1964 Harrow London Borough Council election

none March 2015 March 2015 The 1964 Harrow Council election took place on 7 May 1964 to elect members of Harrow London Borough Council in London, England. The entire council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall 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 Harrow. This borough formed the new London Borough of Harrow by the London Government Act 1963. A total of 168 candidates stood in the election for the 56 seats being contested across 15 wards. These included a full slate from the Conservative and Labour parties, while the Liberals stood 50 candidates. Other candidates included 6 from the Communist party. There were 7 three-seat wards, 5 four-seat wards and 3 five-seat wards. This election had aldermen as well as directly elected councillors. The Conservatives got 6 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 16 after winning 36 of the 56 seats. Overall turnout in the election was 43.0%. This turnout included 793 postal votes. Ward results Belmont (3) Conservative Party (UK) Edward John Harkett 1,899 Conservative Party (UK) Edward George Buckle 1,898 Conservative Party (UK) George Colborne Hill 1,897 Labour Party (UK) Walter F Griffin 728 Labour Party (UK) K D Reeves 723 Labour Party (UK) R G Taylor 647 Liberal Party (UK) Thomas R Burke 474 Liberal Party (UK) H J Sergeant 433 Liberal Party (UK) Cyril Alfred B Aldridge 429 3,087 37.2 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Harrow Weald (4) Labour Party (UK) Colin George V Barson 2,754 Labour Party (UK) Archibald James Eckert 2,690 Labour Party (UK) Bernard M Cohen 2,634 Labour Party (UK) D J Sleigh 2,505 Conservative Party (UK) James D Charter 1,805 Conservative Party (UK) Mrs V Charter 1,736 Conservative Party (UK) Mrs M Apollo 1,725 Conservative Party (UK) J E Palmer 1,619 Liberal Party (UK) Ronald Everitt 703 Liberal Party (UK) H C Cooper 577 Liberal Party (UK) Terence I Jones 576 Liberal Party (UK) R J E Owen 576 Communist Party of Great Britain H J Tuttle 121 5,092 51.7 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Harrow-on-the-Hill & Greenhill (3) Conservative Party (UK) William E Jones 1,438 Conservative Party (UK) Charles Edward Stenhouse 1,423 Conservative Party (UK) W E N Wormald 1,400 Labour Party (UK) J R Green 675 Labour Party (UK) G E Clayton 648 Labour Party (UK) R F Short 612 Liberal Party (UK) F A Farmer 403 Liberal Party (UK) Mrs M Sorrell 367 Liberal Party (UK) R S Montgomerie 357 2,491 32.9 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Headstone (3) Conservative Party (UK) Owen George Collins 1,974 Conservative Party (UK) Harold Richard Sheldrake 1,940 Conservative Party (UK) William Archibald Tackley 1,897 Liberal Party (UK) Geoffrey Owen Abbott 1,004 Liberal Party (UK) Mrs Audrey E Beauchamp 906 Liberal Party (UK) Richard J Denney 797 Labour Party (UK) Joseph T M Blackman 540 Labour Party (UK) F D Flower 535 Labour Party (UK) A H Bolton 505 3,397 44.1 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Kenton (4) Conservative Party (UK) Anthony C Cocksedge 2,517 Conservative Party (UK) Mrs Marie Martha H E Haslam 2,376 Conservative Party (UK) Eric William Harry Feakins 2,240 Conservative Party (UK) J D Statham 2,214 Liberal Party (UK) Dennis Frederick Joyner 1,925 Liberal Party (UK) Dr Ivan M Roitt 1,835 Liberal Party (UK) H W Chapman 1,795 Liberal Party (UK) E W Husband 1,764 Labour Party (UK) M M Keir 985 Labour Party (UK) Mrs A Beasley 973 Labour Party (UK) M A Mills 958 Labour Party (UK) R C Barson 956 5,164 54.4 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Pinner North & Hatch End (5) Conservative Party (UK) Cyril G Ellement 4,109 Conservative Party (UK) Mrs Isobel Muriel Potts 4,048 Conservative Party (UK) Harold Trevor Mote 4,014 Conservative Party (UK) M D Hartley-Hill 3,972 Conservative Party (UK) N Graham Hines 3,956 Liberal Party (UK) Edwin J H Francis 916 Liberal Party (UK) B Domb 808 Liberal Party (UK) C J James 799 Liberal Party (UK) H Young 795 Liberal Party (UK) Klaus W Eliel 764 Labour Party (UK) Peter Antony Fletcher 520 Labour Party (UK) Mrs D M Hinton 512 Labour Party (UK) F W Hinton 495 Labour Party (UK) C B King 483 Labour Party (UK) Mrs M C B Morley 480 5,405 41.1 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Pinner South (5) Conservative Party (UK) Mrs D A Nott-Cock 3,601 Conservative Party (UK) Alfred George Sellers 3,591 Conservative Party (UK) Owen W N Cock 3,585 Conservative Party (UK) William Sydney Clack 3,571 Conservative Party (UK) Charles Ernest Jordan 3,543 Liberal Party (UK) W R Westaway 1,004 Liberal Party (UK) W H D Little 990 Liberal Party (UK) G R Davis 974 Liberal Party (UK) T W Kettle 956 Liberal Party (UK) J S Anthony 953 Labour Party (UK) J L Clark 947 Labour Party (UK) Colin Litchfield 802 Labour Party (UK) Jeremy P Lansdell 788 Labour Party (UK) Mrs A M Littlehales 759 Labour Party (UK) G A Tempest 753 5,447 42.8 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Queensbury (3) Labour Party (UK) Mrs Eva E Davies 2,098 Labour Party (UK) R Bailey 2,042 Labour Party (UK) Henry I Harris 2,020 Conservative Party (UK) Michael A Carmody 1,116 Conservative Party (UK) Frederick L Le Franc 1,064 Conservative Party (UK) Miss N Harker 1,044 Communist Party of Great Britain James P Roche 129 3,283 37.3 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Roxbourne (3) Labour Party (UK) Glyn Davies 1,703 Labour Party (UK) A H Tidmarsh 1,676 Conservative Party (UK) J W Nickolay 1,667 Labour Party (UK) P W Underwood 1,661 Conservative Party (UK) Harold Grainger 1,645 Conservative Party (UK) A E Thomas 1,630 Liberal Party (UK) Mrs Eileen J Colledge 1,292 Liberal Party (UK) Arthur A Fawthrop 1,287 Liberal Party (UK) Edgar G Wilmott 1,285 4,668 51.6 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Roxeth (4) Labour Party (UK) John S Campbell 2,233 Labour Party (UK) Mrs Doris I Edwards 2,160 Labour Party (UK) A R Judge 2,130 Labour Party (UK) I W Mackay 2,061 Conservative Party (UK) L D Bowman 1,949 Conservative Party (UK) Miss Cherisy P Cawood 1,939 Conservative Party (UK) E R Chalker 1,918 Conservative Party (UK) E K Cornes 1,810 Liberal Party (UK) John C Connolly 765 Liberal Party (UK) Mrs L A O Harrison 694 Liberal Party (UK) A Forrest 668 Liberal Party (UK) M Sewell-Rutter 624 Communist Party of Great Britain R R C Morris 123 4,843 45.2 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Stanmore North (5) Conservative Party (UK) Gerald Francis Gibbons 2,741 Conservative Party (UK) Frank L Rees 2,741 Conservative Party (UK) Derrick B Rouse 2,677 Conservative Party (UK) Albert Edward Peter Farquhar MacRae 2,676 Conservative Party (UK) Mrs Nan Rees 2,669 Labour Party (UK) S Bishop 774 Labour Party (UK) Reginald A Russell 771 Labour Party (UK) Henry Kilkenny 752 Labour Party (UK) D F Tomsett 733 Labour Party (UK) Horace Alan H Riches 648 Liberal Party (UK) Mrs Marjorie H Jackson 530 Liberal Party (UK) Michael E Hannah 523 Liberal Party (UK) M D Colne 513 Liberal Party (UK) Willy Paul 460 Liberal Party (UK) J B Ladley 438 Communist Party of Great Britain Richard Thomas Gooding 161 4,070 32.8 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Stanmore South (3) Labour Party (UK) Alfred James Lovell 2,025 Labour Party (UK) William Ody Allen 1,982 Labour Party (UK) Mrs Sarah R Edgeworth 1,968 Conservative Party (UK) Edward C P Taylor 1,027 Conservative Party (UK) J C Medcalf 1,025 Conservative Party (UK) D A Maddocks 1,014 Communist Party of Great Britain R A Ward 133 3,136 38.7 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Wealdstone North (4) Labour Party (UK) H G Grange 2,738 Labour Party (UK) Mrs Amelia M. Carey 2,725 Labour Party (UK) Cyril B Harrison 2,692 Labour Party (UK) D J R Howard 2,448 Conservative Party (UK) D W Pratt 1,522 Conservative Party (UK) T D Jones 1,516 Conservative Party (UK) F G Saxby 1,504 Conservative Party (UK) Arthur B C Turner 1,501 Liberal Party (UK) H V Goss 884 Liberal Party (UK) Mrs B E Burbery 666 Liberal Party (UK) M B Sorrell 619 Liberal Party (UK) R J Kitcher 608 Communist Party of Great Britain Joseph Marshall 119 4,998 46.8 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Wealdstone South (3) Conservative Party (UK) D S O Smith 1,687 Conservative Party (UK) Frederick William C Adkins 1,679 Conservative Party (UK) Stanley Russell Miller 1,614 Labour Party (UK) Charles Morley 1,087 Labour Party (UK) J Lesser 1,022 Labour Party (UK) A H Elderton 1,016 Liberal Party (UK) Mrs M M Husband 628 Liberal Party (UK) C P Dobson 621 Liberal Party (UK) P Jeffery 621 3,427 42.4 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) West Harrow (4) Conservative Party (UK) A O’Loughlin 1,920 Conservative Party (UK) B C A Turner 1,856 Conservative Party (UK) Derek H J Hart 1,851 Conservative Party (UK) Charles Frederick J. Low 1,834 Labour Party (UK) F Mutton 1,502 Labour Party (UK) S H Roan 1,477 Labour Party (UK) Frederick S Davies 1,474 Labour Party (UK) E Beasley 1,441 Liberal Party (UK) David J Leonard 899 Liberal Party (UK) P R Coleby 894 Liberal Party (UK) Cyril C. Chadley 879 Liberal Party (UK) Mrs P Coleby 866 4,308 45.8 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) References 1964 Category:1964 London Borough council elections