Sutton London Borough Council election, 1964

The 1964 Sutton Council election took place on 7 May 1964 to elect members of Sutton London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party gained control of the council.^[1]

Background

These elections were the first to the newly formed borough. Previously elections had taken place in the Municipal Borough of Beddington and Wallington, Municipal Borough of Sutton and Cheam and Carshalton Urban District. These boroughs and districts were joined to form the new London Borough of Barnet by the London Government Act 1963.

A total of 157 candidates stood in the election for the 51 seats being contested across 25 wards. These included a full slate from the Conservative and Labour parties, while the Liberals stood 42 candidates. Other candidates included 10 Residents and 3 Communists. There were 24 two-seat wards and 1 three-seat wards.

This election had aldermen as well as directly elected councillors. The Conservatives got 5 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 9 after winning 30 of the 51 seats. Overall turnout in the election was 45.0%. This turnout included 653 postal votes.

Ward results

Beddington North (2)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		2,392	59.0
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Beddington South (2)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		2,998	53.8
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Belmont (2)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		1,912	38.5
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Carshalton Central (2)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		1,269	34.9
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Carshalton North East (3)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		2,539	41.8
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Carshalton North West (2)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		2,936	55.2
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Carshalton St Helier North (2)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		1,720	35.9
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Carshalton St Helier South (2)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		1,188	31.0
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Carshalton St Helier West (2)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		1,949	41.1
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Carshalton South East (2)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		2,417	42.9
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Carshalton South West (2)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		2,146	47.8
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Cheam North (2)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		2,589	49.1
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Cheam South (2)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		1,934	36.3
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Cheam West (2)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		1,852	40.0
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Sutton Central (2)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		1,954	48.7
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Sutton East (2)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		1,548	37.7
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Sutton North (2)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		2,358	50.0
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Sutton North East (2)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		2,457	47.8
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Sutton South (2)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		1,945	33.6
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Sutton South East (2)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		1,512	46.3
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Wallington Central (2)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		2,451	49.0
	Residents win (new seat)
	Residents win (new seat)

Wallington North (2)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		2,227	59.0
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Wallington South (2)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		2,584	50.4
	Residents win (new seat)
	Residents win (new seat)

Worcester Park North (2)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		3,176	49.7
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Worcester Park South (2)
Party		Votes	%
Turnout		2,394	46.0
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

↑ "London Borough Council Elections" (PDF). London Datastore. London County Council. Retrieved 29 March 2015.

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