1964 Hammersmith London Borough Council election

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

Background

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

A total of 134 candidates stood in the election for the 60 seats being contested across 21 wards. These included a full slate from the Conservative and Labour parties, while the Liberals stood 9 candidates. Other candidates included 5 from the Communist party. There were 18 three-seat wards and 3 two-seat wards.

This election had aldermen as well as directly elected councillors. Labour got 9 aldermen and the Conservatives 1.

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 46 after winning 53 of the 60 seats. Overall turnout in the election was 32.0%. This turnout included 696 postal votes.

Ward results

Addison (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. Parsons	1,025
	Labour	B. Sawbridge	1,021
	Labour	S. Ward	990
	Conservative	I. J. Lawrence	802
	Conservative	B. Walter	777
	Conservative	D. Fearn	768
	Communist	H. T. Goulding	118
Turnout			1,880	27.3
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Avonmore (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. E. B. Brightley	1,122
	Conservative	J. A. Tagg	1,112
	Labour	S. R. Chriss	720
	Labour	J. C. Beckett	705
Turnout			1,848	34.7
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Broadway (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. E. Simpson	1,255
	Labour	C. W. Howard	1,250
	Labour	Miss J. Henry	1,170
	Liberal	S. H. J. A. Knott	1,004
	Liberal	R. J. Groves	820
	Liberal	C. Hildred-Goode	788
	Conservative	J. Brook	623
	Conservative	A. Belsham	595
	Conservative	Mrs. A. Hall	580
Turnout			2,766	42.7
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Brook Green (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Belsham	1,243
	Conservative	R. G. Field	1,200
	Conservative	L. W. Heading	1,183
	Labour	Mrs. M. Bamford	1,168
	Labour	G. Bunyan	1,155
	Labour	L. Stanley	1,145
Turnout			2,409	36.1
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Colehill (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs. G. I. Dimmick	1,257
	Labour	G. W. Dimmick	1,256
	Conservative	P. Dunphy	669
	Conservative	W. R. Hallam	646
Turnout			1,946	38.3
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

College Park & Old Oak (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F. W. Ing	1,352
	Labour	R. Oak	1,351
	Labour	M. Silverman	1,342
	Conservative	Miss P. Oxley	191
	Conservative	R. Claxton	173
	Conservative	W. Simpson	168
Turnout			1,557	22.2
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Coningham (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. W. Freeman	1,044
	Labour	Miss V. Grant	1,037
	Labour	Mrs. E. D. Freeman	1,035
	Conservative	J. Williams	306
	Conservative	C. Hagger	303
	Conservative	J. Wharram	292
Turnout			1,380	22.3
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Crabtree (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs. B. Little	1,703
	Labour	Mrs. E. F. Sears	1,702
	Labour	D. A. S. Noel	1,684
	Conservative	S. G. Peyton	1,383
	Conservative	Mrs. D. M. Joseph	1,381
	Conservative	D. A. Smith	1,349
	Liberal	F. C. Scrivener	184
	Liberal	Mrs. R. Black	181
	Liberal	H. Tucker	166
Turnout			3,281	42.7
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Gibbs Green (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. B. F. Jones	1,386
	Labour	H. H. Perlin	1,352
	Labour	Miss B. Boothroyd	1,347
	Conservative	L. Giovene	1,219
	Conservative	P. M. Longmore	1,218
	Conservative	G. Shell	1,193
	Communist	J. Edwards	99
	Communist	Mrs. J. Secker	71
Turnout			2,666	35.2
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Grove (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Morris	1,409
	Labour	D. Murray	1,407
	Labour	E. R. Gosling	1,387
	Conservative	W. Sutton	847
	Conservative	H. Zander	826
	Conservative	C. Virando	823
Turnout			2,221	30.8
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Halford (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. H. Clark	1,512
	Labour	T. M. Cox	1,504
	Labour	H. R. Babstock	1,492
	Conservative	G. T. E. Grey	604
	Conservative	N. Parkinson	601
	Conservative	Dr. Sylvia Waters	598
Turnout			2,129	32.7
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Margravine (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F. W. Banfield	1,836
	Labour	Mrs. F. C. Pusey	1,826
	Labour	W. J. Molloy	1,816
	Conservative	J. C. Chapman	482
	Conservative	Mrs. M. M. Jarvis	480
	Conservative	B. A. Glister	467
Turnout			2,339	35.0
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Parsons Green (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. T. King	1,610
	Labour	I. M. Jordan	1,608
	Labour	H. D. Duff	1,606
	Conservative	A. C. Hatton	1,204
	Conservative	K. G. F. Howe	1,204
	Conservative	Mrs. H. Hart	1,202
Turnout			2,850	37.4
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

St Stephen's (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. S. Jones	840
	Labour	J. Bull	836
	Labour	F. E. Keppel	830
	Conservative	H. Garner	352
	Conservative	Miss H. Ellis	348
	Conservative	Miss M. Gilling	342
Turnout			1,218	19.1
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Sandford (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. M. Browning	1,808
	Labour	Miss P. M. Cooper	1,802
	Labour	P. J. Barton	1,751
	Conservative	Mrs. D. Fish	408
	Conservative	P. G. Humphreys	407
	Conservative	R. C. Trayhorn	402
	Communist	V. I. Boulton	217
Turnout			2,303	29.1
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Sherbrooke (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. A. Matthews	1,363
	Labour	Mrs. M. J. Noyes	1,346
	Conservative	A. S. Clarke	336
	Conservative	Miss J. Phillips	326
Turnout			1,716	32.7
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Starch Green (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. G. Breeze	1,187
	Labour	Mrs. M. A. Havelka	1,161
	Conservative	J. Collins	1,154
	Labour	D. Horton	1,146
	Conservative	C. E. Arnold	1,122
	Conservative	Miss G. Powers	1,115
Turnout			2,334	33.8
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Sulivan (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. A. Hall	1,630
	Labour	A. R. L. Chapman	1,605
	Labour	Mrs. C. J. Liardet	1,600
	Conservative	S. N. B. Leishman	803
	Conservative	Mrs. H. Curtis	799
	Conservative	Miss J. Whyman	772
Turnout			2,425	32.9
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Town (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	I. Gray	1,396
	Labour	M. House	1,356
	Labour	B. J. Hill	1,324
	Conservative	E. L. Hill	924
	Conservative	C. J. Clarke	908
	Conservative	C. Bland	877
	Liberal	M. Ridd	129
	Liberal	G. H. Stevens	124
	Liberal	Mrs. J. M. Stevens	110
Turnout			2,420	34.7
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

White City (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Beresford	1,480
	Labour	Mrs. D. Heakes	1,470
	Labour	F. Williams	1,453
	Conservative	Miss J. Beattie	243
	Conservative	Mrs. K. Walter	240
	Conservative	Miss R. Palompo	235
	Communist	W. Massey	130
Turnout			1,783	25.7
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Wormholt (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs. V. Freeman	1,228
	Labour	Mrs. R. Hounsome	1,222
	Labour	C. Van Gelderen	1,206
	Conservative	Miss H. Lewis	427
	Conservative	C. Sands	423
	Conservative	Miss P. Walker	410
Turnout			1,673	26.9
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)