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The 1978 Haringey Council election took place on 4 May 1978 to elect members of Haringey London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.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
March 2015
Election result
March 2015
Ward results
Alexandra
Alexandra (3)
Conservative Party (UK)
Timothy Allen*
1,668
46.8
Conservative Party (UK)
Stephen Gaubert*
1,624
45.6
Conservative Party (UK)
Victor Jary*
1,618
45.4
Labour Party (UK)
Peter Conoboy
1,259
35.3
Labour Party (UK)
Elizabeth Simons
1,221
34.3
Labour Party (UK)
Philip Lewis
1,182
33.2
Liberal Party (UK)
Hugh Clarke
490
13.8
Liberal Party (UK)
Jonathan Pope
437
12.3
Liberal Party (UK)
Clive World
413
11.6
National Front (UK)
Frank Bennett
90
2.5
National Front (UK)
Barry Hunt
74
2.1
National Front (UK)
Maureen Kerby
71
2.0
3,563
45.6
Conservative Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Archway
Archway (2)
Conservative Party (UK)
Sarah Whitby*
1,186
48.5
Conservative Party (UK)
Antony Franchi
1,179
48.3
Labour Party (UK)
Willisford Pilgrim
989
40.5
Labour Party (UK)
David Barlow*
954
39.1
Liberal Party (UK)
Hope Malik
197
8.1
National Front (UK)
Hilda Giddings
34
1.4
National Front (UK)
Paul Vanderstay
27
1.1
2,443
45.0
Conservative Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Bowes Park
Bowes Park (3)
Labour Party (UK)
James Gardner
1,750
44.9
Labour Party (UK)
Kevin Hargreaves
1,724
44.2
Labour Party (UK)
Frederick Neuner*
1,649
42.3
Conservative Party (UK)
Peter Tuck
1,622
41.6
Conservative Party (UK)
Reginald Chester
1,616
41.4
Conservative Party (UK)
Brian Salinger
1,586
40.7
Liberal Party (UK)
Elizabeth World
250
6.4
Liberal Party (UK)
Anthony Zotti
197
5.1
National Front (UK)
Stephen Andrews
181
4.6
National Front (UK)
Colin Mates
178
4.6
National Front (UK)
Terence Stephenson
166
4.3
3,900
43.6
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Bruce Grove
Bruce Grove (3)
Labour Party (UK)
Bernie Grant
1,757
60.3
Labour Party (UK)
Donald Billingsley*
1,666
57.2
Labour Party (UK)
Elizabeth Newton
1,643
56.4
Conservative Party (UK)
Russell McGuiness
837
28.7
Conservative Party (UK)
Lebert Powell
790
27.1
Conservative Party (UK)
George Ryan
756
26.0
National Front (UK)
Richard Hurn
176
6.0
National Front (UK)
Gordon Ross
145
5.0
National Front (UK)
William Wimbleton
109
3.7
2,913
34.6
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Coleraine
Coleraine (3)
Labour Party (UK)
Eric Garwood*
1,563
48.9
Labour Party (UK)
Joan Smith*
1,363
42.7
Labour Party (UK)
Gerald Long
1,351
42.3
Conservative Party (UK)
Barbara Bleach
783
24.5
Conservative Party (UK)
Alan Bowring
771
24.1
Conservative Party (UK)
Peter Gilbert
751
23.5
North East Tottenham Campaign Against Traffic
Denis Hawes
620
19.4
North East Tottenham Campaign Against Traffic
Margaret Matthews
526
16.5
North East Tottenham Campaign Against Traffic
John Wratten
506
15.8
National Front (UK)
Phillip Walker
170
5.3
National Front (UK)
Barry Eglington
161
5.0
National Front (UK)
Vicky Plummer
151
4.7
3,194
39.5
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Crouch End
Crouch End (3)
Conservative Party (UK)
Brian Smith*
1,490
49.4
Conservative Party (UK)
Stephen Ayres
1,472
48.8
Conservative Party (UK)
Basil Lewis*
1,451
48.1
Labour Party (UK)
Melinda Phillips
1,171
38.9
Labour Party (UK)
Stephen Hull
1,126
37.4
Labour Party (UK)
Geoffrey Rowan-Robinson
1,104
36.6
Liberal Party (UK)
Patrick O'Brien
321
10.7
National Front (UK)
Vincent Sumner
84
2.8
National Front (UK)
Christopher Walford
73
2.4
National Front (UK)
Leslie Waters
67
2.2
3,014
41.4
Conservative Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Fortis Green
Fortis Green (3)
Conservative Party (UK)
Christopher Hannington*
1,992
55.1
Conservative Party (UK)
Jean MacGregor*
1,983
54.9
Conservative Party (UK)
Jeffrey Lotery*
1,981
54.8
Labour Party (UK)
Patricia Pearl
1,215
33.6
Labour Party (UK)
George Simpson
1,210
33.5
Labour Party (UK)
Kevin Twaite
1,101
30.5
Liberal Party (UK)
John Wildsmith
248
6.9
National Front (UK)
Thomas Joyce
95
2.6
National Front (UK)
Bernard Potter
62
1.7
National Front (UK)
June Squire
57
1.6
3,612
46.3
Conservative Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Green Lanes
Green Lanes (2)
Labour Party (UK)
George Greenacre
1,336
61.5
Labour Party (UK)
George Meehan
1,304
60.0
Conservative Party (UK)
Gilbert Benton
576
26.5
Conservative Party (UK)
Leonard Cohen
554
25.5
Liberal Party (UK)
Katherine Alexander
129
5.9
National Front (UK)
Alan Middleton
104
4.8
Liberal Party (UK)
Martin Silverston
98
4.5
National Front (UK)
Janice Middleton
78
3.6
2,174
36.7
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Harringay
Harringay (3)
Labour Party (UK)
Charles Silverstone*
1,776
54.7
Labour Party (UK)
Jeremy Corbyn*
1,729
53.2
Labour Party (UK)
Ronald Blanchard
1,651
50.8
Conservative Party (UK)
Timothy Easton
1,064
32.8
Conservative Party (UK)
Gerald Murphy*
1,056
32.5
Conservative Party (UK)
Christakis Kavallares
1,048
32.3
Communist Party of Great Britain
Francis Carr
231
7.1
National Front (UK)
Leslie Butler
112
3.4
National Front (UK)
John Green
86
2.6
National Front (UK)
Barbara Green
78
2.4
3,247
39.9
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
High Cross
High Cross (2)
Labour Party (UK)
Anthony McBrearty*
835
51.1
Labour Party (UK)
Robin Young*
747
45.7
Conservative Party (UK)
Sylvia Currie
349
21.4
North East Tottenham Campaign Against Traffic
Alexander L'Estrange
328
20.1
North East Tottenham Campaign Against Traffic
Brenda Keech
292
17.9
National Front (UK)
David Tedder
111
6.8
National Front (UK)
Monica Pearson
104
6.4
National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People
Clinton Hamilton
37
2.3
1,634
40.2
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Highgate
Highgate (2)
Conservative Party (UK)
Anthony Dignum*
1,608
69.7
Conservative Party (UK)
Gail Ansell
1,572
68.1
Labour Party (UK)
Allan Barclay
552
23.9
Labour Party (UK)
Barbara Simon
552
23.9
National Front (UK)
George Embury
27
1.2
National Front (UK)
Augustus Spencer
21
0.9
2,307
43.4
Conservative Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Hornsey Central
Hornsey Central (2)
Labour Party (UK)
Brian Bullard*
1,407
51.1
Labour Party (UK)
Toby Harris
1,268
46.0
Conservative Party (UK)
Richard Bull
1,091
39.6
Conservative Party (UK)
Yvonne Owen
1,019
37.0
Liberal Party (UK)
Andrew Johnson
122
4.4
National Front (UK)
Robin May
102
3.7
National Front (UK)
Sylvia May
93
3.4
2,754
50.3
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Hornsey Vale
Hornsey Vale (2)
Labour Party (UK)
Michael Killingworth
1,049
49.4
Labour Party (UK)
John Whysall
931
43.9
Conservative Party (UK)
Gillian Bull
760
35.8
Conservative Party (UK)
Blair Greaves
729
34.4
Liberal Party (UK)
Dudley Racher
207
9.8
Liberal Party (UK)
Christine Saunders
157
7.4
National Front (UK)
Isobel Hunt
51
2.4
National Front (UK)
Kenneth Hunt
47
2.2
2,122
41.0
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Muswell Hill
Muswell Hill (3)
Conservative Party (UK)
Benjamin Hall*
2,254
58.5
Conservative Party (UK)
Aeronwy Harris*
2,142
55.5
Conservative Party (UK)
Christine Jackson*
2,121
55.0
Labour Party (UK)
Elizabeth Murphy
1,293
33.5
Labour Party (UK)
Nora Dain
1,280
33.2
Labour Party (UK)
Katherine Patrick*
1,227
31.8
Liberal Party (UK)
Francis Coleman
324
8.4
National Front (UK)
Denise Draper
81
2.1
National Front (UK)
Keith Draper
75
1.9
National Front (UK)
Ellen Binick
66
1.7
3,856
45.1
Conservative Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Noel Park
Noel Park (3)
Labour Party (UK)
Terence O'Sullivan*
1,806
49.1
Labour Party (UK)
Edward Young*
1,780
48.4
Labour Party (UK)
Susan Scales
1,776
48.3
Conservative Party (UK)
John Heron
1,399
38.0
Conservative Party (UK)
Paul Hitchens
1,326
36.1
Conservative Party (UK)
Ralph Eschwege
1,307
35.5
National Front (UK)
Keith Squire
240
6.5
National Front (UK)
Paul Joyce
186
5.1
National Front (UK)
Kathleen Lines
158
4.3
Liberal Party (UK)
Rosemary Clarke
126
3.4
3,678
44.8
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Park
Park (2)
Labour Party (UK)
Eileen Garwood*
1,122
50.2
Labour Party (UK)
Nicole Harrison
1,014
45.4
Conservative Party (UK)
Anne Allen
725
32.5
Conservative Party (UK)
Derek Webb
647
29.0
North East Tottenham Campaign Against Traffic
Robert Hart
177
7.9
North East Tottenham Campaign Against Traffic
Marie Cullen
176
7.9
National Front (UK)
John Burkitt
140
6.3
National Front (UK)
Steven Davey
135
6.0
Save London Alliance
Heather Beyer
32
1.4
2,233
42.3
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Seven Sisters
Seven Sisters (2)
Labour Party (UK)
Frederick Knight*
992
60.9
Labour Party (UK)
Leslie Collis*
848
52.1
Conservative Party (UK)
Sheila Reed
472
29.0
Conservative Party (UK)
John Tattersall
422
25.9
National Front (UK)
Kenneth Giddings
118
7.2
National Front (UK)
Bridget Giddings
114
7.0
1,628
35.7
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
South Hornsey
South Hornsey (2)
Labour Party (UK)
Arthur Jones
1,069
52.0
Labour Party (UK)
Colin Sherriff
992
48.2
Conservative Party (UK)
Gail Moss
802
39.0
Conservative Party (UK)
Edward Webb
733
35.7
Liberal Party (UK)
Antoinette Wattebot
104
5.1
National Front (UK)
William Pell
68
3.3
National Front (UK)
Derek Clinton
54
2.6
2,056
40.0
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
South Tottenham
South Tottenham (2)
Labour Party (UK)
Jane Chapman*
1,258
50.7
Labour Party (UK)
Aaron Weichselbaum
1,172
47.2
South Tottenham Residents and Ratepayers
Michael Coney*
896
36.1
South Tottenham Residents and Ratepayers
Ian Coward
647
26.1
Conservative Party (UK)
Raj Rampal
350
14.1
National Front (UK)
Frederick Mitchell
74
3.0
National Front (UK)
Joan Mitchell
61
2.5
National Association for the Advancement of Coloured Peoples
Haroon Mohammed
53
2.1
2,482
47.0
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Tottenham Central
Tottenham Central (3)
Labour Party (UK)
Ron Turner*
1,733
64.0
Labour Party (UK)
Angela Greatley
1,632
60.3
Labour Party (UK)
Iris Woodger
1,585
58.5
Conservative Party (UK)
Dennis Beale
589
21.8
Conservative Party (UK)
Ethel Donno
557
20.6
Conservative Party (UK)
Annabel Linney
541
20.0
National Front (UK)
Sandra McKenzie
208
7.7
National Front (UK)
Harry Baker
188
6.9
National Front (UK)
Kenneth Newmarch
181
6.7
Liberal Party (UK)
Paul Loizou
125
4.6
Workers Revolutionary Party (UK)
Eric Gutteridge
69
2.5
2,708
35.3
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
West Green
West Green (3)
Labour Party (UK)
Glenys Atkinson*
1,778
51.9
Labour Party (UK)
Douglas Clark*
1,654
48.3
Labour Party (UK)
Stephen Whittle*
1,553
45.3
Conservative Party (UK)
John Carrington
1,285
37.5
Conservative Party (UK)
Walter Donno
1,230
35.9
Conservative Party (UK)
Sydney Oldham
1,184
34.5
National Front (UK)
David Hutchinson
202
5.9
National Front (UK)
Frederick Cumber
200
5.8
National Front (UK)
Lucy Cumber
178
5.2
Communist Party of Great Britain
Terence Heath
146
4.3
3,427
38.9
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
White Hart Lane
White Hart Lane (3)
Labour Party (UK)
Victor Butler*
1,676
53.2
Labour Party (UK)
Maureen Dewar*
1,410
44.7
Labour Party (UK)
Collin Ware*
1,370
43.5
Conservative Party (UK)
Bert Baker
1,092
34.6
Conservative Party (UK)
Charles Franklin
1,017
32.3
Conservative Party (UK)
Ronald Hoskins
1,009
32.0
National Front (UK)
Robert Frost
299
9.5
National Front (UK)
Wilfred Cleaves
276
8.8
National Front (UK)
Bruce Pell
269
8.5
3,153
40.3
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Woodside
Woodside (3)
Labour Party (UK)
David Billingsley
1,475
44.3
Conservative Party (UK)
Edward Auger
1,457
43.8
Labour Party (UK)
Jacqueline Goodwin
1,439
43.3
Conservative Party (UK)
Bernard Dehnel
1,425
42.8
Conservative Party (UK)
Walter Taylor
1,395
41.9
Labour Party (UK)
Harold Stedman
1,373
41.3
National Front (UK)
Thomas Barnes
183
5.5
National Front (UK)
Paul White
172
5.2
National Front (UK)
Kenneth Hill
163
4.9
Liberal Party (UK)
Audrey Hosein
96
2.9
3,327
44.0
Labour Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
By-elections
Woodside by-election, 15 March 1979London Borough Council Elections May 1982 http://londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/LBCE_1982-5-6.pdf London Datastore London Research Centre 5 December 2020 2 April 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150402114315/https://londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/LBCE_1982-5-6.pdf dead
Conservative Party (UK)
Bernard Dehnel
1,588
59.0
+16.2
Labour Party (UK)
John Warren
1,010
37.5
-5.8
Liberal Party (UK)
Antony Zotti
95
3.5
+0.6
35.0
Conservative Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Jacqueline Goodwin.
Coleraine by-election, 21 February 1980London Borough Council Elections May 1982 http://londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/LBCE_1982-5-6.pdf London Datastore London Research Centre 5 December 2020 2 April 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150402114315/https://londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/LBCE_1982-5-6.pdf dead
Labour Party (UK)
John Elkington
1,549
60.7
+11.8
Conservative Party (UK)
Christopher Palmer
895
35.1
+10.6
National Front (UK)
Robert Frost
106
4.2
-1.1
32.0
Labour Party (UK)
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Eric Garwood.
Seven Sisters by-election, 21 February 1980London Borough Council Elections May 1982 http://londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/LBCE_1982-5-6.pdf London Datastore London Research Centre 5 December 2020 2 April 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150402114315/https://londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/LBCE_1982-5-6.pdf dead
Labour Party (UK)
Paul Loach
1,020
72.3
+20.2
Conservative Party (UK)
Michael Coney
305
21.6
-7.4
Liberal Party (UK)
Hugo Reading
58
4.1
N/A
National Front (UK)
Colin Mates
27
1.9
-5.3
31.3
Labour Party (UK)
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Leslie Collis.
Alexandra by-election, 25 September 1980London Borough Council Elections May 1982 http://londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/LBCE_1982-5-6.pdf London Datastore London Research Centre 5 December 2020 2 April 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150402114315/https://londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/LBCE_1982-5-6.pdf dead
Conservative Party (UK)
Ralph Cleasby
1,148
41.1
-5.7
Labour Party (UK)
Elizabeth Simons
989
35.4
+1.1
Liberal Party (UK)
Clive World
655
23.5
+11.9
36.9
Conservative Party (UK)
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Timothy Allen.
South Tottenham by-election, 9 October 1980London Borough Council Elections May 1982 http://londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/LBCE_1982-5-6.pdf London Datastore London Research Centre 5 December 2020 2 April 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150402114315/https://londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/LBCE_1982-5-6.pdf dead
Labour Party (UK)
Andy Love
1,046
50.9
+3.7
Conservative Party (UK)
Michael Coney
1,009
49.1
+13.0
38.3
Labour Party (UK)
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Aaron Weichselbaum.
Coleraine by-election, 20 November 1980London Borough Council Elections May 1982 http://londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/LBCE_1982-5-6.pdf London Datastore London Research Centre 5 December 2020 2 April 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150402114315/https://londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/LBCE_1982-5-6.pdf dead
Labour Party (UK)
Anthony Rigby
1,441
56.3
+7.4
Conservative Party (UK)
Leonard Jackson
812
31.7
+7.2
Liberal Party (UK)
Alexander L'Estrange
305
11.9
N/A
32.2
Labour Party (UK)
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr John Elkington.
Hornsey Vale by-election, 2 July 1981London Borough Council Elections May 1982 http://londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/LBCE_1982-5-6.pdf London Datastore London Research Centre 5 December 2020 2 April 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150402114315/https://londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/LBCE_1982-5-6.pdf dead
Labour Party (UK)
Vivienne Fenwick
826
47.4
-2.0
Conservative Party (UK)
Peter Gilbert
497
28.5
-7.3
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Richard Kennard
418
24.0
+14.2
35.9
Labour Party (UK)
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Michael Killingworth.
References
1978
Category:1978 London Borough council elections