1964 Camden London Borough Council election

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

1964 Camden Council election

7 May 1964
All 60 seats to Camden London Borough Council 31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	35.6%
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Conservative Liberal Seats won 34 26 0
Leader Charlie Ratchford Labour

Background

These elections were the first to the newly formed borough. Previously elections had taken place in the Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead, Metropolitan Borough of Holborn and Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras. These boroughs were joined to form the new London Borough of Camden by the London Government Act 1963.

A total of 169 candidates stood in the election for the 60 seats being contested across 19 wards. These included a full slate from the Conservative and Labour parties, while the Liberals stood 31 candidates. Other candidates included 14 from the Communist party, 2 Independents and 2 Independent Labour. There were 10 three-seat wards, 6 four-seat wards and 3 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 8 after winning 34 of the 60 seats. Overall turnout in the election was 35.6%. This turnout included 1,347 postal votes.

Ward results

Adelaide

Adelaide (4)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Madeleine du Mont	2,152
	Conservative	Richard Butterfield	2,134
	Conservative	Julian Tobin	2,131
	Conservative	Howard Sugden	2,123
	Labour	William Page	1,399
	Labour	Margaret Maxwell	1,398
	Labour	Michael Read	1,384
	Labour	Thomas Sargant	1,329
	Liberal	Richard Michael Norton	375
	Liberal	Graham Knight	364
	Liberal	Nigel Seymer	362
	Liberal	Barbara Bridger	349
	Communist	Ernest Woods	152
Turnout			3,973	35.5
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Belsize

Belsize (4)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman Oatway	2,045
	Conservative	Stanley Duncan	2,028
	Conservative	Alexandrina Burnett	2,015
	Conservative	Leslie Room	2,009
	Labour	Lyndal Evans	1,651
	Labour	Sheila Oakes	1,649
	Labour	Bernard Taylor	1,616
	Labour	Arthur Soutter	1,585
	Liberal	Margaret Darvall	585
	Liberal	Percy Brian Anderson	575
	Liberal	G. H. Willett	571
	Liberal	Doris Watson	564
	Communist	Timothy Webb	146
Turnout			4,311	39.6
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harold Gould	1,390
	Conservative	William Ridd	1,386
	Conservative	Sidney Jaque	1,383
	Labour	Gyuri Wagner	1,118
	Labour	Frank Dobson	1,110
	Labour	Irene Wagner	1,097
Turnout			2,544	32.2
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Camden

Camden (4)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Barker	2,279
	Labour	James Buckland	2,267
	Labour	Peggy Duff	2,203
	Labour	Peter Jonas	2,154
	Conservative	Beatrice Bundock	799
	Conservative	Frederick Hayward	738
	Conservative	Elizabeth Love	736
	Conservative	Amy Kinder	721
	Liberal	Joyce Arram	252
	Liberal	Jock Nicolson	238
	Liberal	Jessie Fleming	233
	Liberal	Anne Roberts	198
	Communist	Dorothy Willett	198
	Communist	Margaret Rockall	151
Turnout			3,378	29.5
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Chalk Farm

Chalk Farm (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hilda Chandler	1,082
	Labour	Joseph Richardson	1,055
	Conservative	Anthony Boosey	775
	Conservative	Patricia Hayward	771
	Communist	Walter Rees	108
Turnout			1,941	32.1
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Euston

Euston (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Millie Miller	738
	Labour	Peter Best	730
	Conservative	Edward Bowman	677
	Conservative	Horace Shooter	649
Turnout			1,433	29.5
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Gospel Oak

Gospel Oak (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alexander Sullivan	1,257
	Labour	Charles Tate	1,212
	Conservative	Anthony Dey	560
	Conservative	Denis Friis	557
	Communist	Kenneth Herbert	130
Turnout			1,905	34.5
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Grafton

Grafton (4)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Ratchford	2,777
	Labour	Albert (Jock) Stallard	2,685
	Labour	Roy Shaw	2,671
	Labour	Derick Annison	2,621
	Conservative	Daphne Green	710
	Conservative	Christina Brennan	625
	Conservative	Esther Purves	621
	Conservative	George Paulley	604
	Communist	Donald Cook	323
	Communist	Harry Jackson	257
Turnout			3,547	28.9
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Hampstead Central

Hampstead Central (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Evans	1,596
	Conservative	Sidney Torrance	1,594
	Conservative	Geoffrey Finsberg	1,577
	Labour	Nancy Silverman	928
	Labour	Henry Totten	911
	Labour	Phil Turner	872
	Liberal	Michael Watson	382
	Liberal	Mary Barling	380
	Liberal	David Sacker	374
Turnout			2,887	35.3
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hampstead Town

Hampstead Town (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Knight	1,961
	Conservative	Arthur Roome	1,955
	Conservative	Luigi Denza	1,947
	Labour	Joan Hymans	1,146
	Labour	Thomas Mahoney	1,127
	Labour	Janek Langer	1,121
	Liberal	Pamela Frankau	694
	Liberal	Sarah Khuner	668
	Liberal	Archibald Macdonald	656
Turnout			3,783	43.8
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Highgate

Highgate (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Morton	2,067
	Conservative	William Brennan	2,062
	Conservative	Roland Walker	2,054
	Labour	Corin Hughes-Stanton	1,465
	Labour	Richard Andrews	1,440
	Labour	Ivy Tate	1,380
	Communist	Walter Davis	276
Turnout			3,622	47.0
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Holborn

Holborn (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Albert Shaw	2,063
	Conservative	Alan Greengross	2,060
	Conservative	John Barker	2,040
	Labour	Iris Bonham	1,662
	Labour	Betty Grass	1,642
	Labour	Ruth Howe	1,613
	Liberal	James Hamilton	188
	Liberal	Joan Morris	174
	Liberal	Yvonne Taylor	162
Turnout			3,944	42.2
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Kilburn

Kilburn (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Victor Bonafont	1,813
	Labour	Albert (Tim) Skinner	1,768
	Labour	Robert Humphreys	1,763
	Conservative	Angus Macdonald	653
	Conservative	Pamela King	644
	Conservative	Winifred Peard	633
	Liberal	Nigel Barnes	171
	Liberal	Gwendoline Martin	165
	Liberal	Ronald Sampson	164
	Communist	Estella McEntire	71
Turnout			2,676	31.6
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

King's Cross

King's Cross (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clifford Tucker	1,876
	Labour	John Diamond	1,857
	Labour	Arthur Graves	1,810
	Conservative	Joyce Burgess	1,523
	Conservative	William McGowan	1,492
	Conservative	Thomas Morris	1,473
Turnout			3,410	36.0
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Priory

Priory (4)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leila Campbell	2,147
	Labour	Jack Cooper	2,116
	Labour	John St. John	2,098
	Labour	Enid Wistrich	2,011
	Conservative	Irene Ellis	1,557
	Conservative	Anthony Pickford	1,557
	Conservative	Joan Dunsford	1,553
	Conservative	Charles Power	1,545
	Liberal	Arthur Stitt	322
	Liberal	Mary De la Mahotiere	319
	Liberal	David Harris	319
	Liberal	Bonamy Bradby	301
	Communist	Frederick Hill	159
Turnout			4,062	37.7
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Regent's Park

Regent's Park (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Collins	2,299
	Labour	James Greenwood	2,298
	Labour	Grace Lee	2,260
	Conservative	Harold Bright	1,319
	Conservative	Keith Chalkley	1,316
	Conservative	Margaret Saville	1,300
	Communist	Colin Boatman	189
Turnout			3,744	40.3
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

St John's

St John's (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roger Robinson	1,601
	Labour	Gillian Macfarlane	1,554
	Labour	Richard Rowe	1,538
	Conservative	George Hathway	605
	Conservative	Betty Gall	592
	Conservative	Ann Smith	590
	Communist	Peter Richards	188
Turnout			2,270	31.0
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

St Pancras

St Pancras (4)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Oakshott	2,113
	Labour	Paddy O'Connor	2,111
	Labour	Sidney Munn	2,081
	Labour	Samuel Fisher	2,076
	Conservative	John Glendinning	495
	Conservative	Eileen Wright	476
	Conservative	Henry Salter	475
	Conservative	Josephine Robins	473
	Independent Labour	Thomas Linehan	291
	Independent Labour	Margaret Munro	224
	Independent	Malcolm Davies	184
	Independent	John Mandeville	154
Turnout			2,876	29.9
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

West End

West End (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Victor Lyon	1,686
	Conservative	Lindsay Cullen	1,684
	Conservative	Susan Ayliff	1,651
	Labour	Grace Stevenson	1,536
	Labour	Michael Cendrowicz	1,494
	Labour	Ernest Wistrich	1,482
	Liberal	Robert Druiff	372
	Liberal	Felix Kraft	372
	Liberal	Eric Abrahams	351
	Communist	Terrance Thomas	125
Turnout			3,626	37.6
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)