London local elections, 1964

London local elections, 1964

7 May 1964
All 1,859 on all 32 London boroughs
First party Second party   Leader Harold Wilson Alec Douglas-Home Party Labour Conservative Leader since 14 February 1963 19 October 1963 Councils 20 9 Councillors 1,112 668
London borough councils by political control following election. Councils that are Labour are in red, Conservative in blue. Grey indicates no overall control.

Local government elections were held in the thirty-two London boroughs on Thursday 7 May 1964. Polling stations were open between 8am and 9pm.

This was the first election for the London boroughs, which had been created by the London Government Act 1963. All seats were up for election. The result was a landslide for the Labour Party, who won twenty of the boroughs. The Conservatives won nine, and three were under no overall control. Only sixteen Liberal councillors were elected in London, along with forty-nine residents and ratepayers candidates, three independents and three Communists.

The result followed the convincing Labour gain of the new Greater London Council in the first GLC elections held on 9 April.

Until 1978, each council had aldermen, in the ratio of one aldermen to six councillors. Following the elections, each council elected all of its aldermen, half of which served until 1968 and half until 1971. This did not affect political control in any borough.

Council results

Summary of council election results:

Overall councillor numbers

References

• Greater London Assembly - London Borough Council Elections 2006
• David Boothroyd (May 5, 2006). "Party strengths in the London Boroughs". Newsgroup: uk.politics.electoral. Usenet: david-673BA7.23263905052006@news.news.demon.net.