1964 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election

1964 local election in England March 2015 March 2015 The 1964 Kensington and Chelsea Council election took place on 7 May 1964 to elect members of Kensington and Chelsea 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 Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea and Metropolitan Borough of Kensington. These boroughs were joined to form the new London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea by the London Government Act 1963. A total of 168 candidates stood in the election for the 60 seats being contested across 15 wards. These included a full slate from the Conservative party, while the Labour and Liberal parties stood 59 and 42 respectively. Other candidates included 7 from the Communist party. There were 4 six-seat wards, 4 two-seat wards, 3 four-seat wards, 3 three-seat wards and 1 seven-seat ward. This election had aldermen as well as directly elected councillors. The Conservatives got 8 aldermen and Labour 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 the Conservatives gain the new council with a majority of 32 after winning 46 of the 60 seats. Overall turnout in the election was 25.5%. This turnout included 626 postal votes. Ward results Brompton (4) 2,016 22.1 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Cheyne (2) 1,576 27.1 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Church (3) 2,099 31.5 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Earls Court (6) 3,081 21.4 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Golborne (3) 1,582 19.3 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Hans Town (3) 1,763 28.6 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Holland (6) 3,717 23.6 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Norland (4) 3,821 33.6 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) North Stanley (2) 1,725 35.6 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Pembridge (6) 4,168 28.4 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Queen's Gate (4) 2,369 24.2 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Redcliffe (7) 3,578 22.0 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Royal Hospital (2) 1,446 27.0 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) St Charles (6) 3,398 20.9 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) South Stanley (2) 2,090 34.9 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour nominee A. J. Kazantzis was rejected because one of his assenting signatories had signed the nomination papers of Mr. Banner-Stone and Mr. Dutch. References 1964 Kensington and Chelsea Category:20th century in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea