1967 Greater London Council election

Local election in England January 2024 1967 Greater London Council election United Kingdom Flag of Greater London.svg parliamentary no yes 1964 Greater London Council election 1964 1970 Greater London Council election 1970 100 councillors 51 13 April 1967 128 120 160 center Desmond Plummer 1964 Westminster and the City of London Conservative Party (UK) 82 46 1,136,092 52.6% 12.5% Bill Fiske 1964 Havering (lost seat) Labour Party (UK) 18 46 732,669 34.0% 10.6% Greater London Council election, 1967.svg Results by electoral division Leader Leader after election Bill Fiske Labour Party Desmond Plummer Conservative Party The second election to the Greater London Council was held on 13 April 1967, and saw the first Conservative victory for a London-wide authority since 1931. Electoral arrangements New constituencies to be used for elections to Parliament and also for elections to the GLC had not yet been settled, so the London boroughs were used as multi-member 'first past the post' electoral areas. Westminster was joined with the City of London for this purpose. Each electoral area returned between 2 and 4 councillors. Results General election of councillors The Conservative Party won a majority of seats at the election.http://www.election.demon.co.uk/glc/glcresults.html GLC Election Results Summaries 2 September 2023 1 September 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180901230825/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/glc/glcresults.html dead Boothroyd David United Kingdom Election Results With an electorate of 5,319,023 and 2,187,789 persons voting, there was a turnout of 41.1%. Among those defeated in the election were the GLC leader, Bill Fiske, who was pushed into fourth place in Havering by a Conservative team that included Jeffrey Archer, who was making his entrance into politics, and Peggy Jay in Wandsworth. Other notable politicians who had their first success at this election include Harvey Hinds (Labour, Southwark, later Chief Whip for Ken Livingstone) and Christopher Bland (Conservative, Lewisham, later Chairman of the BBC). Party Votes SeatsNumber % +/− Stood Seats % +/− Conservative Party (UK) 1,136,092 52.6 12.5 100 82 82.0 46 Labour Party (UK) 732,669 34.0 10.6 100 18 18.0 46 Liberal Party (UK) 189,868 8.8 1.2 1000 0.0 Communist Party of Great Britain 65,184 3.0 0.8 380 0.0 Independent (politician) 13,229 0.6 0.3 100 0.0 Union Movement 8,146 0.4 0.3 50 0.0 Socialist Party of Great Britain 3,695 0.2 New 140 0.0 National Union of Council Tenants 1,977 0.1 New 40 0.0 National Front (UK) 1,840 0.1 New 30 0.0 John Hampden New Freedom Party 1,580 0.1 New 10 0.0 Islington Tenants and Ratepayers Political Association 1,244 0.1 New 30 0.0 Ind. Carnaby Street candidates 870 0.0 New 20 0.0 Commonwealth Party 714 0.0 New 40 0.0 European Labour Party 664 0.0 New 10 0.0 Aldermanic election In addition to the 100 elected councillors, there were sixteen aldermen on the council. Eight aldermen elected in 1964 continued to serve until 1970 and the other eight retired before the 1967 election. Eight aldermen were elected by the council on 2 May 1967 to serve until 1973. Aldermen elected in 1967, to retire in 1973: Party Alderman Conservative Party (UK) David Gilbert BakerResigned 22 April 1970 Conservative Party (UK) Brian Caldwell Cook BatsfordResigned 22 April 1970 Conservative Party (UK) Timothy James BlighDied 21 March 1969 Conservative Party (UK) Christopher ChatawayResigned 22 April 1970 Conservative Party (UK) Timothy Charles FarmerResigned 11 October 1971 Conservative Party (UK) Louis Gluckstein Conservative Party (UK) John Oliver Udal Conservative Party (UK) Lady Walton (Nellie Margaret Walton)Resigned 2 October 1968 The aldermen divided 10 Conservative and 6 Labour, so that the Conservatives had a total 92 members to 24 for Labour following the aldermanic election. By-elections 1967–1970 List of Greater London Council by-elections One of the successful Conservative candidates, Sheila Bradley (Greenwich), was a school nurse for the Inner London Education Authority. It was discovered that this was a disqualifying office, as she was in effect an employee of the GLC (as ILEA was technically a committee of the GLC); she resigned on 24 May prior to the hearing of an election petition. At a by-election on 29 June, Labour gained the seat. There were two further by-elections during the term: on 7 November 1968 the Conservatives held a seat in Bromley after the death of a councillor,Boothroyd David United Kingdom Election Results Greater London Council Election results: Bromley http://www.election.demon.co.uk/glc/glcbm.html 2 September 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20160324195101/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/glc/glcbm.html 24 March 2016 and on 12 December of the same year the Conservatives held a seat in Havering after one of their councillors resigned.Greater London Council Election results: Havering Boothroyd David United Kingdom Election Results http://www.election.demon.co.uk/glc/glchv.html 2 September 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20160324195108/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/glc/glchv.html 24 March 2016 There were two seats vacant by the end of the term. A Conservative councillor for Harrow died on 8 June 1969, and on 8 January 1970 a Conservative councillor for Hammersmith was disqualified after failing to attend a meeting of the GLC or its committees for six months. There were two aldermanic by-elections caused by the resignation of Nelly Margaret Walton (Conservative) in 1968 and the death of Timothy James Bligh (Conservative) in 1969. Richard Maddock Brew (Conservative) was elected by the council on 8 October 1968, to serve until 1973. Maurice Stephenson (Conservative) was elected by the council on 29 April 1969, to serve until 1973. Notes References Category:1967 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1967 in London 1967 Category:April 1967 in the United Kingdom