# 1964 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election

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

## Background

These elections were the first to the newly formed borough council. Previously elections had taken place in the Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green, Metropolitan Borough of Poplar and Metropolitan Borough of Stepney. These boroughs were joined to form the new London Borough of Tower Hamlets by the London Government Act 1963.
A total of 115 candidates stood for the 60 seats, across 20 wards. 6 seats in two wards were uncontested. The Labour party fielded a full slate of candidates, while the Liberal and Conservative parties stood 19 and 17 respectively. Other candidates included 13 Communists, 2 Residents, 2 Union Movement, 1 Independent and 1 Independent Labour Party. There were 14 three-seat wards, 3 four-seat wards and 3 two-seat wards.
This election had aldermen as well as directly elected councillors. Labour got all 10 aldermen.
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 win 55 of the 60 seats, Communists 3 and Residents 2. Conservative and Liberal candidates failed to win any seats. Overall turnout in the election was 16.9%. This turnout included 197 postal votes.

## Ward results
### Bethnal Green Central

Bethnal Green Central (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | D. M. Couling | uncontested | | |
| | Labour | W. J. Griffiths | uncontested | | |
| | Labour | H. Morsman | uncontested | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,604 | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Bethnal Green East

Bethnal Green East (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | No contest | n/a | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Bethnal Green North

Bethnal Green North (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,066 | 17.2 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Bethnal Green South

Bethnal Green South (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,244 | 18.4 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Bethnal Green West

Bethnal Green West (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | H. Moore | 940 | | |
| | Labour | A. Friedlander | 910 | | |
| | Labour | A. Praag | 901 | | |
| | Liberal | J. Fraser | 161 | | |
| | Liberal | D. Macdonald | 155 | | |
| | Liberal | J. Adams | 143 | | |
| | Communist | R. Rousay | 119 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,188 | 19.5 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Bow North

Bow North (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | K. A. Dodd | 579 |
| | Labour | E. C. Winterflood | 567 |
| | Conservative | L. A. Dumont | 79 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Bow South

Bow South (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | T. E. Phillips | 895 | | |
| | Labour | W. T. Tuson | 867 | | |
| | Labour | G. W. Negus | 855 | | |
| | Conservative | A. J. Lawrence | 235 | | |
| | Conservative | B. Lawrence | 210 | | |
| | Conservative | R. F. Ludbrook | 193 | | |
| | Independent | C. A. Stevens | 130 | | |
| | Union Movement | F. C. Lang | 117 | | |
| | Communist | G. Collier | 64 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Bromley

Bromley (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,085 | 15.8 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Holy Trinity

Holy Trinity (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,288 | 16.1 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Limehouse

Limehouse (4) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,302 | 14.0 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Poplar East

Poplar East (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,279 | 19.3 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Poplar Millwall

Poplar Millwall (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,933 | 33.7 | |
| | Residents win (new seat) | Residents win (new seat) | Residents win (new seat) | Residents win (new seat) | Residents win (new seat) |
| | Residents win (new seat) | Residents win (new seat) | Residents win (new seat) | Residents win (new seat) | Residents win (new seat) |

### Poplar South

Poplar South (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 946 | 17.6 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Poplar West

Poplar West (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,114 | 14.2 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Redcoat

Redcoat (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 863 | 12.7 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### St Dunstan's

St Dunstan's (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 854 | 13.2 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### St Katherine's

St Katherine's (4) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,274 | 15.6 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### St Mary's

St Mary's (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Communist | Solly Kaye | 670 | | |
| | Communist | B. Borman | 636 | | |
| | Communist | P. Roche | 542 | | |
| | Labour | A. Bermel | 522 | | |
| | Labour | A. Butler | 507 | | |
| | Labour | J. P. Duggan | 477 | | |
| | Liberal | M. Dove | 250 | | |
| | Liberal | T. Bond | 220 | | |
| | Liberal | S. H. Woodham | 209 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,394 | 24.6 | |
| | Communist win (new seat) | Communist win (new seat) | Communist win (new seat) | Communist win (new seat) | Communist win (new seat) |
| | Communist win (new seat) | Communist win (new seat) | Communist win (new seat) | Communist win (new seat) | Communist win (new seat) |
| | Communist win (new seat) | Communist win (new seat) | Communist win (new seat) | Communist win (new seat) | Communist win (new seat) |

### Shadwell

Shadwell (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | R. J. Connolly | 877 | | |
| | Labour | F. G. Spearing | 863 | | |
| | Labour | R. Cockell | 839 | | |
| | Communist | F. Whipple | 137 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Spitalfields

Spitalfields (4) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,363 | 15.0 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |