1964 Camden London Borough Council election

The 1964 Camden Council election took place on 7 May 1964 to elect members of Camden London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party gained control of the council.[1]

1964 Camden Council election
7 May 1964
All 60 seats to Camden London Borough Council
31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout35.6%
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Party Labour Conservative Liberal
Seats won 34 26 0
Leader

Charlie Ratchford
Labour

Background

These elections were the first to the newly formed borough. Previously elections had taken place in the Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead, Metropolitan Borough of Holborn and Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras. These boroughs were joined to form the new London Borough of Camden by the London Government Act 1963.

A total of 169 candidates stood in the election for the 60 seats being contested across 19 wards. These included a full slate from the Conservative and Labour parties, while the Liberals stood 31 candidates. Other candidates included 14 from the Communist party, 2 Independents and 2 Independent Labour. There were 10 three-seat wards, 6 four-seat wards and 3 two-seat wards.

This election had aldermen as well as directly elected councillors. Labour got 8 aldermen and the Conservatives 2.

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 8 after winning 34 of the 60 seats. Overall turnout in the election was 35.6%. This turnout included 1,347 postal votes.

Ward results

Adelaide
Adelaide (4)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Madeleine du Mont 2,152
Conservative Richard Butterfield 2,134
Conservative Julian Tobin 2,131
Conservative Howard Sugden 2,123
Labour William Page 1,399
Labour Margaret Maxwell 1,398
Labour Michael Read 1,384
Labour Thomas Sargant 1,329
Liberal Richard Michael Norton 375
Liberal Graham Knight 364
Liberal Nigel Seymer 362
Liberal Barbara Bridger 349
Communist Ernest Woods 152
Turnout 3,973 35.5
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Belsize
Belsize (4)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Norman Oatway 2,045
Conservative Stanley Duncan 2,028
Conservative Alexandrina Burnett 2,015
Conservative Leslie Room 2,009
Labour Lyndal Evans 1,651
Labour Sheila Oakes 1,649
Labour Bernard Taylor 1,616
Labour Arthur Soutter 1,585
Liberal Margaret Darvall 585
Liberal Percy Brian Anderson 575
Liberal G. H. Willett 571
Liberal Doris Watson 564
Communist Timothy Webb 146
Turnout 4,311 39.6
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Bloomsbury
Bloomsbury (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Harold Gould 1,390
Conservative William Ridd 1,386
Conservative Sidney Jaque 1,383
Labour Gyuri Wagner 1,118
Labour Frank Dobson 1,110
Labour Irene Wagner 1,097
Turnout 2,544 32.2
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Camden
Camden (4)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tom Barker 2,279
Labour James Buckland 2,267
Labour Peggy Duff 2,203
Labour Peter Jonas 2,154
Conservative Beatrice Bundock 799
Conservative Frederick Hayward 738
Conservative Elizabeth Love 736
Conservative Amy Kinder 721
Liberal Joyce Arram 252
Liberal Jock Nicolson 238
Liberal Jessie Fleming 233
Liberal Anne Roberts 198
Communist Dorothy Willett 198
Communist Margaret Rockall 151
Turnout 3,378 29.5
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Chalk Farm
Chalk Farm (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hilda Chandler 1,082
Labour Joseph Richardson 1,055
Conservative Anthony Boosey 775
Conservative Patricia Hayward 771
Communist Walter Rees 108
Turnout 1,941 32.1
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Euston
Euston (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Millie Miller 738
Labour Peter Best 730
Conservative Edward Bowman 677
Conservative Horace Shooter 649
Turnout 1,433 29.5
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Gospel Oak
Gospel Oak (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alexander Sullivan 1,257
Labour Charles Tate 1,212
Conservative Anthony Dey 560
Conservative Denis Friis 557
Communist Kenneth Herbert 130
Turnout 1,905 34.5
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Grafton
Grafton (4)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles Ratchford 2,777
Labour Albert (Jock) Stallard 2,685
Labour Roy Shaw 2,671
Labour Derick Annison 2,621
Conservative Daphne Green 710
Conservative Christina Brennan 625
Conservative Esther Purves 621
Conservative George Paulley 604
Communist Donald Cook 323
Communist Harry Jackson 257
Turnout 3,547 28.9
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Hampstead Central
Hampstead Central (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Evans 1,596
Conservative Sidney Torrance 1,594
Conservative Geoffrey Finsberg 1,577
Labour Nancy Silverman 928
Labour Henry Totten 911
Labour Philip Turner 872
Liberal Michael Watson 382
Liberal Mary Barling 380
Liberal David Sacker 374
Turnout 2,887 35.3
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Hampstead Town
Hampstead Town (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Elizabeth Knight 1,961
Conservative Arthur Roome 1,955
Conservative Luigi Denza 1,947
Labour Joan Hymans 1,146
Labour Thomas Mahoney 1,127
Labour Janek Langer 1,121
Liberal Pamela Frankau 694
Liberal Sarah Khuner 668
Liberal Archibald Macdonald 656
Turnout 3,783 43.8
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Highgate
Highgate (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Martin Morton 2,067
Conservative William Brennan 2,062
Conservative Roland Walker 2,054
Labour Corin Hughes-Stanton 1,465
Labour Richard Andrews 1,440
Labour Ivy Tate 1,380
Communist Walter Davis 276
Turnout 3,622 47.0
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Holborn
Holborn (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Albert Shaw 2,063
Conservative Alan Greengross 2,060
Conservative John Barker 2,040
Labour Iris Bonham 1,662
Labour Betty Grass 1,642
Labour Ruth Howe 1,613
Liberal James Hamilton 188
Liberal Joan Morris 174
Liberal Yvonne Taylor 162
Turnout 3,944 42.2
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Kilburn
Kilburn (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Victor Bonafont 1,813
Labour Albert (Tim) Skinner 1,768
Labour Robert Humphreys 1,763
Conservative Angus Macdonald 653
Conservative Pamela King 644
Conservative Winifred Peard 633
Liberal Nigel Barnes 171
Liberal Gwendoline Martin 165
Liberal Ronald Sampson 164
Communist Estella McEntire 71
Turnout 2,676 31.6
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

King's Cross
King's Cross (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Clifford Tucker 1,876
Labour John Diamond 1,857
Labour Arthur Graves 1,810
Conservative Joyce Burgess 1,523
Conservative William McGowan 1,492
Conservative Thomas Morris 1,473
Turnout 3,410 36.0
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Priory
Priory (4)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Leila Campbell 2,147
Labour Jack Cooper 2,116
Labour John St. John 2,098
Labour Enid Wistrich 2,011
Conservative Irene Ellis 1,557
Conservative Anthony Pickford 1,557
Conservative Joan Dunsford 1,553
Conservative Charles Power 1,545
Liberal Arthur Stitt 322
Liberal Mary De la Mahotiere 319
Liberal David Harris 319
Liberal Bonamy Bradby 301
Communist Frederick Hill 159
Turnout 4,062 37.7
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Regent's Park
Regent's Park (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Collins 2,299
Labour James Greenwood 2,298
Labour Grace Lee 2,260
Conservative Harold Bright 1,319
Conservative Keith Chalkley 1,316
Conservative Margaret Saville 1,300
Communist Colin Boatman 189
Turnout 3,744 40.3
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

St John's
St John's (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roger Robinson 1,601
Labour Gillian Macfarlane 1,554
Labour Richard Rowe 1,538
Conservative George Hathway 605
Conservative Betty Gall 592
Conservative Ann Smith 590
Communist Peter Richards 188
Turnout 2,270 31.0
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

St Pancras
St Pancras (4)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Oakshott 2,113
Labour Paddy O'Connor 2,111
Labour Sidney Munn 2,081
Labour Samuel Fisher 2,076
Conservative John Glendinning 495
Conservative Eileen Wright 476
Conservative Henry Salter 475
Conservative Josephine Robins 473
Independent Labour Thomas Linehan 291
Independent Labour Margaret Munro 224
Independent Malcolm Davies 184
Independent John Mandeville 154
Turnout 2,876 29.9
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

West End
West End (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Victor Lyon 1,686
Conservative Lindsay Cullen 1,684
Conservative Susan Ayliff 1,651
Labour Grace Stevenson 1,536
Labour Michael Cendrowicz 1,494
Labour Ernest Wistrich 1,482
Liberal Robert Druiff 372
Liberal Felix Kraft 372
Liberal Eric Abrahams 351
Communist Terrance Thomas 125
Turnout 3,626 37.6
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

References
  1. "London Borough Council Elections" (PDF). London Datastore. London County Council. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
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