1964 Lewisham London Borough Council election

none March 2020 March 2020 The 1964 Lewisham Council election took place on 7 May 1964 to elect members of Lewisham 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 Deptford and Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham. These boroughs were joined to form the new London Borough of Lewisham by the London Government Act 1963. A total of 173 candidates stood in the election for the 60 seats being contested across 23 wards. These included a full slate from the Labour Party, while the Conservative and Liberal parties stood 58 and 46 respectively, and the Communist Party ran 9 candidates. There were 14 three-seat wards and 9 two-seat wards. This election had aldermen as well as directly elected councillors. Labour got 8 aldermen and the Conservatives 2. 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 30 after winning 45 of the 60 seats. Overall turnout in the election was 34.7%. This turnout included 1,396 postal votes. Lewisham local election result 1964Rallings Colin Colin Rallings Michael Thrasher Michael Thrasher Local Elections in Britain: A Statistical Digest Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre 1993 PlymouthLondon Borough Council Elections 7 May 1964 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 7 November 2021London Borough of Lewisham Election Results 1964-2010 http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Lewisham-1964-2010.pdf Elections Centre Plymouth University 7 November 2021 Labour Party (UK) 53 53 0 +53 75.7 53.3 N/A Conservative Party (UK) 17 17 0 +17 24.3 35.7 N/A Liberal Party (UK) 0 0 0 ±0.0 0.0 9.7 N/A Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 ±0.0 0.0 1.2 N/A |} Results by ward Bellingham Bellingham (2 seats) Labour Party (UK) E Inch 1,727 78.9 N/A Labour Party (UK) R Burlison 1,667 N/A Liberal Party (UK) L Humber 282 12.9 N/A Liberal Party (UK) J Eagle 259 N/A Conservative Party (UK) P Cook 179 8.2 N/A 2,135 29.8 N/A 7,168 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Blackheath & Lewisham Village Blackheath & Lewisham Village (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Clifford Combes 2,158 48.0 N/A Conservative Party (UK) S Powell 2,148 N/A Conservative Party (UK) A Mason 2,103 N/A Labour Party (UK) H Burch 1,938 43.1 N/A Labour Party (UK) D Swan 1,895 N/A Labour Party (UK) J Arkle 1,885 N/A Liberal Party (UK) A Lloyd-Jones 400 8.9 N/A Liberal Party (UK) G Laws 399 N/A Liberal Party (UK) J Mayo 394 N/A 4,491 43.1 N/A 10,412 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Brockley Brockley (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) P Forward 1,852 45.6 N/A Labour Party (UK) L Moody 1,847 N/A Labour Party (UK) J Lynch 1,827 N/A Conservative Party (UK) A Wilkins 1,778 43.8 N/A Conservative Party (UK) W Church 1,771 N/A Conservative Party (UK) R Groves 1,739 N/A Liberal Party (UK) S Davies 427 10.5 N/A Liberal Party (UK) J Whale 417 N/A Liberal Party (UK) D Birtchnell 411 N/A 4,081 39.0 N/A 10,465 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Culverley Culverley (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) A Dean 1,563 58.0 N/A Conservative Party (UK) A Pinnegar 1,544 N/A Labour Party (UK) E Hooper 723 26.8 N/A Labour Party (UK) F Barrett 694 N/A Liberal Party (UK) C Harvey 409 15.2 N/A Liberal Party (UK) R Dees 381 N/A 2,692 40.6 N/A 6,629 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Deptford Deptford (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) F Keep 1,330 87.9 N/A Labour Party (UK) Robert Lowe 1,321 N/A Labour Party (UK) A Scutt 1,309 N/A Conservative Party (UK) M Lane 183 12.1 N/A Conservative Party (UK) E Winterburn 172 N/A Conservative Party (UK) E Keable 167 N/A 1,538 20.3 N/A 7,591 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Drake Drake (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) A Bullen 1,436 49.8 N/A Labour Party (UK) F Pennington 1,411 N/A Labour Party (UK) William Hall 1,396 N/A Conservative Party (UK) E Pease 1,141 39.5 N/A Conservative Party (UK) A Preston 1,108 N/A Conservative Party (UK) A Hichisson 1,093 N/A Liberal Party (UK) P Boulton 308 10.7 N/A Liberal Party (UK) H Anderson 305 N/A Liberal Party (UK) D Hughes 295 N/A 2,904 27.7 N/A 10,471 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Forest Hill Forest Hill (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) R Mooney 1,925 43.3 N/A Labour Party (UK) H Brett 1,921 N/A Conservative Party (UK) R Bartlett 1,917 43.1 N/A Labour Party (UK) Harry West 1,911 N/A Conservative Party (UK) C Costello 1,907 N/A Conservative Party (UK) N Banks 1,895 N/A Liberal Party (UK) H Beecher 534 12.0 N/A Liberal Party (UK) B Small 521 N/A Liberal Party (UK) L Marchant 486 N/A Communist Party of Great Britain R Bowden 69 1.6 N/A 4,429 42.0 N/A 10,555 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Grinling Gibbons Grinling Gibbons (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) C Fordham 1,428 79.0 N/A Labour Party (UK) A Groves 1,397 N/A Labour Party (UK) T Keep 1,386 N/A Conservative Party (UK) J Smith 288 15.9 N/A Conservative Party (UK) W Davis 285 N/A Conservative Party (UK) W Judges 280 N/A Communist Party of Great Britain J Tierney 92 5.1 N/A 1,771 17.2 N/A 10,278 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Grove Park Grove Park (2 seats) Labour Party (UK) Frederick Winslade 1,954 85.1 N/A Labour Party (UK) W Holmes 1,914 N/A Liberal Party (UK) W Woodley 230 10.0 N/A Liberal Party (UK) H White 184 N/A Conservative Party (UK) W Saunders 111 4.8 N/A 2,272 35.0 N/A 6,478 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Honor Oak Park Honor Oak Park (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) H Eames 2,170 55.7 N/A Conservative Party (UK) F Judge 2,165 N/A Conservative Party (UK) G Land 2,159 N/A Labour Party (UK) W Cove 1,584 40.7 N/A Labour Party (UK) W Coventry 1,572 N/A Labour Party (UK) J Pease 1,503 N/A Communist Party of Great Britain G Bonner 141 3.6 N/A 3,814 36.2 N/A 10,546 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Ladywell Ladywell (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) J Broome 2,100 51.5 N/A Labour Party (UK) J Sandbach 2,088 N/A Labour Party (UK) K Butler 2,086 N/A Conservative Party (UK) A Hipperson 1,520 37.3 N/A Conservative Party (UK) F Mobbs 1,499 N/A Conservative Party (UK) S Barker 1,490 N/A Liberal Party (UK) B Dohoo 310 7.6 N/A Liberal Party (UK) H Dohoo 304 N/A Liberal Party (UK) V Evans 303 N/A Communist Party of Great Britain D Barber 144 3.5 N/A 4,022 38.1 N/A 10,560 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Lewisham Park Lewisham Park (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) F Page 2,337 51.4 N/A Labour Party (UK) A Hawkins 2,037 N/A Labour Party (UK) R Pepper 2,023 N/A Conservative Party (UK) E Lubbock 1,448 31.9 N/A Conservative Party (UK) D Munro 1,437 N/A Conservative Party (UK) A Page 1,134 N/A Liberal Party (UK) N Cutler 666 14.7 N/A Liberal Party (UK) J Bailey 628 N/A Liberal Party (UK) E Smith 605 N/A Communist Party of Great Britain H Early 95 2.1 N/A 4,200 40.5 N/A 10,365 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Manor Lee Manor Lee (2 seats) Labour Party (UK) E Richards 1,488 49.7 N/A Labour Party (UK) J Murphy 1,486 N/A Conservative Party (UK) A Spurr 1,199 40.1 N/A Conservative Party (UK) E Draper 1,193 N/A Liberal Party (UK) R Nathan 305 10.2 N/A Liberal Party (UK) J Rainey 259 N/A 3,007 45.2 N/A 6,658 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Marlowe Marlowe (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) C Cook 1,871 86.0 N/A Labour Party (UK) John Day 1,857 N/A Labour Party (UK) Ernest Rowing 1,830 N/A Conservative Party (UK) D Nichols 234 10.8 N/A Conservative Party (UK) F Chappell 220 N/A Conservative Party (UK) F Ching 199 N/A Communist Party of Great Britain L Stannard 71 3.3 N/A 2,173 21.4 N/A 10,146 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Pepys Pepys (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) Thomas Bradley 1,725 66.6 N/A Labour Party (UK) F Bullion 1,723 N/A Labour Party (UK) C Cole N/A Conservative Party (UK) D Barker 481 18.6 N/A Conservative Party (UK) D Judges 460 N/A Conservative Party (UK) W Preston 457 N/A Liberal Party (UK) H Luck 386 14.9 N/A Liberal Party (UK) V Luck 361 N/A Liberal Party (UK) A Sumption 353 N/A 2,617 24.9 N/A 10,519 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Rushey Green Rushey Green (2 seats) Labour Party (UK) J Donovan 1,446 64.0 N/A Labour Party (UK) A Patterson 1,409 N/A Conservative Party (UK) A Pritchett 566 25.1 N/A Conservative Party (UK) J Ayling 549 N/A Liberal Party (UK) S Hasler 246 10.9 N/A Liberal Party (UK) L Stringer 234 N/A 2,260 31.5 N/A 7,166 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) St Andrew St Andrew (2 seats) Labour Party (UK) H Boon 1,244 40.7 N/A Labour Party (UK) P Bellinger 1,243 N/A Conservative Party (UK) D Epps 1,232 40.3 N/A Conservative Party (UK) D Coombs 1,227 N/A Liberal Party (UK) S Bennett 580 19.0 N/A Liberal Party (UK) W Vivian 542 N/A 3,069 48.5 N/A 6,330 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) St Mildred Lee St Mildred Lee (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) E Whetnall 1,550 58.6 N/A Conservative Party (UK) F Gander 1,544 N/A Labour Party (UK) J Rushby 816 30.8 N/A Labour Party (UK) E Knight 815 N/A Liberal Party (UK) D Morgan 280 10.6 N/A Liberal Party (UK) R Moore 278 N/A 2,660 41.9 N/A 6,344 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) South Lee South Lee (2 seats) Labour Party (UK) D Eagles 1,455 55.2 N/A Labour Party (UK) N Filtness 1,436 N/A Conservative Party (UK) D Clauson 1,181 44.8 N/A Conservative Party (UK) M Goss 1,178 N/A 2,647 43.5 N/A 6,085 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Southend Southend (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) Frederick Fisk 2,672 67.4 N/A Labour Party (UK) Phil Gorin 2,646 N/A Labour Party (UK) D Hurren 2,360 N/A Conservative Party (UK) J Jeffrey 654 16.5 N/A Conservative Party (UK) A Littel 642 N/A Liberal Party (UK) J Hulian 636 16.1 N/A Conservative Party (UK) R Mabey 630 N/A Liberal Party (UK) J Luff 353 N/A Liberal Party (UK) J Barrington 297 N/A 3,679 34.3 N/A 10,721 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Sydenham East Sydenham East (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) D Cox 1,804 44.4 N/A Labour Party (UK) Alan Pegg N/A Conservative Party (UK) William Bridger 1,780 43.8 N/A Labour Party (UK) J Steyne 1,749 N/A Conservative Party (UK) E Bridger 1,736 N/A Conservative Party (UK) M Winn 1,725 N/A Liberal Party (UK) R Putt 351 8.6 N/A Liberal Party (UK) K Tucker 345 N/A Liberal Party (UK) M Weaver 342 N/A Communist Party of Great Britain J Delahoy 125 3.1 N/A 3,977 37.8 N/A 10,518 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Sydenham West Sydenham West (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) F Miller 1,538 46.3 N/A Conservative Party (UK) D New 1,526 N/A Conservative Party (UK) J Switzer 1,501 N/A Labour Party (UK) R Stewart 1,358 40.9 N/A Labour Party (UK) A Levene 1,352 N/A Labour Party (UK) A Willan 1,336 N/A Liberal Party (UK) J Higgins 336 10.1 N/A Liberal Party (UK) M Johns 322 N/A Liberal Party (UK) E Beecher 284 N/A Communist Party of Great Britain D Syrett 92 2.8 N/A 3,262 33.6 N/A 9,708 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Whitefoot Whitefoot (2 seats) Labour Party (UK) J Henry 1,606 68.7 N/A Labour Party (UK) F Hawes 1,592 N/A Conservative Party (UK) D Scott 473 20.2 N/A Conservative Party (UK) A Pearson 457 N/A Liberal Party (UK) R Wild 210 9.0 N/A Liberal Party (UK) P Buckley 207 N/A Communist Party of Great Britain T White 48 2.1 N/A 2,338 37.2 N/A 6,290 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) By-elections between 1964 and 1968 There were no by-elections.London Borough Council Elections 9 May 1968 https://londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/LBCE_1968-5-9.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20150124012241/https://londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/LBCE_1968-5-9.pdf dead 24 January 2015 London Datastore Greater London Council 7 November 2021 References 1964 Category:1964 London Borough council elections