1964 Hale Urban District Council election

1964 Hale Urban District Council election
9 May 1964 (1964-05-09)
4 of 12 seats
to Hale Urban District Council
6 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Residents
Last election 2 seats,
39.4% 		1 seats,
29.2% 		1 seats,
22.8%
Seats before 8 3 1
Seats won 3 0 1
Seats after 8 2 2
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 2,394 1,139 960
Percentage 47.3% 22.5% 19.0%
Swing 7.9% 6.7% 3.8%
Map of results of 1964 election
Leader of the Council before election


Conservative

Leader of the Council after election


Conservative

Elections to Hale Council were held on Saturday, 9 May 1964. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. Extensive ward boundary changes came into effect at this election, however, the number of councillors was retained and displaced members were allocated to newly created wards for the remainder of their terms.

The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.[1][2]

Election result

Party Votes Seats Full Council
Conservative Party 2,394 (47.3%)
7.9 3 (75.0%)
3 / 4
 8 (66.7%)
8 / 12
Liberal Party 1,139 (22.5%)
6.7 0 (0.0%)
0 / 4
 1 2 (16.7%)
2 / 12
Residents 960 (19.0%)
3.8 1 (25.0%)
1 / 4
 1 2 (16.7%)
2 / 12
Labour Party 563 (11.1%)
2.5 0 (0.0%)
0 / 4
 0 (0.0%)
0 / 12
↓
2 2 8

Ward results

Bollin

Bollin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. S. Pickles* uncontested
Conservative hold Swing

Central

Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative W. A. L. Sawyer* 1,098 66.5
Liberal J. H. Darling 552 33.5
Majority 546 33.0
Turnout 1,650 49.9
Conservative hold Swing

North

North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative R. Godwin 705 38.0
Liberal E. P. Atkin* 587 31.6
Labour J. Cope 563 30.4
Majority 118 6.4
Turnout 1,855 63.5
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

Wellgreen

Wellgreen
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Residents S. A. Hatton 960 61.9
Conservative W. J. Geddes 591 38.1
Majority 369 23.8
Turnout 1,551 63.1
Residents gain from Conservative Swing

References

  1. ^ More Labour successess: Liberals slump, Manchester Evening News, May 11, 1964, p.7
  2. ^ Hale shock was defeat of Clr Atkin, Altrincham, Hale, & Bowdon Guardian, May 15, 1964, p.12
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