1978 Merton London Borough Council election

1978 local election in England March 2015 March 2015 1978 Merton London Borough Council election parliamentary 1974 Merton London Borough Council election 1974 4 May 1978 1982 Merton London Borough Council election 1982 All 57 council seats onMerton London Borough Council 46.4%http://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 Borough Council Elections 4 May 1978 1978 Greater London Council 20 June 2018 125x50px|Blank Conservative Party (UK) 33 seatsIn the 1974 election, 4 Conservative aldermen and 29 Conservative councillors were elected, giving the Conservative Party a total of 33 seats. n 39 6 85,773 52.6% 125x50px|Blank Labour Party (UK) 27 seatsIn the 1974 election, 5 Labour aldermen and 22 Labour councillors were elected, giving the Labour Party a total of 27 seats. n 15 12 56,501 34.7% 125x50px|Blank Longthornton and Tamworth Residents Association 3 seats 3 0 5,336 3.9% Council leader Council leader after election Allan Jones Conservative Party (UK) Allan Jones Conservative Party (UK) Elections for the London Borough of Merton were held on 4 May 1978 to elect members of Merton London Borough Council in London, England. This was on the same day as other local elections in England and Scotland. The whole council was up for election and the incumbent majority Conservative administration maintained its overall control of the council. This was the first election held in which no aldermen were elected onto the council. Boundary changes also meant that the number of elected seats increased by 3. Background Merton London Borough Council elections#1974-1978 At the last election, the Conservatives had won a majority of three seats on the council, with twenty-nine elected members and four aldermen.https://www2.merton.gov.uk/results_summary_locals_from_1964.pdf London Borough of Merton Results Summary 1964-2012 Merton Electoral Services 20 June 2018 23 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141223074423/http://www.merton.gov.uk/results_summary_locals_from_1964.pdf dead They subsequently gained a seat from the Labour Party in a by-election in the ward of Wimbledon South on 19 September 1974 and then lost a seat to the Liberal Party in the ward of Cannon Hill on 30 October 1975. Prior to the election, elected councillors appointed nine aldermen to serve on Merton London Borough Council. This was the first election in which this arrangement ended, as was required by the Local Government Act 1972, which rendered the post merely an honorary title. The Conservatives did not stand in the newly created ward of Longthornton, leaving the three-member ward as a two-way contest between the Labour Party and the Longthornton and Tamworth Residents Association. Results The Conservatives maintained their overall majority control of the council, increasing their majority to 21 seats. Merton local election result 1978The Independent vote count includes one candidate who stood under the description of "Theatrical Agent" in Village, winning 169 votes. n Conservative Party (UK) yes 39 n/a n/a 6 68.4 52.6 85,773 Labour Party (UK) 15 n/a n/a 12 26.3 34.7 56,501 Longthornton and Tamworth Residents Association 3 n/a n/a 0 5.3 3.9 6,336 Liberal Party (UK) 0 n/a n/a 0 0.0 8.3 13,532 National Front (UK) 0 n/a n/a 0 0.0 0.3 457 Independent (politician) 0 n/a n/a 0 0.0 0.2 272 Workers Revolutionary Party (UK) 0 n/a n/a 0 0.0 0.0 74 Notes and references Notes n References 1978 Category:1978 London Borough council elections Category:May 1978 in the United Kingdom