lONDON BOROUGH COUNCil IllCTloNS TIgj [UJilll1 TI9JVTI Compiled under the direction of the Director, Intelligence Unit, Greater London Council, from information supplied by London Borough Returning Officers Contents Summary of election facts and figures page 3 Table 1 By-elections for London Borough Councillors, May 1968 - May 1971 page 4 Table 2 Candidates, with party affiliations and votes cast, in each ward at the London Borough Council Elections, 13 May 1971 page 11 Table 3 Summary of election results by wards. page 66 Table 4 Summary of election results by parliamentary constituencies and boroughs page 100 Table 5 State of the political parties in the new Councils page 104 Diagram Political majority on London Borough Councils, 1968 and 1971 page 105 © Published by the Greater London Council 1971 Publication 7168 0387 9 Price 80p postage extra NOTES The London Boroughs were constituted under the London Government Act 1963 and the first elections to these new authorities were held on 7 May 1964. The Act provided for the next elections to be held in 1967 and every third year thereafter but this was amended by the London Government Act 1967, which postponed the elections for one year so as to take place instead in 1968 and every third year thereafter. The London Borough Councils have from 48 to 60 members. The number of wards in a borough varies from 12 in Barking to 31 in Brent, and from 1 to 7 councillors are elected for each ward. Electors have as many votes as there are councillors in each ward. Each council includes aldermen, to the number of one-sixth of the councillors, elected by the councillors from among them­ selves or from persons qualified to be councillors. Councillors are elected for three years; aldermen for six years, half retiring every third year. The Corporation (of the City) of London is not included here as it works under a different system. The Corporation consists of 159 common council­ men, 4 to 12 of whom are elected annually for each ward, and 25 aldermen, in addition to the Lord Mayor. The aldermen, one for each of 25 wards, are elected for life by the ward voters (who include business voters as well as residents). This return is the third of this series to be published. 2 SUMMARY OF ELECTION FACTS AND FIGURES, 1971. Total local government electorate 5,473,860 Electorate in contested wards 5,440,446 Number voting 2,105,571 (38.7% of electorate) Number of councillors to be elected 1,863 (including 15 unopposed) Number of candidates and votes by party. Candidates Votes * Labour (Lab) t 1,861 3,184,710 Conservative (Con) 1,745 2,363,299 Liberal (Lib) 595 253,255 Communist (Comm) 140 20,212 Ratepayers and Residents Associations (R) 110 94,421 National Front (NF) 45 4,954 Independent Ratepayers (Ind R) 31 39,718 Liberal and Independent Alliance (LlA) 10 2,633 Homes Before Roads,(HBR) 6 2,093 Union Movement (UM) 6 571 Dwarf 4 344 Harrow Youth Movement (HYM) 4 491 Socialist Party of Great Britain (SPGB) 4 137 Association of Independents (Ass Ind) 3 226 Independent Labour (Ind Lab) 3 668 National Democratic (NDc) 3 294 Stop 11 Plus (SEP) 3 628 Independent Conservative (Ind Con) 2 1,504 Republican's Association (Rep Ass) 2 265 Citizen 1 105 Civil and Human Rights (C+HR) 1 67 Fellowship Party (FP) 1 450 Independent Federation of the Left (Ind FL) 1 66 Indian Independent (Indian Ind) 1 27 Libertarian Socialist (LS) 1 130 Local Independent (Local Ind) 1 1,585 National Democrat (ND) 1 167 Nationalist House Britons First (NHBF) 1 133 No Rates on Home Improvement (NRHI) 1 251 People's Democracy (PD) 1 124 Self Employed Independent (SE Ind) 1 270 Tenant's Candidate (TC) 1 398 A Tenant's Voice (TV) 1 205 Unofficial Conservative (U-Con) tt 1 .567 Independents (Ind) 43 21,427 Total 4,635 5,996,395 * The figures reflect multiple votes in wards with more than one councillor With a varying number of councillors in each ward the votes cast are not necessarily a precise reflection of the overall strength of the parties in this election. t Includes Labour and Co-operative candidates. tt Candidate standing without official support of the party. 3 Table 1 By-elections for London Borough Councillors, May 1968 - May 1971 Notes (i) Votes cast in each by-election are shown against the names of the candidates. (ii) The date of the election and the percentage voting is shown beside the name of the ward. (iii) Elected candidates are shown in bold. (iv) Party affiliations are as indicated on page 3 unless otherwise shown. Barking CRAYFORD WEST (4.12.69,32.6%) Mead G. H. S. Con 1029 There were no by-elections held between Smith K. J. Lab 470 May 1968 and May 1971 Newman A. Mrs Db 199 Lane C. NF 99 Barnet BELVEDERE (5.3.70,25.5%) COLINDALE (7.5. 70, 39.7%) Gadsdon S. E. Miss Lab 1185 McCormack B. E. Lab 1515 Hague D. J. Con 1094 Pym L. J. Con 1106 Turner J. D. NF 156 Wrigley B.A. Ub 320 CHRISTCHURCH (23.7.70,24.6%) FRIERN BARNET (10.6.70,18.6%) Jamieson-Harvey A. L. O. Mrs Con 1358 Tiplady J. C. Con 1616 Lebar D. C. Lab 573 Winter S. C. Ub 277 Turner J. D. NF 66 Goddard M. A. N. Lab 263 HADLEY (10.6.70,28.3%) CRAYFORD NORTH (23.7.70,34.3%) Middleton R. W. Mrs Con 1907 Maxwell P. S. Lab 2317 Potter R. H. Lab 726 Green R. D. P. Con 1148 Standing B. A. Ub 616 Lane C. NF 90 Freake A. J. Ind 506 ClDLDS lDLL (25.9.70,21.9%) Brent Jarman B. A. Con 1192 CHAMBERLAYNE (27.6.68,30.0%) Palmer M. E. Ub 874 Cole L. W. Lab 628 Lazarus D. A. Con 1271 Hockey J. E. Lab 443 Smulovitch K. Mrs Lib 282 Bexley Gibbons L. C. Mrs Comm 29 DANSON (3.10.68,34.3%) KENTON (27.6.68,22.0%) D1sley B. J. Con 1603 Newland A. M. Mrs Con 1389 Cooper S. J. Lab 1121 Hughes E. I. Con 1373 Pendsay P. G. Lab III UPTON (24.4.69, 36.3%) Lockyer S. E. H. Lab 110 Newton L. S. Con 1365 WEMBLEY PARK (27.6.68,25.9%) Beach J. R. Lab 467 Newman A. Mrs Ub 356 Scott l. J. Con 1496 Bance P. J. Con 1485 NORTHUMBERLAND HEATH (12.6.69,38.9%) Coburn C. Mrs Db 179 Butcher L. F. Db 175 Bale D. C. Con 1866 Toller K. E. Mrs Lab 162 Handy E. Lab 1177 Feather R. Lab 156 SIDCUP WEST (2.10.69, 31.9%) TOKYNGTON (31.7.69,22.1%) Williams B. H. Con 1306 Harvey D. J. Con 867 Hargrave C. F. Lab 480 Wyatt M. C. Mrs Lab 447 Rogers L. W. Ub 473 Coburn C. Mrs Db 212 4 Bromley HIGHGATE· continued BICKLEY (27.6.68,22.7%) Needham J. R. Lab 1027 Nicholson J. Comm 81 Smith J. Con 1977 Edwards W. R. Lib 250 Leys E. Mrs Lab 183 HOLBORN (12.3.70, 29.4%) Grass B. M. Mrs Lab 946 PETIS WOOD (27.6.68, 41.3%) Mayer A. E. S. Con 781 Harding K. J. Con 3165 Lock K. H. Lib 2010 Constable J. R. Lab 188 Croydon PURLEY (11.7.68, 14.0%) SHORTLANDS (27.6.68,17.9%) Campbell M. E. Mrs Con 1252 1130 Davis B. E. G. Con Legge K. H. Lib 247 Bratt J. Lib 150 Hamblin B.G. Lab 116 Gaster C. R. Lab 130 SHIRLEY (29.1.70,20.6%) CHELSFIELD (29.5.69, 49.9%) Dubery F. R. Con 2096 Tatham J. Mrs Con 1634 Chance C. R. Lib 368 Ellingworth S. D. Lib 1579 Robertson H. W. Lab 297 109 Fielding G. Lab Waddell J. T. E. A. Ind 161 ST. MARY CRAY (29.5.69, 49.9%) Edey R. Lib 1292 Gready S. M. N. Miss Con 869 Ealing Lack S. T. Lab 371 CENTRAL (27.6.68,19.1%) EDEN PARK (20.11.69, 29.0%) Kettle K. L. Con 1771 Williams I. A. Lab 344 Swatton J. E. Con 1185 Martin-Kaye J. Mrs Lib 213 Phillips I. Lib 382 Gaster C. R. Lab 186 WALPOLE (27.6.68, 21.2%) ST. PAUL'S CRAY (5.2.70,20.4%) Spencer R. E. T. Con 1609 Downham P. Lab 467 Smith E. C. H. Lab 1367 Moore F. F. P. lib 142 Stayte A. E. Con 665 Holbrook B. E. NF 63 Fudonger J. Miss Lib 283 HANGER HILL (27.3.69,34.0%) ST. PAUL'S CRAY (31.7.70,17.5%) Fenner R. A. V. M. Con 2143 Edwards D. W. Lab 1511 Eckles P. C. Lab 684 Stayte A. E. Con 507 Reed N. J. Lib 224 Hart J. J. Lib 166 DORMERS WELLS (19.3.70, 31.4%) ST. MARY CRAY (3.12.70,28.2%) Jennings M. F. Con 1846 Spellar J. F. Lab 1180 Con 1813 Edwardes-Evans M. Lib 988 Lewis D. R. Cheesman T. Lab 1249 Edwards G. S. Con 618 Sennett P. W. Lab 1211 Pooley D. C. NF 343 Camden Shaw J. NF 329 KILBURN (5.12.68, 25.3%) Offenbach D. M. Lab 1047 Enfield Greenaway H. K. Miss Con 834 Whittle K. W. Lib 145 CHASE (4.7.68,27.4%) Alcock J. A.