1963 Finchley Borough Council election

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1963 Finchley Borough Council election
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  1962 10 May 1963 1964  

8 councillors to Finchley Borough Council
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Liberal Conservative Labour
Seats won0
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Majority party before election

Conservative Party

Majority party after election

Liberal Party

Finchley's 1963 municipal elections were held on 10 May 1963. One-third of the seats represented by councillors were up for election. One seat fell vacant in each of the eight wards.

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Background

Finchley Council was made up of 32 elected members: 24 Councillors elected by the voting public and 8 Aldermen elected by the Councillors. Councillors served a three-year term, while Aldermen served a six-year term. Since the council was enlarged in 1950, the Conservative Party had been in power. After the 1962 elections, the Liberals had the most Councillors. However, the Conservatives retained power as they had more Aldermen.

Election result

Finchley Local Election Result 1963
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal 066.6652.5213,694+20.73
  Conservative 033.3337.939,891-18.06
  Labour 001-10.09.552,491-2.66

The result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:

PartyPrevious councilNew council
Cllr Ald Cllr Ald
Liberals019-
Conservative85-
Labour--
Total248248
3232

The Conservatives lost their majority and went into opposition. The Liberals won a majority taking control of the council for the first time.

Ward results

Bishop's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Alan D Cohen1,63952.73
Conservative M Mendel1,17837.89
Labour Yvonne Sieve2929.39
Majority 46114.84
Turnout 3,109
Liberal hold Swing
Glebe
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal
Conservative
Labour
Majority
Turnout
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing
Manor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Frank Davis 1,734 52.18
Conservative S Stubbs1,11733.61
Labour P Watkins47214.20
Majority 61718.57
Turnout 3,323
Liberal hold Swing
Moss Hall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal
Conservative
Labour
Majority
Turnout
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing
St Mary's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Liberal
Labour
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
St Paul's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal
Conservative
Labour
Majority
Turnout
Liberal hold Swing
Tudor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal M Lowe1,27041.19
Labour RN Chesterton1,19038.60
Conservative V Francis62320.21
Majority 802.59
Turnout 3,083
Liberal gain from Labour Swing
Whetstone
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Liberal
Labour
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

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