1964 Lewisham London Borough Council election

The 1964 Lewisham Council election took place on 7 May 1964 to elect members of Lewisham London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party gained control of the council.

Background

These elections were the first to the newly formed borough. Previously elections had taken place in the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford and Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham. These boroughs were joined to form the new London Borough of Lewisham by the London Government Act 1963.

A total of 173 candidates stood in the election for the 60 seats being contested across 23 wards. These included a full slate from the Labour Party, while the Conservative and Liberal parties stood 58 and 46 respectively, and the Communist Party ran 9 candidates. There were 14 three-seat wards and 9 two-seat wards.

This election had aldermen as well as directly elected councillors. Labour got 8 aldermen and the Conservatives 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 Labour gain the new council with a majority of 30 after winning 45 of the 60 seats. Overall turnout in the election was 34.7%. This turnout included 1,396 postal votes.

Lewisham Local Election Result 1964^[1]^[2]^[3]
	Seats	Gains	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	+/−
Labour	53	53	+53	75.7	53.3	N/A
Conservative	17	17	+17	24.3	35.7	N/A
Liberal	0	0	±0.0	0.0	9.7	N/A
Communist	0	0	±0.0	0.0	1.2	N/A

Results by ward

Bellingham

Bellingham (2 seats)^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E Inch	1,727	78.9	*N/A*
	Labour	R Burlison	1,667		*N/A*
	Liberal	L Humber	282	12.9	N/A
	Liberal	J Eagle	259		N/A
	Conservative	P Cook	179	8.2	N/A
Turnout			2,135	29.8	N/A
Registered electors			7,168
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Blackheath & Lewisham Village

Blackheath & Lewisham Village (3 seats)^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clifford Combes	2,158	48.0	*N/A*
	Conservative	S Powell	2,148		*N/A*
	Conservative	A Mason	2,103		*N/A*
	Labour	H Burch	1,938	43.1	N/A
	Labour	D Swan	1,895		N/A
	Labour	J Arkle	1,885		N/A
	Liberal	A Lloyd-Jones	400	8.9	N/A
	Liberal	G Laws	399		N/A
	Liberal	J Mayo	394		N/A
Turnout			4,491	43.1	N/A
Registered electors			10,412
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Brockley

Brockley (3 seats)^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P Forward	1,852	45.6	*N/A*
	Labour	L Moody	1,847		*N/A*
	Labour	J Lynch	1,827		*N/A*
	Conservative	A Wilkins	1,778	43.8	N/A
	Conservative	W Church	1,771		N/A
	Conservative	R Groves	1,739		N/A
	Liberal	S Davies	427	10.5	N/A
	Liberal	J Whale	417		N/A
	Liberal	D Birtchnell	411		N/A
Turnout			4,081	39.0	N/A
Registered electors			10,465
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Culverley

Culverley (2 seats)^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A Dean	1,563	58.0	*N/A*
	Conservative	A Pinnegar	1,544		*N/A*
	Labour	E Hooper	723	26.8	N/A
	Labour	F Barrett	694		N/A
	Liberal	C Harvey	409	15.2	N/A
	Liberal	R Dees	381		N/A
Turnout			2,692	40.6	N/A
Registered electors			6,629
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Deptford

Deptford (3 seats)^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F Keep	1,330	87.9	*N/A*
	Labour	Robert Lowe	1,321		*N/A*
	Labour	A Scutt	1,309		*N/A*
	Conservative	M Lane	183	12.1	N/A
	Conservative	E Winterburn	172		N/A
	Conservative	E Keable	167		N/A
Turnout			1,538	20.3	N/A
Registered electors			7,591
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Drake

Drake (3 seats)^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A Bullen	1,436	49.8	*N/A*
	Labour	F Pennington	1,411		*N/A*
	Labour	William Hall	1,396		*N/A*
	Conservative	E Pease	1,141	39.5	N/A
	Conservative	A Preston	1,108		N/A
	Conservative	A Hichisson	1,093		N/A
	Liberal	P Boulton	308	10.7	N/A
	Liberal	H Anderson	305		N/A
	Liberal	D Hughes	295		N/A
Turnout			2,904	27.7	N/A
Registered electors			10,471
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Forest Hill

Forest Hill (3 seats)^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R Mooney	1,925	43.3	*N/A*
	Labour	H Brett	1,921		*N/A*
	Conservative	R Bartlett	1,917	43.1	*N/A*
	Labour	Harry West	1,911		N/A
	Conservative	C Costello	1,907		N/A
	Conservative	N Banks	1,895		N/A
	Liberal	H Beecher	534	12.0	N/A
	Liberal	B Small	521		N/A
	Liberal	L Marchant	486		N/A
	Communist	R Bowden	69	1.6	N/A
Turnout			4,429	42.0	N/A
Registered electors			10,555
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Grinling Gibbons

Grinling Gibbons (3 seats)^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C Fordham	1,428	79.0	*N/A*
	Labour	A Groves	1,397		*N/A*
	Labour	T Keep	1,386		*N/A*
	Conservative	J Smith	288	15.9	N/A
	Conservative	W Davis	285		N/A
	Conservative	W Judges	280		N/A
	Communist	J Tierney	92	5.1	N/A
Turnout			1,771	17.2	N/A
Registered electors			10,278
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Grove Park

Grove Park (2 seats)^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick Winslade	1,954	85.1	*N/A*
	Labour	W Holmes	1,914		*N/A*
	Liberal	W Woodley	230	10.0	N/A
	Liberal	H White	184		N/A
	Conservative	W Saunders	111	4.8	N/A
Turnout			2,272	35.0	N/A
Registered electors			6,478
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Honor Oak Park

Honor Oak Park (3 seats)^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H Eames	2,170	55.7	*N/A*
	Conservative	F Judge	2,165		*N/A*
	Conservative	G Land	2,159		*N/A*
	Labour	W Cove	1,584	40.7	N/A
	Labour	W Coventry	1,572		N/A
	Labour	J Pease	1,503		N/A
	Communist	G Bonner	141	3.6	N/A
Turnout			3,814	36.2	N/A
Registered electors			10,546
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ladywell

Ladywell (3 seats)^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J Broome	2,100	51.5	*N/A*
	Labour	J Sandbach	2,088		*N/A*
	Labour	K Butler	2,086		*N/A*
	Conservative	A Hipperson	1,520	37.3	N/A
	Conservative	F Mobbs	1,499		N/A
	Conservative	S Barker	1,490		N/A
	Liberal	B Dohoo	310	7.6	N/A
	Liberal	H Dohoo	304		N/A
	Liberal	V Evans	303		N/A
	Communist	D Barber	144	3.5	N/A
Turnout			4,022	38.1	N/A
Registered electors			10,560
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Lewisham Park

Lewisham Park (3 seats)^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F Page	2,337	51.4	*N/A*
	Labour	A Hawkins	2,037		*N/A*
	Labour	R Pepper	2,023		*N/A*
	Conservative	E Lubbock	1,448	31.9	N/A
	Conservative	D Munro	1,437		N/A
	Conservative	A Page	1,134		N/A
	Liberal	N Cutler	666	14.7	N/A
	Liberal	J Bailey	628		N/A
	Liberal	E Smith	605		N/A
	Communist	H Early	95	2.1	N/A
Turnout			4,200	40.5	N/A
Registered electors			10,365
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Manor Lee

Manor Lee (2 seats)^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E Richards	1,488	49.7	*N/A*
	Labour	J Murphy	1,486		*N/A*
	Conservative	A Spurr	1,199	40.1	N/A
	Conservative	E Draper	1,193		N/A
	Liberal	R Nathan	305	10.2	N/A
	Liberal	J Rainey	259		N/A
Turnout			3,007	45.2	N/A
Registered electors			6,658
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Marlowe

Marlowe (3 seats)^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C Cook	1,871	86.0	*N/A*
	Labour	John Day	1,857		*N/A*
	Labour	Ernest Rowing	1,830		*N/A*
	Conservative	D Nichols	234	10.8	N/A
	Conservative	F Chappell	220		N/A
	Conservative	F Ching	199		N/A
	Communist	L Stannard	71	3.3	N/A
Turnout			2,173	21.4	N/A
Registered electors			10,146
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Pepys

Pepys (3 seats)^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Bradley	1,725	66.6	*N/A*
	Labour	F Bullion	1,723		*N/A*
	Labour	C Cole			*N/A*
	Conservative	D Barker	481	18.6	N/A
	Conservative	D Judges	460		N/A
	Conservative	W Preston	457		N/A
	Liberal	H Luck	386	14.9	N/A
	Liberal	V Luck	361		N/A
	Liberal	A Sumption	353		N/A
Turnout			2,617	24.9	N/A
Registered electors			10,519
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Rushey Green

Rushey Green (2 seats)^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J Donovan	1,446	64.0	*N/A*
	Labour	A Patterson	1,409		*N/A*
	Conservative	A Pritchett	566	25.1	N/A
	Conservative	J Ayling	549		N/A
	Liberal	S Hasler	246	10.9	N/A
	Liberal	L Stringer	234		N/A
Turnout			2,260	31.5	N/A
Registered electors			7,166
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

St Andrew

St Andrew (2 seats)^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H Boon	1,244	40.7	*N/A*
	Labour	P Bellinger	1,243		*N/A*
	Conservative	D Epps	1,232	40.3	N/A
	Conservative	D Coombs	1,227		N/A
	Liberal	S Bennett	580	19.0	N/A
	Liberal	W Vivian	542		N/A
Turnout			3,069	48.5	N/A
Registered electors			6,330
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

St Mildred Lee

St Mildred Lee (2 seats)^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E Whetnall	1,550	58.6	*N/A*
	Conservative	F Gander	1,544		*N/A*
	Labour	J Rushby	816	30.8	N/A
	Labour	E Knight	815		N/A
	Liberal	D Morgan	280	10.6	N/A
	Liberal	R Moore	278		N/A
Turnout			2,660	41.9	N/A
Registered electors			6,344
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

South Lee

South Lee (2 seats)^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D Eagles	1,455	55.2	*N/A*
	Labour	N Filtness	1,436		*N/A*
	Conservative	D Clauson	1,181	44.8	N/A
	Conservative	M Goss	1,178		N/A
Turnout			2,647	43.5	N/A
Registered electors			6,085
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Southend

Southend (3 seats)^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick Fisk	2,672	67.4	*N/A*
	Labour	Phil Gorin	2,646		*N/A*
	Labour	D Hurren	2,360		*N/A*
	Conservative	J Jeffrey	654	16.5	N/A
	Conservative	A Littel	642		N/A
	Liberal	J Hulian	636	16.1	N/A
	Conservative	R Mabey	630		N/A
	Liberal	J Luff	353		N/A
	Liberal	J Barrington	297		N/A
Turnout			3,679	34.3	N/A
Registered electors			10,721
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Sydenham East

Sydenham East (3 seats)^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D Cox	1,804	44.4	*N/A*
	Labour	Alan Pegg			*N/A*
	Conservative	William Bridger	1,780	43.8	*N/A*
	Labour	J Steyne	1,749		N/A
	Conservative	E Bridger	1,736		N/A
	Conservative	M Winn	1,725		N/A
	Liberal	R Putt	351	8.6	N/A
	Liberal	K Tucker	345		N/A
	Liberal	M Weaver	342		N/A
	Communist	J Delahoy	125	3.1	N/A
Turnout			3,977	37.8	N/A
Registered electors			10,518
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Sydenham West

Sydenham West (3 seats)^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F Miller	1,538	46.3	*N/A*
	Conservative	D New	1,526		*N/A*
	Conservative	J Switzer	1,501		*N/A*
	Labour	R Stewart	1,358	40.9	N/A
	Labour	A Levene	1,352		N/A
	Labour	A Willan	1,336		N/A
	Liberal	J Higgins	336	10.1	N/A
	Liberal	M Johns	322		N/A
	Liberal	E Beecher	284		N/A
	Communist	D Syrett	92	2.8	N/A
Turnout			3,262	33.6	N/A
Registered electors			9,708
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Whitefoot

Whitefoot (2 seats)^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J Henry	1,606	68.7	*N/A*
	Labour	F Hawes	1,592		*N/A*
	Conservative	D Scott	473	20.2	N/A
	Conservative	A Pearson	457		N/A
	Liberal	R Wild	210	9.0	N/A
	Liberal	P Buckley	207		N/A
	Communist	T White	48	2.1	N/A
Turnout			2,338	37.2	N/A
Registered electors			6,290
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

By-elections between 1964 and 1968

There were no by-elections.^[4]

References

^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (1993). Local Elections in Britain: A Statistical Digest. Plymouth: Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x "London Borough Council Elections 7 May 1964" (PDF). London Datastore. London County Council. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x "London Borough of Lewisham Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
^ "London Borough Council Elections 9 May 1968" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 7 November 2021.

[1] Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (1993). Local Elections in Britain: A Statistical Digest. Plymouth: Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre.

[London_1964_election-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x "London Borough Council Elections 7 May 1964" (PDF). London Datastore. London County Council. Retrieved 7 November 2021.

[Elections_Centre-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x "London Borough of Lewisham Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. Retrieved 7 November 2021.

[London_1968_election-4] "London Borough Council Elections 9 May 1968" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 7 November 2021.

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