1978 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election

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1978 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election
  1974 4 May 1978 1982  

All 50 council seats of the Tower Hamlets London Borough Council
26 seats needed for a majority

Council control before election


Labour

Subsequent council control


Labour

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%.

Contents

Election result

Tower Hamlets Local Election Result 1978 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 4364.3
  Liberal 710.8
  Conservative 09.5

Ward results

[2]

Blackwall

Blackwall (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Daniel Kelly742
Labour Arthur Sanders663
Conservative Lindsey Rowley151
Conservative Selwyn Williams132
National Front George Davis108
National Front Beverley Matthews97
Majority
Turnout 4,94720.9

Bow

Bow (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Peter Gray656
Liberal Ronald Lebar635
Liberal Gwendoline Lee632
Labour Thomas Crudgington560
Labour Hetty Hawksbee553
Labour Deirdre Wood525
Conservative John Livingstone129
Conservative Linda Archibald111
Conservative Tania Mason108
National Front Richard Cribb99
National Front Albert Buttery98
National Front Ernest Bale88
Majority
Turnout 4,56833.7

Bromley

Bromley (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Guy1,129
Labour Arthur Downes1,119
Labour James Morris1,055
Conservative Malcolm Goldberg275
Conservative Doris Young229
National Front Kevin Jones177
National Front Stanley Muzzlewhite149
National Front Tina Rowe141
Majority
Turnout 6,16627.3

East India

East India (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Beasley1,032
Labour Patricia Thompson989
National Front Iris Berry191
Conservative Raymond Hatter185
National Front Raymond Underwood152
Majority
Turnout 5,01230.1

Grove

Grove (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Eric Flounders933
Liberal Irene Seabrook850
Labour James Brooke584
Labour Albert Snooks554
Conservative Caroline Evans141
National Front Edwin Smith90
National Front James Buttery89
Majority
Turnout 4,45139.5

Holy Trinity

Holy Trinity (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph O'Connor1,051
Labour George Negus1,036
Labour George Wall974
Conservative Barbara Perrott351
Conservative William McCrossan336
National Front Irene Underwood254
National Front Michael Rowe230
National Front George Williams207
Majority
Turnout 6,81925.8

Lansbury

Lansbury (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Desmond1,120
Labour Alfred Hegarty1,080
Labour Reginald Beer1,078
Conservative Herbert Cook283
Conservative Edith Goymer260
National Front Stephen Colville225
National Front Margaret Rowe199
Majority
Turnout 6,29527.4

Limehouse

Limehouse (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Riley1,101
Labour John O'Neill1,093
Labour Dennis Twomey1,003
Conservative Terence Poole285
National Front Victor Clark221
National Front John Tear200
National Front Terence Rowe191
Communist Anita Halpin 93
Majority
Turnout 7,14724.0

Millwall

Millwall (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Allen1,116
Labour William Kilgour979
Labour William Hickin963
Conservative Kenneth Hollands297
National Front Kevin Griffin236
National Front Peter Edwards224
National Front Donald Williams170
Turnout 7,14424.4

Park

Park (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Brian Williams1,174
Liberal Brenda Collins1,117
Labour Thomas Beningfield399
Labour Edmund Winterflood357
National Front Thomas Matthews128
National Front Rosina Muzzlewhite122
Majority
Turnout 4,63838.6

Redcoat

Redcoat (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Matthew Durrell958
Labour George Chaney950
Conservative Mary Firmin315
National Front Terence Godden144
National Front Mary Matthews125
Communist Daniel Lyons72
Majority
Turnout 5,33828.6

St Dunstan's

St Dunstan's (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Dorrell1,087
Labour Benjamin Holmes1,060
Labour Emmanuel Penner980
Conservative Janet Beater360
National Front Robert Bargery200
National Front Sylvia Bale163
Communist Frank Whipple117
Workers Revolutionary Bridget Leach98
Majority
Turnout 6,69827.0

St James'

St James' (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Browne691
Labour Hannah Morsman660
Conservative Ernest Hartley301
Conservative Elizabeth Hartley295
National Front Peter Beresford233
National Front Frederick Nail228
Majority
Turnout 4,92226.6

St Katharine's

St Katharine's (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert McFarlane1,001
Labour Gerald Simons955
Labour Rachel Perkins952
East London People's AllianceMaureen Davies307
East London People's AllianceMichael Jempson287
Conservative John Ranelagh243
Communist Kevin Halpin142
National Front John Muzzlewhite108
Independent Liberal Peter Lear98
Majority
Turnout 6,16627.8

St Mary's

St Mary's (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Ashkettle1,083
Labour Barnett Saunders1,027
Conservative Brenda Epstein378
Communist Max Levitas 313
Conservative Edna Hill251
National Front John Gibbons56
National Front Terence Jellis52
Majority
Turnout 5,35131.7

St Peter's

St Peter's (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Albert Jacob1,109
Labour Beatrice Orwell1,063
Labour Edwin Walker1,050
Conservative Patrick Holmes431
National Front Albert Mariner401
National Front George Newman376
Communist Hugh McAlpine121
Majority
Turnout 7,80925.3

Shadwell

Shadwell (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Mudd1,101
Labour Eva Armsby1,094
Labour Jeremiah Long1,038
East London People's AllianceJohn Quarrell287
Conservative Anthony Spiterie266
Conservative Alan Minnerthey254
National Front Thomas Underwood155
Limehouse and Ratcliffe Road Action GroupChristopher Idle149
Limehouse and Ratcliffe Road Action GroupJohn Chesshyre146
Communist Albert Common92
Majority
Turnout 6,05930.9

Spitalfields

Spitalfields (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Harris950
Labour Annie Elboz941
Labour Geoffrey White835
Socialist Unity Hilda Kean377
Socialist Workers Colin Knowles325
Socialist Unity Dave Lawrence318
Conservative William Dove163
East London People's AllianceJohn Fresco145
East London People's AlliancePhyllis Barber125
National Front Albert Bennett87
Majority
Turnout 6,27328.5

Weavers

Weavers (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lillian Crook748
Labour Charles Main735
Labour Arthur Praag690
Liberal Paul Robbins573
Liberal Carol McLeod555
Liberal Henry Stallman510
Conservative Jonathan Fairhurst231
National Front Roy Newman216
National Front Terence Courtney214
National Front Brian Gilbert213
Majority
Turnout 6,60928.5

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References

  1. London Borough Council Elections, 4 May 1978. London: Director-General's Office, Greater London Council. 1978.
  2. London Borough Council Elections, 4 May 1978. London: Director-General's Office, Greater London Council. 1978.