1964 Havering London Borough Council election

The 1964 Havering Council election took place on 7 May 1964 to elect members of Havering London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the council went into no overall control.

1964 Havering London Borough Council election

7 May 1964 (1964-05-07)
All 55 seats to the Havering London Borough Council 28 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	40.9%
First party Second party Third party   LAB CON IND Party Labour Conservative Independent Seats won 27 16 12 Popular vote 76,616 52,858 34,865 Percentage 43.2% 29.8% 19.6%

Background

These elections were the first to the newly formed borough. Previously elections had taken place in the Municipal Borough of Romford and Hornchurch Urban District. These boroughs and districts were joined to form the new London Borough of Havering by the London Government Act 1963.

A total of 146 candidates stood in the election for the 55 seats being contested across 20 wards. These included a full slate from the Labour party, while the Conservative and Liberal parties stood 44 and 19 respectively. Other candidates included 24 Independents and 4 Communists. There were 15 three-seat wards and 5 two-seat wards.

The council was elected in 1964 as a "shadow authority" but did not start operations until 1 April 1965.

Results

General election of councillors

The results saw no party gain overall control of the new council with Labour winning 27 and the Conservatives winning 16 of the 55 seats. Overall turnout in the election was 40.9%. This turnout included 713 postal votes.

1964 Havering London Borough Council election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	27	New	New	New	49.1	43.2	76,616	New
	Conservative	16	New	New	New	29.1	29.8	52,858	New
	Independent	12	New	New	New	21.8	19.6	34,865	New
	Liberal	0	New	New	New	0.0	7.2	12,821	New
	Communist	0	New	New	New	0.0	0.2	365	New

Aldermanic election

In addition to the 55 councillors, there were nine aldermen elected by the council. The four aldermen with the least votes were elected to serve until 1967 (subsequently extended to 1968) and the other five until 1970 (subsequently extended to 1971).

Aldermen elected in 1964, to retire in 1967:

Party		Alderman
	Labour	Lawrence Carroll
	Labour	Arthur Latham
	Labour	Olive Roberts
	Conservative	John Whale

Aldermen elected in 1964, to retire in 1970:

Party		Alderman
	Independent	Alan Good
	Independent	Kenneth Hay
	Conservative	Jack Moultrie
	Conservative	Bill Sibley
	Labour	Arthur Twigger

The aldermen divided four to Labour, three to the Conservatives and two Independents.

Ward results

Bedfords

Bedfords (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Evan Davies	1,600
	Conservative	Stanley Shute	1,587
	Labour	H. Sherlock	765
	Labour	F. Wood	748
	Independent	T. Hunt	299
	Independent	D. Bates	281
Turnout			2,683	43.3
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Central

Central (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Hawkesworth	1,827
	Labour	A. Thomas	1,728
	Labour	Reta Coffin	1,721
	Conservative	A. Smith	1,294
	Conservative	M. Course	1,277
	Conservative	V. Eades	1,211
	Independent	F. Daly	382
	Independent	M. Bates	322
Turnout			3,350	41.7
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Collier Row

Collier Row (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Mills	1,907
	Labour	William Cole	1,883
	Labour	I. Barker	1,816
	Conservative	W. Falk	1,262
	Conservative	E. Joslin	1,159
	Conservative	D. Ratcliffe	1,129
	Independent	J. Higgs	446
Turnout			3,355	40.8
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Cranham

Cranham (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alan Good	2,586
	Independent	M. Ansell	2,515
	Independent	F. Powell	2,429
	Labour	W. Gillman	1,137
	Conservative	G. Panormo	1,017
	Conservative	D. Walker	1,004
	Labour	V. Walton	994
	Labour	R. Whitworth	979
Turnout			4,591	45.3
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Elm Park

Elm Park (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lawrence Carroll	2,355
	Labour	M. Hurley	2,349
	Labour	Stanley Heath-Coleman	2,346
	Liberal	G. Hogan	708
	Liberal	G. Horey	676
	Liberal	L. Blows	626
	Conservative	W. Harris	559
Turnout			3,477	40.0
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Emerson Park

Emerson Park (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jack Moultrie	2,312
	Conservative	E. Foye	2,305
	Conservative	Bill Sibley	2,271
	Labour	S. Mugaseth	1,225
	Labour	P. Rudlin	1,222
	Labour	V. Murphy	1,207
	Liberal	W. West	828
	Liberal	O. Hill	722
	Liberal	A. Watts	712
Turnout			4,341	46.7
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Gidea Park

Gidea Park (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Johnson	1,596
	Conservative	John Whale	1,582
	Independent	E. Bates	349
	Labour	A. Houghton	347
	Labour	A. Mills	316
Turnout			2,188	39.1
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Gooshays

Gooshays (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Olive Roberts	1,011
	Labour	A. Day	971
	Labour	F. Smyth	949
	Liberal	C. Brewster	397
	Liberal	E. Ashford	264
	Conservative	R. Mereweather	236
	Conservative	W. Scates	203
	Conservative	B. Tancock	173
	Communist	R. Cohen	108
Turnout			2,751	32.1
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Hacton

Hacton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	N. Miles	1,608
	Independent	A. Davis	1,584
	Independent	N. Richards	1,563
	Labour	Frank Coffin	1,267
	Labour	H. Reid	1,252
	Labour	M. French	1,211
	Conservative	J. Collins	620
	Conservative	R. Carnaby	552
Turnout			3,461	42.5
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Harold Wood

Harold Wood (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Gallant	1,717
	Conservative	N. Kemble	1,696
	Conservative	J. Smith	1,680
	Labour	Pat Ridley	1,662
	Labour	Ken Weetch	1,650
	Labour	G. Otter	1,629
	Liberal	L. Harris	895
	Liberal	S. Gale	823
	Liberal	B. Potter	807
Turnout			4,256	50.8
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Heath Park

Heath Park (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Allam	2,541
	Conservative	L. Hutton	2,516
	Conservative	William Smith	2,480
	Labour	R. Latham	757
	Labour	D. Libman	728
	Labour	M. Riordan	704
	Liberal	H. Barber	691
	Liberal	R. Smith	665
	Liberal	D. Mills	624
Turnout			3,954	45.7
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Heaton

Heaton (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Morley	1,642
	Labour	Michael Ward	1,615
	Conservative	P. Foulger	206
	Conservative	M. Line	176
	Communist	V. Carpenter	62
Turnout			1,888	29.5
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Hilldene

Hilldene (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Latham	1,720
	Labour	W. Russell	1,719
	Conservative	A. Dicks	228
	Conservative	J. Holiday	228
	Communist	W. French	59
Turnout			1,997	30.4
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Hylands

Hylands (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Twigger	1,918
	Labour	W. Hegarty	1,807
	Labour	A. Winch	1,732
	Independent	R. Reid	1,254
	Conservative	P. Wheatstone	879
	Liberal	L. Elliott	828
	Conservative	A. Ayer	790
	Liberal	F. May	686
Turnout			3,718	44.0
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Mawney

Mawney (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Wright	1,722
	Labour	R. Kilbey	1,700
	Labour	L. Eley	1,682
	Conservative	D. Norris	767
	Conservative	B. Fogarty	765
	Conservative	P. Laycock	724
	Independent	J. Hand	328
	Independent	R. Starr	298
Turnout			2,777	31.9
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Oldchurch

Oldchurch (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Baker	1,022
	Labour	H. Packham	1,004
	Conservative	S. Swift	439
	Conservative	E. McBurnie	426
Turnout			1,494	25.5
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Rainham

Rainham (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	H. Turner	2,551
	Independent	D. Poole	2,516
	Independent	A. Livingstone	2,511
	Labour	R. Cartwright	1,892
	Labour	C. Welch	1,855
	Labour	J. Pittaway	1,765
	Communist	F. Barlow	136
Turnout			4,551	44.7
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

St Andrew's

St Andrew's (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sidney Legg	2,008
	Conservative	J. Macy	1,962
	Conservative	Albert James	1,933
	Labour	May Rudlin	1,453
	Labour	A. Winch	1,444
	Labour	H. Moss	1,436
	Liberal	T. Rimmer	643
	Liberal	R. Journet	633
	Liberal	G. Elliott	591
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

South Hornchurch

South Hornchurch (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. Seager	1,959
	Labour	A. Booton	1,932
	Labour	E. Hillman	1,925
	Independent	H. Webb	1,357
	Independent	R. Manning	1,340
	Independent	F. Parr	1,334
Turnout			3,371	39.9
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Upminster

Upminster (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T. Dix	2,403
	Independent	Kenneth Hay	2,339
	Independent	F. Morley	2,270
	Conservative	C. Ellis	1,305
	Conservative	O. Collins	1,241
	Conservative	P. Dughes	1,202
	Labour	W. Mills	347
	Labour	G. Miles	334
	Labour	S. Moore	328
Turnout			3,965	46.2
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)