1982 Lambeth London Borough Council election

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Elections to Lambeth London Borough Council were held in May 1982. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 40.1%.

Election result

Lambeth Local Election Result 1982^[1]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %
Labour	32			-10	50.0	33.2
Conservative	27			+5	42.2	39.0
Alliance	5	5	0	+5	7.8	26.7

Ward results

Angell

Angell (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Helen Crossfield	1,173
	Labour	Graham Norwood	1,126
	Labour	William Bowring	1,125
	Alliance	Edmund Gray	890
	Alliance	Paul Wilce	840
	Alliance	Mary Wilkinson	827
	Conservative	Anna Hunter	402
	Conservative	Eileen Thorne	370
	Conservative	Gillian Turner	367
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bishop's

Bishop's (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Clapham Park

Clapham Park (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Clapham Town

Clapham Town (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Ferndale

Ferndale (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Ted Knight	1,504
	Labour	Peter Lansley	1,391
	Labour	Josephine Sinclair	1,366
	Alliance	Gabriel Solomon	978
	Alliance	Nicholas Couldroey	961
	Alliance	David Warner	933
	Conservative	Margaret Chambers	528
	Conservative	Dilip Vadgama	488
	Conservative	Irene Bird	461
	Communist	Jean Styles	132
Total votes
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Gipsy Hill

Gipsy Hill (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Herne Hill

Herne Hill (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Patricia Jenkyns	1,569
	Labour	Lloyd Leon	1,554
	Labour	Joan Walley	1,530
	Conservative	William Newton	1,528
	Labour	John Sharland	1,514
	Conservative	Gerald Hartup	1,513
	Alliance	Alexander Grey	868
	Alliance	Margaret Watkinson	862
	Alliance	John Moore	859
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Knight's Hill

Knight's Hill (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Larkhal

Larkhall (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Oval

Oval (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Janet Boateng	1,126
	Labour	John Quinn	1,085
	Labour	Elsie Horstead	1,026
	Alliance	Charles Burch	970
	Alliance	Wilfred Juniper	950
	Alliance	David Stimpson	929
	Conservative	Joseph Egerton	849
	Conservative	Edward Bickham	849
	Conservative	Lavender Taylor	818
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Prince's

Prince's (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

St Leonard's

St Leonard's (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mary Leigh	2,066
	Conservative	Hugh Jones	2,014
	Conservative	Iain Picton	2,009
	SDP	Lee Hughes	804
	Liberal	Keren Lewin	797
	Liberal	Michael Watson	770
	Labour	Roger Bowdery	521
	Labour	Winston Taylor	517
	Labour	Sally Bowdery	513
	Providers Who Care	Alf Hollender	22
Majority			1,205
Turnout				44.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Martin's

St Martin's (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Stockwell

Stockwell (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Streatham Hill

Streatham Hill (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Streatham South

Streatham South (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Streatham Wells

Streatham Wells (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Thornton

Thornton (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Thurlow Park

Thurlow Park (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Town Hall

Town Hall (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Tulse Hill

Tulse Hill (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Vassall

Vassall (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

References

↑ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (1993). Local Elections in Britain: A Statistical Digest. Plymouth: Local Governnment Chronicle Elections Centre.

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