Hammersmith London Borough Council election, 1974

The 1974 Hammersmith Council election took place on 2 May 1974 to elect members of Hammersmith 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]

Election result

The Labour Party won 48 seats - a loss of 10 seats from the previous election, but remained firmly in control. The Conservative Party won 10 seats - a gain of 8 seats from their previous result. The Liberal Party won 2 seats - a gain of two from the last election, and the first time that any party other than Labour and the Conservatives won a seat on this council. One of the newly elected Liberal councillors (Simon Knott) previously stood as a candidate at all three elections for the same ward. ^[2]^[3]

Ward results

Addison (3)
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Hammond, Mrs C. J.	999
Labour	Hanscomb, L.	934
Labour	Perlin, P. S.	908

Avonmore (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Putnam, J. C.	982
	Conservative	Wylie,J.C.	965

Broadway (3)
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Knott, S. H. J. A.	1370
Labour	Simpson, G. E. C.	1054
Liberal	Stratton, Miss C. E.	997

Brook Green (3)
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Smith, W. C.	1097
Conservative	Field, R. G.	1090
Conservative	Waterson, N. C.	1072

Colehill (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	O'Neill, L. C.	940
	Labour	Dimmick, Mrs G. I.	872

College Park & Old Oak (3)
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Fenelon, Miss M.	1756
Labour	Ing,F. W.	1756
Labour	Breeze, A. G.	1749

Coningham (3)
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Bull, J.	914
Labour	Crawford, Mrs E.	899
Labour	Martin, A. J.	873

Crabtree (3)
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Banfield, Mrs D. J.	1340
Conservative	Howe, K. G. F. B.	1297
Labour	Evans, J. G.	1295

Gibbs Green (3)
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Clarke, Mrs M. L.	1388
Labour	Kelly, Miss F. D.	1340
Labour	Norridge, A. M.	1308

Grove (3)
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Jackson, Mrs M.	1286
Labour	Jacobs, P. S.	1281
Labour	Jowett, Mrs D.	1244

Halford (3)
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Green, A.	1136
Labour	O'Neill, Mrs S. M.	1104
Labour	McCourt, I.	1103

Margravine (3)
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Champion, T. H.	1317
Labour	Rayner, R. W.	1286
Labour	Soley, C. S.	1275

Parsons Green (3)
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Jackson, A. R.	1448
Conservative	Leishman, Mrs B. M.	1420
Conservative	Leishman, S. N. B.	1400

St Stephen's (3)
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Jones, L. S.	936
Labour	Braggins, Mrs G.	927
Labour	Degory, P. D.	923

Sandford (3)
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Ireland, J.	1744
Labour	Raynsford, W. R. N.	1709
Labour	Finn, M.	1670

Sherbrooke (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Chapman, Mrs J.	1174
	Labour	Gray, I.	1108

Starch Green (3)
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Freeman, L. W.	1086
Labour	Johnson, Mrs R. M.	1069
Labour	Wicks, L. J.	1011

Sulivan (3)
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Powell, A. F. W.	1598
Labour	Godden, Mrs V.	1577
Labour	Liardet, Mrs C. J.	1556

Town (3)
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Hilliard, L. H.	1245
Labour	Unwin, S. W.	1239
Conservative	Clarke, Mrs E. L. L.	1237

White City (3)
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Hathaway, Miss J. M.	1237
Labour	Stead, B. J.	1084
Labour	Beresford, R.	1068

Wormholt (3)
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Ingram, A. A.	1184
Labour	Donoghue, O.	1164
Labour	Ingram, Mrs M. E.	1153

References

↑ "London Borough Council Elections 2 May 1974" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
↑ https://londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/LBCE_1994-5-5.pdf
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