Westminster: 1978 local elections

23 wards with results. Council page

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

Conservative 37 · Labour 23 · The Liberal Party 0 · Other 0

After (end of 1978) (60 seats, Elections Centre)

Conservative 39 · Labour 19 · Other 2 · The Liberal Party 0

Ward results

Baker Street2 seats · turnout 26.2%

G. Harley	Conservative	840 ✓
J. Mordue	Conservative	796 ✓
I. Peddie	Labour	256
G. Shamash	Labour	221
J. Gore-Booth	SLA	66
J. Prizeman	SLA	55
V. Williams	LIB	54

Bayswater3 seats · turnout 44.0%

S. Greenman	Conservative	1,390 ✓
P. Batty	Conservative	1,371 ✓
F. Maude	Conservative	1,343 ✓
J. Dunn	Labour	1,162
F. Ferry	Labour	1,111
E. Davies	Labour	1,029
R. Major	National Front	101
P. Cornwall-Jones	Other	93
M. Holdsworth	Other	68
H. Rous	Other	49

Belgrave2 seats · turnout 32.1%

G. Metcalfe	Conservative	1,287
G. Pirie	Conservative	1,251
P. Kellner	Labour	178
K. Dugmore	Labour	171
T. Mathew	LIB	79
M. Ling	SLA	28

Bryanston2 seats · turnout 31.6%

J. Bullock	Conservative	988
T. Whipham	Conservative	954
R. Lewis	Labour	272
E. Razzell	Labour	236
V. Farrell	SLA	51
R. Leanse	SLA	42

Cavendish3 seats · turnout 33.5%

D. Pearl	Conservative	1,688 ✓
W. Kearney	Conservative	1,684 ✓
J. Walker-Smith	Conservative	1,672 ✓
H. Brookstone	Labour	460
P. Duff	Labour	450
M. Powell-Jones	Labour	328
S. Jones	LIB	261
D. Collis	Ind RES	188
M. Atkinson	RES	150
B. Wolfin	Ind RES	132
S. Iliffe	COMM	110
M. Morris	LIB	107

Church Street3 seats · turnout 38.6%

J. Hegarty	Labour	1,562 ✓
J. Marriton	Labour	1,543 ✓
D. Miles	Labour	1,456 ✓
D. Green	Conservative	800
M. Challis	Conservative	743
G. Sydney	Conservative	718
S. Milburn	Other	71
M. Wainwright	Other	47

Churchill3 seats · turnout 42.8%

M. Fuller	Labour	1,516 ✓
M. Forsyth	Conservative	1,417 ✓
R. Fryer	Labour	1,402 ✓
M. Sykes	Labour	1,379
E. Hay	Conservative	1,337
L. Allen	Conservative	1,296
R. Good	The Liberal Party	207
W. Beattie	The Liberal Party	188
A. Whitelegge	The Liberal Party	161
J. Clark	Other	80
M. Furness	Other	42
L. Segal	Other	23

Hamilton Terrace2 seats · turnout 38.0%

B. Bowles	Conservative	1,201 ✓
S. Swerling	Conservative	1,156 ✓
J. Porritt	Other	342
E. Stiasny	Labour	325
S. Wood	Labour	316
H. Cohen	Other	167

Harrow Road3 seats · turnout 31.8%

J. Glickman	Labour	1,314 ✓
T. Sheppard	Labour	1,305 ✓
J. Keogh	Labour	1,296 ✓
J. Kissin	Conservative	567
M. Egan	Conservative	567
J. Talbot	Conservative	529
P. Corbyn	Other	126
D. Jessop	Other	77
A. Bogusz	Other	71
T. Kelly	Other	62
R. Byron	Other	45

Hyde Park3 seats

Anne Mallinson	Conservative	1,408
S. Porter	Conservative	1,370
R. Watts	Conservative	1,358
C. Haire	Labour	348
N. Toettcher	Labour	342
T. Jones	Labour	337
L. Adams	SLA	91
M. Fish	SLA	63
J. Thompson	SLA	57

Knightsbridge2 seats · turnout 34.2%

C. Prendergast	Conservative	1,100
P. Gleeson	Conservative	1,077
M. Garside	Labour	144
U. Cooze	Labour	139
J. Prizeman	SLA	29
J. Kasmin	SLA	24

Lancaster Gate3 seats · turnout 30.9%

J. Peel	Conservative	1,623 ✓
J. Gillet	Conservative	1,614 ✓
J. Watmore	Conservative	1,524 ✓
J. Barrett	Labour	438
R. May	Labour	426
M. Nicholas	Labour	398
S. Cornwall-Jones	Other	110
M. Wainwright	Other	96
C. McKean	Other	72

LITTLE VENICE3 seats · turnout 40.8%

S. Molyneux	Labour	1,344 ✓
A. Weyman	Labour	1,321 ✓
C. Bulford	Labour	1,276 ✓
R. Gardner	Conservative	1,218
S. Mabey	Conservative	1,214
A. Jobson	Conservative	1,210
T. Kingston	The Liberal Party	278
C. Dorrington-Ward	Other	92
K. Porritt	Other	61
V. Saunders	Other	40

Lords2 seats · turnout 33.6%

R. Dawe	Conservative	1,255
D. Braham	Conservative	1,250
R. Hughes	Labour	314
E. Mehl	Labour	292
K. Harben	SLA	53
E. Cruickshank	SLA	43

Maida Vale3 seats · turnout 45.6%

J. Walker	Conservative	1,521 ✓
P. Hartley	Conservative	1,511 ✓
M. Farrow	Conservative	1,509 ✓
J. Carr	Labour	1,365
A. Dye	Labour	1,364
C. Stone	Labour	1,356
M. Gray	National Front	109
B. Cohen	Other	89
K. McCormack	Other	51
J. Rodgers	Other	51

Millbank3 seats · turnout 39.1%

D. Avery	Conservative	1,017 ✓
T. Heath	Labour	1,008 ✓
H. Garside	Labour	983 ✓
M. Prevost	Conservative	977
P. Circus	Conservative	957
V. Morris	Labour	917
W. Hopkins	National Front	110
J. Hughes-Onslow	Other	97

Queens Park3 seats · turnout 33.4%

G. Lowe	Labour	1,476 ✓
G. Haywood	Labour	1,354 ✓
I. Bolton	Labour	1,345 ✓
G. Buchler	Conservative	382
G. Sinclair	Conservative	378
M. Hamer	Conservative	363
A. Burdon	Other	77
A. Wainwright	Other	38

Regents Park3 seats · turnout 34.5%

R. Forrester	Conservative	1,897
R. Bramble	Conservative	1,872
B. Lagg	Conservative	1,853
P. Barton	Labour	773
R. Nicholls	Labour	768
D. Soori	Labour	727
E. Mann	LIB	215
J. Porritt	SLA	71
J. Milburn	SLA	51

St. Georges3 seats · turnout 28.9%

M. Cobbold	Conservative	1,586
Bradley A.	Conservative	1,569
D. Weeks	Conservative	1,527
E. Bramall	Labour	374
N. Fuller	Labour	345
Lynn J.	Labour	329

St. Jamess2 seats · turnout 26.5%

A. Killick	Conservative	746
N. Thompson	Conservative	741
R. Davies	Labour	385
D. Thornton	Labour	359
M. Bunney	Ind RES	196
H. Bunney	Ind RES	184

Victoria2 seats · turnout 30.4%

P. Sitwell	Conservative	1,004
R. Whittaker	Conservative	979
L. Goodwin	Labour	442
C. Mulley	Labour	431
E. De Vere	SLA	66
P. Leanse	SLA	44

West End2 seats · turnout 33.6%

L. Peltz	Other	927 ✓
C. Viner	Other	892 ✓
T. Seear	Conservative	837
J. Weels	Conservative	791
A. Kahn	Labour	140
M. Cavalla	Labour	140

Westbourne3 seats · turnout 36.3%

T. Daniel	Labour	1,414 ✓
M. Levy	Labour	1,406 ✓
J. Mulley	Labour	1,380 ✓
R. Fry	Conservative	794
P. Ezra	Conservative	707
N. Popham	Conservative	700
A. Quinn	National Front	110
J. Sylvester	National Front	86