1982 Newham London Borough Council election

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The 1982 Newham London Borough Council election for the Newham London Borough Council was held on 6 May 1982. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 27.0%. The Labour Party held onto its overwhelming majority.

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Election result

Newham Local Election Result 1982 [1] [2] [3]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 5403-385.754.0
  Conservative 00000.010.7
  Alliance 660+69.529.1
  Other parties 30304.8

Background

A total of 156 candidates stood in the election for the 60 seats being contested across 24 wards. Candidates included a full slate from the Labour Party, whilst the Conservative Party ran 29 candidates. The Liberal and SDP parties ran 56 joint candidates whilst the Liberal Party also ran 3 candidates under the Liberal Focus Team Alliance banner. Other candidates included 5 Independents, 1 Communist and 3 National Front.

Results by ward

Beckton

Beckton (2) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Herbert A. Taylor 875 73.2 −9.0
Labour Derek A. Whitbread 783 N/A
Alliance Robert G Fleming32126.8N/A
Turnout 22.6−6.0
Registered electors 5,519
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Bemersyde

Bemersyde (2) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harry Bauckham 733 56.9 −18.7
Labour William Dunlop 634 N/A
Alliance Adrian G. Cole55643.1N/A
Alliance Eileen M. McManus517N/A
Turnout 29.4+2.8
Registered electors 4,792
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Canning Town & Grange

Canning Town & Grange (2) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jack A. Hart 1,178 67.5 −10.8
Labour Charles Whincup 1,085 N/A
Alliance Ronald S. Webb56732.5N/A
Alliance Margaret E. Linford489N/A
Turnout 30.9+1.5
Registered electors 6,110
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Castle

Castle (2) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sarah L. M. Murray 1,031 62.4 +7.7
Labour Robert A. Wales 965 N/A
Alliance Leslie Hall62237.6N/A
Alliance David Gotobe601N/A
Turnout 30.7+5.5
Registered electors 5,951
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Central

Central (2) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gordon T. George 1,050 54.0 −8.0
Labour Stanley Hopwood 997 N/A
Alliance David J. Corney70736.3N/A
Alliance Cathryn Y. Robbins524N/A
Independent Leslie D. Jefferd1889.7N/A
Turnout 36.7+0.8
Registered electors 5,747
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Custom House & Silvertown

Custom House & Silvertown (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William A. Chapman 1,026 61.8 −21.2
Labour Julia C. I. Garfield 968 N/A
Labour Thomas A. Jenkinson 861 N/A
Alliance Aaron P. Chapman63438.2N/A
Alliance Sylvia A. Kilcoin409N/A
Alliance Sally A. Smith391N/A
Turnout 23.7+0.3
Registered electors 7,959
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Forest Gate

Forest Gate (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael T. Foley 992 40.0 −18.3
Labour Ronald G. Augley 988 N/A
Labour Conor M. McAuley 960 N/A
Alliance Robert E. Burrows81132.7N/A
Alliance Leighton R. Andrews782N/A
Alliance Alan J. Leaman735N/A
Conservative Robin D. Atter60324.3−13.7
Conservative Victor E. Jackson585N/A
Conservative Luigi Peluso529N/A
Communist John G. Grahl773.1N/A
Turnout 28.7+3.5
Registered electors 8,286
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Greatfield

Greatfield (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance Edwin G. Ray 1,501 59.0 N/A
Alliance Neal A. Chubb 1,329 N/A
Alliance John J. Haggerty 1,326 N/A
Labour Marjorie E. Helps1,04341.0+10.0
Labour Anita J. Pollock1,021N/A
Labour Thomas A. Acton1,007N/A
Turnout 32.7−8.9
Registered electors 8,652
Alliance gain from Residents Swing
Alliance gain from Residents Swing
Alliance gain from Residents Swing

Hudsons

Hudsons (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frederick C. Jones 1,009 61.0 −9.3
Labour Frederick J. Dance 950 N/A
Labour Richard W. Buxton 925 N/A
Alliance Roy A. Adams56128.7N/A
Alliance Lorraine Brand469N/A
Alliance Lamont M. Royer460N/A
Conservative Thomas A. Ham38219.6−0.5
Conservative Jane F. Green346N/A
Conservative Doris C. Neville326N/A
Turnout 26.7+0.1
Registered electors 7,828
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Kensington

Kensington (2) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kenneth C. R. Massey 1,412 59.4 +4.6
Labour John J. Plant 1,257 N/A
Alliance Sylvia E. Neal54022.7N/A
Alliance Henry R. Wheatcroft515N/A
Independent Anand K. Sharma42417.8N/A
Independent Leon Netto3449.7N/A
Turnout 41.8−2.3
Registered electors 5,874
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Little Ilford

Little Ilford (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Paul J. Robbins 1,304 54.0 N/A
Liberal Ann C. Winfield 1,202 N/A
Liberal Rif Winfield 1,135 N/A
Labour William H. Brown1,03042.7−24.0
Labour John A. Kemp1,021N/A
Labour Patel G. Maganbhai931N/A
Workers Revolutionary Andrew K. Blunden793.3−1.5
Turnout 32.2+13.1
Registered electors 8,585
Liberal gain from Labour Swing
Liberal gain from Labour Swing
Liberal gain from Labour Swing

Manor Park

Manor Park (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Amarjit Singh 1,372 49.6 −3.5
Labour James A. Parnell 1,291 N/A
Labour Elizabeth C. Fullick 1,255 N/A
Conservative Alexander G. Hope-Thomson79128.6−10.4
Conservative Andrew F. Winter782N/A
Conservative Stanley L. Norton754N/A
Alliance John S. Ashworth60421.8N/A
Alliance William A. Robinson569N/A
Alliance Noble Din500N/A
Turnout 36.3−1.5
Registered electors 8,571
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Monega

Monega (2) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lewis E. Boyce 1,106 58.0 +2.4
Labour Frederick E. York 1,027 N/A
Alliance Alec J. Kellaway47925.1N/A
Alliance Harbans S. Jabbal389N/A
Independent Kartor Singh32216.9N/A
Independent Munawar Hussain295N/A
Turnout 35.3−1.1
Registered electors 5,834
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

New Town

New Town (2) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter J. Pendle 576 48.6 −19.2
Labour Maurice Sampson 492 N/A
Alliance Andrew J. Bolton34529.1N/A
Alliance David C. Powell321N/A
Conservative Deryn J. Buckley26422.3−6.7
Conservative Barry W. Roberts216N/A
Turnout 28.5+0.5
Registered electors 4,593
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Ordnance

Ordnance (2) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles A. Flemwell 610 71.8 −13.0
Labour Anne King 531 N/A
Alliance Edward G. Powell24028.2N/A
Alliance Melva Campbell197N/A
Turnout 21.1−1.6
Registered electors 4,266
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Park

Park (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ann Howlett 1,053 50.3 −15.1
Labour James G. Newstead 960 N/A
Labour Sidney H. Smith 937 N/A
Alliance Leonard Ryder59828.6N/A
Alliance Leslie E. Groombridge593N/A
Alliance Michael J. Hogan579N/A
Conservative Roger M. Barker-Green44121.1N/A
Conservative Wendy N. Blanchard420N/A
Conservative Richard C. Strauss402N/A
Turnout 30.8+5.4
Registered electors 7,813
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Plaistow

Plaistow (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anand N. Patil 1,906 74.8 +13.6
Labour David J. Brand 1,235 N/A
Labour Arthur F. G. Edwards 1,229 N/A
Alliance Ian W. F. MacFadyen46818.4N/A
Alliance Nicholas Ward461N/A
Alliance Amrik S. Mahandru382N/A
National Front Michael B. Hipperson1756.9N/A
National Front Denis G. Holland174N/A
National Front William J. Roberts155N/A
Turnout 29.7+2.2
Registered electors 7,154
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Plashet

Plashet (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank I. Jackman 1,327 40.1 −35.1
Labour Edwin Mann 1,216 N/A
Labour Kenneth Palmer 1,167 N/A
Ind. Labour Party Bill Watts1,00530.4N/A
Ind. Labour Party Peter Billups962N/A
Ind. Labour Party Liam A. Williams830N/A
Alliance Sailesh Bhattacharji56617.1N/A
Alliance Peshawari Bhalla556N/A
Conservative Peter G. Ham41112.4−12.4
Conservative William G. Flynn410N/A
Conservative Gerard Eldridge401N/A
Alliance Ross B. Smith396N/A
Turnout 37.9+5.9
Registered electors 8,845
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

St Stephens

St Stephens (2) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Nolan 1,130 62.1 +4.2
Labour Eric R. Harris 1,030 N/A
Alliance Francis J. Rowden40622.3N/A
Alliance Ahmed E. Oomerjee352N/A
Independent Bahadur S. Gahir28415.6N/A
Independent Parkash C. Sondhi243N/A
Turnout 40.4−5.5
Registered electors 5,521
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

South

South (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edward Daly 1,033 50.1 −5.4
Labour Leonard D. Manley 886 N/A
Labour Margaret E. Philpott 851 N/A
Conservative Robert F. Williams57728.0−1.9
Conservative Sylvia L. Williams455N/A
Alliance Anthony Wilkinson45121.9N/A
Alliance Frances L. Bolton361N/A
Alliance David M. Coleman361N/A
Turnout 28.9−0.6
Registered electors 7,278
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Stratford

Stratford (2) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James C. Goldsmith 665 57.2 −12.7
Labour James C. Riley 563 N/A
Alliance Albert Fuller28424.4N/A
Alliance Denis P. Groutage230N/A
Conservative Florence Jackson21318.3−1.6
Conservative Emily J. Short178N/A
Turnout 23.6−1.3
Registered electors 5,472
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Upton

Upton (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John R. Clow 1,685 58.6 −14.5
Labour David A. Gilles 1,447 N/A
Labour Alan Mattingly 1,319 N/A
Independent Noorallah Darwesh44015.3N/A
Alliance Belboda J. B. Cooke43515.1N/A
Independent Ahmed Din403N/A
Alliance Surinder M. Gautama389N/A
Conservative Edmund McCullagh31711.0−15.9
Conservative Dorothy M. Neal311N/A
Conservative David Knight304N/A
Turnout 34.6+4.0
Registered electors 8,380
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Wall End

Wall End (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Herbert T. Philpott 1,252 47.3 −1.3
Labour Hermaish K. Dhesi 1,189 N/A
Labour Sarah J. Reeves 1,162 N/A
Conservative Donald MacIver78029.5+14.7
Conservative Gwendoline H. MacIver749N/A
Conservative Laurence A. Howell747N/A
Alliance Peggy R. Campbell61623.3N/A
Alliance Richard J. Minchin537N/A
Alliance Ernest G. Mtunzi514N/A
Turnout 34.6−1.8
Registered electors 8,534
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

West Ham

West Ham (2) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alfred T. Dickerson 865 54.4 −14.1
Labour Peter J. Undrill 699 N/A
Alliance Victor Schofield38023.9N/A
Conservative Dennis F. Privett34621.7+5.5
Alliance Simon McGrath345N/A
Conservative Simon N. C. Pearce319N/A
Turnout 28.2+3.3
Registered electors 6,194
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

By-elections between 1982 and 1986

Forest Gate

Forest Gate by-election, 14 June 1984 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret P. Olley 1,517 63.4 +23.4
Liberal David C. Powell46919.6−13.1
Conservative Robin D. Atter40717.0−7.3
Majority1,04843.8N/A
Turnout 30.7+2.0
Registered electors 7,845
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Michael T. Foley.

Little Ilford

Little Ilford by-election, 14 June 1984 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ann C. Winfield 1,868
Labour Stephen C. Timms 1,780
Labour Colin M. Copus1,763
Liberal Rif Winfield1,715
Majority88N/A
Turnout 45.3+13.1
Registered electors 8,431
Liberal hold Swing
Labour gain from Lib Dem Focus Team Swing

The by-election was called following the resignations of Cllr. Rif Winfield and Cllr. Ann Winfield.

New Town

New Town by-election, 28 June 1984 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Wendy Mallard 987 71.7 +23.1
Alliance Lee Reeves26419.2−9.9
Conservative Victor E. Jackson1259.1−13.2
Majority72352.5N/A
Turnout 28.4−0.1
Registered electors 4,845
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Maurice Sampson.

References

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