1981 Greater London Council election

1981 Greater London Council election

←  1977 7 May 1981
92 councillors 47 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Andrew McIntosh [n 1] Horace Cutler Adrian Slade Party Labour Conservative Liberal Leader's seat Tottenham Harrow West Richmond Seats won 50 41 1 Seat change 22 23 1 Popular vote 939,457 894,234 323,856 Percentage 41.8% 39.7% 14.4% Swing 8.9% 12.8% 6.6%
Results by electoral division
Leader before election Horace Cutler Conservative Leader after election Ken Livingstone Labour

The sixth election to the Greater London Council (GLC) was held on 7 May 1981. Following the election Andrew McIntosh the leader of the Labour Group was replaced by Ken Livingstone, a member of the party's left-wing. This was the last election to the GLC. The Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher soon decided to abolish the council in the mid-1980s. Following the abolition of the GLC, there was a direct election to the Inner London Education Authority in 1986.

Electoral arrangements

The GLC was elected from 92 single-member electoral divisions which were identical with the Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London. The election date was fixed by section 43 of the Local Government Act 1972 as the first Thursday in May.

Councillors were elected for a four-year term. This was extended for an extra year in 1984 when the elections that had been scheduled for 1985 were cancelled. ^[1]

Results

The leader of the Labour GLC group Andrew McIntosh led the party into the election. Within 24 hours of the result, however, McIntosh's leadership was toppled by Ken Livingstone; a member of the party's left-wing. Livingstone was then elected GLC leader. ^[2] The results were as follows (all parties shown): ^[3]

Party		Votes			Seats
		Number	%	+/-	Stood	Seats	%	+/-
	Labour	939,457	41.8	8.9	92	50	54.3	22
	Conservative	894,234	39.7	12.8	92	41	44.6	23
	Liberal	323,856	14.4	6.6	89	1	1.1	1
	National Front	21,582	1.0	4.4	41	0	0.0
	Social Democratic Alliance	21,582	1.0	New	10	0	0.0
	Ecology	17,515	0.8	0.7	38	0	0.0
	Independent	7,763	0.3	0.2	25	0	0.0
	NNF	5,877	0.3	New	18	0	0.0
	Communist	5,275	0.2	0.1	16	0	0.0
	Constitutional Movement	4,857	0.2	New	23	0	0.0
	Workers Revolutionary	2,753	0.1	New	16	0	0.0
	Save London Action Group	1,727	0.1	New	13	0	0.0
	Abolish the GLC	1,158	0.1	0.3	7	0	0.0
	Irish National Party	793	0.0	New	3	0	0.0
	Fellowship	637	0.0		1	0	0.0
	Ind. Conservative	362	0.0		1	0	0.0
	New Britain	346	0.0		1	0	0.0
	Workers (Leninist)	145	0.0	New	1	0	0.0
	Revolutionary Communist	116	New		1	0	0.0
	Socialist (GB)	83	New		1	0	0.0
Total		2,250,118			489	92

Constituency results

Member of the old council* ^[4]

Barking and Dagenham

Barking

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Benjamin Ward	12,528
	Conservative	Ronald A Smith	4,357
	Liberal	Mrs Ronwen R Beadle	2,803
	National Front	Ian R Newport	555
	Constitutional Movement	Brian F White	104
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Dagenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Kay*	15,134
	Conservative	Mrs Judith A Warner	4,875
	Liberal	David C Smith	3,508
	National Front	Ronald A Ferrett	753
	Communist	Daniel Connor	259
	Constitutional Movement	Michael D Sowerby	210
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Barnet

Chipping Barnet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Reveley Major	13,056
	Labour	Steven L Powell	5,754
	Liberal	Mrs Jean W Hawkins	4,003
	Ecology	Timothy H Cooper	859
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Finchley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neville Beale	10,710
	Labour	Thomas McKendry	8,991
	Liberal	Christopher Perkin	2,702
	Ecology	Maureen T Colmans	525
	Abolish the GLC	Andrew M Moncreiff	113
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hendon North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bryan Michael Deece Cassidy	10,904
	Labour	Frank Arthur Cooper	10,289
	Liberal	Leonard W Watkins	2,643
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hendon South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Blair Black	9,796
	Labour	Montague Miller	6,599
	Liberal	Andrew J Bridgwater	3,933
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bexley

Bexleyheath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Victor Rae Muske Langton*	11,087
	Labour	James A Dawson	8,562
	Liberal	Colin E Wright	4,550
	Ecology	Lynda A Sturrock	389
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Erith & Crayford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elgar Handy	15,085
	Conservative	Peter R C Davies	10,239
	Liberal	Sidney William Frank Saltmarsh	2,983
	NFCM	Owen Hawke	559
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Sidcup

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rodney Charles Gent*	12,869
	Labour	Audrey M Martin	7,190
	Liberal	Gillian V Scott	3,596
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brent

Brent East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norman Howard	14,399
	Conservative	Arthur R Steel	7,181
	Workers Revolutionary	Gerald J Downing	434
	Ind. Conservative	Gerard Pierre-Michel	362
	Constitutional Movement	Raymond J Marsh	328
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Brent North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Hardy	17,602
	Labour	Lawrence M Nerva	11,165
	Liberal	Mrs Ann S Arthur	4,072
	Constitutional Movement	Michael Stubbs	226
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brent South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Illtyd Harrington	16,827
	Conservative	Sujan S Raizada	4,365
	Liberal	John H Gover	3,316
	Workers Revolutionary	Robert P Myers	399
	Constitutional Movement	Roger Tainton	165
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Bromley

Beckenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon James Crawford Randall	12,822
	Labour	Paul H Brown	5,980
	Liberal	William Alan Macdonald MacCormick	5,390
	Ecology	John W Taylor	576
	NNF	Terence Cavin-Fitzgerald	262
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chislehurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joan Kathleen Wykes*	13,226
	Labour	Walter Kenneth Mansfield	9,019
	Liberal	Michael F Deves	3,022
	Ecology	Hugh G Duncan	527
	NNF	Alfred Waite	309
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Orpington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jean Tatham*	17,210
	Liberal	John C A Sachs	11,325
	Labour	Keith R Morton	4,704
	Ecology	Richard G Connor	503
	NNF	Leslie T Taylor	325
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ravensbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael John Wheeler*	12,099
	Labour	John Richard Holbrook	4,187
	Liberal	Ronald Lawrence Coverson	3,760
	Ecology	Peter J Greenwood	595
	NNF	Mrs Bridget Smoker	175
	Abolition of Rates	Frank H. Hansford-Miller	102
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Camden

Hampstead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan David Greengross	12,367
	Labour	Miss Margaret A V Bowman	10,446
	Liberal	Roger G Billins	4,095
	Ecology	Iain M Huddleston	677
	Save London Action Group	Anthony B P Mockler	73
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Holborn & St Pancras South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Andrew Rossi	7,796
	Conservative	Richard G Bull	5,051
	Liberal	Roger Karn	1,694
	Constitutional Movement	Paul T Kavanagh	218
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

St Pancras North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Hallowell Sofer	9,935
	Conservative	Ian Pasley-Tyler	5,202
	Liberal	Dennis G Strojwas	1,506
	Workers Revolutionary	Cornelius P Murphy	148
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Croydon

Croydon Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Gurth Hughes	14,058
	Labour	John K P Evers	11,231
	Liberal	Patrick S Ryan	3,947
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Croydon North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur James Rolfe	11,486
	Labour	Peter L Spalding	9,308
	Liberal	Leslie Anthony Rowe	3,506
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Croydon North West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen James Stewart	10,891
	Labour	Mrs Mary M Walker	10,072
	Liberal	William Henry Pitt	2,878
	National Front	Keith E J Martin	395
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Croydon South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Stuart Gill	17,340
	Liberal	Donald G Pratt	5,709
	Labour	Michael P J Phelan	3,485
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ealing

Acton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Chaytor Dobson*	12,599
	Labour	Jennifer Fletcher	10,208
	Liberal	Simon James Rowley	2,918
	Ecology	Paul Gorka	310		n/a
	Irish National Party	James O'Leary	214		n/a
	Save London Action Group	Helen M Elliott	182		n/a
	Communist	Jerome C Spring	139
	Workers Revolutionary	Martin Larkin	118		n/a
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ealing North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gareth John Daniel	16,681
	Conservative	Sir Malby Sturges Crofton*	16,297
	Liberal	Brian R Pollock	5,702
	NNF	James Shaw	500
	Irish National Party	Daniel P O'Brien	235		n/a
	Independent Protect Individual Rights	John A Torrence	164		n/a
	Constitutional Movement	John A Murphy	159		n/a
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Southall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Yvonne Sieve*	16,714
	Conservative	Robin J P Wheatley	8,419
	Liberal	Eric Reginald Lubbock	2,804
	Independent Southall Mr Clean	Shambu D Gupta	2,619		n/a
	Communist	Vishnu D Sharma	872		n/a
	National Front	Ernest Pendrous	569
	Irish National Party	Mrs Bridget G O'Leary	344		n/a
	Workers Revolutionary	Peter P Doraisamy	134		n/a
	Constitutional Movement	Richard Franklin	132		n/a
	Rebublican Party	Sohan L Bodh	111		n/a
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Enfield

Edmonton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Watson Little	13,831
	Conservative	Ellen E Saul	7,813
	Liberal	Barbara G Adams	2,360
	NNF	David J Bruce	496
	Abolish the GLC	Pamela J Adams	235
	Constitutional Movement	David Izzard	145
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Enfield North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony McBrearty	12,994
	Conservative	John Alfred Boris Connors*	12,249
	Liberal	David R Affleck	3,982
	Ecology	David J Merryweather	446
	NNF	David G Robinson	377
	Abolish the GLC	Dennis J E Keighley	186
	Constitutional Movement	Ramon P Johns	130
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Southgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rachel Trixie Anne Gardner	17,535
	Labour	Miss Gladys E M Stanbridge	7,141
	Liberal	Alan M Abrahams	3,997
	NNF	Mark W Lavine	334
	Abolish the GLC	Colin Sibley	330
	Constitutional Movement	Mrs Janice E Izzard	189
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Greenwich

Greenwich

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Deirdre Frances Mary Wood	12,857
	Conservative	Peter J Bassett	6,571
	Liberal	Anthony J W Renouf	2,001
	Fellowship	Ronald Stephen Mallone	637
	National Front	Leslie Bristo	319
	NNF	June R Dunster	225
	Abolition of Rates	Phyllis Hansford-Miller	129
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Woolwich East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mair Eluned Garside	14,596
	Conservative	David Arthur Stephen Tredinnick	4,920
	Liberal	David J Hall	2,094
	Ecology	Nicholas P F Drey	260
	National Front	Frank S Hitches	190
	NNF	Henry E Dunster	186
	Workers Revolutionary	Alan Clark	169
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Woolwich West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil Davies	14,431
	Conservative	David Glynn Ashby*	11,522
	Liberal	Edward J Randall	3,034
	Ecology	David R Daniels	399
	National Front	William J Lovell	241
	NNF	Sidney L Skeggs	117
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Hackney

Hackney Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Adam Carr	11,402
	Conservative	James C Murphy	2,684
	Communist	Leslie Jones	611
	National Front	John D Field	564
	Independent	Augustus Wodhams	521		n/a
	Enoch Powell is Right	Robin May	504		n/a
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Hackney North & Stoke Newington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Gerald Ross	10,045
	Conservative	Leslie R. House	3,592
	Liberal	Maurice S. Owen	2,243
	Communist	Monty Goldman	444
	Enoch Powell is Right	Sylvia May	341		n/a
	National Front	Ralph Ashton	192
	East London Workers Against Racism	Joan Lalmont	187		n/a
	Workers Revolutionary	William P. Rogers	159		n/a
	Independent	Goksel Hassan	101		n/a
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Hackney South & Shoreditch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Margaret Morgan*	8,410
	Liberal	Stephen J C Walkley	2,585
	Conservative	Bernard Lansman	2,287
	National Front	Gerald Viner	636
	Enoch Powell is Right	George Williams	399		n/a
	Communist	Helen L Rosenthal	321		n/a
	Workers Revolutionary	Peter Curtis	86		n/a
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Hammersmith and Fulham

Fulham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barrington John Stead	13,304
	Conservative	John Charles Putnam*	12,537
	Liberal	William George Wintle	2,625
	Ecology	Roger J Coward	386
	National Front	Alistair I S Cameron	282
	Save London Action Group	Ms Linda Hobbs	102
	Abolish the GLC	Colin R Box	68
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Hammersmith North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Christopher Wetzel	11,882
	Conservative	William Christopher Smith*	7,544
	Liberal	Miss Margaret A Connaughton	2,009
	Ecology	Deborah M Sutherland	571
	National Front	Robert L J Pearse	384
	Save London Action Group	David A M Constable	194
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Haringey

Hornsey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Bernard Hart	12,311
	Conservative	Christopher Hannington	11,758
	Liberal	Richard D Kennard	2,870
	Ecology	Miriam F Daus	740
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Tottenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Robert McIntosh	10,775
	Conservative	Alan T Amos	3,802
	Liberal	Katherine Alexander	1,605
	Constitutional Movement	Alexander Clark	277
	Workers Revolutionary	Richard D Goldstein	189
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Wood Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Ward	10,908
	Conservative	Jenefer Gwendolen Anne Riley*	8,159
	Liberal	Alan N Sherwell	2,010
	National Front	Anthony J Deboise	359
	New Britain	Robert G Pritchard	346
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Harrow

Harrow Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jill Elizabeth Clack	8,002
	Labour	Alfred H Elderton	6,618
	Liberal	Stephen B A F H Giles-Medhurst	5,107
	Independent Labour	Edward J O Hixon	103		n/a
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harrow East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harold Trevor Mote*	10,678
	Labour	John G. Bartlett	8,452
	Liberal	John S. Winter	3,357
	Constitutional Movement	Leslie Edward David Le Croissette	296
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harrow West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Horace Walter Cutler*	14,524
	Labour	Kerry Underwood	6,542
	Liberal	Ronald Fraser Dick	4,943
	Constitutional Movement	Bernard W. Robinson	271		n/a
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Havering

Hornchurch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Ronald Williams	13,734
	Conservative	Robert James MacGillivray Neill	10,845
	Liberal	Adrienne L. McCarthy	4,226
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Romford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bernard Brook-Partridge*	12,041
	Labour	Jack Hoepelman	9,029
	Liberal	Pauline A. Longhorn	3,123
	National Front	Madeline Pauline V. Caine	562
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Upminster

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony William Bays	14,549
	Labour	Graham W. Allen	12,391
	Liberal	David J. Ingle	4,213
	National Front	William J. Neary	655
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hillingdon

Hayes & Harlington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Martin McDonnell	12,871
	Conservative	Arthur Horace Sydney Hull*	8,525
	Liberal	Alan H. Rowland	3,628
	Communist	John C. Mansfield	299
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Ruislip-Northwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cyril Julian Hebden Taylor*	17,147
	Labour	Keith Goldsworthy	5,791
	Liberal	George Raymond Stephenson	4,958
	Constitutional Movement	George W. Bryant	196		n/a
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Uxbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Anthony Lemkin*	15,413
	Labour	Patrick J. Magee	11,791
	Liberal	Brian Outhwaite	3,675
	Constitutional Movement	Jane O. Stubbs	148
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hounslow

Brentford & Isleworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Nicholas Alexander Bailey	17,695
	Labour	Roy G Gregory	15,091
	Liberal	Joan B Langrognat	3,342
	Save London Action Group	Paul A Hughes-Smith	233
	Full Employment & Anti-Common Market	Reginald E G Simmerson	201
	Constitutional Movement	Gareth D Pearce	104
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Feltham & Heston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Samuel Pitt	18,788
	Conservative	Ronald Dennis Mitchell*	12,565
	Liberal	Mrs Ann M Alagappa	3,629
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Islington

Islington Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon John Turney*	9,675
	Conservative	Peter R Crockford	3,788
	Liberal	Margot Joan Dunn	1,744
	NNF	John R Smith	333
	Workers Revolutionary	Mrs Sylvia Lincoln	133
	Constitutional Movement	Philip Holden	118
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Islington North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Bundred	10,401
	Conservative	Kenneth E J Graham	3,564
	Social Democratic Alliance	Patrick Sheeran	2,505
	Liberal	Christopher T Johnson	812
	Constitutional Movement	Shaun P Bowdidge	152
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Islington South & Finsbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frances M Morrell	7,296
	Conservative	John D E Gallagher	3,014
	Social Democratic Alliance	Douglas Eden	2,707
	Liberal	John P Hudson	696
	National Front	John B Donegan	447
	Constitutional Movement	Francis T Theobald	109
	Socialist (GB)	Barry K McNeeney	83
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Kensington and Chelsea

Chelsea

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Archibald Ottley Juxon Bell*	12,131
	Labour	Stephen Benn	3,810
	Liberal	Jennifer Margaret Ware	2,793
	Save London Action Group	Mrs Mary P W Colmore	316		n/a
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kensington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Louis Vigars*	9,579
	Labour	Stephen Peter Hoier	7,317
	Liberal	Ernest Richard Tudway	1,907
	Social Democratic Alliance	Len Green	650		n/a
	Ecology	Roger E Shorter	427		n/a
	Communist	Edward S Adams	161
	Workers Revolutionary	Lesley E Gould	101		n/a
	Save London Action Group	Maureen V M Cornwall	97		n/a
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kingston upon Thames

Kingston upon Thames

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sydney William Leonard Ripley*	11,551
	Labour	Stuart Henry James Hercock	5,739
	Liberal	Stephen J Harris	4,894
	Social Democratic Alliance	Anthony M Ward	1,544
	Ecology	Mike Elam	355
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Surbiton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey John David Seaton*	9,998
	Labour	Andrew Stuart MacKinlay	6,056
	Liberal	Patrick Thurlbeck Humphrey	3,246
	Ecology	Jim MacLellan	432		n/a
	Independent—	Pauline E L M Russell	82		n/a
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Russell: Abolitionist

Lambeth

Lambeth Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul David Moore	8,349
	Conservative	Douglas S Mills	4,788
	Social Democratic Alliance	Roger G Fox	1,737
	Liberal	Christopher Josef Sadowski	865
	National Front	Roger L Denny	321
	Communist	Mrs Jean E Styles	178
	Revolutionary Communist	Kevin Green	116
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Norwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Prof. Norman John David Smith*	10,700
	Labour	Edward Robert Knight	8,107
	Social Democratic Alliance	Stephen Michael Alan Haseler	3,709
	Liberal	Fraser K. Murrey	1,443
	National Front	Catherine M. Williams	423
	Ratepayers Watchdog	Bernard Webb	317
	Fair Rates, Anti-Corruption	Sidney A. Chaney	73
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Streatham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick Walter Weyer*	13,340
	Labour	Michael F Drake	7,259
	Liberal	Christine L Headley	3,732
	National Front	John G Wright	344
	Save London Alliance	Martin C Gowar	126
	Public Safety Democratic Monarchist White Resident	William George Boaks	82
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brinley Howard Davies*	7,383
	Conservative	Richard M S O'Sullivan	4,177
	Social Democratic Alliance	Rev. David M Mason	2,262
	Liberal	John W Parton	830
	National Front	Vernon C Atkinson	508
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Lewisham

Deptford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alexander Charles Mackay	11,698
	Liberal	Miss Hilary J Kramer	7,479
	Conservative	William A A Wells	4,438
	NNF	Richard C Edmonds	487
	Ecology	Mrs Elaine A Gibson	406
	Constitutional Movement	Trevor M Smith	91
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Lewisham East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Nigel Rossi	15,887
	Conservative	Jonathan Sayeed	10,758
	Liberal	John R Hassall	3,005
	NNF	Stephen P Greene	719
	Abolition of Rates	Fannie E Saffery	272
	Communist	Michael Power	267
	Workers Revolutionary	Donovan H St E Chapman	143
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Lewisham West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Lewis Herbert*	12,984
	Conservative	Robin F Pitt	10,709
	Liberal	Gwilym J Savill	2,333
	NNF	Ramon F Hoy	511
	Ecology	Susan M Kennedy	242
	Constitutional Movement	Susan C McKenzie	100
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Merton

Mitcham & Morden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Robert Judge	13,299
	Conservative	Brian Joseph Shenton*	10,588
	Liberal	Ronald Arthur Locke	3,681
	National Front	John R Perryman	693
	Ecology	Roger C Stanley	330
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Wimbledon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stanley Charles Bolton*	16,548
	Labour	Rock Benedict Tansey	9,645
	Liberal	Andrew C Trompeteler	3,889
	Ecology	Antony Jones	781
	National Front	Mark T Spong	376
	Teacher	Frank Barnett	162
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Newham

Newham North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Wilson*	14,231	61.6	+12.0
	Conservative	Christopher D. Sills	4,563	19.8	-17.9
	Liberal	David John Corney	2,608	11.3	n/a
	National Front	Robert S.F. Young	850	3.7	-9.0
	East London Workers Against Racism	Farehk Afzal	469	2.0	n/a
	Workers Revolutionary	Keith R. Scotcher	198	0.9	n/a
	Constitutional Movement	Timothy S. Bennett	173	0.7	n/a
Majority			9,668	41.8	+29.9
Turnout				35.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+14.9

Newham North West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Frank George Edwards*	11,724	69.6	+16.0
	Conservative	David R. Bick	2,530	15.0	-17.6
	Liberal	Christopher M. Hill	1,845	10.9	+6.8
	National Front	William J. Roberts	753	4.5	-5.20
Majority			9,194	54.6	+33.6
Turnout				33.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+16.8

Newham South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Alfred Jenkinson*	11,238	70.6	+15.9
	Conservative	Robert F. Williams	1,899	11.9	-12.5
	Liberal	William P. Galinis	1,780	11.2	+7.8
	National Front	Michael B. Hipperson	1,006	6.3	n/a
Majority			9,339	58.7	+28.4
Turnout				30.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+14.2

Redbridge

Ilford North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marion Audrey Roe*	15,022
	Labour	Michael M A Killingworth	11,857
	Liberal	Gary P Straight	3,236
	National Front	Harold Marshall	387
	Ecology	Neil Jeffries	330
	NNF	Keith Sims	92
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ilford South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Stephen Gouge	11,561
	Conservative	Arnold Kinzley*	10,115
	Liberal	Ralph John Scott	2,988
	NNF	Peter J Clark	342
	Ecology	David Matanle	247
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Wanstead & Woodford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Mitchell*	13,355
	Labour	Paul R Fiander	4,770
	Liberal	Alan Frank Cornish	4,616
	Ecology	Mrs Cynthia Warth	625
	National Front	Denis G Holland	354
	Communist	Anthony J Briscoe	186
	NNF	Robert A Martin	87
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Richmond upon Thames

Richmond

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Adrian Carnegie Slade	14,168
	Conservative	Edward Julian Egerton Leigh*	14,053
	Labour	Elizabeth Nash	2,431
	Ecology	Barnaby Martin	300
	Save London Action Group	Ms Gwendoline M Marsh	112
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Twickenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George William Tremlett*	17,513
	Liberal	John P M Rowlands	15,906
	Labour	Brian A Kemp	4,856
	Ecology	Peter Furtado	486
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Southwark

Bermondsey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Edward Nicholson	12,000
	Liberal	Simon Henry Ward Hughes	2,914
	Conservative	Nicholas Paul Mearing-Smith	2,444
	National Front	James Stephen Sneath	830
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Dulwich

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lesley Hammon	13,039
	Conservative	Gerald Francis Bowden*	10,041
	Liberal	Jonathan Nigel Hunt	3,526
	National Front	Patrick McConnell	684
	Ecology	David A Smart	525
	Abolish the GLC	William E S Newton	110
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Peckham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harvey William Hinds*	12,461
	Conservative	John Alan Redwood	2,702
	Liberal	Gillian Isabel Clemens	1,669
	National Front	Wayne L Martin	971
	Communist	Eric L Hodson	313
	Abolish the GLC	Brian W Dames	116
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Sutton

Carshalton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sonia Copland*	14,070
	Labour	John A S Weir	10,548
	Liberal	Thomas Edward Dutton	7,059
	National Front	Denis V Horton	513
	Ecology	Robert W Steel	490
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sutton & Cheam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Muriel Gumbel*	15,666
	Liberal	Elizabeth M Sharp	14,664
	Labour	Philip J Bassett	3,555
	Ecology	Jonathan P Vickery	312
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tower Hamlets

Bethnal Green & Bow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sir Ernest Ashley Bramall*	9,162
	Liberal	Brian Williams	7,591
	Conservative	Christopher William Nolan	1,230
	National Front	Victor J Clark	755
	NFCM	Alan J Wilkens	257
	East London Workers Against Racism	Fran Eden	211
	Workers Revolutionary	Angela Mitchell	185
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Stepney & Poplar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Patrick Branagan*	14,538
	Conservative	Mrs Elizabeth N Spencer	2,458
	National Front	Peter W Poinery-Rudd	618
	Communist	Max Samuel Levitas	487
	Enoch Powell is Right	Ms Jean R White	487
	Ecology	David J Fitzpatrick	475
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Waltham Forest

Chingford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Maddock Brew*	13,501
	Labour	Benjamin B Birnbaum	7,057
	Liberal	Miss Lucille D Wells	3,634
	Ecology	John E Morgan	847
	National Front	Mrs Irene McDuff	694
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Leyton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter John Dawe	12,953
	Conservative	Waldemar Thor Neilson-Hansen*	6,008
	Liberal	Robert F Sullivan	3,071
	National Front	Colin R Coward	734
	Communist	John Arthur Courcouf	242
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Walthamstow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Yaw Boateng	9,749
	Conservative	Mark A L Batchelor	5,293
	Social Democratic Alliance	Peter L Leighton	3,068
	Liberal	Robert J Wheatley	1,572
	National Front	George J F Flaxton	824
	Ecology	Jean Denise Lambert	544
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Wandsworth

Battersea North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gladys Felicia Dimson*	11,143
	Conservative	Mrs Margaret Riddell	4,760
	Liberal	James G Caple	981
	National Front	Michael J Salt	493
	Ecology	Paul W Ekins	299
	Workers Revolutionary	Sandra Baker	70
	Save London Action Group	Ralston L Winn	43
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Battersea South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Valerie Wise	9,525
	Conservative	Mrs Margaret Williams*	8,956
	Liberal	Charles S Welchman	2,359
	Ecology	Bruce MacKenzie	337
	National Front	Anthony W Perry	275
	Save London Action Group	Ms Catherine D Kennington	35
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Putney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Phillip Harris	14,488
	Conservative	Jeffrey Gordon	13,741
	Liberal	Colin Gordon Darracott	3,813
	Social Democratic Alliance	Michael J Burton	1,555
	National Front	Ms Shirley Attree	393
	Ecology	Ms Geraldine A Goller	240
	Save London Action Group	Mrs Mary M Giles	53
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Tooting

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Louis Banks	12,127
	Conservative	Thomas Alfred Leefe Ham*	7,268
	Liberal	Ian D Mason	2,278
	National Front	Peter Berbridge	443
	Ecology	Donald J Valentine	314
	Communist	Robert E Lewis	281
	Workers Revolutionary	Adrian L Greeman	145
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Westminster and the City of London

City of London & Westminster South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David James Avery	9,660
	Labour	Reg M Fryer	4,628
	Liberal	Adrian A Walker-Smith	1,807
	Communist	Jeremy J Clark	215
	Save London Action Group	Alison A Furness	178
	Workers Revolutionary	David W Gilbert	87
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Paddington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Robert Livingstone*	11,864
	Conservative	Patricia Mary Kirwan*	8,467
	Social Democratic Alliance	James Spillius	1,845
	Liberal	Alastair John Brett	1,135
	National Front	William T. Acton	237
	Save London Action Group	David P. Green	109
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

St Marylebone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Herbert Henry Sandford*	8,183
	Labour Co-op	Jean Merriton	4,573
	Liberal	Penelope E. Baker	1,305
	Ecology	Audrey B. Hickey	408
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-elections 1981-1986

Further information: List of Greater London Council by-elections

The following by-elections took place between May 1981 and May 1986. ^[5]

+34.6

St. Pancras North, October 1981

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDP	Anne Hallowell Sofer*	6,919	43.6
	Labour	Mildred Gordon	6,181	39.0	-20.2
	Conservative	Ian Pasley-Tyler	2,684	16.9	-14.1
	Abolish the GLC	John J de R West	82	0.5	n/a
Majority			738	4.6	54.8
Turnout			15,866	38.6
	SDP gain from Labour		Swing	+27.4

Tottenham, May 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jennifer Fletcher	8,984
	Conservative	Peter L Murphy	5,835
	Liberal	Alexander S C L'Estrange	2,089
	National Front	John B Donegan	244
Majority
Turnout				40.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Surbiton, September 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Francis Arbour	5,458
	SDP	Christopher Nowakowski	3,870
	Labour	Allister H McGowan	2,184
	Ecology	Jim Maclellan	202
	Communist	Jean S F Turner	58
Majority
Turnout				25.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Edmonton, September 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth W Little*	9,340
	SDP	Alan J Wall	2,007
	Ind. Conservative	Kevin Miller	802
	National Front	Brent A Cheetham	167
	Ecology	Stephen Rooney	85
Majority
Turnout				20.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Hayes & Harlington, September 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Martin McDonnell*	11,279	68.9	+18.1
	SDP	Peter F N Russell	4,870	29.7	+15.4
	National Front	Mark T Spong	227	1.4	n/a
Majority			6,409	39.2
Turnout			16,376	28.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.3

Lewisham West, September 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Lewis Herbert	10,432	66.3
	Liberal	Julian M Davies	4,715	29.9
	Pro-Abolition Alliance	Michael Moore	330	2.1	n/a
	National Front	John G Wright	266	1.7
Majority			5,717	36.3
Turnout			15,743	26.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Paddington, September 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Robert Livingstone*	12,414
	Liberal	Stephen J Harris	2,729
	Conservative, Anti-Common Market	Reginald E G Simmerson	287
	Abolish the GLC	Stephen W D Banks	226
	National Front	Roger L Denny	123
	Reform schools	George A Clerick	55
	Gaitskellite Labour	Peter J. Nealton	45
Majority
Turnout				29.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Battersea North, June 1985

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Vincent Norman Lucas	7,321
	Liberal	Stephen J Pearson	1,877
	Ecology	Sonia G Willington
Majority
Turnout				23.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Putney, June 1985

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Anne Jenkins	8,680
	SDP	Jeremy N Ambache	4,900
	Ecology	Christopher Cantwell	392
	Pro-Abolition Alliance	Mark W Hatherell	171
Majority
Turnout				22.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Romford, July 1985

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert James MacGillivray Neill	7,122
	Labour	Gillian C. Hannah-Rogers	4,793
	Liberal	Pauline A. Longhorn	4,332
	Ecology	Diane R. Burgess	431
Majority
Turnout				29.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Vauxhall, July 1985

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michael William Tuffrey	4,600	20.4	+28.6
	Labour	Lorna M Boreland	4,212	48.7	-3.8
	National Front	John G Wright	253	2.7	-0.6
	Pro-Abolition Alliance	Simon H Fawthorp	113	1.2	n/a
	Communist	David J S Cook	110	1.2	n/a
	Revolutionary Communist	Jean Smith	93	1.0	n/a
Majority					32.4
Turnout			9,381	24.7
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing	+16.2

Notes

1. Andrew McIntosh led the party into the election. Within 24 hours however McIntosh's leadership was toppled by Ken Livingstone; a member of the party's left-wing.

References

1. "Local Government (Interim Provisions) Act 1984" (PDF). legislation.gov.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 December 2010.
2. Webber, Esther (31 March 2016). "The rise and fall of the GLC". BBC News. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
3. Boothroyd, David. "GLC Election Results Summaries". United Kingdom Election Results. Archived from the original on 1 September 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2009.
4. "Greater London Council Election: 7 May 1981" (PDF). London Datastore. 1981. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
5. "Appendix B By-elections for Greater London councillors, May 1981 to May 1986" (PDF). London Datastore. Retrieved 26 August 2023.