1978 Bromley London Borough Council election

The 1978 Bromley Borough Council election took place on 4 May 1978 to elect members of Bromley London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]

Background

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Election result

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Ward results

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Beckenham

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Anerley (2)
Party test Votes % ±%
Labour Christopher Richard Gaster 1,446 27.1 {{{change}}}
Labour Paul Brown 1,388 26.0 {{{change}}}
Conservative Graham Paull 849 15.9
Conservative Roland Lees 847 15.9
Liberal Nicholas Gardner 243 4.6
National Front Geoffrey John Parker 189 3.5
National Front Michael Ingrams 182 3.4
Liberal Charles Vassie 172 3.2
Clock House (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David J Harding 44.0
Conservative Terence Stanley 1,744
Labour Amanda Moore 1,461 35.3 n/a
Labour Ian M Haig
Liberal Heather Isabel Donovan 676 16.3 n/a
Liberal Stephen J Marshall
National Front Helen James 137 3.3 n/a
National Front Stephen J Dickson
Ecology Helen M Vernon 43 1.0 n/a
Majority 8.7 n/a
Turnout 50.3 n/a
Conservative win (new seat)
Copers Cope (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John L Pritchard* 74.6
Conservative Charles George Priest* 1590
Labour Gareth B Matthewson 307 14.2 n/a
Labour Eric H Turner 249
Liberal Gillian Taylor 242 11.2 n/a
Liberal Dorothy E Walsh
Majority 60.4 n/a
Turnout 39.7 n/a
Conservative win (new seat)
Eden Park (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Francis J D Cooke* 65.9
Conservative Peter F Dixon
Liberal Derek G Brent 570 17.2 n/a
Labour Richard Richards 560 16.9 n/a
Labour David N P Radlett
Liberal Nicholas Daniel McPhail Smith
Majority 48.8 n/a
Turnout 45.8 n/a
Conservative win (new seat)
Kelsey Park (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Maurice J Mason* 78.1 n/a
Conservative Michael John B Tickner
Liberal Paul F Taylor 13.9 n/a
Liberal Leslie E Brent
Labour Michael A Keenoy 8.0 n/a
Labour William J Kocher
Majority 64.2 n/a
Turnout 45.4 n/a
Conservative win (new seat)
Lawrie Park & Kent House (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard D Foister* 56.9
Conservative John Arthur M. Lewis
Labour Ms J Ambrose 36.4
Labour R Balfe
Liberal Ms L Craig 6.7
Liberal Ms S Crookes
Penge (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arthur J Mansfield* 51.5 n/a
Labour Barbara Pedley*
Conservative Christopher John Elgar 33.3 n/a
Conservative Michael Green
Liberal Joyce M Gardner 5.8 n/a
Independent Patrick J S Millea 5.4 n/a
Liberal Henry A Verlander
National Front Alfred Waite 4.1 n/a
National Front Nigel Vernon Dickson
Majority 18.1 n/a
Turnout 36.8 n/a
Labour win (new seat)
Shortlands (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bernard E G Davies* 82.2 n/a
Conservative Brian R Reading
Labour Pauline M Jones 293 9.2 n/a
Liberal Gareth Hughes 272 8.6 n/a
Liberal Theresa M Radlett
Labour Dr Jan Pollert
Majority 73.0 n/a
Turnout 44.5 n/a
Conservative win (new seat)

Chislehurst

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Bickley (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Maurice Bentley Kenward* 76.9 n/a
Conservative Hector McDonald*
Conservative Simon J C Randall*
Labour Gwendoline I Mansfield 12.5 n/a
Labour Audrey I Bridle
Labour William P J Pinder
Liberal Peter Graham Hardie-Bick 10.6 n/a
Liberal Paul David A Nash
Liberal Barbara J Anderson-Stone
Majority 64.4 n/a
Turnout 45.5 n/a
Conservative win (new seat)
Chislehurst (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joan Bryant 75.5 n/a
Conservative Edward Myatt
Conservative Charles Christopher Seward Reeves
Labour Harold Taylor 15.4 n/a
Labour Martyn G Jenkins
Labour Anthony W Paveley
Liberal Barry C Hesketh 9.1 n/a
Liberal Olwen M Wade-Jones
Liberal Stephen R Walls
Majority 60.2 n/a
Turnout 50.6 n/a
Conservative win (new seat)
Mottingham (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alistair Huistean Macdonald* 64.0 n/a
Labour Ronald W Huzzard*
Conservative Paul Martin Bonter 28.3 n/a
Conservative Albert E Stayte
Liberal Susan E Robson 4.0 n/a
Liberal Susanne G Levy
National Front Gwendoline F Dickson 3.8 n/a
National Front Richard V Dickson
Majority 35.7 n/a
Turnout 50.6 n/a
Labour win (new seat)
Plaistow & Sundridge (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard B Jackson* 59.8 n/a
Conservative Dorothy Joan Laird
Conservative Arthur J Wilkinson*
Labour Stephen Nortcliff 30.9 n/a
Labour John Francis Spellar
Labour Judith E Armstrong
Liberal John R Hassall 9.3 n/a
Liberal Nora MacMurray
Liberal Frank Deves
Majority 29.0 n/a
Turnout 44.1 n/a
Conservative win (new seat)
St Paul's Cray (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Raymond A Sanderson 61.8 n/a
Labour Walter K Mansfield
Labour Edgar C H Smith*
Conservative Violet C Hammond 31.9 n/a
Conservative Geoffrey H Fennell
Conservative Gladys P Hobbs
Liberal George H Watson 6.3 n/a
Liberal Ivor W Fyfe
Liberal Peter Alan Janikoun
Majority 29.9 n/a
Turnout 39.0 n/a
Labour win (new seat)

Orpington

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Biggin Hill (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David W Hanscomb 63.7 n/a
Conservative David Robert Haslam
Liberal Malcolm Bruce Westbrook 609 18.4 n/a
Labour Roy E Hodsdon 592 17.9 n/a
Liberal Cheryl E Carter
Labour James Duncan
Majority 45.2 n/a
Turnout 48.6 n/a
Conservative win (new seat)
Chelsfield & Goddington (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian V Atkinson 3,811 67.4 n/a
Conservative Reginald G Adams 3,798
Conservative Joseph T Heath 3,761
Liberal Graham Leslie Arthur 1,184 20.9 n/a
Liberal Sidney C O Langford 1,156
Liberal William S Lomax 1,153
Labour Dennis J Davenport 661 11.7 n/a
Labour Mary A Tozer 654
Labour Keith Aubrey Galley 614
Majority 46.4 n/a
Turnout 50.6 n/a
Conservative win (new seat)
Crofton (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith G Grieve 67.2 n/a
Conservative David A Heron*
Liberal Keith O Challis 22.9 n/a
Liberal Dr Sandra E Ward
Labour Philip R Edwards 9.9 n/a
Labour Ralph E Hunte
Majority 44.3 n/a
Turnout 53.2 n/a
Conservative win (new seat)
Darwin (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Peter Komedera 73.9 n/a
Liberal Patrick McNally 15.1 n/a
Labour John E Goffee 11.0 n/a
Majority 58.8 n/a
Turnout 53.6 n/a
Conservative win (new seat)
Farnborough (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Eric Norman Goodman 76.9 n/a
Conservative Jennifer Mary Hillier
Liberal Roy T Hawkins 11.9 n/a
Liberal Philip F Dearle
Labour John Fowler 11.2 n/a
Labour Celia Nortcliff
Majority 65.0 n/a
Turnout 50.7 n/a
Conservative win (new seat)
Orpington Central (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael A Minter 50.0 n/a
Conservative Judith Jones
Labour Catherine Spillane 27.8 n/a
Labour Nigel C Turnbull
Liberal Byrom Lees 22.2 n/a
Liberal James R E Richard
Majority 22.1 n/a
Turnout 45.6 n/a
Conservative win (new seat)
Petts Wood & Knoll (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan S Cornish 68.6 n/a
Conservative Joan Hatcher
Conservative Don D S Adams
Liberal David R Clark 21.2 n/a
Liberal Christopher S Wilson
Liberal Robert G Street
Labour Keith S C Good 10.2 n/a
Labour Ann Grant
Labour Maria Sawczenko
Majority 47.4 n/a
Turnout 53.8 n/a
Conservative win (new seat)
St Mary Cray (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Doris Partridge* 49.1 n/a
Labour David I Grant
Labour Keith R Morton 1,961
Conservative Anthea M Sargeant 1,859 42.4 n/a
Conservative Martin T Fuller
Conservative Andrew D Crift
Liberal Michael Foy Tapsfield 8.5 n/a
Liberal Terence Frank Clark
Liberal Stephen Long
Majority 6.7 n/a
Turnout 42.1 n/a
Labour win (new seat)

Ravensbourne

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Bromley Common & Keston (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Clive A L Brangwin 55.3 n/a
Conservative Raymond L Ainsby
Conservative Russell L Mellor
Labour John Richard Holbrook 34.5 n/a
Labour Naomi V Carter
Labour Geoffrey J Ball
Liberal Joan Coverson 6.4 n/a
Liberal Barbara J Walmsley
Liberal Dorothy E Richmond
National Front George V Askew 3.8 n/a
National Front Roy E J Bond
National Front Jillian F Bond
Majority 20.9 n/a
Turnout 42.4 n/a
Conservative win (new seat)
Hayes (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James F David* 74.6 n/a
Conservative Ernest Dennis Barkway*
Conservative Philip Geoffrey Jones
Labour Peter W Rance 13.7 n/a
Labour Sylvia C Snipp
Labour Penelope A Kocher
Liberal Ronald Coverson 11.7 n/a
Liberal Patricia D Ebden
Liberal Colin P England
Majority 60.9 n/a
Turnout 40.8 n/a
Conservative win (new seat)
Martins Hill & Town (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William F D Walker* 64.5 n/a
Conservative Anthony M Wilkinson*
Labour Alan M Pickering 25.2 n/a
Labour Gordon Thomas Yates
Liberal Philip E Dewdney 10.2 n/a
Liberal Margaret E Birchmore
Majority 39.3 n/a
Turnout 37.1 n/a
Conservative win (new seat)
West Wickham North (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Montague I Blasey* 77.6 n/a
Conservative Percy C Read*
Labour Robert Armstrong 12.9 n/a
Labour Colin P Moore
Liberal Peter A Dodsworth 9.5 n/a
Liberal Christine Oakenfull
Majority 64.7 n/a
Turnout 45.2 n/a
Conservative win (new seat)
West Wickham South (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kenneth V Crask* 75.0 n/a
Conservative Leslie G Whitman
Labour Richard J Cox 16.8 n/a
Labour Richard Henry Redden
Liberal Alan G Sewell 8.2
Liberal John C Standley
Majority 58.1 n/a
Turnout 46.4 n/a
Conservative win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ "London Borough Council Elections 4 May 1978" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 29 March 2015.