1978 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election

1978 local election in England March 2020 March 2020 1978 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election parliamentary no 1974 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election 1974 1982 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election 1982 50 of 50 seats to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council 26 4 May 1978 Tower Hamlets 1978.png 300px Map of results of the 1978 election Leader of the Council Leader of the Council after election Paul Beasley Labour Party (UK) Paul Beasley Labour Party (UK) Paul Beasley Labour Party (UK) East India 60 43 7 45,613 64.5% Eric Flounders Liberal Party (UK) Grove 0 7 7 7,635 10.8% Elections to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council were held on Thursday 4 May 1978. Ward boundary changes came into effect at this election, which reduced the number of councillors from 60 to 50. The whole council was up for election. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council. Election result PartyVotesSeatsLabour Party45,613 (64.5%)64.5 Labour Party (UK) 43 (86.0%)43 50 Labour Party (UK) 17Liberal Party7,635 (10.8%)10.8 Liberal Party (UK) 7 (14.0%)7 50 Liberal Party (UK) 7National Front7,057 (10.0%)10.0 National Front (UK) N/A 0 (0.0%)0 50 National Front (UK) N/AConservative Party6,761 (9.6%)9.6 Conservative Party (UK) 0 (0.0%)0 50 Conservative Party (UK) Residents1,446 (2.0%)2.0 Residents Association N/A 0 (0.0%)0 50 Residents Association Communist950 (1.3%)1.3 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 (0.0%)0 50 Communist Party of Great Britain Socialist Unity695 (1.0%)1.0 Socialist Unity (UK) N/A 0 (0.0%)0 50 Socialist Unity (UK) N/ASocialist Workers Party325 (0.5%)0.5 Socialist Workers Party (UK) N/A 0 (0.0%)0 50 Socialist Workers Party (UK) N/AIndependent Liberal98 (0.1%)0.1 Independent Liberal N/A 0 (0.0%)0 99 Independent Liberal N/AWorkers Revolutionary98 (0.1%)0.1 Workers Revolutionary Party (UK) N/A 0 (0.0%)0 50 Workers Revolutionary Party (UK) N/A + ↓ 43 7 London Borough Council Elections, 4 May 1978 Director-General's Office, Greater London Council 1978 London Ward results London Borough Council Elections, 4 May 1978 Director-General's Office, Greater London Council 1978 London Blackwall Blackwall (2) Labour Party (UK) Daniel Kelly 742 71.8 Labour Party (UK) Arthur Sanders 663 64.1 Conservative Party (UK) Lindsey Rowley 151 14.6 Conservative Party (UK) Selwyn Williams 132 12.8 National Front (UK) George Davis 108 10.4 National Front (UK) Beverley Matthews 97 9.4 512 49.5 1,034 20.9 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Bow Bow (3) Liberal Party (UK) Peter Gray 656 42.6 Liberal Party (UK) Ronald Lebar 635 41.3 Liberal Party (UK) Gwendoline Lee 632 41.1 Labour Party (UK) Thomas Crudgington 560 36.4 Labour Party (UK) Hetty Hawksbee 553 34.8 Labour Party (UK) Deirdre Wood 525 34.1 Conservative Party (UK) John Livingstone 129 8.4 Conservative Party (UK) Linda Archibald 111 7.2 Conservative Party (UK) Tania Mason 108 7.0 National Front (UK) Richard Cribb 99 6.4 National Front (UK) Albert Buttery 98 6.4 National Front (UK) Ernest Bale 88 5.7 72 4.7 1,539 33.7 Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Bromley Bromley (3) Labour Party (UK) William Guy 1,129 Labour Party (UK) Arthur Downes 1,119 Labour Party (UK) James Morris 1,055 Conservative Party (UK) Malcolm Goldberg 275 Conservative Party (UK) Doris Young 229 National Front (UK) Kevin Jones 177 National Front (UK) Stanley Muzzlewhite 149 National Front (UK) Tina Rowe 141 6,166 27.3 East India East India (2) Labour Party (UK) Paul Beasley 1,032 Labour Party (UK) Patricia Thompson 989 National Front (UK) Iris Berry 191 Conservative Party (UK) Raymond Hatter 185 National Front (UK) Raymond Underwood 152 5,012 30.1 Grove Grove (2) Liberal Party (UK) Eric Flounders 933 Liberal Party (UK) Irene Seabrook 850 Labour Party (UK) James Brooke 584 Labour Party (UK) Albert Snooks 554 Conservative Party (UK) Caroline Evans 141 National Front (UK) Edwin Smith 90 National Front (UK) James Buttery 89 4,451 39.5 Holy Trinity Holy Trinity (3) Labour Party (UK) Joseph O'Connor 1,051 Labour Party (UK) George Negus 1,036 Labour Party (UK) George Wall 974 Conservative Party (UK) Barbara Perrott 351 Conservative Party (UK) William McCrossan 336 National Front (UK) Irene Underwood 254 National Front (UK) Michael Rowe 230 National Front (UK) George Williams 207 6,819 25.8 Lansbury Lansbury (3) Labour Party (UK) George Desmond 1,120 Labour Party (UK) Alfred Hegarty 1,080 Labour Party (UK) Reginald Beer 1,078 Conservative Party (UK) Herbert Cook 283 Conservative Party (UK) Edith Goymer 260 National Front (UK) Stephen Colville 225 National Front (UK) Margaret Rowe 199 6,295 27.4 Limehouse Limehouse (3) Labour Party (UK) John Riley 1,101 Labour Party (UK) John O'Neill 1,093 Labour Party (UK) Dennis Twomey 1,003 Conservative Party (UK) Terence Poole 285 National Front (UK) Victor Clark 221 National Front (UK) John Tear 200 National Front (UK) Terence Rowe 191 Communist Party of Great Britain Anita Halpin 93 7,147 24.0 Millwall Millwall (3) Labour Party (UK) John Allen 1,116 Labour Party (UK) William Kilgour 979 Labour Party (UK) William Hickin 963 Conservative Party (UK) Kenneth Hollands 297 National Front (UK) Kevin Griffin 236 National Front (UK) Peter Edwards 224 National Front (UK) Donald Williams 170 7,144 24.4 Park Park (2) Liberal Party (UK) Brian Williams 1,174 Liberal Party (UK) Brenda Collins 1,117 Labour Party (UK) Thomas Beningfield 399 Labour Party (UK) Edmund Winterflood 357 National Front (UK) Thomas Matthews 128 National Front (UK) Rosina Muzzlewhite 122 4,638 38.6 Redcoat Redcoat (2) Labour Party (UK) Matthew Durrell 958 Labour Party (UK) George Chaney 950 Conservative Party (UK) Mary Firmin 315 National Front (UK) Terence Godden 144 National Front (UK) Mary Matthews 125 Communist Party of Great Britain Daniel Lyons 72 5,338 28.6 St Dunstan's St Dunstan's (3) Labour Party (UK) Arthur Dorrell 1,087 Labour Party (UK) Benjamin Holmes 1,060 Labour Party (UK) Emmanuel Penner 980 Conservative Party (UK) Janet Beater 360 National Front (UK) Robert Bargery 200 National Front (UK) Sylvia Bale 163 Communist Party of Great Britain Frank Whipple 117 Workers' Revolutionary Party (UK) Bridget Leach 98 6,698 27.0 St James' St James' (2) Labour Party (UK) George Browne 691 Labour Party (UK) Hannah Morsman 660 Conservative Party (UK) Ernest Hartley 301 Conservative Party (UK) Elizabeth Hartley 295 National Front (UK) Peter Beresford 233 National Front (UK) Frederick Nail 228 4,922 26.6 St Katharine's St Katharine's (3) Labour Party (UK) Robert McFarlane 1,001 Labour Party (UK) Gerald Simons 955 Labour Party (UK) Rachel Perkins 952 Residents Association Maureen Davies 307 Residents Association Michael Jempson 287 Conservative Party (UK) John Ranelagh 243 Communist Party of Great Britain Kevin Halpin 142 National Front (UK) John Muzzlewhite 108 Independent Liberal Peter Lear 98 6,166 27.8 St Mary's St Mary's (2) Labour Party (UK) Robert Ashkettle 1,083 Labour Party (UK) Barnett Saunders 1,027 Conservative Party (UK) Brenda Epstein 378 Communist Party of Great Britain Max Levitas 313 Conservative Party (UK) Edna Hill 251 National Front (UK) John Gibbons 56 National Front (UK) Terence Jellis 52 5,351 31.7 St Peter's St Peter's (3) Labour Party (UK) Albert Jacob 1,109 Labour Party (UK) Beatrice Orwell 1,063 Labour Party (UK) Edwin Walker 1,050 Conservative Party (UK) Patrick Holmes 431 National Front (UK) Albert Mariner 401 National Front (UK) George Newman 376 Communist Party of Great Britain Hugh McAlpine 121 7,809 25.3 Shadwell Shadwell (3) Labour Party (UK) Charles Mudd 1,101 Labour Party (UK) Eva Armsby 1,094 Labour Party (UK) Jeremiah Long 1,038 Residents Association John Quarrell 287 Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Spiterie 266 Conservative Party (UK) Alan Minnerthey 254 National Front (UK) Thomas Underwood 155 Residents Association Christopher Idle 149 Residents Association John Chesshyre 146 Communist Party of Great Britain Albert Common 92 6,059 30.9 Spitalfields Spitalfields (3) Labour Party (UK) William Harris 950 Labour Party (UK) Annie Elboz 941 Labour Party (UK) Geoffrey White 835 Socialist Unity (UK) Hilda Kean 377 Socialist Workers Party (UK) Colin Knowles 325 Socialist Unity (UK) Dave Lawrence 318 Conservative Party (UK) William Dove 163 Residents Association John Fresco 145 Residents Association Phyllis Barber 125 National Front (UK) Albert Bennett 87 6,273 28.5 Weavers Weavers (3) Labour Party (UK) Lillian Crook 748 Labour Party (UK) Charles Main 735 Labour Party (UK) Arthur Praag 690 Liberal Party (UK) Paul Robbins 573 Liberal Party (UK) Carol McLeod 555 Liberal Party (UK) Henry Stallman 510 Conservative Party (UK) Jonathan Fairhurst 231 National Front (UK) Roy Newman 216 National Front (UK) Terence Courtney 214 National Front (UK) Brian Gilbert 213 6,609 28.5 References 1978 Category:1978 London Borough council elections Category:20th century in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets