1964 Harrow London Borough Council election
The 1964 Harrow Council election took place on 7 May 1964 to elect members of Harrow London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council.[1]
Background
These elections were the first to the newly formed borough. Previously elections had taken place in the
A total of 168 candidates stood in the election for the 56 seats being contested across 15 wards. These included a full slate from the Conservative and Labour parties, while the Liberals stood 50 candidates. Other candidates included 6 from the Communist party. There were 7 three-seat wards, 5 four-seat wards and 3 five-seat wards.
This election had
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 16 after winning 36 of the 56 seats. Overall turnout in the election was 43.0%. This turnout included 793
Ward results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edward John Harkett | 1,899 | |||
Conservative | Edward George Buckle | 1,898 | |||
Conservative | George Colborne Hill | 1,897 | |||
Labour | Walter F Griffin | 728 | |||
Labour | K D Reeves | 723 | |||
Labour | R G Taylor | 647 | |||
Liberal | Thomas R Burke | 474 | |||
Liberal | H J Sergeant | 433 | |||
Liberal | Cyril Alfred B Aldridge | 429 | |||
Turnout | 3,087 | 37.2 | |||
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Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Colin George V Barson | 2,754 | |||
Labour | Archibald James Eckert | 2,690 | |||
Labour | Bernard M Cohen | 2,634 | |||
Labour | D J Sleigh | 2,505 | |||
Conservative | James D Charter | 1,805 | |||
Conservative | Mrs V Charter | 1,736 | |||
Conservative | Mrs M Apollo | 1,725 | |||
Conservative | J E Palmer | 1,619 | |||
Liberal | Ronald Everitt | 703 | |||
Liberal | H C Cooper | 577 | |||
Liberal | Terence I Jones | 576 | |||
Liberal | R J E Owen | 576 | |||
Communist | H J Tuttle | 121 | |||
Turnout | 5,092 | 51.7 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
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Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William E Jones | 1,438 | |||
Conservative | Charles Edward Stenhouse | 1,423 | |||
Conservative | W E N Wormald | 1,400 | |||
Labour | J R Green | 675 | |||
Labour | G E Clayton | 648 | |||
Labour | R F Short | 612 | |||
Liberal | F A Farmer | 403 | |||
Liberal | Mrs M Sorrell | 367 | |||
Liberal | R S Montgomerie | 357 | |||
Turnout | 2,491 | 32.9 | |||
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Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Owen George Collins | 1,974 | |||
Conservative | Harold Richard Sheldrake | 1,940 | |||
Conservative | William Archibald Tackley | 1,897 | |||
Liberal | Geoffrey Owen Abbott | 1,004 | |||
Liberal | Mrs Audrey E Beauchamp | 906 | |||
Liberal | Richard J Denney | 797 | |||
Labour | Joseph T M Blackman | 540 | |||
Labour | F D Flower | 535 | |||
Labour | A H Bolton | 505 | |||
Turnout | 3,397 | 44.1 | |||
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Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anthony C Cocksedge | 2,517 | |||
Conservative | Mrs Marie Martha H E Haslam | 2,376 | |||
Conservative | Eric William Harry Feakins | 2,240 | |||
Conservative | J D Statham | 2,214 | |||
Liberal | Dennis Frederick Joyner | 1,925 | |||
Liberal | Dr Ivan M Roitt | 1,835 | |||
Liberal | H W Chapman | 1,795 | |||
Liberal | E W Husband | 1,764 | |||
Labour | M M Keir | 985 | |||
Labour | Mrs A Beasley | 973 | |||
Labour | M A Mills | 958 | |||
Labour | R C Barson | 956 | |||
Turnout | 5,164 | 54.4 | |||
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Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Cyril G Ellement | 4,109 | |||
Conservative | Mrs Isobel Muriel Potts | 4,048 | |||
Conservative | Harold Trevor Mote | 4,014 | |||
Conservative | M D Hartley-Hill | 3,972 | |||
Conservative | N Graham Hines | 3,956 | |||
Liberal | Edwin J H Francis | 916 | |||
Liberal | B Domb | 808 | |||
Liberal | C J James | 799 | |||
Liberal | H Young | 795 | |||
Liberal | Klaus W Eliel | 764 | |||
Labour | Peter Antony Fletcher | 520 | |||
Labour | Mrs D M Hinton | 512 | |||
Labour | F W Hinton | 495 | |||
Labour | C B King | 483 | |||
Labour | Mrs M C B Morley | 480 | |||
Turnout | 5,405 | 41.1 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mrs D A Nott-Cock | 3,601 | |||
Conservative | Alfred George Sellers | 3,591 | |||
Conservative | Owen W N Cock | 3,585 | |||
Conservative | William Sydney Clack | 3,571 | |||
Conservative | Charles Ernest Jordan | 3,543 | |||
Liberal | W R Westaway | 1,004 | |||
Liberal | W H D Little | 990 | |||
Liberal | G R Davis | 974 | |||
Liberal | T W Kettle | 956 | |||
Liberal | J S Anthony | 953 | |||
Labour | J L Clark | 947 | |||
Labour | Colin Litchfield | 802 | |||
Labour | Jeremy P Lansdell | 788 | |||
Labour | Mrs A M Littlehales | 759 | |||
Labour | G A Tempest | 753 | |||
Turnout | 5,447 | 42.8 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mrs Eva E Davies | 2,098 | |||
Labour | R Bailey | 2,042 | |||
Labour | Henry I Harris | 2,020 | |||
Conservative | Michael A Carmody | 1,116 | |||
Conservative | Frederick L Le Franc | 1,064 | |||
Conservative | Miss N Harker | 1,044 | |||
Communist | James P Roche | 129 | |||
Turnout | 3,283 | 37.3 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
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Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Glyn Davies | 1,703 | |||
Labour | A H Tidmarsh | 1,676 | |||
Conservative | J W Nickolay | 1,667 | |||
Labour | P W Underwood | 1,661 | |||
Conservative | Harold Grainger | 1,645 | |||
Conservative | A E Thomas | 1,630 | |||
Liberal | Mrs Eileen J Colledge | 1,292 | |||
Liberal | Arthur A Fawthrop | 1,287 | |||
Liberal | Edgar G Wilmott | 1,285 | |||
Turnout | 4,668 | 51.6 | |||
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Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John S Campbell | 2,233 | |||
Labour | Mrs Doris I Edwards | 2,160 | |||
Labour | A R Judge | 2,130 | |||
Labour | I W Mackay | 2,061 | |||
Conservative | L D Bowman | 1,949 | |||
Conservative | Miss Cherisy P Cawood | 1,939 | |||
Conservative | E R Chalker | 1,918 | |||
Conservative | E K Cornes | 1,810 | |||
Liberal | John C Connolly | 765 | |||
Liberal | Mrs L A O Harrison | 694 | |||
Liberal | A Forrest | 668 | |||
Liberal | M Sewell-Rutter | 624 | |||
Communist | R R C Morris | 123 | |||
Turnout | 4,843 | 45.2 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Gerald Francis Gibbons | 2,741 | |||
Conservative | Frank L Rees | 2,741 | |||
Conservative | Derrick B Rouse | 2,677 | |||
Conservative | Albert Edward Peter Farquhar MacRae | 2,676 | |||
Conservative | Mrs Nan Rees | 2,669 | |||
Labour | S Bishop | 774 | |||
Labour | Reginald A Russell | 771 | |||
Labour | Henry Kilkenny | 752 | |||
Labour | D F Tomsett | 733 | |||
Labour | Horace Alan H Riches | 648 | |||
Liberal | Mrs Marjorie H Jackson | 530 | |||
Liberal | Michael E Hannah | 523 | |||
Liberal | M D Colne | 513 | |||
Liberal | Willy Paul | 460 | |||
Liberal | J B Ladley | 438 | |||
Communist | Richard Thomas Gooding | 161 | |||
Turnout | 4,070 | 32.8 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alfred James Lovell | 2,025 | |||
Labour | William Ody Allen | 1,982 | |||
Labour | Mrs Sarah R Edgeworth | 1,968 | |||
Conservative | Edward C P Taylor | 1,027 | |||
Conservative | J C Medcalf | 1,025 | |||
Conservative | D A Maddocks | 1,014 | |||
Communist | R A Ward | 133 | |||
Turnout | 3,136 | 38.7 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | H G Grange | 2,738 | |||
Labour | Mrs Amelia M. Carey | 2,725 | |||
Labour | Cyril B Harrison | 2,692 | |||
Labour | D J R Howard | 2,448 | |||
Conservative | D W Pratt | 1,522 | |||
Conservative | T D Jones | 1,516 | |||
Conservative | F G Saxby | 1,504 | |||
Conservative | Arthur B C Turner | 1,501 | |||
Liberal | H V Goss | 884 | |||
Liberal | Mrs B E Burbery | 666 | |||
Liberal | M B Sorrell | 619 | |||
Liberal | R J Kitcher | 608 | |||
Communist | Joseph Marshall | 119 | |||
Turnout | 4,998 | 46.8 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | D S O Smith | 1,687 | |||
Conservative | Frederick William C Adkins | 1,679 | |||
Conservative | Stanley Russell Miller | 1,614 | |||
Labour | Charles Morley | 1,087 | |||
Labour | J Lesser | 1,022 | |||
Labour | A H Elderton | 1,016 | |||
Liberal | Mrs M M Husband | 628 | |||
Liberal | C P Dobson | 621 | |||
Liberal | P Jeffery | 621 | |||
Turnout | 3,427 | 42.4 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | A O’Loughlin | 1,920 | |||
Conservative | B C A Turner | 1,856 | |||
Conservative | Derek H J Hart | 1,851 | |||
Conservative | Charles Frederick J. Low | 1,834 | |||
Labour | F Mutton | 1,502 | |||
Labour | S H Roan | 1,477 | |||
Labour | Frederick S Davies | 1,474 | |||
Labour | E Beasley | 1,441 | |||
Liberal | David J Leonard | 899 | |||
Liberal | P R Coleby | 894 | |||
Liberal | Cyril C. Chadley | 879 | |||
Liberal | Mrs P Coleby | 866 | |||
Turnout | 4,308 | 45.8 | |||
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References
- ^ "London Borough Council Elections" (PDF). London Datastore. London County Council. Retrieved 29 March 2015.