In the 1964 Enfield London Borough Council election, which had aldermen as well as directly elected councillors, had previously had been in the Municipal Borough of Edmonton, Municipal Borough of Enfield and Municipal Borough of Southgate until recently the aforementioned boroughs were joined to form the new London Borough of Enfield that now had a total of 189 candidates that stood in the election for the 60 seats being contested across 30 wards(All wards were two-seat wards) which included a full slate from the Conservative and Labour parties, while the Liberals stood with 52 candidates but ultimately the results saw Labour gain the new council with a majority of 2 after winning 31 of the 60 seats.
These boroughs were joined to form the new London Borough of Enfield by the London Government Act 1963. 
