1964 Greenwich London Borough Council election

The 1964 Greenwich Council election took place on 7 May 1964 to elect members of Greenwich 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 for the newly formed borough. Previously elections had taken place in the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich and Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich. These boroughs were joined to form the new London Borough of Greenwich by the London Government Act 1963.

A total of 140 candidates stood in the election for the 60 seats being contested across 27 wards. These included a full slate from the Labour party, while the Conservative and Liberal parties stood at 58 and 16 respectively. Other candidates included 6 from the Communist party. There were 21 two-seat wards and 6 three-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 38 after winning 49 of the 60 seats. Overall turnout in the election was 36.0%. This turnout included 1,018 postal votes.

Ward results

Abbey Wood (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. S. Ramsey	2,006
	Labour	G. E. Offord	2,005
	Labour	N. G. Burbridge	1,843
	Conservative	C. H. Dean	451
	Conservative	Mrs. F. A. Dean	440
	Conservative	R. Gibbs	427
	Communist	W. S. Spencer	220
Turnout			2,525	28.8
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Academy (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs. C. B. Jeffrey	1,372
	Labour	G. S. Dean	1,368
	Conservative	J. F. G. Benson	679
	Conservative	J. P. Paine	674
Turnout			2,101	41.7
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Blackheath (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	I. Davison	1,286
	Conservative	D. C. Thurley	1,246
	Labour	Mrs. G. Williams	741
	Labour	R. Blatchford	716
	Liberal	R. Rugman	357
	Liberal	R. Homes	352
Turnout			2,390	46.1
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Charlton (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. E. Smith	898
	Labour	W. Clarke	872
	Conservative	S. G. Wayment	214
	Conservative	T. Saunders	206
	Liberal	Miss M. Ingram	167
	Liberal	Mrs. R. B. Law	150
Turnout			1,396	28.9
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Coldharbour (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. J. Dean	1,532
	Labour	W. A. G. Brooks	1,530
	Conservative	Miss M. D. Cole	613
	Conservative	W. S. Manners	592
Turnout			2,158	41.1
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Eastcombe (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. A. Saunders	1,214
	Labour	Mrs. K. P. Bullard	1,198
	Conservative	Miss R. Manners	568
	Conservative	K. Stevens	541
Turnout			1,792	35.3
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Eltham (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs. S. M. Bradley	1,579
	Conservative	F. B. Newland	1,579
	Labour	Mrs. L. M. Sheppard	880
	Labour	A. B. S. Soper	877
Turnout			2,482	47.2
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Eynsham (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. A. Heath	1,402
	Labour	N. R. J. Sims	1,387
	Communist	R. M. Dobson	85
Turnout			1,541	28.5
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Hornfair (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. D. Moyle	1,446
	Labour	R. Score	1,421
	Conservative	Mrs. S. Busby	665
	Conservative	Mrs. E. Stowell	642
	Communist	L. Attenborough	48
Turnout			2,150	35.7
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Horn Park (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. A. Jeffrey	1,414
	Labour	Mrs. N. A. E. Woods	1,375
	Conservative	Mrs. E. R. M. Middleton	1,072
	Conservative	B. J. Easton	1,061
Turnout			2,504	51.0
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Kidbrooke (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. A. Spurgeon	1,507
	Labour	H. A. Read	1,506
	Labour	G. Jones	1,496
	Conservative	E. Branson	572
	Conservative	Mrs. G. M. Barry	550
	Conservative	W. Kidby	544
	Liberal	R. Marsh	354
	Liberal	P. Short	340
	Liberal	R. S. Warwicker	340
	Communist	D. Brown	130
Turnout			2,490	36.7
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Marsh (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs. A. Kennedy	1,123
	Labour	Mrs. J. Chrisp	1,084
	Conservative	F. Edwards	151
	Conservative	E. Smithers	134
Turnout			1,291	26.3
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Middle Park (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs. H. Stroud	1,316
	Labour	T. G. Blann	1,307
	Conservative	H. I. Samuel	670
	Conservative	P. T. S. Batterbury	637
Turnout			2,023	39.2
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

New Eltham (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs. W. H. Hulbert	2,222
	Conservative	R. F. Fyson	2,210
	Conservative	L. J. Smith	2,197
	Labour	W. Hewlett	2,034
	Labour	F. J. Munns	1,985
	Labour	T. J. Welsh	1,923
Turnout			4,241	50.4
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Park (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Icough	1,058
	Labour	H. C. Coutts	1,057
	Conservative	C. Jones	380
	Conservative	T. Wykes	346
	Communist	E. W. Filer	70
Turnout			1,502	27.1
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

St George's (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs. P. A. Middleton	904
	Labour	Mrs. M. E. Polley	890
	Conservative	J. W. Clarke	270
	Conservative	J. C. Clarke	268
Turnout			1,191	28.2
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

St Margaret's (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. P. Hamilton	1,621
	Labour	J. Dey	1,613
	Labour	Mrs. A. E. Everitt	1,609
	Conservative	N. Hughes-Narborough	909
	Conservative	J. Helm	875
	Conservative	G. E. Allen	870
	Liberal	R. H. Smith	327
	Liberal	V. J. Monk	325
	Liberal	C. E. Smith	293
Turnout			2,867	33.7
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

St Mary's (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Williams	1,524
	Labour	W. H. E. Flood	1,489
	Labour	I. N. Smith	1,487
	Conservative	Mrs. E. M. Flury	390
	Conservative	Mrs. E. R. Sharp	372
	Conservative	Mrs. D. M. Saunders	370
Turnout			1,937	30.1
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

St Nicholas (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. F. Neve	1,943
	Labour	H. F. Reilly	1,938
	Labour	Mrs. M. I. Kingwell	1,935
	Conservative	L. H. F. Bliss	329
	Conservative	Miss C. F. S. Bell	326
	Conservative	G. Gibbs	325
Turnout			2,320	25.9
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Sherard (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. T. Coombs	1,582
	Labour	T. A. J. Malone	1,540
	Conservative	A. G. Miles	319
	Conservative	Mrs. I. D. Miles	308
	Communist	Mrs. C. Clarke	80
Turnout			1,943	38.7
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Shooters Hill (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. H. Miles	1,862
	Conservative	A. M. Selves	1,827
	Labour	A. W. Bassett	979
	Labour	E. A. Chapman	972
	Liberal	J. R. Hassall	261
	Liberal	M. Newman	245
Turnout			3,119	60.6
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Slade (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs. J. E. Carroll	1,057
	Labour	Mrs. D. M. Munns	1,050
	Conservative	D. W. Sinclair	279
	Conservative	R. Brian	263
	Liberal	P. S. Mercer	99
	Liberal	A. H. Hall	96
Turnout			1,454	26.3
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Trafalgar (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. J. Scales	1,138
	Labour	L. Squirrell	1,114
	Conservative	Mrs. A. L. Manners	278
	Conservative	Miss M. K. Bailey	259
Turnout			1,440	29.7
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Vanbrugh (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs. E. Pennington	940
	Conservative	W. J. Manners	879
	Labour	V. Cook	837
	Labour	N. A. Edgerton	830
Turnout			1,822	37.8
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Well Hall (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs. M. J. Bradley	1,672
	Labour	E. G. Bell	1,668
	Conservative	D. D. Poston	1,094
	Conservative	Mrs. J. M. Hoare	1,092
	Liberal	P. M. McGarry	171
	Liberal	G. A. Lamidey	167
Turnout			2,983	53.6
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

West (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. F. Strong	792
	Labour	W. G. Darvill	788
	Conservative	Dr. D. J. Gibson	138
	Conservative	H. Hook	124
Turnout			949	19.8
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Woolwich (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. G. Mornington	1,176
	Labour	Mrs. E. Mansell	1,160
	Conservative	Mrs. V. A. Allen	141
	Conservative	G. E. Sharpe	140
Turnout			1,341	25.5
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)