London Government Act 1963

7 As respects the counties of Essex, Kent and Surrey the ordinary election of county councillors due (apart from this paragraph) to take place in April 1964 shall be postponed until such date in 1965 as the Secretary of State may by order specify in relation to the county in question, and—

(a) the county councillors and county aldermen due (apart from this paragraph) to retire on the ordinary day of retirement in 1964 or at the annual meeting of the county council in 1964, as the case may be, shall (unless they resign their offices or their offices otherwise become vacant) continue to hold office until the day in 1965 on which the county councillors elected at the postponed elections in that year come into office ;

(b) the county councillors elected at those postponed elections shall retire on the ordinary day of retirement of county councillors in 1967;

(c) on the said day in 1965 all the county aldermen shall retire and, of the aldermen elected at the postponed elections in that year, one half as near as may be of their number, being those elected by the smallest number of votes, shall retire immediately after the ordinary election of county aldermen in 1967 and the remainder shall retire immediately after the ordinary election of county aldermen in 1970 ;

(d) if it is necessary for the purposes of the last foregoing sub-paragraph to decide the order of retirement of two or more county aldermen who received an equal number of votes, the question shall be determined by drawing lots at, and under the direction of the person presiding at, the annual meeting of the county council in 1965.