1982 London local elections

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1982 London local elections
  1978 6 May 1982 1986  

All 1,914 on all 32 London boroughs
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Margaret Thatcher (1983).jpg Michael Foot (1981).jpg
Leader Margaret Thatcher Michael Foot David Steel (Lib.)
Collective (SDP)
Party Conservative Labour SDPLiberal Alliance
Leader since11 February 197510 November 1980 1976  (Steel), 1981 (SDP)
Popular vote912,005652,430530,340
Percentage42.2%30.2%24.6%
SwingDecrease2.svg6.5%Decrease2.svg8.9%Increase2.svg17.5%
Councils17120
Councils +/–Steady2.svgDecrease2.svg2Steady2.svg
Councillors984781124
Councillors +/–Increase2.svg24Decrease2.svg101Increase2.svg94

London local elections 1982.svg
Results by Borough in 1982.

Local government elections took place in London, and some other parts of the United Kingdom on Thursday 6 May 1982. Ward changes took place in Enfield which increased the total number of councillors by 6 from 1,908 to 1,914.

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All London borough council seats were up for election. Both major parties lost votes to the SDP-Liberal Alliance, but whilst the Conservatives gained 20 council seats, Labour lost 101.

The party's result of 30.4%, 12 councils and 781 councillors was the worst Labour result since 1968.

The previous Borough elections in London were in 1978. [1]

To date, this remains the last London local election in which the Conservatives won a majority of council seats or councils, as well as the last time the party won over 40% of the vote. The Conservatives would not win the popular vote in a London local election for another two decades, and would not win a plurality of seats in London again until the election of 2006, 24 years later.

Results summary

Party [2] Votes won % votesChangeSeats % seatsChangeCouncilsChange
Conservative 912,00542.2-6.598451.4+2417±0
Labour 652,43030.2-8.978140.8-10112-2
Alliance 530,34024.6+17.51246.5+940±0
Others64,3873.0-2.1251.3-110±0
No overall control n/an/an/an/an/an/a3+2

Council results

CouncilPrevious controlResultDetails
Barking and Dagenham Labour Labour Details
Barnet Conservative Conservative Details
Bexley Conservative Conservative Details
Brent Labour Labour Details
Bromley Conservative Conservative Details
Camden Labour Labour Details
Croydon Conservative Conservative Details
Ealing Conservative Conservative Details
Enfield Conservative Conservative Details
Greenwich Labour Labour Details
Hackney Labour Labour Details
Hammersmith and Fulham No overall control No overall control Details
Haringey Labour Labour Details
Harrow Conservative Conservative Details
Havering Conservative Conservative Details
Hillingdon Conservative Conservative Details
Hounslow Labour Labour Details
Islington Labour Labour Details
Kensington and Chelsea Conservative Conservative Details
Kingston upon Thames Conservative Conservative Details
Lambeth Labour No overall control Details
Lewisham Labour Labour Details
Merton Conservative Conservative Details
Newham Labour Labour Details
Redbridge Conservative Conservative Details
Richmond upon Thames Conservative Conservative Details
Southwark Labour Labour Details
Sutton Conservative Conservative Details
Tower Hamlets Labour Labour Details
Waltham Forest Labour No overall control Details
Wandsworth Conservative Conservative Details
Westminster Conservative Conservative Details

Borough result maps

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References

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