1964 Southwark London Borough Council election

none 7 May 1964 1964 Southwark Council election parliamentary no Labour Party (UK) 1968 Southwark London Borough Council election 1968 All council seats Labour Party (UK) 64 33,024 66.76% Conservative Party (UK) 6 12,532 25.33% Council Control Labour Party (UK) - March 2020 March 2020 The 1964 Southwark Council election took place on 7 May 1964 to elect members of Southwark London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party gained control of the council. Background These elections were the first to the newly formed borough. Previously elections had taken place in the Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey, Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell and Metropolitan Borough of Southwark. These boroughs were joined to form the new London Borough of Southwark by the London Government Act 1963. A total of 144 candidates stood in the election for the 60 seats being contested across 22 wards. These included a full slate from the Labour party, while the Conservative and Liberal parties stood 57 and 16 respectively. Other candidates included 11 from the Communist party. There were 14 three-seat wards, 7 two-seat wards and 1 four-seat ward. This election had aldermen as well as directly elected councillors. Labour got all 10 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 48 after winning 54 of the 60 seats. Overall turnout in the election was 23.6%. This turnout included 599 postal votes. center|frameless|329x329px Southwark local election result 1964Rallings Colin Colin Rallings Michael Thrasher Michael Thrasher Local Elections in Britain: A Statistical Digest Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre 1993 Plymouth Labour Party (UK) 64 - - - 91.4 66.76 33,024 - Conservative Party (UK) 6 - - - 8.6 25.33 12,532 - Liberal Party (UK) 0 - - - 0.0 5.01 2,478 -Communist Party of Great Britain 0 - - - 0.0 2.90 1,433 - |} Ward results Abbey Abbey (3) Labour Party (UK) J. Mahoney 1,945 90.0 Labour Party (UK) C.A. Sawyer 1,939 89.8 Labour Party (UK) F. Ackland 1,916 88.7 Communist Party of Great Britain Mrs L. Patrick 215 10.0 2,160 20.7 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Alleyn Alleyn (2) Labour Party (UK) P. Cather 1,128 55.0 Labour Party (UK) E. Hargest 1,113 54.2 Conservative Party (UK) J. Kaufman 665 32.4 Conservative Party (UK) J. Parker 665 32.4 Liberal Party (UK) N.J. Clover 228 11.1 Liberal Party (UK) R.H. Brown 222 10.8 2,052 31.9 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Bellenden Bellenden (3) Labour Party (UK) D.J.V. Moore 1,670 54.6 Labour Party (UK) Mrs N. Reed 1,668 54.5 Labour Party (UK) F.E. Lee 1,651 54.0 Conservative Party (UK) B.B. Leach 983 32.1 Conservative Party (UK) W. Bicknell 963 31.5 Conservative Party (UK) A.G. Sinclair 940 30.7 Liberal Party (UK) G.H. Brown 404 13.2 Liberal Party (UK) A.E. Bond 378 12.4 Liberal Party (UK) E.A. Hemming 370 12.1 3,058 28.6 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Bricklayers Bricklayers (3) Labour Party (UK) Miss E. Greenwood 2,256 86.9 Labour Party (UK) L.A.J. Henley 2,212 85.2 Labour Party (UK) W. Nicklin 2,193 84.5 Conservative Party (UK) Mrs L. Coombs 297 11.4 Conservative Party (UK) G.G. Colbran 275 10.6 Conservative Party (UK) P. Flowerdew 269 10.4 Communist Party of Great Britain H. Barr 82 3.2 2,596 19.9 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Browning Browning (3) Labour Party (UK) J.S. Lees 1,433 76.6 Labour Party (UK) D. Fifer 1,417 75.8 Labour Party (UK) Mrs T. Soltesz 1,355 72.5 Communist Party of Great Britain S.P. Bent 321 17.2 Conservative Party (UK) A. Morgan 253 13.5 Conservative Party (UK) A.I. Robin 248 13.3 Conservative Party (UK) J. Wallington 222 11.9 1,870 17.4 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Brunswick Brunswick (3) Labour Party (UK) A. Knight 1,591 80.3 Labour Party (UK) E. Button 1,589 80.2 Labour Party (UK) E.W. Pruce 1,563 78.9 Conservative Party (UK) C.B. Cumming 297 15.0 Conservative Party (UK) R. Burden 284 14.3 Conservative Party (UK) H. Innes 280 14.1 Communist Party of Great Britain G. Plummer 134 6.8 1,982 18.3 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Burgess Burgess (3) Labour Party (UK) Mrs J.E. Cannon 1,700 86.4 Labour Party (UK) Mrs A.E. Pritchard 1,694 86.1 Labour Party (UK) R. Richards 1,679 85.3 Conservative Party (UK) K. Bowden 167 8.5 Conservative Party (UK) T. Lane 158 8.0 Conservative Party (UK) J. Beattie 147 7.5 Communist Party of Great Britain P.J. Hicks 110 5.6 1,968 18.1 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Cathedral Cathedral (3) Labour Party (UK) C.C. Gates 1,109 80.8 Labour Party (UK) Mrs A. Evans 1,086 79.1 Labour Party (UK) Miss J. Barbara 1,060 77.2 Conservative Party (UK) H. Golding 214 15.6 Conservative Party (UK) L.E. Monkhouse 206 15.0 Conservative Party (UK) F.N. Richardson 192 14.0 Communist Party of Great Britain A. Rolle 71 5.2 1,373 16.2 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Chaucer Chaucer (3) Labour Party (UK) A. Knight 1,104 77.6 Labour Party (UK) E. Button 1,073 75.4 Labour Party (UK) N.H. Tertis 1,063 74.7 Conservative Party (UK) Mrs D.E. Geddes 266 18.7 Conservative Party (UK) D.M. Lang 241 16.9 Conservative Party (UK) J. Gordon 240 16.9 Communist Party of Great Britain T. Fuller 122 8.6 1,423 16.3 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Consort Consort (3) Labour Party (UK) A.P. Chambers 1,731 68.8 Labour Party (UK) H. Bolt 1,718 68.3 Labour Party (UK) F.J. Francis 1,692 67.3 Conservative Party (UK) G.R. Blake 759 30.2 Conservative Party (UK) G. Scott 711 28.3 Conservative Party (UK) Miss F. Tristram 682 27.1 Communist Party of Great Britain E. Hodson 87 3.5 2,515 21.9 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Dockyard Dockyard (2) Labour Party (UK) John H. O'Grady 1,466 85.8 Labour Party (UK) Mrs L.M. Brown 1,459 85.4 Conservative Party (UK) Mrs J. Brown 225 13.2 Conservative Party (UK) Rev. P. Gray 204 11.9 1,708 28.0 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Faraday Faraday (3) Labour Party (UK) S.R. Combes 1,893 83.2 Labour Party (UK) J.T. Greening 1,877 82.5 Labour Party (UK) Rev. H.W. Hinds 1,852 81.4 Conservative Party (UK) C.C. Keene 279 12.3 Conservative Party (UK) S.H. Smith 274 12.0 Conservative Party (UK) P. Noble 269 11.8 Communist Party of Great Britain Mrs F. Braithwaite 80 3.5 2,276 18.0 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Friary Friary (4) Labour Party (UK) F.A. Goldwin 1,856 82.5 Labour Party (UK) R.A. Cheesewright 1,842 81.9 Labour Party (UK) W.F. Jones 1,839 81.8 Labour Party (UK) Mrs M.V. Goldwin 1,830 81.4 Conservative Party (UK) C. Knaggs 331 14.7 Conservative Party (UK) S.M. Barton 327 14.5 Conservative Party (UK) G. McAllister 327 14.5 Conservative Party (UK) Mrs C.E. Pitman 322 14.3 2,249 17.1 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Lyndhurst Lyndhurst (3) Labour Party (UK) Miss J. Cuckney 1,972 57.6 Labour Party (UK) Mrs A. Inman 1,916 55.9 Labour Party (UK) A. Robinson 1,902 55.5 Conservative Party (UK) Miss M. North 1,046 30.5 Conservative Party (UK) F. Rehder 1,029 30.0 Conservative Party (UK) Miss A. Webber 1,012 29.5 Liberal Party (UK) Mrs U.A. Redman 429 12.5 Liberal Party (UK) Mrs W. Hammond 393 11.5 Liberal Party (UK) G.G. Cook 376 11.0 Communist Party of Great Britain W. Macfarlane 75 2.2 3,426 30.5 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Newington Newington (3) Labour Party (UK) C.A.G. Halford 1,631 80.0 Labour Party (UK) J.A. Matheson 1,609 78.9 Labour Party (UK) Mrs C.M. Clunn 1,585 77.7 Conservative Party (UK) Mrs R. Cummins 337 16.5 Conservative Party (UK) G. Coomber 309 15.1 Conservative Party (UK) J. Pound 273 13.4 Communist Party of Great Britain T. Protheroe 136 6.7 2,040 19.0 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Riverside Riverside (2) Labour Party (UK) Mrs E. Coyle 1,505 86.8 Labour Party (UK) F. Florance 1,490 86.0 Conservative Party (UK) Miss A. Bowles 218 12.6 Conservative Party (UK) Miss H.C.A. Mitchell 192 11.1 1,733 22.6 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Rotherhithe Rotherhithe (3) Labour Party (UK) W.L. Ellis 1,450 89.8 Labour Party (UK) E. Rowe 1,419 87.9 Labour Party (UK) F. Creswick 1,400 86.7 Conservative Party (UK) C. Hayward 176 10.9 Conservative Party (UK) T. Judd 143 8.9 Conservative Party (UK) F. Morgan 126 7.8 1,615 18.5 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Ruskin Ruskin (2) Conservative Party (UK) Mrs H.E. Day 1,756 58.7 Conservative Party (UK) J. Cullingham 1,727 57.7 Labour Party (UK) R. Keene 736 24.6 Labour Party (UK) P. Moore 725 24.2 Liberal Party (UK) A.C. Stobie 504 16.8 Liberal Party (UK) M.C. Nelson 493 16.5 2,993 43.1 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Rye Rye (2) Conservative Party (UK) T.F.H. Jessel 1,686 54.3 Conservative Party (UK) R. Ames 1,612 51.9 Labour Party (UK) J. Fisher 1,047 33.7 Labour Party (UK) G. Byfield 1,031 33.2 Liberal Party (UK) D.J. Hazell 366 11.8 Liberal Party (UK) J.F. Hayes 354 11.4 3,104 41.8 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) St Giles St Giles (3) Labour Party (UK) Mrs E.M. Dalton 1,374 67.1 Labour Party (UK) R. Wedlake 1,342 65.6 Labour Party (UK) F.T. Rolfe 1,336 65.3 Conservative Party (UK) M.P. Mulligan 667 32.6 Conservative Party (UK) B. Jordan 635 31.1 Conservative Party (UK) T. Percival 604 29.5 2,045 19.1 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) The College The College (2) Conservative Party (UK) B.G.J. Hoskins 1,586 48.7 Conservative Party (UK) H. Grant 1,579 48.4 Labour Party (UK) J. Booker 1,388 42.6 Labour Party (UK) P. Healy 1,368 42.0 Liberal Party (UK) C.H. Bloy 280 8.6 Liberal Party (UK) R. Seligman 272 8.3 3,260 45.8 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Waverley Waverley (2) Labour Party (UK) H.T. Ball 1,403 58.0 Labour Party (UK) E. Corderoy 1,390 57.5 Conservative Party (UK) E. Easdown 659 27.2 Conservative Party (UK) A. Hollands 655 27.1 Liberal Party (UK) L.F. LaLonde 340 14.1 Liberal Party (UK) J.F. Sutton 329 13.6 2,419 32.2 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) See also 1964 Greater London Council election References Category:Council elections in the London Borough of Southwark Category:1964 London Borough council elections