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    1978 handbook

    Southwark: 1978 local elections

    25 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1977) (60 seats, Elections Centre)

    Labour 56 · Conservative 4 · Other 0 · The Liberal Party 0

    After (end of 1978) (64 seats, Elections Centre)

    Labour 56 · Conservative 8 · The Liberal Party 0 · Other 0

    Ward results

    Abbey2 seats
    C. CoveneyLabour1,076 ✓
    J. DowerLabour1,026 ✓
    P. CrockfordConservative346
    J. HeywoodConservative304
    A. MooreWRP53
    Alleyn2 seats · turnout 37.7%
    R. EadieLabour900 ✓
    C. CloughConservative860 ✓
    A. RobsonConservative811
    M. KaliaLabour736
    J. HaldenThe Liberal Party303
    R. HaldenThe Liberal Party286
    Barset2 seats · turnout 24.8%
    A RitchieLabour665
    P. CatherLabour651
    A. DaviesConservative350
    P. HogarthConservative334
    S. CleggLIB66
    A. ChopingLIB63
    Bellenden3 seats · turnout 36.1%
    D. MooreLabour1,500 ✓
    A. WardLabour1,470 ✓
    F. SampsonLabour1,334 ✓
    E. BoxallConservative1,170
    R. PrimmerConservative1,113
    M. PiperConservative1,107
    A. BakerThe Liberal Party253
    M. PackmanThe Liberal Party245
    M. WhiteThe Liberal Party233
    E. HodsonOther115
    Bricklayers2 seats · turnout 26.1%
    L. HenleyLabour1,111
    L. TuckerLabour1,024
    C HaywardConservative417
    Morgan F.Conservative399
    Browning3 seats · turnout 22.5%
    J. LeesLabour1,201
    P. McSorleyLabour1,191
    F. StroudLabour1,168
    T. WebsterConservative559
    P. HensmanConservative530
    J. ErbettaConservative495
    Brunswick3 seats · turnout 25.7%
    J. GordonLabour1,335
    R WattsLabour1,233
    J LauderLabour1,232
    L. DawsonConservative594
    M. AncientConservative568
    D MitchellConservative555
    D. ThompsonNF205
    J. MullensNF199
    S. WisdomNF166
    Burgess2 seats · turnout 23.6%
    R. SlaterLabour925
    Tony ElyLabour921
    A. RumbleConservative434
    C. WintripConservative398
    Cathedral2 seats · turnout 24.9%
    G. NicholsonLabour1,035
    A. DavisLabour964
    A. NuttallConservative387
    D. McCannConservative361
    Chaucer3 seats · turnout 24.6%
    A. KnightLabour1,420
    J. LeeLabour1,325
    B. RayLabour1,305
    B. NorthConservative689
    P. StewartConservative645
    D. WalkerConservative615
    College2 seats · turnout 49.1%
    B. HoskinsConservative1,858
    M. JacksonConservative1,758
    Bowyer P.Labour1,216
    E. SengerLabour1,102
    M. CoganLIB208
    M. IrvingLIB190
    Consort2 seats · turnout 30.8%
    R. SmythLabour794 ✓
    F. FrancisLabour777 ✓
    J. HollandConservative423
    J. UphillConservative344
    Dockyard3 seats · turnout 28.8%
    L. BrownLabour1,468 ✓
    J. O'GradyLabour1,454 ✓
    S. KippinLabour1,441 ✓
    P. GrayConservative383
    K. CookConservative322
    D. EganConservative308
    E. WrightOther158
    Faraday3 seats · turnout 20.6%
    F. CombesLabour1,505
    J. GreeningLabour1,484
    W. SlaterLabour1,454
    G. CobleyConservative649
    B. LeachConservative591
    F. RichardsonConservative572
    Friary3 seats · turnout 27.0%
    M. GoldwinLabour953 ✓
    W. AllenLabour913 ✓
    J. SomervilleLabour873 ✓
    L. BrownConservative402
    E. SmithConservative356
    G. NoordenConservative343
    J. RichardsonNational Front134
    J. SneathNational Front126
    Liddle3 seats · turnout 25.1%
    J. FowlerLabour1,357 ✓
    A. McNaughtLabour1,326 ✓
    M. GeaterLabour1,316 ✓
    E. KeetchConservative317
    J. SouthgateConservative245
    P. WatkinsonConservative227
    G. ThompsonNational Front185
    P. WilliamsNational Front179
    Lyndhurst3 seats · turnout 36.9%
    W. PayneLabour1,804 ✓
    E. DaviesLabour1,789 ✓
    E. AckroydLabour1,777 ✓
    M FrostConservative1,454
    R. CloughConservative1,430
    A. TannaConservative1,353
    P. BealeLIB254
    J. HuntLIB254
    M. WilsonLIB210
    L. SmithCOMM95
    Newington3 seats · turnout 27.9%
    S. CoxLabour1,405 ✓
    C. HalfordLabour1,375 ✓
    C. ClunnLabour1,365 ✓
    G. FergusConservative751
    A. KearneyConservative679
    C. HurstConservative679
    Riverside3 seats · turnout 36.1%
    T. CornishLabour1,672 ✓
    P. FlowerLabour1,623 ✓
    C. NewellLabour1,537 ✓
    A. PadmoreConservative477
    L. AlbonConservative472
    D. GriffinConservative402
    Rotherhithe3 seats · turnout 24.7%
    E. RoweLabour1,206 ✓
    C. SawyerLabour1,181 ✓
    H. YoungLabour1,163 ✓
    L. DowlingConservative373
    R. DunnConservative317
    G. JohnsonConservative313
    Ruskin3 seats · turnout 44.0%
    J MeakinConservative2,552
    P. CooperConservative2,549
    T EckersleyConservative2,544
    J. EssexLabour1,017
    C. RamseyLabour924
    C. GatesLabour917
    B. FeeleyLIB365
    J. GrahamLIB356
    H. FeeleyLIB346
    Rye2 seats · turnout 39.8%
    E. BoxallConservative1,553
    R. SpilbergConservative1,487
    H. BallLabour1,190
    G. CravitzLabour1,180
    M. AtkinsonLIB194
    R. SteadLIB186
    St Giles3 seats · turnout 26.3%
    D. MitchelsLabour1,494
    L. AldenLabour1,481
    H. PotterLabour1,473
    C. ClarkeConservative787
    G. ScottConservative701
    P. HoustonConservative696
    J. WilsonLIB143
    V. HuntLIB130
    B. JenkinsLIB128
    The Lane2 seats · turnout 29.2%
    F. BreanLabour1,002 ✓
    F. RolfeLabour905 ✓
    A. EllerayConservative438
    T. Bray-DeaConConservative408
    L. RickardNF161
    A. BostockLIB94
    D. TierneyLIB78
    G. RogersCOMM31
    Waverley2 seats · turnout 41.1%
    J. WheelerLabour1,127 ✓
    C. TurnerLabour1,126 ✓
    A. SmithConservative994
    D. HainesConservative980
    A. CleggThe Liberal Party135
    E. BonnerThe Liberal Party134