1982 Wandsworth London Borough Council election

none March 2015 March 2015 The 1982 Wandsworth Council election took place on 6 May 1982 to elect members of Wandsworth London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.London Borough Council Elections 6 May 1982 https://londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/LBCE_1982-5-6.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20150402114315/https://londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/LBCE_1982-5-6.pdf dead 2 April 2015 London Datastore Greater London Council 29 March 2015 Background Wandsworth had been under Conservative majority control since the borough's 1978 elections.2022-05-06 Wandsworth: Labour ends 44 years of Tory rule in shock local election defeat ITV News https://www.itv.com/news/london/2022-05-06/labour-ends-44-years-of-tory-rule-in-wandsworth-in-shock-local-election-defeat https://web.archive.org/web/20240525232819/https://www.itv.com/news/london/2022-05-06/labour-ends-44-years-of-tory-rule-in-wandsworth-in-shock-local-election-defeat 2024-05-25 2026-06-21 ITV News en-GB According to the Greater London Council, ward boundaries changed in only one London borough between the 1978 and 1982 elections (Enfield), meaning the 1982 contest in Wandsworth was fought on the same ward boundaries as in 1978. Election result Wandsworth's electorate at the election was 196,713, of whom 48.7% turned out to vote.https://data.london.gov.uk/download/24r9z/575f3aa9-8b89-4096-a7bb-ffc893bcfff9/LBCE_1982-5-6.pdf London Borough Council Elections: 6 May 1982 1982 Greater London Council 2026-06-21 London Datastore PDF The Conservative Party won 33 of the council's 61 seats, retaining its majority, while Labour won 25 seats. Across the borough, the Conservatives took 42.7% of the vote, Labour took 38.1%, and the SDP–Liberal Alliance took 18.8% . Ward results Balham (3) Conservative Party (UK) David Goddard 2,140 Conservative Party (UK) Jeanette Gaffney 2,129 Conservative Party (UK) Frederick Rosier 2,049 Labour Party (UK) Patrick Roche 1,533 Labour Party (UK) William Burrow 1,514 Labour Party (UK) Martin Tupper 1,455 SDP–Liberal Alliance Paul Harrison 679 SDP–Liberal Alliance Peter Style 585 SDP–Liberal Alliance Beryl Urquhart 584 Bedford (3) Conservative Party (UK) John M. Rattray 1,774 Labour Party (UK) Paul Daniel 1,741 Conservative Party (UK) Lois M. Lees 1,697 Conservative Party (UK) Shirley A. Loader 1,688 Labour Party (UK) Richard A. Clayton 1,590 Labour Party (UK) Bryan A. Symons 1,438 SDP–Liberal Alliance Penelope A. Cooper 662 SDP–Liberal Alliance John K. Holmes 614 SDP–Liberal Alliance Abdul Rashid 587 Earlsfield (2) Labour Party (UK) William Ballantine 1,360 SDP–Liberal Alliance Paul Boudace 1,138 SDP–Liberal Alliance David Patterson 1,067 Labour Party (UK) Susan Ward 1,057 Conservative Party (UK) Colin Dawe 958 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Atkinson 951 East Putney (3) Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Chope 2,928 Conservative Party (UK) James Fairrie 2,893 Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Flind 2,803 Labour Party (UK) Christine Blower 1,032 Labour Party (UK) Michael Freedman 1,017 SDP–Liberal Alliance Vanessa Giles 989 SDP–Liberal Alliance Francis Plowden 970 SDP–Liberal Alliance Jeremy Ambache 969 Labour Party (UK) Belinda Hindley 934 Fairfield (2) Labour Party (UK) Sean C. Creighton 1,315 Labour Party (UK) Julian P. Proudman 1,256 Conservative Party (UK) Gerald L. Goss 1,177 Conservative Party (UK) Christopher M.R. Wright 1,138 SDP–Liberal Alliance Martin J. Morris 419 SDP–Liberal Alliance Hareward R.G. Cooke 406 John M. Foster 51 Furzedown (3) Conservative Party (UK) Brian N. Prichard 1,846 Conservative Party (UK) Alfred C. Jessiman 1,825 Conservative Party (UK) Sidney J.H.W. Morris 1,775 Labour Party (UK) John W. Gibbins 1,741 Labour Party (UK) Lilias G. Gillies 1,699 Labour Party (UK) Frank E. Sims 1,693 SDP–Liberal Alliance Anthony J. Pittman 836 SDP–Liberal Alliance Robert A. Nolan 774 SDP–Liberal Alliance Jacqueline J. Whitaker 772 Elizabeth M. Shaw 120 Graveney (3) Labour Party (UK) Duncan E. Braithwaite 1,748 Labour Party (UK) Charlotte J.S. Atkins 1,640 Labour Party (UK) Judith M. Chegwidden 1,526 Conservative Party (UK) Albert V. Mascull 1,168 Conservative Party (UK) Doreen F. Smith 1,165 Conservative Party (UK) Frederick J. Smith 1,054 SDP–Liberal Alliance Mary J.M. Budd 642 SDP–Liberal Alliance John G. Cole 575 SDP–Liberal Alliance Bruce J. Clelland 539 Roderick S. George 58 Latchmere (3) Labour Party (UK) Antony J. Belton 1,826 Labour Party (UK) Michael L. Barley 1,749 Labour Party (UK) Alan McGarvey 1,733 Conservative Party (UK) William A.A. Wells 518 Conservative Party (UK) Jeremy R.C. Quitman 507 Conservative Party (UK) John G.B. Heait 491 SDP–Liberal Alliance Michael J. Delaney 368 SDP–Liberal Alliance Sheila E. Kemp 336 SDP–Liberal Alliance Ian H. Willis 327 Michael J. Salt 112 Vernon C. Atkinson 104 Richard De Jongh-Wagenaar 89 Nightingale (3) Conservative Party (UK) Peter D. Donoghue 2,259 Conservative Party (UK) Maurice A.S. Heaster 2,176 Conservative Party (UK) Ravindra P. Govindia 2,099 Labour Party (UK) Gulsar A. Butt 1,405 Labour Party (UK) Charlotte E. Keresey 1,330 Labour Party (UK) Christopher A. Purnell 1,304 SDP–Liberal Alliance Richard F.J. Heron 872 SDP–Liberal Alliance Cyril S. Pickard 827 SDP–Liberal Alliance Catherine E. Bancutt 794 Northcote (3) Conservative Party (UK) Martin D. Johnson 2,401 Conservative Party (UK) Andrew G. Grant 2,354 Conservative Party (UK) Gordon S. Passmore 2,312 Labour Party (UK) Bernard W.A. Kirby 1,360 Labour Party (UK) Barbara M. Roche 1,306 Labour Party (UK) Donald J. Roy 1,272 SDP–Liberal Alliance Martin B. Constable 880 SDP–Liberal Alliance Charles S. Welchman 874 SDP–Liberal Alliance Richard Jones 863 Frances R. Baillie-Crossman 122 Parkside (2) Conservative Party (UK) Arnold J. Cooper 1,676 Conservative Party (UK) Josephine L. Sedgwick 1,600 Labour Party (UK) Leonard W. Holmes 1,233 Labour Party (UK) Jeremy P.T. Irwin-Slinger 1,068 SDP–Liberal Alliance Gerard E.D. Bonham-Carter 623 SDP–Liberal Alliance Elizabeth Al Qadhi 525 Queenstown (2) Labour Party (UK) Margaret A. Jenkins 1,164 Labour Party (UK) Ronald H.C. Simms 1,052 Conservative Party (UK) Edward P.G. Hay 930 Conservative Party (UK) Alan Babington-Smith 840 SDP–Liberal Alliance John T. Hughes 383 SDP–Liberal Alliance Graham Jones 348 Paul W. Ekins 47 Susan A. Lofthouse 41 Roehampton (3) Labour Party (UK) Michael R. Williams 2,413 John A. Slater 2,284 Vera Thompson 2,179 Conservative Party (UK) Beatrice E. Hollowood 1,088 Conservative Party (UK) Beryl Jeffery 1,087 Conservative Party (UK) David J.K. Rigg 1,077 SDP–Liberal Alliance Colin G. Darracott 1,068 SDP–Liberal Alliance Jeremy R.L. Loud 1,030 SDP–Liberal Alliance Elizabeth Brabazon 949 St John (3) Labour Party (UK) Samuel J. Jeffers 1,719 Labour Party (UK) Frank J. Ingram 1,675 Labour Party (UK) Richard G.W. Twining 1,606 SDP–Liberal Alliance Andrew J. Cunningham 929 Conservative Party (UK) Vincent Chang 867 SDP–Liberal Alliance Laura A. Collins 815 SDP–Liberal Alliance James G. Caple 758 St Mary's Park (3) Labour Party (UK) Priscilla Cornwall-Jones 1,725 Labour Party (UK) Stuart H.J. Hercock 1,613 Labour Party (UK) Patricia Benians 1,543 Conservative Party (UK) Martha E. Romilly 1,516 Conservative Party (UK) David P.G. Thompson 1,497 Conservative Party (UK) Robin J.P. Wheatley 1,481 SDP–Liberal Alliance Florence C. Coney 609 SDP–Liberal Alliance Andrew D. Wiles 484 SDP–Liberal Alliance Martin Stott 478 Sonia G. Willington 126 Shaftesbury (3) Labour Party (UK) Herbert J. Harrison 1,963 Labour Party (UK) William R. Johnston 1,856 Labour Party (UK) Francis H. Jones 1,816 Conservative Party (UK) Andrew R. Hargreaves 1,680 Conservative Party (UK) Edmund R. Hayward 1,612 Conservative Party (UK) Charles J. Karpinski 1,561 SDP–Liberal Alliance Robert Neville-Jones 864 SDP–Liberal Alliance David R. Owen-Jones 841 SDP–Liberal Alliance Peter Brook 814 Clarence G. Wilson 45 Southfield (3) Conservative Party (UK) Peter Slater 2,368 Conservative Party (UK) Michael J. Burnett 2,361 Conservative Party (UK) Christine A.K. Thompson 2,265 Labour Party (UK) Margaret Jones 1,646 Labour Party (UK) Teresa M.K. Smallbone 1,590 Michael J. Gapes 1,474 SDP–Liberal Alliance Gareth W. Campbell 896 SDP–Liberal Alliance Hamish J. Clifton 887 SDP–Liberal Alliance John N. Summerscale 842 Springfield (3) Conservative Party (UK) John R. Garrett 2,509 Conservative Party (UK) James C.M.L. Crawford 2,470 Conservative Party (UK) Francis A. Staff 2,398 Labour Party (UK) Paul C. Flather 1,568 Labour Party (UK) Marcia J. Davies 1,568 Labour Party (UK) Philip A. Morris 1,524 SDP–Liberal Alliance Mary T. Butterworth 913 SDP–Liberal Alliance David Robertson 853 SDP–Liberal Alliance Gerard A. Walter 844 Thamesfield (3) Conservative Party (UK) Peter J. Bingle 2,913 Conservative Party (UK) Alexander P. Beresford 2,869 Conservative Party (UK) Edward J.U. Lister 2,807 Labour Party (UK) Stephen Mannering 1,324 Labour Party (UK) David Packham 1,311 Labour Party (UK) Kathryn H. Pick 1,270 SDP–Liberal Alliance Jeremy G. Burgoyne 1,130 SDP–Liberal Alliance Michael I. Burrell 1,066 SDP–Liberal Alliance Peter S. Norman 1,027 Tooting (3) Labour Party (UK) Nicholas P. Adams 1,981 Labour Party (UK) Bernard J. Rosewell 1,934 Labour Party (UK) Vibert C. Luthers 1,871 Conservative Party (UK) William J. Kennett 1,431 Conservative Party (UK) Susan A. Kennett 1,398 Conservative Party (UK) Trevor W. Mundy 1,346 SDP–Liberal Alliance Patricia M. Singleton 576 SDP–Liberal Alliance Mirza M.J. Bukht 557 SDP–Liberal Alliance Paul F. Smales 540 Robert E. Lewis 159 West Hill (2) Conservative Party (UK) Richard S. Hickmet 1,548 Conservative Party (UK) Heather K. Wilkinson 1,538 Labour Party (UK) Dora Holmes 1,195 Labour Party (UK) Lindsay N. Thomas 1,080 SDP–Liberal Alliance Steven E. Bird 698 SDP–Liberal Alliance Richard I.M. Fife 669 West Putney (3) Conservative Party (UK) Brian J. Edgington 2,784 Conservative Party (UK) Margaret E. Calcott-James 2,756 Conservative Party (UK) Mary M. Holben 2,688 Labour Party (UK) Marlene S. Heron 1,585 Labour Party (UK) Margaret R. Blake 1,562 Labour Party (UK) Anne C. Towner 1,500 SDP–Liberal Alliance Nicholas M.H. Jones 987 SDP–Liberal Alliance Denise F. Couzens 975 SDP–Liberal Alliance Jane L. Macgregor 940 David J. 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