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All 60 seats to Barnet London Borough Council 31 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 43.6% | ||||||||||||||||
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![]() Map of the results of the 1978 Barnet London Borough council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red. | |||||||||||||||||
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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.
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]
Overall turnout in the election was 43.6%.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Conservative | 49 | 81.7 | 57.1 | ||||||
Labour | 10 | 16.7 | 30.4 | ||||||
Liberal | 0 | 0.0 | 9.8 | ||||||
Independent | 1 | 1.6 | 2.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joan E. Pudney | 2,495 | |||
Conservative | John T. Thomson | 2,416 | |||
Conservative | Ann S.M. More | 2,394 | |||
Labour | Andrew P. Harris | 2,275 | |||
Labour | Trevor K. Hill | 2,275 | |||
Conservative | Stephen G. Lane | 2,270 | |||
Liberal | Richard W. Ellis | 417 | |||
Liberal | Keith Crawford | 370 | |||
Liberal | Cynthia Krieger | 315 | |||
Turnout | 45.7% | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | June M. Cole | 2,957 | |||
Conservative | Anthony M. Rawle | 2,951 | |||
Conservative | Mary Temple | 2,867 | |||
Labour | Percy Cheek | 967 | |||
Labour | Gerald Eaton | 953 | |||
Labour | Jeffrey Leifer | 866 | |||
Liberal | David L. Stevens | 359 | |||
Liberal | Hugh J. Ogus | 324 | |||
Liberal | Valerie Silbiger | 320 | |||
Turnout | 40.8% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | James P. Brophy | 2,192 | |||
Labour | Bertram E. McCormack | 2,063 | |||
Labour | Harold B. Davies | 2,060 | |||
Conservative | Keith R. Bass | 998 | |||
Conservative | John R. Hart | 972 | |||
Conservative | Peter V. Wharton | 873 | |||
National Front | Edward V. Bradley | 315 | |||
National Front | Alfred T. Chamberlain | 295 | |||
National Front | Edward J. Warner | 243 | |||
Liberal | Hilda D. Munden | 162 | |||
Liberal | Gisela Page | 130 | |||
Liberal | Roger Pattison | 128 | |||
Turnout | 38.3% | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alfred Young | 1,904 | |||
Conservative | Victor Lyon | 1,896 | |||
Conservative | Brian A. Jarman | 1,868 | |||
Labour | Donald E. Barnes | 1,679 | |||
Labour | Elizabeth C. Silver | 1,541 | |||
Labour | Mary C. Tyler | 1,522 | |||
Liberal | Monroe E. Palmer | 1,054 | |||
Liberal | Joan Lawson | 907 | |||
Liberal | Nigel R. Wilson | 787 | |||
National Front | Frederick W. Hurst | 133 | |||
Turnout | 46.9% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Geoffrey N. Cooke | 1,657 | |||
Labour | Mary H.R. Honeyball | 1,633 | |||
Labour | Thomas A. McKendry | 1,594 | |||
Conservative | Peter A. Grosz | 1,447 | |||
Conservative | Derek M. Joseph | 1,433 | |||
Conservative | Jane B. Quail | 1,389 | |||
Liberal | Arthur J. Roycroft | 211 | |||
Liberal | Phyllis I. Adams | 189 | |||
Liberal | Paula Mercer | 162 | |||
National Front | David A. Farmer | 157 | |||
National Front | John R. McLaren | 156 | |||
National Front | Leslie C. Bourne | 154 | |||
Turnout | 43.4% | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ernest T. Danks | 2,697 | |||
Conservative | Olwen M. Evans | 2,555 | |||
Conservative | John Perry | 2,542 | |||
Labour | Susan M. Doran | 1,321 | |||
Labour | Norman C. Bar | 1,310 | |||
Labour | Nicholas O. Landau | 1,259 | |||
Liberal | Barbara J. Hunt | 341 | |||
Liberal | Clive Robinson | 340 | |||
Liberal | Alexander W. Munden | 298 | |||
National Front | Ivor W. Sargent | 174 | |||
National Front | Daniel J. Monk | 171 | |||
National Front | Philip A. Ruddock | 168 | |||
Turnout | 42.9% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Barbara I. Langstone | 1,950 | |||
Conservative | Mary Phillips | 1,894 | |||
Conservative | Stanley J. Sorrell | 1,858 | |||
Labour | Martin J. O'Connor | 1,827 | |||
Labour | Michael D. O'Connor | 1,751 | |||
Labour | Kenneth W. Little | 1,740 | |||
Liberal | Andrew G. Christodoulou | 351 | |||
Liberal | Juliet S. Rowe | 346 | |||
Liberal | Bruce A. Standing | 338 | |||
Turnout | 42.1% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoffrey I. Greenhouse | 3,772 | |||
Conservative | David E. Dell | 3,697 | |||
Conservative | Archibald T.W. Smith | 3,541 | |||
Labour | Michael B. Desmond | 1,506 | |||
Labour | Lorna Levy | 1,494 | |||
Labour | Anthony M. Williams | 1,383 | |||
Liberal | Sidney W. Baier | 177 | |||
Liberal | Mary J. Grieb | 176 | |||
Liberal | Philip L. Smulian | 152 | |||
Turnout | 48.6% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Leslie Sussman | 2,828 | |||
Conservative | Miles C. Golding | 2,784 | |||
Conservative | Jean I. Parmer | 2,730 | |||
Labour | Robert A. Holroyd | 1,222 | |||
Labour | Brian J. Watkins | 1,206 | |||
Labour | David G. Williams | 1,206 | |||
Liberal | Gregory P.F. Robbins | 488 | |||
Liberal | Malcolm B. Davis | 445 | |||
Liberal | Sylvia T.D. Randall | 426 | |||
Turnout | 41.4% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David C. Burton | 2,856 | |||
Conservative | John C. Tiplady | 2,831 | |||
Conservative | Frank D. Gibson | 2,827 | |||
Labour | Peter R. Butcher | 838 | |||
Labour | Frank C. Edwards | 812 | |||
Labour | Charles F. Owen | 809 | |||
Liberal | Karl E. Ruge | 565 | |||
Liberal | Christopher Perkin | 549 | |||
Liberal | Yvonne A. Jessop | 506 | |||
Turnout | 41.4% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael G. Max | 2,995 | |||
Conservative | Richard Blausten | 2,985 | |||
Conservative | Phyllis M. Nevard | 2,830 | |||
Independent | Patrick K. Laurance | 1,102 | |||
Labour | David E. De Saxe | 916 | |||
Labour | Richard M. Hadley | 873 | |||
Liberal | Leonie E. Stephen | 796 | |||
Labour | Stephen E. Pudney | 781 | |||
Liberal | Clive R. Silbiger | 776 | |||
Liberal | Robert S. Hanison | 702 | |||
Turnout | 48.1% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rosa A. Freedman | 2,450 | |||
Conservative | Leslie D. Foster | 2,303 | |||
Conservative | Selina D. Summers | 2,214 | |||
Labour | Stephen F. Kelly | 1,203 | |||
Labour | Olga G. Deaner | 1,162 | |||
Labour | Vivien D. Marcy | 1,133 | |||
Liberal | Jeffrey Land | 554 | |||
Liberal | Susette S. Palmer | 491 | |||
Liberal | Wilfred Newton | 485 | |||
Turnout | 39.3% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ernest A.E. Asker | 3,587 | |||
Independent | Anthony J. Freake | 3,245 | |||
Conservative | David P. Clarke | 3,042 | |||
Conservative | Rosemary W. Middleton | 2,894 | |||
Labour | Jean M. Feldman | 980 | |||
Labour | Brenda M. Slade | 959 | |||
Labour | Sylvia V. Grant | 920 | |||
Liberal | Peter J. Morley | 827 | |||
Liberal | Mavis W. Axham | 697 | |||
Turnout | 48.0% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Leslie J. Pym | 3,117 | |||
Conservative | Dorothy B. Benson | 3,082 | |||
Conservative | Jack Clarfelt | 3,038 | |||
Labour | Peter J. Fordham | 1,011 | |||
Labour | Jean Smith | 1,010 | |||
Labour | Ian B. Morley | 1,009 | |||
Liberal | Diana C. Pattison | 480 | |||
Liberal | Carol A. Cooper | 471 | |||
Liberal | Laurian Davies | 420 | |||
National Front | Kenneth J. Barson | 133 | |||
National Front | John P. Smith | 126 | |||
National Front | Albert V. White | 104 | |||
Turnout | 46.1% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Norman E. Hirshfield | 2,954 | |||
Conservative | Victor S. Hockley | 2,784 | |||
Conservative | John Archard-Jones | 2,564 | |||
Labour | Celia A. Downs | 1,246 | |||
Labour | Christopher H. Jacobs | 1,216 | |||
Labour | Alan M. Magnus | 1,188 | |||
Liberal | Gerald Finlay | 478 | |||
Liberal | Peter G. Kempster | 355 | |||
Liberal | Elvin P. Sorkin | 337 | |||
Turnout | 40.3% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Rita M. Levy | 3,321 | |||
Conservative | Denis L. Dippel | 3,316 | |||
Conservative | Graham G. Fear | 3,232 | |||
Labour | Howard S. Bluston | 943 | |||
Labour | Leonard Phillips | 924 | |||
Labour | Ian Leslie | 875 | |||
Liberal | Adrian V. Stokes | 390 | |||
Liberal | Ronald N. Page | 351 | |||
Liberal | John F. Hearn | 309 | |||
National Front | Paul A. Clayton | 173 | |||
National Front | John B. Cording | 149 | |||
National Front | Susan E. Warner | 133 | |||
Turnout | 45.4% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John P. Fitzgibbon | 2,346 | |||
Conservative | Edna P. James | 2,260 | |||
Conservative | Norman J. Sapsted | 2,224 | |||
Labour | John A. Cogger | 1,491 | |||
Labour | Charles A.R. Still | 1,448 | |||
Labour | Ralph A. Straker | 1,423 | |||
Liberal | Patricia M. Dunnill | 516 | |||
Liberal | Leonard Watkins | 459 | |||
Liberal | Avron M. Potter | 455 | |||
Turnout | 40.9% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Margaret J. Laskey | 3,639 | |||
Conservative | Michael J. Hill | 3,588 | |||
Conservative | Victor H. Usher | 3,575 | |||
Labour | Howard R. Denton | 889 | |||
Labour | Michael S. Cohen | 868 | |||
Labour | Lawrence J. Rogoff | 844 | |||
Liberal | David M. Cohen | 489 | |||
Liberal | Edith M. Gardner | 488 | |||
Turnout | 43.6% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Timothy J.K. Sims | 2,142 | |||
Labour | Donald E. Timms | 2,116 | |||
Labour | Doreen N. Neail | 2,025 | |||
Conservative | Stuart A. Goldenberg | 1,998 | |||
Conservative | Maurice J. Sultoon | 1,976 | |||
Conservative | Marion H. Babington | 1,856 | |||
Liberal | Brian E.J. Ellis | 938 | |||
Liberal | Harry J. Levy | 887 | |||
Liberal | Anthony D. Mercer | 660 | |||
Turnout | 48.3% | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Philip H. Williams | 2,327 | |||
Conservative | William G. Hart | 2,306 | |||
Conservative | Barry C. Francis | 2,265 | |||
Labour | Adrian R. Cattermole | 1,535 | |||
Labour | John S. Whale | 1,444 | |||
Labour | Hukam C. Chopra | 1,410 | |||
Liberal | Roger J. Aron | 409 | |||
Liberal | Barry N. Green | 378 | |||
Liberal | David A. Harris | 367 | |||
Turnout | 40.1% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Donald E. Baker | 1,344 | |||
Residents | Eric W. Spalding | 1,053 | |||
Liberal | Peter J. Morley | 501 | |||
Labour | Jean M. Feldman | 418 | |||
Turnout | 25.2 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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