1978 Barnet London Borough Council election
← 1974 4 May 1978 1982 →
All 60 seats to Barnet London Borough Council
31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout43.6%
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Party Conservative Labour Independent
Seats won 49 10 1
Percentage 57.1% 30.4%
Map of the results of the 1978 Barnet London Borough council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.
Council control before election

Conservative

 Council control after election

Conservative

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

Background

Since the last election in 1974, the Local Government Boundary Commission carried out their first periodic electoral review of Barnet under the Local Government Act 1972 and made a number of boundary changes.[1]

Election result

Overall turnout in the election was 43.6%.

Barnet Local Election Result 1978[2]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 49 81.7 57.1
  Labour 10 16.7 30.4
  Liberal 0 0.0 9.8
  Independent 1 1.6 2.7

Ward results

Arkley

Arkley (3 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joan E. Pudney 2,495
Conservative John T. Thomson 2,416
Conservative Ann S.M. More 2,394
Labour Andrew P. Harris 2,275
Labour Trevor K. Hill 2,275
Conservative Stephen G. Lane 2,270
Liberal Richard W. Ellis 417
Liberal Keith Crawford 370
Liberal Cynthia Krieger 315
Turnout 45.7%
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Brunswick Park

Brunswick Park (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative June M. Cole 2,957
Conservative Anthony M. Rawle 2,951
Conservative Mary Temple 2,867
Labour Percy Cheek 967
Labour Gerald Eaton 953
Labour Jeffrey Leifer 866
Liberal David L. Stevens 359
Liberal Hugh J. Ogus 324
Liberal Valerie Silbiger 320
Turnout 40.8%
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Burnt Oak

Burnt Oak (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James P. Brophy 2,192
Labour Bertram E. McCormack 2,063
Labour Harold B. Davies 2,060
Conservative Keith R. Bass 998
Conservative John R. Hart 972
Conservative Peter V. Wharton 873
National Front Edward V. Bradley 315
National Front Alfred T. Chamberlain 295
National Front Edward J. Warner 243
Liberal Hilda D. Munden 162
Liberal Gisela Page 130
Liberal Roger Pattison 128
Turnout 38.3%
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Childs Hill

Childs Hill (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alfred Young 1,904
Conservative Victor Lyon 1,896
Conservative Brian A. Jarman 1,868
Labour Donald E. Barnes 1,679
Labour Elizabeth C. Silver 1,541
Labour Mary C. Tyler 1,522
Liberal Monroe E. Palmer 1,054
Liberal Joan Lawson 907
Liberal Nigel R. Wilson 787
National Front Frederick W. Hurst 133
Turnout 46.9%
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Colindale

Colindale (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Geoffrey N. Cooke 1,657
Labour Mary H.R. Honeyball 1,633
Labour Thomas A. McKendry 1,594
Conservative Peter A. Grosz 1,447
Conservative Derek M. Joseph 1,433
Conservative Jane B. Quail 1,389
Liberal Arthur J. Roycroft 211
Liberal Phyllis I. Adams 189
Liberal Paula Mercer 162
National Front David A. Farmer 157
National Front John R. McLaren 156
National Front Leslie C. Bourne 154
Turnout 43.4%
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

East Barnet

East Barnet (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ernest T. Danks 2,697
Conservative Olwen M. Evans 2,555
Conservative John Perry 2,542
Labour Susan M. Doran 1,321
Labour Norman C. Bar 1,310
Labour Nicholas O. Landau 1,259
Liberal Barbara J. Hunt 341
Liberal Clive Robinson 340
Liberal Alexander W. Munden 298
National Front Ivor W. Sargent 174
National Front Daniel J. Monk 171
National Front Philip A. Ruddock 168
Turnout 42.9%
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

East Finchley

East Finchley (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Barbara I. Langstone 1,950
Conservative Mary Phillips 1,894
Conservative Stanley J. Sorrell 1,858
Labour Martin J. O'Connor 1,827
Labour Michael D. O'Connor 1,751
Labour Kenneth W. Little 1,740
Liberal Andrew G. Christodoulou 351
Liberal Juliet S. Rowe 346
Liberal Bruce A. Standing 338
Turnout 42.1%
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Edgware

Edgware (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Geoffrey I. Greenhouse 3,772
Conservative David E. Dell 3,697
Conservative Archibald T.W. Smith 3,541
Labour Michael B. Desmond 1,506
Labour Lorna Levy 1,494
Labour Anthony M. Williams 1,383
Liberal Sidney W. Baier 177
Liberal Mary J. Grieb 176
Liberal Philip L. Smulian 152
Turnout 48.6%
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Finchley

Finchley (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Leslie Sussman 2,828
Conservative Miles C. Golding 2,784
Conservative Jean I. Parmer 2,730
Labour Robert A. Holroyd 1,222
Labour Brian J. Watkins 1,206
Labour David G. Williams 1,206
Liberal Gregory P.F. Robbins 488
Liberal Malcolm B. Davis 445
Liberal Sylvia T.D. Randall 426
Turnout 41.4%
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Friern Barnet

Friern Barnet (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David C. Burton 2,856
Conservative John C. Tiplady 2,831
Conservative Frank D. Gibson 2,827
Labour Peter R. Butcher 838
Labour Frank C. Edwards 812
Labour Charles F. Owen 809
Liberal Karl E. Ruge 565
Liberal Christopher Perkin 549
Liberal Yvonne A. Jessop 506
Turnout 41.4%
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Garden Suburb

Garden Suburb (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael G. Max 2,995
Conservative Richard Blausten 2,985
Conservative Phyllis M. Nevard 2,830
Independent Patrick K. Laurance 1,102
Labour David E. De Saxe 916
Labour Richard M. Hadley 873
Liberal Leonie E. Stephen 796
Labour Stephen E. Pudney 781
Liberal Clive R. Silbiger 776
Liberal Robert S. Hanison 702
Turnout 48.1%
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Golders Green

Golders Green (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rosa A. Freedman 2,450
Conservative Leslie D. Foster 2,303
Conservative Selina D. Summers 2,214
Labour Stephen F. Kelly 1,203
Labour Olga G. Deaner 1,162
Labour Vivien D. Marcy 1,133
Liberal Jeffrey Land 554
Liberal Susette S. Palmer 491
Liberal Wilfred Newton 485
Turnout 39.3%
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Hadley

Hadley (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ernest A.E. Asker 3,587
Independent Anthony J. Freake 3,245
Conservative David P. Clarke 3,042
Conservative Rosemary W. Middleton 2,894
Labour Jean M. Feldman 980
Labour Brenda M. Slade 959
Labour Sylvia V. Grant 920
Liberal Peter J. Morley 827
Liberal Mavis W. Axham 697
Turnout 48.0%
Conservative win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Hale

Hale (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Leslie J. Pym 3,117
Conservative Dorothy B. Benson 3,082
Conservative Jack Clarfelt 3,038
Labour Peter J. Fordham 1,011
Labour Jean Smith 1,010
Labour Ian B. Morley 1,009
Liberal Diana C. Pattison 480
Liberal Carol A. Cooper 471
Liberal Laurian Davies 420
National Front Kenneth J. Barson 133
National Front John P. Smith 126
National Front Albert V. White 104
Turnout 46.1%
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Hendon

Hendon (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Norman E. Hirshfield 2,954
Conservative Victor S. Hockley 2,784
Conservative John Archard-Jones 2,564
Labour Celia A. Downs 1,246
Labour Christopher H. Jacobs 1,216
Labour Alan M. Magnus 1,188
Liberal Gerald Finlay 478
Liberal Peter G. Kempster 355
Liberal Elvin P. Sorkin 337
Turnout 40.3%
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Mill Hill

Mill Hill (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rita M. Levy 3,321
Conservative Denis L. Dippel 3,316
Conservative Graham G. Fear 3,232
Labour Howard S. Bluston 943
Labour Leonard Phillips 924
Labour Ian Leslie 875
Liberal Adrian V. Stokes 390
Liberal Ronald N. Page 351
Liberal John F. Hearn 309
National Front Paul A. Clayton 173
National Front John B. Cording 149
National Front Susan E. Warner 133
Turnout 45.4%
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

St Paul's

St Paul's (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John P. Fitzgibbon 2,346
Conservative Edna P. James 2,260
Conservative Norman J. Sapsted 2,224
Labour John A. Cogger 1,491
Labour Charles A.R. Still 1,448
Labour Ralph A. Straker 1,423
Liberal Patricia M. Dunnill 516
Liberal Leonard Watkins 459
Liberal Avron M. Potter 455
Turnout 40.9%
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Totteridge

Totteridge (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Margaret J. Laskey 3,639
Conservative Michael J. Hill 3,588
Conservative Victor H. Usher 3,575
Labour Howard R. Denton 889
Labour Michael S. Cohen 868
Labour Lawrence J. Rogoff 844
Liberal David M. Cohen 489
Liberal Edith M. Gardner 488
Turnout 43.6%
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

West Hendon

West Hendon (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Timothy J.K. Sims 2,142
Labour Donald E. Timms 2,116
Labour Doreen N. Neail 2,025
Conservative Stuart A. Goldenberg 1,998
Conservative Maurice J. Sultoon 1,976
Conservative Marion H. Babington 1,856
Liberal Brian E.J. Ellis 938
Liberal Harry J. Levy 887
Liberal Anthony D. Mercer 660
Turnout 48.3%
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Woodhouse

Woodhouse (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Philip H. Williams 2,327
Conservative William G. Hart 2,306
Conservative Barry C. Francis 2,265
Labour Adrian R. Cattermole 1,535
Labour John S. Whale 1,444
Labour Hukam C. Chopra 1,410
Liberal Roger J. Aron 409
Liberal Barry N. Green 378
Liberal David A. Harris 367
Turnout 40.1%
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

By-elections between 1978 and 1982

Hadley

Hadley by-election, 22 November 1979[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Donald E. Baker 1,344
Residents Eric W. Spalding 1,053
Liberal Peter J. Morley 501
Labour Jean M. Feldman 418
Turnout 25.2
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Ernest A. E. Asker.

References

  1. ^ "Local Government Boundary Commission For England Report No.248" (PDF). LGBCE Records & Resources. Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  2. ^ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections 7 May 1998 including the Greater London Authority Referendum results" (PDF). Demographic and Statistical Studies. London Research Centre. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  3. ^ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections 7 May 1998 including the Greater London Authority Referendum results" (PDF). Demographic and Statistical Studies. London Research Centre. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  4. ^ "London Borough Council Elections 6 May 1982" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
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