1982 Havering London Borough Council election

The 1982 Havering Council election took place on 6 May 1982 to elect members of Havering London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.

Electoral arrangements

The 1982 election used the ward boundaries established in 1978 for the second time. 63 councillors were elected from 25 wards. Each ward returned two or three councillors.

Polling took place on 6 May 1982.^[1]

Results

The Conservative Party was re-elected, the first time a party in Havering was elected for a second term with a majority. The Labour Party retained the twelve seats they had won in 1978 covering the Harold Hill estate and the Airfield ward in Hornchurch. The Liberal Party (standing as SDP–Liberal Alliance candidates) won their first seats in a Havering election, taking all three seats in Rainham from the Residents and the two in Chase Cross from the Conservatives. The Conservative Party gained two of the three seats in South Hornchurch from the Residents and one seat went the other way in Upminster ward.^[1]^[2]^[3] This gave the Conservative Party 37 councillors, one less than in 1978.

Ward results

Airfield

Airfield (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Raymond Emmett	1,046
	Labour	Jack Hoepelman	1,036
	Labour	Rosina Purnell	993
	Conservative	Patrick Curtin	958
	Conservative	Martin Sinclair	940
	Conservative	Margaret Munday	922
	Alliance	Thomas Mitchell	792
	Alliance	Cynthia Matthews	771
	Alliance	Gordon Smith	693
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Ardleigh Green

Ardleigh Green (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Ronald Latchford	1,607
	Conservative	Leonard Trott	1,576
	Alliance	Aidan Corish	374
	Alliance	William Barrett	351
	Labour	Jethro Farrant	636
	Labour	Anthony Hunt	554
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brooklands

Brooklands (2)
Party		Votes
Turnout
	Conservative hold	Swing
	Conservative hold	Swing

Chase Cross

Chase Cross (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Alliance	Eric Freeman	941
	Alliance	Leonard Parmenter	912
	Conservative	Philip Brown	764
	Conservative	William Odulate	693
	Labour	Terence Muldoon	575
	Labour	Henry Webb	516
	National Front	Madeline Caine	35
	National Front	Roy Allman	34
Turnout
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing

Collier Row

Collier Row (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Robin Adaire	984
	Conservative	Patrick Curtin	904
	Labour	Anthony Gordon	728
	Labour	Eileen Gordon	669
	Liberal Alliance FT	Edmund Longhorn	596
	Liberal Alliance FT	Angela Thompson	503
	Green	Andrew Smith	40
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cranham East

Cranham East (2)
Party		Votes
Turnout
	Ind. Ratepayers hold	Swing
	Ind. Ratepayers hold	Swing

Cranham West

Cranham West (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Ind. Ratepayers	Louisa Sinclair	1,687
	Ind. Ratepayers	Ron Ower	1,671
	Conservative	Owen Collins	1,031
	Conservative	Marigold Reilly	875
	Alliance	Ralph Gordon	295
	Labour	Dereck Marston	188
	Labour	Edward Reeder	180
Turnout
	Ind. Ratepayers hold		Swing
	Ind. Ratepayers hold		Swing

Elm Park

Elm Park (3)
Party		Votes
Turnout
	Conservative hold	Swing
	Conservative hold	Swing

Emerson Park

Emerson Park (2)
Party		Votes
Turnout
	Conservative hold	Swing
	Conservative hold	Swing

Gidea Park

Gidea Park (2)
Party		Votes
Turnout
	Conservative hold	Swing
	Conservative hold	Swing

Gooshays

Gooshays (3)
Party		Votes
Turnout
	Labour hold	Swing
	Labour hold	Swing
	Labour hold	Swing

Hacton

Hacton (3)
Party		Votes
Turnout
	Residents hold	Swing
	Residents hold	Swing
	Residents hold	Swing

Harold Wood

Harold Wood (3)
Party		Votes
Turnout
	Conservative hold	Swing
	Conservative hold	Swing
	Conservative hold	Swing

Heath Park

Heath Park (2)
Party		Votes
Turnout
	Conservative hold	Swing
	Conservative hold	Swing

Heaton

Heaton (3)
Party		Votes
Turnout
	Labour hold	Swing
	Labour hold	Swing
	Labour hold	Swing

Hilldene

Hilldene (3)
Party		Votes
Turnout
	Labour hold	Swing
	Labour hold	Swing
	Labour hold	Swing

Hylands

Hylands (3)
Party		Votes
Turnout
	Conservative hold	Swing
	Conservative hold	Swing
	Conservative hold	Swing

Mawney

Mawney (3)
Party		Votes
Turnout
	Conservative hold	Swing
	Conservative hold	Swing
	Conservative hold	Swing

Oldchurch

Oldchurch (2)
Party		Votes
Turnout
	Conservative hold	Swing
	Conservative hold	Swing

Rainham

Rainham (3)
Party		Votes
Turnout
	Alliance gain from Residents	Swing
	Alliance gain from Residents	Swing
	Alliance gain from Residents	Swing

Rise Park

Rise Park (2)
Party		Votes
Turnout
	Conservative hold	Swing
	Conservative hold	Swing

St Andrew's

St Andrew's (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Arthur Cotier	1,960
	Conservative	Albert James	1,951
	Conservative	Thomas Orrin	1,801
	Alliance	Adrienne McCarthy	1,099
	Alliance	Martin Heazell	1,018
	Residents	Patrick Phelps	963
	Alliance	Trevor Wood	936
	Labour	Keith Dutton	625
	Labour	Margaret Jack	555
	Labour	Margaret Hoepelman	530
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Edward's

St Edward's (2)
Party		Votes
Turnout
	Conservative hold	Swing
	Conservative hold	Swing

South Hornchurch

South Hornchurch (3)
Party		Votes
Turnout
	Residents hold	Swing
	Conservative gain from Residents	Swing
	Conservative gain from Residents	Swing

Upminster

Upminster (3)
Party		Votes
Turnout
	Residents gain from Conservative	Swing
	Conservative hold	Swing
	Conservative hold	Swing

By-elections

The following by-elections took place between the 1982 and 1986 elections:

Notes

^ Includes all candidates elected as (Independent) Residents or Ratepayers

References

^ ^a ^b "London Borough Council Elections 6 May 1982" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Havering Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
^ "1982 London Borough of Havering local election results". Havering Council. Retrieved 1 October 2024.

[1] Includes all candidates elected as (Independent) Residents or Ratepayers

[London_1982_election-2] "London Borough Council Elections 6 May 1982" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 29 March 2015.

[3] Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Havering Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 1 October 2024.

[4] "1982 London Borough of Havering local election results". Havering Council. Retrieved 1 October 2024.

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