1978 Havering London Borough Council election

none March 2015 March 2015 1978 Havering London Borough Council election United Kingdom Coat of arms of the London Borough of Havering.svg parliamentary no 1978 05 04 y 1974 Havering London Borough Council election 1974 1982 Havering London Borough Council election 1982 All 63 Havering London Borough Council seats 32 CON Conservative Party (UK) 38 18 RES Residents Association 13Includes all candidates elected as (Independent) Residents or Ratepayers 4 LAB Labour Party (UK) 12 8 The 1978 Havering Council election took place on 4 May 1978 to elect members of Havering London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council for the second time. Electoral arrangements The election was originally scheduled for 1977, but was delayed for one year to bring London borough council elections into a four-year election cycle."Order 1976" Terms were extended by the London Councillors Order 1976. New ward boundaries were used for the first time. Prior to the 1978 election the council had 64 members (55 councillors and 9 aldermen). From the 1978 election, 63 councillors were elected from 25 wards. Each ward returned two or three councillors. Ten of the wards were entirely new, including Airfield ward covering the new Airfield estate in Hornchurch. The remaining wards shared the names of previously used wards but with new boundaries. Councillors were elected for a four-year term with the next election scheduled for 1982. Polling took place on 4 May 1978, except in Gooshays ward where the election was delayed until 25 May 1978, due to the death of a candidate. Results With 38 seats, the Conservative Party won overall control of the council for the second time. Labour Party wins were concentrated in the wards covering the Harold Hill estate (Heaton, Hilldene and Gooshays) with the addition of the new Airfield ward in Hornchurch. Residents and ratepayers candidates were successful in the two seats covering Cranham (Cranham East and Cranham West) as well as Rainham and wards covering southern Hornchurch (Hacton and South Hornchurch).London Borough Council Elections 4 May 1978 https://londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/LBCE_1978-5-4.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20150402091850/https://londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/LBCE_1978-5-4.pdf dead 2 April 2015 London Datastore Greater London Council 29 March 20151978 London Borough of Havering local election results https://www.havering.gov.uk/downloads/file/4293/1978-london-borough-of-havering-local-election-results Havering Council 1 October 2024Rallings Colin Thrasher Michael London Borough of Havering Election Results 1964-2010 https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Havering-1964-2010.pdf The Elections Centre 1 October 2024 Ward results Airfield Airfield (3) Labour Party (UK) Stephen Clarke 1,479 Labour Party (UK) Thomas Mitchell 1,461 Labour Party (UK) Sydney Jack 1,396 Conservative Party (UK) Edward Hoad 990 Conservative Party (UK) Martin Shipp 962 Conservative Party (UK) Margaret Munday 947 Independent Residents Association Andrew Carew 524 Independent Residents Association Brenda Hammond 440 Independent Residents Association Joan Lewis 403 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Ardleigh Green Ardleigh Green (2) Conservative Party (UK) Thomas Sims 1,856 Conservative Party (UK) Leonard Trott 1,842 Labour Party (UK) Glenys Chandley 559 Labour Party (UK) Dorothy Robinson 541 Independent Residents Association Ian Wilkes 541 Independent Residents Association Jack Lewis 421 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Brooklands Brooklands (2) Conservative Party (UK) Henry Tebbutt 1,233 Conservative Party (UK) Meirion Owens 1,209 Labour Party (UK) George Cox 1,141 Labour Party (UK) Jesse Taylor 1,063 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Chase Cross Chase Cross (2) Conservative Party (UK) Randall Evans 1,235 Conservative Party (UK) William Odulate 1,172 Labour Party (UK) Arthur Latham 961 Labour Party (UK) Sydney Parrish 863 Communist Party of Great Britain Colin Harper 84 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Collier Row Collier Row (2) Conservative Party (UK) Robin Adaire 1,238 Conservative Party (UK) Norman Symonds 1,192 Labour Party (UK) Robert Kilbey 764 Labour Party (UK) Christine Blake 759 Liberal Party (UK) Eric Freeman 214 Liberal Party (UK) Keith Brewington 178 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Cranham East Cranham East (2) Independent Ratepayers Rowland Knell 1,544 Independent Ratepayers Jean Mitchell 1,496 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Gardner 955 Conservative Party (UK) Stephen Brabner 922 Labour Party (UK) Tom Horlock 544 Labour Party (UK) Frances Eldred 529 Independent Ratepayers Independent Ratepayers Cranham West Cranham West (2) Independent Ratepayers Ron Ower 1,824 Independent Ratepayers Louisa Sinclair 1,811 Conservative Party (UK) Mary Noyes 988 Conservative Party (UK) John Smith 877 Labour Party (UK) Susan Kortlandt 239 Labour Party (UK) Helena Cowin 230 Independent Ratepayers Independent Ratepayers Elm Park Elm Park (3) Conservative Party (UK) Joan Arthur 1,894 Conservative Party (UK) Margaret Ashby 1,881 Conservative Party (UK) Leslie Reilly 1,852 Labour Party (UK) George Saunders 1,806 Labour Party (UK) David Burn 1,779 Labour Party (UK) Jack Hoepelman 1,761 Liberal Party (UK) Mark Long 204 Liberal Party (UK) Thomas Rimmer 202 Liberal Party (UK) Keith Penfold 193 National Front (UK) Robert Baldwin 184 National Front (UK) Alfred Harris 179 National Front (UK) Alan Newell 154 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Emerson Park Emerson Park (2) Conservative Party (UK) John Moultrie 2,323 Conservative Party (UK) William Sibley 2,241 Labour Party (UK) John Scott 524 Labour Party (UK) Glyn Harris 479 Independent Residents Association Lynn Lewis 249 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Gidea Park Gidea Park (2) Conservative Party (UK) John Johnston 2,090 Conservative Party (UK) Alice Smith 1,998 Labour Party (UK) Judith Paul 428 Labour Party (UK) Anthony Gordon 419 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Gooshays Gooshays (3) Labour Party (UK) Ronald Lynn 1,495 Labour Party (UK) Valentine Birnie 1,408 Labour Party (UK) Wilf Mills 1,396 Conservative Party (UK) Alison Bush 825 Conservative Party (UK) Helen Forster 816 Conservative Party (UK) Pamela Marsden 765 National Front (UK) Albert Yetton 147 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Hacton Hacton (3) Residents Association Albert Davis 1,515 Residents Association Norman Miles 1,469 Residents Association Norman Richards 1,376 Conservative Party (UK) Norman Kemble 1,271 Conservative Party (UK) Frederick Thompson 1,234 Conservative Party (UK) Wendy Thompson 1,055 Labour Party (UK) Ernest Rawlins 962 Labour Party (UK) Gordon Thompson 921 Labour Party (UK) Cyril Whitelock 885 Residents Association Residents Association Residents Association Harold Wood Harold Wood (3) Conservative Party (UK) David Forster 2,393 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Marsden 2,287 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Neill 2,255 Labour Party (UK) John McCarthy 1,024 Labour Party (UK) Brian Morland 957 Labour Party (UK) Hubert Hull 942 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Heath Park Heath Park (2) Conservative Party (UK) Eric Munday 1,993 Conservative Party (UK) William Smith 1,954 Labour Party (UK) Dennis Cook 575 Labour Party (UK) Pearl Saunders 566 Liberal Party (UK) Susan Brewington 219 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Heaton Heaton (3) Labour Party (UK) Robert Harris 1,632 Labour Party (UK) Denis O'Flynn 1,567 Labour Party (UK) Geoffrey Otter 1,465 Conservative Party (UK) Nigel Boyle 972 Conservative Party (UK) John Hann 956 Conservative Party (UK) Julian Chiningworth 942 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Hilldene Hilldene (3) Labour Party (UK) Reg Whiting 1,479 Labour Party (UK) Bessie Whitworth 1,440 Labour Party (UK) Ron Whitworth 1,412 Conservative Party (UK) Stanley Martin 771 Conservative Party (UK) Geoffrey Wright 729 Conservative Party (UK) Jane Wright 695 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Hylands Hylands (3) Conservative Party (UK) Jean Frost 1,855 Conservative Party (UK) Irene Pearce 1,803 Conservative Party (UK) Frederick Roberts 1,779 Labour Party (UK) Alan Prescott 1,563 Labour Party (UK) Peter Osborne 1,542 Labour Party (UK) Stewart Binns 1,484 Liberal Party (UK) Henry King 203 Liberal Party (UK) John Hewitt 195 Liberal Party (UK) Brian McCarthy 193 Independent Ratepayers Pamela Wilkes 155 Independent Ratepayers Kenneth Mainstone 127 Independent Ratepayers Laurence Munroe 123 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Mawney Mawney (3) Conservative Party (UK) Victor Bush 2,030 Conservative Party (UK) Lucy Whittingham 1,889 Conservative Party (UK) Nigel Regnier 1,835 Labour Party (UK) Ruby Latham 1,394 Labour Party (UK) Michael Blake 1,392 Labour Party (UK) Wallace Russell 1,322 Liberal Party (UK) Joan Freeman 286 Liberal Party (UK) Pauline Longthorn 249 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Oldchurch Oldchurch (2) Conservative Party (UK) Derek Price 933 Conservative Party (UK) William Todd 932 Labour Party (UK) Ronald Baker 770 Labour Party (UK) Jocelyn Spindler 668 National Front (UK) Madeline Caine 90 National Front (UK) Elsie Harris 82 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Rainham Rainham (3) Residents Association Henry Turner 1,756 Residents Association Donald Poole 1,667 Residents Association George Mooney 1,566 Labour Party (UK) Henry Webb 1,192 Labour Party (UK) Raymond Emmett 1,117 Labour Party (UK) Harry Moss 978 Conservative Party (UK) Audrey North 731 Conservative Party (UK) Kieran Humphries 703 Conservative Party (UK) David Cordell 687 Residents Association Residents Association Residents Association Rise Park Rise Park (2) Conservative Party (UK) Evan Davies 1,876 Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Kemp 1,716 Labour Party (UK) Alfred Capon 545 Labour Party (UK) Sheila Hills 497 Liberal Party (UK) Terry Hurlstone 282 Liberal Party (UK) Caroline Hurlstone 278 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) St Andrew's St Andrew's (3) Conservative Party (UK) Albert James 2,063 Conservative Party (UK) David Biddlecombe 1,998 Conservative Party (UK) Thomas Orrin 2,012 Labour Party (UK) Keith Dutton 906 Labour Party (UK) Margaret Hoepelman 850 Labour Party (UK) Margaret Jack 844 Independent Residents Association Frank Everett 720 Independent Residents Association Angela Meads 711 Independent Residents Association Herbert Borley 169 Liberal Party (UK) John Green 169 Liberal Party (UK) Adrienne McCarthy 158 Liberal Party (UK) Trevor Wood 142 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) St Edward's St Edward's (2) Conservative Party (UK) Lydia Hutton 1,631 Conservative Party (UK) Roger Ramsey 1,549 Labour Party (UK) Jeannette Bowyer 635 Labour Party (UK) Albert Mills 556 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) South Hornchurch South Hornchurch (3) Residents Association Leonard Long 1,384 Residents Association Michael Burke 1,317 Residents Association Ronald Whittaker 1,299 Labour Party (UK) Harry Rivers 1,249 Labour Party (UK) Richard Desmond 1,201 Labour Party (UK) Lynne Cunningham 1,179 Conservative Party (UK) Ralph Pollard 889 Conservative Party (UK) Robin Hackshall 870 Conservative Party (UK) Mary Oxley 859 Residents Association Residents Association Residents Association Upminster Upminster (3) Conservative Party (UK) Bruce Gordon-Picking 2,613 Conservative Party (UK) Rodney Chamberlain 2,547 Conservative Party (UK) Joyce White 2,467 Ratepayers Association Geoffrey Lewis 1,991 Ratepayers Association Carol Springthorpe 1,943 Ratepayers Association Owen Ware 1,920 Labour Party (UK) Megan Lamb 449 Labour Party (UK) Joseph Moore 365 Labour Party (UK) William Nicholls 351 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) By-elections The following by-elections took place between the 1978 and 1982 elections: 1978 St Andrew's (Havering) by-election 1980 Gooshays by-election 1980 Heaton (Havering) by-election 1980 Rise Park by-election 1981 Upminster by-election (Ratepayers gain from Conservative) Notes References 1978 Category:1978 London Borough council elections