1982 Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council election

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The 1982 Richmond upon Thames Council election took place on 6 May 1982 to elect members of Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the council went into no overall control. [1] [2]

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Background

Election result

PartyVotesSeats
SDP-Liberal Alliance 31,829 (44.91%)
Increase2.svg 7.2526 (50.0%)
26 / 52
Increase2.svg 8
Conservative Party 30,338 (42.81%)
Decrease2.svg 3.1826 (50.0%)
26 / 52
Decrease2.svg 8
Labour Party 6,765 (9.55%)
Decrease2.svg 6.600 (0.0%)
0 / 52
Steady2.svg 0
Independent 1,104 (1.56%)
N/A0 (0.0%)
0 / 52
N/A
Ecology Party 738 (1.04%)
N/A0 (0.0%)
0 / 52
N/A
National Front 61 (0.09%)
Decrease2.svg 0.110 (0.0%)
0 / 52
Steady2.svg 0
Communist Party 34 (0.05%)
N/A0 (0.0%)
0 / 52
N/A
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2626
SDP-Liberal AllianceConservative

Ward results

Members of the old council*

Barnes (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative June R M Robinson*217750.5-2.9
Conservative John A Popham*2017-
Conservative Peter J Martin1979-
Liberal John T P Roberts172540.0+3.2
SDP Clifford D Tippett1611-
SDP Henry T Reed1582-
Labour Christopher M Hull4139.6-0.2
Labour Reginald Williams411-
Labour Peter P Cheevers379-
Turnout 61.9-2.3
Central Twickenham (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Walter J Kelly154352.5+0.9
Conservative Mary Rae1467-
Liberal Cyril J Barnes97333.1+6.8
SDP Christopher S Browne949-
Labour John C Gallop33811.5-10.6
Labour Peta L Lunberg281-
Ecology Helen M D Thompson491.7n/a
Communist Christopher G Payne341.2n/a
Turnout 55.4-1.2
East Sheen (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sidney Grose*158855.5-4.4
Conservative Brian Semmens1578-
Liberal Roderick J Pearson113939.8+5.1
SDP Allan F Lazarus1062-
Labour Phillip Lamb1364.8-0.6
Labour Iain J McIntosh131-
Turnout 63.0+4.1
East Twickenham (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John P M Rowlands *192249.8+3.3
Liberal David C Cornwell1860-
Liberal Sydney J Nunn*1809-
Conservative Michael J W Higgins139636.2-4.8
Conservative Clive Thomson1356-
Conservative Audrey M Cotton1347-
Labour Feola E Choat39710.3-2.2
Labour John Bowling374-
Labour Angela Hickey358-
Ecology John M Rhys1413.7n/a
Turnout 56.4-2.8
Ham & Petersham (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal David Reeve Williams *227562.6+18.1
Liberal Raymond M Hart2260-
Liberal Maureen A Allen*2216-
Conservative Paul J Johnston106429.3-1.9
Conservative Denis Muldoon1014-
Conservative Michael C Normington1011-
Labour John K Glynn2988.2-16.1
Labour Jenifer M Wyatt253-
Labour Albert E Heitzmann238-
Turnout 61.1-0.7
Hampton (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Kenton*205951.1-4.9
Conservative James L Hargreaves*1993-
Conservative Graham B H Norris1878-
Liberal Maureen Joan Mary Woodriff171342.5+11.2
Liberal John M G Ison1677-
SDP John Vincent Cable 1496-
Labour Geoffrey A Francis2616.5-6.3
Labour Percy S Gourgey242-
Labour Paul Bialkowski216-
Turnout 59.9+2.4
Hampton Hill (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Holly A M Champion*199750.2+3.0
Conservative Peter G Lockyer1903-
Conservative Philip J Circus1841-
Liberal Michael G Butlin135934.2+7.8
Liberal Mary Patricia Tordoff 1304-
SDP Gwynfil M Connor1290-
Labour George E F Samuels62015.6-10.8
Labour Stephen J Cox563-
Labour Brian P Boreham524-
Turnout 57.8+0.2
Hampton Nursery (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bertha J Heath*93946.8-2.4
Liberal Rodney P Hopkins83941.8+10.1
Conservative Joan Keogan838-
Liberal Michael I Chandler815-
Labour Anthony D J McEvoy22711.3-7.8
Labour Peter M Jones222-
Turnout 62.1+4.4
Hampton Wick (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David J Marlow*201554.3-8.7
Conservative Hugh R Colthorpe1990-
Conservative Anthony Francis Arbour *1984-
Liberal Philip L Cook118131.8+14.2
SDP Walter Freeman1172-
Liberal John W Parton1082-
Labour Timothy R Hanlon37410.1-9.3
Labour Pamela J Risner361-
Labour Derek J A Tutchell360-
Ecology John Stone1423.8n/a
Turnout 52.7+6.3
Heathfield (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anne Woodward*210948.6+2.3
Conservative Ramon Gillum2062-
Conservative Thomas H Wright2024-
Liberal Wilfred P Letch180241.5+9.6
Liberal Francis Mayes1706-
SDP John A Friel1626-
Labour Patricia M Hunt4289.9-11.9
Labour Graham R Nixon401-
Labour Mansel J Lalis390-
Turnout 57.4-1.0
Kew (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Jennifer Louise Tonge 237743.6+1.2
Liberal David G Blomfield2305-
SDP Alexander S Lourie1779-
Conservative Richard G J Ottaway168730.9-15.6
Conservative Richard M Cantor1546-
Conservative John N Upton1465-
Independent Crispin Shaddock76113.9n/a
Labour Alison R Leftwich4157.6-3.6
Labour Kenneth E Rudge400-
Labour Stephen D Spencer364-
Ecology Toni E Macarthur2184.0n/a
Turnout 63.3-0.8
Mortlake (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Deirdre Bourke Martineau *213562.1+8.1
Liberal Edward Timothy Razzall *2080-
Liberal Derek V Wainwright*2067-
Conservative George M Haywards94827.6+3.2
Conservative Monica O Port908-
Conservative James R Neale897-
Labour Jean M Hill35510.3-11.3
Labour Andrew E Love322-
Labour Alexander T Braid302-
Turnout 55.1-5.3
Palewell (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Sally Rachel Hamwee *193547.4+1.3
Conservative Keith I Morell*185645.4+0.7
Liberal Anthony L Manners*1833-
Conservative John L Saunders1785-
Conservative Patricia A Steel1776-
Liberal Marcia M L Donaldson1706-
Labour Christopher C Floyd2957.6-1.7
Labour Margaret H Jones279-
Labour Peter J Mapleston256-
Turnout 64.7+0.6
Richmond Hill (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Rachel M Dickson*183152.6+5.0
Liberal Anthony I Simmonds*1733-
Liberal Christine G Grist1718-
Conservative John Ormiston146041.9-1.9
Conservative Christopher N P Lewis1412-
Conservative Courteney G Harris1359-
Labour John B Whitty1905.5-3.2
Labour Joseph M Bailey294-
Labour Arnold R Barfield187-
Turnout 58.5+3.3
Richmond Town (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Alison M Cornish*158353.2+0.7
Liberal Timothy B Lewis*1454-
Conservative Pramila Le Hunte103634.8-3.0
Conservative Ian F Watts1002-
Labour Timothy J Summers30310.2+0.4
Labour Sydney F Sutters265-
Ecology David Monks541.8n/a
Turnout 66.2+1.3
South Twickenham (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Geoffrey Robert Pope 186442.0+2.8
Conservative Norah J Ford Millar*179540.4-7.2
Conservative Gordon G Bates1794-
Conservative Stuart N Leamy1757-
Liberal Dion Anthony Scherer1670-
SDP Terence R Wells1563-
Labour Duncan M Macpherson4389.9-3.3
Labour Brian S Gee409-
Labour Christopher W Mays400-
Independent Raymond Hollebone3437.7n/a
Turnout 58.0+7.8
Teddington (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Martin D Elengorn202443.8+19.5
SDP Alexander G Cox1932-
Liberal Eugene R O'Connor1923-
Conservative Peter J Temlett*190641.3-11.3
Conservative Anthony D M Allen1755-
Conservative Raymond E Waddington-Jones1754-
Labour Hamish A Glass55312.0-11.1
Labour Kathleen M Waters469-
Labour Robert H Saunders465-
Ecology Mary T G Walwyn1342.9n/a
Turnout 62.2+7.7
West Twickenham (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Waller *142551.5+4.2
Liberal Arthur P N Herbert1208-
Conservative Thomas H Miller90132.6+2.9
Conservative Nicholas J S Wood-Dow840-
Labour Rashid Kareh43915.9-7.1
Labour Kevin A Gilligan412-
Turnout 57.1-3.7
Whitton (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kenneth J Riley186247.3-4.2
Conservative Susan Warhurst*1842-
Conservative Harry Hall1780-
Liberal Keith MacKinney172743.9+14.9
Liberal Robert J A Smith1582-
SDP Vivienne H Clifford-Winters1340-
Labour Howard Davies2857.2-8.7
Labour Pauline A Wilkins283-
Labour Sally Paggetti256-
National Front Terence Denville-Faulkner611.6-2.0
National Front Reginald Harrison52-
National Front James Sawyer46-
Turnout 59.3+3.7

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References

  1. ↑ "London Borough Council Elections 6 May 1982" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Richmond-upon-Thames Borough Council Elections" (PDF). Richmond-upon-Thames Borough Council. Richmond-upon-Thames Borough Council. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
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