Southwark London Borough Council election, 1964

The 1964 Southwark Council election took place on 7 May 1964 to elect members of Southwark London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party gained control of the council.

Background

These elections were the first to the newly formed borough. Previously elections had taken place in the Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey, Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell and Metropolitan Borough of Southwark. These boroughs were joined to form the new London Borough of Southwark by the London Government Act 1963.

A total of 144 candidates stood in the election for the 60 seats being contested across 22 wards. These included a full slate from the Labour party, while the Conservative and Liberal parties stood 57 and 16 respectively. Other candidates included 11 from the Communist party. There were 14 three-seat wards, 7 two-seat wards and 1 four-seat ward.

This election had aldermen as well as directly elected councillors. Labour got all 10 aldermen.

The Council was elected in 1964 as a "shadow authority" but did not start operations until 1 April 1965.

Election result

The results saw Labour gain the new council with a majority of 48 after winning 54 of the 60 seats. Overall turnout in the election was 23.6%. This turnout included 599 postal votes.

Southwark Local Election Result 1964[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 64 - - - 91.4 66.4 -
  Conservative 6 - - - 8.6 25.6 -
  Liberal 0 - - - 0 5.1 -

Ward results

Abbey (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Turnout 2,160 20.7
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Alleyn (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Turnout 2,052 31.9
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Bellenden (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Turnout 3,058 28.6
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Bricklayers (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Turnout 2,596 19.9
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Browning (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Turnout 1,870 17.4
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Brunswick (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Turnout 1,982 18.3
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Burgess (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Turnout 1,968 18.1
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Cathedral (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Turnout 1,373 16.2
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Chaucer (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Turnout 1,423 16.3
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Consort (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Turnout 2,515 21.9
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Dockyard (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Turnout 1,708 28.0
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Faraday (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Turnout 2,276 18.0
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Friary (4)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Turnout 2,249 17.1
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Lyndhurst (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Turnout 3,426 30.5
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Newington (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Turnout 2,040 19.0
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Riverside (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Turnout 1,733 22.6
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Rotherhithe (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Turnout 1,615 18.5
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Ruskin (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Turnout 2,993 43.1
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Rye (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Turnout 3,104 41.8
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
St Giles (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Turnout 2,045 19.1
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
The College (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Turnout 3,260 45.8
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Waverley (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Turnout 2,419 32.2
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

See also

References

  1. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (1993). Local Elections in Britain: A Statistical Digest. Plymouth: Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre.
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