1978 Islington London Borough Council election
← 1974 4 May 1978 (1978-05-04) 1982 →
All 52 council seats up for election
27 seats needed for a majority
Registered117,884
Turnout38.7%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Lab Con Labour Co-op
Last election 60 seats, 0 seats, 0 seats,
Seats before 52 0
Seats after 48 2 2
Seat change Decrease12 Increase2 Increase2
Popular vote 54,262 42,014 1,804
Percentage 49.62% 38.42% 1.65%
  Fourth party
 
Party National Front
Last election 0 seats
Seats before 0
Seats after 0
Popular vote 6,149
Percentage 5.62%
Council control before election

Labour

 Council control after election

Labour

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

Background

Since the last election, the council had changed the boundaries of their wards as such:Changes to wards from 1974 to 1978

Ward 1974 election 1978 election
Bunhill 2 seats 3 seats
Canonbury 4 seats Ward divided
Canonbury East Part of Canonbury Ward 2 seats
Canonbury West Part of Canonbury Ward 2 seats
Gillespie Didn't exist 2 seats
Highbury 4 seats 3 seats
Highview 3 seats 2 seats
Holloway 4 seats 3 seats
Junction 4 seats 3 seats
Mildmay 4 seats 3 seats
Parkway 3 seats Ward abolished
Pentonville 3 seats Ward abolished
Quadrant 4 seats 2 seats
Station 2 seats Ward Abolished
Sussex Didn't exist 2 seats
Tollington Didn't exist 3 seats

Overall the size of the council shrunk by 8, going from 60 councillors to 52 councillors

Election result

1978 Islington Borough Council election[1][2]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 48 9 17 Decrease 8 92.31 49.62 54,262
  Conservative 2 2 0 Increase 2 3.84 38.42 42,014
  Labour Co-op 2 2 0 Increase 2 3.84 1.65 1,804
  National Front 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 5.62 6,149
  Liberal 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 2.22 2,426
  Independent 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 1.20 1,315
  Communist 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.67 731
  Socialist Unity 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.55 603
  Workers Revolutionary 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.04 46
Total 52 109,350

Ward results

(*) - Represents an incumbent candidate

(‡) - Represents an incumbent from a ward that was split into two separate wards

Barnsbury

Barnsbury (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Christopher R. Smith 1,257
Labour Cecilia McAskill 1,235
Labour Alexander J. Farrell 1,221
Conservative John D.E. Gallagher 923
Conservative Gillian A. Gallagher 915
Conservative George B. Skelly 882
National Front Lawrence O'Brien 171
National Front Arthur R. Jupp 164
National Front Frederick G. Atkin 163
Liberal John W. Hamilton 132
Liberal David J. Trillo 115
Communist Maria Loftus 107
Registered electors 6,355
Turnout   42.2
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Bunhill

Bunhill (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour George A.W. Ives* 1,338
Labour Edna K. Browning* 1,326
Labour Christie Payne 1,317
Conservative Peter H. Britten 1,110
Conservative Patricia M. Robertson 1,070
Conservative John G. Watson 1,049
National Front Joseph Cohen 257
National Front Frank A. Benson 247
National Front Gordon H. Shergold 237
Workers Revolutionary Kay G. Wrightson 46
Registered electors 7,135
Turnout   40.1
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour win (new seat)

Canonbury East

Canonbury East (2)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Ernest J.W. Bayliss‡ 801
Labour Sybil P. James 708
Conservative Nicholas B. Baile 462
Conservative George H.C. Bennett 450
National Front Leslie A. Powell 109
National Front John R. Smith 99
Liberal John P. Hudson 76
Liberal John H. Marshall 50
Registered electors 4,249
Turnout   34.6
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Canonbury West

Canonbury West (2)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Audrey Bayliss 865
Conservative Colin S. Miller 853
Conservative Alan J.M. Reese 820
Labour Frederick W.H. Sandford 766
Liberal Patricia M. Duncan 146
Liberal Philip G. Watkins 126
National Front Colin Woolgrove 104
National Front Robert Woolgrove 87
Registered electors 4,689
Turnout   42.9
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Clerkenwell

Clerkenwell (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour David Hyams* 1,224
Labour Doris K.A. Rogers 1,088
Labour Gerald D. Southgate* 1,083
Conservative Donald W. Bromfield 1,082
Conservative Rita M. Bromfield 1,033
Conservative Stanley W. Morris 969
National Front Michael Harris 238
National Front Richard Chambers 235
National Front Edward Wilcox 191
Liberal Colin A. Muntzer 156
Registered electors 7,804
Turnout   35.3
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Gillespie

Gillespie (2)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Patricia A. Bradbury 864
Labour Carol O'Brien 814
Conservative Nigel J. Bradley 616
Conservative Marie B.T. Philipsz 499
Liberal Margot J. Dunn 127
Liberal Niranjian S. Mukherjee 111
National Front Stephen Boon 63
National Front Henry Green 51
Communist Sarah J. Benton 44
Registered electors 4,562
Turnout   38.8
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Highbury

Highbury (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Patricia Brown* 1,537
Labour Jennifer Morris 1,414
Labour Catherine S. Powloski 1,371
Conservative Simon R. Matthews 1,179
Conservative Christina F. Rooke 1,104
Conservative Alan N. Spinney 1,082
National Front Anthony W. Perry 129
National Front Anthony R. Wood 127
National Front Rory A. Bevan 126
Liberal Muriel Pidcock 122
Liberal Michael R. Shipman 116
Liberal Arthur W.R. Capel 112
Registered electors 7,268
Turnout   43.0
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour loss (seat eliminated)

Highview

Highview (2)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour James C. Evans* 746
Labour Patrick Sheeran 643
Conservative Sheilagh M. Barrett 572
Conservative Douglas Gerrard-Reynolds 544
Socialist Unity Michael A. Sullivan 115
Socialist Unity James Gosling 105
National Front Harry Fenton 48
Liberal Lorna M. James 46
National Front Irene McCleod 45
Liberal Ruth C. Smith 36
Registered electors 4,212
Turnout   37.9
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour loss (seat eliminated)

Hillmarton

Hillmarton (2)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Arthur L. Bell* 987
Labour Crispin R. St. Hill 881
Conservative George H. Leeson 768
Conservative Roy P.C. Taft 714
National Front Terence F. Savage 120
National Front George Wilson 86
Communist Margaret S. Beardon 65
Registered electors 5,212
Turnout   38.8
Labour hold
Labour hold

Hillrise

Hillrise (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Mary McCann* 858
Conservative Neil D. Kerr 843
Labour John Barnes 819
Labour Jack Lethbridge 808
Conservative Roman Kowalski 792
Conservative Timothy S.K. Yeo 730
Socialist Unity Kathryn Adams 110
Socialist Unity Michael P. Simpson 97
National Front Harold A. Farey 44
National Front John J. Taylor 40
National Front William Hall 34
Registered electors 5,207
Turnout   37.4
Labour hold
Conservative gain from Labour
Labour hold

Holloway

Holloway (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Patrick E. Haynes* 1,065
Labour William J.D. Moroney* 1,021
Labour Edward Holroyd-Doveton* 983
Conservative Anne V. Bradley 575
Conservative William H. Giles 573
Conservative Merryl S. Cave 545
National Front Sidney A. Chaney 146
National Front George W. Gilder 134
National Front Shaun P. Bowdidge 123
Registered electors 6,019
Turnout   33.5
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour loss (seat eliminated)

Junction

Junction (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Christopher M.B. King 1,504
Labour Catherine D. Kaplinsky 1,439
Labour Mark S.B. Van de Weyer* 1,402
Conservative David J. Nicholson 1,088
Conservative Jonathan Sayeed 986
Conservative Michael D.X. Portillo 980
National Front Clifford NF Baker 97
National Front Anthony J. Hedge 97
National Front Ian Binnie 96
Registered electors 6,428
Turnout   44.2
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour loss (seat eliminated)

Mildmay

Mildmay (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Marjorie A. Ogilvy-Webb 1,489
Labour Jane L. Streather 1,442
Labour Valerie A. Veness 1,383
Conservative Anne Felton-Gerber 1,037
Conservative Elizabeth M. Carlson 1,032
Conservative James A. Rooke 989
Independent Terence B. Hernstead 210
National Front Sandra McKenzie 209
National Front Alan B. Butler 202
National Front Derek J. McGranaghan 202
Independent Lawrence O'Shea 182
Independent John C. Score 165
Liberal Raymond C. James 150
Liberal Jannette Dawson 147
Liberal Peter Murphy 134
Communist William J. Norris 76
Registered electors 8,467
Turnout   46.9
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour loss (seat eliminated)

Quadrant

Quadrant (2)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Anthony J. Mooney 1,179
Labour Janet B. Gibson 1,149
Conservative Arthur H.S. Hull 901
Conservative Marion J. Pike 872
National Front David F. Hammond 190
National Front Gordon W. Strange 157
Registered electors 5,764
Turnout   43.0
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour loss (seat eliminated)
Labour loss (seat eliminated)

St George's

St George's (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour David J. Davies* 1,199
Labour Gerrard F. Flynn 1,182
Labour Philomena Kershaw 1,169
Conservative Kenneth E.J. Graham 1,104
Conservative Albert V. Hiam 1,030
Conservative Edmund N.T. Tickell 1,005
Communist Angela Mason 212
National Front Andrew Desmond 135
National Front Terry List 112
National Front Thomas Pollard 99
Registered electors 7,291
Turnout   37.5
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

St Mary

St Mary (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Alan Pedrick 1,027
Labour Donald B. Hoodless* 990
Labour Ian S. Wilson 981
Conservative Alistair R. Goobey 823
Conservative Christopher C. McCann 772
Conservative Michael A. Kuhn 744
Communist Marie Betteridge 196
National Front Richard B. Hughes 161
National Front Richard J. Tiley 123
National Front Alfred J. Aldris 119
Liberal Alison J. Norman 119
Liberal Ronald E. Sanderson 87
Registered electors 6,017
Turnout   37.7
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

St Peter

St Peter (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Anne L. Page* 1,188
Labour Christopher J. Pryce 1,063
Labour Martin P. Reynolds* 1,014
Conservative Francis M. Haddon-Cave 958
Conservative Rupert M. Stephenson 955
Conservative Marten G. Tasker 947
Liberal William A.A. Bearnish 160
Liberal Norma Heigham 158
National Front David Faulkner 153
National Front Leonard Dark 147
National Front David Tedder 141
Communist Edward C. Archer 107
Registered electors 7,228
Turnout   36.7
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Sussex

Sussex (2)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Ellen M. Brosnan 887
Labour Co-op Henry J. Reid 781
Conservative Anthony B. Anderson 381
Conservative Nigel M. Cumber 354
National Front Ian J. Macarthur 70
National Front Graham P. Southern 51
Registered electors 3,757
Turnout   38.4
Labour win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)

Thornhill

Thornhill (2)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Margaret Pitt 777
Labour Margaret Watson 736
Conservative Terence P. Kelly 521
Conservative Marina Y. Oliver 500
Independent Frederick Johns 388
Independent Timothy F. Finch 334
Independent Richard D. Gilbey 36
Registered electors 4,289
Turnout   42.2
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour loss (seat eliminated)

Tollington

Tollington (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Arthur G. Smith 1,027
Labour Co-op Andrew Carty 1,023
Labour Rose L. Evans 989
Conservative Edward F. Bull 455
Conservative Martyn D.M. Berkin 434
Conservative Abdul A. Siddiqui 392
National Front Frederick Shepherd 100
Socialist Unity Diana Udall 97
National Front Keith Squire 83
Socialist Unity Adrian E. Yeeles 79
National Front Mark Squire 77
Registered electors 5,931
Turnout   31.4
Labour win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "London Borough Council Elections - 4 May 1987" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. pp. 51–53, 126–127. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "London Borough of Islington Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk. Plymouth University. pp. 8–9. Retrieved 24 November 2023.


Categories