1982 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election

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1982 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election
  1978 6 May 1982 1986  

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 Thursday 6 May 1982. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 30.6%.

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Election result

Tower Hamlets Local Election Result 1982 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 3144.1
  Alliance 1837.3
  Other parties 1
  Conservative 08.5

Ward results

Member of the old council*

Blackwall

Bow

Bow (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ronald Lebar*1,00458.3
Liberal Patricia L Catchpole980
Liberal Jonathan Price924
Labour Hilary J Price66139.0
Labour Patricia E Rackley659
Labour Leonard Coan626
Conservative 1382.8
Majority
Turnout
Liberal hold Swing

Bromley

Bromley (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William T G Guy*1,046
Labour Arthur W Downes*1,041
Labour Patrick A Desmond1,001
Liberal Terence McGrenera886
Liberal John P Nudds847
Liberal Martin A Rabicano797
Conservative Christopher A Sayer172
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

East India

Grove

Grove (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Eric Flounders*986
Liberal Edward Lewis898
Labour James T Brooke554
Labour Belle Harris547
Conservative Caroline K Sayer86
Conservative Linda Ransom81
Majority
Turnout
Liberal hold Swing

Holy Trinity

Holy Trinity (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Stephen Charters1,434
Liberal Jennifer P Hearn1,427
Liberal Jeanette P Smallwood1,397
Labour Albert J Snooks912
Labour Terence J McCarthy876
Labour Joseph O'Connor*810
Conservative Barbara J Perrott118
Majority
Turnout
Liberal gain from Labour Swing

Lansbury

Limehouse

Millwall

Park

Park (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Brian Williams*1,229
Liberal Terence Cowley1,143
Labour Jeffrey Crooks648
Labour Walter Leary591
Majority
Turnout
Liberal hold Swing

Redcoat

St Dunstan's

St James'

St James' (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Barrie Duffey1,021
Liberal Elizabeth Hewison958
Labour George M Browne*552
Labour Hannah Morsman*512
Conservative Christopher W Nolan109
Conservative Peter E Sayer99
National Front Albert Bennett48
National Front Sylvia Bartlett43
Majority
Turnout
Liberal gain from Labour Swing

St Katharine's

St Mary's

St Peter's

St Peter's (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Andrew R Goodchild1,726
Liberal Dennis Hallam1,699
Liberal Patrick T Streeter1,690
Labour Albert C Jacob*721
Labour Beatrice Orwell*700
Labour Edwin G Walker*650
National Front Victor J Clark121
National Front Albert Mariner92
National Front Susan I Clapp88
Majority
Turnout
Liberal gain from Labour Swing

Shadwell

Spitalfields

Spitalfields (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Muhammed N Huque638
Labour Annie Elboz*560
Labour Susan M Carlyle556
Community WorkerSyed Islam530
Labour Stephen Corbishley496
SDP William Kelly417
SDP Muhammed G Mustafa407
Conservative Jane Emmerson215
SDP Geoffrey G White401
Independent Abdul Gofur173
Independent Sherajul Hoque157
Majority
Turnout
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Weavers

Weavers (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Jeremy A Shaw1,49654.1
Liberal Peter J Hughes1,435
Liberal Kofi B Appiah1,396
Labour Edward Bishop*75427.3
Labour William Harris664
Labour Sally A Tyley612
Conservative Richard Dyer2679.7
Independent Mohammed A Hussain2468.9
Majority26.9
Turnout 37.4
Liberal gain from Labour Swing

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