1978 Southwark London Borough Council election

1978 local election in England April 2022 March 2025 4 May 1978 1978 Southwark Council election parliamentary no Labour Party (UK) 1974 Southwark London Borough Council election 1974 1982 Southwark London Borough Council election 1982 All council seats Labour Party (UK) 56 10 29,551 57.88% Conservative Party (UK) 8 4 18,450 36.13% Council Control Labour Party (UK) Council Control Labour Party (UK) 7.4% 14.26% Elections to Southwark Council were held in May 1978. The whole council was up for election with a 28.7% turnout. There were 25 wards rather than the previous 23 and 64 councillors rather than 70. Election result center|frameless|317x317px Southwark local election result 1978Rallings Colin Colin Rallings Michael Thrasher Michael Thrasher Local Elections in Britain: A Statistical Digest Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre 1993 Plymouth Labour Party (UK) 56 10 87.5 57.88 29,551 7.4 Conservative Party (UK) 8 4 12.5 36.13 18,450 14.26 Liberal Party (UK) 0 0 0.0 3.81 1,943 6.29 National Front (UK) 0 0 0.0 1.3 663 0.69Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0.0 0.78 399 0.19Workers Revolutionary Party (UK) 0 0 0.0 0.1 53 New |} none|thumb|632x632px|Southwark Council voting history Ward results Abbey Abbey (2) Labour Party (UK) Charles Coveney* 1,076 70.8 Labour Party (UK) James Dower* 1,026 67.5 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Crockford 346 22.8 Conservative Party (UK) John Heywood 304 20.0 Workers Revolutionary Party (UK) Anthony Moore 53 3.5 1,520 29.2 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Alleyn Alleyn (2) Labour Party (UK) Robert Eadie 900 41.4 Conservative Party (UK) Catherine Clough 860 39.6 Conservative Party (UK) Alan Robson 811 37.3 Labour Party (UK) Madan Kalia 736 33.9 Liberal Party (UK) Jean Halden 303 13.9 Liberal Party (UK) Ronald Halden 286 13.2 2,174 37.7 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Barset Barset (2) Labour Party (UK) Anthony Ritchie 665 56.2 Labour Party (UK) Peter Cather* 651 55.0 Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Davies 350 29.6 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Hogarth 334 28.2 Liberal Party (UK) Susan Clegg 66 5.6 Liberal Party (UK) Anne Chopping 63 5.3 1,184 27.6 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Bellenden Bellenden (3) Labour Party (UK) Douglas Moore 1,500 47.0 Labour Party (UK) Ann Ward* 1,470 46.1 Labour Party (UK) Florence Sampson* 1,334 41.8 Conservative Party (UK) Edward Boxall 1,170 36.7 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Primmer 1,113 34.9 Conservative Party (UK) Muriel Piper 1,107 34.7 Liberal Party (UK) Alexander Baker 253 7.9 Liberal Party (UK) Mary Packman 245 7.7 Liberal Party (UK) Margaret White 233 7.3 Communist Party of Great Britain Eric Hodson 115 3.6 3,191 36.1 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Bricklayers Bricklayers (2) Labour Party (UK) Leonard Henley* 1,111 69.1 Labour Party (UK) Leonard Tucker* 1,024 63.7 Conservative Party (UK) Charles Hayward 417 25.9 Conservative Party (UK) Frederick Morgan 399 24.8 1,607 28.4 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Browning Browning (3) Labour Party (UK) Joseph Lees* 1,201 61.2 Labour Party (UK) Patrick McSorley* 1,191 60.7 Labour Party (UK) Frances Stroud 1,168 59.5 Conservative Party (UK) Timothy Webster 559 28.5 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Hensman 530 27.0 Conservative Party (UK) John Erbetta 495 25.2 1,962 25.7 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Brunswick Brunswick (3) Labour Party (UK) Jeremy Gordon 1,335 59.1 Labour Party (UK) Ronald Watts* 1,233 54.6 Labour Party (UK) John Lauder* 1,232 54.6 Conservative Party (UK) Lilian Dawson 594 26.3 Conservative Party (UK) Mary Ancient 568 25.2 Conservative Party (UK) Douglas Mitchell 555 24.6 National Front (UK) David Thompson 205 9.1 National Front (UK) John Mullens 199 8.8 National Front (UK) Stephen Wisdom 166 7.4 2,257 28.6 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Burgess Burgess (2) Labour Party (UK) Ronald Slater 925 62.0 Labour Party (UK) Trevor Ely 921 61.7 Conservative Party (UK) Albert Rumble 434 29.1 Conservative Party (UK) Clayton Wintrip 398 26.7 1,492 26.3 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Cathedral Cathedral (2) Labour Party (UK) George Nicholson 1,035 69.0 Labour Party (UK) Alan Davis 964 64.2 Conservative Party (UK) Alfred Nuttall 387 25.8 Conservative Party (UK) Desmond McCann 361 24.1 1,501 27.2 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Chaucer Chaucer (3) Labour Party (UK) Arthur Knight* 1,420 61.9 Labour Party (UK) Joy Lee* 1,325 57.8 Labour Party (UK) Bert Ray 1,305 56.9 Conservative Party (UK) Beatrice North 689 30.0 Conservative Party (UK) Patrick Stewart 645 28.1 Conservative Party (UK) David Walker 615 26.8 2,294 28.2 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) College College (2) Conservative Party (UK) Bryan Hoskings* 1,858 55.8 Conservative Party (UK) Margaret Jackson 1,758 52.8 Labour Party (UK) Peter Bowyer 1,216 36.5 Labour Party (UK) Eric Senger 1,102 33.1 Liberal Party (UK) Malcolm Cogan 208 6.3 Liberal Party (UK) Mimi Irving 190 5.7 3,327 51.6 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Consort Consort (2) Labour Party (UK) Robert Smyth 794 59.9 Labour Party (UK) Frederick Francis* 777 58.6 Conservative Party (UK) Johanna Holland 423 31.9 Conservative Party (UK) James Uphill 344 26.0 1,325 30.8 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Dockyard Dockyard (3) Labour Party (UK) Lucy Brown* 1,468 71.3 Labour Party (UK) John O'Grady* 1,454 70.6 Labour Party (UK) Stephen Kippin 1,441 70.0 Conservative Party (UK) Percy Gray 383 18.6 Conservative Party (UK) Kenneth Cook 322 15.6 Conservative Party (UK) David Egan 308 15.0 Communist Party of Great Britain Elizabeth Wright 158 7.7 2,060 28.8 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Faraday Faraday (3) Labour Party (UK) Frederick Combes* 1,505 64.3 Labour Party (UK) James Greening 1,484 63.4 Labour Party (UK) William Slater* 1,454 62.1 Conservative Party (UK) Gladys Cobley 649 27.7 Conservative Party (UK) Basil Leach 591 25.2 Conservative Party (UK) Francis Richardson 572 24.4 2,341 23.1 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Friary Friary (3) Labour Party (UK) Mabel Goldwin* 953 59.4 Labour Party (UK) Walter Allen 913 56.9 Labour Party (UK) Joyce Somerville* 873 54.4 Conservative Party (UK) Leslie Brown 402 25.1 Conservative Party (UK) Evannie Smith 356 22.2 Conservative Party (UK) George Noorden 343 21.4 National Front (UK) Joseph Richardson 134 8.4 National Front (UK) James Sneath 126 7.9 1,604 27.0 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Liddle Liddle (3) Labour Party (UK) John Fowler* 1,357 66.5 Labour Party (UK) Anne McNaught* 1,326 65.0 Labour Party (UK) Michael Geater 1,316 64.5 Conservative Party (UK) Ernest Keetch 317 15.5 Conservative Party (UK) Joan Southgate 245 12.0 Conservative Party (UK) Paul Watkinson 227 11.1 National Front (UK) George Thompson 185 9.1 National Front (UK) Peter Williams 179 8.8 2,040 25.1 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Lyndhurst Lyndhurst (3) Labour Party (UK) William Payne* 1,804 47.8 Labour Party (UK) Ernest Davies* 1,789 47.4 Labour Party (UK) Evelyn Ackroyd 1,777 47.0 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Frost 1,454 38.5 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Clough 1,430 37.9 Conservative Party (UK) Ashwinkumar Tanna 1,353 35.8 Liberal Party (UK) Phillipa Beale 254 6.7 Liberal Party (UK) Jonathan Hunt 254 6.7 Liberal Party (UK) Michael Wilson 210 5.6 Communist Party of Great Britain Linda Smith 95 2.5 3,778 40.1 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Newington Newington (3) Labour Party (UK) Siah Cox* 1,405 60.7 Labour Party (UK) Charles Halford* 1,375 59.4 Labour Party (UK) Catherine Clunn* 1,365 59.0 Conservative Party (UK) Gerard Fergus 751 32.5 Conservative Party (UK) Carole Hurst 679 29.4 Conservative Party (UK) Anne-Louise Kearney 679 29.4 2,313 27.9 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Riverside Riverside (3) Labour Party (UK) Thomas Cornish 1,672 71.4 Labour Party (UK) Peter Flower 1,623 69.3 Labour Party (UK) Coral Newell 1,537 65.7 Conservative Party (UK) Alexander Padmore 477 20.4 Conservative Party (UK) Linda Albon 472 20.2 Conservative Party (UK) David Griffin 402 17.2 2,341 36.1 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Rotherhithe Rotherhithe (3) Labour Party (UK) Edward Rowe* 1,206 70.4 Labour Party (UK) Charles Sawyer 1,181 68.9 Labour Party (UK) Harold Young* 1,163 67.9 Conservative Party (UK) Lorna Dowling 373 21.8 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Dunn* 317 18.5 Conservative Party (UK) Geoffrey Johnson 313 18.3 1,714 24.7 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Ruskin Ruskin (3) Conservative Party (UK) John Meakin 2,552 62.5 Conservative Party (UK) Ralph Spilberg 2,549 62.4 Conservative Party (UK) Tobias Eckersley 2,544 62.3 Labour Party (UK) Joseph Essex 1,017 24.9 Labour Party (UK) Claude Ramsey 924 22.6 Labour Party (UK) Charles Gates* 917 22.4 Liberal Party (UK) Brian Feeley 365 8.9 Liberal Party (UK) John Graham 356 8.7 Liberal Party (UK) Hazel Feeley 346 8.5 4,086 46.6 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Rye Rye (2) Conservative Party (UK) Enid Boxall 1,553 49.2 Conservative Party (UK) Ralph Spilberg 1,487 47.1 Labour Party (UK) Herbert Ball* 1,190 37.7 Labour Party (UK) Geoffrey Cravitz 1,180 37.4 Liberal Party (UK) Marian Atkinson 194 6.1 Liberal Party (UK) Robert Stead 186 5.9 3,158 43.5 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) St Giles St Giles (3) Labour Party (UK) David Mitchels 1,494 57.7 Labour Party (UK) Leslie Alden* 1,481 57.2 Labour Party (UK) Henry Potter* 1,473 56.9 Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Clark 787 30.4 Conservative Party (UK) George Scott 701 27.1 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Houston 696 26.9 Liberal Party (UK) Janice Wilson 143 5.5 Liberal Party (UK) Veronica Hunt 130 5.0 Liberal Party (UK) Bernard Jenkins 128 4.9 2,589 29.0 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) The Lane The Lane (2) Labour Party (UK) Frank Brean* 1,002 57.6 Labour Party (UK) Frank Rolfe* 905 52.0 Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Elleray 438 25.2 Conservative Party (UK) Terence Bray-Deacon 408 23.5 National Front (UK) Leonard Rickard 161 9.3 Liberal Party (UK) Ann Bostock 94 5.4 Liberal Party (UK) Daniel Tierney 78 4.5 Communist Party of Great Britain George Rogers 31 1.8 1,739 32.6 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Waverley Waverley (2) Labour Party (UK) James Wheeler 1,127 45.9 Labour Party (UK) Carol Turner 1,126 45.9 Conservative Party (UK) Alan Smith 994 40.5 Conservative Party (UK) David Haines 980 40.0 Liberal Party (UK) Alan Clegg 135 5.5 Liberal Party (UK) Edwin Bonner 134 5.5 2,453 41.1 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) By-Elections Newington by-election, 21 September 1978 Labour Party (UK) Solomon Parry 781 45.0 -15.7 Conservative Party (UK) Gerard Fergus 698 40.2 +7.7 National Front (United Kingdom) David Teanby 168 9.7 N/A Liberal Party (UK) Veronica Hunt 90 5.2 N/A 21.2 -6.7 Labour Party (UK) The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Siah Cox Riverside by-election, 30 November 1978 Labour Party (UK) Margaret White 775 68.2 -1.1 Conservative Party (UK) Alexander Padmore 274 24.1 +3.7 National Front (United Kingdom) Leonard Richard 87 7.7 N/A 17.2 -18.9 Labour Party (UK) The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Peter Flower Rye by-election, 20 March 1980 Labour Party (UK) Pauline Moore 1,331 47.8 +10.1 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Clough 1,222 43.9 -5.3 Liberal Party (UK) Marian Atkinson 230 8.3 +2.2 40.4 -3.1 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Enid Boxall The Lane by-election, 5 November 1981 SDP–Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) John Lewis 916 47.1 +41.7 Labour Party (UK) Susan Goss 711 36.6 -21.0 Conservative Party (UK) Ian Twinn 245 12.6 -12.6 National Front (United Kingdom) David Teanby 71 3.7 -5.6 33.4 +0.8 SDP–Liberal Alliance Labour Party (UK) The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Frank Brean References Category:Council elections in the London Borough of Southwark Category:1978 London Borough council elections Category:20th century in the London Borough of Southwark