1963 Finchley Borough Council election

1963 Finchley Borough Council election

10 May 1963
8 councillors to Finchley Borough Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Liberal Conservative Labour Seats won 0 Seat change 1
Majority party before election Conservative Party Majority party after election Liberal Party

Finchley's 1963 municipal elections were held on 10 May 1963. One third of the seats represented by councillors were up for election. One seat falling vacant in each of the eight wards.

Background

Finchley Council was made up of 32 elected members; 24 Councillors who were elected by the voting public and 8 Aldermen who were elected by the Councillors. Councillors served a three year term while Aldermen served a six year term. Since the council was enlarged in 1950 the Conservative Party had been in power. After the 1962 elections the Liberals had the most Councillors but the Conservatives retained power as they had more Aldermen.

Election result

Finchley Local Election Result 1963

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal			0		66.66	52.52	13,694	+20.73
	Conservative		0			33.33	37.93	9,891	-18.06
	Labour	0	0	1	-1	0.0	9.55	2,491	-2.66

The result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:

Party		Previous council		New council
		Cllr	Ald	Cllr	Ald
	Liberals		0	19	-
	Conservative		8	5	-
	Labour		-		-
Total		24	8	24	8
		32		32

The Conservatives lost their majority and went into opposition. The Liberals won a majority taking control of the council for the first time.

Ward results

Bishop's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alan D Cohen	1,639	52.73
	Conservative	M Mendel	1,178	37.89
	Labour	Yvonne Sieve	292	9.39
Majority			461	14.84
Turnout			3,109
	Liberal hold		Swing

Glebe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal
	Conservative
	Labour
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Manor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frank Davis	1,734	52.18
	Conservative	S Stubbs	1,117	33.61
	Labour	P Watkins	472	14.20
Majority			617	18.57
Turnout			3,323
	Liberal hold		Swing

Moss Hall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal
	Conservative
	Labour
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

St Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative
	Liberal
	Labour
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Paul's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal
	Conservative
	Labour
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Tudor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	M Lowe	1,270	41.19
	Labour	RN Chesterton	1,190	38.60
	Conservative	V Francis	623	20.21
Majority			80	2.59
Turnout			3,083
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

Whetstone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative
	Liberal
	Labour
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing