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All 50 council seats of the Tower Hamlets London Borough Council 26 seats needed for a majority | |||
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Elections to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council were held on 4 May 1978. Following boundary changes, the whole council was up for election. Turnout was 28.3%.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 43 | 64.3 | |||||||
Liberal | 7 | 10.8 | |||||||
Conservative | 0 | 9.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Daniel Kelly | 742 | |||
Labour | Arthur Sanders | 663 | |||
Conservative | Lindsey Rowley | 151 | |||
Conservative | Selwyn Williams | 132 | |||
National Front | George Davis | 108 | |||
National Front | Beverley Matthews | 97 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 4,947 | 20.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Peter Gray | 656 | |||
Liberal | Ronald Lebar | 635 | |||
Liberal | Gwendoline Lee | 632 | |||
Labour | Thomas Crudgington | 560 | |||
Labour | Hetty Hawksbee | 553 | |||
Labour | Deirdre Wood | 525 | |||
Conservative | John Livingstone | 129 | |||
Conservative | Linda Archibald | 111 | |||
Conservative | Tania Mason | 108 | |||
National Front | Richard Cribb | 99 | |||
National Front | Albert Buttery | 98 | |||
National Front | Ernest Bale | 88 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 4,568 | 33.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Guy | 1,129 | |||
Labour | Arthur Downes | 1,119 | |||
Labour | James Morris | 1,055 | |||
Conservative | Malcolm Goldberg | 275 | |||
Conservative | Doris Young | 229 | |||
National Front | Kevin Jones | 177 | |||
National Front | Stanley Muzzlewhite | 149 | |||
National Front | Tina Rowe | 141 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 6,166 | 27.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Beasley | 1,032 | |||
Labour | Patricia Thompson | 989 | |||
National Front | Iris Berry | 191 | |||
Conservative | Raymond Hatter | 185 | |||
National Front | Raymond Underwood | 152 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 5,012 | 30.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Eric Flounders | 933 | |||
Liberal | Irene Seabrook | 850 | |||
Labour | James Brooke | 584 | |||
Labour | Albert Snooks | 554 | |||
Conservative | Caroline Evans | 141 | |||
National Front | Edwin Smith | 90 | |||
National Front | James Buttery | 89 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 4,451 | 39.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joseph O'Connor | 1,051 | |||
Labour | George Negus | 1,036 | |||
Labour | George Wall | 974 | |||
Conservative | Barbara Perrott | 351 | |||
Conservative | William McCrossan | 336 | |||
National Front | Irene Underwood | 254 | |||
National Front | Michael Rowe | 230 | |||
National Front | George Williams | 207 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 6,819 | 25.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Desmond | 1,120 | |||
Labour | Alfred Hegarty | 1,080 | |||
Labour | Reginald Beer | 1,078 | |||
Conservative | Herbert Cook | 283 | |||
Conservative | Edith Goymer | 260 | |||
National Front | Stephen Colville | 225 | |||
National Front | Margaret Rowe | 199 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 6,295 | 27.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Riley | 1,101 | |||
Labour | John O'Neill | 1,093 | |||
Labour | Dennis Twomey | 1,003 | |||
Conservative | Terence Poole | 285 | |||
National Front | Victor Clark | 221 | |||
National Front | John Tear | 200 | |||
National Front | Terence Rowe | 191 | |||
Communist | Anita Halpin | 93 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 7,147 | 24.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Allen | 1,116 | |||
Labour | William Kilgour | 979 | |||
Labour | William Hickin | 963 | |||
Conservative | Kenneth Hollands | 297 | |||
National Front | Kevin Griffin | 236 | |||
National Front | Peter Edwards | 224 | |||
National Front | Donald Williams | 170 | |||
Turnout | 7,144 | 24.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Brian Williams | 1,174 | |||
Liberal | Brenda Collins | 1,117 | |||
Labour | Thomas Beningfield | 399 | |||
Labour | Edmund Winterflood | 357 | |||
National Front | Thomas Matthews | 128 | |||
National Front | Rosina Muzzlewhite | 122 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 4,638 | 38.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Matthew Durrell | 958 | |||
Labour | George Chaney | 950 | |||
Conservative | Mary Firmin | 315 | |||
National Front | Terence Godden | 144 | |||
National Front | Mary Matthews | 125 | |||
Communist | Daniel Lyons | 72 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 5,338 | 28.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Dorrell | 1,087 | |||
Labour | Benjamin Holmes | 1,060 | |||
Labour | Emmanuel Penner | 980 | |||
Conservative | Janet Beater | 360 | |||
National Front | Robert Bargery | 200 | |||
National Front | Sylvia Bale | 163 | |||
Communist | Frank Whipple | 117 | |||
Workers Revolutionary | Bridget Leach | 98 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 6,698 | 27.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Browne | 691 | |||
Labour | Hannah Morsman | 660 | |||
Conservative | Ernest Hartley | 301 | |||
Conservative | Elizabeth Hartley | 295 | |||
National Front | Peter Beresford | 233 | |||
National Front | Frederick Nail | 228 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 4,922 | 26.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert McFarlane | 1,001 | |||
Labour | Gerald Simons | 955 | |||
Labour | Rachel Perkins | 952 | |||
East London People's Alliance | Maureen Davies | 307 | |||
East London People's Alliance | Michael Jempson | 287 | |||
Conservative | John Ranelagh | 243 | |||
Communist | Kevin Halpin | 142 | |||
National Front | John Muzzlewhite | 108 | |||
Independent Liberal | Peter Lear | 98 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 6,166 | 27.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Ashkettle | 1,083 | |||
Labour | Barnett Saunders | 1,027 | |||
Conservative | Brenda Epstein | 378 | |||
Communist | Max Levitas | 313 | |||
Conservative | Edna Hill | 251 | |||
National Front | John Gibbons | 56 | |||
National Front | Terence Jellis | 52 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 5,351 | 31.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Albert Jacob | 1,109 | |||
Labour | Beatrice Orwell | 1,063 | |||
Labour | Edwin Walker | 1,050 | |||
Conservative | Patrick Holmes | 431 | |||
National Front | Albert Mariner | 401 | |||
National Front | George Newman | 376 | |||
Communist | Hugh McAlpine | 121 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 7,809 | 25.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles Mudd | 1,101 | |||
Labour | Eva Armsby | 1,094 | |||
Labour | Jeremiah Long | 1,038 | |||
East London People's Alliance | John Quarrell | 287 | |||
Conservative | Anthony Spiterie | 266 | |||
Conservative | Alan Minnerthey | 254 | |||
National Front | Thomas Underwood | 155 | |||
Limehouse and Ratcliffe Road Action Group | Christopher Idle | 149 | |||
Limehouse and Ratcliffe Road Action Group | John Chesshyre | 146 | |||
Communist | Albert Common | 92 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 6,059 | 30.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Harris | 950 | |||
Labour | Annie Elboz | 941 | |||
Labour | Geoffrey White | 835 | |||
Socialist Unity | Hilda Kean | 377 | |||
Socialist Workers | Colin Knowles | 325 | |||
Socialist Unity | Dave Lawrence | 318 | |||
Conservative | William Dove | 163 | |||
East London People's Alliance | John Fresco | 145 | |||
East London People's Alliance | Phyllis Barber | 125 | |||
National Front | Albert Bennett | 87 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 6,273 | 28.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lillian Crook | 748 | |||
Labour | Charles Main | 735 | |||
Labour | Arthur Praag | 690 | |||
Liberal | Paul Robbins | 573 | |||
Liberal | Carol McLeod | 555 | |||
Liberal | Henry Stallman | 510 | |||
Conservative | Jonathan Fairhurst | 231 | |||
National Front | Roy Newman | 216 | |||
National Front | Terence Courtney | 214 | |||
National Front | Brian Gilbert | 213 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 6,609 | 28.5 |
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