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1982 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election
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1982 local election in England
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1982 Hammersmith and Fulham Borough Council electionhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwA-5RleSByddnRJTWp1MTFCX3M/view Local Election Summaries 1982 The Elections Centre 24 June 2019 Parliamentary 1978 Hammersmith London Borough Council election 1978 6 May 1982 1986 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election 1986 All 50 seats to Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council 26 50.0% (2.4% 115x50px|Blank Labour Party (UK) 24 25 1 18,565 37.0% 115x50px|Blank Conservative Party (UK) 24 23 1 19,616 39.1% 115x50px|Blank SDP-Liberal Alliance 2 2 10,357 20.6% Hammersmith and Fulham London UK local election 1982 map.svg 250px Map of the results of the 1982 Hammersmith and Fulham council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and the SDP–Liberal Alliance in yellow. Council control Council control after election No overall control No overall control
The 1982 Hammersmith and Fulham Council election took place on 6 May 1982 to elect members of Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the council stayed in no overall control.
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Background
Both Labour and the Conservatives fielded a full slate of 50 candidates.
The SDP Liberal Alliance also ran a full 50 candidates - an increase from the 20 candidates they fielded in 1978. On the ballot paper the candidates were listed alternatively as 'SDP-Liberal Alliance' and 'Liberal Alliance-SDP'.
The Ecology Party ran a single candidate in four wards - Brook Green, Coningham, Grove and Walham.
A single candidate in seven wards declared themselves to be representing the Residents' Association - Addison, Broadway, Coningham, Eel Brook, Gibbs Green, Margravine and Sands End.
Three candidates in Addison ward, two in Brook Green ward and one each in Grove and Margravine wards listed themselves as Independents.
Two candidates in Broadway ward and one in Sherbrooke ward used the 'Save London Action Group' banner. This compared to 18 candidates in the 1978 election who listed themselves as part of the 'Save London Alliance'. Across London at this election a further 46 candidates used the SLAG banner.
The Workers Revolutionary Party fielded two candidate - one each in Margravine and White City & Shepherds Bush wards. This was up from the single candidate at the previous election. Across London the party fielded a further 13 candidates at this election.
The National Front fielded 2 candidates in the Wormholt ward - down from the 14 candidates they ran at the 1978 election in Hammersmith. Across London the National Front fielded a further 55 candidates at this election.
A total of 175 candidates put themselves forward for the 50 available seats - an increase from the 159 candidates who contested the previous election.
Election result
The Labour Party won 25 seats (a gain of one seat), the Conservative Party 23 seats (a loss of one seat), and the SDP Liberal Alliance two seats (unchanged from the Liberal Party result in 1978). No party had overall control.
The Conservatives maintained control of the Council with the support of the two Liberal Alliance councillors - Kim Howe was elected Council Leader.Hammersmith and Fulham Political Almanac 1982 https://boroughs50.londoncouncils.gov.uk/almanac/lbhf/1982/ London Councils 29 June 2021
Ward results
Addison
Addison (2)
Conservative Party (UK)
Frances E.J. Belsham
763
Conservative Party (UK)
Simon G. Chase
727
Labour Party (UK)
Jennifer M. Litherland
722
Labour Party (UK)
Terence N. Tucker
722
SDP–Liberal Alliance
RaIson J. Davies
383
SDP–Liberal Alliance
David R. Drabble
368
Residents' Association
Arthur W. Blackmum
176
Independent (politician)
Richard F. Clark
120
Independent (politician)
Gwendoline N. Marsh
76
Independent (politician)
John A.T. Rodd
69
% %
Conservative Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Avonmore
Avonmore (2)
Conservative Party (UK)
John C. Putnam
1,043
Conservative Party (UK)
Dominic C.R. Grieve
1,001
Labour Party (UK)
Peter Conway
524
Labour Party (UK)
Diana Basterfield
493
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Patricia F. Pearson
331
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Michael W.M. Orr
313
% %
Conservative Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Broadway
Broadway (2)
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Simon H.J.A. Knott
939
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Robert Mulcahy
694
Labour Party (UK)
John H. Gorter
636
Labour Party (UK)
Bridget T. Prentice
618
Conservative Party (UK)
Richard J. Caswell
273
Conservative Party (UK)
Peter S. Seward
250
Residents' Association
Anthony Horgan
146
Save London Action Group
Derek N. Hulme
146
Save London Action Group
Brett Woods
10
% %
SDP–Liberal Alliance
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Brook Green
Brook Green (2)
Conservative Party (UK)
John A. Hennessy
1,032
Conservative Party (UK)
Peter C. Prince
939
Labour Party (UK)
Louanne Tranchell
513
Labour Party (UK)
John A. Bullock
477
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Dominic C.A. Simon
429
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Edward M. Wilson
398
Independent politician
David A. Constable
133
Independent politician
Anthony B.P. Mockler
132
Ecology Party
Deborah M. Sutherland
65
% %
Conservative Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Colehill
Colehill (2)
Conservative Party (UK)
Martin R.T. Howe
1,053
Conservative Party (UK)
Michael R. Lingens
981
Labour Party (UK)
Jennifer A. Clark
745
Labour Party (UK)
Alan C. Tennock
722
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Ian S.H. Franks
341
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Gerald Arthur Dowden
288
% %
Conservative Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
College Park & Old Oak
College Park & Old Oak (3)
Labour Party (UK)
Melvyn Silverman
900
Labour Party (UK)
Petra Luxton
844
Labour Party (UK)
Margaret Fenelon
817
Conservative Party (UK)
Frederick P.A. Herbert
569
Conservative Party (UK)
Gwenyth Herbert
556
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Trevor K. Harrison
489
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Fiona Wilson
459
Conservative Party (UK)
Khalil A. Khan
449
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Josephine Knott
428
% %
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Coningham
Coningham (3)
Labour Party (UK)
James Bull
1,232
Labour Party (UK)
Daniel A. Filson
1,152
Labour Party (UK)
Joseph S. Mirwitch
1,020
Conservative Party (UK)
Ian Clarke
623
Conservative Party (UK)
William J.S. Hodgson
559
Conservative Party (UK)
Richard J. Clarke
542
SDP–Liberal Alliance
David A. Bennett
448
SDP–Liberal Alliance
John T. Dowdalls
409
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Angela Kelly
392
Residents' Association
Albert J. Harte
302
Ecology Party
Jane N. Shepherd
72
% %
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Crabtree
Crabtree (2)
Conservative Party (UK)
Kim G.F.B. Howe
1,055
Conservative Party (UK)
Patricia A. Fitzgerald
1,030
Labour Party (UK)
Michael Gannon
715
Labour Party (UK)
Francis J. Lukey
704
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Hugh D. Duff
364
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Suzan L.M. St Maur
308
% %
Conservative Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Eel Brook
Eel Brook (2)
Labour Party (UK)
Edward D. Cunningham
932
Labour Party (UK)
Ian J. Harrison
925
Conservative Party (UK)
Peter N.J. Bryant
881
Conservative Party (UK)
Garry Jones
836
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Sally E.M. O'Brien
297
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Ina J.G. Howells
261
Residents' Association
Thomas A. Davies
141
% %
Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)
Gibbs Green
Gibbs Green (2)
Labour Party (UK)
Frances D. Kelly
843
Labour Party (UK)
Gordon Prentice
750
Conservative Party (UK) Michael Fallon 730
Conservative Party (UK)
Neil C. Morgan
674
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Simon D.P. Pellew
357
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Ian R. Hetherington
327
Residents' Association
Geoffrey A.W. Dove
167
% %
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Grove
Grove (2)
Labour Party (UK)
Stephen P. Clark
887
Labour Party (UK)
Hugh Thomson
844
Conservative Party (UK) Howard D. Harries 818
Conservative Party (UK)
David Ellis
770
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Anthony M. Halmos
448
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Ian McCourt
438
Independent (politician)
Geoffrey H. Kane
64
Ecology Party
Stanley E.G. Jones
58
% %
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Margravine
Margravine (2)
Labour Party (UK)
David B. Jordan
856
Labour Party (UK)
William C. Spiers
855
Conservative Party (UK)
Ernest C. Ibbott
527
Conservative Party (UK)
Anthony L. Stacpoole
491
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Frederick T. Brent
181
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Leonard T. Bonser
170
Independent (politician)
Joseph C. Keats
39
Residents' Association
Peter F. Cleverly
32
Workers Revolutionary Party (UK)
Lorna Rhone
15
% %
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Normand
Normand (2)
Labour Party (UK)
Eleanor J. Caruana
1,057
Labour Party (UK)
Margaret J. Sondergaard
965
Conservative Party (UK)
Edgar G.A. Rabbets
839
Conservative Party (UK)
Kenneth M. Walker
804
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Richard C. Pratt
466
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Joan Bonser
370
% %
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Palace
Palace (2)
Conservative Party (UK)
Richard G. Hoddinott
1,585
Conservative Party (UK)
Stuart N.B. Leishman
1,559
Labour Party (UK)
George W. Dimmick
363
Labour Party (UK)
Julia L. Steinhart
348
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Susan E.H. Rendel
344
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Gillian M. Franks
340
% %
Conservative Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Ravenscourt
Ravenscourt (2)
Conservative Party (UK)
Angela Clarke
990
Conservative Party (UK)
Rosemary Belhaven
977
Labour Party (UK)
Paul R. Fiander
570
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Edward C.R. Fawcett
Labour Party (UK)
Ian Willmore
507
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Simon J.B. Knott
432
% %
Conservative Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Sands End
Sands End (2)
Labour Party (UK)
Anthony F.W. Powell
1,019
Labour Party (UK)
Clive A. Wisbey
929
Conservative Party (UK)
Aidan J.M. Gibbs
628
Conservative Party (UK)
James L. Malthouse
625
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Malcolm J. Austin
294
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Jennifer M. Huebner
274
Residents' Association
John H. Garcka
33
% %
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke (2)
Conservative Party (UK)
David A.D. Tweedie
823
Labour Party (UK)
Ian Gray
817
Labour Party (UK)
Margaret E. Ingram
738
Conservative Party (UK)
Henrietta M.B. Varley
717
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Hector I. McDonald
299
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Henry C.Q. Brownrigg
289
Save London Action Group
Jonathan Raimes
29
% %
Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Starch Green
Starch Green (2)
Labour Party (UK)
Leslie S.A. Jones
742
Conservative Party (UK)
Patricia J. Ward
727
Conservative Party (UK)
Eric J. Hutson
716
Labour Party (UK)
Michael R. Phipps
705
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Michael J. Starks
504
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Matthew J. Roche
455
% %
Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Sulivan
Sulivan (2)
Conservative Party (UK)
Gerald A. Wombwell
1,146
Conservative Party (UK)
Nicholas N. Browne
1,138
SDP-Liberal Alliance
David D. Rendel
979
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Peter M. Crystal
890
Labour Party (UK)
Valerie A. Gorter
617
Labour Party (UK)
Thomas Lipscomb
602
% %
Conservative Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Town
Town (2)
Conservative Party (UK)
David W. Clark
1,245
Conservative Party (UK)
Fiona A.R. McGregor
1,242
Labour Party (UK)
Leslie H. Hilliard
610
Labour Party (UK)
Colyn W. Davies
594
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Stephen W. Unwin
453
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Peter J. Somerville
413
% %
Conservative Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Walham
Walham (2)
Conservative Party (UK)
Diana P.A. Chiesman
869
Conservative Party (UK)
Julian N. Rampton
850
Labour Party (UK)
Richard W. Rayner
844
Labour Party (UK)
Brian E. Vaughan
773
SDP–Liberal Alliance
John R.W.F. Graham
510
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Regene Nissan
384
Ecology Party
Cheryl R. Worsley
22
% %
Conservative Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
White City & Shepherds Bush
White City & Shepherds Bush (3)
Labour Party (UK)
Ivan A. Gibbons
1,315
Labour Party (UK)
Peter D. De Gory
1,256
Labour Party (UK)
Gwendoline Braggins
1,118
Conservative Party (UK)
Susan G. Gale
376
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Sean P.G. Cullen
370
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Raymond A. London
350
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Malcolm A. Turner
289
Conservative Party (UK)
Vida Zabavnik
271
Conservative Party (UK)
Muhammad Sharif
268
Workers Revolutionary Party (UK)
Calvin M. Stewart
84
% %
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Wormholt
Wormholt (3)
Labour Party (UK)
Mary S. Best
1,106
Labour Party (UK)
Alan G. Breeze
1,104
Conservative Party (UK)
William C. Smith
1,021
Conservative Party (UK)
Peter R.H. Hardy
955
Labour Party (UK)
Josephine A. Wicks
933
Conservative Party (UK)
Brian I. Maze
932
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Margaret A. Connaughton
569
SDP–Liberal Alliance
David Ash
560
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Norma M. Hare
503
National Front (United Kingdom)
Alistair I. Cameron
63
National Front (United Kingdom)
Robert L.J. Pearse
61
% %
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)
References
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