# 1964 Harrow London Borough Council election

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

## Background

These elections were the first to the newly formed borough. Previously elections had taken place in the Municipal Borough of Harrow. This borough formed the new London Borough of Harrow by the London Government Act 1963.
A total of 168 candidates stood in the election for the 56 seats being contested across 15 wards. These included a full slate from the Conservative and Labour parties, while the Liberals stood 50 candidates. Other candidates included 6 from the Communist party. There were 7 three-seat wards, 5 four-seat wards and 3 five-seat wards.
This election had aldermen as well as directly elected councillors. The Conservatives got 6 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 16 after winning 36 of the 56 seats. Overall turnout in the election was 43.0%. This turnout included 793 postal votes.

## Ward results

Belmont (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Edward John Harkett | 1,899 | | |
| | Conservative | Edward George Buckle | 1,898 | | |
| | Conservative | George Colborne Hill | 1,897 | | |
| | Labour | Walter F Griffin | 728 | | |
| | Labour | K D Reeves | 723 | | |
| | Labour | R G Taylor | 647 | | |
| | Liberal | Thomas R Burke | 474 | | |
| | Liberal | H J Sergeant | 433 | | |
| | Liberal | Cyril Alfred B Aldridge | 429 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,087 | 37.2 | |
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Harrow Weald (4) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Colin George V Barson | 2,754 | | |
| | Labour | Archibald James Eckert | 2,690 | | |
| | Labour | Bernard M Cohen | 2,634 | | |
| | Labour | D J Sleigh | 2,505 | | |
| | Conservative | James D Charter | 1,805 | | |
| | Conservative | Mrs V Charter | 1,736 | | |
| | Conservative | Mrs M Apollo | 1,725 | | |
| | Conservative | J E Palmer | 1,619 | | |
| | Liberal | Ronald Everitt | 703 | | |
| | Liberal | H C Cooper | 577 | | |
| | Liberal | Terence I Jones | 576 | | |
| | Liberal | R J E Owen | 576 | | |
| | Communist | H J Tuttle | 121 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,092 | 51.7 | |
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Harrow-on-the-Hill & Greenhill (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William E Jones | 1,438 | | |
| | Conservative | Charles Edward Stenhouse | 1,423 | | |
| | Conservative | W E N Wormald | 1,400 | | |
| | Labour | J R Green | 675 | | |
| | Labour | G E Clayton | 648 | | |
| | Labour | R F Short | 612 | | |
| | Liberal | F A Farmer | 403 | | |
| | Liberal | Mrs M Sorrell | 367 | | |
| | Liberal | R S Montgomerie | 357 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,491 | 32.9 | |
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Headstone (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Owen George Collins | 1,974 | | |
| | Conservative | Harold Richard Sheldrake | 1,940 | | |
| | Conservative | William Archibald Tackley | 1,897 | | |
| | Liberal | Geoffrey Owen Abbott | 1,004 | | |
| | Liberal | Mrs Audrey E Beauchamp | 906 | | |
| | Liberal | Richard J Denney | 797 | | |
| | Labour | Joseph T M Blackman | 540 | | |
| | Labour | F D Flower | 535 | | |
| | Labour | A H Bolton | 505 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,397 | 44.1 | |
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Kenton (4) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Anthony C Cocksedge | 2,517 | | |
| | Conservative | Mrs Marie Martha H E Haslam | 2,376 | | |
| | Conservative | Eric William Harry Feakins | 2,240 | | |
| | Conservative | J D Statham | 2,214 | | |
| | Liberal | Dennis Frederick Joyner | 1,925 | | |
| | Liberal | Dr Ivan M Roitt | 1,835 | | |
| | Liberal | H W Chapman | 1,795 | | |
| | Liberal | E W Husband | 1,764 | | |
| | Labour | M M Keir | 985 | | |
| | Labour | Mrs A Beasley | 973 | | |
| | Labour | M A Mills | 958 | | |
| | Labour | R C Barson | 956 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,164 | 54.4 | |
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Pinner North & Hatch End (5) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Cyril G Ellement | 4,109 | | |
| | Conservative | Mrs Isobel Muriel Potts | 4,048 | | |
| | Conservative | Harold Trevor Mote | 4,014 | | |
| | Conservative | M D Hartley-Hill | 3,972 | | |
| | Conservative | N Graham Hines | 3,956 | | |
| | Liberal | Edwin J H Francis | 916 | | |
| | Liberal | B Domb | 808 | | |
| | Liberal | C J James | 799 | | |
| | Liberal | H Young | 795 | | |
| | Liberal | Klaus W Eliel | 764 | | |
| | Labour | Peter Antony Fletcher | 520 | | |
| | Labour | Mrs D M Hinton | 512 | | |
| | Labour | F W Hinton | 495 | | |
| | Labour | C B King | 483 | | |
| | Labour | Mrs M C B Morley | 480 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,405 | 41.1 | |
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Pinner South (5) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mrs D A Nott-Cock | 3,601 | | |
| | Conservative | Alfred George Sellers | 3,591 | | |
| | Conservative | Owen W N Cock | 3,585 | | |
| | Conservative | William Sydney Clack | 3,571 | | |
| | Conservative | Charles Ernest Jordan | 3,543 | | |
| | Liberal | W R Westaway | 1,004 | | |
| | Liberal | W H D Little | 990 | | |
| | Liberal | G R Davis | 974 | | |
| | Liberal | T W Kettle | 956 | | |
| | Liberal | J S Anthony | 953 | | |
| | Labour | J L Clark | 947 | | |
| | Labour | Colin Litchfield | 802 | | |
| | Labour | Jeremy P Lansdell | 788 | | |
| | Labour | Mrs A M Littlehales | 759 | | |
| | Labour | G A Tempest | 753 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,447 | 42.8 | |
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Queensbury (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mrs Eva E Davies | 2,098 | | |
| | Labour | R Bailey | 2,042 | | |
| | Labour | Henry I Harris | 2,020 | | |
| | Conservative | Michael A Carmody | 1,116 | | |
| | Conservative | Frederick L Le Franc | 1,064 | | |
| | Conservative | Miss N Harker | 1,044 | | |
| | Communist | James P Roche | 129 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,283 | 37.3 | |
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Roxbourne (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Glyn Davies | 1,703 | | |
| | Labour | A H Tidmarsh | 1,676 | | |
| | Conservative | J W Nickolay | 1,667 | | |
| | Labour | P W Underwood | 1,661 | | |
| | Conservative | Harold Grainger | 1,645 | | |
| | Conservative | A E Thomas | 1,630 | | |
| | Liberal | Mrs Eileen J Colledge | 1,292 | | |
| | Liberal | Arthur A Fawthrop | 1,287 | | |
| | Liberal | Edgar G Wilmott | 1,285 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,668 | 51.6 | |
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Roxeth (4) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John S Campbell | 2,233 | | |
| | Labour | Mrs Doris I Edwards | 2,160 | | |
| | Labour | A R Judge | 2,130 | | |
| | Labour | I W Mackay | 2,061 | | |
| | Conservative | L D Bowman | 1,949 | | |
| | Conservative | Miss Cherisy P Cawood | 1,939 | | |
| | Conservative | E R Chalker | 1,918 | | |
| | Conservative | E K Cornes | 1,810 | | |
| | Liberal | John C Connolly | 765 | | |
| | Liberal | Mrs L A O Harrison | 694 | | |
| | Liberal | A Forrest | 668 | | |
| | Liberal | M Sewell-Rutter | 624 | | |
| | Communist | R R C Morris | 123 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,843 | 45.2 | |
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Stanmore North (5) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Gerald Francis Gibbons | 2,741 | | |
| | Conservative | Frank L Rees | 2,741 | | |
| | Conservative | Derrick B Rouse | 2,677 | | |
| | Conservative | Albert Edward Peter Farquhar MacRae | 2,676 | | |
| | Conservative | Mrs Nan Rees | 2,669 | | |
| | Labour | S Bishop | 774 | | |
| | Labour | Reginald A Russell | 771 | | |
| | Labour | Henry Kilkenny | 752 | | |
| | Labour | D F Tomsett | 733 | | |
| | Labour | Horace Alan H Riches | 648 | | |
| | Liberal | Mrs Marjorie H Jackson | 530 | | |
| | Liberal | Michael E Hannah | 523 | | |
| | Liberal | M D Colne | 513 | | |
| | Liberal | Willy Paul | 460 | | |
| | Liberal | J B Ladley | 438 | | |
| | Communist | Richard Thomas Gooding | 161 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,070 | 32.8 | |
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Stanmore South (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alfred James Lovell | 2,025 | | |
| | Labour | William Ody Allen | 1,982 | | |
| | Labour | Mrs Sarah R Edgeworth | 1,968 | | |
| | Conservative | Edward C P Taylor | 1,027 | | |
| | Conservative | J C Medcalf | 1,025 | | |
| | Conservative | D A Maddocks | 1,014 | | |
| | Communist | R A Ward | 133 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,136 | 38.7 | |
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Wealdstone North (4) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | H G Grange | 2,738 | | |
| | Labour | Mrs Amelia M. Carey | 2,725 | | |
| | Labour | Cyril B Harrison | 2,692 | | |
| | Labour | D J R Howard | 2,448 | | |
| | Conservative | D W Pratt | 1,522 | | |
| | Conservative | T D Jones | 1,516 | | |
| | Conservative | F G Saxby | 1,504 | | |
| | Conservative | Arthur B C Turner | 1,501 | | |
| | Liberal | H V Goss | 884 | | |
| | Liberal | Mrs B E Burbery | 666 | | |
| | Liberal | M B Sorrell | 619 | | |
| | Liberal | R J Kitcher | 608 | | |
| | Communist | Joseph Marshall | 119 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,998 | 46.8 | |
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Wealdstone South (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | D S O Smith | 1,687 | | |
| | Conservative | Frederick William C Adkins | 1,679 | | |
| | Conservative | Stanley Russell Miller | 1,614 | | |
| | Labour | Charles Morley | 1,087 | | |
| | Labour | J Lesser | 1,022 | | |
| | Labour | A H Elderton | 1,016 | | |
| | Liberal | Mrs M M Husband | 628 | | |
| | Liberal | C P Dobson | 621 | | |
| | Liberal | P Jeffery | 621 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,427 | 42.4 | |
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West Harrow (4) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | A O’Loughlin | 1,920 | | |
| | Conservative | B C A Turner | 1,856 | | |
| | Conservative | Derek H J Hart | 1,851 | | |
| | Conservative | Charles Frederick J. Low | 1,834 | | |
| | Labour | F Mutton | 1,502 | | |
| | Labour | S H Roan | 1,477 | | |
| | Labour | Frederick S Davies | 1,474 | | |
| | Labour | E Beasley | 1,441 | | |
| | Liberal | David J Leonard | 899 | | |
| | Liberal | P R Coleby | 894 | | |
| | Liberal | Cyril C. Chadley | 879 | | |
| | Liberal | Mrs P Coleby | 866 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,308 | 45.8 | |
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