1982 Islington London Borough Council election
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All 52 council seats
27 seats needed for a majority
Registered120,076
Turnout40.1%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Lab Labour Co-op Alliance
Last election 35 seats, 1 seat, New party
Seats before 32 0 14
Seats after 41 10 1
Seat change Increase 9 Increase 10 Decrease 13
Popular vote 48,767 10,358 25,714
Percentage 42.47% 9.02% 22.39%
  Fourth party
 
Party Con
Last election 1 seat,
Seats before 1
Seats after 0
Seat change Decrease 1
Popular vote 27,947
Percentage 24.34%
Council control before election

Labour

 Council control after election

Labour

The 1982 Islington Council election took place on 6 May 1982 to elect members of Islington London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party regained overall control of the council from the Social Democratic Party.[1]

Background

Composition of the council just before the 1982 election

In March 1981 the SDP was founded. In May 1981 Donald Hoodless became the new Labour Leader and council leader. In September 1981, following the resignation of a Labour councillor, the SDP gained a council seat in Hillarton ward. In December 1981 over half of the Labour group on the council resigned the Labour whip and joined the SDP. This gave the SDP a majority of seats and their leader, Jim Evans, became the new council leader. Divisions within the SDP saw the emergence of a separate Social Democrat group that included four sitting SDP councillors. This group stood in the 1982 elections in opposition to official SDP candidates.

Election result


1982 Islington Council election
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 41 15 6 Increase 9 78.85 42.47 48,767
  Labour Co-op 10 10 0 Increase 10 19.23 9.02 10,358
  Alliance 1 0 13 Decrease 13 1.92 22.39 25,714
  Conservative 0 0 1 Decrease 1 0.00 24.34 27,947
  Social Democrat 0 0 5 Decrease 4 0.00 1.17 1,342
  National Front 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.23 268
  Communist 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.21 239
  Independent SDP 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.10 111
  Workers Revolutionary 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.05 61
  Save London Action Group 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.02 18
Total 52 114,825

Ward results

(*) - Indicates incumbent councillors standing for re-election [2]

Barnsbury

Barnsbury (3)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Alexander J Farrell* 1,637 56.2
Labour Christopher Robert Smith* 1,630
Labour Margaret Eve Hodge 1,618
Alliance James Lawrie 733 25.1
Alliance Anna M M Beaumont 701
Alliance Antony J Martin 682
Conservative John D E Gallagher 544 18.7
Conservative Simon Melhuish-Hancock 476
Conservative David J Wedgwood 462
Registered electors 6,745
Turnout 45.5
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Bunhill

Bunhill (3)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Kenneth D. Banham 936 40.06
Labour Terence J. Herbert 905
Labour Christopher T.A. Calnan 905
Conservative Arthur H S Hull 778 32.79
Conservative Patricia M Robertson 758
Conservative John G Watson 711
Alliance Christie Payne* 595 24.56
Alliance George A.W. Ives* 560
Alliance Joseph R. Trotter 528
National Front John Hawkesworth 84 2.58
National Front George Wilson 50
National Front Gordon W Strange 44
Registered electors 6,838
Turnout 37.3
Labour gain from Alliance
Labour hold
Labour gain from Alliance

Canonbury East

Canonbury East (2)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour James R Franklin 749 40.70
Labour Gordon D Young 687
Alliance Christopher M. P. Huhne 464 24.32
Alliance William Moroney 394
Conservative Robin J. Cave 357 19.05
Conservative Alan J.M. Reese 314
Social Democrat Ernest J.W. Bayliss* 292 14.91
Social Democrat Sybil P. James* 233
Save London Action Group Paul D. Jenkins 18 1.02
Registered electors 5,037
Turnout 38.6
Labour gain from Social Democrat
Labour gain from Social Democrat

Canonbury West

Canonbury West (2)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Rosemary A. Nicholson 1,026 32.68
Labour Co-op Joseph W.H. Simpson 844 26.88
Conservative Margaret D. Reese 691 21.82
Conservative Alan N. Spinney 679
Alliance James S. Knight 430 13.09
Alliance Ralph F.W. Skilbeck 391
Social Democrat Frederick Johns 176 5.54
Social Democrat Audrey Bayliss* 171
Registered electors 4,884
Turnout 49.5
Labour gain from Social Democrat
Labour Co-op gain from Social Democrat

Clerkenwell

Clerkenwell (3)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Anne Green 874 36.33
Labour Margaret L. Oliver 864
Alliance David Hyams* 823 31.56
Labour Nikolaos Barstow 822
Conservative Donald W. Bromfield 778 29.51
Alliance Gerald D. Southgate* 701
Alliance Doris K.A. Rogers* 700
Conservative Reginald H. Brown 675
Conservative Arthur C.J. Bush 625
Workers Revolutionary Richard Price 61 2.60
Registered electors 7,068
Turnout 35.8
Labour gain from Alliance
Labour gain from Alliance
Alliance hold

Gillespie

Gillespie (2)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Eric W Brown 878 57.42
Labour Carol O'Brien* 869
Conservative Andrew J.B. Mitchell 389 24.57
Conservative Ann Comninos 358
Alliance Anna Berent 286 18.00
Alliance Vernon Joynson 261
Registered electors 4,178
Turnout 41.0
Labour hold
Labour hold

Highbury

Highbury (3)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Peter A Broadbent 1,407 35.18
Labour Smarajit Roy 1,309
Labour Co-op Derek Hines 1,308 33.89
Conservative Simon R. Matthews 673 16.50
Conservative Jennifer Moody 631
Alliance Margot Joan Dunn 626 14.43
Conservative James A. Rooke 608
Alliance David A. Howell 546
Alliance James Picton 498
Registered electors 6,706
Turnout 41.5
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour Co-op gain from Labour

Highview

Highview (2)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Bob Crossman 891 61.85
Labour Maureen Leigh 856
Alliance James C Evans* 328 22.72
Alliance John D. Barnes 314
Conservative George F. Benham 245 15.43
Conservative Max L.L. Termeer 190
Registered electors 3,889
Turnout 40.5
Labour gain from Alliance
Labour hold

Hillmarton

Hillmarton (2)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Arthur L. Bell* 1,162 60.66
Labour Peter C. Powell 1,000
Conservative Lucia G. Chrisodouldes 438 20.37
Alliance Tim Johnson 438 15.94
Alliance Kevin O'Keefe*[3] 414
Conservative Roy P.C. Taft 288
Communist Mark W. Page 54 3.03
Registered electors 5,204
Turnout 43.5
Labour hold
Labour gain from Alliance

Hillrise

Hillrise (3)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Alan M. Clinton 1,426
Labour Co-op Milton K. Babulall 1,254
Labour William J. Sillett 1,220
Conservative Kenneth E.J. Graham 676
Conservative Michael J. Peters 653
Conservative Paul R. Ostway 635
Alliance Donald R.D. Hutchinson 512
Alliance Lize Evans 496
Alliance Efimia M. Marinos 443
Registered electors 6,451
Turnout 43.5
Labour hold
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative
Labour hold

Holloway

Holloway (3)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Edward M Holroyd-Doveton* 1,083 56.67
Labour Rosemary Dale 1,081
Labour David L Yorath 971
Conservative William H. Giles 431 20.77
Alliance Patrick McCann 408 20.12
Conservative Mark A.H. Rittner 369
Alliance John Dipre 354
Alliance Jeffrey J. Littman 352
Conservative Gail M. Ansel-Lilley 349
National Front Alan B. Butler 53 2.44
National Front Harry Fenton 37
Registered electors 6,862
Turnout 31.5
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Junction

Junction (3)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Maurice J. Barnes 1,450 36.11
Labour Co-op Taha T Karim 1,376 33.13
Labour Co-op Derek A. Sawyer 1,283
Conservative Timothy R. Devlin 728 17.56
Conservative Kingsley G. Manning 712
Conservative David J. Nicholson 675
Alliance Mary McCann 558 13.20
Alliance Roy Albert James Lincoln 517
Alliance Patrick Sheeran 516
Registered electors 6,341
Turnout 44.7
Labour hold
Labour Co-op gain from Labour
Labour Co-op gain from Labour

Mildmay

Mildmay (3)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Patrick E. Haynes 1,579 36.39
Labour Marjorie A Ogilvy-Webb* 1,566
Labour Co-op Valerie A Veness* 1,354 31.32
Conservative Leonard A. Hatcher 761 17.23
Conservative Richard F. Hewitt 754
Conservative Stanley W. Morris 719
Alliance Stephen R. Hatch 591 13.44
Alliance Zara D. Tracy 586
Alliance Raymond C. James 568
Communist William J. Norris 70 1.62
Registered electors 8,445
Turnout 38.0
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour Co-op gain from Labour

Quadrant

Quadrant (2)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour David G.S. Rees 1,085 33.65
Labour Co-op Keith R. Veness 922 28.60
Conservative Nicholas B. Baile 599 18.02
Alliance Valerie M. Iles 592 17.90
Conservative Merryl S. Cave 562
Alliance Mary I Campbell 561
Social Democrat Charles V. Connell 60 1.83
Social Democrat Carole M. Murphy 57
Registered electors 5,494
Turnout 44.0
Labour hold
Labour Co-op gain from Labour

St George's

St George's (3)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Patricia J. Longman 1,401 51.83
Labour Sandra Marks 1,388
Labour Victor I. McGeer 1,329
Conservative Albert V. Hiam 638 23.56
Conservative Kenneth Hynes 629
Conservative Sally Mustoe 606
Alliance David J. Davies* 442 15.82
Alliance Michele Byam 415
Alliance Piers M. Herbert 399
Social Democrat Gerard F. Flynn* 122 4.45
Social Democrat Elizabeth Barry 118
Communist Angela M. Mason 115 4.34
Social Democrat Hugh F. Flynn 113
Registered electors 7,525
Turnout 37.3
Labour gain from Alliance
Labour gain from Social Democrat
Labour hold

St Mary

St Mary (3)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour George R. Hayes 890 45.23
Labour Barbara Rogers 825
Labour Mohammad A.K. Khan 791
Conservative Alistair R. Goobey 605 32.39
Conservative Neil David Kerr 601
Conservative Edmund T.L. Holden 587
Alliance Alan Pedrick* 451 22.37
Alliance Evelyn H. Jacomb 430
Alliance Niranjan S. Mukherjee 358
Registered electors 5,529
Turnout 37.5
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour gain from Alliance

St Peter

St Peter (3)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Anne L. Page* 1,069 42.52
Labour Paul N. Mullin 979
Labour John A. Worker 929
Alliance Christopher J. Price* 711 28.76
Conservative John L.K. Eden 702
Conservative Sarah G.M.R. Goobey 655
Alliance Robert N.W. Oakeshott 653 28.72
Conservative Hugo H.F. Summerson 652
Alliance Diana M.S. Simpkins 648
Registered electors 7,137
Turnout 37.1
Labour hold
Labour gain from Alliance
Labour hold

Sussex

Sussex (2)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Co-op Jan Whelan 1,012 64.19
Labour Co-op Ian S. Wilson 1,005
Alliance Ellen M. Brosnan* 399 23.60
Alliance Henry J Reid* 342
Conservative Nigel V.A. Shervey 270 12.21
Conservative Elizabeth M. Stephens 244
Conservative Phillips A. Langton 62
Registered electors 4,236
Turnout 44.3
Labour Co-op gain from Alliance
Labour Co-op gain from Alliance

Thornhill

Thornhill (2)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Charles H. Chapman 882 59.25
Labour Sally E.A. Gilbert 815
Conservative Terence P. Kelly 293 19.40
Conservative Marina Y. Oliver 263
Alliance Particia M. Peel 255 17.45
Alliance Valerie M. Bolitho 244
Independent SDP Alan Ernest Lomas 61 3.91
Independent SDP Valerie Lomas 50
Registered electors 4,570
Turnout 35.0
Labour hold
Labour hold

Tollington

Tollington (3)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour David Aitchison 1,701 41.88
Labour Kathleen Bundred 1,699
Labour Co-op Christopher M. Bromley 1,583 39.00
Alliance Andrew Carty* 507 12.15
Alliance Arthur G. Smith* 490
Alliance Kathleen Carty 483
Conservative Edward F. Bull 377 6.97
Conservative Abdul A. Siddiqui 247
Conservative Feeroz J. Siddiqui 225
Registered electors 6,937
Turnout 40.8
Labour gain from Alliance
Labour gain from Alliance
Labour Co-op gain from Labour

References

  1. ^ "London Borough Council Elections 6 May 1982" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  2. ^ https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Islington-1964-2010.pdf
  3. ^ Became incumbent in a 1981 by-election called following the resignation of Cllr. Crispin R. St Hill


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