1978 Havering London Borough Council election

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1978 Havering London Borough Council election
Coat of arms of the London Borough of Havering.svg
  1974 4 May 1978 (1978-05-04) 1982  

All 63 Havering London Borough Council seats
32 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
CON
RES
LAB
Party Conservative Residents Labour
Seats won3813 [a] 12
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The 1978 Havering Council election took place on 4 May 1978 to elect members of Havering London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council for the second time.

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Electoral arrangements

The election was originally scheduled for 1977, but was delayed for one year to bring London borough council elections into a four-year election cycle. [b] New ward boundaries were used for the first time. Prior to the 1978 election the council had 64 members (55 councillors and 9 aldermen). From the 1978 election, 63 councillors were elected from 25 wards. Each ward returned two or three councillors.

Ten of the wards were entirely new, including Airfield ward covering the new Airfield estate in Hornchurch. The remaining wards shared the names of previously used wards but with new boundaries. Councillors were elected for a four-year term with the next election scheduled for 1982.

Polling took place on 4 May 1978, except in Gooshays ward where the election was delayed until 25 May 1978, due to the death of a candidate. [1]

Results

With 38 seats, the Conservative Party won overall control of the council for the second time. Labour Party wins were concentrated in the wards covering the Harold Hill estate (Heaton, Hilldene and Gooshays) with the addition of the new Airfield ward in Hornchurch. Residents and ratepayers candidates were successful in the two seats covering Cranham (Cranham East and Cranham West) as well as Rainham and wards covering southern Hornchurch (Hacton and South Hornchurch). [1] [2] [3]

Ward results

Airfield

Airfield (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stephen Clarke 1,479
Labour Thomas Mitchell 1,461
Labour Sydney Jack 1,396
Conservative Edward Hoad990
Conservative Martin Shipp962
Conservative Margaret Munday947
Ind. Residents Andrew Carew524
Ind. Residents Brenda Hammond440
Ind. Residents Joan Lewis403
Turnout
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Ardleigh Green

Ardleigh Green (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thomas Sims 1,856
Conservative Leonard Trott 1,842
Labour Glenys Chandley559
Labour Dorothy Robinson541
Ind. Residents Ian Wilkes541
Ind. Residents Jack Lewis421
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Brooklands

Brooklands (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Tebbutt 1,233
Conservative Meirion Owens 1,209
Labour George Cox1,141
Labour Jesse Taylor1,063
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Chase Cross

Chase Cross (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Randall Evans 1,235
Conservative William Odulate 1,172
Labour Arthur Latham 961
Labour Sydney Parrish863
Communist Colin Harper84
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Collier Row

Collier Row (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robin Adaire 1,238
Conservative Norman Symonds 1,192
Labour Robert Kilbey764
Labour Christine Blake759
Liberal Eric Freeman214
Liberal Keith Brewington178
Turnout
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Cranham East

Cranham East (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ind. Ratepayers Rowland Knell 1,544
Ind. Ratepayers Jean Mitchell 1,496
Conservative Peter Gardner955
Conservative Stephen Brabner922
Labour Tom Horlock544
Labour Frances Eldred529
Turnout
Majority
Ind. Ratepayers win (new seat)
Ind. Ratepayers win (new seat)

Cranham West

Cranham West (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ind. Ratepayers Ron Ower 1,824
Ind. Ratepayers Louisa Sinclair 1,811
Conservative Mary Noyes988
Conservative John Smith877
Labour Susan Kortlandt239
Labour Helena Cowin230
Turnout
Ind. Ratepayers win (new seat)
Ind. Ratepayers win (new seat)

Elm Park

Elm Park (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joan Arthur 1,894
Conservative Margaret Ashby 1,881
Conservative Leslie Reilly 1,852
Labour George Saunders1,806
Labour David Burn1,779
Labour Jack Hoepelman1,761
Liberal Mark Long204
Liberal Thomas Rimmer202
Liberal Keith Penfold193
National Front Robert Baldwin184
National Front Alfred Harris179
National Front Alan Newell154
Turnout
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Emerson Park

Emerson Park (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Moultrie 2,323
Conservative William Sibley 2,241
Labour John Scott524
Labour Glyn Harris479
Ind. Residents Lynn Lewis249
Turnout
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Gidea Park

Gidea Park (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Johnston 2,090
Conservative Alice Smith 1,998
Labour Judith Paul428
Labour Anthony Gordon419
Turnout
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Gooshays

Gooshays (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ronald Lynn 1,495
Labour Valentine Birnie 1,408
Labour Wilf Mills 1,396
Conservative Alison Bush825
Conservative Helen Forster816
Conservative Pamela Marsden765
National Front Albert Yetton147
Turnout
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Hacton

Hacton (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Residents Albert Davis 1,515
Residents Norman Miles 1,469
Residents Norman Richards 1,376
Conservative Norman Kemble1,271
Conservative Frederick Thompson1,234
Conservative Wendy Thompson1,055
Labour Ernest Rawlins962
Labour Gordon Thompson921
Labour Cyril Whitelock885
Turnout
Residents win (new boundaries)
Residents win (new boundaries)
Residents win (new boundaries)

Harold Wood

Harold Wood (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Forster 2,393
Conservative Peter Marsden 2,287
Conservative Robert Neill 2,255
Labour John McCarthy1,024
Labour Brian Morland957
Labour Hubert Hull942
Turnout
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Heath Park

Heath Park (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eric Munday 1,993
Conservative William Smith 1,954
Labour Dennis Cook575
Labour Pearl Saunders566
Liberal Susan Brewington219
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Heaton

Heaton (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Harris 1,632
Labour Denis O'Flynn 1,567
Labour Geoffrey Otter 1,465
Conservative Nigel Boyle972
Conservative John Hann956
Conservative Julian Chiningworth942
Turnout
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Hilldene

Hilldene (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Reg Whiting 1,479
Labour Bessie Whitworth 1,440
Labour Ron Whitworth 1,412
Conservative Stanley Martin771
Conservative Geoffrey Wright729
Conservative Jane Wright695
Turnout
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Hylands

Hylands (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jean Frost 1,855
Conservative Irene Pearce 1,803
Conservative Frederick Roberts 1,779
Labour Alan Prescott1,563
Labour Peter Osborne1,542
Labour Stewart Binns1,484
Liberal Henry King203
Liberal John Hewitt195
Liberal Brian McCarthy193
Ind. Ratepayers Pamela Wilkes155
Ind. Ratepayers Kenneth Mainstone127
Ind. Ratepayers Laurence Munroe123
Turnout
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Mawney

Mawney (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Victor Bush 2,030
Conservative Lucy Whittingham 1,889
Conservative Nigel Regnier 1,835
Labour Ruby Latham1,394
Labour Michael Blake1,392
Labour Wallace Russell1,322
Liberal Joan Freeman286
Liberal Pauline Longthorn249
Turnout
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Oldchurch

Oldchurch (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Derek Price 933
Conservative William Todd 932
Labour Ronald Baker770
Labour Jocelyn Spindler668
National Front Madeline Caine90
National Front Elsie Harris82
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Rainham

Rainham (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Residents Henry Turner 1,756
Residents Donald Poole 1,667
Residents George Mooney 1,566
Labour Henry Webb1,192
Labour Raymond Emmett1,117
Labour Harry Moss978
Conservative Audrey North731
Conservative Kieran Humphries703
Conservative David Cordell687
Turnout
Residents win (new boundaries)
Residents win (new boundaries)
Residents win (new boundaries)

Rise Park

Rise Park (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Evan Davies 1,876
Conservative Christopher Kemp 1,716
Labour Alfred Capon545
Labour Sheila Hills497
Liberal Terry Hurlstone282
Liberal Caroline Hurlstone278
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

St Andrew's

St Andrew's (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Albert James 2,063
Conservative David Biddlecombe 1,998
Conservative Thomas Orrin 2,012
Labour Keith Dutton906
Labour Margaret Hoepelman850
Labour Margaret Jack844
Ind. Residents Frank Everett720
Ind. Residents Angela Meads711
Ind. Residents Herbert Borley169
Liberal John Green169
Liberal Adrienne McCarthy158
Liberal Trevor Wood142
Turnout
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

St Edward's

St Edward's (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lydia Hutton 1,631
Conservative Roger Ramsey 1,549
Labour Jeannette Bowyer635
Labour Albert Mills556
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

South Hornchurch

South Hornchurch (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Residents Leonard Long 1,384
Residents Michael Burke 1,317
Residents Ronald Whittaker 1,299
Labour Harry Rivers1,249
Labour Richard Desmond1,201
Labour Lynne Cunningham1,179
Conservative Ralph Pollard889
Conservative Robin Hackshall870
Conservative Mary Oxley859
Turnout
Residents win (new boundaries)
Residents win (new boundaries)
Residents win (new boundaries)

Upminster

Upminster (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bruce Gordon-Picking 2,613
Conservative Rodney Chamberlain 2,547
Conservative Joyce White 2,467
Ratepayers Geoffrey Lewis1,991
Ratepayers Carol Springthorpe1,943
Ratepayers Owen Ware1,920
Labour Megan Lamb449
Labour Joseph Moore365
Labour William Nicholls351
Turnout
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

By-elections

The following by-elections took place between the 1978 and 1982 elections:

Notes

  1. Includes all candidates elected as (Independent) Residents or Ratepayers
  2. Terms were extended by the London Councillors Order 1976.

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