1982 Bromley London Borough Council election

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The 1982 Bromley Council election took place on 6 May 1982 to elect members of Bromley 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

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Election result

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Ward results

Beckenham

Anerley (2)
	test	Votes	%
SDP	Christopher Richard Gaster*	1,365	40.9
SDP	Paul H Brown*	1,341
Labour	Ian M Haig	1,063	31.9
Labour	Dominic P Herlihy
Conservative	Roland Lees	907	27.2
Conservative	Albert George Miles

Clock House (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David J Harding*	1,831	44.6
	Conservative	Terence Stanley*	1,719
	SDP	Olga L Roberts	1,424	34.7	+18.4
	Liberal	Stephen J Marshall
	Labour	Bryan Edwin Freake	1,461	20.7	−14.6
	Labour	David N P Radlett
Majority				9.9	+1.2
Turnout				50.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Copers Cope (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John L Pritchard*		57.8	−16.8
	Conservative	Charles George Priest*
	SDP	Laurence J Cox		21.3	+10.1
	Liberal	William Alan Macdonald MacCormick
	Ind. Conservative	Christopher John Elgar		12.7	n/a
	Labour	Ann M Silverman		8.2	−6.0
	Labour	Eric H Turner
Majority				36.5	−23.9
Turnout				45.1	+5.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Eden Park (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Francis J D Cooke*		58.5	−7.4
	Conservative	Peter F Dixon*
	Liberal	Christine Oakenfull		32.4	+15.2
	Liberal	Derek G Brent
	Labour	Wendy C Palace		9.0	−7.9
	Labour	Brian Stapleton
Majority				26.1	−22.7
Turnout				50.1	+4.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kelsey Park (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael John B Tickner*		74.1	−4.0
	Conservative	Maurice J Mason*
	Liberal	Paul David Nash		20.3	+6.4
	SDP	Andrew F Clyro
	Labour	Philip Cooke		5.6	−2.4
	Labour	Finola M Dignan
Majority				53.8	−4.4
Turnout				50.9	+5.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lawrie Park & Kent House (2)
	Candidate	%	±%
Conservative	Richard D. Foister*	51.3	−5.6
Conservative	John Arthur M. Lewis*
SDP	Bryan C Friend	25.1	+18.4
SDP	Geoffrey P Farrington
Labour	Laurence R Pocock	23.7	−12.6
Labour	Derek K Robbins

Penge (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Heather Isabel Donovan	940	36.0	+30.2
	Labour	Arthur J Mansfield*	911	34.9	−16.6
	Liberal	Jonathan R Coninx	906
	Labour	Barbara Pedley*	902
	Conservative	Robert G Straker	761	29.1	−4.2
	Conservative	Rita Horowitz	725
Majority				1.1	19.2
Turnout				38.9
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing	+9.6

Shortlands (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bernard E G Davies*	2,818	75.0	−7.2
	Conservative	Brian R Reading*
	SDP	Graham R F Till	733	19.5	+10.9
	Liberal	Melanie L Worman
	Labour	Pauline M Jones	204	5.4	−3.8
	Labour	Jonathan A M Patterson
Majority				55.5
Turnout				51.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chislehurst

Bickley (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maurice Bentley Kenward*		76.9	−10.0
	Conservative	Margaret Doreen Moir
	Conservative	Simon J C Randall*
	SDP	Colin T Hawksworth		25.8	+15.2
	Liberal	Ervin G Muller
	Liberal	Stephen G Trimmer
	Labour	Gwendoline I Mansfield		7.3	−5.2
	Labour	Paul W Francis
	Labour	Harry J Belsey
Majority				41.2	−23.2
Turnout				50.9	+5.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	-11.6

Chislehurst (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joan Bryant*		72.1	−3.4
	Conservative	Edward A J Rayner
	Conservative	Charles Christopher Seward Reeves*
	SDP	Muriel A Letman		18.1	+9.0
	Liberal	John P Hassall
	Liberal	Stephen R Walls
	Labour	Edgar C H Smith		9.9	−5.5
	Labour	Martyn G Jenkins
	Labour	Ralph E Hunte
Majority				54.0	−6.2
Turnout				49.8	−0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mottingham (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alistair Huistean Macdonald*		45.7	−18.3
	Labour	Elizabeth A Vincent
	Conservative	Amanda J Hunt		30.2	+1.9
	Conservative	Martin Tweed
	Liberal	Brian Harry Taylor		24.1	+20.1
	SDP	Peter H Anderson
Majority				15.5	−20.2
Turnout				44.1	−6.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-10.1

Plaistow & Sundridge (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard B Jackson*		59.5	−0.3
	Conservative	Dorothy Joan Laird*
	Conservative	Arthur J Wilkinson*
	Liberal	Michael F Deves		26.4	+17.1
	SDP	Ian G Anderson
	Liberal	David C Pike
	Labour	Geoffrey C Whitlow		14.1	−16.8
	Labour	Peter R Haswell
	Labour	Nicholas Anthony Wright
Majority				33.1	+4.1
Turnout				45.5	+1.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.0

St Paul's Cray (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Walter K Mansfield*		40.1	−21.7
	Conservative	Gladys P Hobbs	1,547	36.0	+4.1
	Labour	Selwyn H Ward	1,528
	Labour	Ronald William Huzzard	1,518
	Conservative	Dennis E Kershaw	1,508
	Conservative	Albert E Stayte	1,493
	SDP	Sylvia Conway		23.9	+17.6
	SDP	John M Barber
	Liberal	Peter Alan Janikoun
Majority				29.9	−25.8
Turnout				38.0	−1.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+12.9

Orpington

Chelsfield & Goddington (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael A Lowe		55.7	−11.7
	Conservative	Reginald G Adams*
	Conservative	Joseph T Heath*
	Liberal	Patrick McNally		38.4	+17.5
	Liberal	John C A Sachs
	Liberal	Sidney C O Langford
	Labour	Linda T Tyler		6.0	−5.7
	Labour	Ronald G D'Olley
	Labour	Leonard David Hall
Majority				17.3	−29.1
Turnout				54.9	+4.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	-14.5

Crofton (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Martin Bonter		61.0	−6.2
	Conservative	Peter Sturdy
	SDP	Peter J B Paul		33.5	+10.6
	Liberal	Harry Anthony Silvester
	Labour	John Fowler		5.5	−4.4
	Labour	Magali P Williamson
Majority				33.5	−16.8
Turnout				55.4	+2.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	-8.4

Farnborough (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Norman Goodman*		76.9	−5.1
	Conservative	Jennifer Mary Hillier*
	Liberal	Terence Frank Clark		23.4	+11.5
	Liberal	Roy T Hawkins
	Labour	Geoffrey J Ball		4.8	−6.4
	Labour	Catherine M Hossack
Majority				48.4	−16.6
Turnout				50.5	−0.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	-8.4

Orpington Central (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael A Minter*		50.0
	Conservative	David Malcolm Dear
	Liberal	Christopher Stewart Maines		39.1	+16.9
	SDP	Michael Sullivan
	Labour	Simon D Gale		12.8	−15.0
	Labour	Nigel Williamson
Majority				8.9	−13.2
Turnout				49.6	+4.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	-6.6

Petts Wood & Knoll (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joan Hatcher*		68.6	−22.4
	Conservative	Michael J Edwards
	Conservative	Brian V Atkinson*
	Ind. Conservative	Peter Charles Woods		30.4	n/a
	SDP	Beatrice W Hedley		19.3	−1.9
	Liberal	Graham Leslie Arthur
	Liberal	Irene R Hinchcliffe
	Labour	Jeffrey R Bartley		4.1	−6.1
	Labour	Marcus R Shellard
	Labour	Peter John Tozer
Majority				15.8	−31.6
Turnout				53.6	−0.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	-15.8

St Mary Cray (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harry R Stranger		39.0	−3.4
	Conservative	Norman F Mingay
	Conservative	Bruce G Panes	1,831
	Labour	Doris Partridge*	1,673	33.3	−
	Labour	Keith R Morton*
	Labour	Martin E Synan
	Liberal	James C Loveday		27.6	+19.1
	Liberal	John W Hand
	SDP	David C Churney
Majority				6.7	12.4
Turnout				44.5	+2.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+6.2

Ravensbourne

Biggin Hill (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David W Hanscomb*		59.7	−4.0
	Conservative	David Robert Haslam*
	Liberal	Malcolm Bruce Westbrook		32.3	+13.9
	Liberal	Geoffrey Colin Gostt
	Labour	Alison N Sheldrake		8.0	−9.9
	Labour	Mairede C Thomas
Majority				27.4	−17.8
Turnout				52.1	+3.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	-8.9

Bromley Common & Keston (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin R English		53.2	−2.1
	Conservative	Raymond L Ainsby*
	Conservative	Russell Lawrence Mellor*
	Liberal	Robert H Smith		25.1	+18.7
	Liberal	Martin Alan Curry
	SDP	Catherine Mary Boston
	Labour	Naomi V Carter		21.7	−12.8
	Labour	Mark Cole
	Labour	Rodger A Macpherson
Majority				28.1	+7.2
Turnout				41.5	−0.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.6

Darwin (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter John Bloomfield		67.6	−6.3
	Liberal	Derek J Goldsmith		25.8	+10.7
	Labour	John R Willman		6.7	−4.3
Majority				41.8	−17.0
Turnout				56.6	+3.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	-8.5

Hayes (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ernest Dennis Barkway*		64.9	−9.7
	Conservative	Philip Geoffrey Jones*
	Conservative	James F David*
	Liberal	William Ivor Shipley		28.0	+16.3
	Liberal	Ronald Coverson
	SDP	Anne Wendy Chaplin
	Labour	Julian R Smith		7.1	−6.6
	Labour	Stephen J Robert
	Labour	Charles J Wallace
Majority				36.9	−24.0
Turnout				44.3	+3.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	-12.0

Martins Hill & Town (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William F D Walker*		53.5	−11.0
	Conservative	Anthony Millar Wilkinson*
	Liberal	Jennifer M Hawke		34.4	+24.2
	SDP	David B Hunt
	Labour	Susan L Dudding		12.1	−13.1
	Labour	Alan M Pickering
Majority				19.0	−20.3
Turnout				43.4	+6.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	-10.1

West Wickham North (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Montague I Blasey*		67.8	−9.8
	Conservative	Percy C Read*
	Liberal	John Raymond Maydwell		24.3	+14.8
	SDP	Phyllis S Vickers
	Labour	Desmond P Atkinson		7.9	−5.0
	Labour	Hugh P Atkinson
Majority				43.5	−21.2
Turnout				48.3	+3.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	-10.6

West Wickham South (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth V Crask*		70.4	−4.6
	Conservative	Leslie G Whitman*
	SDP	Richard Henry Redden		23.8	+15.6
	Liberal	Gordon J Stephens
	Labour	Richard Richards		5.8	−11.0
	Labour	Gordon D Wright
Majority				46.6	−11.5
Turnout				48.3	+1.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	-5.7

References

"London Borough Council Elections 6 May 1982" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 29 March 2015.

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