1978 Haringey London Borough Council election

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

Contents

Background

Election result

Ward results

Alexandra

Alexandra (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Timothy Allen* 1,668 46.8
Conservative Stephen Gaubert* 1,624 45.6
Conservative Victor Jary* 1,618 45.4
Labour Peter Conoboy1,25935.3
Labour Elizabeth Simons1,22134.3
Labour Philip Lewis1,18233.2
Liberal Hugh Clarke49013.8
Liberal Jonathan Pope43712.3
Liberal Clive World41311.6
National Front Frank Bennett902.5
National Front Barry Hunt742.1
National Front Maureen Kerby712.0
Turnout 3,56345.6
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Archway

Archway (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sarah Whitby* 1,186 48.5
Conservative Antony Franchi 1,179 48.3
Labour Willisford Pilgrim98940.5
Labour David Barlow*95439.1
Liberal Hope Malik1978.1
National Front Hilda Giddings341.4
National Front Paul Vanderstay271.1
Turnout 2,44345.0
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Bowes Park

Bowes Park (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Gardner 1,750 44.9
Labour Kevin Hargreaves 1,724 44.2
Labour Frederick Neuner* 1,649 42.3
Conservative Peter Tuck1,62241.6
Conservative Reginald Chester1,61641.4
Conservative Brian Salinger1,58640.7
Liberal Elizabeth World2506.4
Liberal Anthony Zotti1975.1
National Front Stephen Andrews1814.6
National Front Colin Mates1784.6
National Front Terence Stephenson1664.3
Turnout 3,90043.6
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Bruce Grove

Bruce Grove (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bernie Grant 1,757 60.3
Labour Donald Billingsley* 1,666 57.2
Labour Elizabeth Newton 1,643 56.4
Conservative Russell McGuiness83728.7
Conservative Lebert Powell79027.1
Conservative George Ryan75626.0
National Front Richard Hurn1766.0
National Front Gordon Ross1455.0
National Front William Wimbleton1093.7
Turnout 2,91334.6
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Coleraine

Coleraine (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Eric Garwood* 1,563 48.9
Labour Joan Smith* 1,363 42.7
Labour Gerald Long 1,351 42.3
Conservative Barbara Bleach78324.5
Conservative Alan Bowring77124.1
Conservative Peter Gilbert75123.5
North East Tottenham Campaign Against TrafficDenis Hawes62019.4
North East Tottenham Campaign Against TrafficMargaret Matthews52616.5
North East Tottenham Campaign Against TrafficJohn Wratten50615.8
National Front Phillip Walker1705.3
National Front Barry Eglington1615.0
National Front Vicky Plummer1514.7
Turnout 3,19439.5
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Crouch End

Crouch End (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Smith* 1,490 49.4
Conservative Stephen Ayres 1,472 48.8
Conservative Basil Lewis* 1,451 48.1
Labour Melinda Phillips1,17138.9
Labour Stephen Hull1,12637.4
Labour Geoffrey Rowan-Robinson1,10436.6
Liberal Patrick O'Brien32110.7
National Front Vincent Sumner842.8
National Front Christopher Walford732.4
National Front Leslie Waters672.2
Turnout 3,01441.4
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Fortis Green

Fortis Green (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Hannington* 1,992 55.1
Conservative Jean MacGregor* 1,983 54.9
Conservative Jeffrey Lotery* 1,981 54.8
Labour Patricia Pearl1,21533.6
Labour George Simpson1,21033.5
Labour Kevin Twaite1,10130.5
Liberal John Wildsmith2486.9
National Front Thomas Joyce952.6
National Front Bernard Potter621.7
National Front June Squire571.6
Turnout 3,61246.3
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Green Lanes

Green Lanes (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Greenacre 1,336 61.5
Labour George Meehan 1,304 60.0
Conservative Gilbert Benton57626.5
Conservative Leonard Cohen55425.5
Liberal Katherine Alexander1295.9
National Front Alan Middleton1044.8
Liberal Martin Silverston984.5
National Front Janice Middleton783.6
Turnout 2,17436.7
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Harringay

Harringay (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Silverstone* 1,776 54.7
Labour Jeremy Corbyn* 1,729 53.2
Labour Ronald Blanchard 1,651 50.8
Conservative Timothy Easton1,06432.8
Conservative Gerald Murphy*1,05632.5
Conservative Christakis Kavallares1,04832.3
Communist Francis Carr2317.1
National Front Leslie Butler1123.4
National Front John Green862.6
National Front Barbara Green782.4
Turnout 3,24739.9
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

High Cross

High Cross (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anthony McBrearty* 835 51.1
Labour Robin Young* 747 45.7
Conservative Sylvia Currie34921.4
North East Tottenham Campaign Against TrafficAlexander L'Estrange32820.1
North East Tottenham Campaign Against TrafficBrenda Keech29217.9
National Front David Tedder1116.8
National Front Monica Pearson1046.4
National Association for the Advancement of Coloured PeopleClinton Hamilton372.3
Turnout 1,63440.2
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Highgate

Highgate (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Dignum* 1,608 69.7
Conservative Gail Ansell 1,572 68.1
Labour Allan Barclay55223.9
Labour Barbara Simon55223.9
National Front George Embury271.2
National Front Augustus Spencer210.9
Turnout 2,30743.4
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Hornsey Central

Hornsey Central (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Bullard* 1,407 51.1
Labour Toby Harris 1,268 46.0
Conservative Richard Bull1,09139.6
Conservative Yvonne Owen1,01937.0
Liberal Andrew Johnson1224.4
National Front Robin May1023.7
National Front Sylvia May933.4
Turnout 2,75450.3
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Hornsey Vale

Hornsey Vale (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Killingworth 1,049 49.4
Labour John Whysall 931 43.9
Conservative Gillian Bull76035.8
Conservative Blair Greaves72934.4
Liberal Dudley Racher2079.8
Liberal Christine Saunders1577.4
National Front Isobel Hunt512.4
National Front Kenneth Hunt472.2
Turnout 2,12241.0
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Muswell Hill

Muswell Hill (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Benjamin Hall* 2,254 58.5
Conservative Aeronwy Harris* 2,142 55.5
Conservative Christine Jackson* 2,121 55.0
Labour Elizabeth Murphy1,29333.5
Labour Nora Dain1,28033.2
Labour Katherine Patrick*1,22731.8
Liberal Francis Coleman3248.4
National Front Denise Draper812.1
National Front Keith Draper751.9
National Front Ellen Binick661.7
Turnout 3,85645.1
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Noel Park

Noel Park (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Terence O'Sullivan* 1,806 49.1
Labour Edward Young* 1,780 48.4
Labour Susan Scales 1,776 48.3
Conservative John Heron1,39938.0
Conservative Paul Hitchens1,32636.1
Conservative Ralph Eschwege1,30735.5
National Front Keith Squire2406.5
National Front Paul Joyce1865.1
National Front Kathleen Lines1584.3
Liberal Rosemary Clarke1263.4
Turnout 3,67844.8
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Park

Park (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Eileen Garwood* 1,122 50.2
Labour Nicole Harrison 1,014 45.4
Conservative Anne Allen72532.5
Conservative Derek Webb64729.0
North East Tottenham Campaign Against TrafficRobert Hart1777.9
North East Tottenham Campaign Against TrafficMarie Cullen1767.9
National Front John Burkitt1406.3
National Front Steven Davey1356.0
Save London AllianceHeather Beyer321.4
Turnout 2,23342.3
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Seven Sisters

Seven Sisters (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frederick Knight* 992 60.9
Labour Leslie Collis* 848 52.1
Conservative Sheila Reed47229.0
Conservative John Tattersall42225.9
National Front Kenneth Giddings1187.2
National Front Bridget Giddings1147.0
Turnout 1,62835.7
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

South Hornsey

South Hornsey (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Jones 1,069 52.0
Labour Colin Sherriff 992 48.2
Conservative Gail Moss80239.0
Conservative Edward Webb73335.7
Liberal Antoinette Wattebot1045.1
National Front William Pell683.3
National Front Derek Clinton542.6
Turnout 2,05640.0
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

South Tottenham

South Tottenham (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jane Chapman* 1,258 50.7
Labour Aaron Weichselbaum 1,172 47.2
South Tottenham Residents and RatepayersMichael Coney*89636.1
South Tottenham Residents and RatepayersIan Coward64726.1
Conservative Raj Rampal35014.1
National Front Frederick Mitchell743.0
National Front Joan Mitchell612.5
National Association for the Advancement of Coloured PeoplesHaroon Mohammed532.1
Turnout 2,48247.0
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Tottenham Central

Tottenham Central (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ron Turner* 1,733 64.0
Labour Angela Greatley 1,632 60.3
Labour Iris Woodger 1,585 58.5
Conservative Dennis Beale58921.8
Conservative Ethel Donno55720.6
Conservative Annabel Linney54120.0
National Front Sandra McKenzie2087.7
National Front Harry Baker1886.9
National Front Kenneth Newmarch1816.7
Liberal Paul Loizou1254.6
Workers Revolutionary Eric Gutteridge692.5
Turnout 2,70835.3
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

West Green

West Green (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Glenys Atkinson* 1,778 51.9
Labour Douglas Clark* 1,654 48.3
Labour Stephen Whittle* 1,553 45.3
Conservative John Carrington1,28537.5
Conservative Walter Donno1,23035.9
Conservative Sydney Oldham1,18434.5
National Front David Hutchinson2025.9
National Front Frederick Cumber2005.8
National Front Lucy Cumber1785.2
Communist Terence Heath1464.3
Turnout 3,42738.9
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

White Hart Lane

White Hart Lane (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Victor Butler* 1,676 53.2
Labour Maureen Dewar* 1,410 44.7
Labour Collin Ware* 1,370 43.5
Conservative Bert Baker1,09234.6
Conservative Charles Franklin1,01732.3
Conservative Ronald Hoskins1,00932.0
National Front Robert Frost2999.5
National Front Wilfred Cleaves2768.8
National Front Bruce Pell2698.5
Turnout 3,15340.3
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Woodside

Woodside (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Billingsley 1,475 44.3
Conservative Edward Auger 1,457 43.8
Labour Jacqueline Goodwin 1,439 43.3
Conservative Bernard Dehnel1,42542.8
Conservative Walter Taylor1,39541.9
Labour Harold Stedman1,37341.3
National Front Thomas Barnes1835.5
National Front Paul White1725.2
National Front Kenneth Hill1634.9
Liberal Audrey Hosein962.9
Turnout 3,32744.0
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

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  1. ↑ "London Borough Council Elections 4 May 1978" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
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