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The 1964 Wandsworth Council election took place on 7 May 1964 to elect members of Wandsworth London Borough Council in England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party gained control of the council.
A total of 169 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 35 candidates. Other candidates included 15 Communists, 4 Independents and 1 Rad Lib. All wards were three-seat wards.
This election had aldermen as well as directly elected councillors. Labour won 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 gain the new council with a majority of 34 after winning 47 of the 60 seats. Overall turnout in the election was 35.0%. This turnout included 1,514 postal votes.
