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.
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.
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" | Party | valign=top colspan="2" style="width: 30px" | Previous council | valign=top colspan="2" style="width: 30px" | New council |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cllr | Ald | Cllr | Ald | ||
Liberals | 0 | 19 | - | ||
Conservative | 8 | 5 | - | ||
Labour | - | - | |||
Total | 24 | 8 | 24 | 8 | |
32 | 32 | ||||