1964 Harrow London Borough Council election

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

Background

These elections were the first to the newly formed borough. Previously elections had taken place in the Municipal Borough of Harrow. This borough formed the new London Borough of Harrow by the London Government Act 1963.

A total of 168 candidates stood in the election for the 56 seats being contested across 15 wards. These included a full slate from the Conservative and Labour parties, while the Liberals stood 50 candidates. Other candidates included 6 from the Communist party. There were 7 three-seat wards, 5 four-seat wards and 3 five-seat wards.

This election had aldermen as well as directly elected councillors. The Conservatives got 6 aldermen and Labour 3.

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

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives gain the new council with a majority of 16 after winning 36 of the 56 seats. Overall turnout in the election was 43.0%. This turnout included 793 postal votes.

Ward results

Belmont (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward John Harkett	1,899
	Conservative	Edward George Buckle	1,898
	Conservative	George Colborne Hill	1,897
	Labour	Walter F Griffin	728
	Labour	K D Reeves	723
	Labour	R G Taylor	647
	Liberal	Thomas R Burke	474
	Liberal	H J Sergeant	433
	Liberal	Cyril Alfred B Aldridge	429
Turnout			3,087	37.2
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Harrow Weald (4)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin George V Barson	2,754
	Labour	Archibald James Eckert	2,690
	Labour	Bernard M Cohen	2,634
	Labour	D J Sleigh	2,505
	Conservative	James D Charter	1,805
	Conservative	Mrs V Charter	1,736
	Conservative	Mrs M Apollo	1,725
	Conservative	J E Palmer	1,619
	Liberal	Ronald Everitt	703
	Liberal	H C Cooper	577
	Liberal	Terence I Jones	576
	Liberal	R J E Owen	576
	Communist	H J Tuttle	121
Turnout			5,092	51.7
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Harrow-on-the-Hill & Greenhill (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William E Jones	1,438
	Conservative	Charles Edward Stenhouse	1,423
	Conservative	W E N Wormald	1,400
	Labour	J R Green	675
	Labour	G E Clayton	648
	Labour	R F Short	612
	Liberal	F A Farmer	403
	Liberal	Mrs M Sorrell	367
	Liberal	R S Montgomerie	357
Turnout			2,491	32.9
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Headstone (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Owen George Collins	1,974
	Conservative	Harold Richard Sheldrake	1,940
	Conservative	William Archibald Tackley	1,897
	Liberal	Geoffrey Owen Abbott	1,004
	Liberal	Mrs Audrey E Beauchamp	906
	Liberal	Richard J Denney	797
	Labour	Joseph T M Blackman	540
	Labour	F D Flower	535
	Labour	A H Bolton	505
Turnout			3,397	44.1
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Kenton (4)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony C Cocksedge	2,517
	Conservative	Mrs Marie Martha H E Haslam	2,376
	Conservative	Eric William Harry Feakins	2,240
	Conservative	J D Statham	2,214
	Liberal	Dennis Frederick Joyner	1,925
	Liberal	Dr Ivan M Roitt	1,835
	Liberal	H W Chapman	1,795
	Liberal	E W Husband	1,764
	Labour	M M Keir	985
	Labour	Mrs A Beasley	973
	Labour	M A Mills	958
	Labour	R C Barson	956
Turnout			5,164	54.4
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Pinner North & Hatch End (5)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cyril G Ellement	4,109
	Conservative	Mrs Isobel Muriel Potts	4,048
	Conservative	Harold Trevor Mote	4,014
	Conservative	M D Hartley-Hill	3,972
	Conservative	N Graham Hines	3,956
	Liberal	Edwin J H Francis	916
	Liberal	B Domb	808
	Liberal	C J James	799
	Liberal	H Young	795
	Liberal	Klaus W Eliel	764
	Labour	Peter Antony Fletcher	520
	Labour	Mrs D M Hinton	512
	Labour	F W Hinton	495
	Labour	C B King	483
	Labour	Mrs M C B Morley	480
Turnout			5,405	41.1
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Pinner South (5)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs D A Nott-Cock	3,601
	Conservative	Alfred George Sellers	3,591
	Conservative	Owen W N Cock	3,585
	Conservative	William Sydney Clack	3,571
	Conservative	Charles Ernest Jordan	3,543
	Liberal	W R Westaway	1,004
	Liberal	W H D Little	990
	Liberal	G R Davis	974
	Liberal	T W Kettle	956
	Liberal	J S Anthony	953
	Labour	J L Clark	947
	Labour	Colin Litchfield	802
	Labour	Jeremy P Lansdell	788
	Labour	Mrs A M Littlehales	759
	Labour	G A Tempest	753
Turnout			5,447	42.8
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Queensbury (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs Eva E Davies	2,098
	Labour	R Bailey	2,042
	Labour	Henry I Harris	2,020
	Conservative	Michael A Carmody	1,116
	Conservative	Frederick L Le Franc	1,064
	Conservative	Miss N Harker	1,044
	Communist	James P Roche	129
Turnout			3,283	37.3
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Roxbourne (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Glyn Davies	1,703
	Labour	A H Tidmarsh	1,676
	Conservative	J W Nickolay	1,667
	Labour	P W Underwood	1,661
	Conservative	Harold Grainger	1,645
	Conservative	A E Thomas	1,630
	Liberal	Mrs Eileen J Colledge	1,292
	Liberal	Arthur A Fawthrop	1,287
	Liberal	Edgar G Wilmott	1,285
Turnout			4,668	51.6
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Roxeth (4)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John S Campbell	2,233
	Labour	Mrs Doris I Edwards	2,160
	Labour	A R Judge	2,130
	Labour	I W Mackay	2,061
	Conservative	L D Bowman	1,949
	Conservative	Miss Cherisy P Cawood	1,939
	Conservative	E R Chalker	1,918
	Conservative	E K Cornes	1,810
	Liberal	John C Connolly	765
	Liberal	Mrs L A O Harrison	694
	Liberal	A Forrest	668
	Liberal	M Sewell-Rutter	624
	Communist	R R C Morris	123
Turnout			4,843	45.2
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Stanmore North (5)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerald Francis Gibbons	2,741
	Conservative	Frank L Rees	2,741
	Conservative	Derrick B Rouse	2,677
	Conservative	Albert Edward Peter Farquhar MacRae	2,676
	Conservative	Mrs Nan Rees	2,669
	Labour	S Bishop	774
	Labour	Reginald A Russell	771
	Labour	Henry Kilkenny	752
	Labour	D F Tomsett	733
	Labour	Horace Alan H Riches	648
	Liberal	Mrs Marjorie H Jackson	530
	Liberal	Michael E Hannah	523
	Liberal	M D Colne	513
	Liberal	Willy Paul	460
	Liberal	J B Ladley	438
	Communist	Richard Thomas Gooding	161
Turnout			4,070	32.8
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Stanmore South (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alfred James Lovell	2,025
	Labour	William Ody Allen	1,982
	Labour	Mrs Sarah R Edgeworth	1,968
	Conservative	Edward C P Taylor	1,027
	Conservative	J C Medcalf	1,025
	Conservative	D A Maddocks	1,014
	Communist	R A Ward	133
Turnout			3,136	38.7
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Wealdstone North (4)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H G Grange	2,738
	Labour	Mrs Amelia M. Carey	2,725
	Labour	Cyril B Harrison	2,692
	Labour	D J R Howard	2,448
	Conservative	D W Pratt	1,522
	Conservative	T D Jones	1,516
	Conservative	F G Saxby	1,504
	Conservative	Arthur B C Turner	1,501
	Liberal	H V Goss	884
	Liberal	Mrs B E Burbery	666
	Liberal	M B Sorrell	619
	Liberal	R J Kitcher	608
	Communist	Joseph Marshall	119
Turnout			4,998	46.8
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Wealdstone South (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D S O Smith	1,687
	Conservative	Frederick William C Adkins	1,679
	Conservative	Stanley Russell Miller	1,614
	Labour	Charles Morley	1,087
	Labour	J Lesser	1,022
	Labour	A H Elderton	1,016
	Liberal	Mrs M M Husband	628
	Liberal	C P Dobson	621
	Liberal	P Jeffery	621
Turnout			3,427	42.4
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

West Harrow (4)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A O’Loughlin	1,920
	Conservative	B C A Turner	1,856
	Conservative	Derek H J Hart	1,851
	Conservative	Charles Frederick J. Low	1,834
	Labour	F Mutton	1,502
	Labour	S H Roan	1,477
	Labour	Frederick S Davies	1,474
	Labour	E Beasley	1,441
	Liberal	David J Leonard	899
	Liberal	P R Coleby	894
	Liberal	Cyril C. Chadley	879
	Liberal	Mrs P Coleby	866
Turnout			4,308	45.8
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)