Barnet London Borough Council election, 1978

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The 1978 Barnet Council election took place on 4 May 1978 to elect members of Barnet London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

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Background

Since the last election in 1974, the Local Government Boundary Commission carried out their first periodic electoral review of Barnet under the Local Government Act 1972 and made a number of boundary changes. [1]

The Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) was the statutory body established under the Local Government Act 1972 to settle the boundaries, names and electoral arrangements of the non-metropolitan districts which came into existence in 1974, and for their periodic review. The stated purpose of the LGBCE was to ensure "that the whole system does not get frozen into the form which has been adopted as appropriate in the 1970s". In the event it made no major changes and was replaced in 1992 by the Local Government Commission for England.

Local Government Act 1972 Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom

The Local Government Act 1972 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974.

Election result

Overall turnout in the election was 43.6%.

Barnet Local Election Result 1978 [2]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 49 57.1
  Labour 10 30.4
  Liberal 0 9.8

Ward results

Arkley

Arkley (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±

Brunswick Park

Brunswick Park (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±

Burnt Oak

Burnt Oak (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±

Childs Hill

Childs Hill (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±

Colindale

Colindale (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±

East Barnet

East Barnet (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±

East Finchley

East Finchley (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±

Edgware

Edgware (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±

Finchley

Finchley (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±

Friern Barnet

Friern Barnet (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±

Garden Suburb

Garden Suburb (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±

Golders Green

Golders Green (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±

Hadley

Hadley (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±

Hale

Hale (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±

Hendon

Hendon (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±

Mill Hill

Mill Hill (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±

St Paul’s

St Paul’s (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±

Totteridge

Totteridge (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±

West Hendon

West Hendon (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±

Woodhouse

Woodhouse (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±

By-elections between 1978 and 1982

Hadley

Hadley by-election, 22 November 1979 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Donald E. Baker 1,344
Residents Eric W. Spalding 1,053
Liberal Peter J. Morley 501
Labour Jean M. Feldman 418
Turnout 25.2
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Ernest A. E. Asker.

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References

  1. ↑ "Local Government Boundary Commission For England Report No.248" (PDF). LGBCE Records & Resources. Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  2. ↑ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections 7 May 1998 including the Greater London Authority Referendum results" (PDF). Demographic and Statistical Studies. London Research Centre. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "London Borough Council Elections 6 May 1982" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
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