1963 Finchley Borough Council election explained

Election Name:1963 Finchley Borough Council election
Country:England
Type:Parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Party Colour:yes
Previous Election:1962 Finchley Council election
Previous Year:1962
Next Election:1964 Finchley Council election
Next Year:1964
Seats For Election:8 councillors to Finchley Borough Council
Election Date:10 May 1963
Party1:Liberal Party (UK)
Party2:Conservative Party (UK)
Party3:Labour Party (UK)
Seats3:0
Seat Change3:1
Map Size:400px
Majority party
Posttitle:Majority party after election
Before Election:Conservative 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

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

valign=top colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="width: 230px"Partyvalign=top colspan="2" style="width: 30px"Previous councilvalign=top colspan="2" style="width: 30px"New council
CllrAldCllrAld
Liberals019-
Conservative85-
Labour--
Total248248
3232
The Conservatives lost their majority and went into opposition. The Liberals won a majority taking control of the council for the first time