# 1968 Bromley London Borough Council election

The 1968 Bromley Council election took place on 9 May 1968 to elect members of Bromley London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

## Ward results
### Beckenham

Anerley (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mrs M M Blackburn | 963 | 48.2 | +9.7 |
| | Conservative | B D F Bennett | 899 | | |
| | Labour | Mrs M I F Harvey | 819 | 41.0 | −7.9 |
| | Labour | Mrs. M. M. Read* | 764 | | |
| | Liberal | Mrs J G Offord | 214 | 10.7 | +0.4 |
| | Liberal | Charles S Vassie | 212 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Clock House (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | M. C. Higgins* | |
| | Conservative | R White | |
| | Labour | Mrs. Olga L. Roberts* | |
| | Labour | D C Carter | |
| | Liberal | Mrs W G Evans | |
| | Liberal | R A Newton | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Copers Cope (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | P. J. J. Higgins* | |
| | Conservative | H J Palmer | |
| | Liberal | E W T Gilbert | |
| | Liberal | Jeremy V. Cope | |
| | Labour | S W Mayne | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Eden Park (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Mrs. M. J. Higgins* | |
| | Conservative | R D Gregory | |
| | Liberal | Heather Isabel Donovan | |
| | Liberal | Mrs J Sanders | |
| | Labour | Mrs E Belsey | |
| | Labour | Mrs J M Eames | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Lawrie Park & Kent House (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Richard D. Foister* | | 72.5 |
| | Conservative | A. G. F. Mitchell* | | |
| | Labour | D R Roberts | | 13.8 |
| | Liberal | Mrs H N Hogg | | 13.7 |
| | Labour | R L Miller | | |
| | Liberal | R J Adamson | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Manor House (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Francis J D Cooke* | 1,859 |
| | Conservative | M E Forster | 1,851 |
| | Liberal | David Edward Aubrey Crowe | 1,564 |
| | Liberal | Ian Phillips | 1,498 |
| | Labour | R J Irwin | 287 |
| | Labour | Mrs M R Bowyer | 287 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Penge (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Charles George Priest | |
| | Conservative | Miss K M Candy | |
| | Conservative | C R E Kember | |
| | Labour | H. J. F Harvey* | |
| | Labour | J. H. Read | |
| | Labour | Barbara Pedley | |
| | Liberal | William Huckin | |
| | Liberal | J L Wheeler | |
| | Liberal | A J B Whitelocke | |
| | Independent | A F S Bolland | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Shortlands (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Alfred T. Johnson* | |
| | Conservative | A E Read | |
| | Liberal | J Bratt | |
| | Liberal | John R Canvin | |
| | Labour | Dr Jan Pollert | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
West Wickham North (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Montague I Blasey | |
| | Conservative | E. R. Smithers* | |
| | Liberal | Peter A. Dodsworth | |
| | Liberal | Mrs J I Alexander | |
| | Labour | Mrs B J Roberts | |
| | Labour | Christopher Richard Gaster | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
West Wickham South (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Kathleen Agnes Moore* | |
| | Conservative | Kenneth V. Crask* | |
| | Liberal | J E Jewell | |
| | Liberal | Mrs L M Hudson | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Bromley

Bromley Common (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Simon J C Randall | |
| | Conservative | M G Law | |
| | Conservative | Clive A L Brangwin | |
| | Labour | Mrs. Naomi V. Carter* | |
| | Labour | John Douglas Grant | |
| | Labour | A. W Wright* | |
| | Liberal | T J Gillespie | |
| | Liberal | M J Edney | |
| | Liberal | E J Stott | |
| | Independent | A S J Duff | |
| | Communist | Mrs E E Becow | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Keston & Hayes (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Horace Walter Haden* | 3,026 |
| | Conservative | James F. David* | 2,869 |
| | Conservative | Ernest Dennis Barkway | 2,860 |
| | Liberal | William Ivor Shipley | 2,144 |
| | Liberal | Brian Harry Taylor | 2,057 |
| | Liberal | Mrs D E Richmond | 1,770 |
| | Labour | Mrs D M Wright | 281 |
| | Labour | E Corbett | 217 |
| | Labour | Miss W E Cooper | 191 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Martins Hill & Town (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Anthony Millar Wilkinson | |
| | Conservative | W H Stephenson | |
| | Conservative | Charles W Wilmot* | |
| | Liberal | A V Luff | |
| | Liberal | Walter Edward Philip Babbs | |
| | Liberal | Mrs M M Coulson | |
| | Labour | Miss D E Wickham | |
| | Labour | Gordon Thomas Yates | |
| | Labour | K W Bennison | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Plaistow & Sundridge (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | D. J. W. Eves* | |
| | Conservative | R W Spon-Smith | |
| | Conservative | R. A. Upton* | |
| | Labour | Mrs D E Gallagher | |
| | Labour | K A Munro | |
| | Labour | C J Christopher | |
| | Liberal | L Craddock | |
| | Liberal | Miss A M Boot | |
| | Liberal | D Rowe | |
| | Independent | K L Bailey | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Chislehurst

Bickley (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | A E Cox | |
| | Conservative | Maurice Bentley Kenward | |
| | Conservative | Michael Jon Neubert | |
| | Liberal | W. Holliday | |
| | Liberal | W R Edwards | |
| | Liberal | D Hawes-Richards | |
| | Labour | Mrs E Leys | |
| | Labour | R Goss | |
| | Labour | K E Axon | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Chislehurst (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | B D Farmer | |
| | Conservative | Charles Christopher Seward Reeves | |
| | Conservative | A F Parkinson | |
| | Labour | Harold Taylor | |
| | Labour | Edgar C H Smith | |
| | Liberal | G R Ellis | |
| | Labour | Miss P A Lathey | |
| | Liberal | Mrs J M Minter | |
| | Liberal | J Dulieu | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Mottingham (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Ronald William Huzzard | |
| | Labour | J. P. Sheridan* | |
| | Conservative | J D Thomas | |
| | Conservative | T F Bonwick | |
| | Liberal | R I Thompson | |
| | Liberal | R J Payne | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
St Paul's Cray (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Raymond Alexander Sanderson* | |
| | Labour | C E Stickings | |
| | Labour | H J Belsey | |
| | Conservative | Albert E. Stayte | |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey H. Fennell | |
| | Conservative | N A Row | |
| | Liberal | Miss J. Furlanger | |
| | Liberal | C E Day | |
| | Liberal | E M McGuigan | |
| | Communist | J. F Perham | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Orpington

Biggin Hill (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Mrs. Marjorie C. McClure* | 1,614 |
| | Conservative | Derek E. Saunders* | 1,586 |
| | Liberal | Philip Alan Golding | 886 |
| | Liberal | J G E Williams | 827 |
| | Labour | E J (Jack) Townsend | 170 |
| | Labour | Miss C M Squire | 144 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Chelsfield (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Dr J A Mansi | 2,112 |
| | Liberal | Patrick McNally* | 1,994 |
| | Conservative | C L Burgess | 1,860 |
| | Liberal | Michael Edwardes-Evans | 1,804 |
| | Labour | G Fielding | 147 |
| | Labour | Mrs G M Ford | 138 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
Darwin (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Christopher David Mchenry Knox-Johnston* | 1,007 |
| | Liberal | Mrs Joyce M Carter | 622 |
| | Labour | G. A. Cox | 38 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Farnborough (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Mrs Sheila M Stead* | |
| | Conservative | K A Pawsey | |
| | Conservative | Mrs A M White | |
| | Liberal | E A G Morris | |
| | Liberal | Mrs E P Salmon | |
| | Liberal | N R Brice | |
| | Labour | Miss M J Healy | |
| | Labour | J O McKeown | |
| | Labour | D A Tytler | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Goddington (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | R A Davies | 2,976 |
| | Conservative | D A Heron | 2,933 |
| | Conservative | A J Day | 2,916 |
| | Liberal | P. A. R. Allwood* | 2,695 |
| | Liberal | J R Howitt | 2,635 |
| | Liberal | C. Robert Rayner | 2,616 |
| | Labour | S T Lack | 212 |
| | Labour | Gustav C White | 201 |
| | Labour | V G Upson | 192 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
Petts Wood (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Henry Thomas Cox | |
| | Conservative | Don D S Adams | |
| | Conservative | F. J. Packer* | |
| | Liberal | P A Gooch | |
| | Liberal | Byrom Lees | |
| | Liberal | Keith H Lock | |
| | Labour | Mrs L L Lack | |
| | Labour | W B Deller | |
| | Labour | J McHendry | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
St Mary Cray (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Ernest James Lovell* | 1,590 |
| | Liberal | A A Parfitt | 1,510 |
| | Conservative | K I Harding | 1,222 |
| | Conservative | Miss S M N Gready | 1,167 |
| | Labour | Mrs B M E Cox | 470 |
| | Labour | B Dibb | 460 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |