1978 Barnet London Borough Council election
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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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All 60 seats to Barnet London Borough Council 31 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 43.6% | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Map of the results of the 1978 Barnet London Borough council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Background
editSince 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]
Election result
editOverall turnout in the election was 43.6%.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Conservative | 49 | 81.7 | 57.1 | ||||||
Labour | 10 | 16.7 | 30.4 | ||||||
Liberal | 0 | 0.0 | 9.8 | ||||||
Independent | 1 | 1.6 | 2.7 |
Ward results
editArkley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joan E. Pudney | 2,495 | |||
Conservative | John T. Thomson | 2,416 | |||
Conservative | Ann S.M. More | 2,394 | |||
Labour | Andrew P. Harris | 2,275 | |||
Labour | Trevor K. Hill | 2,275 | |||
Conservative | Stephen G. Lane | 2,270 | |||
Liberal | Richard W. Ellis | 417 | |||
Liberal | Keith Crawford | 370 | |||
Liberal | Cynthia Krieger | 315 | |||
Turnout | 45.7% | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Brunswick Park
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | June M. Cole | 2,957 | |||
Conservative | Anthony M. Rawle | 2,951 | |||
Conservative | Mary Temple | 2,867 | |||
Labour | Percy Cheek | 967 | |||
Labour | Gerald Eaton | 953 | |||
Labour | Jeffrey Leifer | 866 | |||
Liberal | David L. Stevens | 359 | |||
Liberal | Hugh J. Ogus | 324 | |||
Liberal | Valerie Silbiger | 320 | |||
Turnout | 40.8% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Burnt Oak
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | James P. Brophy | 2,192 | |||
Labour | Bertram E. McCormack | 2,063 | |||
Labour | Harold B. Davies | 2,060 | |||
Conservative | Keith R. Bass | 998 | |||
Conservative | John R. Hart | 972 | |||
Conservative | Peter V. Wharton | 873 | |||
National Front | Edward V. Bradley | 315 | |||
National Front | Alfred T. Chamberlain | 295 | |||
National Front | Edward J. Warner | 243 | |||
Liberal | Hilda D. Munden | 162 | |||
Liberal | Gisela Page | 130 | |||
Liberal | Roger Pattison | 128 | |||
Turnout | 38.3% | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Childs Hill
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alfred Young | 1,904 | |||
Conservative | Victor Lyon | 1,896 | |||
Conservative | Brian A. Jarman | 1,868 | |||
Labour | Donald E. Barnes | 1,679 | |||
Labour | Elizabeth C. Silver | 1,541 | |||
Labour | Mary C. Tyler | 1,522 | |||
Liberal | Monroe E. Palmer | 1,054 | |||
Liberal | Joan Lawson | 907 | |||
Liberal | Nigel R. Wilson | 787 | |||
National Front | Frederick W. Hurst | 133 | |||
Turnout | 46.9% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Colindale
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Geoffrey N. Cooke | 1,657 | |||
Labour | Mary H.R. Honeyball | 1,633 | |||
Labour | Thomas A. McKendry | 1,594 | |||
Conservative | Peter A. Grosz | 1,447 | |||
Conservative | Derek M. Joseph | 1,433 | |||
Conservative | Jane B. Quail | 1,389 | |||
Liberal | Arthur J. Roycroft | 211 | |||
Liberal | Phyllis I. Adams | 189 | |||
Liberal | Paula Mercer | 162 | |||
National Front | David A. Farmer | 157 | |||
National Front | John R. McLaren | 156 | |||
National Front | Leslie C. Bourne | 154 | |||
Turnout | 43.4% | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
East Barnet
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ernest T. Danks | 2,697 | |||
Conservative | Olwen M. Evans | 2,555 | |||
Conservative | John Perry | 2,542 | |||
Labour | Susan M. Doran | 1,321 | |||
Labour | Norman C. Bar | 1,310 | |||
Labour | Nicholas O. Landau | 1,259 | |||
Liberal | Barbara J. Hunt | 341 | |||
Liberal | Clive Robinson | 340 | |||
Liberal | Alexander W. Munden | 298 | |||
National Front | Ivor W. Sargent | 174 | |||
National Front | Daniel J. Monk | 171 | |||
National Front | Philip A. Ruddock | 168 | |||
Turnout | 42.9% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
East Finchley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Barbara I. Langstone | 1,950 | |||
Conservative | Mary Phillips | 1,894 | |||
Conservative | Stanley J. Sorrell | 1,858 | |||
Labour | Martin J. O'Connor | 1,827 | |||
Labour | Michael D. O'Connor | 1,751 | |||
Labour | Kenneth W. Little | 1,740 | |||
Liberal | Andrew G. Christodoulou | 351 | |||
Liberal | Juliet S. Rowe | 346 | |||
Liberal | Bruce A. Standing | 338 | |||
Turnout | 42.1% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Edgware
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Geoffrey I. Greenhouse | 3,772 | |||
Conservative | David E. Dell | 3,697 | |||
Conservative | Archibald T.W. Smith | 3,541 | |||
Labour | Michael B. Desmond | 1,506 | |||
Labour | Lorna Levy | 1,494 | |||
Labour | Anthony M. Williams | 1,383 | |||
Liberal | Sidney W. Baier | 177 | |||
Liberal | Mary J. Grieb | 176 | |||
Liberal | Philip L. Smulian | 152 | |||
Turnout | 48.6% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Finchley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Leslie Sussman | 2,828 | |||
Conservative | Miles C. Golding | 2,784 | |||
Conservative | Jean I. Parmer | 2,730 | |||
Labour | Robert A. Holroyd | 1,222 | |||
Labour | Brian J. Watkins | 1,206 | |||
Labour | David G. Williams | 1,206 | |||
Liberal | Gregory P.F. Robbins | 488 | |||
Liberal | Malcolm B. Davis | 445 | |||
Liberal | Sylvia T.D. Randall | 426 | |||
Turnout | 41.4% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Friern Barnet
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David C. Burton | 2,856 | |||
Conservative | John C. Tiplady | 2,831 | |||
Conservative | Frank D. Gibson | 2,827 | |||
Labour | Peter R. Butcher | 838 | |||
Labour | Frank C. Edwards | 812 | |||
Labour | Charles F. Owen | 809 | |||
Liberal | Karl E. Ruge | 565 | |||
Liberal | Christopher Perkin | 549 | |||
Liberal | Yvonne A. Jessop | 506 | |||
Turnout | 41.4% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Garden Suburb
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael G. Max | 2,995 | |||
Conservative | Richard Blausten | 2,985 | |||
Conservative | Phyllis M. Nevard | 2,830 | |||
Independent | Patrick K. Laurance | 1,102 | |||
Labour | David E. De Saxe | 916 | |||
Labour | Richard M. Hadley | 873 | |||
Liberal | Leonie E. Stephen | 796 | |||
Labour | Stephen E. Pudney | 781 | |||
Liberal | Clive R. Silbiger | 776 | |||
Liberal | Robert S. Hanison | 702 | |||
Turnout | 48.1% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Golders Green
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Rosa A. Freedman | 2,450 | |||
Conservative | Leslie D. Foster | 2,303 | |||
Conservative | Selina D. Summers | 2,214 | |||
Labour | Stephen F. Kelly | 1,203 | |||
Labour | Olga G. Deaner | 1,162 | |||
Labour | Vivien D. Marcy | 1,133 | |||
Liberal | Jeffrey Land | 554 | |||
Liberal | Susette S. Palmer | 491 | |||
Liberal | Wilfred Newton | 485 | |||
Turnout | 39.3% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Hadley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ernest A.E. Asker | 3,587 | |||
Independent | Anthony J. Freake | 3,245 | |||
Conservative | David P. Clarke | 3,042 | |||
Conservative | Rosemary W. Middleton | 2,894 | |||
Labour | Jean M. Feldman | 980 | |||
Labour | Brenda M. Slade | 959 | |||
Labour | Sylvia V. Grant | 920 | |||
Liberal | Peter J. Morley | 827 | |||
Liberal | Mavis W. Axham | 697 | |||
Turnout | 48.0% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Hale
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Leslie J. Pym | 3,117 | |||
Conservative | Dorothy B. Benson | 3,082 | |||
Conservative | Jack Clarfelt | 3,038 | |||
Labour | Peter J. Fordham | 1,011 | |||
Labour | Jean Smith | 1,010 | |||
Labour | Ian B. Morley | 1,009 | |||
Liberal | Diana C. Pattison | 480 | |||
Liberal | Carol A. Cooper | 471 | |||
Liberal | Laurian Davies | 420 | |||
National Front | Kenneth J. Barson | 133 | |||
National Front | John P. Smith | 126 | |||
National Front | Albert V. White | 104 | |||
Turnout | 46.1% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Hendon
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Norman E. Hirshfield | 2,954 | |||
Conservative | Victor S. Hockley | 2,784 | |||
Conservative | John Archard-Jones | 2,564 | |||
Labour | Celia A. Downs | 1,246 | |||
Labour | Christopher H. Jacobs | 1,216 | |||
Labour | Alan M. Magnus | 1,188 | |||
Liberal | Gerald Finlay | 478 | |||
Liberal | Peter G. Kempster | 355 | |||
Liberal | Elvin P. Sorkin | 337 | |||
Turnout | 40.3% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Mill Hill
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Rita M. Levy | 3,321 | |||
Conservative | Denis L. Dippel | 3,316 | |||
Conservative | Graham G. Fear | 3,232 | |||
Labour | Howard S. Bluston | 943 | |||
Labour | Leonard Phillips | 924 | |||
Labour | Ian Leslie | 875 | |||
Liberal | Adrian V. Stokes | 390 | |||
Liberal | Ronald N. Page | 351 | |||
Liberal | John F. Hearn | 309 | |||
National Front | Paul A. Clayton | 173 | |||
National Front | John B. Cording | 149 | |||
National Front | Susan E. Warner | 133 | |||
Turnout | 45.4% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
St Paul's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John P. Fitzgibbon | 2,346 | |||
Conservative | Edna P. James | 2,260 | |||
Conservative | Norman J. Sapsted | 2,224 | |||
Labour | John A. Cogger | 1,491 | |||
Labour | Charles A.R. Still | 1,448 | |||
Labour | Ralph A. Straker | 1,423 | |||
Liberal | Patricia M. Dunnill | 516 | |||
Liberal | Leonard Watkins | 459 | |||
Liberal | Avron M. Potter | 455 | |||
Turnout | 40.9% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Totteridge
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Margaret J. Laskey | 3,639 | |||
Conservative | Michael J. Hill | 3,588 | |||
Conservative | Victor H. Usher | 3,575 | |||
Labour | Howard R. Denton | 889 | |||
Labour | Michael S. Cohen | 868 | |||
Labour | Lawrence J. Rogoff | 844 | |||
Liberal | David M. Cohen | 489 | |||
Liberal | Edith M. Gardner | 488 | |||
Turnout | 43.6% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
West Hendon
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Timothy J.K. Sims | 2,142 | |||
Labour | Donald E. Timms | 2,116 | |||
Labour | Doreen N. Neail | 2,025 | |||
Conservative | Stuart A. Goldenberg | 1,998 | |||
Conservative | Maurice J. Sultoon | 1,976 | |||
Conservative | Marion H. Babington | 1,856 | |||
Liberal | Brian E.J. Ellis | 938 | |||
Liberal | Harry J. Levy | 887 | |||
Liberal | Anthony D. Mercer | 660 | |||
Turnout | 48.3% | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Woodhouse
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Philip H. Williams | 2,327 | |||
Conservative | William G. Hart | 2,306 | |||
Conservative | Barry C. Francis | 2,265 | |||
Labour | Adrian R. Cattermole | 1,535 | |||
Labour | John S. Whale | 1,444 | |||
Labour | Hukam C. Chopra | 1,410 | |||
Liberal | Roger J. Aron | 409 | |||
Liberal | Barry N. Green | 378 | |||
Liberal | David A. Harris | 367 | |||
Turnout | 40.1% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
By-elections between 1978 and 1982
editHadley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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.
References
edit- ^ "Local Government Boundary Commission For England Report No.248" (PDF). LGBCE Records & Resources. Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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 21 February 2015.
- ^ "London Borough Council Elections 6 May 1982" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 25 February 2015.