1964 Waltham Forest London Borough Council election

none March 2015 March 2015 The 1964 Waltham Forest Council election took place on 7 May 1964 to elect members of Waltham Forest London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour 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 Chingford, Municipal Borough of Leyton and Municipal Borough of Walthamstow. These boroughs were joined to form the new London Borough of Waltham Forest by the London Government Act 1963. A total of 161 candidates stood in the election for the 48 seats being contested across 16 wards. These included a full slate from the Labour and Liberal parties, while the Conservatives stood 42 candidates. Other candidates included 18 Residents and 5 Communists. All wards were three-seat wards. This election had aldermen as well as directly elected councillors. Labour got all 8 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 24 after winning 36 of the 48 seats. Overall turnout in the election was 32.0%. This turnout included 716 postal votes. Ward results Cann Hall (3) 2,601 22.8 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Central (3) 3,430 30.3 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Chapel End (3) 4,119 38.6 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Chingford Central (3) 4,682 41.1 Residents Association Residents Association Residents Association Chingford North West (3) 4,020 36.0 Residents Association Residents Association Residents Association Chingford South (3) 4,211 41.6 Residents Association Residents Association Residents Association Forest (3) 3,912 34.6 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Hale End (3) 4,970 44.8 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) High Street (3) 2,882 28.0 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Higham Hill (3) 3,192 24.9 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Hoe Street (3) 3,355 28.8 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Lea Bridge (3) 2,893 25.6 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Leyton (3) 2,472 22.6 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Leytonstone (3) 3,145 28.6 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) St James Street (3) 2,869 31.0 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Wood Street (3) 3,589 33.9 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) References 1964 Category:1964 London Borough council elections