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1964 Redbridge London Borough Council election

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


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7 May 1964

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

These elections were the first to the newly formed borough. Previously elections had taken place in the Municipal Borough of Dagenham, Municipal Borough of Ilford, Municipal Borough of Wanstead and Woodford and Chigwell Urban District. These boroughs and districts were joined to form the new London Borough of Redbridge by the London Government Act 1963.

A total of 192 candidates stood in the election for the 60 seats being contested across 17 wards. These included a full slate from the Conservative, Labour and Liberal parties. Other candidates included 8 Communists and 4 Residents. There were 9 four-seat wards and 8 three-seat wards.

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

The results saw the Conservatives gain the new council with a majority of 30 after winning 45 of the 60 seats. Overall turnout in the election was 39.5%. This turnout included 1,023 postal votes.

In addition to the 60 councillors, there were ten aldermen elected by the council. The five 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).

The aldermen divided eight to the Conservatives and two to Labour.

PartyCandidateVotes%.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
Conservative1,561
Conservative1,533
Conservative1,529
Labour948
Labour877
Labour834
Liberal479
Liberal472
Liberal465
2,98630.7
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative2,265
Conservative2,215
Conservative2,200
Conservative2,162
Liberal1,535
Liberal1,489
Liberal1,402
Liberal1,365
Labour658
Labour634
Labour618
Labour610
4,34240.8
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative2,443
Conservative2,407
Conservative2,405
Conservative2,377
Labour1,870
Labour1,683
Labour1,679
Labour1,632
Liberal1,441
Liberal1,368
Liberal1,367
Liberal1,318
Communist264
5,64449.3
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative1,872
Conservative1,817
Conservative1,811
Conservative1,753
Labour1,463
Labour1,404
Labour1,377
Labour1,370
Liberal833
Liberal831
Liberal793
Liberal740
Communist111
4,11936.0
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative1,859
Conservative1,856
Conservative1,827
Liberal794
Liberal787
Liberal775
Labour451
Labour445
Labour438
3,07232.4
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour1,643
Labour1,641
Labour1,611
Conservative1,142
Conservative1,057
Conservative1,012
Liberal864
Liberal743
Liberal729
3,54940.5
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative2,468
Conservative2,437
Conservative2,411
Conservative2,405
Liberal1,129
Liberal1,123
Liberal1,115
Liberal1,055
Labour569
Labour564
Labour559
Labour556
4,10634.8
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour1,562
Labour1,537
Labour1,504
Conservative1,180
Conservative1,145
Conservative1,078
Liberal831
Liberal819
Liberal815
3,47933.2
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour1,772
Labour1,732
Labour1,649
Conservative765
Conservative745
Conservative733
Liberal317
Liberal315
Liberal289
Communist102
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour2,685
Labour2,668
Labour2,604
Conservative453
Conservative446
Conservative422
Liberal310
Liberal292
Liberal282
Communist161
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour1,538
Labour1,450
Labour1,417
Conservative1,067
Conservative1,006
Conservative961
Liberal445
Liberal406
Liberal362
Communist106
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative1,960
Conservative1,900
Conservative1,885
Conservative1,793
Liberal1,509
Liberal1,465
Liberal1,446
Liberal1,415
Labour1,086
Labour1,057
Labour1,044
Labour1,043
Communist120
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative1,680
Conservative1,607
Conservative1,518
Liberal1,047
Liberal1,028
Labour978
Liberal951
Labour927
Labour880
Communist120
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative1,657
Conservative1,656
Conservative1,649
Conservative1,642
Labour983
Labour983
Labour973
Labour961
Liberal544
Liberal527
Liberal514
Liberal498
3,16929.9
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative2,689
Conservative2,688
Conservative2,679
Conservative2,658
Liberal1,723
Liberal1,709
Liberal1,709
Liberal1,670
Labour643
Labour623
Labour559
Labour552
4,93547.4
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative2,571
Conservative2,428
Conservative2,345
Conservative2,293
Residents1,737
Residents1,627
Residents1,537
Residents1,536
Liberal862
Liberal825
Liberal733
Liberal696
Labour622
Labour611
Labour600
Labour562
Communist109
5,44650.4
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative3,851
Conservative3,840
Conservative3,822
Conservative3,805
Liberal1,466
Liberal1,429
Liberal1,418
Liberal1,416
Labour561
Labour546
Labour537
Labour537
5,78249.7
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