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With no satisfactory sub-divisions in place, the electoral system used multi-member 'first past the post' in the new London Borough s (the Parliamentary constituencies did not follow the Greater London boundaries). The large constituencies where the winner took all exaggerated Labour's win in votes into a near two-to-one lead in terms of seats. It also made it extremely difficult for the Liberal Party to win any seats. In addition to the 100 councillors, there were sixteen Aldermen who divided 11 to Labour and 5 to the Conservatives, the strength of the parties on the council was 75 Labour to 41 Conservatives. With an electorate of 5,466,756, there was a turnout of 44.2%. Labour did particularly well to win Bexley and Havering , but performed poorly in Enfield which they might have expected to win. In Tower Hamlets , the Communist Party of Great Britain came in as runners-up with 8% of the vote. Results BYELECTIONS 1964-1967 Less than a month after the election, Marjorie McIntosh (Labour, Hammersmith ) died and precipitated a byelection; however, given that the voters had elected the GLC and the new London Boroughs, the parties were short of money and the Conservatives decided not to oppose the Labour candidate who was returned unopposed on June 18 . Oliver Galley (Conservative, Harrow , died in October 1965 and the Conservatives retained his seat at a byelection on January 27 , 1966 . By the end of the term, there were two seats vacant due to the resignations of Sir Joseph Haygarth (Conservative, Barnet ) and Mrs Mavis Webster (Labour, Waltham Forest ). |
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