1982 Southwark London Borough Council election

1982 Southwark Council election

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All 64 council seats
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Conservative Independent Labour Seats won 53 8 3 Seat change 3 3 Popular vote 23,138 15,126 1,043 Percentage 42.75% 27.95% 1.93% Swing 15.13 8.18 New
Council Control before election Labour Council Control Labour

Elections to Southwark Council were held in May 1982. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 30.5%.

Election result

Southwark Local Election Result 1982 ^[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	53	0	3	3	85.5	42.75	23,138	15.13
	Conservative	8	0	0		12.9	27.95	15,126	8.18
	Alliance	0	0	0		0	24.34	13,174	20.53
	Independent Labour	3	3	0	3	1.6	1.93	1,043	New
	Ind. Social Democrat	0	0	0		0	1.25	679	New
	Communist	0	0	0		0	0.75	404	0.03
	Independent	0	0	0		0	0.47	254	New
	National Front	0	0	0		0	0.44	239	0.86
	Workers Revolutionary	0	0	0		0	0.13	69	0.03

Southwark Council voting history

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Johnson	775	51.3	−19.5
	Labour	Christine McKie	677	44.8	−22.7
	Alliance (Liberal)	Patricia Wright	369	24.4	N/A
	Alliance (SDP)	James Hughes	355	23.5	N/A
	Conservative	Mark Eaton	271	17.9	−4.9
	Conservative	Peter Martin	231	15.3	−4.7
Turnout			1,512	30.4	+1.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Alleyn

Alleyn (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elsie Headley	802	35.7	−5.7
	Conservative	Pamela Cooper**	783	34.9	−4.7
	Labour	Derrick Robinson	773	34.4	+0.5
	Conservative	Andrew Rowe	755	33.6	−3.7
	Alliance (Liberal)	Jean Halden	505	22.5	+8.6
	Alliance (Liberal)	Robert Blackwell	503	22.4	+9.2
Turnout			2,245	39.4	+1.7
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pamela Cooper was a sitting councillor for Ruskin ward

Barset

Barset (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Cather*	877	48.3	−6.7
	Labour	Nicholas Snow	864	47.6	−8.6
	Alliance (Liberal)	Roy Nightingale	556	30.6	+25.0
	Alliance (Liberal)	Mark Allen	520	28.6	+23.3
	Conservative	Paul Roberts	281	15.5	−14.1
	Conservative	Robert Percival	279	15.4	−12.8
Turnout			1,817	35.9	+8.3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bellenden

Bellenden (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Cliffe	1,346	40.4	−6.6
	Labour	Samuel King	1,291	38.8	−3.0
	Labour	Ann Ward*	1,269	38.1	−8.0
	Conservative	Gerard Fergus	1,067	32.0	−4.7
	Conservative	Peter Forder	1,031	31.0	−3.9
	Conservative	Nigel Linacre	1,007	30.2	−4.5
	Alliance (Liberal)	Alexander Baker	629	18.9	+11.0
	Alliance (SDP)	Iain Johncock	585	17.6	+9.9
	Alliance (SDP)	Leroy Phillips	573	17.2	+9.9
Turnout			3,330	38.3	+2.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bricklayers

Bricklayers (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Bryan	776	40.6	−28.5
	Labour	Stephen Marsling	731	38.2	−25.3
	Alliance (Liberal)	Edwin Langdown	607	31.7	N/A
	Alliance (SDP)	Janet Machin	566	29.6	N/A
	Conservative	Alan Corps	312	16.3	−9.6
	Conservative	Noel Picarda-Kemp	252	13.2	−11.6
	Ind. Social Democrat	William Musgrave	198	10.4	N/A
Turnout			1,912	34.0	+5.6
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Browning

Browning (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graeme Geddes	1,201	53.2	−8.0
	Labour	David Fryer	1,170	51.8	−8.9
	Labour	Ronald Terrett	1,146	50.8	−8.7
	Conservative	Stephen Payne	446	19.8	−8.7
	Conservative	Greta Fergus	443	19.6	−7.4
	Conservative	Angela Meakin	437	19.4	−5.8
	Alliance (Liberal)	Martin Bennett	423	18.7	N/A
	Alliance (SDP)	John Damer	403	17.9	N/A
	Alliance (Liberal)	Richard Malins	382	16.9	N/A
Turnout			2,257	29.6	+3.9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Brunswick

Brunswick (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Lauder*	1,005	46.1	−8.5
	Labour	Jessie Cannon	929	42.6	−16.5
	Labour	Madan Kalia	799	36.7	−7.9
	Alliance (Liberal)	Hugh Mooney	531	24.4	N/A
	Alliance (SDP)	Michael Hall	499	22.9	N/A
	Alliance (SDP)	Robert Shearer	491	22.5	N/A
	Conservative	Patricia Bristow	447	20.5	−5.8
	Conservative	Douglas Mitchell	438	20.1	−4.5
	Conservative	Alfred Shaughnessy	417	19.1	−6.1
	Communist	Eric Hodson	83	3.8	N/A
Turnout			2,180	27.1	−1.5
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Burgess

Burgess (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Trevor Ely*	657	50.7	−11.0
	Labour	Ronald Slater*	623	48.0	−14.0
	Conservative	Donald Case	270	20.8	−8.3
	Conservative	Clive Jones	260	20.0	−6.7
	Alliance (Liberal)	Diana Jenkins	249	19.2	N/A
	Alliance (SDP)	David Ramsay	231	17.8	N/A
Turnout			1,297	26.6	+0.3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Cathedral

Cathedral (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Geoffrey Williams	791	47.5	−22.4
	Labour	Alan Davis*	786	47.2	−17.0
	Conservative	David Walker	437	26.3	+0.5
	Conservative	Michael Sherlock	399	24.0	−0.1
	Alliance (SDP)	Bert Ray**	340	20.4	N/A
	Alliance (SDP)	George Ruddock	318	19.1	N/A
Turnout			1,664	28.5	+1.3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bert Ray was a sitting councillor for Chaucer ward, and was previously elected as a Labour councillor

Chaucer

Chaucer (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Fowler	1,219	43.2	−18.7
	Labour	Anne Matthews	1,106	39.2	−18.6
	Labour	Jessica Wanamaker	1,091	38.6	−18.3
	Alliance (Liberal)	Rose Colley	800	28.3	N/A
	Alliance (SDP)	John Egan	779	27.6	N/A
	Alliance (Liberal)	Richard Shearman	740	26.2	N/A
	Conservative	James Bourlet	492	17.4	−10.7
	Conservative	Beatrice North	469	16.6	−13.4
	Conservative	Sarah Keays	465	16.5	−10.3
	Independent	Anne Keane	284	10.1	N/A
	Independent	John Axon	224	7.9	N/A
Turnout			2,825	35.3	+7.1
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

College

College (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bryan Hoskins*	1,676	53.3	−2.5
	Conservative	Margaret Jackson*	1,606	51.1	−1.7
	Labour	Peter Bowyer	713	22.7	−13.8
	Alliance (SDP)	Angela Simons	673	21.4	+15.1
	Alliance (Liberal)	Patricia Mynott	661	21.0	+15.3
	Labour	John Rolfs	629	20.0	−13.1
Turnout			3,143	49.7	−1.9
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Consort

Consort (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Bendell	828	54.9	−3.7
	Labour	Robert Smyth*	819	54.3	−5.6
	Conservative	Charles Cooper	275	18.2	−7.8
	Conservative	Johanna Holland	268	17.8	−14.1
	Alliance (SDP)	William Jones	231	16.9	N/A
	Alliance (SDP)	Bridget McKew	214	14.2	N/A
Turnout			1,507	31.1	+0.3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Dockyard

Dockyard (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John O'Grady*	1,300	59.8	−10.8
	Labour	Thomas Sullivan	1,219	56.0	−15.3
	Labour	Barry Quirk	1,158	53.2	−16.8
	Alliance (SDP)	George Murphy	435	20.0	N/A
	Alliance (Liberal)	Sylvia Russell	402	18.5	N/A
	Alliance (SDP)	Roy Ashworth	378	17.4	N/A
	Conservative	Percy Gray	306	14.1	−4.5
	Conservative	Nicholas Van-Dar-Borgh	277	12.7	−2.9
	Conservative	Eileen Bascombe	272	12.5	−2.5
	Communist	Elizabeth Wright	140	6.4	−1.3
Turnout			2,175	33.4	+4.6
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Faraday

Faraday (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Greening*	1,205	53.7	−9.7
	Labour	David Payne	1,117	49.8	−14.5
	Labour	Henry Quennell	1,067	47.5	−14.6
	Conservative	Jeremy Gaunt	541	24.1	−3.6
	Alliance (SDP)	Martin Osborne	509	22.7	N/A
	Conservative	Gladys Cobley	465	20.7	−4.5
	Conservative	Cyril Piper	389	17.3	−7.1
	National Front	Anthony Hussey	111	4.9	N/A
	National Front	David Teanby	80	3.6	N/A
	Communist	Susan Lewis	57	2.5	N/A
Turnout			2,245	22.3	−0.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Friary

Friary (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mabel Goldwin*	892	51.3	−8.1
	Labour	David Main	844	48.5	−8.4
	Labour	Rupert Doyle	807	46.4	−8.0
	Alliance (SDP)	James Clark	360	20.7	N/A
	Conservative	Leslie Brown	352	20.2	−4.9
	Alliance (SDP)	Paul Eden	344	19.8	N/A
	Alliance (SDP)	Mary Hobson	329	18.9	N/A
	Conservative	Evannie Smith	309	17.8	−4.4
	Conservative	George Noorden	303	17.4	−4.0
Turnout			1,739	28.4	+1.4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Liddle

Liddle (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Daniel McCarthy	985	58.6	−5.9
	Labour	John Fowler*	982	58.4	−8.1
	Labour	Anne McNaught*	865	51.5	−13.5
	Alliance (Liberal)	David Cartwright	265	15.8	N/A
	Alliance (SDP)	Doreen Payne	228	13.6	N/A
	Conservative	Albert Rumble	228	13.6	−1.9
	Alliance (SDP)	Leslie Candappa	204	12.1	N/A
	Conservative	Pamela Rumble	204	12.1	+0.1
	Conservative	Christopher Rumble	199	11.8	+0.7
	Workers Revolutionary	Graham Hobbs	69	4.1	N/A
Turnout			1,681	20.2	−4.9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Lyndhurst

Lyndhurst (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paula Moore**	1,360	38.0	−9.8
	Labour	Aubyn Graham	1,271	35.5	−11.9
	Labour	Andrew Troke	1,206	33.7	−13.3
	Conservative	Doris Pearce	1,153	31.1	−7.4
	Conservative	Ashwinkumar Tanna	1,116	31.1	−4.7
	Conservative	Ruth Nicholson	1,063	29.7	−8.2
	Alliance (SDP)	William Payne*	856	23.9	−23.9
	Alliance (Liberal)	Nicholas Rowden	804	22.4	+15.7
	Alliance (SDP)	Jonathan Winter	778	21.7	+15.0
Turnout			3,583	39.4	−0.7
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Paula Moore was a sitting councillor for Rye ward

William Payne was previously elected as a Labour councillor

Newington

Newington (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Wentworth	1,134	44.5	−16.2
	Labour	Solomon Parry*	1,080	42.3	−17.1
	Labour	Tony Goss	1,060	41.6	−17.4
	Conservative	William Goody	486	19.1	−13.4
	Alliance (Liberal)	Neville Clemens	475	18.6	N/A
	Conservative	Anne-Louise Kearney-Pateman	460	18.0	−11.4
	Alliance (Liberal)	Gillian Clemens	452	17.7	N/A
	Conservative	Robert Primmer	421	16.5	−12.9
	Alliance (SDP)	Jack Roberts	353	13.8	N/A
	Ind. Social Democrat	Catherine Clunn*	312	12.2	−46.8
	National Front	Mary Bailey	98	3.8	N/A
	National Front	Raymond Barker	98	3.8	N/A
	National Front	James Sneath	88	3.4	N/A
Turnout			2,551	32.3	+4.4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Catherine Clunn was previously elected as a Labour councillor

Riverside

Riverside (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labour	Coral Newell*	1,157	41.3	−24.4
	Independent Labour	Barbara Burgess	1,016	36.3	N/A
	Independent Labour	James Patrick	956	34.1	N/A
	Alliance (Liberal)	Simon Hughes	636	22.7	N/A
	Alliance (Liberal)	Ronald Tindall	634	22.6	N/A
	Labour	Elizabeth Crickmar	623	22.3	−49.1
	Labour	Sidney Howard	606	21.6	−47.7
	Alliance (Liberal)	Janet McCloud	594	21.2	N/A
	Labour	Richard Dawson	589	21.0	−44.7
	Conservative	Norman Bascombe	264	9.4	−11.0
	Conservative	Mary Corps	257	9.2	−11.0
	Conservative	Reginald Evans	244	8.7	−8.5
	Ind. Social Democrat	Charles Sawyer**	176	6.3	N/A
	Ind. Social Democrat	Margaret White*	162	5.8	−62.4
Turnout			2,800	45.0	+8.9
	Independent Labour gain from Labour		Swing
	Independent Labour gain from Labour		Swing
	Independent Labour gain from Labour		Swing

Coral Newell was previously elected as a Labour councillor

Charles Sawyer was a sitting councillor for Rotherhithe ward, and was previously elected as a Labour councillor

Margaret White was previously elected as a Labour councillor

Rotherhithe

Rotherhithe (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harold Young*	909	46.6	−21.3
	Labour	David Brasier	887	45.5	−24.9
	Labour	Alexander Coveney	872	44.7	−24.2
	Alliance (Liberal)	Carol Sawyer	521	26.7	N/A
	Alliance (Liberal)	Thomas Taylor	521	26.7	N/A
	Alliance (SDP)	Raymond Dutton	448	23.0	N/A
	Conservative	David Bellamy	336	17.2	−4.6
	Conservative	Michael Pike	301	15.4	−3.1
	Conservative	Alison Pike	292	15.0	−3.3
	Communist	Robert Gordon	50	2.6	N/A
Turnout			1,949	30.3	+5.6
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Ruskin

Ruskin (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Meakin*	2,186	50.5	−12.0
	Conservative	Catherine Clough**	2,170	50.1	−12.3
	Conservative	Tobias Eckersley*	2,152	49.7	−12.6
	Alliance (SDP)	Brian Bishop	1,268	29.3	+20.4
	Alliance (Liberal)	Anthony Plumb	1,248	28.8	+20.1
	Alliance (SDP)	Jonathan Mitchell	1,239	28.6	+20.1
	Labour	David Jones	638	14.7	−10.2
	Labour	Dora Hayling	634	14.6	−8.0
	Labour	Michael Idun	626	14.5	−7.9
Turnout			4,328	52.5	+5.9
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Catherine Clough was a sitting councillor for Alleyn ward

Rye

Rye (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Clough	1,320	43.0	−6.2
	Conservative	Ralph Spilberg*	1,267	41.2	−5.9
	Labour	Peter Bibby	933	30.4	−7.3
	Labour	Geoffrey Cravitz	862	28.1	−9.3
	Alliance (Liberal)	James Murrell	684	22.3	+16.2
	Alliance (SDP)	Robert Skelly	681	22.2	+16.3
Turnout			3,072	44.5	+1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Giles

St Giles (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leslie Alden*	1,391	50.3	−6.9
	Labour	Anthony Ritchie**	1,272	46.0	−11.7
	Labour	Michael Geater**	1,266	45.8	−11.1
	Alliance (Liberal)	John Bennett	749	27.1	+21.6
	Alliance (Liberal)	Veronica Hunt	602	21.8	+16.8
	Alliance (SDP)	Leaford Patrick	543	19.7	+14.8
	Conservative	John Hoskinson	489	17.7	−12.7
	Conservative	Frederick Smith	472	17.1	−10.0
	Conservative	John Villiers	470	17.0	−9.9
Turnout			2,763	31.3	+2.3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Anthony Ritchie was a sitting councillor for Barset ward

Michael Geater was a sitting councillor for Liddle ward

The Lane

The Lane (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Goss	861	40.7	−16.9
	Labour	Alexander Macpherson	797	37.6	−14.4
	Alliance (SDP)	John Lewis*	620	29.3	+23.9
	Alliance (Liberal)	Jonathan Hunt	584	27.6	+23.1
	Conservative	Douglas Pearce	431	20.4	−4.8
	Conservative	Ian Twinn	427	20.2	−3.3
	National Front	Gary Dunkin	53	2.5	−6.8
	National Front	Peter Core	43	2.0	N/A
Turnout			2,117	35.5	+2.9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Waverley

Waverley (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Kelly	914	40.3	−5.6
	Labour	Helen Penn	821	36.2	−9.7
	Conservative	Anthony Paterson	819	36.1	−4.4
	Conservative	Florence Tristram	740	32.6	−7.4
	Alliance (SDP)	Frank Brean**	431	19.0	+13.5
	Alliance (Liberal)	David Barrett	427	18.8	+13.3
	Communist	Walter Macfarlane	74	3.3	N/A
Turnout			2,268	39.1	−2.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

By-Elections

Riverside by-election, 10 March 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance (Liberal)	Ronald Tindall	1,584	56.6	+34.0
	Independent Labour	Edward Hart	780	27.8	−6.3
	Labour	Michael Idun	233	8.3	−14.0
	New Britain	Kevin Mason	118	4.2	N/A
	Conservative	Michael Pike	77	2.7	−6.7
	Communist	Robert Gordon	9	0.3	N/A
Turnout				43.6	−1.4
	Alliance gain from Independent Labour		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. James Patrick

Consort by-election, 8 March 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Troy	691	44.7	−9.6
	Alliance (Liberal)	Richard Shearman	438	28.3	+11.4
	Conservative	Anthony Patterson	339	21.9	+3.7
	National Front	Mary Bailey	77	5.0	N/A
Turnout				31.1	±0.0
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Robert Smyth

Burgess by-election, 23 February 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance (Liberal)	Rose Colley	840	53.7	+34.5
	Labour	Kevin Joiner	596	38.1	−9.9
	Conservative	Beatrice North	81	5.2	−15.6
	National Front	Peter Core	47	3.0	N/A
Turnout				34.5	−7.9
	Alliance gain from Labour		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ronald Slater

Ruskin by-election, 23 February 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Forder	1,714	50.1	−0.4
	Labour	Peter Russell	832	24.3	+9.6
	Alliance (SDP)	Jonathan Mitchell	791	23.1	−5.5
	National Front	Raymond Barker	83	2.4	N/A
Turnout				42.9	−9.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. John Meakin

Lyndhurst by-election, 12 July 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Crane	1,423	53.4	+15.4
	Conservative	Barry Hallett	656	24.6	−6.5
	Alliance (SDP)	Robert Skelly	519	19.5	−4.4
	National Front	Raymond Barker	65	2.4	N/A
Turnout				28.9	−10.5
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Paula Moore

Rotherhithe by-election, 13 September 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance (Liberal)	Frank Pemberton	1,381	60.9	+34.2
	Labour	Trevor Lawrence	780	34.4	−12.2
	Conservative	Percy Gray	55	2.4	−14.8
	National Front	Peter Core	50	2.2	N/A
Turnout				35.2	+4.9
	Alliance gain from Labour		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Harold Young

Riverside by-election, 15 August 1985

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance (Liberal)	Michael Hannon	1,656	65.2	+42.5
	Labour	John Thomas	801	31.6	+9.3
	Conservative	Beatrice North	81	3.2	−6.2
Turnout				38.6	−6.4
	Alliance gain from Independent Labour		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Barbara Burgess

Liddle by-election, 19 December 1985

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Ellery	1,032	81.7	+23.3
	Alliance (SDP)	Doreen Payne	164	13.0	−0.6
	Conservative	Trevor Pitman	67	5.3	−8.3
Turnout				15.5	−4.7
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. John Fowler

References

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