The 1964 London local elections were held on 7 May 1964
alongside nationwide elections. They were the inaugural elections for the thirty-two
London boroughs
The London boroughs are the current 32 local authority districts that together with the City of London make up the administrative area of Greater London, England; each is governed by a London borough council. The present London boroughs wer ...
, which were created on 1 April 1965 by the
London Government Act 1963
The London Government Act 1963 (c. 33) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which created Greater London and a new local government structure within it. The Act significantly reduced the number of local government districts in the ...
. All seats were up for election, with polling stations open between 08:00 and 21:00.
The result was a landslide for the
Labour Party, who won twenty of the boroughs. The
Conservatives
Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy and ideology that seeks to promote and preserve traditional institutions, customs, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilizati ...
won nine, and three were under
no overall control
In the context of local authorities in the United Kingdom no overall control (NOC; ) is a situation in which no single political group achieves a majority of seats, comparable to a hung parliament. Of the 248 councils who had members up for elec ...
. Only sixteen
Liberal councillors were elected in
London
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, along with forty-nine
residents and
ratepayers candidates, three
independents and three
Communists
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. The result followed the convincing Labour gain of the new
Greater London Council
The Greater London Council (GLC) was the top-tier local government administrative body for Greater London from 1965 to 1986. It replaced the earlier London County Council (LCC) which had covered a much smaller area. The GLC was dissolved in 198 ...
in the
first GLC elections which had been held on 9 April.
Aldermanic elections
Until
1978
Events January
* January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
* January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ...
, each council had
aldermen, in the ratio of one aldermen to six councillors. Following the elections, each council elected all of its aldermen, half of which served until
1968
Events January–February
* January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously.
* January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...
and half until
1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...
. This did not affect political control in any borough.
Council results
Summary of council election results:
Overall councillor numbers
References
Greater London Assembly – London Borough Council Elections 2006*
{{United Kingdom elections
London local elections
1964