1978 Barnet London Borough Council election

1978 local election in England

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4 May 1978

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All 60 seats to Barnet London Borough Council
31 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

43.6%

	First party	Second party	Third party

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.

Election result

Overall turnout in the election was 43.6%.

Barnet Local Election Result 1978
	Seats	Seats %	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)
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
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

"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.
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.
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.
"London Borough Council Elections 6 May 1982" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 25 February 2015.

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