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1982 Southwark London Borough Council election

1982 Southwark Council election
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All council seats
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour Conservative Independent Labour
Seats won 53 8 3
Seat change Decrease3 Steady Increase3
Popular vote 23,138 15,126 1,043
Percentage 42.75% 27.95% 1.93%
Swing Decrease15.13 Decrease8.18 New
Council Control before election


Labour

Council Control


Labour

Elections to Southwark Council were held in May 1982. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 30.5%.

Election result

Southwark Local Election Result 1982[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 53 0 3 Decrease3 85.5 42.75 23,138 Decrease15.13
  Conservative 8 0 0 Steady 12.9 27.95 15,126 Decrease8.18
  Alliance 0 0 0 Steady 0 24.34 13,174 Increase20.53
  Independent Labour 3 3 0 Increase3 1.6 1.93 1,043 New
  Ind. Social Democrat 0 0 0 Steady 0 1.25 679 New
  Communist 0 0 0 Steady 0 0.75 404 Decrease0.03
  Independent 0 0 0 Steady 0 0.47 254 New
  National Front 0 0 0 Steady 0 0.44 239 Decrease0.86
  Workers Revolutionary 0 0 0 Steady 0 0.13 69 Increase0.03
Southwark Council voting history

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Johnson 775 51.3 −19.5
Labour Christine McKie 677 44.8 −22.7
Alliance (Liberal) Patricia Wright 369 24.4 N/A
Alliance (SDP) James Hughes 355 23.5 N/A
Conservative Mark Eaton 271 17.9 −4.9
Conservative Peter Martin 231 15.3 −4.7
Turnout 1,512 30.4 +1.2
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Alleyn

Alleyn (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elsie Headley 802 35.7 −5.7
Conservative Pamela Cooper** 783 34.9 −4.7
Labour Derrick Robinson 773 34.4 +0.5
Conservative Andrew Rowe 755 33.6 −3.7
Alliance (Liberal) Jean Halden 505 22.5 +8.6
Alliance (Liberal) Robert Blackwell 503 22.4 +9.2
Turnout 2,245 39.4 +1.7
Labour hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Pamela Cooper was a sitting councillor for Ruskin ward

Barset

Barset (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Cather* 877 48.3 −6.7
Labour Nicholas Snow 864 47.6 −8.6
Alliance (Liberal) Roy Nightingale 556 30.6 +25.0
Alliance (Liberal) Mark Allen 520 28.6 +23.3
Conservative Paul Roberts 281 15.5 −14.1
Conservative Robert Percival 279 15.4 −12.8
Turnout 1,817 35.9 +8.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Bellenden

Bellenden (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Judith Cliffe 1,346 40.4 −6.6
Labour Samuel King 1,291 38.8 −3.0
Labour Ann Ward* 1,269 38.1 −8.0
Conservative Gerard Fergus 1,067 32.0 −4.7
Conservative Peter Forder 1,031 31.0 −3.9
Conservative Nigel Linacre 1,007 30.2 −4.5
Alliance (Liberal) Alexander Baker 629 18.9 +11.0
Alliance (SDP) Iain Johncock 585 17.6 +9.9
Alliance (SDP) Leroy Phillips 573 17.2 +9.9
Turnout 3,330 38.3 +2.2
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Bricklayers

Bricklayers (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Bryan 776 40.6 −28.5
Labour Stephen Marsling 731 38.2 −25.3
Alliance (Liberal) Edwin Langdown 607 31.7 N/A
Alliance (SDP) Janet Machin 566 29.6 N/A
Conservative Alan Corps 312 16.3 −9.6
Conservative Noel Picarda-Kemp 252 13.2 −11.6
Ind. Social Democrat William Musgrave 198 10.4 N/A
Turnout 1,912 34.0 +5.6
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Browning

Browning (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Graeme Geddes 1,201 53.2 −8.0
Labour David Fryer 1,170 51.8 −8.9
Labour Ronald Terrett 1,146 50.8 −8.7
Conservative Stephen Payne 446 19.8 −8.7
Conservative Greta Fergus 443 19.6 −7.4
Conservative Angela Meakin 437 19.4 −5.8
Alliance (Liberal) Martin Bennett 423 18.7 N/A
Alliance (SDP) John Damer 403 17.9 N/A
Alliance (Liberal) Richard Malins 382 16.9 N/A
Turnout 2,257 29.6 +3.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Brunswick

Brunswick (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Lauder* 1,005 46.1 −8.5
Labour Jessie Cannon 929 42.6 −16.5
Labour Madan Kalia 799 36.7 −7.9
Alliance (Liberal) Hugh Mooney 531 24.4 N/A
Alliance (SDP) Michael Hall 499 22.9 N/A
Alliance (SDP) Robert Shearer 491 22.5 N/A
Conservative Patricia Bristow 447 20.5 −5.8
Conservative Douglas Mitchell 438 20.1 −4.5
Conservative Alfred Shaughnessy 417 19.1 −6.1
Communist Eric Hodson 83 3.8 N/A
Turnout 2,180 27.1 −1.5
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Burgess

Burgess (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Trevor Ely* 657 50.7 −11.0
Labour Ronald Slater* 623 48.0 −14.0
Conservative Donald Case 270 20.8 −8.3
Conservative Clive Jones 260 20.0 −6.7
Alliance (Liberal) Diana Jenkins 249 19.2 N/A
Alliance (SDP) David Ramsay 231 17.8 N/A
Turnout 1,297 26.6 +0.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Cathedral

Cathedral (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Geoffrey Williams 791 47.5 −22.4
Labour Alan Davis* 786 47.2 −17.0
Conservative David Walker 437 26.3 +0.5
Conservative Michael Sherlock 399 24.0 −0.1
Alliance (SDP) Bert Ray** 340 20.4 N/A
Alliance (SDP) George Ruddock 318 19.1 N/A
Turnout 1,664 28.5 +1.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Bert Ray was a sitting councillor for Chaucer ward, and was previously elected as a Labour councillor

Chaucer

Chaucer (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Fowler 1,219 43.2 −18.7
Labour Anne Matthews 1,106 39.2 −18.6
Labour Jessica Wanamaker 1,091 38.6 −18.3
Alliance (Liberal) Rose Colley 800 28.3 N/A
Alliance (SDP) John Egan 779 27.6 N/A
Alliance (Liberal) Richard Shearman 740 26.2 N/A
Conservative James Bourlet 492 17.4 −10.7
Conservative Beatrice North 469 16.6 −13.4
Conservative Sarah Keays 465 16.5 −10.3
Independent Anne Keane 284 10.1 N/A
Independent John Axon 224 7.9 N/A
Turnout 2,825 35.3 +7.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

College

College (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bryan Hoskins* 1,676 53.3 −2.5
Conservative Margaret Jackson* 1,606 51.1 −1.7
Labour Peter Bowyer 713 22.7 −13.8
Alliance (SDP) Angela Simons 673 21.4 +15.1
Alliance (Liberal) Patricia Mynott 661 21.0 +15.3
Labour John Rolfs 629 20.0 −13.1
Turnout 3,143 49.7 −1.9
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Consort

Consort (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elizabeth Bendell 828 54.9 −3.7
Labour Robert Smyth* 819 54.3 −5.6
Conservative Charles Cooper 275 18.2 −7.8
Conservative Johanna Holland 268 17.8 −14.1
Alliance (SDP) William Jones 231 16.9 N/A
Alliance (SDP) Bridget McKew 214 14.2 N/A
Turnout 1,507 31.1 +0.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Dockyard

Dockyard (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John O'Grady* 1,300 59.8 −10.8
Labour Thomas Sullivan 1,219 56.0 −15.3
Labour Barry Quirk 1,158 53.2 −16.8
Alliance (SDP) George Murphy 435 20.0 N/A
Alliance (Liberal) Sylvia Russell 402 18.5 N/A
Alliance (SDP) Roy Ashworth 378 17.4 N/A
Conservative Percy Gray 306 14.1 −4.5
Conservative Nicholas Van-Dar-Borgh 277 12.7 −2.9
Conservative Eileen Bascombe 272 12.5 −2.5
Communist Elizabeth Wright 140 6.4 −1.3
Turnout 2,175 33.4 +4.6
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Faraday

Faraday (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Greening* 1,205 53.7 −9.7
Labour David Payne 1,117 49.8 −14.5
Labour Henry Quennell 1,067 47.5 −14.6
Conservative Jeremy Gaunt 541 24.1 −3.6
Alliance (SDP) Martin Osborne 509 22.7 N/A
Conservative Gladys Cobley 465 20.7 −4.5
Conservative Cyril Piper 389 17.3 −7.1
National Front Anthony Hussey 111 4.9 N/A
National Front David Teanby 80 3.6 N/A
Communist Susan Lewis 57 2.5 N/A
Turnout 2,245 22.3 −0.8
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Friary

Friary (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mabel Goldwin* 892 51.3 −8.1
Labour David Main 844 48.5 −8.4
Labour Rupert Doyle 807 46.4 −8.0
Alliance (SDP) James Clark 360 20.7 N/A
Conservative Leslie Brown 352 20.2 −4.9
Alliance (SDP) Paul Eden 344 19.8 N/A
Alliance (SDP) Mary Hobson 329 18.9 N/A
Conservative Evannie Smith 309 17.8 −4.4
Conservative George Noorden 303 17.4 −4.0
Turnout 1,739 28.4 +1.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Liddle

Liddle (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Daniel McCarthy 985 58.6 −5.9
Labour John Fowler* 982 58.4 −8.1
Labour Anne McNaught* 865 51.5 −13.5
Alliance (Liberal) David Cartwright 265 15.8 N/A
Alliance (SDP) Doreen Payne 228 13.6 N/A
Conservative Albert Rumble 228 13.6 −1.9
Alliance (SDP) Leslie Candappa 204 12.1 N/A
Conservative Pamela Rumble 204 12.1 +0.1
Conservative Christopher Rumble 199 11.8 +0.7
Workers Revolutionary Graham Hobbs 69 4.1 N/A
Turnout 1,681 20.2 −4.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Lyndhurst

Lyndhurst (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paula Moore** 1,360 38.0 −9.8
Labour Aubyn Graham 1,271 35.5 −11.9
Labour Andrew Troke 1,206 33.7 −13.3
Conservative Doris Pearce 1,153 31.1 −7.4
Conservative Ashwinkumar Tanna 1,116 31.1 −4.7
Conservative Ruth Nicholson 1,063 29.7 −8.2
Alliance (SDP) William Payne* 856 23.9 −23.9
Alliance (Liberal) Nicholas Rowden 804 22.4 +15.7
Alliance (SDP) Jonathan Winter 778 21.7 +15.0
Turnout 3,583 39.4 −0.7
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Paula Moore was a sitting councillor for Rye ward

William Payne was previously elected as a Labour councillor

Newington

Newington (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Wentworth 1,134 44.5 −16.2
Labour Solomon Parry* 1,080 42.3 −17.1
Labour Tony Goss 1,060 41.6 −17.4
Conservative William Goody 486 19.1 −13.4
Alliance (Liberal) Neville Clemens 475 18.6 N/A
Conservative Anne-Louise Kearney-Pateman 460 18.0 −11.4
Alliance (Liberal) Gillian Clemens 452 17.7 N/A
Conservative Robert Primmer 421 16.5 −12.9
Alliance (SDP) Jack Roberts 353 13.8 N/A
Ind. Social Democrat Catherine Clunn* 312 12.2 −46.8
National Front Mary Bailey 98 3.8 N/A
National Front Raymond Barker 98 3.8 N/A
National Front James Sneath 88 3.4 N/A
Turnout 2,551 32.3 +4.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Catherine Clunn was previously elected as a Labour councillor

Riverside

Riverside (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Labour Coral Newell* 1,157 41.3 −24.4
Independent Labour Barbara Burgess 1,016 36.3 N/A
Independent Labour James Patrick 956 34.1 N/A
Alliance (Liberal) Simon Hughes 636 22.7 N/A
Alliance (Liberal) Ronald Tindall 634 22.6 N/A
Labour Elizabeth Crickmar 623 22.3 −49.1
Labour Sidney Howard 606 21.6 −47.7
Alliance (Liberal) Janet McCloud 594 21.2 N/A
Labour Richard Dawson 589 21.0 −44.7
Conservative Norman Bascombe 264 9.4 −11.0
Conservative Mary Corps 257 9.2 −11.0
Conservative Reginald Evans 244 8.7 −8.5
Ind. Social Democrat Charles Sawyer** 176 6.3 N/A
Ind. Social Democrat Margaret White* 162 5.8 −62.4
Turnout 2,800 45.0 +8.9
Independent Labour gain from Labour Swing
Independent Labour gain from Labour Swing
Independent Labour gain from Labour Swing

Coral Newell was previously elected as a Labour councillor

Charles Sawyer was a sitting councillor for Rotherhithe ward, and was previously elected as a Labour councillor

Margaret White was previously elected as a Labour councillor

Rotherhithe

Rotherhithe (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harold Young* 909 46.6 −21.3
Labour David Brasier 887 45.5 −24.9
Labour Alexander Coveney 872 44.7 −24.2
Alliance (Liberal) Carol Sawyer 521 26.7 N/A
Alliance (Liberal) Thomas Taylor 521 26.7 N/A
Alliance (SDP) Raymond Dutton 448 23.0 N/A
Conservative David Bellamy 336 17.2 −4.6
Conservative Michael Pike 301 15.4 −3.1
Conservative Alison Pike 292 15.0 −3.3
Communist Robert Gordon 50 2.6 N/A
Turnout 1,949 30.3 +5.6
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Ruskin

Ruskin (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Meakin* 2,186 50.5 −12.0
Conservative Catherine Clough** 2,170 50.1 −12.3
Conservative Tobias Eckersley* 2,152 49.7 −12.6
Alliance (SDP) Brian Bishop 1,268 29.3 +20.4
Alliance (Liberal) Anthony Plumb 1,248 28.8 +20.1
Alliance (SDP) Jonathan Mitchell 1,239 28.6 +20.1
Labour David Jones 638 14.7 −10.2
Labour Dora Hayling 634 14.6 −8.0
Labour Michael Idun 626 14.5 −7.9
Turnout 4,328 52.5 +5.9
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Catherine Clough was a sitting councillor for Alleyn ward

Rye

Rye (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Clough 1,320 43.0 −6.2
Conservative Ralph Spilberg* 1,267 41.2 −5.9
Labour Peter Bibby 933 30.4 −7.3
Labour Geoffrey Cravitz 862 28.1 −9.3
Alliance (Liberal) James Murrell 684 22.3 +16.2
Alliance (SDP) Robert Skelly 681 22.2 +16.3
Turnout 3,072 44.5 +1.0
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

St Giles

St Giles (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Leslie Alden* 1,391 50.3 −6.9
Labour Anthony Ritchie** 1,272 46.0 −11.7
Labour Michael Geater** 1,266 45.8 −11.1
Alliance (Liberal) John Bennett 749 27.1 +21.6
Alliance (Liberal) Veronica Hunt 602 21.8 +16.8
Alliance (SDP) Leaford Patrick 543 19.7 +14.8
Conservative John Hoskinson 489 17.7 −12.7
Conservative Frederick Smith 472 17.1 −10.0
Conservative John Villiers 470 17.0 −9.9
Turnout 2,763 31.3 +2.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Anthony Ritchie was a sitting councillor for Barset ward

Michael Geater was a sitting councillor for Liddle ward

The Lane

The Lane (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Susan Goss 861 40.7 −16.9
Labour Alexander Macpherson 797 37.6 −14.4
Alliance (SDP) John Lewis* 620 29.3 +23.9
Alliance (Liberal) Jonathan Hunt 584 27.6 +23.1
Conservative Douglas Pearce 431 20.4 −4.8
Conservative Ian Twinn 427 20.2 −3.3
National Front Gary Dunkin 53 2.5 −6.8
National Front Peter Core 43 2.0 N/A
Turnout 2,117 35.5 +2.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Waverley

Waverley (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brian Kelly 914 40.3 −5.6
Labour Helen Penn 821 36.2 −9.7
Conservative Anthony Paterson 819 36.1 −4.4
Conservative Florence Tristram 740 32.6 −7.4
Alliance (SDP) Frank Brean** 431 19.0 +13.5
Alliance (Liberal) David Barrett 427 18.8 +13.3
Communist Walter Macfarlane 74 3.3 N/A
Turnout 2,268 39.1 −2.0
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

By-Elections

Riverside by-election, 10 March 1983
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance (Liberal) Ronald Tindall 1,584 56.6 +34.0
Independent Labour Edward Hart 780 27.8 −6.3
Labour Michael Idun 233 8.3 −14.0
New Britain Kevin Mason 118 4.2 N/A
Conservative Michael Pike 77 2.7 −6.7
Communist Robert Gordon 9 0.3 N/A
Turnout 43.6 −1.4
Alliance gain from Independent Labour Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. James Patrick

Consort by-election, 8 March 1983
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Troy 691 44.7 −9.6
Alliance (Liberal) Richard Shearman 438 28.3 +11.4
Conservative Anthony Patterson 339 21.9 +3.7
National Front Mary Bailey 77 5.0 N/A
Turnout 31.1 ±0.0
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Robert Smyth

Burgess by-election, 23 February 1984
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance (Liberal) Rose Colley 840 53.7 +34.5
Labour Kevin Joiner 596 38.1 −9.9
Conservative Beatrice North 81 5.2 −15.6
National Front Peter Core 47 3.0 N/A
Turnout 34.5 −7.9
Alliance gain from Labour Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ronald Slater

Ruskin by-election, 23 February 1984
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Forder 1,714 50.1 −0.4
Labour Peter Russell 832 24.3 +9.6
Alliance (SDP) Jonathan Mitchell 791 23.1 −5.5
National Front Raymond Barker 83 2.4 N/A
Turnout 42.9 −9.6
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. John Meakin

Lyndhurst by-election, 12 July 1984
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Crane 1,423 53.4 +15.4
Conservative Barry Hallett 656 24.6 −6.5
Alliance (SDP) Robert Skelly 519 19.5 −4.4
National Front Raymond Barker 65 2.4 N/A
Turnout 28.9 −10.5
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Paula Moore

Rotherhithe by-election, 13 September 1984
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance (Liberal) Frank Pemberton 1,381 60.9 +34.2
Labour Trevor Lawrence 780 34.4 −12.2
Conservative Percy Gray 55 2.4 −14.8
National Front Peter Core 50 2.2 N/A
Turnout 35.2 +4.9
Alliance gain from Labour Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Harold Young

Riverside by-election, 15 August 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance (Liberal) Michael Hannon 1,656 65.2 +42.5
Labour John Thomas 801 31.6 +9.3
Conservative Beatrice North 81 3.2 −6.2
Turnout 38.6 −6.4
Alliance gain from Independent Labour Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Barbara Burgess

Liddle by-election, 19 December 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mary Ellery 1,032 81.7 +23.3
Alliance (SDP) Doreen Payne 164 13.0 −0.6
Conservative Trevor Pitman 67 5.3 −8.3
Turnout 15.5 −4.7
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. John Fowler

References

  1. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (1993). Local Elections in Britain: A Statistical Digest. Plymouth: Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre.
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