1964_Tower_Hamlets_London_Borough_Council_election
1964 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election
1964 local election in England, UK
The 1964 Tower Hamlets Council election took place on 7 May 1964 to elect members of Tower Hamlets London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party won control.
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All 60 council seats of the Tower Hamlets London Borough Council 31 seats needed for a majority | ||||
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These elections were the first to the newly formed borough council. Previously elections had taken place in the Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green, Metropolitan Borough of Poplar and Metropolitan Borough of Stepney. These boroughs were joined to form the new London Borough of Tower Hamlets by the London Government Act 1963.
A total of 115 candidates stood for the 60 seats, across 20 wards. 6 seats in two wards were uncontested. The Labour party fielded a full slate of candidates, while the Liberal and Conservative parties stood 19 and 17 respectively. Other candidates included 13 Communists, 2 Residents, 2 Union Movement, 1 Independent and 1 Independent Labour Party. There were 14 three-seat wards, 3 four-seat wards and 3 two-seat wards.
This election had aldermen as well as directly elected councillors. Labour got all 10 aldermen.
The Council was elected in 1964 as a "shadow authority" but did not start operations until 1 April 1965.
The results saw Labour win 55 of the 60 seats, Communists 3 and Residents 2. Conservative and Liberal candidates failed to win any seats. Overall turnout in the election was 16.9%. This turnout included 197 postal votes.[1][2]
Bethnal Green Central
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | D. M. Couling | uncontested | |||
Labour | W. J. Griffiths | uncontested | |||
Labour | H. Morsman | uncontested | |||
Registered electors | 5,604 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Bethnal Green East
Bethnal Green North
Bethnal Green South
Bethnal Green West
Bow North
Bow South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | T. E. Phillips | 895 | |||
Labour | W. T. Tuson | 867 | |||
Labour | G. W. Negus | 855 | |||
Conservative | A. J. Lawrence | 235 | |||
Conservative | B. Lawrence | 210 | |||
Conservative | R. F. Ludbrook | 193 | |||
Independent | C. A. Stevens | 130 | |||
Union Movement | F. C. Lang | 117 | |||
Communist | G. Collier | 64 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Majority | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Bromley
Holy Trinity
Limehouse
Poplar East
Poplar Millwall
Poplar South
Poplar West
Redcoat
St Dunstan's
St Katherine's
St Mary's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Communist | Solly Kaye | 670 | |||
Communist | B. Borman | 636 | |||
Communist | P. Roche | 542 | |||
Labour | A. Bermel | 522 | |||
Labour | A. Butler | 507 | |||
Labour | J. P. Duggan | 477 | |||
Liberal | M. Dove | 250 | |||
Liberal | T. Bond | 220 | |||
Liberal | S. H. Woodham | 209 | |||
Turnout | 1,394 | 24.6 | |||
Communist win (new seat) | |||||
Communist win (new seat) | |||||
Communist win (new seat) |
Shadwell
Spitalfields
- "London Borough Council Elections" (PDF). London Datastore. London County Council. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. "London Borough of Tower Hamlets Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
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