1968 Havering London Borough Council election

none March 2015 March 2015 1968 Havering London Borough Council election United Kingdom Coat of arms of the London Borough of Havering.svg parliamentary no 1968 05 09 y 1964 Havering London Borough Council election 1964 1971 Havering London Borough Council election 1971 All 55 Havering London Borough Council seats 28 CON Conservative Party (UK) 35 19 98,040 53.7% 23.9% RES Independent Residents Association 13 1 34,586 19.0% 0.4% LAB Labour Party (UK) 7 20 40,307 22.1% 27.0% The 1968 Havering Council election took place on 9 May 1968 to elect members of Havering London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council for the first time. Electoral arrangements The election was originally scheduled for 1967, but the term of members due to go out in 1967 was extended for one year to prevent the London borough council elections taking place in the same year as the Greater London Council election.Borough councillor and alderman terms due to end in 1967 were extended by the London Government Act 1967. The election used the twenty wards from the previous election for a second time. Councillors were elected for three years with the next election scheduled for 1971. Polling took place on 9 May 1968. Results General election of councillors Gaining nineteen seats, the Conservative Party won overall control of the council for the first time. The Labour Party lost twenty seats and was only able to hold on to seven councillors in the Heaton, Hilldene and Gooshays wards covering the Harold Hill estate. Nineteen seats went from Labour to the Conservatives. One of the three seats in Hylands ward went from Labour to the Independent Residents. Holding on to a further twelve seats in Cranham, Hacton, Rainham and Upminster, the Independent Residents became the second largest group on the council.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 29 March 20151968 London Borough of Havering local election results https://www.havering.gov.uk/downloads/file/4295/1968-london-borough-of-havering-local-election-results Havering Council 29 September 2024Rallings Colin Thrasher Michael London Borough of Havering Election Results 1964-2010 https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Havering-1964-2010.pdf The Elections Centre 1 October 2024 Havering London Borough Council election result, 1968 Conservative Party (UK) 35 19 0 19 63.6 53.7 98,040 23.9 Independent Residents Association 13 1 0 1 16.9 19.0 23,586 0.4 Labour Party (UK) 7 0 20 20 12.7 22.1 40,307 27.0 Liberal Party (UK) 0 0 0 0% 3.7 6,800 3.5 Independent politician 0 0 0 0.0 0.9 1,594 New Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 0.0 0.6 1,172 0.4 Aldermanic election In addition to the 55 elected councillors, there were nine aldermen on the council. Five aldermen elected in 1964 continued to serve until 1971 and the other four retired before the 1968 election. Four aldermen were elected by the council in 1968 to serve until 1974. All four aldermen were for the Conservative Party. Aldermen elected in 1968, to retire in 1974:London Borough of Havering Aldermen 1964-1978 September 2024 Havering Local Studies Library Party Alderman Conservative Party (UK) Evan Davies Conservative Party (UK) Sydney Legg Conservative Party (UK) Stanley ShuteReplaced by Arthur Latham following the death of Stanley Shute in 1970. Conservative Party (UK) John Whale The aldermen divided six to the Conservatives, two Independent and one to Labour after the aldermanic election. Ward results Bedfords Bedfords (2) Conservative Party (UK) Evan Davies 2,013 Conservative Party (UK) Stanley Shute 1,998 Labour Party (UK) H. Packham 333 Labour Party (UK) A. Mills 321 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Central Central (3) Conservative Party (UK) L. Ellis 1,849 Conservative Party (UK) W. Falk 1,807 Conservative Party (UK) W. Whittingham 1,754 Labour Party (UK) A. Thomas 799 Labour Party (UK) J. Stevenson 750 Labour Party (UK) K. Olsen 721 Communist Party of Great Britain C. Harper 214 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Collier Row Collier Row (3) Conservative Party (UK) J. Higgs 2,146 Conservative Party (UK) E. Joslin 2,083 Conservative Party (UK) D. Keery 1,977 Labour Party (UK) L. Mills 1,265 Labour Party (UK) W. Cole 1,258 Labour Party (UK) J. Selby 1,200 Communist Party of Great Britain H. Reeves 188 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Cranham Cranham (3) Independent Residents Association W. Topp 2,653 Independent Residents Association J. Squire 2,628 Independent Residents Association Louisa Sinclair 2606 Conservative Party (UK) R. Baker 1,781 Conservative Party (UK) L. Bonner 1,749 Conservative Party (UK) D. Cranna 1,749 Labour Party (UK) S. Jack 478 Labour Party (UK) E. Goggin 474 Labour Party (UK) N. Plant 471 Liberal Party (UK) W. Wallace 216 Liberal Party (UK) P. Atkinson 215 Independent Residents Association Independent (politician) Independent Residents Association Independent (politician) Independent Residents Association Independent (politician) Elm Park Elm Park (3) Conservative Party (UK) G. Bunch 1,842 Conservative Party (UK) B. Casey 1,811 Conservative Party (UK) N. Noyes 1,804 Labour Party (UK) J. Hoepelman 1,244 Labour Party (UK) Stanley Heath-Coleman 1,240 Labour Party (UK) G. Rowlands 1,189 Liberal Party (UK) I. Draper 322 Liberal Party (UK) S. Golledge 300 Liberal Party (UK) R. Barwick 290 Communist Party of Great Britain V. Faversham 161 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Emerson Park Emerson Park (3) Conservative Party (UK) R. Carnaby 3,446 Conservative Party (UK) E. Gallant 3,392 Conservative Party (UK) N. Kemble 3,313 Liberal Party (UK) P. Ratchford 643 Liberal Party (UK) J. Bastick 614 Labour Party (UK) B. Whitworth 465 Labour Party (UK) A. Mais 439 Labour Party (UK) R. Whitworth 435 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Gidea Park Gidea Park (2) Conservative Party (UK) R. Clark 2,108 Conservative Party (UK) J. Johnston 2,069 Independent (politician) F. Chatfield 213 Independent (politician) L. Robertson 206 Labour Party (UK) A. Houghton 174 Labour Party (UK) A. Miles 164 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Gooshays Gooshays (3) Labour Party (UK) Frank Coffin 1,424 Labour Party (UK) Reta Coffin 1,367 Labour Party (UK) I. Barber 1,251 Conservative Party (UK) H. Jefferies 795 Conservative Party (UK) C. Mawson 795 Conservative Party (UK) T. Rowswell 766 Communist Party of Great Britain W. French 160 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Hacton Hacton (3) Independent Residents Association N. Miles 1,621 Independent Residents Association A. Davis 1,591 Independent Residents Association N. Richards 1,482 Conservative Party (UK) L. Klein 1,376 Conservative Party (UK) S. New 1,351 Conservative Party (UK) S. Johnson 1,332 Labour Party (UK) A. Connor 611 Labour Party (UK) C. Connor 608 Labour Party (UK) V. Belcher 554 Independent Residents Association Independent (politician) Independent Residents Association Independent (politician) Independent Residents Association Independent (politician) Harold Wood Harold Wood (3) Conservative Party (UK) J. Smith 2,789 Conservative Party (UK) J. Frost 2,715 Conservative Party (UK) D. Owen 2,659 Labour Party (UK) D. Edwards 1,005 Labour Party (UK) G. Otter 939 Labour Party (UK) R. Smith 818 Liberal Party (UK) A. Stubbs 460 Liberal Party (UK) M. Chambers 416 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Heath Park Heath Park (3) Conservative Party (UK) W. Smith 3,441 Conservative Party (UK) L. Hutton 3,406 Conservative Party (UK) K. Brown 3,394 Independent (politician) E. Bates 557 Labour Party (UK) W. Mills 384 Labour Party (UK) J. Holt 355 Labour Party (UK) S. Horler 337 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Heaton Heaton (2) Labour Party (UK) Michael Ward 955 Labour Party (UK) D. Burn 922 Conservative Party (UK) C. Kemp 709 Conservative Party (UK) D. Cure 683 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Hilldene Hilldene (2) Labour Party (UK) Arthur Latham 1088 Labour Party (UK) Reg Whiting 1049 Conservative Party (UK) P. Marsden 572 Conservative Party (UK) J. Barrance 519 Communist Party of Great Britain R. Cohen 104 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Hylands Hylands (3) Independent Residents Association R. Reid 1,370 Conservative Party (UK) T. Kemp 1,362 Conservative Party (UK) G. Panormo 1,335 Independent Residents Association T. Dix 1,316 Independent Residents Association D. Worker 1,278 Conservative Party (UK) B. Dawson 1,265 Labour Party (UK) E. Watson 884 Labour Party (UK) W. Hegarty 862 Labour Party (UK) K. Ince 818 Independent Residents Association Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Mawney Mawney (3) Conservative Party (UK) J. Lucas 2,199 Conservative Party (UK) I. Harlock 2,131 Conservative Party (UK) A. Sharp 2,119 Labour Party (UK) R. Latham 1,030 Labour Party (UK) F. Carrick 935 Labour Party (UK) R. Kilby 885 Communist Party of Great Britain C. Bacon 170 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Oldchurch Oldchurch (2) Conservative Party (UK) S. Swift 1189 Conservative Party (UK) W. Todd 1131 Labour Party (UK) R. Baker 558 Labour Party (UK) T. Ward 540 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Rainham Rainham (3) Independent Residents Association H. Turner 2,683 Independent Residents Association D. Poole 2,643 Independent Residents Association L. Waterman 2,504 Conservative Party (UK) I. Lamont 823 Labour Party (UK) H. Bygate 591 Labour Party (UK) E. O'Donnell 578 Labour Party (UK) A. Bowers 575 Communist Party of Great Britain T. Stapleton 175 Independent Residents Association Independent (politician) Independent Residents Association Independent (politician) Independent Residents Association Independent (politician) St Andrew's St Andrew's (3) Conservative Party (UK) Sydney Legg 2,716 Conservative Party (UK) Edward Hoad 2,685 Conservative Party (UK) Albert James 2,609 Liberal Party (UK) B. Grant 544 Liberal Party (UK) M. Reeve 542 Liberal Party (UK) T. Rimmer 531 Labour Party (UK) G. Dodge 481 Labour Party (UK) G. Saunders 477 Labour Party (UK) D. Ramstead 462 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) South Hornchurch South Hornchurch (3) Conservative Party (UK) J. Collins 1,095 Conservative Party (UK) J. Smith 1,092 Conservative Party (UK) C. Sherman 1,090 Labour Party (UK) P. Ridley 993 Labour Party (UK) May Rudlin 964 Independent Residents Association G. Reynolds 912 Labour Party (UK) A. Lesslie 895 Independent Residents Association F. Banning 738 Independent Residents Association R. Vickers 735 Independent (politician) L. Lowe 323 Independent (politician) L. Long 295 Liberal Party (UK) L. Blows 207 Liberal Party (UK) F. Tyson 182 Liberal Party (UK) J. South 175 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Upminster Upminster (3) Independent Residents Association F. Everett 2631 Independent Residents Association R. Manning 2603 Independent Residents Association F. Morley 2592 Conservative Party (UK) O. Collins 1,755 Conservative Party (UK) P. Ellis 1,728 Conservative Party (UK) R. Guest 1,723 Labour Party (UK) W. Mansfield 264 Labour Party (UK) H. Sparks 216 Labour Party (UK) A. Booton 212 Liberal Party (UK) A. Rabone 167 Liberal Party (UK) B. Thame 162 Liberal Party (UK) G. Burnett 153 Independent Residents Association Independent (politician) Independent Residents Association Independent (politician) Independent Residents Association Independent (politician) By-elections The following by-elections took place between the 1968 and 1971 elections: 1968 Bedfords by-election 1968 Gidea Park by-election 1968 St Andrew's (Havering) by-election 1969 Collier Row by-election (Labour gain from Conservative) 1969 Hilldene by-election 1970 Heath Park by-election Notes References 1968 Category:1968 London Borough council elections