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 edit
Since 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 edit
Overall 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 edit
Arkley edit
Party | 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 edit
Party | 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) | |||||
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Conservative win (new seat) |
Burnt Oak edit
Party | 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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
Party | 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 edit
Party | 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 edit
Party | 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) | |||||
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Conservative win (new seat) |
Edgware edit
Party | 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 edit
Party | 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) | |||||
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Conservative win (new seat) |
Friern Barnet edit
Party | 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) | |||||
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Conservative win (new seat) |
Garden Suburb edit
Party | 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 edit
Party | 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 edit
Party | 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 edit
Party | 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) | |||||
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Conservative win (new seat) |
Hendon edit
Party | 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 edit
Party | 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 edit
Party | 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 edit
Party | 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 edit
Party | 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 edit
Party | 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 edit
Hadley edit
Party | 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.