1964 Hackney London Borough Council election

The 1964 Hackney Council election took place on 7 May 1964 to elect members of Hackney London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party gained control of the council.^[1]

Background

These elections were the first to the newly formed borough. Previously elections had taken place in the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney, Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch and Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington. These boroughs were joined to form the new London Borough of Hackney by the London Government Act 1963.

A total of 137 candidates stood in the election for the 60 seats being contested across 20 wards. 9 seats in three wards went unopposed. These included a full slate from the Labour party, while the Conservative and Liberal parties stood 36 and 32 respectively. Other candidates included 8 from the Communist party and 1 Independent Labour. There were 11 three-seat wards, 5 two-seat wards, 3 four-seat wards and 1 five-seat ward.

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 gain the new council after winning all 60 seats. Overall turnout in the election was 16.3%. This turnout included 243 postal votes.

Ward results

Brownswood (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. M. Feldman	721
	Labour	D. Bright	718
	Conservative	A. J. Binyon	382
	Conservative	H. E. Phipp	377
Turnout			1,132	20.1
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Chatham (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. G. H. Millen	Uncontested
	Labour	R. E. Owen	Uncontested
	Labour	P. G. Sylvester	Uncontested
Turnout			n/a	n/a
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Clissold (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. L. Edwards	847
	Labour	J. Stanton	834
	Labour	S. S. Cohen	824
	Conservative	D. A. Evans	399
	Conservative	W. J. Hawkins	389
	Conservative	C. H. E. Bird	342
	Communist	J. R. Bird	122
Turnout			1,318	14.6
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Dalston (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. West	834
	Labour	G. E. Silver	829
	Labour	D. McCarthy	815
	Conservative	C. D. Sills	424
	Conservative	R. Golland	398
	Conservative	K. S. Lightwood	315
Turnout			1,238	15.6
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

De Beauvoir (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. P. Rose	837
	Labour	Miss J. G. Jepson	833
	Labour	A. Samuels	822
	Liberal	H. J. Newbrook	286
	Liberal	Mrs. E. A. Newbrook	283
	Liberal	R. W. Walker	281
	Conservative	W. J. Haste	196
	Conservative	O. T. Kenway	192
	Conservative	W. Sandler	189
	Independent Labour	E. J. Scott	26
Turnout			1,364	17.8
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Defoe (4)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. W. Cox	1,169
	Labour	B. Franks	1,144
	Labour	S. J. Lee	1,136
	Labour	A. Alexander	1,131
	Liberal	Miss P. S. Bradshaw	573
	Liberal	W. G. Webster	562
	Liberal	A. H. Waller	556
	Liberal	F. W. Maw	554
	Conservative	G. W. Allnutt	349
	Conservative	Mrs. M. C. Victor	338
	Conservative	G. F. Mills	337
	Conservative	W. Whitaker	330
Turnout			2,122	20.0
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Downs (5)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs. O. Wagner	1,460
	Labour	J. C. Wobey	1,453
	Labour	A. Shekora	1,449
	Labour	S. A. Warne	1,446
	Labour	M. Ottolangui	1,435
	Conservative	G. H. Reeve	458
	Conservative	A. H. Sherman	455
	Conservative	A. Scutchings	444
	Conservative	R. Symons	435
	Conservative	W. W. Symons	423
	Communist	M. Goldman	205
Turnout			2,088	14.2
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Haggerston (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K. G. Wilson	599
	Labour	R. J. Tallantire	594
	Liberal	T. Keen	179
	Liberal	J. R. Bugg	162
Turnout			800	15.7
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Kingsmead (4)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. C. Davis	Uncontested
	Labour	Mrs. I. Foster	Uncontested
	Labour	S. W. Foster	Uncontested
	Labour	Mrs. M. Owen	Uncontested
Turnout			n/a	n/a
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Leabridge (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. C. Harrison	922
	Labour	R. A. Spong	916
	Labour	R. Heisler	904
	Conservative	P. J. Bowyer	390
	Conservative	C. H. Hegerty	347
	Liberal	A. W. F. Evans	322
	Conservative	R. R. Atkins	315
	Liberal	A. W. Hurd	232
	Liberal	G. A. Watts	221
Turnout			1,518	17.4
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Moorfields (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs. G. M. Wright	521
	Labour	F. G. Aldred	504
	Liberal	A. D. Fowler	206
	Liberal	W. Stevenson	194
	Communist	T. Rampling	29
Turnout			755	13.1
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

New River (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs. O. Cox	1,471
	Labour	S. Mather	1,436
	Labour	C. E. Medhurst	1,406
	Liberal	H. J. Lobenstein	604
	Liberal	Jack Bright	536
	Liberal	R. B. James	502
	Conservative	J. Miller	309
	Conservative	P. A. J. Galbraith	297
	Conservative	J. S. Shepherd	287
	Communist	G. F. Anthony	144
Turnout			2,439	29.9
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Northfield (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Blitz	978
	Labour	Mrs. C. Gordon	936
	Labour	Mrs. L. Karpin	909
	Liberal	A. H. Bloch	243
	Liberal	L. Black	227
	Liberal	I. Michaels	222
	Communist	M. Levy	91
Turnout			1,322	16.3
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Northwold (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. J. Cohen	Uncontested
	Labour	R. Lipman	Uncontested
Turnout			n/a	n/a
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Queensbridge (4)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. W. Haynes	1,018
	Labour	E. H. Claridge	1,013
	Labour	C. F. Allman	1,007
	Labour	J. Hulstrom	1,001
	Conservative	V. A. French	288
	Conservative	D. N. Comber	285
	Conservative	L. H. Smith	282
	Conservative	D. A. McCann	280
	Liberal	S. F. Augar	170
	Liberal	F. Chambers	149
	Liberal	E. Marlow	149
	Liberal	S. W. Broder	146
	Communist	J. J. Bailey	102
Turnout			1,555	13.6
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Rectory (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. W. Hilliard	632
	Labour	Mrs. S. Sherman	627
	Communist	J. Broaders	73
Turnout			715	9.6
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Springfield (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Freeman	1,154
	Labour	A. Super	1,141
	Labour	B. Feldman	1,120
	Liberal	C. Pater	326
	Liberal	D. Shap	309
	Liberal	S. Leff	303
Turnout			1,518	18.7
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Victoria (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F. S. Shipp	873
	Labour	D. E. Ward	859
	Labour	A. J. Pedrick	847
	Conservative	A. R. A. Seaman	188
	Conservative	W. E. Fairman	168
	Conservative	S. H. Blanchflower	158
	Liberal	M. J. Fisher	139
	Liberal	T. D. Gates	132
	Liberal	G. A. McConnell	120
	Communist	M. Kolander	83
Turnout			1,257	14.5
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Wenlock (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. S. Simmonds	894
	Labour	C. H. Turner	887
	Labour	J. D. Welch	886
	Liberal	Miss J. A. Norman-Aylmer	146
	Liberal	Mrs. E. M. Norman-Aylmer	137
Turnout			1,057	12.9
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Wick (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Heath	900
	Labour	Mrs. J. Heath	874
	Labour	S. F. Hand	869
	Conservative	J. W. Oakeley	260
	Conservative	R. E. Randall	258
	Conservative	J. S. Deathridge	236
Turnout			1,175	14.1
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

References

1. "London Borough Council Elections" (PDF). London Datastore. London County Council. Retrieved 29 March 2015.