1964 Sutton London Borough Council election

none March 2015 March 2015 The 1964 Sutton Council election took place on 7 May 1964 to elect members of Sutton London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained control of the council.London Borough Council Elections https://londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/LBCE_1964-5-7.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20150223003753/https://londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/LBCE_1964-5-7.pdf dead 23 February 2015 London Datastore London County Council 29 March 2015 Background These elections were the first to the newly formed borough. Previously elections had taken place in the Municipal Borough of Beddington and Wallington, Municipal Borough of Sutton and Cheam and Carshalton Urban District. These boroughs and districts were joined to form the new London Borough of Sutton by the London Government Act 1963. A total of 157 candidates stood in the election for the 51 seats being contested across 25 wards. These included a full slate from the Conservative and Labour parties, while the Liberals stood 42 candidates. Other candidates included 10 Residents and 3 Communists. There were 24 two-seat wards and 1 three-seat ward. This election had aldermen as well as directly elected councillors. The Conservatives got 5 aldermen and Labour 3. The Council was elected in 1964 as a "shadow authority" but did not start operations until 1 April 1965. Election result The results saw the Conservatives gain the new council with a majority of 9 after winning 30 of the 51 seats. Overall turnout in the election was 45.0%. This turnout included 653 postal votes. Ward results Beddington North (2) 2,392 59.0 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Beddington South (2) 2,998 53.8 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Belmont (2) 1,912 38.5 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Carshalton Central (2) 1,269 34.9 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Carshalton North East (3) 2,539 41.8 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Carshalton North West (2) 2,936 55.2 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Carshalton St Helier North (2) 1,720 35.9 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Carshalton St Helier South (2) 1,188 31.0 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Carshalton St Helier West (2) 1,949 41.1 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Carshalton South East (2) 2,417 42.9 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Carshalton South West (2) 2,146 47.8 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Cheam North (2) 2,589 49.1 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Cheam South (2) 1,934 36.3 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Cheam West (2) 1,852 40.0 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Sutton Central (2) 1,954 48.7 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Sutton East (2) 1,548 37.7 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Sutton North (2) 2,358 50.0 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Sutton North East (2) 2,457 47.8 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Sutton South (2) 1,945 33.6 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Sutton South East (2) 1,512 46.3 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Wallington Central (2) 2,451 49.0 Residents Association Residents Association Wallington North (2) 2,227 59.0 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Wallington South (2) 2,584 50.4 Residents Association Residents Association Worcester Park North (2) 3,176 49.7 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Worcester Park South (2) 2,394 46.0 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) References 1964 Category:1964 London Borough council elections