1964 Lambeth London Borough Council election

The 1964 Lambeth Council election took place on 7 May 1964 to elect members of Lambeth London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party gained control of the council. The election is notable for being the first one ever fought by John Major.[1]

Background

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

A total of 159 candidates stood in the election for the 60 seats being contested across 20 wards. These included a full slate from the Conservative and Labour parties, while the Liberals stood 30 candidates. Other candidates included 6 Communists and 3 Independents. All wards were three-seat wards.

This election had aldermen as well as directly elected councillors. Labour got 9 aldermen and the Conservatives 1.

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 24 after winning 42 of the 60 seats. Overall turnout in the election was 26.1%. This turnout included 832 postal votes.

Lambeth Local Election Result 1964[2]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %
Labour	51	-	-	-	72.8	51.8
Conservative	19	-	-	-	27.1	41.9
Liberal	0	-	-	-	0	1.3

Ward results

Angell (3)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		2,170	19.0
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Bishop's (3)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		1,872	18.5
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Clapham Park (3)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		3,828	32.8
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Clapham Town (3)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		3,210	26.1
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Ferndale (3)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		1,793	19.0
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Herne Hill (3)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		3,367	30.8
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Knight's Hill (3)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		3,729	31.1
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Larkhall (3)[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A.J. Crouch	1,901	69.0%
	Labour	G.A. Gold	1,875	68.1%
	Labour	W.F. King	1,861	67.5%
	Conservative	J.H. Chambers	774	28.1%
	Conservative	John Roy Major	752	27.3%
	Conservative	E. Brady	740	26.9%
	Communist	S.G. Hope	107	3.9%
	Independent	P.R. Winchester	77	2.8%
Turnout			2,755	24.5
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Leigham (3)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		3,794	32.4
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Oval (3)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		2,137	17.9
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Prince's (3)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		1,889	19.1
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

St Leonard's (3)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		3,564	31.5
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Stockwell (3)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		2,197	19.5
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Streatham South (3)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		4,094	33.4
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Streatham Wells (3)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		3,377	31.3
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Thornton (3)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		4,324	35.6
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Thurlow Park (3)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		3,358	28.4
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Town Hall (3)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		2,997	24.8
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Tulse Hill (3)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		2,824	23.3
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Vassall (3)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		2,492	20.3
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

References

John Major (1999). John Major: The Autobiography. Harper Collins. p. 31.
Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (1993). Local Elections in Britain: A Statistical Digest. Plymouth: Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre.
"London Borough Council Elections" (PDF). London County Council.

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1964 Lambeth London Borough Council election

Background

Election result

Ward results

References

See also