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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.
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]
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]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Stephen Clarke | 1,479 | |||
Labour | Thomas Mitchell | 1,461 | |||
Labour | Sydney Jack | 1,396 | |||
Conservative | Edward Hoad | 990 | |||
Conservative | Martin Shipp | 962 | |||
Conservative | Margaret Munday | 947 | |||
Ind. Residents | Andrew Carew | 524 | |||
Ind. Residents | Brenda Hammond | 440 | |||
Ind. Residents | Joan Lewis | 403 | |||
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Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Thomas Sims | 1,856 | |||
Conservative | Leonard Trott | 1,842 | |||
Labour | Glenys Chandley | 559 | |||
Labour | Dorothy Robinson | 541 | |||
Ind. Residents | Ian Wilkes | 541 | |||
Ind. Residents | Jack Lewis | 421 | |||
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Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Henry Tebbutt | 1,233 | |||
Conservative | Meirion Owens | 1,209 | |||
Labour | George Cox | 1,141 | |||
Labour | Jesse Taylor | 1,063 | |||
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Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Randall Evans | 1,235 | |||
Conservative | William Odulate | 1,172 | |||
Labour | Arthur Latham | 961 | |||
Labour | Sydney Parrish | 863 | |||
Communist | Colin Harper | 84 | |||
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Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robin Adaire | 1,238 | |||
Conservative | Norman Symonds | 1,192 | |||
Labour | Robert Kilbey | 764 | |||
Labour | Christine Blake | 759 | |||
Liberal | Eric Freeman | 214 | |||
Liberal | Keith Brewington | 178 | |||
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Conservative win (new boundaries) | |||||
Conservative win (new boundaries) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ind. Ratepayers | Rowland Knell | 1,544 | |||
Ind. Ratepayers | Jean Mitchell | 1,496 | |||
Conservative | Peter Gardner | 955 | |||
Conservative | Stephen Brabner | 922 | |||
Labour | Tom Horlock | 544 | |||
Labour | Frances Eldred | 529 | |||
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Ind. Ratepayers win (new seat) | |||||
Ind. Ratepayers win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ind. Ratepayers | Ron Ower | 1,824 | |||
Ind. Ratepayers | Louisa Sinclair | 1,811 | |||
Conservative | Mary Noyes | 988 | |||
Conservative | John Smith | 877 | |||
Labour | Susan Kortlandt | 239 | |||
Labour | Helena Cowin | 230 | |||
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Ind. Ratepayers win (new seat) | |||||
Ind. Ratepayers win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Joan Arthur | 1,894 | |||
Conservative | Margaret Ashby | 1,881 | |||
Conservative | Leslie Reilly | 1,852 | |||
Labour | George Saunders | 1,806 | |||
Labour | David Burn | 1,779 | |||
Labour | Jack Hoepelman | 1,761 | |||
Liberal | Mark Long | 204 | |||
Liberal | Thomas Rimmer | 202 | |||
Liberal | Keith Penfold | 193 | |||
National Front | Robert Baldwin | 184 | |||
National Front | Alfred Harris | 179 | |||
National Front | Alan Newell | 154 | |||
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Conservative win (new boundaries) | |||||
Conservative win (new boundaries) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Moultrie | 2,323 | |||
Conservative | William Sibley | 2,241 | |||
Labour | John Scott | 524 | |||
Labour | Glyn Harris | 479 | |||
Ind. Residents | Lynn Lewis | 249 | |||
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Conservative win (new boundaries) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Johnston | 2,090 | |||
Conservative | Alice Smith | 1,998 | |||
Labour | Judith Paul | 428 | |||
Labour | Anthony Gordon | 419 | |||
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Conservative win (new boundaries) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ronald Lynn | 1,495 | |||
Labour | Valentine Birnie | 1,408 | |||
Labour | Wilf Mills | 1,396 | |||
Conservative | Alison Bush | 825 | |||
Conservative | Helen Forster | 816 | |||
Conservative | Pamela Marsden | 765 | |||
National Front | Albert Yetton | 147 | |||
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Labour win (new boundaries) | |||||
Labour win (new boundaries) | |||||
Labour win (new boundaries) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Residents | Albert Davis | 1,515 | |||
Residents | Norman Miles | 1,469 | |||
Residents | Norman Richards | 1,376 | |||
Conservative | Norman Kemble | 1,271 | |||
Conservative | Frederick Thompson | 1,234 | |||
Conservative | Wendy Thompson | 1,055 | |||
Labour | Ernest Rawlins | 962 | |||
Labour | Gordon Thompson | 921 | |||
Labour | Cyril Whitelock | 885 | |||
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Residents win (new boundaries) | |||||
Residents win (new boundaries) | |||||
Residents win (new boundaries) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Forster | 2,393 | |||
Conservative | Peter Marsden | 2,287 | |||
Conservative | Robert Neill | 2,255 | |||
Labour | John McCarthy | 1,024 | |||
Labour | Brian Morland | 957 | |||
Labour | Hubert Hull | 942 | |||
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Conservative win (new boundaries) | |||||
Conservative win (new boundaries) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Eric Munday | 1,993 | |||
Conservative | William Smith | 1,954 | |||
Labour | Dennis Cook | 575 | |||
Labour | Pearl Saunders | 566 | |||
Liberal | Susan Brewington | 219 | |||
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Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Robert Harris | 1,632 | |||
Labour | Denis O'Flynn | 1,567 | |||
Labour | Geoffrey Otter | 1,465 | |||
Conservative | Nigel Boyle | 972 | |||
Conservative | John Hann | 956 | |||
Conservative | Julian Chiningworth | 942 | |||
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Labour win (new boundaries) | |||||
Labour win (new boundaries) | |||||
Labour win (new boundaries) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Reg Whiting | 1,479 | |||
Labour | Bessie Whitworth | 1,440 | |||
Labour | Ron Whitworth | 1,412 | |||
Conservative | Stanley Martin | 771 | |||
Conservative | Geoffrey Wright | 729 | |||
Conservative | Jane Wright | 695 | |||
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Labour win (new boundaries) | |||||
Labour win (new boundaries) | |||||
Labour win (new boundaries) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jean Frost | 1,855 | |||
Conservative | Irene Pearce | 1,803 | |||
Conservative | Frederick Roberts | 1,779 | |||
Labour | Alan Prescott | 1,563 | |||
Labour | Peter Osborne | 1,542 | |||
Labour | Stewart Binns | 1,484 | |||
Liberal | Henry King | 203 | |||
Liberal | John Hewitt | 195 | |||
Liberal | Brian McCarthy | 193 | |||
Ind. Ratepayers | Pamela Wilkes | 155 | |||
Ind. Ratepayers | Kenneth Mainstone | 127 | |||
Ind. Ratepayers | Laurence Munroe | 123 | |||
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Conservative win (new boundaries) | |||||
Conservative win (new boundaries) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Victor Bush | 2,030 | |||
Conservative | Lucy Whittingham | 1,889 | |||
Conservative | Nigel Regnier | 1,835 | |||
Labour | Ruby Latham | 1,394 | |||
Labour | Michael Blake | 1,392 | |||
Labour | Wallace Russell | 1,322 | |||
Liberal | Joan Freeman | 286 | |||
Liberal | Pauline Longthorn | 249 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative win (new boundaries) | |||||
Conservative win (new boundaries) | |||||
Conservative win (new boundaries) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Derek Price | 933 | |||
Conservative | William Todd | 932 | |||
Labour | Ronald Baker | 770 | |||
Labour | Jocelyn Spindler | 668 | |||
National Front | Madeline Caine | 90 | |||
National Front | Elsie Harris | 82 | |||
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Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Residents | Henry Turner | 1,756 | |||
Residents | Donald Poole | 1,667 | |||
Residents | George Mooney | 1,566 | |||
Labour | Henry Webb | 1,192 | |||
Labour | Raymond Emmett | 1,117 | |||
Labour | Harry Moss | 978 | |||
Conservative | Audrey North | 731 | |||
Conservative | Kieran Humphries | 703 | |||
Conservative | David Cordell | 687 | |||
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Residents win (new boundaries) | |||||
Residents win (new boundaries) | |||||
Residents win (new boundaries) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Evan Davies | 1,876 | |||
Conservative | Christopher Kemp | 1,716 | |||
Labour | Alfred Capon | 545 | |||
Labour | Sheila Hills | 497 | |||
Liberal | Terry Hurlstone | 282 | |||
Liberal | Caroline Hurlstone | 278 | |||
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Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Albert James | 2,063 | |||
Conservative | David Biddlecombe | 1,998 | |||
Conservative | Thomas Orrin | 2,012 | |||
Labour | Keith Dutton | 906 | |||
Labour | Margaret Hoepelman | 850 | |||
Labour | Margaret Jack | 844 | |||
Ind. Residents | Frank Everett | 720 | |||
Ind. Residents | Angela Meads | 711 | |||
Ind. Residents | Herbert Borley | 169 | |||
Liberal | John Green | 169 | |||
Liberal | Adrienne McCarthy | 158 | |||
Liberal | Trevor Wood | 142 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative win (new boundaries) | |||||
Conservative win (new boundaries) | |||||
Conservative win (new boundaries) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Lydia Hutton | 1,631 | |||
Conservative | Roger Ramsey | 1,549 | |||
Labour | Jeannette Bowyer | 635 | |||
Labour | Albert Mills | 556 | |||
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Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Residents | Leonard Long | 1,384 | |||
Residents | Michael Burke | 1,317 | |||
Residents | Ronald Whittaker | 1,299 | |||
Labour | Harry Rivers | 1,249 | |||
Labour | Richard Desmond | 1,201 | |||
Labour | Lynne Cunningham | 1,179 | |||
Conservative | Ralph Pollard | 889 | |||
Conservative | Robin Hackshall | 870 | |||
Conservative | Mary Oxley | 859 | |||
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Residents win (new boundaries) | |||||
Residents win (new boundaries) | |||||
Residents win (new boundaries) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Bruce Gordon-Picking | 2,613 | |||
Conservative | Rodney Chamberlain | 2,547 | |||
Conservative | Joyce White | 2,467 | |||
Ratepayers | Geoffrey Lewis | 1,991 | |||
Ratepayers | Carol Springthorpe | 1,943 | |||
Ratepayers | Owen Ware | 1,920 | |||
Labour | Megan Lamb | 449 | |||
Labour | Joseph Moore | 365 | |||
Labour | William Nicholls | 351 | |||
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Conservative win (new boundaries) | |||||
Conservative win (new boundaries) |
The following by-elections took place between the 1978 and 1982 elections:
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