1982 Islington London Borough Council election

1982 Islington London Borough Council election
All 52 council seats; 27 seats needed for a majority
Registered	120,076
Turnout	40.1%
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; Labour;

The 1982 Islington Council election took place on 6 May 1982 to elect members of Islington London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party regained overall control of the council from the Social Democratic Party.^[1]

Background

Composition of the council just before the 1982 election

In March 1981 the SDP was founded. In May 1981 Donald Hoodless became the new Labour Leader and council leader. In September 1981, following the resignation of a Labour councillor, the SDP gained a council seat in Hillarton ward. In December 1981 over half of the Labour group on the council resigned the Labour whip and joined the SDP. This gave the SDP a majority of seats and their leader, Jim Evans, became the new council leader. Divisions within the SDP saw the emergence of a separate Social Democrat group that included four sitting SDP councillors. This group stood in the 1982 elections in opposition to official SDP candidates.

Election result

1982 Islington Council election
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
	Labour	41	15	6	9	78.85	42.47	48,767
	Labour Co-op	10	10	0	10	19.23	9.02	10,358
	Alliance	1	0	13	13	1.92	22.39	25,714
	Conservative	0	0	1	1	0.00	24.34	27,947
	Social Democrat	0	0	5	4	0.00	1.17	1,342
	National Front	0	0	0		0.00	0.23	268
	Communist	0	0	0		0.00	0.21	239
	Independent SDP	0	0	0		0.00	0.10	111
	Workers Revolutionary	0	0	0		0.00	0.05	61
	Save London Action Group	0	0	0		0.00	0.02	18
Total		52						114,825

Ward results

(*) – Indicates incumbent councillors standing for re-election^[2]

Barnsbury

Barnsbury (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alexander J Farrell*	1,637	56.2
	Labour	Christopher Robert Smith*	1,630
	Labour	Margaret Eve Hodge	1,618
	Alliance	James Lawrie	733	25.1
	Alliance	Anna M M Beaumont	701
	Alliance	Antony J Martin	682
	Conservative	John D E Gallagher	544	18.7
	Conservative	Simon Melhuish-Hancock	476
	Conservative	David J Wedgwood	462
Registered electors			6,745
Turnout				45.5
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Bunhill

Bunhill (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kenneth D. Banham	936	40.06
	Labour	Terence J. Herbert	905
	Labour	Christopher T.A. Calnan	905
	Conservative	Arthur H S Hull	778	32.79
	Conservative	Patricia M Robertson	758
	Conservative	John G Watson	711
	Alliance	Christie Payne*	595	24.56
	Alliance	George A.W. Ives*	560
	Alliance	Joseph R. Trotter	528
	National Front	John Hawkesworth	84	2.58
	National Front	George Wilson	50
	National Front	Gordon W Strange	44
Registered electors			6,838
Turnout				37.3
	Labour gain from Alliance
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Alliance

Canonbury East

Canonbury East (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James R Franklin	749	40.70
	Labour	Gordon D Young	687
	Alliance	Christopher M. P. Huhne	464	24.32
	Alliance	William Moroney	394
	Conservative	Robin J. Cave	357	19.05
	Conservative	Alan J.M. Reese	314
	Social Democrat	Ernest J.W. Bayliss*	292	14.91
	Social Democrat	Sybil P. James*	233
	Save London Action Group	Paul D. Jenkins	18	1.02
Registered electors			5,037
Turnout				38.6
	Labour gain from Social Democrat
	Labour gain from Social Democrat

Canonbury West

Canonbury West (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Rosemary A. Nicholson	1,026	32.68
	Labour Co-op	Joseph W.H. Simpson	844	26.88
	Conservative	Margaret D. Reese	691	21.82
	Conservative	Alan N. Spinney	679
	Alliance	James S. Knight	430	13.09
	Alliance	Ralph F.W. Skilbeck	391
	Social Democrat	Frederick Johns	176	5.54
	Social Democrat	Audrey Bayliss*	171
Registered electors			4,884
Turnout				49.5
	Labour gain from Social Democrat
	Labour Co-op gain from Social Democrat

Clerkenwell

Clerkenwell (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anne Green	874	36.33
	Labour	Margaret L. Oliver	864
	Alliance	David Hyams*	823	31.56
	Labour	Nikolaos Barstow	822
	Conservative	Donald W. Bromfield	778	29.51
	Alliance	Gerald D. Southgate*	701
	Alliance	Doris K.A. Rogers*	700
	Conservative	Reginald H. Brown	675
	Conservative	Arthur C.J. Bush	625
	Workers Revolutionary	Richard Price	61	2.60
Registered electors			7,068
Turnout				35.8
	Labour gain from Alliance
	Labour gain from Alliance
	Alliance hold

Gillespie

Gillespie (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Eric W Brown	878	57.42
	Labour	Carol O'Brien*	869
	Conservative	Andrew J.B. Mitchell	389	24.57
	Conservative	Ann Comninos	358
	Alliance	Anna Berent	286	18.00
	Alliance	Vernon Joynson	261
Registered electors			4,178
Turnout				41.0
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Highbury

Highbury (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Peter A Broadbent	1,407	35.18
	Labour	Smarajit Roy	1,309
	Labour Co-op	Derek Hines	1,308	33.89
	Conservative	Simon R. Matthews	673	16.50
	Conservative	Jennifer Moody	631
	Alliance	Margot Joan Dunn	626	14.43
	Conservative	James A. Rooke	608
	Alliance	David A. Howell	546
	Alliance	James Picton	498
Registered electors			6,706
Turnout				41.5
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour Co-op gain from Labour

Highview

Highview (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bob Crossman	891	61.85
	Labour	Maureen Leigh	856
	Alliance	James C Evans*	328	22.72
	Alliance	John D. Barnes	314
	Conservative	George F. Benham	245	15.43
	Conservative	Max L.L. Termeer	190
Registered electors			3,889
Turnout				40.5
	Labour gain from Alliance
	Labour hold

Hillmarton

Hillmarton (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Arthur L. Bell*	1,162	60.66
	Labour	Peter C. Powell	1,000
	Conservative	Lucia G. Chrisodouldes	438	20.37
	Alliance	Tim Johnson	438	15.94
	Alliance	Kevin O'Keefe*^[3]	414
	Conservative	Roy P.C. Taft	288
	Communist	Mark W. Page	54	3.03
Registered electors			5,204
Turnout				43.5
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Alliance

Hillrise

Hillrise (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alan M. Clinton	1,426
	Labour Co-op	Milton K. Babulall	1,254
	Labour	William J. Sillett	1,220
	Conservative	Kenneth E.J. Graham	676
	Conservative	Michael J. Peters	653
	Conservative	Paul R. Ostway	635
	Alliance	Donald R.D. Hutchinson	512
	Alliance	Lize Evans	496
	Alliance	Efimia M. Marinos	443
Registered electors			6,451
Turnout				43.5
	Labour hold
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative
	Labour hold

Holloway

Holloway (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Edward M Holroyd-Doveton*	1,083	56.67
	Labour	Rosemary Dale	1,081
	Labour	David L Yorath	971
	Conservative	William H. Giles	431	20.77
	Alliance	Patrick McCann	408	20.12
	Conservative	Mark A.H. Rittner	369
	Alliance	John Dipre	354
	Alliance	Jeffrey J. Littman	352
	Conservative	Gail M. Ansel-Lilley	349
	National Front	Alan B. Butler	53	2.44
	National Front	Harry Fenton	37
Registered electors			6,862
Turnout				31.5
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Junction

Junction (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Maurice J. Barnes	1,450	36.11
	Labour Co-op	Taha T Karim	1,376	33.13
	Labour Co-op	Derek A. Sawyer	1,283
	Conservative	Timothy R. Devlin	728	17.56
	Conservative	Kingsley G. Manning	712
	Conservative	David J. Nicholson	675
	Alliance	Mary McCann	558	13.20
	Alliance	Roy Albert James Lincoln	517
	Alliance	Patrick Sheeran	516
Registered electors			6,341
Turnout				44.7
	Labour hold
	Labour Co-op gain from Labour
	Labour Co-op gain from Labour

Mildmay

Mildmay (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Patrick E. Haynes	1,579	36.39
	Labour	Marjorie A Ogilvy-Webb*	1,566
	Labour Co-op	Valerie A Veness*	1,354	31.32
	Conservative	Leonard A. Hatcher	761	17.23
	Conservative	Richard F. Hewitt	754
	Conservative	Stanley W. Morris	719
	Alliance	Stephen R. Hatch	591	13.44
	Alliance	Zara D. Tracy	586
	Alliance	Raymond C. James	568
	Communist	William J. Norris	70	1.62
Registered electors			8,445
Turnout				38.0
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour Co-op gain from Labour

Quadrant

Quadrant (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David G.S. Rees	1,085	33.65
	Labour Co-op	Keith R. Veness	922	28.60
	Conservative	Nicholas B. Baile	599	18.02
	Alliance	Valerie M. Iles	592	17.90
	Conservative	Merryl S. Cave	562
	Alliance	Mary I Campbell	561
	Social Democrat	Charles V. Connell	60	1.83
	Social Democrat	Carole M. Murphy	57
Registered electors			5,494
Turnout				44.0
	Labour hold
	Labour Co-op gain from Labour

St George's

St George's (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Patricia J. Longman	1,401	51.83
	Labour	Sandra Marks	1,388
	Labour	Victor I. McGeer	1,329
	Conservative	Albert V. Hiam	638	23.56
	Conservative	Kenneth Hynes	629
	Conservative	Sally Mustoe	606
	Alliance	David J. Davies*	442	15.82
	Alliance	Michele Byam	415
	Alliance	Piers M. Herbert	399
	Social Democrat	Gerard F. Flynn*	122	4.45
	Social Democrat	Elizabeth Barry	118
	Communist	Angela M. Mason	115	4.34
	Social Democrat	Hugh F. Flynn	113
Registered electors			7,525
Turnout				37.3
	Labour gain from Alliance
	Labour gain from Social Democrat
	Labour hold

St Mary

St Mary (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	George R. Hayes	890	45.23
	Labour	Barbara Rogers	825
	Labour	Mohammad A.K. Khan	791
	Conservative	Alistair R. Goobey	605	32.39
	Conservative	Neil David Kerr	601
	Conservative	Edmund T.L. Holden	587
	Alliance	Alan Pedrick*	451	22.37
	Alliance	Evelyn H. Jacomb	430
	Alliance	Niranjan S. Mukherjee	358
Registered electors			5,529
Turnout				37.5
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Alliance

St Peter

St Peter (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anne L. Page*	1,069	42.52
	Labour	Paul N. Mullin	979
	Labour	John A. Worker	929
	Alliance	Christopher J. Price*	711	28.76
	Conservative	John L.K. Eden	702
	Conservative	Sarah G.M.R. Goobey	655
	Alliance	Robert N.W. Oakeshott	653	28.72
	Conservative	Hugo H.F. Summerson	652
	Alliance	Diana M.S. Simpkins	648
Registered electors			7,137
Turnout				37.1
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Alliance
	Labour hold

Sussex

Sussex (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour Co-op	Jan Whelan	1,012	64.19
	Labour Co-op	Ian S. Wilson	1,005
	Alliance	Ellen M. Brosnan*	399	23.60
	Alliance	Henry J Reid*	342
	Conservative	Nigel V.A. Shervey	270	12.21
	Conservative	Elizabeth M. Stephens	244
	Conservative	Phillips A. Langton	62
Registered electors			4,236
Turnout				44.3
	Labour Co-op gain from Alliance
	Labour Co-op gain from Alliance

Thornhill

Thornhill (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Charles H. Chapman	882	59.25
	Labour	Sally E.A. Gilbert	815
	Conservative	Terence P. Kelly	293	19.40
	Conservative	Marina Y. Oliver	263
	Alliance	Particia M. Peel	255	17.45
	Alliance	Valerie M. Bolitho	244
	Independent SDP	Alan Ernest Lomas	61	3.91
	Independent SDP	Valerie Lomas	50
Registered electors			4,570
Turnout				35.0
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Tollington

Tollington (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Aitchison	1,701	41.88
	Labour	Kathleen Bundred	1,699
	Labour Co-op	Christopher M. Bromley	1,583	39.00
	Alliance	Andrew Carty*	507	12.15
	Alliance	Arthur G. Smith*	490
	Alliance	Kathleen Carty	483
	Conservative	Edward F. Bull	377	6.97
	Conservative	Abdul A. Siddiqui	247
	Conservative	Feeroz J. Siddiqui	225
Registered electors			6,937
Turnout				40.8
	Labour gain from Alliance
	Labour gain from Alliance
	Labour Co-op gain from Labour

References

^ "London Borough Council Elections 6 May 1982" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
^ "London Borough of Islington Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
^ Became incumbent in a 1981 by-election called following the resignation of Cllr. Crispin R. St Hill

[London_1982_election-1] "London Borough Council Elections 6 May 1982" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 29 March 2015.

[2] "London Borough of Islington Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk. Retrieved 11 February 2024.

[3] Became incumbent in a 1981 by-election called following the resignation of Cllr. Crispin R. St Hill

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