1964 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election

1964 local election in England, UK

7 May 1964

1968 →

All 60 council seats of the Tower Hamlets London Borough Council
31 seats needed for a majority

Subsequent council control

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.

Background

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.

Election result

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.

Ward results

Bethnal Green Central

Bethnal Green Central (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	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 East (3)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		No contest	n/a
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Bethnal Green North

Bethnal Green North (3)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		1,066	17.2
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Bethnal Green South

Bethnal Green South (3)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		1,244	18.4
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Bethnal Green West

Bethnal Green West (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	H. Moore	940
	Labour	A. Friedlander	910
	Labour	A. Praag	901
	Liberal	J. Fraser	161
	Liberal	D. Macdonald	155
	Liberal	J. Adams	143
	Communist	R. Rousay	119
Turnout			1,188	19.5
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Bow North

Bow North (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	K. A. Dodd	579
	Labour	E. C. Winterflood	567
	Conservative	L. A. Dumont	79
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bow South

Bow South (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	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

Bromley (3)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		1,085	15.8
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Holy Trinity

Holy Trinity (3)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		1,288	16.1
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Limehouse

Limehouse (4)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		1,302	14.0
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Poplar East

Poplar East (3)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		1,279	19.3
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Poplar Millwall

Poplar Millwall (2)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		1,933	33.7
	Residents win (new seat)
	Residents win (new seat)

Poplar South

Poplar South (2)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		946	17.6
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Poplar West

Poplar West (3)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		1,114	14.2
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Redcoat

Redcoat (3)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		863	12.7
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

St Dunstan's

St Dunstan's (3)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		854	13.2
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

St Katherine's

St Katherine's (4)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		1,274	15.6
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

St Mary's

St Mary's (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Shadwell (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	R. J. Connolly	877
	Labour	F. G. Spearing	863
	Labour	R. Cockell	839
	Communist	F. Whipple	137
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Spitalfields

Spitalfields (4)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		1,363	15.0
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

References

"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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