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1978 Havering London Borough Council election
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All 63 seats to the Havering London Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
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RES
LAB
Party Conservative Residents Labour
Seats won 38 13[a] 12
Seat change Increase18 Increase4 Decrease8

The 1978 Havering Council election took place on 4 May 1978 to elect members of Havering London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council for the second time.

Electoral arrangements

The election was originally scheduled for 1977, but was delayed for one year to bring London borough council elections into a four-year election cycle.[b] New ward boundaries were used for the first time. Prior to the 1978 election the council had 64 members (55 councillors and 9 aldermen). From the 1978 election, 63 councillors were elected from 25 wards. Each ward returned two or three councillors.

Ten of the wards were entirely new, including Airfield ward covering the new Airfield estate in Hornchurch. The remaining wards shared the names of previously used wards but with new boundaries. Councillors were elected for a four-year term with the next election scheduled for 1982.

Polling took place on 4 May 1978, except in Gooshays ward where the election was delayed until 25 May 1978, due to the death of a candidate.[1]

Results

With 38 seats, the Conservative Party won overall control of the council for the second time. Labour Party wins were concentrated in the wards covering the Harold Hill estate (Heaton, Hilldene and Gooshays) with the addition of the new Airfield ward in Hornchurch. Residents and ratepayers candidates were successful in the two seats covering Cranham (Cranham East and Cranham West) as well as Rainham and wards covering southern Hornchurch (Hacton and South Hornchurch).[1][2][3]

Ward results

Airfield

Airfield (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephen Clarke 1,479
Labour Thomas Mitchell 1,461
Labour Sydney Jack 1,396
Conservative Edward Hoad 990
Conservative Martin Shipp 962
Conservative Margaret Munday 947
Ind. Residents Andrew Carew 524
Ind. Residents Brenda Hammond 440
Ind. Residents Joan Lewis 403
Turnout
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Ardleigh Green

Ardleigh Green (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Sims 1,856
Conservative Leonard Trott 1,842
Labour Glenys Chandley 559
Labour Dorothy Robinson 541
Ind. Residents Ian Wilkes 541
Ind. Residents Jack Lewis 421
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Brooklands

Brooklands (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Tebbutt 1,233
Conservative Meirion Owens 1,209
Labour George Cox 1,141
Labour Jesse Taylor 1,063
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Chase Cross

Chase Cross (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Randall Evans 1,235
Conservative William Odulate 1,172
Labour Arthur Latham 961
Labour Sydney Parrish 863
Communist Colin Harper 84
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Collier Row

Collier Row (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robin Adaire 1,238
Conservative Norman Symonds 1,192
Labour Robert Kilbey 764
Labour Christine Blake 759
Liberal Eric Freeman 214
Liberal Keith Brewington 178
Turnout
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Cranham East

Cranham East (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. Ratepayers Rowland Knell 1,544
Ind. Ratepayers Jean Mitchell 1,496
Conservative Peter Gardner 955
Conservative Stephen Brabner 922
Labour Tom Horlock 544
Labour Frances Eldred 529
Turnout
Majority
Ind. Ratepayers win (new seat)
Ind. Ratepayers win (new seat)

Cranham West

Cranham West (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. Ratepayers Ron Ower 1,824
Ind. Ratepayers Louisa Sinclair 1,811
Conservative Mary Noyes 988
Conservative John Smith 877
Labour Susan Kortlandt 239
Labour Helena Cowin 230
Turnout
Ind. Ratepayers win (new seat)
Ind. Ratepayers win (new seat)

Elm Park

Elm Park (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joan Arthur 1,894
Conservative Margaret Ashby 1,881
Conservative Leslie Reilly 1,852
Labour George Saunders 1,806
Labour David Burn 1,779
Labour Jack Hoepelman 1,761
Liberal Mark Long 204
Liberal Thomas Rimmer 202
Liberal Keith Penfold 193
National Front Robert Baldwin 184
National Front Alfred Harris 179
National Front Alan Newell 154
Turnout
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Emerson Park

Emerson Park (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Moultrie 2,323
Conservative William Sibley 2,241
Labour John Scott 524
Labour Glyn Harris 479
Ind. Residents Lynn Lewis 249
Turnout
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Gidea Park

Gidea Park (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Johnston 2,090
Conservative Alice Smith 1,998
Labour Judith Paul 428
Labour Anthony Gordon 419
Turnout
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Gooshays

Gooshays (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ronald Lynn 1,495
Labour Valentine Birnie 1,408
Labour Wilf Mills 1,396
Conservative Alison Bush 825
Conservative Helen Forster 816
Conservative Pamela Marsden 765
National Front Albert Yetton 147
Turnout
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Hacton

Hacton (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Residents Albert Davis 1,515
Residents Norman Miles 1,469
Residents Norman Richards 1,376
Conservative Norman Kemble 1,271
Conservative Frederick Thompson 1,234
Conservative Wendy Thompson 1,055
Labour Ernest Rawlins 962
Labour Gordon Thompson 921
Labour Cyril Whitelock 885
Turnout
Residents win (new boundaries)
Residents win (new boundaries)
Residents win (new boundaries)

Harold Wood

Harold Wood (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Forster 2,393
Conservative Peter Marsden 2,287
Conservative Robert Neill 2,255
Labour John McCarthy 1,024
Labour Brian Morland 957
Labour Hubert Hull 942
Turnout
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Heath Park

Heath Park (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Eric Munday 1,993
Conservative William Smith 1,954
Labour Dennis Cook 575
Labour Pearl Saunders 566
Liberal Susan Brewington 219
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Heaton

Heaton (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Harris 1,632
Labour Denis O'Flynn 1,567
Labour Geoffrey Otter 1,465
Conservative Nigel Boyle 972
Conservative John Hann 956
Conservative Julian Chiningworth 942
Turnout
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Hilldene

Hilldene (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Reg Whiting 1,479
Labour Bessie Whitworth 1,440
Labour Ron Whitworth 1,412
Conservative Stanley Martin 771
Conservative Geoffrey Wright 729
Conservative Jane Wright 695
Turnout
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Hylands

Hylands (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jean Frost 1,855
Conservative Irene Pearce 1,803
Conservative Frederick Roberts 1,779
Labour Alan Prescott 1,563
Labour Peter Osborne 1,542
Labour Stewart Binns 1,484
Liberal Henry King 203
Liberal John Hewitt 195
Liberal Brian McCarthy 193
Ind. Ratepayers Pamela Wilkes 155
Ind. Ratepayers Kenneth Mainstone 127
Ind. Ratepayers Laurence Munroe 123
Turnout
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Mawney

Mawney (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Victor Bush 2,030
Conservative Lucy Whittingham 1,889
Conservative Nigel Regnier 1,835
Labour Ruby Latham 1,394
Labour Michael Blake 1,392
Labour Wallace Russell 1,322
Liberal Joan Freeman 286
Liberal Pauline Longthorn 249
Turnout
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Oldchurch

Oldchurch (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Derek Price 933
Conservative William Todd 932
Labour Ronald Baker 770
Labour Jocelyn Spindler 668
National Front Madeline Caine 90
National Front Elsie Harris 82
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Rainham

Rainham (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Residents Henry Turner 1,756
Residents Donald Poole 1,667
Residents George Mooney 1,566
Labour Henry Webb 1,192
Labour Raymond Emmett 1,117
Labour Harry Moss 978
Conservative Audrey North 731
Conservative Kieran Humphries 703
Conservative David Cordell 687
Turnout
Residents win (new boundaries)
Residents win (new boundaries)
Residents win (new boundaries)

Rise Park

Rise Park (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Evan Davies 1,876
Conservative Christopher Kemp 1,716
Labour Alfred Capon 545
Labour Sheila Hills 497
Liberal Terry Hurlstone 282
Liberal Caroline Hurlstone 278
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

St Andrew's

St Andrew's (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Albert James 2,063
Conservative David Biddlecombe 1,998
Conservative Thomas Orrin 2,012
Labour Keith Dutton 906
Labour Margaret Hoepelman 850
Labour Margaret Jack 844
Ind. Residents Frank Everett 720
Ind. Residents Angela Meads 711
Ind. Residents Herbert Borley 169
Liberal John Green 169
Liberal Adrienne McCarthy 158
Liberal Trevor Wood 142
Turnout
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

St Edward's

St Edward's (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lydia Hutton 1,631
Conservative Roger Ramsey 1,549
Labour Jeannette Bowyer 635
Labour Albert Mills 556
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

South Hornchurch

South Hornchurch (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Residents Leonard Long 1,384
Residents Michael Burke 1,317
Residents Ronald Whittaker 1,299
Labour Harry Rivers 1,249
Labour Richard Desmond 1,201
Labour Lynne Cunningham 1,179
Conservative Ralph Pollard 889
Conservative Robin Hackshall 870
Conservative Mary Oxley 859
Turnout
Residents win (new boundaries)
Residents win (new boundaries)
Residents win (new boundaries)

Upminster

Upminster (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bruce Gordon-Picking 2,613
Conservative Rodney Chamberlain 2,547
Conservative Joyce White 2,467
Ratepayers Geoffrey Lewis 1,991
Ratepayers Carol Springthorpe 1,943
Ratepayers Owen Ware 1,920
Labour Megan Lamb 449
Labour Joseph Moore 365
Labour William Nicholls 351
Turnout
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

By-elections

The following by-elections took place between the 1978 and 1982 elections:

Notes

  1. ^ Includes all candidates elected as (Independent) Residents or Ratepayers
  2. ^ Terms were extended by the London Councillors Order 1976.

References

  1. ^ a b "London Borough Council Elections 4 May 1978" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  2. ^ "1978 London Borough of Havering local election results". Havering Council. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  3. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Havering Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_Havering_London_Borough_Council_election