1964 Westminster City Council election

1964 local election in England March 2015 March 2015 1964 Westminster City Council election parliamentary no 1968 Westminster City Council election 1968 All 60 council seats of the Westminster City Council 31 7 May 1964 Council control Subsequent council control Conservative Party (UK) The 1964 Westminster Council election took place on 7 May 1964 to elect members of Westminster City 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 Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone and Metropolitan Borough of Westminster. These boroughs were joined to form the new London Borough of Westminster by the London Government Act 1963. A total of 155 candidates stood in the election for the 60 seats being contested across 31 wards. These included a full slate from the Conservative and Labour parties, while the Liberals stood 31 candidates. Other candidates included 4 from the Communist party. There were 20 single-seat wards, 6 three-seat wards, 4 five-seat wards and 1 two-seat ward. This election had aldermen as well as directly elected councillors. The Conservatives got 7 aldermen and Labour 3. 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 22 after winning 41 of the 60 seats. Overall turnout in the election was 28.0%. This turnout included 1,343 postal votes. Ward results Abbey Abbey (1) Labour Party (UK) T. J. H. Bishop 524 Conservative Party (UK) L. B. Farmiloe 471 1,000 38.4 Labour Party (UK) Alderney Alderney (1) Labour Party (UK) E. A. Bramall 789 Conservative Party (UK) A. J. Hardiman 762 Liberal Party (UK) Miss P. M. Andrews 27 1,595 41.2 Labour Party (UK) Aldwych Aldwych (1) Conservative Party (UK) H. G. Cubitt 549 Labour Party (UK) J. J. Curran 454 1,012 36.4 Conservative Party (UK) Baker Street Baker Street (5) Conservative Party (UK) G. I. Harley 2,221 Conservative Party (UK) C. T. Hesketh 2,221 Conservative Party (UK) R. T. Glenny 2,220 Conservative Party (UK) J. G. Mordue 2,196 Conservative Party (UK) Miss D. W. Doyle 2,180 Labour Party (UK) K. A. Hardacre 705 Labour Party (UK) Mrs. C. S. Heller 694 Labour Party (UK) P. O. Phillips 689 Labour Party (UK) Mrs. D. M. Mackay 686 Labour Party (UK) Mrs. A. C. Walters 678 Liberal Party (UK) Mrs. A. D. Gardiner 387 Liberal Party (UK) A. M. Gerrard 367 Liberal Party (UK) P. Freitag 366 Liberal Party (UK) I. A. Noble 343 Liberal Party (UK) M. Janis 333 3,324 24.1 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Berkeley Berkeley (1) Conservative Party (UK) J. C. Wells 603 Labour Party (UK) G. L. McDermott 22 Liberal Party (UK) Mrs. B. J. Capel 21 651 20.3 Conservative Party (UK) Cathedral Cathedral (1) Conservative Party (UK) Miss P. C. Paton Walsh 792 Labour Party (UK) J. P. Duffy 258 Liberal Party (UK) Miss U. A. C. Alder 109 1,170 27.1 Conservative Party (UK) Cavendish Cavendish (3) Conservative Party (UK) J. E. Guest 1,681 Conservative Party (UK) H. K. Ashworth 1,671 Conservative Party (UK) L. Pearl 1,669 Labour Party (UK) Countess of Lucan 601 Labour Party (UK) Mrs. R. N. Grenville 573 Labour Party (UK) D. B. Fraser 572 2,295 22.1 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Churchill Churchill (1) Labour Party (UK) Mrs. G. M. Bramall 1,089 Conservative Party (UK) Miss A. M. Tennant 824 Liberal Party (UK) P. J. Ogilvie 53 1,978 47.5 Labour Party (UK) Church Street Church Street (3) Labour Party (UK) Dr. L. Jacobs 1,807 Labour Party (UK) Mrs. J. Merriton 1,678 Labour Party (UK) R. C. Edmonds 1,669 Conservative Party (UK) Miss J. M. Pearson 774 Conservative Party (UK) C. L. Gimblett 773 Conservative Party (UK) K. S. Solomons 761 Communist Party of Great Britain L. R. Temple 218 2,654 30.0 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Covent Garden Covent Garden (1) Conservative Party (UK) J. L. C. Dribbell 261 Labour Party (UK) Mrs. I. J. Griffiths 80 344 16.1 Conservative Party (UK) Dolphin Dolphin (1) Conservative Party (UK) M. F. Rawlence 806 Labour Party (UK) W. H. Wheeler 322 Liberal Party (UK) W. D. Ainger 80 1,218 29.2 Conservative Party (UK) Eaton Eaton (1) Conservative Party (UK) C. A. Prendergast 761 Labour Party (UK) L. G. Harris 81 Liberal Party (UK) P. J. C. Howgego 16 864 25.8 Conservative Party (UK) Ebury Ebury (1) Conservative Party (UK) G. C. L. Gay 752 Labour Party (UK) G. Wilson 661 Liberal Party (UK) Mrs. G. S. Howgego 31 1,457 48.0 Conservative Party (UK) Grosvenor Grosvenor (1) Conservative Party (UK) Miss E. A. Marsh 596 Labour Party (UK) B. C. G. Whitaker 104 Liberal Party (UK) N. H. Barnes 39 743 23.2 Conservative Party (UK) Harrow Road Harrow Road (5) Labour Party (UK) G. F. Bulmer 2,265 Labour Party (UK) H. E. Browne 2,257 Labour Party (UK) W. D. Goss 2,249 Labour Party (UK) I. Harrington 2,243 Labour Party (UK) A. A. Dumont 2,240 Conservative Party (UK) S. W. Y. Cottrell 843 Conservative Party (UK) H. H. Hodgson 757 Conservative Party (UK) L. T. Sheldrake 726 Conservative Party (UK) M. P. Nulloth 722 Conservative Party (UK) A. J. Welch 710 Communist Party of Great Britain R. Vizard 164 3,178 20.2 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Hyde Park Hyde Park (5) Conservative Party (UK) J. Gillett 2,369 Conservative Party (UK) Miss C. P. Rabagliati 2,328 Conservative Party (UK) D. McNair 2,327 Conservative Party (UK) W. Parkes 2,301 Conservative Party (UK) J. Collins 2,293 Labour Party (UK) J. S. Doran 963 Labour Party (UK) C. F. H. Wegg-Prosser 943 Labour Party (UK) Miss E. R. Gray 926 Labour Party (UK) J. T. Dunn 923 Labour Party (UK) S. Nagendra 881 3,344 23.6 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Knightsbridge Knightsbridge (1) Conservative Party (UK) A. L. Burton 852 Labour Party (UK) Mrs. M. E. Garside 42 Liberal Party (UK) Arthur W. Capel 38 935 25.6 Conservative Party (UK) Lancaster Gate Lancaster Gate (3) Conservative Party (UK) M. V. Kenyon 1,752 Conservative Party (UK) M. W. Lowry-Corry 1,749 Conservative Party (UK) J. Lugton 1,720 Labour Party (UK) K. Richardson 795 Labour Party (UK) C. W. Clark 784 Labour Party (UK) F. W. Hedges 780 2,552 23.4 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Lords Lords (3) Conservative Party (UK) R. M. Dawe 2,124 Conservative Party (UK) H. H. Sandford 2,114 Conservative Party (UK) Mrs. S. E. de K. Rivington 2,109 Labour Party (UK) D. J. Cocks 726 Labour Party (UK) R. N. Wood 723 Labour Party (UK) Miss M. N. Rendal 719 Liberal Party (UK) M. Cummins 399 Liberal Party (UK) A. Lea 363 Liberal Party (UK) K. G. Faircloth 356 3,271 22.6 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Maida Vale Maida Vale (5) Conservative Party (UK) R. B. Brown 2,814 Conservative Party (UK) W. F. Brooks 2,774 Conservative Party (UK) Mrs. E. G. Lane 2,765 Conservative Party (UK) J. M. Shersby 2,747 Conservative Party (UK) G. J. O’Connell 2,739 Labour Party (UK) K. E. Dickinson 2,504 Labour Party (UK) R. Whyte 2,493 Labour Party (UK) J. Cooze 2,489 Labour Party (UK) Mrs. G. E. Haywood 2,472 Labour Party (UK) E. W. Wellin 2,452 Liberal Party (UK) Miss M. Charlesworth 431 Liberal Party (UK) D. B. Griffiths 394 Liberal Party (UK) S. M. Cowan 392 Liberal Party (UK) L. Epsztein 370 Liberal Party (UK) M. G. Rabin 364 5,775 35.1 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Millbank Millbank (1) Labour Party (UK) A. A. Jelley 719 Conservative Party (UK) K. F. Creighton 587 Liberal Party (UK) A. E. Harris 216 1,545 36.3 Labour Party (UK) Queen's Park Queen's Park (2) Labour Party (UK) G. Lowe 1,694 Labour Party (UK) Mrs. I. L. Bolton 1,665 Conservative Party (UK) W. A. Bratton 343 Conservative Party (UK) E. W. White 321 Liberal Party (UK) J. A. Gibbons 154 Liberal Party (UK) Mrs. M. I. Singer 133 2,186 32.9 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Regent Street Regent Street (1) Conservative Party (UK) R. F. Shaw-Kennedy 319 Labour Party (UK) F. B. Groves 80 400 17.8 Conservative Party (UK) Regent's Park Regent's Park (3) Conservative Party (UK) E. L. Hancock 1,661 Conservative Party (UK) R. W. Forrester 1,635 Conservative Party (UK) Miss J. C. Marsh 1,629 Labour Party (UK) R. D. Powell 934 Labour Party (UK) C. D. Dennington 932 Labour Party (UK) W. Robins 923 Communist Party of Great Britain Mrs. C. S. Rabstein 112 2,646 28.0 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) St James's St James's (1) Conservative Party (UK) M. D. N. Cobbold 335 Liberal Party (UK) G. D. Bucklebridge 23 Labour Party (UK) P. M. Aldis 19 380 16.5 Conservative Party (UK) Soho Soho (1) Labour Party (UK) R. V. Mares 426 Conservative Party (UK) H. Stern 381 813 27.5 Labour Party (UK) Tachbrook Tachbrook (1) Labour Party (UK) H. G. Garside 803 Conservative Party (UK) A. F. E. Johnston 734 1,549 46.3 Labour Party (UK) Victoria Victoria (1) Conservative Party (UK) G. B. Pugh 457 Labour Party (UK) Miss D. H. Sylven 87 545 21.4 Conservative Party (UK) Warwick Warwick (1) Conservative Party (UK) S. Le Marchant 684 Labour Party (UK) L. F. Squires 248 Liberal Party (UK) Miss B. R. Karmel 43 986 23.9 Conservative Party (UK) Westbourne Westbourne (3) Labour Party (UK) W. Dow 1,667 Labour Party (UK) C. H. Genese 1,614 Labour Party (UK) E. R. Packer 1,606 Conservative Party (UK) P. J. Crawford 801 Conservative Party (UK) C. C. Chalker 789 Conservative Party (UK) R. S. Price 766 Liberal Party (UK) A. J. R. Nolan 143 Liberal Party (UK) A. C. Durie 135 Liberal Party (UK) R. J. Ballinger 121 Communist Party of Great Britain J. C. Spring 107 2,645 25.5 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Wilton Wilton (1) Conservative Party (UK) G. H. M. Pirie 488 Liberal Party (UK) J. C. Atkinson 36 Labour Party (UK) Miss R. H. Allan 22 548 21.8 Conservative Party (UK) References Election, 1964 Category:1964 London Borough council elections Category:May 1964 in the United Kingdom