1968 Barking London Borough Council election

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The 1968 Barking Council election took place on 9 May 1968 to elect members of Barking London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.^[1]

Background

This election was the second local election since the borough was formed in 1964. Thus, incumbent councillors were seeking re-election for the first time. Labour was the only party that ran a full slate of candidates.

Results

Despite the Conservatives winning 13 additional councillors, the Labour Party maintained control electing 32 councillors to the Conservatives 13 and Resident Association 4.^[2]

Results by ward

Abbey

Abbey (4 seats)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T Woodcock	1,749	53.8	+18.2
	Conservative	E Eden	1,746		*N/A*
	Conservative	J Willmott	1,732		*N/A*
	Conservative	R Hawken	1,685		*N/A*
	Labour	L Henstock	1,042	32.0	-15.9
	Labour	M Bredo	1,038		N/A
	Labour	S Silvell	948		N/A
	Labour	John Ward	884		N/A
	Liberal	D Wade	462	14.2	-2.2
	Liberal	J Tyrell	400		N/A
	Liberal	R Litchfield	361		N/A
	Liberal	B Nicholls	329		N/A
Turnout				35.7	-1.4
Registered electors			9,275
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Cambell

Cambell (4 seats)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Butler	1,465	78.1	-14.1
	Labour	Sidney Cole	1,342		*N/A*
	Labour	D Jones	1,330		*N/A*
	Labour	James Jones	1,293		*N/A*
	Conservative	B Fuller	411	21.9	+14.1
	Conservative	J Kelly	377		N/A
	Conservative	L Ouzmann	377		N/A
	Conservative	D Tanner	376		N/A
Turnout				21.2	-2.3
Registered electors			8,775
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Chadwell Heath

Chadwell Heath (4 seats)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	D Grandison	2,054	74.8	+28.8
	Residents	Peggy Miller	2,041		*N/A*
	Residents	C Jillings	2,040		*N/A*
	Residents	Cyril Ayres	2,032		*N/A*
	Labour	E Bradley	506	18.4	-14.4
	Labour	F Rusha	496		N/A
	Labour	F Goodger	485		N/A
	Labour	W Webb	481		N/A
	Communist	D Connor	185	6.7	+3.8
Turnout				29.3	-2.1
Registered electors			9,276
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing

Eastbrook

Eastbrook (4 seats)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick Tibble	1,166	53.2	-13.9
	Labour	Leonard Collins	1,157		*N/A*
	Labour	J Thomas	1,122		*N/A*
	Labour	J Lawrence	1,082		*N/A*
	Conservative	R Johnson	602	27.5	+20.3
	Conservative	A Middleton	569		N/A
	Conservative	A Sabourin	554		N/A
	Conservative	P Wilkins	537		N/A
	Liberal	H Cooper	268	12.2	-9.5
	Liberal	Y Dodman	231		N/A
	Liberal	G Andrews	224		N/A
	Communist	C King	156	7.1	+3.1
Turnout				22.0	-7.1
Registered electors			9,751
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Fanshaw

Fanshaw (4 seats)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M Warren	1,221	63.4	-7.0
	Labour	Frederick Jones	1,214		*N/A*
	Labour	J Fackerell	1,175		*N/A*
	Labour	B Walker	1,174		*N/A*
	Conservative	J Watts	408	21.2	-2.5
	Communist	K Madden	296	15.4	+9.7
Turnout				18.9	-7.0
Registered electors			9,618
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Gascoigne

Gascoigne (4 seats)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J Engwell	1,694	57.5	-19.0
	Labour	C Godfrey	1,662		*N/A*
	Labour	Horace Howie	1,613		*N/A*
	Labour	Douglas Waters	1,562		*N/A*
	Conservative	R Pool	665	22.6	+13.2
	Conservative	A Gray	655		N/A
	Conservative	J Barnett	619		N/A
	Conservative	B Woodcock	580		N/A
	Liberal	Alan Beadle	393	13.3	N/A
	Liberal	P Nicholls	336		N/A
	Communist	G Wake	192	6.5	+1.9
Turnout				28.8	-0.1
Registered electors			9,763
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Heath

Heath (5 seats)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D Attridge	1,189	49.6	+35.3
	Conservative	A East	1,139		*N/A*
	Conservative	E Woods	1,131		*N/A*
	Conservative	L Rimington	1,124		*N/A*
	Conservative	W Padington	1,111		*N/A*
	Labour	R Blackburn	1,051	43.8	-19.9
	Labour	William Noyce	1,013		N/A
	Labour	M Eales	996		N/A
	Labour	H Powell	946		N/A
	Labour	J Kendall	944		N/A
	Communist	Helena Ott	159	6.6	+3.1
Turnout				22.5	-3.1
Registered electors			10,869
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Longbridge

Longbridge (4 seats)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	V Pool	2,341	64.1	+19.2
	Conservative	C Pool	2,307		*N/A*
	Conservative	J Dean	2,161		*N/A*
	Conservative	D Barnett	2,088		*N/A*
	Labour	F Butler	1,313	35.9	-19.2
	Labour	L Senior	1,284		N/A
	Labour	Eric Mansell	1,254		N/A
	Labour	R Godfrey	1,248		N/A
Turnout				33.6	-5.1
Registered electors			10,671
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Manor

Manor (4 seats)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maud Ball	1,600	76.6	-9.5
	Labour	G Beane	1,551		*N/A*
	Labour	M Preston	1,509		*N/A*
	Labour	L Blake	1,505		*N/A*
	Conservative	A Beasley	489	23.4	+9.5
	Conservative	I Fuller	401		N/A
	Conservative	J Eden	399		N/A
	Conservative	F Tisdell	392		N/A
Turnout				22.4	-0.8
Registered electors			9,231
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

River

River (4 seats)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D Dodd	856	51.7	-21.9
	Labour	D Linehan	769		*N/A*
	Labour	E Kitchen	751		*N/A*
	Labour	F Spraggins	730		*N/A*
	Conservative	T Fitzpatrick	641	38.7	+31.0
	Conservative	J Anker	633		N/A
	Conservative	M Whiter	602		N/A
	Conservative	W Whiter	574		N/A
	Communist	W Pocock	160	9.7	-6.2
Turnout			-6.6	18.9	-6.6
Registered electors			8,556
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Valence

Valence (4 seats)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Brooker	1,159	51.5	-33.5
	Labour	D Webb	1,146		*N/A*
	Labour	S Warr	1,141		*N/A*
	Labour	E Hennem	1,072		*N/A*
	Conservative	J Harris	486	21.6	-10.7
	Conservative	W Attridge	444		N/A
	Conservative	A Sabourin	415		N/A
	Conservative	S Herbert	377		N/A
	Independent	H Larking	339	15.1	N/A
	Communist	H Bailey	267	11.9	+7.8
Turnout				20.7	-2.4
Registered electors			9,637
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Village

Village (4 seats)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vic Rusha	1,048	35.9	-33.5
	Labour	M Spencer	992		*N/A*
	Labour	R Coster	961		*N/A*
	Labour	Harry Tindell	948		*N/A*
	Independent	A Fry	681	23.3	N/A
	Conservative	T Edwards	675	23.1	+7.7
	Conservative	J Calver	640		N/A
	Conservative	J Symes	597		N/A
	Conservative	C Wilkens	555		N/A
	Liberal	G Poole	389	13.3	+0.6
	Liberal	T Moody	268		N/A
	Liberal	R Burlinson	212		N/A
	Liberal	F Shaw	186		N/A
	Communist	R Shannon	129	4.4	+1.9
Turnout				26.7	-4.2
Registered electors			9,012
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

By-elections between 1968 and 1971

There were no by-elections.^[3]^[2]

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "London Borough Council Elections 9 May 1968" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "London Borough of Barking & Dagenham Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
↑ "London Borough Council Elections 13 May 1971" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 29 March 2015.

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v t e Council elections in Greater London
Barking and Dagenham	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Barnet	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Bexley	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Brent	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Bromley	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Camden	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
City of London	2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2022
Croydon	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Ealing	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Enfield	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Greenwich	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Hackney	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Hammersmith and Fulham	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Haringey	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Harrow	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Havering	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Hillingdon	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Hounslow	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Islington	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Kensington and Chelsea	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Kingston upon Thames	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Lambeth	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Lewisham	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Merton	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Newham	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Redbridge	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Richmond upon Thames	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Southwark	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Sutton	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Tower Hamlets	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Waltham Forest	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Wandsworth	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Westminster	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Greater London	1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981
See also: London-wide elections Wards Boundary changes

v t e (1967 ←) 1968 United Kingdom local elections (→ 1969)
London boroughs	Barking Barnet Bexley Brent Bromley Camden Croydon Ealing Enfield Greenwich Hackney Hammersmith Haringey Harrow Havering Hillingdon Hounslow Islington Kensington and Chelsea Kingston upon Thames Lambeth Lewisham Merton Newham Redbridge Richmond upon Thames Southwark Sutton Tower Hamlets Waltham Forest Wandsworth Westminster
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City corporations	Aberdeen Dundee Edinburgh Glasgow
Elections in the London boroughs were due in May 1967, but were postponed one year by the London Government Act 1967.