Details
Wandsworth	Labour	13	47	-	-	-	Details
Westminster	Conservative	41	19	-	-	-	Details

Overall councillor numbers

London local elections 1964 Councillor statistics
Party		Seats	Net Gain/Loss
	Labour	1,112	+1,112
	Conservative	668	+668
	Liberal	13	+13
	Others	66	+66

References

Greater London Assembly - London Borough Council Elections 2006

David Boothroyd (Fri, 5 May 2006 23:26:39 +0100). "Party strengths in the London Boroughs". Newsgroup: uk.politics.electoral. Usenet: david-673BA7.23263905052006@news.news.demon.net. Check date values in: |date= (help)

(1963 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 1964 (→ 1965)

London boroughs	London Borough councils Barking Barnet Bexley Brent Bromley Camden Croydon Ealing Enfield Greenwich Hackney Hammersmith Haringey Harrow Havering Hillingdon Hounslow Islington Kensington and Chelsea Kingston upon Thames Lambeth Lewisham Merton Newham Redbridge Richmond upon Thames Southwark Sutton Tower Hamlets Waltham Forest Wandsworth Westminster

Unicameral area	Greater London

Administrative county councils (England)	Bedfordshire Berkshire Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely Cheshire Cornwall Cumberland Derbyshire Devon Dorset Durham East Riding East Suffolk East Sussex Essex Gloucestershire Hampshire Herefordshire Hertfordshire Holland Huntingdon and Peterborough Isle of Wight Kent Kesteven Lancashire Leicestershire Lindsey Norfolk North Riding Northamptonshire Northumberland Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Rutland Shropshire Somerset Staffordshire Surrey Warwickshire West Riding West Suffolk West Sussex Westmorland Wiltshire Worcestershire

Administrative county councils (Wales)	Anglesey Brecknockshire Carnarvonshire Cardiganshire Carmarthenshire Denbighshire Flintshire Glamorganshire Merionethshire Monmouthshire Montgomeryshire Pembrokeshire Radnorshire

See also: UK General election

London borough council elections

By year	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018

By borough	Barking and Dagenham Barnet Bexley Brent Bromley Camden Croydon Ealing Enfield Greenwich Hackney Hammersmith and Fulham Haringey Harrow Havering Hillingdon Hounslow Islington Kensington and Chelsea Kingston Lambeth Lewisham Merton Newham Redbridge Richmond Southwark Sutton Tower Hamlets Waltham Forest Wandsworth Westminster

See also	List of electoral wards in Greater London List of Greater London boundary changes

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