1964 London local elections

1964 London local elections
7 May 1964 1968 →

All 1,859 on all 32 London boroughs
  First party Second party
  Harold Wilson Alec Douglas-Home
Leader Harold Wilson Alec Douglas-Home
Party Labour Conservative
Councils 20 9
Councillors 1,112 668

London borough councils by political control following election. Councils that are Labour are in red, Conservative in blue. Grey indicates no overall control.

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, which were created on 1 April 1965 by the London Government Act 1963. 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 won nine, and three were under no overall control. Only sixteen Liberal councillors were elected in London, along with forty-nine residents and ratepayers candidates, three independents and three Communists. The result followed the convincing Labour gain of the new Greater London Council in the first GLC elections which had been held on 9 April.


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