1978 Croydon London Borough Council election

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Croydon Council Election, 1978
  1974 4 May 1978 1982  

All 70 seats, in 27 wards in the London Borough of Croydon
36 seats needed for a majority
Turnout41.6%
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
LeaderPeter BownessUnknownN/A
Party Conservative Labour Other parties
Leader since1976N/A
Leader's seatSpring ParkN/A
Seats before47203
Seats won56113
Seat changeIncrease2.svg9Decrease2.svg9Steady2.svg0
Percentage59.8%29.4%4.29%
SwingIncrease2.svg 7.0%Increase2.svg 0.8%Increase2.svg 1.7%

Croydon London UK local election 1978 map.svg
Map of the results of the 1978 Croydon Council election.

Leader of the Council before election

Peter Bowness
Conservative

Elected Leader

Peter Bowness
Conservative

The 1978 Croydon Council election took place on 4 May 1978 to elect members of Croydon London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council. [1]

Contents

Background

This was the first election to Croydon Council since 1974. This was the first election fought on new boundaries, and the first without Aldermen, increasing the total number of Councillors from 60 to 70.

Election result

Croydon Council election result 1978
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 5690Increase2.svg 98059.8Increase2.svg 7.0%
  Labour 1109Decrease2.svg 915.7129.4Increase2.svg 0.8%
  Liberal 000Steady2.svg 006.6Decrease2.svg 7.7%
  Other parties 300Steady2.svg 04.294.1Increase2.svg 1.7%
56311
ConOthersLabour

Ward results

Addiscombe

Addiscombe (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Muriel C. Elliott 2,461
Conservative Dennis F. Todd 2,426
Conservative Megan Holt-Thomas 2,393
Labour James L. Walker, J.P.2,041
Labour Robert J. Irwin2,038
Labour Michael Cohen2,021
Liberal Martin D. Patrick271
Liberal Peter D. Rees270
Liberal Brenda A. Piesing246
Majority352
Turnout 48.5Increase2.svg 2.5%
Registered electors 10,744
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Ashburton

Ashburton (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William H. Simpson 2,038
Conservative Donald J. Sutton 1,851
Labour Frank D. J. Bailey805
Labour Dennis W. Finch770
Liberal Leslie A. Christie230
Liberal Barry Foster206
Majority1,046
Turnout 45.1
Registered electors 6,972
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Bensham Manor

Bensham Manor (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur Bourne 2,137
Conservative Ronald J. Bowker 2,111
Conservative Christopher B. Wesson 1,950
Labour Ralph W. Attoe1,940
Labour Amrit P. Devesar1,879
Labour Joseph K. Towns1,852
Liberal Michael J. Walker316
Liberal Peter J. McCarthy309
Liberal Sarah V. Walker281
Majority10
Turnout 43.3Increase2.svg 5.1%
Registered electors 10,988
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Beulah

Beulah (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philomena M. Drummond-Brown 1,993
Conservative Klemens E. Zdanowicz 1,849
Labour Doris L. George652
Labour William H. R. Johnson596
Liberal Brigid M. Hurn171
Liberal Peter W. Austin
Majority1,197
Turnout 42.1
Registered electors 6,988
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Broad Green

Broad Green (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James A. Keeling 1,708
Labour Ann Watson, J.P. 1,700
Labour Michael Warne 1,694
Conservative Christopher N. P. Lewis1,316
Conservative Rosemary P. Tomlin1,304
Conservative Joseph P. Szadlo1,177
Liberal Joan H. Leck305
Liberal Roger W. Stephens279
Liberal Gwendoline M. Luxford274
Majority378
Turnout 37.9Increase2.svg 3.1%
Registered electors 9,624
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Coulsdon East

Coulsdon East (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stanley E. Littlechild 2,613
Conservative Pamela A. M. Little 2,563
Conservative Martin A. Levie 2,451
Liberal Jean R. Douglas556
Liberal John M. Payne554
Liberal Raymond G. Abdey503
Labour Jean Barlow434
Labour John M. Dunning421
Labour Leslie E. Deane419
Majority1,895
Turnout
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Croham

Croham (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul W. Rickards 2,989
Conservative Keith A. Wells 2,922
Conservative William N. Peet 2,907
Labour Wendy M. Holt698
Labour Mary Jones673
Labour Raymond G. M. Jones664
Liberal Judith A. Stuart386
Liberal Alan J. Hussey355
Liberal John Hatherley349
Turnout 41.1
Registered electors 10,217
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Fairfield

Fairfield (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert W. Coatman, J.P. 3,445
Conservative John L. Aston, J.P. 3,436
Conservative Peter R. Gilham 3,320
Labour Mary E. Curson925
Labour Iain K. Forbes864
Labour Steven Worley831
Liberal John F. Chandler334
Liberal Margaret Slade322
Liberal Kathleen J. Walker288
Majority2,395
Turnout
Registered electors
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Fieldway

Fieldway (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op David F. White 1,279
Labour Co-op Mary M. Walker 1,264
Conservative Roy T. Miller581
Conservative Richard E. Gayler558
Majority683
Turnout
Registered electors
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)

Heathfield

Heathfield (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard F. Pannett 3,017
Conservative John Parfitt 2,958
Conservative Mary M. H. Horden 2,946
Labour David L. Meen633
Labour Bernard E. A. Evans618
Labour Andrew M. S. Ward583
Liberal Robert J. Williams262
Liberal John W. Hardy244
Liberal David A. Leck225
Majority2,313
Turnout
Registered electors
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Kenley

Kenley (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Margaret E. Campbell 1,905
Conservative Brian G. Smith 1,806
Labour Stephen E. Smart355
Labour Colin F. Whelton314
Liberal Richard L. Dawson249
Liberal Norman McLeod244
Independent Kenneth P. Dulieu201
Majority1,451
Turnout
Registered electors
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Monks Orchard

Monks Orchard (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Albert W. Elliott 1,951
Conservative Derek R. Loughborough 1,929
Independent Kenneth R. Brown1,293
Independent Hugh W. Allardyce1,269
Labour John C. Barlow406
Labour Edna Briscoe366
Majority636
Turnout
Registered electors
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

New Addington

New Addington (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Reginald J. Page, J.P. 1,880
Labour Trevor J. Laffin 1,719
Labour Peter J. Walker 1,686
Conservative Alfred J. Doherty890
Conservative Norah W. Beck841
Conservative Adrian A. Bray836
National Front Peter T. Robinson194
National Front Brian A. Eve173
National Front Roland Dummer154
Liberal Frances M. Williams137
Majority796
Turnout
Registered electors
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Norbury

Norbury (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Johnston 2,281
Conservative Keith M. B. Munro 2,256
Conservative Michael D. O'Mahony 2,223
Labour Christopher C. Gibbons925
Labour Shantilal L. H. Shah854
Labour Co-op Maureen E. Tullett837
Liberal Leo C. E. Held247
Liberal Michael J. Walker223
Liberal Josephine M. Croton222
Majority1,298
Turnout
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Purley

Purley (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter J. F. Macdonald 3,207
Conservative Jacqueline M. C. Baker 3,181
Conservative George A. Smith 3,154
Labour Kevin W. Allen614
Labour Timothy E. Lamport603
Labour Ursula Alexis585
Majority2,540
Turnout
Registered electors
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Rylands

Rylands (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John C. Mann 1,343
Conservative Richard M. Wevill 1,222
Labour Stephen J. Bill1,140
Labour Patricia F. L. Knight1,092
Liberal Michael Bethell133
Liberal Maurice E. Pache118
Majority82
Turnout
Registered electors
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Sanderstead

Sanderstead (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David N. Bowen 2,823
Conservative Ronald W. Haskins 2,819
Liberal Trevor J. Barker352
Liberal June C. Duffelen352
Labour Edward L. Hall300
Labour Eileen E. Daisley, J.P.298
Majority2,467
Turnout
Registered electors
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Selsdon

Selsdon (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Donald J. Johnson 2,269
Conservative Ian L. Aarons 2,243
Liberal Christina M. Forrest562
Liberal Michael J. Thomas550
Labour David G. Taylor295
Labour John A. E. Beamish-Crooke286
Majority1,681
Turnout
Registered electors
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

South Norwood

South Norwood (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Beryl Saunders 1,899
Conservative Paul A. Saunders 1,889
Conservative Eileen J. Longhorn 1,838
Labour Patrick Byrne1,038
Labour Valerie L. Simanowitz998
Labour Alun W. Jones978
Liberal John R. Holoway242
Liberal Yvonne L. Cattermole205
Liberal Alan Taylor193
Majority800
Turnout
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Spring Park

Spring Park (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter S. Bowness 3,189
Conservative Denis E. Perry 3,167
Labour Alan C. Lord661
Labour Frederick W. Bean644
Liberal Roy A. Lightwing354
Liberal Patricia M. Boreham294
Majority2,506
Turnout
Registered electors
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Thornton Heath

Thornton Heath (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Residents John G. Davies 2,283
Residents William Blackwood 2,265
Residents Gordon Poluck 2,198
Labour Kenneth J. Kinnard1,296
Labour Susan E. Lord1,243
Labour Mushtaq Ahmad1,145
Majority902
Turnout
Registered electors
Residents hold Swing
Residents hold Swing
Residents hold Swing

Upper Norwood

Upper Norwood (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Margaret C. V. Parfitt, J.P. 1,695
Conservative Phyllis A. Stelling 1,617
Labour Keith M. Roberts832
Labour Susan E. Johnson809
Liberal Leo C. E. Held, J.P.226
Majority785
Turnout
Registered electors
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Waddon

Waddon (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James J. Nea 2,639
Conservative Michael D. Wunn 2,459
Conservative Reginald H. Kent 2,419
Labour Alan Brett1,682
Labour Barry V. Bulled1,655
Labour Christopher Wright1,512
Liberal J. Scott242
Workers Revolutionary J.E. Bean82
Majority453
Turnout
Registered electors
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

West Thornton

West Thornton (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Yvonne A. L. Stewart 2,017
Conservative Ernest G. Noad 1,923
Conservative Iris S. Rodda 1,878
Labour Stanley J. Boden1,788
Labour Michael P. Rix1,733
Labour Co-op Bernadette R. Supiramaniam1,457
Liberal William H. Pitt 490
Liberal Janet R. Pitt452
Liberal David R. Dayus388
Majority90
Turnout
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Whitehorse Manor

Whitehorse Manor (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George E. Mitchell, J.P. 1,509
Labour Robert T. Bishop 1,508
Labour Stanley L. Eaton 1,436
Conservative Denis V. Read1,360
Conservative Julia A. Wood1,330
Conservative Hugh J. A. Sawyer1,324
Majority76
Turnout
Registered electors
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Woodcote & Coulsdon West

Woodcote & Coulsdon West (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan K. Carey 3,342
Conservative Richard D. May 3,332
Conservative Maurice A. Fowler 3,274
Liberal Margaret R. A. Billenness , J.P.630
Liberal Trevor J. Austin560
Liberal John P. Callen553
Labour Roger M. Burgess358
Labour Sarah A. Bolsover357
Labour Sheila D. Poole300
Majority2,644
Turnout
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Woodside

Woodside (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David L. Congdon 1,440
Conservative Stephen G. Ghero 1,171
Labour Robert B. Fenton955
Labour Co-op Sinnathamby Supiramaniam624
Liberal Anthony J. Cattermole187
Liberal Surendrakumar I. Patel105
Majority216
Turnout
Registered electors
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

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References

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