# 1964 Camden London Borough Council election

The 1964 Camden Council election took place on 7 May 1964 to elect members of Camden London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party gained control of the council.

## Background

These elections were the first to the newly formed borough. Previously elections had taken place in the Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead, Metropolitan Borough of Holborn and Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras. These boroughs were joined to form the new London Borough of Camden by the London Government Act 1963.
A total of 169 candidates stood in the election for the 60 seats being contested across 19 wards. These included a full slate from the Conservative and Labour parties, while the Liberals stood 31 candidates. Other candidates included 14 from the Communist party, 2 Independents and 2 Independent Labour. There were 10 three-seat wards, 6 four-seat wards and 3 two-seat wards.
This election had aldermen as well as directly elected councillors. Labour got 8 aldermen and the Conservatives 2.
The Council was elected in 1964 as a "shadow authority" but did not start operations until 1 April 1965.

## Election result

The results saw Labour gain the new council with a majority of 8 after winning 34 of the 60 seats. Overall turnout in the election was 35.6%. This turnout included 1,347 postal votes.

## Ward results
### Adelaide

Adelaide (4) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Madeleine du Mont | 2,152 | | |
| | Conservative | Richard Butterfield | 2,134 | | |
| | Conservative | Julian Tobin | 2,131 | | |
| | Conservative | Howard Sugden | 2,123 | | |
| | Labour | William Page | 1,399 | | |
| | Labour | Margaret Maxwell | 1,398 | | |
| | Labour | Michael Read | 1,384 | | |
| | Labour | Thomas Sargant | 1,329 | | |
| | Liberal | Richard Michael Norton | 375 | | |
| | Liberal | Graham Knight | 364 | | |
| | Liberal | Nigel Seymer | 362 | | |
| | Liberal | Barbara Bridger | 349 | | |
| | Communist | Ernest Woods | 152 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,973 | 35.5 | |
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### Belsize

Belsize (4) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Norman Oatway | 2,045 | | |
| | Conservative | Stanley Duncan | 2,028 | | |
| | Conservative | Alexandrina Burnett | 2,015 | | |
| | Conservative | Leslie Room | 2,009 | | |
| | Labour | Lyndal Evans | 1,651 | | |
| | Labour | Sheila Oakes | 1,649 | | |
| | Labour | Bernard Taylor | 1,616 | | |
| | Labour | Arthur Soutter | 1,585 | | |
| | Liberal | Margaret Darvall | 585 | | |
| | Liberal | Percy Brian Anderson | 575 | | |
| | Liberal | G. H. Willett | 571 | | |
| | Liberal | Doris Watson | 564 | | |
| | Communist | Timothy Webb | 146 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,311 | 39.6 | |
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### Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Harold Gould | 1,390 | | |
| | Conservative | William Ridd | 1,386 | | |
| | Conservative | Sidney Jaque | 1,383 | | |
| | Labour | Gyuri Wagner | 1,118 | | |
| | Labour | Frank Dobson | 1,110 | | |
| | Labour | Irene Wagner | 1,097 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,544 | 32.2 | |
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### Camden

Camden (4) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Tom Barker | 2,279 | | |
| | Labour | James Buckland | 2,267 | | |
| | Labour | Peggy Duff | 2,203 | | |
| | Labour | Peter Jonas | 2,154 | | |
| | Conservative | Beatrice Bundock | 799 | | |
| | Conservative | Frederick Hayward | 738 | | |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Love | 736 | | |
| | Conservative | Amy Kinder | 721 | | |
| | Liberal | Joyce Arram | 252 | | |
| | Liberal | Jock Nicolson | 238 | | |
| | Liberal | Jessie Fleming | 233 | | |
| | Liberal | Anne Roberts | 198 | | |
| | Communist | Dorothy Willett | 198 | | |
| | Communist | Margaret Rockall | 151 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,378 | 29.5 | |
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### Chalk Farm

Chalk Farm (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Hilda Chandler | 1,082 | | |
| | Labour | Joseph Richardson | 1,055 | | |
| | Conservative | Anthony Boosey | 775 | | |
| | Conservative | Patricia Hayward | 771 | | |
| | Communist | Walter Rees | 108 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,941 | 32.1 | |
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### Euston

Euston (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Millie Miller | 738 | | |
| | Labour | Peter Best | 730 | | |
| | Conservative | Edward Bowman | 677 | | |
| | Conservative | Horace Shooter | 649 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,433 | 29.5 | |
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### Gospel Oak

Gospel Oak (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alexander Sullivan | 1,257 | | |
| | Labour | Charles Tate | 1,212 | | |
| | Conservative | Anthony Dey | 560 | | |
| | Conservative | Denis Friis | 557 | | |
| | Communist | Kenneth Herbert | 130 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,905 | 34.5 | |
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### Grafton

Grafton (4) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Charles Ratchford | 2,777 | | |
| | Labour | Albert (Jock) Stallard | 2,685 | | |
| | Labour | Roy Shaw | 2,671 | | |
| | Labour | Derick Annison | 2,621 | | |
| | Conservative | Daphne Green | 710 | | |
| | Conservative | Christina Brennan | 625 | | |
| | Conservative | Esther Purves | 621 | | |
| | Conservative | George Paulley | 604 | | |
| | Communist | Donald Cook | 323 | | |
| | Communist | Harry Jackson | 257 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,547 | 28.9 | |
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### Hampstead Central

Hampstead Central (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Evans | 1,596 | | |
| | Conservative | Sidney Torrance | 1,594 | | |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Finsberg | 1,577 | | |
| | Labour | Nancy Silverman | 928 | | |
| | Labour | Henry Totten | 911 | | |
| | Labour | Phil Turner | 872 | | |
| | Liberal | Michael Watson | 382 | | |
| | Liberal | Mary Barling | 380 | | |
| | Liberal | David Sacker | 374 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,887 | 35.3 | |
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### Hampstead Town

Hampstead Town (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Knight | 1,961 | | |
| | Conservative | Arthur Roome | 1,955 | | |
| | Conservative | Luigi Denza | 1,947 | | |
| | Labour | Joan Hymans | 1,146 | | |
| | Labour | Thomas Mahoney | 1,127 | | |
| | Labour | Janek Langer | 1,121 | | |
| | Liberal | Pamela Frankau | 694 | | |
| | Liberal | Sarah Khuner | 668 | | |
| | Liberal | Archibald Macdonald | 656 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,783 | 43.8 | |
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### Highgate

Highgate (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Martin Morton | 2,067 | | |
| | Conservative | William Brennan | 2,062 | | |
| | Conservative | Roland Walker | 2,054 | | |
| | Labour | Corin Hughes-Stanton | 1,465 | | |
| | Labour | Richard Andrews | 1,440 | | |
| | Labour | Ivy Tate | 1,380 | | |
| | Communist | Walter Davis | 276 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,622 | 47.0 | |
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### Holborn

Holborn (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Albert Shaw | 2,063 | | |
| | Conservative | Alan Greengross | 2,060 | | |
| | Conservative | John Barker | 2,040 | | |
| | Labour | Iris Bonham | 1,662 | | |
| | Labour | Betty Grass | 1,642 | | |
| | Labour | Ruth Howe | 1,613 | | |
| | Liberal | James Hamilton | 188 | | |
| | Liberal | Joan Morris | 174 | | |
| | Liberal | Yvonne Taylor | 162 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,944 | 42.2 | |
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### Kilburn

Kilburn (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Victor Bonafont | 1,813 | | |
| | Labour | Albert (Tim) Skinner | 1,768 | | |
| | Labour | Robert Humphreys | 1,763 | | |
| | Conservative | Angus Macdonald | 653 | | |
| | Conservative | Pamela King | 644 | | |
| | Conservative | Winifred Peard | 633 | | |
| | Liberal | Nigel Barnes | 171 | | |
| | Liberal | Gwendoline Martin | 165 | | |
| | Liberal | Ronald Sampson | 164 | | |
| | Communist | Estella McEntire | 71 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,676 | 31.6 | |
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### King's Cross

King's Cross (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Clifford Tucker | 1,876 | | |
| | Labour | John Diamond | 1,857 | | |
| | Labour | Arthur Graves | 1,810 | | |
| | Conservative | Joyce Burgess | 1,523 | | |
| | Conservative | William McGowan | 1,492 | | |
| | Conservative | Thomas Morris | 1,473 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,410 | 36.0 | |
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### Priory

Priory (4) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Leila Campbell | 2,147 | | |
| | Labour | Jack Cooper | 2,116 | | |
| | Labour | John St. John | 2,098 | | |
| | Labour | Enid Wistrich | 2,011 | | |
| | Conservative | Irene Ellis | 1,557 | | |
| | Conservative | Anthony Pickford | 1,557 | | |
| | Conservative | Joan Dunsford | 1,553 | | |
| | Conservative | Charles Power | 1,545 | | |
| | Liberal | Arthur Stitt | 322 | | |
| | Liberal | Mary De la Mahotiere | 319 | | |
| | Liberal | David Harris | 319 | | |
| | Liberal | Bonamy Bradby | 301 | | |
| | Communist | Frederick Hill | 159 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,062 | 37.7 | |
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### Regent's Park

Regent's Park (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Richard Collins | 2,299 | | |
| | Labour | James Greenwood | 2,298 | | |
| | Labour | Grace Lee | 2,260 | | |
| | Conservative | Harold Bright | 1,319 | | |
| | Conservative | Keith Chalkley | 1,316 | | |
| | Conservative | Margaret Saville | 1,300 | | |
| | Communist | Colin Boatman | 189 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,744 | 40.3 | |
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### St John's

St John's (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Roger Robinson | 1,601 | | |
| | Labour | Gillian Macfarlane | 1,554 | | |
| | Labour | Richard Rowe | 1,538 | | |
| | Conservative | George Hathway | 605 | | |
| | Conservative | Betty Gall | 592 | | |
| | Conservative | Ann Smith | 590 | | |
| | Communist | Peter Richards | 188 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,270 | 31.0 | |
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### St Pancras

St Pancras (4) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | William Oakshott | 2,113 | | |
| | Labour | Paddy O'Connor | 2,111 | | |
| | Labour | Sidney Munn | 2,081 | | |
| | Labour | Samuel Fisher | 2,076 | | |
| | Conservative | John Glendinning | 495 | | |
| | Conservative | Eileen Wright | 476 | | |
| | Conservative | Henry Salter | 475 | | |
| | Conservative | Josephine Robins | 473 | | |
| | Independent Labour | Thomas Linehan | 291 | | |
| | Independent Labour | Margaret Munro | 224 | | |
| | Independent | Malcolm Davies | 184 | | |
| | Independent | John Mandeville | 154 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,876 | 29.9 | |
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### West End

West End (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Victor Lyon | 1,686 | | |
| | Conservative | Lindsay Cullen | 1,684 | | |
| | Conservative | Susan Ayliff | 1,651 | | |
| | Labour | Grace Stevenson | 1,536 | | |
| | Labour | Michael Cendrowicz | 1,494 | | |
| | Labour | Ernest Wistrich | 1,482 | | |
| | Liberal | Robert Druiff | 372 | | |
| | Liberal | Felix Kraft | 372 | | |
| | Liberal | Eric Abrahams | 351 | | |
| | Communist | Terrance Thomas | 125 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,626 | 37.6 | |
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