1978 Hammersmith London Borough Council election

1978 local election in England March 2015 March 2015 1978 Hammersmith Borough Council electionhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwA-5RleSBydZDg2N2t1RF93aWs/view Local Election Summaries 1978 The Elections Centre 24 June 2019 Parliamentary 1974 Hammersmith London Borough Council election 1974 4 May 1978 1982 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election 1982 All 50 seats to Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council 26 47.6% (6.3%) 115x50px|Blank Conservative Party (UK) 10 seats, 35.5% 24 14 24,048 47.6% 11.1% 115x50px|Blank Labour Party (UK) 48 seats, 56.0% 24 24 22,296 45.6% 11.0% 115x50px|Blank Liberal Party (UK) 2 seats, 7.0% 2 2,521 3.9% 3.1% Hammersmith and Fulham London UK local election 1978 map.svg 250px Map of the results of the 1978 Hammersmith council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red. Council control Council control after election Labour Party (UK) No overall control The 1978 Hammersmith Council election took place on 4 May 1978 to elect members of Hammersmith London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election, with an extra two wards and 10 fewer councillors - and the council went in no overall control.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 2015 Background The number of council seats was reduced from 60 to 50 - with the new council comprising 19 two seat wards, and 4 three seat wards. Both Labour and the Conservatives fielded a full slate of 50 candidates. The Liberal Party ran 20 candidates across 15 wards - an increase from the 19 candidates they fielded in 1974. The National Front fielded 14 candidates across 7 wards - gaining an average of 81 votes each. Across London the National Front ran 602 candidates - pulling in an average of 151 votes each. The 'Save London Alliance' ran 18 candidates across 12 wards in a variety of alliances with 'West Kensington Environment' (9 candidates), 'Ratepayers Association' (2 candidates), 'Glenthorne Road Campaign' (1 candidate) and without additional alliance (6 candidates). Across London 80 other candidates stood under the 'Save London Alliance' banner. In the White City & Shepherd's Bush ward three candidates stood for 'Socialist Unity' - a further 9 candidates across London stood for the same party. In the same ward a single candidate stood for the Workers Revolutionary Party - the party fielded a further 15 candidates across London. In an era when candidates could choose their party designation without reference to an officially registered entity - one person in the Broadway ward ran under the 'Retired Garage Proprietor' banner. He finished just ahead of the National Front and Save London Alliance candidates. One candidate in the Coleshill ward stood as an 'Independent Conservative' - across London, four other candidates used the same party name. In the Wormholt ward a single candidate stood for the 'British United Party' - two other candidates across London used the same banner. Whilst Communist Party fielded 97 candidates across London at these elections - none stood in Hammersmith. No candidates in Hammersmith listed themselves as 'Independent' at this election. A total of 159 candidates put themselves forward for the 50 available seats - an increase from the 145 candidates who contested the 60 seats in 1974. Election result The Conservative Party won 24 seats and the Labour Party also won 24 seats. With just two seats, the Liberal Party held the balance of power with no party in overall control. The two Liberal councillors voted with the Conservatives and removed Labour, after 8 years in control of Hammersmith.Liberal councillors https://www.lobster-magazine.co.uk/Liberal.html https://web.archive.org/web/20040804222341/http://www.lobster-magazine.co.uk/Liberal.html dead 4 August 2004 Lobster June 2021 June 2021London Boroughs Political Almanac - Hammersmith and Fulham https://boroughs50.londoncouncils.gov.uk/almanac/lbhf/1978/ boroughs50.londoncouncils.gov.uk London Councils Ward results Addison Addison (2) Conservative Party (UK) Belsham, Frances E.J 1,095 Conservative Party (UK) Chase, Simon G. 1,062 Labour Party (UK) Cunningham, Edward D. 1,037 Labour Party (UK) Moriarty, Denis E.H. 918 National Front (UK) Cresswell, Jocelyn 60 National Front (UK) Cox, Albert L. 51 Save London Alliance Fogarty, Michael J.E. 46 % % Avonmore Avonmore (2) Conservative Party (UK) Putnam, John C. 1,222 Conservative Party (UK) Wylie, John C. 1,139 Labour Party (UK) Basterfield, Diana 627 Labour Party (UK) Norridge, Adrian M. 608 West Kensington Environment/ Save London Alliance Powell, Isobel 130 Liberal Party (UK) Orr, Michael W.M. 106 % % Broadway Broadway (2) Liberal Party (UK) Knott, Simon H.J.A. 916 Liberal Party (UK) Mulcahy, Robert 693 Labour Party (UK) Hanscomb, Louis 566 Labour Party (UK) Wicks, Josephine A. 509 Conservative Party (UK) Martin, Elizabeth A. 428 Conservative Party (UK) Robertson, David J. 402 Retired Garage Proprietor Keats, Joseph C. 58 National Front (UK) Chambers, Eamon M 50 National Front (UK) Sturman, David 49 West Kensington Environment/ Save London Alliance Patriotis, Costas 26 % % Brook Green Brook Green (2) Conservative Party (UK) Hennessy, John A. 1,416 Conservative Party (UK) Smith, William C. 1,384 Labour Party (UK) Young, John A. 758 Labour Party (UK) Burke, Patrick 754 West Kensington Environment/ Save London Alliance Copplestone, Frederick T. 89 West Kensington Environment/ Save London Alliance Molony, John F. 88 % % Colehill Colehill (2) Conservative Party (UK) Hitchings, Ann M 1,177 Conservative Party (UK) Killick, Robert C. 1,175 Labour Party (UK) Prentice, Gordon 1,089 Labour Party (UK) Widdowson, Robert 977 Independent Conservative Perrin, Raymond A. 228 Liberal Party (UK) Carroll, Moira 89 % % College Park & Old Oak College Park & Old Oak (3) Labour Party (UK) Ing, Frank W 1,117 Labour Party (UK) Fenelon, Margaret 1,065 Labour Party (UK) Silverman, Melvyn 1,038 Conservative Party (UK) Herbert, Fredrick P.A. 950 Conservative Party (UK) Gordon, Helen T. 935 Conservative Party (UK) Maze, Brian I. 901 National Front (UK) Morris, Eric A. 135 National Front (UK) Mullett, Horace 113 % % Coningham Coningham (3) Labour Party (UK) Crawford, Ethel F. 1,235 Labour Party (UK) Bull, James 1,205 Labour Party (UK) Wicks, Leslie J. 1,136 Conservative Party (UK) Thorne, Brenda 932 Conservative Party (UK) Clarke, Richard J. 915 Conservative Party (UK) Thorne, Christopher G. 915 % % Crabtree Crabtree (2) Conservative Party (UK) Howe, Kim G.F.B. 1,211 Conservative Party (UK) Pearce, John 1,185 Labour Party (UK) Evans, John G. 830 Labour Party (UK) Banfield, Dorothy J. 829 Liberal Party (UK) Bevan, David G. 122 % % Eel Brook Eel Brook (2) Conservative Party (UK) Sandeman, Phillipa M. 1,083 Conservative Party (UK) Lazarus, Richard S. 1,067 Labour Party (UK) Rayner, Richard W. 1,055 Labour Party (UK) Radcliffe, Rosemary A. 1,052 Liberal Party (UK) Simpson, David J. 93 National Front (UK) Merrick, John W. 78 % % Gibbs Green Gibbs Green (2) Labour Party (UK) Kelly, Frances D. 986 Labour Party (UK) Taylor, Geoffrey 968 Conservative Party (UK) Corbet-Millward, John G. 852 Conservative Party (UK) Wethered, Simon R. 807 Ratepayers Association/ Save London Alliance Dove, Geoffrey A.W. 113 West Kensington Environment/ Save London Alliance Dunnet, Sylvia J. 100 Liberal Party (UK) Bonser, Joan 68 % % Grove Grove (2) Labour Party (UK) Clark, Stephen P. 984 Labour Party (UK) Clark, Jennifer A. 957 Conservative Party (UK) Claxton, Angela F.I. 937 Conservative Party (UK) Lyons, Raymond M. 856 Glenthorne Road Campaign/ Save London Alliance Kane, Geoffrey H. 215 % % Margravine Margravine (2) Labour Party (UK) Champion, Thomas H. 958 Labour Party (UK) Spiers, William C. 878 Conservative Party (UK) Bell, Andrew R.M. 530 Conservative Party (UK) Moies, Faraj 487 Liberal Party (UK) Bonser, Leonard T. 53 National Front (UK) Crane, David W. 51 West Kensington Environment/ Save London Alliance Hampton, Rosamund 34 West Kensington Environment/ Save London Alliance Rowe, Michael R. 26 % % Normand Normand (2) Labour Party (UK) Caruana, Eleanor J. 1,103 Labour Party (UK) Unwin, Stephen W. 1,095 Conservative Party (UK) Harben, John B. 1,013 Conservative Party (UK) Walsh, Adrian N. 1,007 National Front (UK) Gadd, James J. 98 National Front (UK) Richards, Brian G. 87 West Kensington Environment/ Save London Alliance Burnaby, Charles D.K. 48 Liberal Party (UK) Oxford, Diana C. 43 West Kensington Environment/ Save London Alliance Lamden, Derek 40 % % Palace Palace (2) Conservative Party (UK) Jackson, Andrew R 1,746 Conservative Party (UK) Leishman, Stuart N.B. 1,746 Labour Party (UK) Dimmick, George W. 547 Labour Party (UK) Steinhart, Julia L. 522 Liberal Party (UK) Dowden, Gerald Arthur 126 Liberal Party (UK) Kent, Richard M. 118 Save London Alliance Flower, Sibylla J. 42 Save London Alliance Eliot, Teresa A. 39 % % Ravenscourt Ravenscourt (2) Conservative Party (UK) Christopher, Michael B. 1,270 Conservative Party (UK) Jarvis, Clement W. 1,270 Labour Party (UK) Gosling, Eric R. 634 Labour Party (UK) Browne, Ronald E. 588 National Front (UK) Pearse, Robert L.J. 41 % % Sands End Sands End (2) Labour Party (UK) Powell, Anthony F.W. 1,134 Labour Party (UK) Feely, Joseph U. 1,129 Conservative Party (UK) Miller, Marjorie C. 678 Conservative Party (UK) Lumsden, Charles J. 670 Liberal Party (UK) Merrall, Robert W. 69 Save London Alliance Hobbs, Linda 53 % % Sherbrooke Sherbrooke (2) Labour Party (UK) Duff, Hugh D. 1,001 Labour Party (UK) Gray, Ian 989 Conservative Party (UK) Hardwick, Geoffrey H.E. 798 Conservative Party (UK) McWilliams, James 726 Ratepayers Association/ Save London Alliance Blackmun, Arthur W. 97 Liberal Party (UK) Allen, Carol M. 63 Save London Alliance Cunningham, Joseph C. 59 % % Starch Green Starch Green (2) Conservative Party (UK) Hutson, Eric J. 1,061 Conservative Party (UK) Ward, Patricia J. 1,053 Labour Party (UK) Johnson, Rosina M. 934 Labour Party (UK) Jones, Leslie S.A. 894 % % Sulivan Sulivan (2) Conservative Party (UK) Roche, Sir David O'G. 1,264 Conservative Party (UK) Ibbott, Ernest C. 1,257 Labour Party (UK) Gorter, Hendrick J. 947 Labour Party (UK) Godden, Vera 944 Liberal Party (UK) Rendel, David D. 305 Liberal Party (UK) Roberts, Nia L. 234 % % Town Town (2) Conservative Party (UK) McGregor, Fiona A.R. 1,508 Conservative Party (UK) Warner, Courtney F 1,415 Labour Party (UK) Hilliard, Leslie H. 961 Labour Party (UK) Lock, Andrew R. 912 Liberal Party (UK) Carroll, Vincent 103 Save London Alliance Carter, Aurea J. 94 % % Walham Walham (2) Conservative Party (UK) Chiesman, Diana P.A. 1,149 Conservative Party (UK) Browne, Nicholas N. 1,121 Labour Party (UK) Start, David A. 947 Labour Party (UK) Sondergaard, Margaret J.N. 924 Liberal Party (UK) Rahman, Shaiki A. 60 % % White City & Shepherds Bush White City & Shepherds Bush (3) Labour Party (UK) Beresford, Randolph 1,593 Labour Party (UK) Braggins, Gwendoline 1,493 Labour Party (UK) De Gory, Peter D. 1,415 Conservative Party (UK) Barnard, Marjorie 607 Conservative Party (UK) Mooney, Susan G. 596 Conservative Party (UK) Sharif, Muhammad 526 Workers Revolutionary Party (UK) Stewart, Calvin L.M. 114 Socialist Unity (UK) Hill, Virginia J.M. 96 Socialist Unity (UK) Truscott, Catherine 57 Socialist Unity (UK) Van Gelderen, Charles 50 % % Wormholt Wormholt (3) Labour Party (UK) Breeze, Alan G. 1,253 Labour Party (UK) Best, Mary S. 1,231 Labour Party (UK) Ingram, Margaret E. 1,137 Conservative Party (UK) Booth, Sydney J.P. 1,121 Conservative Party (UK) Learmouth, Alan R. 974 Conservative Party (UK) Khan, Khalil A.K. 887 Liberal Party (UK) Knott, Josephine 305 Liberal Party (UK) Connaughton, Margaret A. 300 Liberal Party (UK) Cullen, Sean G. 261 National Front (UK) Cameron, Alistair I.S. 126 National Front (UK) Heale, Martyn C. 108 National Front (UK) Sawyer, James 84 British United Party Edwards, Robert H. 54 % % References 1978 Category:1978 London Borough council elections Category:20th century in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham