1971 Barking London Borough Council election
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The 1971 Barking Borough Council election took place on 13 May 1971, to elect members of Barking London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election, and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]
Background edit
96 candidates across 6 parties ran. Labour was the only party that ran a full slate of candidates.
Results edit
Labour comfortably maintained its majority. The Conservatives lost all 13 of its councillors to Labour whilst the Residents Association held all 4 of its Councillors. Labour won 45 councillors to the Residents Association 4.[2]
Results by ward edit
Abbey edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mary Bredo | 2,459 | 55.9 | +23.9 | |
Labour | A Howie | 2,434 | N/A | ||
Labour | J Tweed | 2,317 | N/A | ||
Labour | J Longden | 2,278 | N/A | ||
Conservative | E Lacey | 984 | 22.4 | -31.4 | |
Conservative | E Reed | 829 | N/A | ||
Conservative | R Trew | 824 | N/A | ||
Conservative | J Willmott | 822 | N/A | ||
Conservative Party (Unofficial) | T Woodcock | 567 | 12.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | Alan Beadle | 386 | 8.8 | -5.4 | |
Liberal | D Wade | 328 | N/A | ||
Liberal | G Poole | 258 | N/A | ||
Liberal | Martin Taylor | 254 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 36.0 | -0.3 | |||
Registered electors | 10,248 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Cambell edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joseph Butler | 2,594 | 93.0 | +14.9 | |
Labour | Sidney Cole | 2,501 | N/A | ||
Labour | D Jones | 2,494 | N/A | ||
Labour | James Jones | 2,426 | N/A | ||
Conservative | D Reed | 194 | 7.0 | -14.9 | |
Turnout | 27.3 | +6.1 | |||
Registered electors | 9,364 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Chadwell Heath edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Residents | Peggy Miller | 1,719 | 53.7 | -21.1 | |
Residents | H Jones | 1,633 | N/A | ||
Residents | D Grandison | 1,631 | N/A | ||
Residents | Cyril Ayres | 1,575 | N/A | ||
Labour | H Pope | 1,331 | 41.6 | +23.2 | |
Labour | W Webb | 1,308 | N/A | ||
Labour | V Pope | 1,292 | N/A | ||
Labour | Robert Crane | 1,267 | N/A | ||
Communist | D Connor | 153 | 4.8 | -1.9 | |
Turnout | 30.8 | +1.5 | |||
Registered electors | 9,669 | ||||
Residents hold | Swing | ||||
Residents hold | Swing | ||||
Residents hold | Swing | ||||
Residents hold | Swing |
Eastbrook edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Leonard Collins | 2,663 | 85.6 | +32.4 | |
Labour | Frederick Tibble | 2,648 | N/A | ||
Labour | F Coomber | 2,583 | N/A | ||
Labour | J Morton | 2,550 | N/A | ||
Conservative | W Whiter | 232 | 7.5 | -20.0 | |
Communist | C Baker | 217 | 7.0 | -0.1 | |
Turnout | 25.9 | +3.9 | |||
Registered electors | 10,498 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Fanshawe edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frederick Jones | 2,868 | 86.5 | +23.1 | |
Labour | J Blake | 2,846 | N/A | ||
Labour | Ernest Turner | 2,748 | N/A | ||
Labour | B Walker | 2,666 | N/A | ||
Communist | K Madden | 285 | 8.6 | -6.8 | |
Conservative | E Apps | 163 | 4.9 | -16.3 | |
Turnout | 29.6 | +10.7 | |||
Registered electors | 9,788 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Gascoigne edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J Engwell | 2,970 | 91.1 | +33.6 | |
Labour | C Godfrey | 2,913 | N/A | ||
Labour | Horace Howie | 2,877 | N/A | ||
Labour | Douglas Waters | 2,763 | N/A | ||
Conservative | J Barnett | 290 | 8.9 | -13.7 | |
Conservative | G Pool | 285 | N/A | ||
Conservative | S Smith | 267 | N/A | ||
Conservative | R Pool | 265 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 35.9 | +7.1 | |||
Registered electors | 8,792 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Heath edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Noyce | 2,754 | 78.7 | +34.9 | |
Labour | John Davis | 2,740 | N/A | ||
Labour | Charles Fairbrass | 2,726 | N/A | ||
Labour | J Lawrence | 2,648 | N/A | ||
Labour | Jack Thomas | 2,625 | N/A | ||
Conservative | J Doyle | 584 | 16.7 | -32.9 | |
Conservative | R Barrett | 574 | N/A | ||
Conservative | C Barrett | 570 | N/A | ||
Conservative | L Pyke | 554 | N/A | ||
Conservative | A Sabourin | 523 | N/A | ||
Communist | Helena Ott | 161 | 4.6 | -2.0 | |
Turnout | 25.3 | +2.8 | |||
Registered electors | 13,022 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Longbridge edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R Godfrey | 2,233 | 61.7 | +25.8 | |
Labour | M Ness | 2,229 | N/A | ||
Labour | Michael O'Shea | 2,203 | N/A | ||
Labour | M Spencer | 2,193 | N/A | ||
Conservative | A Gray | 1,386 | 38.3 | -25.8 | |
Conservative | V Pool | 1,382 | N/A | ||
Conservative | C Pool | 1,356 | N/A | ||
Conservative | D Barnett | 1,309 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 32.2 | -1.4 | |||
Registered electors | 11,091 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Manor edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Maud Ball | 2,747 | 87.4 | +10.8 | |
Labour | L Blake | 2,656 | N/A | ||
Labour | Eric Mansell | 2,656 | N/A | ||
Labour | Millicent Preston | 2,466 | N/A | ||
Conservative | B Long | 396 | 12.6 | -10.8 | |
Turnout | 28.5 | +6.1 | |||
Registered electors | 9,573 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
River edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Dodd | 1,908 | 82.1 | +30.4 | |
Labour | D Linehan | 1,895 | N/A | ||
Labour | Edith Bradley | 1,863 | N/A | ||
Labour | L Thompson | 1,814 | N/A | ||
Conservative | E Brown | 292 | 12.6 | +18.4 | |
Conservative | Ada Horrell | 251 | N/A | ||
Conservative | F Read | 229 | N/A | ||
Conservative | M Whiter | 226 | N/A | ||
Communist | G Wake | 124 | 5.3 | N/A | |
Turnout | 24.8 | +5.9 | |||
Registered electors | 8,665 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Valence edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Brooker | 2,612 | 82.7 | +31.2 | |
Labour | S Warr | 2,549 | N/A | ||
Labour | E Kitchen | 2,513 | N/A | ||
Labour | D Webb | 2,480 | N/A | ||
Conservative | F Penfold | 221 | 7.0 | -14.6 | |
Communist | L Evans | 201 | 6.4 | N/A | |
People's Democracy | H Bailey | 124 | 3.9 | N/A | |
Turnout | 26.8 | +6.1 | |||
Registered electors | 9,966 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Village edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Vic Rusha | 2,125 | 81.1 | +45.2 | |
Labour | L Bryant | 2,066 | N/A | ||
Labour | R Coster | 2,047 | N/A | ||
Labour | Harry Tindell | 2,022 | N/A | ||
Conservative | W Attridge | 341 | 13.0 | -10.1 | |
Conservative | J Calver | 337 | N/A | ||
Conservative | A Wilkens | 325 | N/A | ||
Conservative | R Johnson | 312 | N/A | ||
Communist | R Shannon | 154 | 5.9 | -1.5 | |
Turnout | 25.4 | -1.3 | |||
Registered electors | 9,572 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
By-elections between 1971 and 1974 edit
Chadwell Heath edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Residents | P Jarvis | 1,108 | 68.4 | +13.5 | |
Labour | H Pope | 492 | 30.4 | +2.7 | |
Communist | D Connor | 20 | 1.2 | -3.5 | |
Majority | 616 | 38.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 16.6 | -12.7 | |||
Registered electors | 9,731 | ||||
Residents hold | Swing |
Gascoigne edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Shaw | 1,442 | 93.2 | +10.4 | |
Liberal | M Taylor | 106 | 6.8 | +6.8 | |
Majority | 1,336 | 86.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 17.4 | -18.5 | |||
Registered electors | 8,882 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
River edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Blackburn | 1,263 | N/A | ||
Labour | E White | 1,226 | N/A | ||
Conservative | Ada Horrell | 209 | N/A | ||
Conservative | T Woodcock | 201 | N/A | ||
Majority | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
Turnout | 17.4 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 8,589 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "London Borough Council Elections 13 May 1971" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "London Borough of Barking & Dagenham Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ^ a b c "London Borough Council Elections 2 May 1974" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 29 March 2015.