1964 Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council election

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The 1964 Richmond upon Thames Council election took place on 7 May 1964 to elect members of Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained control of the council. [1] [2]

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Background

These elections were the first to the newly formed borough. Previously elections had taken place in the Municipal Borough of Barnes, Municipal Borough of Richmond and Municipal Borough of Twickenham. These boroughs were joined to form the new London Borough of Richmond upon Thames by the London Government Act 1963.

A total of 154 candidates stood in the election for the 54 seats being contested across 25 wards. These included a full slate from the Conservative and Labour parties, while the Liberals stood 40 candidates. Other candidates included 3 Communists, 2 Independents and 1 Resident. There were 12 single-seat wards, 10 three-seat wards and 3 four-seat wards.

This election had aldermen as well as directly elected councillors. The Conservatives got 7 aldermen and Labour 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 the Conservatives gain the new council with a majority of 28 after winning 41 of the 54 seats. Overall turnout in the election was 47.5%. This turnout included 750 postal votes.

Results

PartyVotesSeats
Conservative Party 29,969 (47.79%)
41 (75.9%)
41 / 54
Labour Party 19,371 (30.89%)
12 (22.2%)
12 / 54
Liberal Party 11,298 (18.02%)
0 (0.0%)
0 / 54
Independent 1,536 (2.45%)
1 (1.9%)
1 / 54
Communist Party 530 (0.85%)
0 (0.0%)
0 / 54
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LabourConservative

Ward results

Barnes (4)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Summers I.266456.9n/a
Conservative Frederick Denis Christian2616-
Conservative Mason H.2587-
Conservative J B Armstrong2522-
Labour Mostyn J. Ms.178938.2n/a
Labour Thompson J.1774-
Labour Whale R.1719-
Labour Hart A.1679-
Communist Banfield A.2294.9n/a
Turnout 46.2n/a
Central Twickenham (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Child D.154556.1n/a
Conservative Griffith P.1530-
Conservative Bell-Wright H. Ms.1486-
Labour Gilbert J.63323.0n/a
Labour Hughes D.599-
Labour Gourgey P.593-
Liberal Main M.57720.9n/a
Liberal Cavanna J. Ms.546-
Liberal Studd H.509-
Turnout 40.1n/a
East Sheen (4)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Gompels271063.6n/a
Conservative Barrows N.2632-
Conservative W F Nation2621-
Conservative Needs G.2584-
Liberal Mann N.97622.9n/a
Liberal Worth L.929-
Liberal Anthony Stanley Richard Rundle 860-
Liberal Armstrong D.856-
Labour Masters E.57613.5n/a
Labour Neale D.574-
Labour Birch E. Ms.568-
Labour Ward J.545-
Turnout 44.6n/a
East Twickenham (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Defries-Porter L.158855.2n/a
Conservative Leaney A.1582-
Conservative Gilday-Fox F.1548-
Labour Evans F.65722.8n/a
Labour Galton Y. Ms.644-
Liberal Davies A. Ms.63422.0n/a
Liberal Lewis B.604-
Liberal Nunn S.588-
Labour Cunningham G.569-
Turnout 38.2n/a
Ham (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J H Harwood77358.8n/a
Conservative Brown B.54241.2n/a
Turnout 49.8n/a
Hampton (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J W H Crane213850.2n/a
Conservative Hall H.2103-
Conservative Hayes S.2056-
Liberal Leahy B.110325.9N.A
Labour Robinson W.101823.9n/a
Labour Holman C.1013-
Labour Rolfe D.871-
Liberal Cameron D.849-
Liberal Holroyde P. Ms.568-
Turnout 51.1n/a
Hampton Hill (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Watson G.183548.6n/a
Conservative Montague William Garrett1678-
Conservative David G Harris1601-
Labour Heath R.113930.2n/a
Labour Elmes K.1092-
Labour Watson S. Ms.908-
Liberal Stops B.79821.2n/a
Liberal Horne D.665-
Turnout 48.2n/a
Hampton Wick (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Wilkins O. Ms.190456.3n/a
Conservative Edward Bostock1904-
Conservative Blackmore P.1800-
Labour Heitzmann A.82424.4n/a
Labour Golding J.822-
Labour Maccullough D.793-
Liberal Bliss E. Ms.65419.3n/a
Liberal Jones E.603-
Liberal Leighton J.595-
Turnout 47.0n/a
Heathfield (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mitchison R.129543.5n/a
Conservative Mrs H Champion1290-
Conservative Woodward M. Ms.1287-
Labour Kent B.91430.7n/a
Labour Gyford J.908-
Labour Thompson B.892-
Liberal Colquhoun I. Ms.76625.7n/a
Liberal Rebbeck C.736-
Liberal Gowers J.731-
Turnout 50.0n/a
Hill (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Arthur James Alcock41442.9n/a
Independent Landreth D.32934.1n/a
Labour Tobias J.22122.9n/a
Turnout 54.4n/a
Kew (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Pride B.86957.5n/a
Conservative Slot G.34222.6n/a
Labour Julia A. Ms.30119.9n/a
Turnout 55.2n/a
Kings (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hyman Appleby Leon83556.4n/a
Independent Marin I. Ms.36524.6n/a
Labour Wood N. Ms.28119.0n/a
Turnout 46.5n/a
Manor (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Starr T.59463.9n/a
Conservative Webb G.33636.1n/a
Turnout 46.6n/a
Mortlake (4)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hutton F.233548.0n/a
Labour R H Stevens2333-
Labour Alfred George Henry Lawrance2299-
Labour Whale J.2187-
Conservative Wade S.187738.6n/a
Conservative John David F Stow1776-
Conservative F A Counter1730-
Conservative W R Adams1714-
Liberal Parton J.4278.8n/a
Communist Bowles E.2244.6n/a
Turnout 47.1n/a
North Sheen (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Albert Charles McDougall75945.9n/a
Liberal Hester Margaret Gatty Smallbone63438.3n/a
Labour Hughes B.26215.8n/a
Turnout 64.0n/a
Park (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Morell K.52859.2n/a
Liberal Moore P.24427.4n/a
Labour Royle B.12013.5n/a
Turnout 41.2n/a
Petersham (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Smith G. Ms.72762.9n/a
Conservative McCash J.42937.1n/a
Turnout 50.7n/a
Richmond Central (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rowe C.50550.7n/a
Labour Winter J.27227.3n/a
Liberal Adams R.22022.1n/a
Turnout 41.2n/a
Richmond Green (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Winslow D.46556.2n/a
Liberal Nemet M. Ms.27633.4n/a
Labour Caplan M. Ms.8610.4n/a
Turnout 46.7n/a
Selwyn (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tremlett G.69450.6n/a
Labour McNae A. Ms.67749.4n/a
Turnout 58.1n/a
South Twickenham (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eslick K.190853.5n/a
Conservative James E Woodward1896-
Conservative Lever M. Ms.1811-
Labour Goldring P.83123.3n/a
Labour Boddy J.805-
Labour Gondris T.755-
Liberal Bisley B.75121.1n/a
Liberal Bisley D. Ms.706-
Liberal Clements K.673-
Communist Allen J.772.2n/a
Turnout 47.1n/a
St. Lukes (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Campion E.59042.4n/a
Conservative L W Miller57141.0n/a
Liberal Horsbrugh S. Ms.23216.7n/a
Turnout 50.6n/a
Teddington (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gold M.157738.7n/a
Conservative Garrud C.1577-
Labour Loman G.149136.6n/a
Conservative Attwood T.1489-
Labour Wilson E.1351-
Labour Cooke D.1290-
Liberal North T.100924.7n/a
Liberal Booth R.837-
Liberal Hart D.787-
Turnout 53.7n/a
West Twickenham (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sewell C.166145.4n/a
Labour Eldridge E.1481-
Labour Geoffrey James Samuel1468-
Conservative Paskin J.112930.9n/a
Conservative L W Newstead1113-
Conservative Chapman F.1049-
Liberal Probert J.86723.7n/a
Liberal Syrett R.738-
Liberal Vaughan N. Ms.711-
Turnout 49.0n/a
Whitton (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bernard Bligh137944.4n/a
Conservative James A Denham1335-
Conservative Mrs Mary E Owen1296-
Liberal Barnes C.113036.4n/a
Liberal Wilfred Percival Letch993-
Liberal Ratcliffe P.954-
Labour Mortimer J.59919.3n/a
Labour Bryan E.593-
Labour Bach G.544-
Turnout 44.2n/a

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References

  1. ↑ "London Borough Council Elections" (PDF). London Datastore. London County Council. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Richmond-upon-Thames Borough Council Elections" (PDF). Richmond-upon-Thames Borough Council. Richmond-upon-Thames Borough Council. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
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