1978 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election

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4 May 1978

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All 50 council seats of the Tower Hamlets London Borough Council
26 seats needed for a majority

Council control before election

Subsequent council control

Elections to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council were held on 4 May 1978. Following boundary changes, the whole council was up for election. Turnout was 28.3%.

Election result

Tower Hamlets Local Election Result 1978^[1]
	Seats	Votes %
Labour	43	64.3
Liberal	7	10.8
Conservative	0	9.5

Ward results

^[2]

Blackwall

Blackwall (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Daniel Kelly	742
	Labour	Arthur Sanders	663
	Conservative	Lindsey Rowley	151
	Conservative	Selwyn Williams	132
	National Front	George Davis	108
	National Front	Beverley Matthews	97
Majority
Turnout			4,947	20.9

Bow

Bow (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Peter Gray	656
	Liberal	Ronald Lebar	635
	Liberal	Gwendoline Lee	632
	Labour	Thomas Crudgington	560
	Labour	Hetty Hawksbee	553
	Labour	Deirdre Wood	525
	Conservative	John Livingstone	129
	Conservative	Linda Archibald	111
	Conservative	Tania Mason	108
	National Front	Richard Cribb	99
	National Front	Albert Buttery	98
	National Front	Ernest Bale	88
Majority
Turnout			4,568	33.7

Bromley

Bromley (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	William Guy	1,129
	Labour	Arthur Downes	1,119
	Labour	James Morris	1,055
	Conservative	Malcolm Goldberg	275
	Conservative	Doris Young	229
	National Front	Kevin Jones	177
	National Front	Stanley Muzzlewhite	149
	National Front	Tina Rowe	141
Majority
Turnout			6,166	27.3

East India

East India (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Paul Beasley	1,032
	Labour	Patricia Thompson	989
	National Front	Iris Berry	191
	Conservative	Raymond Hatter	185
	National Front	Raymond Underwood	152
Majority
Turnout			5,012	30.1

Grove

Grove (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Eric Flounders	933
	Liberal	Irene Seabrook	850
	Labour	James Brooke	584
	Labour	Albert Snooks	554
	Conservative	Caroline Evans	141
	National Front	Edwin Smith	90
	National Front	James Buttery	89
Majority
Turnout			4,451	39.5

Holy Trinity

Holy Trinity (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joseph O'Connor	1,051
	Labour	George Negus	1,036
	Labour	George Wall	974
	Conservative	Barbara Perrott	351
	Conservative	William McCrossan	336
	National Front	Irene Underwood	254
	National Front	Michael Rowe	230
	National Front	George Williams	207
Majority
Turnout			6,819	25.8

Lansbury

Lansbury (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	George Desmond	1,120
	Labour	Alfred Hegarty	1,080
	Labour	Reginald Beer	1,078
	Conservative	Herbert Cook	283
	Conservative	Edith Goymer	260
	National Front	Stephen Colville	225
	National Front	Margaret Rowe	199
Majority
Turnout			6,295	27.4

Limehouse

Limehouse (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Riley	1,101
	Labour	John O'Neill	1,093
	Labour	Dennis Twomey	1,003
	Conservative	Terence Poole	285
	National Front	Victor Clark	221
	National Front	John Tear	200
	National Front	Terence Rowe	191
	Communist	Anita Halpin	93
Majority
Turnout			7,147	24.0

Millwall

Millwall (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Allen	1,116
	Labour	William Kilgour	979
	Labour	William Hickin	963
	Conservative	Kenneth Hollands	297
	National Front	Kevin Griffin	236
	National Front	Peter Edwards	224
	National Front	Donald Williams	170
Turnout			7,144	24.4

Park

Park (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Brian Williams	1,174
	Liberal	Brenda Collins	1,117
	Labour	Thomas Beningfield	399
	Labour	Edmund Winterflood	357
	National Front	Thomas Matthews	128
	National Front	Rosina Muzzlewhite	122
Majority
Turnout			4,638	38.6

Redcoat

Redcoat (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Matthew Durrell	958
	Labour	George Chaney	950
	Conservative	Mary Firmin	315
	National Front	Terence Godden	144
	National Front	Mary Matthews	125
	Communist	Daniel Lyons	72
Majority
Turnout			5,338	28.6

St Dunstan's

St Dunstan's (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Arthur Dorrell	1,087
	Labour	Benjamin Holmes	1,060
	Labour	Emmanuel Penner	980
	Conservative	Janet Beater	360
	National Front	Robert Bargery	200
	National Front	Sylvia Bale	163
	Communist	Frank Whipple	117
	Workers Revolutionary	Bridget Leach	98
Majority
Turnout			6,698	27.0

St James'

St James' (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	George Browne	691
	Labour	Hannah Morsman	660
	Conservative	Ernest Hartley	301
	Conservative	Elizabeth Hartley	295
	National Front	Peter Beresford	233
	National Front	Frederick Nail	228
Majority
Turnout			4,922	26.6

St Katharine's

St Katharine's (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Robert McFarlane	1,001
	Labour	Gerald Simons	955
	Labour	Rachel Perkins	952
	East London People's Alliance	Maureen Davies	307
	East London People's Alliance	Michael Jempson	287
	Conservative	John Ranelagh	243
	Communist	Kevin Halpin	142
	National Front	John Muzzlewhite	108
	Independent Liberal	Peter Lear	98
Majority
Turnout			6,166	27.8

St Mary's

St Mary's (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Robert Ashkettle	1,083
	Labour	Barnett Saunders	1,027
	Conservative	Brenda Epstein	378
	Communist	Max Levitas	313
	Conservative	Edna Hill	251
	National Front	John Gibbons	56
	National Front	Terence Jellis	52
Majority
Turnout			5,351	31.7

St Peter's

St Peter's (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Albert Jacob	1,109
	Labour	Beatrice Orwell	1,063
	Labour	Edwin Walker	1,050
	Conservative	Patrick Holmes	431
	National Front	Albert Mariner	401
	National Front	George Newman	376
	Communist	Hugh McAlpine	121
Majority
Turnout			7,809	25.3

Shadwell

Shadwell (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Charles Mudd	1,101
	Labour	Eva Armsby	1,094
	Labour	Jeremiah Long	1,038
	East London People's Alliance	John Quarrell	287
	Conservative	Anthony Spiterie	266
	Conservative	Alan Minnerthey	254
	National Front	Thomas Underwood	155
	Limehouse and Ratcliffe Road Action Group	Christopher Idle	149
	Limehouse and Ratcliffe Road Action Group	John Chesshyre	146
	Communist	Albert Common	92
Majority
Turnout			6,059	30.9

Spitalfields

Spitalfields (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	William Harris	950
	Labour	Annie Elboz	941
	Labour	Geoffrey White	835
	Socialist Unity	Hilda Kean	377
	Socialist Workers	Colin Knowles	325
	Socialist Unity	Dave Lawrence	318
	Conservative	William Dove	163
	East London People's Alliance	John Fresco	145
	East London People's Alliance	Phyllis Barber	125
	National Front	Albert Bennett	87
Majority
Turnout			6,273	28.5

Weavers

Weavers (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lillian Crook	748
	Labour	Charles Main	735
	Labour	Arthur Praag	690
	Liberal	Paul Robbins	573
	Liberal	Carol McLeod	555
	Liberal	Henry Stallman	510
	Conservative	Jonathan Fairhurst	231
	National Front	Roy Newman	216
	National Front	Terence Courtney	214
	National Front	Brian Gilbert	213
Majority
Turnout			6,609	28.5

References

^ London Borough Council Elections, 4 May 1978. London: Director-General's Office, Greater London Council. 1978.
^ London Borough Council Elections, 4 May 1978. London: Director-General's Office, Greater London Council. 1978.

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