The 1971 Hammersmith Council election took place on 13 May 1971 to elect members of Hammersmith London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party gained overall control of the council.[1]
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All 60 seats to Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council 31 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 47.6% (8.5%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Election result edit
The Labour Party won 58 seats - a gain of 52 seats from the previous election, taking control of the council. The Conservative Party won 2 seats (the Avonmore ward) - a loss of 52 seats from their previous result, and lost control of the council.
The Liberal Party stood candidates in three wards, and a single candidate stood for the Communist Party, but none of these won a seat.[1][2]
Ward results edit
Addison edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Bamford M. J. Mrs | 1,257 | |||
Labour | O'Neill L. C. | 1,254 | |||
Labour | Stanley L. W. | 1,245 | |||
Conservative | Belsham F. E. J. Mrs | 1,014 | |||
Conservative | Barker H. O. A. | 997 | |||
Conservative | Berend A. P. | 976 | |||
Turnout | % | % | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Avonmore edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Dwyer P. G. | 1,234 | |||
Conservative | Simmerson R. E. | 1,211 | |||
Labour | Dimmick R. S. | 886 | |||
Labour | House M. | 848 | |||
Turnout | % | % | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Broadway edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Simpson G. E. C. | 1,364 | |||
Labour | Clarke M. L. Mrs | 1,358 | |||
Labour | Harris S. Mrs | 1,304 | |||
Liberal | Knott S. H. J. A. | 1,022 | |||
Conservative | Chapman J. C. | 909 | |||
Conservative | Goodden E. S. Mrs | 901 | |||
Conservative | Honeybourne C. T. | 887 | |||
Liberal | Groves R. J. | 670 | |||
Liberal | Abrahams F. Mrs | 662 | |||
Turnout | % | % | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Brook Green edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Hudson M. | 1,372 | |||
Labour | Taylor J. | 1,352 | |||
Labour | Rayner R. W. | 1,348 | |||
Conservative | Tait G. N. | 1,327 | |||
Conservative | Field R. G. | 1,313 | |||
Conservative | Ford T. G. | 1,312 | |||
Turnout | % | % | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Colehill edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Dimmick G. I. Mrs | 1,381 | |||
Labour | Worboys D. K. | 1,353 | |||
Conservative | Skalla L. | 716 | |||
Conservative | Porter M. Mrs | 711 | |||
Turnout | % | % | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
College Park & Old Oak edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Powell A. F. W. | 1,884 | |||
Labour | Fenelon M. Miss | 1,862 | |||
Labour | Ing F. W. | 1,854 | |||
Conservative | Whittaker E. M. Miss | 631 | |||
Conservative | Hutson C. J. Mrs | 608 | |||
Conservative | Bowler R. W. | 601 | |||
Turnout | % | % | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Coningham edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Hathaway J. M. Miss | 1,392 | |||
Labour | Bull J. | 1,368 | |||
Labour | Martin A. J. | 1,335 | |||
Conservative | Hammond H. R. | 786 | |||
Conservative | York I. D. Mrs | 710 | |||
Conservative | Hutson E. J. | 709 | |||
Turnout | % | % | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Crabtree edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Banfield D. Mrs | 1,864 | |||
Labour | Evans J. G. | 1,844 | |||
Labour | Little B. Mrs | 1,795 | |||
Conservative | Horne C. F. | 1,707 | |||
Conservative | Ashby D. G. | 1,694 | |||
Conservative | Joseph D. M. L. Mrs | 1,689 | |||
Turnout | % | % | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Gibbs Green edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Norridge A. M. | 1,568 | |||
Labour | Perlin H. H. | 1,529 | |||
Labour | Perlin P. Mrs | 1,487 | |||
Conservative | Patterson G. B. | 1,361 | |||
Conservative | Lengyel P. I. S. | 1,349 | |||
Conservative | Arnold C. E. | 1,345 | |||
Turnout | % | % | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Grove edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gosling E. R. | 1,793 | |||
Labour | Keppel F. E. | 1,757 | |||
Labour | Morris T. | 1,752 | |||
Conservative | Jones R. A. | 984 | |||
Conservative | Boyce G. A. | 974 | |||
Conservative | Woodfield A. M. Miss | 960 | |||
Turnout | % | % | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Halford edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Green A. | 1,652 | |||
Labour | Hedger S. M. Miss | 1,606 | |||
Labour | McCourt I. | 1,604 | |||
Conservative | Hardman J. | 772 | |||
Conservative | Jarvis M. M. Mrs | 750 | |||
Conservative | Cox W. D. S. | 733 | |||
Liberal | Dowden Gerald Arthur | 155 | |||
Liberal | Stratton C. E. Miss | 126 | |||
Liberal | Hodgkinson B. J. | 122 | |||
Turnout | % | % | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Margravine edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Hill E. L. | 1,824 | |||
Labour | Champion T. H. | 1,810 | |||
Labour | Matthews S. A. | 1,786 | |||
Conservative | List W. | 606 | |||
Conservative | Fitzgerald P. A. Miss | 599 | |||
Conservative | Beckett V. E. Mrs | 587 | |||
Turnout | % | % | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Parsons Green edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Dimmick G. W. | 1,961 | |||
Labour | Duff H. D. | 1,936 | |||
Labour | Hall S. E. Miss | 1,902 | |||
Conservative | Ground R. P. | 1,591 | |||
Conservative | Ackerman J. F. S. | 1,577 | |||
Conservative | Howe K. G. F. B. | 1,542 | |||
Liberal | House W. J. | 168 | |||
Turnout | % | % | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
St Stephen's edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Braggins G. Mrs | 1,652 | |||
Labour | Degory P. D. | 1,650 | |||
Labour | Jones L. S. A. | 1,640 | |||
Conservative | Cohen R. Mrs | 559 | |||
Conservative | Stephens E. G. Miss | 529 | |||
Conservative | Wearmouth W. H. | 507 | |||
Turnout | % | % | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Sandford edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ireland J. J. | 2,362 | |||
Labour | Little A. H. | 2,276 | |||
Labour | Raynesford W. R. N. | 2,234 | |||
Conservative | Ibbott E. | 932 | |||
Conservative | Moody T. | 924 | |||
Conservative | O'Brien D. A. | 917 | |||
Turnout | % | % | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Sherbrooke edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Morgan R. G. | 1,671 | |||
Labour | Chapman J. Mrs | 1,637 | |||
Conservative | Tomlinson I. M. Mrs | 439 | |||
Conservative | De Voghelaere S. E. Mrs | 421 | |||
Turnout | % | % | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Starch Green edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Freeman L. W. | 1,529 | |||
Labour | Johnson R. Mrs | 1,493 | |||
Labour | Wicks L. J. | 1,451 | |||
Conservative | Ward D. G. | 1,281 | |||
Conservative | Sexton M. E. Mrs | 1,277 | |||
Conservative | Dessimone V. C. | 1,271 | |||
Turnout | % | % | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Sulivan edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Hall M. A. | 2,307 | |||
Labour | Liardet C. J. Mrs | 2,289 | |||
Labour | Unwin S. W. | 2,273 | |||
Conservative | Wagner C. M. Miss | 1,357 | |||
Conservative | Ground C. Mrs | 1,339 | |||
Conservative | Burland W. J. | 1,320 | |||
Turnout | % | % | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Town edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gray I. | 1,622 | |||
Labour | Hilliard L. H. | 1,616 | |||
Labour | Boswell J. S. | 1,612 | |||
Conservative | Phillips P. M. | 1,386 | |||
Conservative | Falkiner G. Mrs | 1,380 | |||
Conservative | Vincent J. A. | 1,363 | |||
Turnout | % | % | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
White City edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Murray D. R. P. | 2,049 | |||
Labour | Stead B. J. | 2,024 | |||
Labour | Beresford R. | 2,014 | |||
Conservative | Rolfe P. F. Mrs | 398 | |||
Conservative | Stimpson M. A. | 379 | |||
Conservative | Jankovich V. M. | 370 | |||
Communist | Gould J. | 136 | |||
Turnout | % | % | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Wormholt edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Breeze A. G. | 1,760 | |||
Labour | Donoghue O. | 1,744 | |||
Labour | Ingram M. E. Mrs | 1,730 | |||
Conservative | Rose J. H. Dr | 884 | |||
Conservative | Cohen I. | 883 | |||
Conservative | Tait Z. M. Mrs | 832 | |||
Turnout | % | % | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
References edit
- ^ a b "London Borough Council Elections 13 May 1971" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ "London Borough Council Elections 5 May 1994". London Datastore. Greater London Council.