1978 Islington London Borough Council election

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1978 Islington London Borough Council election
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All 52 council seats up for election
27 seats needed for a majority
Registered117,884
Turnout38.7%
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Lab Con Labour Co-op
Last election60 seats,0 seats,0 seats,
Seats before520
Seats after4822
Seat changeDecrease2.svg12Increase2.svg2Increase2.svg2
Popular vote54,26242,0141,804
Percentage49.62%38.42%1.65%
 Fourth party
 
Party National Front
Last election0 seats
Seats before0
Seats after0
Popular vote6,149
Percentage5.62%
Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

Labour

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

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Background

Since the last election, the council had changed the boundaries of their wards as such:Changes to wards from 1974 to 1978

Ward1974 election1978 election
Bunhill2 seats3 seats
Canonbury4 seatsWard divided
Canonbury EastPart of Canonbury Ward2 seats
Canonbury WestPart of Canonbury Ward2 seats
GillespieDidn't exist2 seats
Highbury4 seats3 seats
Highview3 seats2 seats
Holloway4 seats3 seats
Junction4 seats3 seats
Mildmay4 seats3 seats
Parkway3 seatsWard abolished
Pentonville3 seatsWard abolished
Quadrant4 seats2 seats
Station2 seatsWard Abolished
SussexDidn't exist2 seats
TollingtonDidn't exist3 seats

Overall the size of the council shrunk by 8, going from 60 councillors to 52 councillors

Election result

1978 Islington Borough Council election [1] [2]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 48917Decrease2.svg 892.3149.6254,262
  Conservative 220Increase2.svg 23.8438.4242,014
  Labour Co-op 220Increase2.svg 23.841.651,804
  National Front 000Steady2.svg0.005.626,149
  Liberal 000Steady2.svg0.002.222,426
  Independent 000Steady2.svg0.001.201,315
  Communist 000Steady2.svg0.000.67731
  Socialist Unity 000Steady2.svg0.000.55603
  Workers Revolutionary 000Steady2.svg0.000.0446
Total52 109,350

Ward results

(*) - Represents an incumbent candidate

(‡) - Represents an incumbent from a ward that was split into two separate wards

Barnsbury

Barnsbury (3) [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Christopher R. Smith 1,257
Labour Cecilia McAskill 1,235
Labour Alexander J. Farrell 1,221
Conservative John D.E. Gallagher923
Conservative Gillian A. Gallagher915
Conservative George B. Skelly882
National Front Lawrence O'Brien171
National Front Arthur R. Jupp164
National Front Frederick G. Atkin163
Liberal John W. Hamilton132
Liberal David J. Trillo115
Communist Maria Loftus107
Registered electors 6,355
Turnout  42.2
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Bunhill

Bunhill (3) [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour George A.W. Ives* 1,338
Labour Edna K. Browning* 1,326
Labour Christie Payne 1,317
Conservative Peter H. Britten1,110
Conservative Patricia M. Robertson1,070
Conservative John G. Watson1,049
National Front Joseph Cohen257
National Front Frank A. Benson247
National Front Gordon H. Shergold237
Workers Revolutionary Kay G. Wrightson46
Registered electors 7,135
Turnout  40.1
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour win (new seat)

Canonbury East

Canonbury East (2) [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Ernest J.W. Bayliss‡801
Labour Sybil P. James 708
Conservative Nicholas B. Baile462
Conservative George H.C. Bennett450
National Front Leslie A. Powell109
National Front John R. Smith99
Liberal John P. Hudson76
Liberal John H. Marshall50
Registered electors 4,249
Turnout  34.6
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Canonbury West

Canonbury West (2) [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Audrey Bayliss 865
Conservative Colin S. Miller 853
Conservative Alan J.M. Reese820
Labour Frederick W.H. Sandford766
Liberal Patricia M. Duncan146
Liberal Philip G. Watkins126
National Front Colin Woolgrove104
National Front Robert Woolgrove87
Registered electors 4,689
Turnout  42.9
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Clerkenwell

Clerkenwell (3) [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour David Hyams* 1,224
Labour Doris K.A. Rogers 1,088
Labour Gerald D. Southgate* 1,083
Conservative Donald W. Bromfield1,082
Conservative Rita M. Bromfield1,033
Conservative Stanley W. Morris969
National Front Michael Harris238
National Front Richard Chambers235
National Front Edward Wilcox191
Liberal Colin A. Muntzer156
Registered electors 7,804
Turnout  35.3
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Gillespie

Gillespie (2) [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Patricia A. Bradbury 864
Labour Carol O'Brien 814
Conservative Nigel J. Bradley616
Conservative Marie B.T. Philipsz499
Liberal Margot J. Dunn127
Liberal Niranjian S. Mukherjee111
National Front Stephen Boon63
National Front Henry Green51
Communist Sarah J. Benton44
Registered electors 4,562
Turnout  38.8
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Highbury

Highbury (3) [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Patricia Brown* 1,537
Labour Jennifer Morris 1,414
Labour Catherine S. Powloski 1,371
Conservative Simon R. Matthews1,179
Conservative Christina F. Rooke1,104
Conservative Alan N. Spinney1,082
National Front Anthony W. Perry129
National Front Anthony R. Wood127
National Front Rory A. Bevan126
Liberal Muriel Pidcock122
Liberal Michael R. Shipman116
Liberal Arthur W.R. Capel112
Registered electors 7,268
Turnout  43.0
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour loss (seat eliminated)

Highview

Highview (2) [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour James C. Evans* 746
Labour Patrick Sheeran 643
Conservative Sheilagh M. Barrett572
Conservative Douglas Gerrard-Reynolds544
Socialist Unity Michael A. Sullivan115
Socialist Unity James Gosling105
National Front Harry Fenton48
Liberal Lorna M. James46
National Front Irene McCleod45
Liberal Ruth C. Smith36
Registered electors 4,212
Turnout  37.9
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour loss (seat eliminated)

Hillmarton

Hillmarton (2) [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Arthur L. Bell* 987
Labour Crispin R. St. Hill 881
Conservative George H. Leeson768
Conservative Roy P.C. Taft714
National Front Terence F. Savage120
National Front George Wilson86
Communist Margaret S. Beardon65
Registered electors 5,212
Turnout  38.8
Labour hold
Labour hold

Hillrise

Hillrise (3) [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Mary McCann* 858
Conservative Neil D. Kerr 843
Labour John Barnes 819
Labour Jack Lethbridge808
Conservative Roman Kowalski792
Conservative Timothy S.K. Yeo730
Socialist Unity Kathryn Adams110
Socialist Unity Michael P. Simpson97
National Front Harold A. Farey44
National Front John J. Taylor40
National Front William Hall34
Registered electors 5,207
Turnout  37.4
Labour hold
Conservative gain from Labour
Labour hold

Holloway

Holloway (3) [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Patrick E. Haynes* 1,065
Labour William J.D. Moroney* 1,021
Labour Edward Holroyd-Doveton* 983
Conservative Anne V. Bradley575
Conservative William H. Giles573
Conservative Merryl S. Cave545
National Front Sidney A. Chaney146
National Front George W. Gilder134
National Front Shaun P. Bowdidge123
Registered electors 6,019
Turnout  33.5
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour loss (seat eliminated)

Junction

Junction (3) [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Christopher M.B. King 1,504
Labour Catherine D. Kaplinsky 1,439
Labour Mark S.B. Van de Weyer* 1,402
Conservative David J. Nicholson1,088
Conservative Jonathan Sayeed986
Conservative Michael D.X. Portillo980
National Front Clifford NF Baker97
National Front Anthony J. Hedge97
National Front Ian Binnie96
Registered electors 6,428
Turnout  44.2
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour loss (seat eliminated)

Mildmay

Mildmay (3) [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Marjorie A. Ogilvy-Webb 1,489
Labour Jane L. Streather 1,442
Labour Valerie A. Veness 1,383
Conservative Anne Felton-Gerber1,037
Conservative Elizabeth M. Carlson1,032
Conservative James A. Rooke989
Independent Terence B. Hernstead210
National Front Sandra McKenzie209
National Front Alan B. Butler202
National Front Derek J. McGranaghan202
Independent Lawrence O'Shea182
Independent John C. Score165
Liberal Raymond C. James150
Liberal Jannette Dawson147
Liberal Peter Murphy134
Communist William J. Norris76
Registered electors 8,467
Turnout  46.9
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour loss (seat eliminated)

Quadrant

Quadrant (2) [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Anthony J. Mooney 1,179
Labour Janet B. Gibson 1,149
Conservative Arthur H.S. Hull901
Conservative Marion J. Pike872
National Front David F. Hammond190
National Front Gordon W. Strange157
Registered electors 5,764
Turnout  43.0
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour loss (seat eliminated)
Labour loss (seat eliminated)

St George's

St George's (3) [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour David J. Davies* 1,199
Labour Gerrard F. Flynn 1,182
Labour Philomena Kershaw 1,169
Conservative Kenneth E.J. Graham1,104
Conservative Albert V. Hiam1,030
Conservative Edmund N.T. Tickell1,005
Communist Angela Mason212
National Front Andrew Desmond135
National Front Terry List112
National Front Thomas Pollard99
Registered electors 7,291
Turnout  37.5
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

St Mary

St Mary (3) [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Alan Pedrick 1,027
Labour Donald B. Hoodless* 990
Labour Ian S. Wilson 981
Conservative Alistair R. Goobey823
Conservative Christopher C. McCann772
Conservative Michael A. Kuhn744
Communist Marie Betteridge196
National Front Richard B. Hughes161
National Front Richard J. Tiley123
National Front Alfred J. Aldris119
Liberal Alison J. Norman119
Liberal Ronald E. Sanderson87
Registered electors 6,017
Turnout  37.7
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

St Peter

St Peter (3) [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Anne L. Page* 1,188
Labour Christopher J. Pryce 1,063
Labour Martin P. Reynolds* 1,014
Conservative Francis M. Haddon-Cave958
Conservative Rupert M. Stephenson955
Conservative Marten G. Tasker947
Liberal William A.A. Bearnish160
Liberal Norma Heigham158
National Front David Faulkner153
National Front Leonard Dark147
National Front David Tedder141
Communist Edward C. Archer107
Registered electors 7,228
Turnout  36.7
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Sussex

Sussex (2) [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Ellen M. Brosnan 887
Labour Co-op Henry J. Reid 781
Conservative Anthony B. Anderson381
Conservative Nigel M. Cumber354
National Front Ian J. Macarthur70
National Front Graham P. Southern51
Registered electors 3,757
Turnout  38.4
Labour win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)

Thornhill

Thornhill (2) [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Margaret Pitt 777
Labour Margaret Watson 736
Conservative Terence P. Kelly521
Conservative Marina Y. Oliver500
Independent Frederick Johns388
Independent Timothy F. Finch334
Independent Richard D. Gilbey36
Registered electors 4,289
Turnout  42.2
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour loss (seat eliminated)

Tollington

Tollington (3) [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Arthur G. Smith 1,027
Labour Co-op Andrew Carty 1,023
Labour Rose L. Evans 989
Conservative Edward F. Bull455
Conservative Martyn D.M. Berkin434
Conservative Abdul A. Siddiqui392
National Front Frederick Shepherd100
Socialist Unity Diana Udall97
National Front Keith Squire83
Socialist Unity Adrian E. Yeeles79
National Front Mark Squire77
Registered electors 5,931
Turnout  31.4
Labour win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

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