1964 Barnet London Borough Council election

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

1964 Barnet London Borough Council election

7 May 1964 1968 →
All 56 seats to Barnet London Borough Council 29 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	46.1
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Liberal Seats won 37 13 6 Percentage 43.5% 28.7% 27.1%
Council control before election Not applicable Council control after election Conservative

These elections were the first to the newly formed borough. Previously elections had taken place in the Municipal Borough of Finchley, Municipal Borough of Hendon, Barnet Urban District, East Barnet Urban District and Friern Barnet 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 175 candidates stood in the election for the 56 seats being contested across 30 wards. These included a full slate from the Conservative and Labour parties, while the Liberals stood at least one candidate in each ward. Other candidates included 7 from the Communist Party and 1 independent. There were 13 three-seat wards (the former boroughs of Finchley and Hendon) and 17 one-seat wards (the former urban districts of Barnet, East Barnet and Friern Barnet).

This election also had aldermen as well as directly elected councillors. The Conservatives got 6 aldermen, Labour 2 and the Liberals 1.

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 24 after winning 37 of the 56 seats. Overall turnout in the election was 46.1%. This turnout included 1,332 postal votes.

Barnet Local Election Result 1964^[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	37	37	0	+37	66.1	43.5	99,525	+43.5
	Labour	13	13	0	+13	23.2	28.7	65,676	+28.7
	Liberal	6	6	0	+6	10.7	27.1	61,975	+27.1
	Communist	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.4	904	+0.4
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	548	+0.2

Ward results

Arkley East

Arkley East (1 seat)^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs. C. D. Hopkins	678
	Conservative	E. V. Griffin	674
	Liberal	N. H. Morris	351
Turnout			1,705	51.1
	Labour win (new seat)

Arkley West

Arkley West (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs. J. E. Pudney	772
	Conservative	Kenneth A. Ainsworth	648
	Liberal	Mrs. J. K. Briveau	145
Turnout			1,564	45.9
	Labour win (new seat)

Barnet North

Barnet North (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ernest Cheason	690
	Independent	D. G. Cheeseman	548
	Labour	Mrs. A. H. Mealing	510
	Liberal	K. J. Fowler	272
Turnout			2,037	55.1
	Conservative win (new seat)

Barnet South

Barnet South (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Percy George Henry Woodruff	1,111
	Liberal	K. W. R. Burrough	623
	Labour	E. P. Gardner	598
Turnout			2,335	47.7
	Conservative win (new seat)

Brunswick Park

Brunswick Park (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. B. Passingham	1,145
	Liberal	E. L. Knight	948
	Conservative	B. Gibbs	883
Turnout			2,983	60.2
	Labour win (new seat)

Burnt Oak

Burnt Oak (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. S. Champion	3,094
	Labour	A. Paul	3,039
	Labour	R. Robinson	2,999
	Conservative	G. Leach	387
	Conservative	Mrs. G. Holland	378
	Conservative	Miss S. Risdon	374
	Liberal	Miss J. Allen	143
	Liberal	D. Martindale	135
	Communist	A. Legg	116
Turnout			3,666	34.7
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Child's Hill

Child's Hill (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. W. Hughes	1,829
	Conservative	A. Young	1,825
	Conservative	N. R. Sutton	1,811
	Labour	Mrs. M. C. Tyler	1,310
	Labour	R. Collins	1,307
	Labour	R. D. Harvey	1,284
	Liberal	L. W. Bailey	867
	Liberal	A. D. Mercer	863
	Liberal	Mrs. J. D. Caine	860
Turnout			4,059	38.2
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Cockfosters

Cockfosters (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. A. J. Gunning	805
	Conservative	A. W. P. Fawcett	605
	Liberal	Mrs. B. M. Craymer	386
Turnout			1,797	54.4
	Labour win (new seat)

East Barnet

East Barnet (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Cutts-Watson	1,043
	Labour	R. H. Mann	722
	Liberal	S. A. Davis	519
Turnout			2,289	54.4
	Conservative win (new seat)

Edgware

Edgware (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Felton	2,564
	Conservative	H. R. Brooks	2,537
	Conservative	R. Porcas	2,406
	Labour	Mrs. P. Moyse	1,831
	Labour	D. Goldman	1,821
	Labour	M. Katz	1,804
	Liberal	M. Ingram	873
	Liberal	John Holmes	857
	Liberal	Oswald Rosalki	839
	Communist	W. Wayne	145
Turnout			5,200	39.0
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Finchley Central

Finchley Central (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman James Sapsted	2,615
	Conservative	Leslie George Snelling	2,578
	Conservative	Keith M Klean	2,565
	Liberal	J. S. Hill	1,706
	Liberal	H.A. Allwood	1,666
	Liberal	L.W. Watkins	1,636
	Labour	N. Birch	1,405
	Labour	B. Quinn	1,291
	Labour	Mrs. M. Root	1,250
	Communist	A. Winsloe	118
Turnout			5,710	46.5
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Finchley East

Finchley East (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. W. Webb	2,359
	Liberal	Alan D. Cohen	2,303
	Liberal	Anthony H. Tibber	2,280
	Conservative	M. King	2,024
	Conservative	R. A. F. Ferguson	1,895
	Conservative	K. A. Bexley	1,886
	Labour	J. W. Watkins	1,571
	Labour	D. R. Allen	1,502
	Labour	Yvonne Sieve	1,475
	Communist	L. E. Segal	187
Turnout			5,986	48.9
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

Finchley North

Finchley North (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William George Hart	2,751
	Conservative	Frank Dale Gibson	2,720
	Conservative	Victor Howard Usher	2,703
	Liberal	C. A. Roberts	2,051
	Liberal	Douglas Robert Creed	2,009
	Liberal	Alexander N R Gunn	1,842
	Labour	G. Dunn	1,148
	Labour	J. Burke	984
	Labour	S. Wills	937
	Communist	B. Shore	137
Turnout			5,867	51.8
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Finchley West

Finchley West (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Murray Medway	3,184
	Liberal	Leonard Sattin	3,092
	Liberal	Frank Davis	3,087
	Conservative	F. W. Riches	2,840
	Conservative	V. S. Francis	2,771
	Conservative	C. E. White	2,693
	Labour	Mrs. R. Y. Green	800
	Labour	Mrs. S. H. Harris	795
	Labour	W. Maycock	786
Turnout			6,820	54.9
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

Friern Barnet Central

Friern Barnet Central (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Edward Tomlinson	654
	Conservative	J. E. Pickering	567
	Liberal	J. Walters	437
Turnout			1,665	51.4
	Labour win (new seat)

Friern Barnet East

Friern Barnet East (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. H. Flesher	985
	Liberal	K. E. Ruge	842
	Labour	Mrs. L. F. Spaul	225
Turnout			2,058	56.2
	Conservative win (new seat)

Friern Barnet North

Friern Barnet North (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. H. Tangye	1,108
	Liberal	A. H. J. Parsons	252
	Labour	Mrs. B. M. Slade	172
Turnout			1,536	45.8
	Conservative win (new seat)

Friern Barnet South

Friern Barnet South (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. C. George	884
	Conservative	P. J. Van der Spiegel	504
	Liberal	H. C. Bass	327
Turnout			1,718	41.3
	Labour win (new seat)

Friern Barnet West

Friern Barnet West (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs. E. Constable	1,213
	Liberal	K. J. Norman	981
	Labour	D. A. James	235
Turnout			2,436	56.7
	Conservative win (new seat)

Garden Suburb

Garden Suburb (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. A. Sharman	2,089
	Conservative	P. D. Mendel	2,027
	Conservative	R. J. Finigan	1,954
	Liberal	Quintin Joseph Iwi	1,424
	Liberal	Jean Mary Henderson	1,422
	Liberal	Mrs. P. K. H. Young	1,300
	Labour	Mrs. N. McGregor	580
	Labour	Mrs. M. Shields	577
	Labour	Miss I. Stearn	552
	Communist	J. W. Pinder	173
Turnout			4,123	44.7
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Golders Green

Golders Green (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs. R. A. Freedman	1,678
	Conservative	C. F. Harris	1,652
	Conservative	G. J. Dickins	1,603
	Labour	Mrs. J. Miller	1,548
	Labour	Mrs. B. R. Scharf	1,524
	Labour	T. H. Barnes	1,389
	Liberal	E. B. Davis	932
	Liberal	Philip L. Smulian	895
	Liberal	Mrs. P. Fiander	849
Turnout			4,165	41.4
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hadley

Hadley (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. H. Jobbins	941
	Liberal	R. F. Williamson	643
	Labour	J. D. O’Brien	339
Turnout			1,924	50.7
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hendon Central

Hendon Central (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leslie A Hills	2,509
	Conservative	W. Lloyd-Taylor	2,446
	Conservative	T. Stewart	2,375
	Liberal	D. T. Baron	1,804
	Liberal	K. Farrow	1,804
	Liberal	I. Scott	1,797
	Labour	R. Snowdon	822
	Labour	D. Wilkes	812
	Labour	R. Lyons	805
Turnout			5,129	45.0
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Lyonsdown

Lyonsdown (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. A. E. Asker	1,214
	Liberal	D. Redmond	460
	Labour	Mrs. M. Rilstone	255
Turnout			1,931	48.9
	Conservative win (new seat)

Mill Hill

Mill Hill (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs. Clara M. Thubrun	4,542
	Conservative	A. P. Fletcher	4,411
	Conservative	D. F. Simons	4,308
	Labour	Mrs. M. Nissel	1,671
	Labour	W. Marlow	1,663
	Labour	H. Zion	1,570
	Liberal	Mrs. A. Price-Davies	1,366
	Liberal	O. Williams	1,252
	Liberal	A. Gilbey	1,214
Turnout			7,521	44.7
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

New Barnet

New Barnet (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Seagroatt	829
	Conservative	R. L. Biddle	547
	Liberal	D. G. Sexton	283
	Communist	B. Marcus	28
Turnout			1,695	48.8
	Labour win (new seat)

Osidge

Osidge (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. B. Lewis	1,431
	Liberal	W. J. Lee	1,155
	Labour	N. Langford	256
Turnout			2,849	53.6
	Conservative win (new seat)

Park

Park (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Gordon-Lee	1,836
	Conservative	Mrs. N. I. Cullinane	1,808
	Conservative	John W Shock	1,763
	Labour	B. A. Le Mare	1,456
	Labour	Mrs. R. Jobson	1,409
	Labour	H. Rayner	1,407
	Liberal	P. Meyer	950
	Liberal	S. Shipton	897
	Liberal	K. Brown	895
Turnout			4,260	40.9
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Totteridge

Totteridge (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. M. Franklin	1,323
	Liberal	J. I. Karet	261
	Labour	V. G. Marchesi	191
Turnout			1,776	44.8
	Conservative win (new seat)

West Hendon

West Hendon (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. E. McCormack	2,132
	Labour	F. L. Tyler	2,064
	Labour	L. Marks	1,992
	Conservative	Miss G. O’Connell	1,017
	Conservative	Mrs. J. Partridge	945
	Conservative	A. G. Risdon	923
	Liberal	B. S. Wrigley	559
	Liberal	S. Saunders	543
	Liberal	P. Price	535
Turnout			3,637	36.3
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

By-elections between 1964 and 1968

There were no by-elections.^[3]