1978 Barnet London Borough Council election

1978 local election in England February 2015 February 2015 1978 Barnet London Borough Council election Parliamentary 1974 Barnet London Borough Council election 1974 1982 Barnet London Borough Council election 1982 4 May 1978 All 60 seats to Barnet London Borough Council 31 43.6% 115x50px|Blank Conservative Party (UK) 49 57.1% 115x50px|Blank Labour Party (UK) 10 30.4% 115x50px|Blank Independent (politician) 1 Barnet UK local election 1978 map.svg 340px Map of the results of the 1978 Barnet London Borough council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red. Council control Council control after election Conservative Conservative The 1978 Barnet Council election took place on 4 May 1978 to elect members of Barnet London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. Background Since the last election in 1974, the Local Government Boundary Commission carried out their first periodic electoral review of Barnet under the Local Government Act 1972 and made a number of boundary changes.Local Government Boundary Commission For England Report No.248 https://www.lgbce.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/11574/248.-barnet.pdf LGBCE Records & Resources Local Government Boundary Commission for England 23 February 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150223041447/https://www.lgbce.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/11574/248.-barnet.pdf 23 February 2015 dead Election result Overall turnout in the election was 43.6%. Barnet local election result 1978Minors Michael Grenham Dennis London Borough Council Elections 7 May 1998 including the Greater London Authority Referendum results https://londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/LBCE_1998-5-7.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20150222014659/https://londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/LBCE_1998-5-7.pdf dead 22 February 2015 Demographic and Statistical Studies London Research Centre 22 February 2015 Conservative Party (UK) 49 81.7 57.1 Labour Party (UK) 10 16.7 30.4 Liberal Party (UK) 0 0.0 9.8 Independent politician 1 1.6 2.7 |} Ward results Arkley Arkley (3 seats)1978 London Borough Council Elections 6 May 1982 https://data.london.gov.uk/download/24r9z/7ff41bee-72bd-4a3e-8cc4-6dca65383247/LBCE_1978-5-4.pdf 6 November 2025 London Datastore Labour Party (UK) Joan E. Pudney 2,495 Conservative Party (UK) John T. Thomson 2,416 Conservative Party (UK) Ann S.M. More 2,394 Labour Party (UK) Andrew P. Harris 2,275 Labour Party (UK) Trevor K. Hill 2,275 Conservative Party (UK) Stephen G. Lane 2,270 Liberal Party (UK) Richard W. Ellis 417 Liberal Party (UK) Keith Crawford 370 Liberal Party (UK) Cynthia Krieger 315 45.7% Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Brunswick Park Brunswick Park (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) June M. Cole 2,957 Conservative Party (UK) Anthony M. Rawle 2,951 Conservative Party (UK) Mary Temple 2,867 Labour Party (UK) Percy Cheek 967 Labour Party (UK) Gerald Eaton 953 Labour Party (UK) Jeffrey Leifer 866 Liberal Party (UK) David L. Stevens 359 Liberal Party (UK) Hugh J. Ogus 324 Liberal Party (UK) Valerie Silbiger 320 40.8% Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Burnt Oak Burnt Oak (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) James P. Brophy 2,192 Labour Party (UK) Bertram E. McCormack 2,063 Labour Party (UK) Harold B. Davies 2,060 Conservative Party (UK) Keith R. Bass 998 Conservative Party (UK) John R. Hart 972 Conservative Party (UK) Peter V. Wharton 873 National Front (UK) Edward V. Bradley 315 National Front (UK) Alfred T. Chamberlain 295 National Front (UK) Edward J. Warner 243 Liberal Party (UK) Hilda D. Munden 162 Liberal Party (UK) Gisela Page 130 Liberal Party (UK) Roger Pattison 128 38.3% Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Childs Hill Childs Hill (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Alfred Young 1,904 Conservative Party (UK) Victor Lyon 1,896 Conservative Party (UK) Brian A. Jarman 1,868 Labour Party (UK) Donald E. Barnes 1,679 Labour Party (UK) Elizabeth C. Silver 1,541 Labour Party (UK) Mary C. Tyler 1,522 Liberal Party (UK) Monroe E. Palmer 1,054 Liberal Party (UK) Joan Lawson 907 Liberal Party (UK) Nigel R. Wilson 787 National Front (UK) Frederick W. Hurst 133 46.9% Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Colindale Colindale (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) Geoffrey N. Cooke 1,657 Labour Party (UK) Mary H.R. Honeyball 1,633 Labour Party (UK) Thomas A. McKendry 1,594 Conservative Party (UK) Peter A. Grosz 1,447 Conservative Party (UK) Derek M. Joseph 1,433 Conservative Party (UK) Jane B. Quail 1,389 Liberal Party (UK) Arthur J. Roycroft 211 Liberal Party (UK) Phyllis I. Adams 189 Liberal Party (UK) Paula Mercer 162 National Front (UK) David A. Farmer 157 National Front (UK) John R. McLaren 156 National Front (UK) Leslie C. Bourne 154 43.4% Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) East Barnet East Barnet (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Ernest T. Danks 2,697 Conservative Party (UK) Olwen M. Evans 2,555 Conservative Party (UK) John Perry 2,542 Labour Party (UK) Susan M. Doran 1,321 Labour Party (UK) Norman C. Bar 1,310 Labour Party (UK) Nicholas O. Landau 1,259 Liberal Party (UK) Barbara J. Hunt 341 Liberal Party (UK) Clive Robinson 340 Liberal Party (UK) Alexander W. Munden 298 National Front (UK) Ivor W. Sargent 174 National Front (UK) Daniel J. Monk 171 National Front (UK) Philip A. Ruddock 168 42.9% Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) East Finchley East Finchley (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Barbara I. Langstone 1,950 Conservative Party (UK) Mary Phillips 1,894 Conservative Party (UK) Stanley J. Sorrell 1,858 Labour Party (UK) Martin J. O'Connor 1,827 Labour Party (UK) Michael D. O'Connor 1,751 Labour Party (UK) Kenneth W. Little 1,740 Liberal Party (UK) Andrew G. Christodoulou 351 Liberal Party (UK) Juliet S. Rowe 346 Liberal Party (UK) Bruce A. Standing 338 42.1% Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Edgware Edgware (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Geoffrey I. Greenhouse 3,772 Conservative Party (UK) David E. Dell 3,697 Conservative Party (UK) Archibald T.W. Smith 3,541 Labour Party (UK) Michael B. Desmond 1,506 Labour Party (UK) Lorna Levy 1,494 Labour Party (UK) Anthony M. Williams 1,383 Liberal Party (UK) Sidney W. Baier 177 Liberal Party (UK) Mary J. Grieb 176 Liberal Party (UK) Philip L. Smulian 152 48.6% Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Finchley Finchley (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Leslie Sussman 2,828 Conservative Party (UK) Miles C. Golding 2,784 Conservative Party (UK) Jean I. Parmer 2,730 Labour Party (UK) Robert A. Holroyd 1,222 Labour Party (UK) Brian J. Watkins 1,206 Labour Party (UK) David G. Williams 1,206 Liberal Party (UK) Gregory P.F. Robbins 488 Liberal Party (UK) Malcolm B. Davis 445 Liberal Party (UK) Sylvia T.D. Randall 426 41.4% Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Friern Barnet Friern Barnet (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) David C. Burton 2,856 Conservative Party (UK) John C. Tiplady 2,831 Conservative Party (UK) Frank D. Gibson 2,827 Labour Party (UK) Peter R. Butcher 838 Labour Party (UK) Frank C. Edwards 812 Labour Party (UK) Charles F. Owen 809 Liberal Party (UK) Karl E. Ruge 565 Liberal Party (UK) Christopher Perkin 549 Liberal Party (UK) Yvonne A. Jessop 506 41.4% Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Garden Suburb Garden Suburb (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Michael G. Max 2,995 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Blausten 2,985 Conservative Party (UK) Phyllis M. Nevard 2,830 Independent (politician) Patrick K. Laurance 1,102 Labour Party (UK) David E. De Saxe 916 Labour Party (UK) Richard M. Hadley 873 Liberal Party (UK) Leonie E. Stephen 796 Labour Party (UK) Stephen E. Pudney 781 Liberal Party (UK) Clive R. Silbiger 776 Liberal Party (UK) Robert S. Hanison 702 48.1% Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Golders Green Golders Green (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Rosa A. Freedman 2,450 Conservative Party (UK) Leslie D. Foster 2,303 Conservative Party (UK) Selina D. Summers 2,214 Labour Party (UK) Stephen F. Kelly 1,203 Labour Party (UK) Olga G. Deaner 1,162 Labour Party (UK) Vivien D. Marcy 1,133 Liberal Party (UK) Jeffrey Land 554 Liberal Party (UK) Susette S. Palmer 491 Liberal Party (UK) Wilfred Newton 485 39.3% Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Hadley Hadley (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Ernest A.E. Asker 3,587 Independent (politician) Anthony J. Freake 3,245 Conservative Party (UK) David P. Clarke 3,042 Conservative Party (UK) Rosemary W. Middleton 2,894 Labour Party (UK) Jean M. Feldman 980 Labour Party (UK) Brenda M. Slade 959 Labour Party (UK) Sylvia V. Grant 920 Liberal Party (UK) Peter J. Morley 827 Liberal Party (UK) Mavis W. Axham 697 48.0% Conservative Party (UK) Independent (politician) Conservative Party (UK) Hale Hale (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Leslie J. Pym 3,117 Conservative Party (UK) Dorothy B. Benson 3,082 Conservative Party (UK) Jack Clarfelt 3,038 Labour Party (UK) Peter J. Fordham 1,011 Labour Party (UK) Jean Smith 1,010 Labour Party (UK) Ian B. Morley 1,009 Liberal Party (UK) Diana C. Pattison 480 Liberal Party (UK) Carol A. Cooper 471 Liberal Party (UK) Laurian Davies 420 National Front (UK) Kenneth J. Barson 133 National Front (UK) John P. Smith 126 National Front (UK) Albert V. White 104 46.1% Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Hendon Hendon (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Norman E. Hirshfield 2,954 Conservative Party (UK) Victor S. Hockley 2,784 Conservative Party (UK) John Archard-Jones 2,564 Labour Party (UK) Celia A. Downs 1,246 Labour Party (UK) Christopher H. Jacobs 1,216 Labour Party (UK) Alan M. Magnus 1,188 Liberal Party (UK) Gerald Finlay 478 Liberal Party (UK) Peter G. Kempster 355 Liberal Party (UK) Elvin P. Sorkin 337 40.3% Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Mill Hill Mill Hill (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Rita M. Levy 3,321 Conservative Party (UK) Denis L. Dippel 3,316 Conservative Party (UK) Graham G. Fear 3,232 Labour Party (UK) Howard S. Bluston 943 Labour Party (UK) Leonard Phillips 924 Labour Party (UK) Ian Leslie 875 Liberal Party (UK) Adrian V. Stokes 390 Liberal Party (UK) Ronald N. Page 351 Liberal Party (UK) John F. Hearn 309 National Front (UK) Paul A. Clayton 173 National Front (UK) John B. Cording 149 National Front (UK) Susan E. Warner 133 45.4% Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) St Paul's St Paul's (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) John P. Fitzgibbon 2,346 Conservative Party (UK) Edna P. James 2,260 Conservative Party (UK) Norman J. Sapsted 2,224 Labour Party (UK) John A. Cogger 1,491 Labour Party (UK) Charles A.R. Still 1,448 Labour Party (UK) Ralph A. Straker 1,423 Liberal Party (UK) Patricia M. Dunnill 516 Liberal Party (UK) Leonard Watkins 459 Liberal Party (UK) Avron M. Potter 455 40.9% Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Totteridge Totteridge (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Margaret J. Laskey 3,639 Conservative Party (UK) Michael J. Hill 3,588 Conservative Party (UK) Victor H. Usher 3,575 Labour Party (UK) Howard R. Denton 889 Labour Party (UK) Michael S. Cohen 868 Labour Party (UK) Lawrence J. Rogoff 844 Liberal Party (UK) David M. Cohen 489 Liberal Party (UK) Edith M. Gardner 488 43.6% Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) West Hendon West Hendon (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) Timothy J.K. Sims 2,142 Labour Party (UK) Donald E. Timms 2,116 Labour Party (UK) Doreen N. Neail 2,025 Conservative Party (UK) Stuart A. Goldenberg 1,998 Conservative Party (UK) Maurice J. Sultoon 1,976 Conservative Party (UK) Marion H. Babington 1,856 Liberal Party (UK) Brian E.J. Ellis 938 Liberal Party (UK) Harry J. Levy 887 Liberal Party (UK) Anthony D. Mercer 660 48.3% Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Woodhouse Woodhouse (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Philip H. Williams 2,327 Conservative Party (UK) William G. Hart 2,306 Conservative Party (UK) Barry C. Francis 2,265 Labour Party (UK) Adrian R. Cattermole 1,535 Labour Party (UK) John S. Whale 1,444 Labour Party (UK) Hukam C. Chopra 1,410 Liberal Party (UK) Roger J. Aron 409 Liberal Party (UK) Barry N. Green 378 Liberal Party (UK) David A. Harris 367 40.1% Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) By-elections between 1978 and 1982 Hadley Hadley by-election, 22 November 1979London 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 25 February 2015 Conservative Party (UK) Donald E. Baker 1,344 Residents Association Eric W. Spalding 1,053 Liberal Party (UK) Peter J. Morley 501 Labour Party (UK) Jean M. Feldman 418 25.2 Conservative Party (UK) The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Ernest A. E. Asker. References 1978 Barnet Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results