1978 Barnet London Borough Council election

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1978 Barnet London Borough Council election
  1974 4 May 1978 1982  

All 60 seats to Barnet London Borough Council
31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout43.6%
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Party Conservative Labour Independent
Seats won49101
Percentage57.1%30.4%

Barnet UK local election 1978 map.svg
Map of the results of the 1978 Barnet London Borough council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

The 1978 Barnet Council election took place on 4 May 1978 to elect members of Barnet London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

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Background

Since the last election in 1974, the Local Government Boundary Commission carried out their first periodic electoral review of Barnet under the Local Government Act 1972 and made a number of boundary changes. [1]

Election result

Overall turnout in the election was 43.6%.

Barnet Local Election Result 1978 [2]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 4981.757.1
  Labour 1016.730.4
  Liberal 09.8
  Independent 12.7

Ward results

Arkley

Arkley (3 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joan E. Pudney 2,495
Conservative John T. Thomson 2,416
Conservative Ann S.M. More 2,394
Labour Andrew P. Harris2,275
Labour Trevor K. Hill2,275
Conservative Stephen G. Lane2,270
Liberal Richard W. Ellis417
Liberal Keith Crawford370
Liberal Cynthia Krieger315
Turnout 45.7%
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Brunswick Park

Brunswick Park (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative June M. Cole 2,957
Conservative Anthony M. Rawle 2,951
Conservative Mary Temple 2,867
Labour Percy Cheek967
Labour Gerald Eaton953
Labour Jeffrey Leifer866
Liberal David L. Stevens359
Liberal Hugh J. Ogus324
Liberal Valerie Silbiger320
Turnout 40.8%
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Burnt Oak

Burnt Oak (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James P. Brophy 2,192
Labour Bertram E. McCormack 2,063
Labour Harold B. Davies 2,060
Conservative Keith R. Bass998
Conservative John R. Hart972
Conservative Peter V. Wharton873
National Front Edward V. Bradley315
National Front Alfred T. Chamberlain295
National Front Edward J. Warner243
Liberal Hilda D. Munden162
Liberal Gisela Page130
Liberal Roger Pattison128
Turnout 38.3%
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Childs Hill

Childs Hill (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alfred Young 1,904
Conservative Victor Lyon 1,896
Conservative Brian A. Jarman 1,868
Labour Donald E. Barnes1,679
Labour Elizabeth C. Silver1,541
Labour Mary C. Tyler1,522
Liberal Monroe E. Palmer1,054
Liberal Joan Lawson907
Liberal Nigel R. Wilson787
National Front Frederick W. Hurst133
Turnout 46.9%
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Colindale

Colindale (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Geoffrey N. Cooke 1,657
Labour Mary H.R. Honeyball 1,633
Labour Thomas A. McKendry 1,594
Conservative Peter A. Grosz1,447
Conservative Derek M. Joseph1,433
Conservative Jane B. Quail1,389
Liberal Arthur J. Roycroft211
Liberal Phyllis I. Adams189
Liberal Paula Mercer162
National Front David A. Farmer157
National Front John R. McLaren156
National Front Leslie C. Bourne154
Turnout 43.4%
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

East Barnet

East Barnet (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ernest T. Danks 2,697
Conservative Olwen M. Evans 2,555
Conservative John Perry 2,542
Labour Susan M. Doran1,321
Labour Norman C. Bar1,310
Labour Nicholas O. Landau1,259
Liberal Barbara J. Hunt341
Liberal Clive Robinson340
Liberal Alexander W. Munden298
National Front Ivor W. Sargent174
National Front Daniel J. Monk171
National Front Philip A. Ruddock168
Turnout 42.9%
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

East Finchley

East Finchley (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barbara I. Langstone 1,950
Conservative Mary Phillips 1,894
Conservative Stanley J. Sorrell 1,858
Labour Martin J. O'Connor1,827
Labour Michael D. O'Connor1,751
Labour Kenneth W. Little1,740
Liberal Andrew G. Christodoulou351
Liberal Juliet S. Rowe346
Liberal Bruce A. Standing338
Turnout 42.1%
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Edgware

Edgware (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geoffrey I. Greenhouse 3,772
Conservative David E. Dell 3,697
Conservative Archibald T.W. Smith 3,541
Labour Michael B. Desmond1,506
Labour Lorna Levy1,494
Labour Anthony M. Williams1,383
Liberal Sidney W. Baier177
Liberal Mary J. Grieb176
Liberal Philip L. Smulian152
Turnout 48.6%
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Finchley

Finchley (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Leslie Sussman 2,828
Conservative Miles C. Golding 2,784
Conservative Jean I. Parmer 2,730
Labour Robert A. Holroyd1,222
Labour Brian J. Watkins1,206
Labour David G. Williams1,206
Liberal Gregory P.F. Robbins488
Liberal Malcolm B. Davis445
Liberal Sylvia T.D. Randall426
Turnout 41.4%
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Friern Barnet

Friern Barnet (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David C. Burton 2,856
Conservative John C. Tiplady 2,831
Conservative Frank D. Gibson 2,827
Labour Peter R. Butcher838
Labour Frank C. Edwards812
Labour Charles F. Owen809
Liberal Karl E. Ruge565
Liberal Christopher Perkin549
Liberal Yvonne A. Jessop506
Turnout 41.4%
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Garden Suburb

Garden Suburb (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael G. Max 2,995
Conservative Richard Blausten 2,985
Conservative Phyllis M. Nevard 2,830
Independent Patrick K. Laurance1,102
Labour David E. De Saxe916
Labour Richard M. Hadley873
Liberal Leonie E. Stephen796
Labour Stephen E. Pudney781
Liberal Clive R. Silbiger776
Liberal Robert S. Hanison702
Turnout 48.1%
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Golders Green

Golders Green (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rosa A. Freedman 2,450
Conservative Leslie D. Foster 2,303
Conservative Selina D. Summers 2,214
Labour Stephen F. Kelly1,203
Labour Olga G. Deaner1,162
Labour Vivien D. Marcy1,133
Liberal Jeffrey Land554
Liberal Susette S. Palmer491
Liberal Wilfred Newton485
Turnout 39.3%
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Hadley

Hadley (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ernest A.E. Asker 3,587
Independent Anthony J. Freake 3,245
Conservative David P. Clarke 3,042
Conservative Rosemary W. Middleton2,894
Labour Jean M. Feldman980
Labour Brenda M. Slade959
Labour Sylvia V. Grant920
Liberal Peter J. Morley827
Liberal Mavis W. Axham697
Turnout 48.0%
Conservative win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Hale

Hale (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Leslie J. Pym 3,117
Conservative Dorothy B. Benson 3,082
Conservative Jack Clarfelt 3,038
Labour Peter J. Fordham1,011
Labour Jean Smith1,010
Labour Ian B. Morley1,009
Liberal Diana C. Pattison480
Liberal Carol A. Cooper471
Liberal Laurian Davies420
National Front Kenneth J. Barson133
National Front John P. Smith126
National Front Albert V. White104
Turnout 46.1%
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Hendon

Hendon (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Norman E. Hirshfield 2,954
Conservative Victor S. Hockley 2,784
Conservative John Archard-Jones 2,564
Labour Celia A. Downs1,246
Labour Christopher H. Jacobs1,216
Labour Alan M. Magnus1,188
Liberal Gerald Finlay478
Liberal Peter G. Kempster355
Liberal Elvin P. Sorkin337
Turnout 40.3%
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Mill Hill

Mill Hill (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rita M. Levy 3,321
Conservative Denis L. Dippel 3,316
Conservative Graham G. Fear 3,232
Labour Howard S. Bluston943
Labour Leonard Phillips924
Labour Ian Leslie875
Liberal Adrian V. Stokes390
Liberal Ronald N. Page351
Liberal John F. Hearn309
National Front Paul A. Clayton173
National Front John B. Cording149
National Front Susan E. Warner133
Turnout 45.4%
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

St Paul's

St Paul's (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John P. Fitzgibbon 2,346
Conservative Edna P. James 2,260
Conservative Norman J. Sapsted 2,224
Labour John A. Cogger1,491
Labour Charles A.R. Still1,448
Labour Ralph A. Straker1,423
Liberal Patricia M. Dunnill516
Liberal Leonard Watkins459
Liberal Avron M. Potter455
Turnout 40.9%
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Totteridge

Totteridge (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Margaret J. Laskey 3,639
Conservative Michael J. Hill 3,588
Conservative Victor H. Usher 3,575
Labour Howard R. Denton889
Labour Michael S. Cohen868
Labour Lawrence J. Rogoff844
Liberal David M. Cohen489
Liberal Edith M. Gardner488
Turnout 43.6%
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

West Hendon

West Hendon (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Timothy J.K. Sims 2,142
Labour Donald E. Timms 2,116
Labour Doreen N. Neail 2,025
Conservative Stuart A. Goldenberg1,998
Conservative Maurice J. Sultoon1,976
Conservative Marion H. Babington1,856
Liberal Brian E.J. Ellis938
Liberal Harry J. Levy887
Liberal Anthony D. Mercer660
Turnout 48.3%
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Woodhouse

Woodhouse (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philip H. Williams 2,327
Conservative William G. Hart 2,306
Conservative Barry C. Francis 2,265
Labour Adrian R. Cattermole1,535
Labour John S. Whale1,444
Labour Hukam C. Chopra1,410
Liberal Roger J. Aron409
Liberal Barry N. Green378
Liberal David A. Harris367
Turnout 40.1%
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

By-elections between 1978 and 1982

Hadley

Hadley by-election, 22 November 1979 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Donald E. Baker 1,344
Residents Eric W. Spalding1,053
Liberal Peter J. Morley501
Labour Jean M. Feldman418
Turnout 25.2
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Ernest A. E. Asker.

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