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Tower Hamlets: 1978 local elections

16 wards with results. Council page

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

Labour 60 · Other 0 · The Liberal Party 0 · Conservative 0

After (end of 1978) (50 seats, Elections Centre)

Labour 43 · The Liberal Party 7 · Conservative 0 · Other 0

Ward results

Blackwall2 seats · turnout 19.1%

D. Kelly	Labour	742
A. Sanders	Labour	663
L. Rowley	Conservative	151
S. Williams	Conservative	132
G. Davis	NF	108
B. Matthews	NF	97

Bromley3 seats · turnout 27.3%

W. Guy	Labour	1,129 ✓
A. Downes	Labour	1,119 ✓
J. Morris	Labour	1,055 ✓
M. Goldberg	Conservative	275
D. Young	Conservative	229
K. Jones	National Front	177
S. Muzzlewhite	National Front	149
T. Rowe	National Front	141

East India2 seats · turnout 25.4%

P. Beasley	Labour	1,032
P. Thompson	Labour	989
I. Berry	NF	191
R. Hatter	Conservative	185
R. Underwood	NF	152

Holy Trinity3 seats · turnout 21.7%

J. O'Connor	Labour	1,051
G. Negus	Labour	1,036
G. Wall	Labour	974
Barbara Perrott	Conservative	351
W. McCrossan	Conservative	336
I. Underwood	NF	254
M. Rowe	NF	230
G. Williams	NF	207

Lansbury3 seats · turnout 23.7%

G. Desmond	Labour	1,120
A. Hegarty	Labour	1,080
R. Beer	Labour	1,078
H. Cook	Conservative	283
E. Goymer	Conservative	260
S. Colville	NF	227
S. Buttery	NF	225
M. Rowe	NF	199

Limehouse3 seats · turnout 19.5%

J. Riley	Labour	1,101
J. O'Neill	Labour	1,093
D. Twomey	Labour	1,003
T. Poole	Conservative	285
V. Clark	NF	221
J. Tear	NF	200
T. Rowe	NF	191
A. Halpin	COMM	93

Millwall3 seats · turnout 18.6%

J. Allen	Labour	1,116
W. Kilgour	Labour	979
W. Hickin	Labour	963
K. Hollands	Conservative	297
K. Griffin	NF	236
P. Edwards	NF	224
D. Williams	NF	170

Park2 seats · turnout 35.5%

B. Williams	LIB	1,174
B. Collins	LIB	1,117
T. Beningfield	Labour	399
E. Winterflood	Labour	357
T. Matthews	NF	128
R. Muzzlewhite	NF	122

Redcoat2 seats · turnout 24.0%

M. Durell	Labour	958
G. Chaney	Labour	950
M. Firmin	Conservative	315
T. Godden	NF	144
M. Matthews	NF	125
D. Lyons	COMM	72

Shadwell3 seats

C. Mudd	Labour	1,101 ✓
E. Armsby	Labour	1,094 ✓
J. Long	Labour	1,038 ✓
J. Quarrell	ELPA	287
A. Spiterie	Conservative	266
A. Minnerthey	Conservative	254
T. Underwood	NF	155
C. Idle	LRRAG	149
J. Chesshyre	LRRAG	146
A. Common	COMM	92

Spitalfields3 seats · turnout 22.7%

W. Harris	Labour	950 ✓
A. Elboz	Labour	941 ✓
G. White	Labour	835 ✓
H. Kean	SU	377
C. Knowles	SW	325
D. Lawrence	SU	318
W. Dove	Conservative	163
J. Fresco	ELPA	145
P. Barber	ELPA	125
A. Bennett	NF	87

St Dunstan's3 seats

A. Dorrell	Labour	1,087
B. Holmes	Labour	1,060
E. Penner	Labour	980
J. Beater	Conservative	360
R. Bargery	NF	200
S. Bale	NF	163
F. Whiple	COMM	117
B. Leach	WRP	98

St. Katharines3 seats · turnout 22.1%

R. McFarlane	Labour	1,001
G. Simons	Labour	955
R. Perkins	Labour	952
M. Davies	ELPA	307
M. Jempson	ELPA	287
J. Ranelagh	Conservative	243
K. Halpin	COMM	142
J. Muzzlewhite	NF	108
P. Lear	Ind LIB	98

St. Marys2 seats · turnout 29.5%

R. Ashkettle	Labour	1,083 ✓
B. Saunders	Labour	1,027 ✓
B. Epstein	Conservative	378
M. Levitas	COMM	313
E. Hill	Conservative	251
J. Gibbons	NF	56
T. Jellis	NF	52

St. Peters3 seats · turnout 19.4%

A Jacob	Labour	1,109
B. Orwell	Labour	1,063
E. Walker	Labour	1,050
P. Holmes	Conservative	431
A. Mariner	NF	401
G. Newman	NF	376
H. McAlpine	COMM	121

Weavers3 seats · turnout 23.6%

L. Crook	Labour	748 ✓
C. Main	Labour	735 ✓
A. Praag	Labour	690 ✓
P. Robbins	LIB	573
C. McLeod	LIB	555
H. Stallman	LIB	510
J. Fairhurst	Conservative	231
R. Newman	NF	216
T. Courtney	NF	214
B. Gilbert	NF	213