1978 Southwark London Borough Council election

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1978 Southwark Council election
←  1974 4 May 1978 1982  →
All council seats
 First partySecond party
 
Party Labour Conservative
Seats won568
Seat changeDecrease2.svg10Increase2.svg4
Popular vote29,55118,450
Percentage57.88%36.13%
SwingDecrease2.svg7.4Increase2.svg14.26
Council Control before election


Labour

Council Control


Labour

Elections to Southwark Council were held in May 1978. The whole council was up for election with a 28.7% turnout. There are 25 wards rather than the previous 23 and 64 councillors rather than 70.

Contents

Election result

1978 Southwark London Borough Council election seat result.svg
Southwark Local Election Result 1978 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 56Decrease2.svg1087.557.8829,551Decrease2.svg7.4
  Conservative 8Increase2.svg412.536.1318,450Increase2.svg14.26
  Liberal 0Steady2.svg03.811,943Decrease2.svg6.29
  National Front 0Steady2.svg01.3663Increase2.svg0.69
  Communist 0Steady2.svg00.78399Decrease2.svg0.19
  Workers Revolutionary 0Steady2.svg00.153New
Southwark Council voting history 1978 Southwark Council voting history slope chart.png
Southwark Council voting history

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Coveney* 1,076 70.8
Labour James Dower* 1,026 67.5
Conservative Peter Crockford34622.8
Conservative John Heywood30420.0
Workers Revolutionary Anthony Moore533.5
Turnout 1,52029.2
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Alleyn

Alleyn (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Eadie 900 41.4
Conservative Catherine Clough 860 39.6
Conservative Alan Robson81137.3
Labour Madan Kalia73633.9
Liberal Jean Halden30313.9
Liberal Ronald Halden28613.2
Turnout 2,17437.7
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Barset

Barset (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anthony Ritchie 665 56.2
Labour Peter Cather* 651 55.0
Conservative Andrew Davies35029.6
Conservative Peter Hogarth33428.2
Liberal Susan Clegg665.6
Liberal Anne Chopping635.3
Turnout 1,18427.6
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Bellenden

Bellenden (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Douglas Moore 1,500 47.0
Labour Ann Ward* 1,470 46.1
Labour Florence Sampson* 1,334 41.8
Conservative Edward Boxall1,17036.7
Conservative Robert Primmer1,11334.9
Conservative Muriel Piper1,10734.7
Liberal Alexander Baker2537.9
Liberal Mary Packman2457.7
Liberal Margaret White2337.3
Communist Eric Hodson1153.6
Turnout 3,19136.1
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Bricklayers

Bricklayers (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Leonard Henley* 1,111 69.1
Labour Leonard Tucker* 1,024 63.7
Conservative Charles Hayward41725.9
Conservative Frederick Morgan39924.8
Turnout 1,60728.4
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Browning

Browning (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Lees* 1,201 61.2
Labour Patrick McSorley* 1,191 60.7
Labour Frances Stroud 1,168 59.5
Conservative Timothy Webster55928.5
Conservative Peter Hensman53027.0
Conservative John Erbetta49525.2
Turnout 1,96225.7
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Brunswick

Brunswick (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jeremy Gordon 1,335 59.1
Labour Ronald Watts* 1,233 54.6
Labour John Lauder* 1,232 54.6
Conservative Lilian Dawson59426.3
Conservative Mary Ancient56825.2
Conservative Douglas Mitchell55524.6
National Front David Thompson2059.1
National Front John Mullens1998.8
National Front Stephen Wisdom1667.4
Turnout 2,25728.6
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Burgess

Burgess (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ronald Slater 925 62.0
Labour Trevor Ely 921 61.7
Conservative Albert Rumble43429.1
Conservative Clayton Wintrip39826.7
Turnout 1,49226.3
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Cathedral

Cathedral (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Nicholson 1,035 69.0
Labour Alan Davis 964 64.2
Conservative Alfred Nuttall38725.8
Conservative Desmond McCann36124.1
Turnout 1,50127.2
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Chaucer

Chaucer (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Knight* 1,420 61.9
Labour Joy Lee* 1,325 57.8
Labour Bert Ray 1,305 56.9
Conservative Beatrice North68930.0
Conservative Patrick Stewart64528.1
Conservative David Walker61526.8
Turnout 2,29428.2
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

College

College (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bryan Hoskings* 1,858 55.8
Conservative Margaret Jackson 1,758 52.8
Labour Peter Bowyer1,21636.5
Labour Eric Senger1,10233.1
Liberal Malcolm Cogan2086.3
Liberal Mimi Irving1905.7
Turnout 3,32751.6
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Consort

Consort (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Smyth 794 59.9
Labour Frederick Francis* 777 58.6
Conservative Johanna Holland42331.9
Conservative James Uphill34426.0
Turnout 1,32530.8
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Dockyard

Dockyard (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lucy Brown* 1,468 71.3
Labour John O'Grady* 1,454 70.6
Labour Stephen Kippin 1,441 70.0
Conservative Percy Gray38318.6
Conservative Kenneth Cook32215.6
Conservative David Egan30815.0
Communist Elizabeth Wright1587.7
Turnout 2,06028.8
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Faraday

Faraday (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frederick Combes* 1,505 64.3
Labour James Greening 1,484 63.4
Labour William Slater* 1,454 62.1
Conservative Gladys Cobley64927.7
Conservative Basil Leach59125.2
Conservative Francis Richardson57224.4
Turnout 2,34123.1
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Friary

Friary (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mabel Goldwin* 953 59.4
Labour Walter Allen 913 56.9
Labour Joyce Somerville* 873 54.4
Conservative Leslie Brown40225.1
Conservative Evannie Smith35622.2
Conservative George Noorden34321.4
National Front Joseph Richardson1348.4
National Front James Sneath1267.9
Turnout 1,60427.0
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Liddle

Liddle (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Fowler* 1,357 66.5
Labour Anne McNaught* 1,326 65.0
Labour Michael Geater 1,316 64.5
Conservative Ernest Keetch31715.5
Conservative Joan Southgate24512.0
Conservative Paul Watkinson22711.1
National Front George Thompson1859.1
National Front Peter Williams1798.8
Turnout 2,04025.1
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Lyndhurst

Lyndhurst (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Payne* 1,804 47.8
Labour Ernest Davies* 1,789 47.4
Labour Evelyn Ackroyd 1,777 47.0
Conservative Michael Frost1,45438.5
Conservative Richard Clough1,43037.9
Conservative Ashwinkumar Tanna1,35335.8
Liberal Phillipa Beale2546.7
Liberal Jonathan Hunt2546.7
Liberal Michael Wilson2105.6
Communist Linda Smith952.5
Turnout 3,77840.1
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Newington

Newington (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Siah Cox* 1,405 60.7
Labour Charles Halford* 1,375 59.4
Labour Catherine Clunn* 1,365 59.0
Conservative Gerard Fergus75132.5
Conservative Carole Hurst67929.4
Conservative Anne-Louise Kearney67929.4
Turnout 2,31327.9
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Riverside

Riverside (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Cornish 1,672 71.4
Labour Peter Flower 1,623 69.3
Labour Coral Newell 1,537 65.7
Conservative Alexander Padmore47720.4
Conservative Linda Albon47220.2
Conservative David Griffin40217.2
Turnout 2,34136.1
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Rotherhithe

Rotherhithe (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edward Rowe* 1,206 70.4
Labour Charles Sawyer 1,181 68.9
Labour Harold Young* 1,163 67.9
Conservative Lorna Dowling37321.8
Conservative Robert Dunn*31718.5
Conservative Geoffrey Johnson31318.3
Turnout 1,71424.7
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Ruskin

Ruskin (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Meakin 2,552 62.5
Conservative Ralph Spilberg 2,549 62.4
Conservative Tobias Eckersley 2,544 62.3
Labour Joseph Essex1,01724.9
Labour Claude Ramsey92422.6
Labour Charles Gates*91722.4
Liberal Brian Feeley3658.9
Liberal John Graham3568.7
Liberal Hazel Feeley3468.5
Turnout 4,08646.6
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Rye

Rye (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Enid Boxall 1,553 49.2
Conservative Ralph Spilberg 1,487 47.1
Labour Herbert Ball*1,19037.7
Labour Geoffrey Cravitz1,18037.4
Liberal Marian Atkinson1946.1
Liberal Robert Stead1865.9
Turnout 3,15843.5
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

St Giles

St Giles (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Mitchels 1,494 57.7
Labour Leslie Alden* 1,481 57.2
Labour Henry Potter* 1,473 56.9
Conservative Christopher Clark78730.4
Conservative George Scott70127.1
Conservative Peter Houston69626.9
Liberal Janice Wilson1435.5
Liberal Veronica Hunt1305.0
Liberal Bernard Jenkins1284.9
Turnout 2,58929.0
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

The Lane

The Lane (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Brean* 1,002 57.6
Labour Frank Rolfe* 905 52.0
Conservative Anthony Elleray43825.2
Conservative Terence Bray-Deacon40823.5
National Front Leonard Rickard1619.3
Liberal Ann Bostock945.4
Liberal Daniel Tierney784.5
Communist George Rogers311.8
Turnout 1,73932.6
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Waverley

Waverley (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Wheeler 1,127 45.9
Labour Carol Turner 1,126 45.9
Conservative Alan Smith99440.5
Conservative David Haines98040.0
Liberal Alan Clegg1355.5
Liberal Edwin Bonner1345.5
Turnout 2,45341.1
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

By-Elections

Newington by-election, 21 September 1978
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Solomon Parry 781 45.0 -15.7
Conservative Gerard Fergus69840.2+7.7
National Front David Teanby1689.7N/A
Liberal Veronica Hunt905.2N/A
Turnout 21.2-6.7
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Siah Cox

Riverside by-election, 30 November 1978
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret White 775 68.2 -1.1
Conservative Alexander Padmore27424.1+3.7
National Front Leonard Richard877.7N/A
Turnout 17.2-18.9
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Peter Flower

Rye by-election, 20 March 1980
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Pauline Moore 1,331 47.8 +10.1
Conservative Richard Clough1,22243.9-5.3
Liberal Marian Atkinson2308.3+2.2
Turnout 40.4-3.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Enid Boxall

The Lane by-election, 5 November 1981
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance (SDP)John Lewis91647.1+41.7
Labour Susan Goss71136.6-21.0
Conservative Ian Twinn24512.6-12.6
National Front David Teanby713.7-5.6
Turnout 33.4+0.8
Alliance gain from Labour Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Frank Brean

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