1964 Westminster City Council election
The 1964 Westminster Council election took place on 7 May 1964 to elect members of Westminster City Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party gained control of the council.[1]
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All 60 council seats of the Westminster City Council 31 seats needed for a majority | |||
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Background edit
These elections were the first to the newly formed borough. Previously elections had taken place in the Metropolitan Borough of Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone and Metropolitan Borough of Westminster. These boroughs were joined to form the new London Borough of Westminster by the London Government Act 1963.
A total of 155 candidates stood in the election for the 60 seats being contested across 31 wards. These included a full slate from the Conservative and Labour parties, while the Liberals stood 31 candidates. Other candidates included 4 from the Communist party. There were 20 single-seat wards, 6 three-seat wards, 4 five-seat wards and 1 two-seat ward.
This election had aldermen as well as directly elected councillors. The Conservatives got 7 aldermen and Labour 3.
The Council was elected in 1964 as a "shadow authority" but did not start operations until 1 April 1965.
Election result edit
The results saw the Conservatives gain the new council with a majority of 22 after winning 41 of the 60 seats. Overall turnout in the election was 28.0%. This turnout included 1,343 postal votes.
Ward results edit
Abbey edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | T. J. H. Bishop | 524 | |||
Conservative | L. B. Farmiloe | 471 | |||
Turnout | 1,000 | 38.4 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Alderney edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | E. A. Bramall | 789 | |||
Conservative | A. J. Hardiman | 762 | |||
Liberal | Miss P. M. Andrews | 27 | |||
Turnout | 1,595 | 41.2 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Aldwych edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | H. G. Cubitt | 549 | |||
Labour | J. J. Curran | 454 | |||
Turnout | 1,012 | 36.4 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Baker Street edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | G. I. Harley | 2,221 | |||
Conservative | C. T. Hesketh | 2,221 | |||
Conservative | R. T. Glenny | 2,220 | |||
Conservative | J. G. Mordue | 2,196 | |||
Conservative | Miss D. W. Doyle | 2,180 | |||
Labour | K. A. Hardacre | 705 | |||
Labour | Mrs. C. S. Heller | 694 | |||
Labour | P. O. Phillips | 689 | |||
Labour | Mrs. D. M. Mackay | 686 | |||
Labour | Mrs. A. C. Walters | 678 | |||
Liberal | Mrs. A. D. Gardiner | 387 | |||
Liberal | A. M. Gerrard | 367 | |||
Liberal | P. Freitag | 366 | |||
Liberal | I. A. Noble | 343 | |||
Liberal | M. Janis | 333 | |||
Turnout | 3,324 | 24.1 | |||
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Berkeley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. C. Wells | 603 | |||
Labour | G. L. McDermott | 22 | |||
Liberal | Mrs. B. J. Capel | 21 | |||
Turnout | 651 | 20.3 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Cathedral edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Miss P. C. Paton Walsh | 792 | |||
Labour | J. P. Duffy | 258 | |||
Liberal | Miss U. A. C. Alder | 109 | |||
Turnout | 1,170 | 27.1 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Cavendish edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. E. Guest | 1,681 | |||
Conservative | H. K. Ashworth | 1,671 | |||
Conservative | L. Pearl | 1,669 | |||
Labour | Countess of Lucan | 601 | |||
Labour | Mrs. R. N. Grenville | 573 | |||
Labour | D. B. Fraser | 572 | |||
Turnout | 2,295 | 22.1 | |||
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Churchill edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mrs. G. M. Bramall | 1,089 | |||
Conservative | Miss A. M. Tennant | 824 | |||
Liberal | P. J. Ogilvie | 53 | |||
Turnout | 1,978 | 47.5 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Church Street edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Dr. L. Jacobs | 1,807 | |||
Labour | Mrs. J. Merriton | 1,678 | |||
Labour | R. C. Edmonds | 1,669 | |||
Conservative | Miss J. M. Pearson | 774 | |||
Conservative | C. L. Gimblett | 773 | |||
Conservative | K. S. Solomons | 761 | |||
Communist | L. R. Temple | 218 | |||
Turnout | 2,654 | 30.0 | |||
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Labour win (new seat) |
Covent Garden edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. L. C. Dribbell | 261 | |||
Labour | Mrs. I. J. Griffiths | 80 | |||
Turnout | 344 | 16.1 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Dolphin edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | M. F. Rawlence | 806 | |||
Labour | W. H. Wheeler | 322 | |||
Liberal | W. D. Ainger | 80 | |||
Turnout | 1,218 | 29.2 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Eaton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | C. A. Prendergast | 761 | |||
Labour | L. G. Harris | 81 | |||
Liberal | P. J. C. Howgego | 16 | |||
Turnout | 864 | 25.8 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Ebury edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | G. C. L. Gay | 752 | |||
Labour | G. Wilson | 661 | |||
Liberal | Mrs. G. S. Howgego | 31 | |||
Turnout | 1,457 | 48.0 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Grosvenor edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Miss E. A. Marsh | 596 | |||
Labour | B. C. G. Whitaker | 104 | |||
Liberal | N. H. Barnes | 39 | |||
Turnout | 743 | 23.2 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Harrow Road edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | G. F. Bulmer | 2,265 | |||
Labour | H. E. Browne | 2,257 | |||
Labour | W. D. Goss | 2,249 | |||
Labour | I. Harrington | 2,243 | |||
Labour | A. A. Dumont | 2,240 | |||
Conservative | S. W. Y. Cottrell | 843 | |||
Conservative | H. H. Hodgson | 757 | |||
Conservative | L. T. Sheldrake | 726 | |||
Conservative | M. P. Nulloth | 722 | |||
Conservative | A. J. Welch | 710 | |||
Communist | R. Vizard | 164 | |||
Turnout | 3,178 | 20.2 | |||
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Hyde Park edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. Gillett | 2,369 | |||
Conservative | Miss C. P. Rabagliati | 2,328 | |||
Conservative | D. McNair | 2,327 | |||
Conservative | W. Parkes | 2,301 | |||
Conservative | J. Collins | 2,293 | |||
Labour | J. S. Doran | 963 | |||
Labour | C. F. H. Wegg-Prosser | 943 | |||
Labour | Miss E. R. Gray | 926 | |||
Labour | J. T. Dunn | 923 | |||
Labour | S. Nagendra | 881 | |||
Turnout | 3,344 | 23.6 | |||
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Knightsbridge edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | A. L. Burton | 852 | |||
Labour | Mrs. M. E. Garside | 42 | |||
Liberal | Arthur W. Capel | 38 | |||
Turnout | 935 | 25.6 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Lancaster Gate edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | M. V. Kenyon | 1,752 | |||
Conservative | M. W. Lowry-Corry | 1,749 | |||
Conservative | J. Lugton | 1,720 | |||
Labour | K. Richardson | 795 | |||
Labour | C. W. Clark | 784 | |||
Labour | F. W. Hedges | 780 | |||
Turnout | 2,552 | 23.4 | |||
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Conservative win (new seat) |
Lords edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | R. M. Dawe | 2,124 | |||
Conservative | H. H. Sandford | 2,114 | |||
Conservative | Mrs. S. E. de K. Rivington | 2,109 | |||
Labour | D. J. Cocks | 726 | |||
Labour | R. N. Wood | 723 | |||
Labour | Miss M. N. Rendal | 719 | |||
Liberal | M. Cummins | 399 | |||
Liberal | A. Lea | 363 | |||
Liberal | K. G. Faircloth | 356 | |||
Turnout | 3,271 | 22.6 | |||
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Maida Vale edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | R. B. Brown | 2,814 | |||
Conservative | W. F. Brooks | 2,774 | |||
Conservative | Mrs. E. G. Lane | 2,765 | |||
Conservative | J. M. Shersby | 2,747 | |||
Conservative | G. J. O’Connell | 2,739 | |||
Labour | K. E. Dickinson | 2,504 | |||
Labour | R. Whyte | 2,493 | |||
Labour | J. Cooze | 2,489 | |||
Labour | Mrs. G. E. Haywood | 2,472 | |||
Labour | E. W. Wellin | 2,452 | |||
Liberal | Miss M. Charlesworth | 431 | |||
Liberal | D. B. Griffiths | 394 | |||
Liberal | S. M. Cowan | 392 | |||
Liberal | L. Epsztein | 370 | |||
Liberal | M. G. Rabin | 364 | |||
Turnout | 5,775 | 35.1 | |||
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Millbank edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | A. A. Jelley | 719 | |||
Conservative | K. F. Creighton | 587 | |||
Liberal | A. E. Harris | 216 | |||
Turnout | 1,545 | 36.3 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Queen's Park edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | G. Lowe | 1,694 | |||
Labour | Mrs. I. L. Bolton | 1,665 | |||
Conservative | W. A. Bratton | 343 | |||
Conservative | E. W. White | 321 | |||
Liberal | J. A. Gibbons | 154 | |||
Liberal | Mrs. M. I. Singer | 133 | |||
Turnout | 2,186 | 32.9 | |||
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Regent Street edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | R. F. Shaw-Kennedy | 319 | |||
Labour | F. B. Groves | 80 | |||
Turnout | 400 | 17.8 | |||
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Regent's Park edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | E. L. Hancock | 1,661 | |||
Conservative | R. W. Forrester | 1,635 | |||
Conservative | Miss J. C. Marsh | 1,629 | |||
Labour | R. D. Powell | 934 | |||
Labour | C. D. Dennington | 932 | |||
Labour | W. Robins | 923 | |||
Communist | Mrs. C. S. Rabstein | 112 | |||
Turnout | 2,646 | 28.0 | |||
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St James's edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | M. D. N. Cobbold | 335 | |||
Liberal | G. D. Bucklebridge | 23 | |||
Labour | P. M. Aldis | 19 | |||
Turnout | 380 | 16.5 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Soho edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | R. V. Mares | 426 | |||
Conservative | H. Stern | 381 | |||
Turnout | 813 | 27.5 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Tachbrook edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | H. G. Garside | 803 | |||
Conservative | A. F. E. Johnston | 734 | |||
Turnout | 1,549 | 46.3 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Victoria edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | G. B. Pugh | 457 | |||
Labour | Miss D. H. Sylven | 87 | |||
Turnout | 545 | 21.4 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Warwick edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | S. Le Marchant | 684 | |||
Labour | L. F. Squires | 248 | |||
Liberal | Miss B. R. Karmel | 43 | |||
Turnout | 986 | 23.9 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Westbourne edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | W. Dow | 1,667 | |||
Labour | C. H. Genese | 1,614 | |||
Labour | E. R. Packer | 1,606 | |||
Conservative | P. J. Crawford | 801 | |||
Conservative | C. C. Chalker | 789 | |||
Conservative | R. S. Price | 766 | |||
Liberal | A. J. R. Nolan | 143 | |||
Liberal | A. C. Durie | 135 | |||
Liberal | R. J. Ballinger | 121 | |||
Communist | J. C. Spring | 107 | |||
Turnout | 2,645 | 25.5 | |||
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Wilton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | G. H. M. Pirie | 488 | |||
Liberal | J. C. Atkinson | 36 | |||
Labour | Miss R. H. Allan | 22 | |||
Turnout | 548 | 21.8 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
References edit
- ^ "London Borough Council Elections" (PDF). London Datastore. London County Council. Retrieved 29 March 2015.