1978 Lewisham London Borough Council election

1978 local election in England, UK

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The 1978 Lewisham London Borough Council election for the Lewisham London Borough Council was held in May 1978. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 38.6%.

Election result

Lewisham Local Election Result 1978
	Seats	Seats %	Votes %
Labour	44		49.1
Conservative	23		44.5
Liberal	0	0.0	1.8

Ward results

Bellingham (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ronald S J Burlison	1,911	72.3
	Labour	Roger D. Godsiff	1,727
	Conservative	Mark J. Boleat	733	27.7
	Conservative	Alistair J. Skelsey	696
Total votes				41.6
Registered electors			6,735
	Labour win (new seat)

Blackheath (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Geoffrey Barrass	1,065	48.2
	Labour	James P. Dowd	1,045
	Conservative	Ms Irene E. Farrell	1,021	46.2
	Conservative	Theodore E. Farrell	1,019
	Liberal	Ms Jane E. Southall	125	5.7
	Liberal	Dennis R. Staley	102
Total votes				46.7
Registered electors			4,982
	Labour win (new seat)

Blythe Hill (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ms Shirley K. Cannon	1,468	59.9
	Conservative	Richard Evans	1,456
	Labour	Ms Clara L. Cole	981	40.1
	Labour	Christopher J. Leeds	930
Total votes				48.8
Registered electors			5,294
	Conservative win (new seat)

Catford (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ms Margaret King	1,996	70.3
	Conservative	Godfrey S. Agar	1,950
	Labour	Ernest T. Trott	842	29.7
	Labour	Balachandren M. Granapragasam	777
Total votes				48.1
Registered electors			6,305
	Conservative win (new seat)

Churchdown (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Charles Henry	1,880	59.4
	Labour	Ms Daisy Hurren	1,694
	Labour	James R. Hurren	1,645
	Conservative	Terence J R. Macartney	1,086	34.3
	Conservative	Christopher B. Chuter	1,044
	Conservative	Frederick J. Waghorn	1,019
	National Front	Stephen P. Greene	200	6.3
	National Front	Ms Kathleen Ubsdell	160
	National Front	Peter Ubsdell	148
Total votes				40.3
Registered electors			8,443
	Labour win (new seat)

Crofton Park (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ms G. Elvin	1,841	50.2
	Conservative	C. Nicklin	1,805
	Conservative	D. Stone	1,774
	Labour	J. Britton	1,515	41.3
	Labour	A. Patterson	1,475
	Labour	D. Waters	1,453
	Community	N. Fierz	308	8.4
	Community	Ms K. Pullinger	267
	Community	L. Kemp	240
Total votes				44.2
Registered electors			8,732
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Downham (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Frederick A. Barrett	1,907	63.7
	Labour	Thomas I. Bradley	1,903
	Labour	Norman Smith	1,838
	Conservative	C. Aird	924	30.9
	Conservative	Ms G. Bryant	915
	Conservative	L. Hollingsworth	898
	National Front	Ms P. Burns	161	5.4
	National Front	D. Kingstree	156
	National Front	Ms M. Cole	139
Total votes				41.1
Registered electors			8,116
	Labour win (new seat)

Drake (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C. Cook	1,438	48.8
	Labour	J. Lynch	1,292
	Labour	S. Angrove	1,254
	Conservative		1,089	37.0
	Conservative		1,039
	Conservative		1,036
	Liberal	Roy J Boyd	231	7.8
	National Front		186	6.3
	National Front		178
	Liberal	Richard F Wilson	171
	National Front		168
	Liberal	Edel F Thompson	161
Total votes				35.4
Registered electors			8,668
	Labour win (new seat)

Evelyn (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. Riddell	1,711	69.7
	Labour	P. Adams	1,683
	Labour	N. Taylor	1,648
	Conservative		389	15.9
	Conservative		385
	Conservative		372
	National Front		227	9.3
	National Front		227
	National Front		200
	Liberal	Hudson M Knight	127	5.2
Total votes				37.5
Registered electors			7,178
	Labour win (new seat)

Forest Hill (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ms J. Addison	1,233	51.5
	Labour	A. Emerson	1,229
	Conservative		1,050	43.9
	Conservative		1,001
			111	4.6
			102
Total votes				50.6
Registered electors			5,040
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Grinling Gibbons (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Townsend		52.5
	Labour	R. Daltrey
	Labour	M. Profitt
	Conservative			16.9
Total votes				31.5
Registered electors			7,572
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Grove Park (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	T. Scott	1,087	50.7
	Conservative	T. Bickley	1,057	49.3
	Labour		1,034
	Conservative		1,000
Total votes				47.7
Registered electors			4,746
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hither Green (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	E. Walker		54.1
	Labour	R. Pepper
	Labour	A. Hawkins
	Conservative			40.2
	Conservative
	Conservative
	National Front			5.7
	National Front
	National Front
Total votes				43.8
Registered electors			8,374
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Horniman (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	N. Bennett		63.4
	Conservative	Ms L. Agar
	Conservative	K. Ferguson
	Labour			36.6
	Labour
	Labour
Total votes				45.6
Registered electors			8,235
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ladywell (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	E. Bickley		54.9
	Labour	W. Simson
	Labour	R. White
	Conservative			45.1
	Conservative
	Conservative
Total votes				39.8
Registered electors			7,806
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Manor Lee (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	G. James		47.2
	Labour	N. Reed
	Conservative			43.6
	Conservative
	Liberal	Timothy C Field
	Liberal	Janice I Headland
	Communist
Total votes				51.9
Registered electors			6,214
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Marlowe (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	E. Rowing		62.8
	Labour	R. Yeo
	Labour	T. Agambar
	Conservative			18.7
	Conservative
	Conservative
Total votes				30.2
Registered electors			6,910
	Labour win (new seat)

Pepys (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Perry Hill (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Rushey Green (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

St Andrew (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

St Margaret (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

St Mildred (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Sydenham East (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Sydenham West (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Whitefoot (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

References

Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (1993). Local Elections in Britain: A Statistical Digest. Plymouth: Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre.
Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Lewisham Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University.
London Borough Council Elections 4 May 1978 (PDF). London: Greater London Council. 1978. ISBN 1-85261-003-4. Retrieved 29 April 2023.

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