The1964 Harrow Council election took place on 7 May 1964 to elect members ofHarrow London Borough Council inLondon, England. The entire council was up for election and theConservative Party gained overall control of the council.[1]
These elections were the first to the newly formed borough. Previously elections had taken place in theMunicipal Borough of Harrow. This borough formed the new London Borough of Harrow by theLondon 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 hadaldermen as well as directly electedcouncillors. 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.
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 793postal votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | |||
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| 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 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | |||
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| 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 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | |||
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