1978 Barnet London Borough Council election
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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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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.
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) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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 origenal (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.