1982 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election
The 1982 Hammersmith and Fulham Council election took place on 6 May 1982 to elect members of Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the council stayed in no overall control.[2]
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All 50 seats to Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council 26 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 50.0% (![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Map of the results of the 1982 Hammersmith and Fulham council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and the SDP–Liberal Alliance in yellow. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Background
Both Labour and the Conservatives fielded a full slate of 50 candidates.
The SDP Liberal Alliance also ran a full 50 candidates - an increase from the 20 candidates they fielded in 1978. On the ballot paper the candidates were listed alternatively as 'SDP-Liberal Alliance' and 'Liberal Alliance-SDP'.
The Ecology Party ran a single candidate in four wards - Brook Green, Coningham, Grove and Walham.
A single candidate in seven wards declared themselves to be representing the Residents' Association - Addison, Broadway, Coningham, Eel Brook, Gibbs Green, Margravine and Sands End.
Three candidates in Addison ward, two in Brook Green ward and one each in Grove and Margravine wards listed themselves as Independents.
Two candidates in Broadway ward and one in Sherbrooke ward used the 'Save London Action Group' banner. This compared to 18 candidates in the 1978 election who listed themselves as part of the 'Save London Alliance'. Across London at this election a further 46 candidates used the SLAG banner.
The Workers Revolutionary Party fielded two candidate - one each in Margravine and White City & Shepherds Bush wards. This was up from the single candidate at the previous election. Across London the party fielded a further 13 candidates at this election.
The National Front fielded 2 candidates in the Wormholt ward - down from the 14 candidates they ran at the 1978 election in Hammersmith. Across London the National Front fielded a further 55 candidates at this election.
A total of 175 candidates put themselves forward for the 50 available seats - an increase from the 159 candidates who contested the previous election.
Election result
The Labour Party won 25 seats (a gain of one seat), the Conservative Party 23 seats (a loss of one seat), and the SDP Liberal Alliance two seats (unchanged from the Liberal Party result in 1978). No party had overall control.[3]
The Conservatives maintained control of the Council with the support of the two Liberal Alliance councillors - Kim Howe was elected Council Leader.[4]
Ward results
Addison
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Frances E.J. Belsham | 763 | |||
Conservative | Simon G. Chase | 727 | |||
Labour | Jennifer M. Litherland | 722 | |||
Labour | Terence N. Tucker | 722 | |||
Alliance | RaIson J. Davies | 383 | |||
Alliance | David R. Drabble | 368 | |||
Residents' Association | Arthur W. Blackmum | 176 | |||
Independent | Richard F. Clark | 120 | |||
Independent | Gwendoline N. Marsh | 76 | |||
Independent | John A.T. Rodd | 69 | |||
Turnout | % | % | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Avonmore
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John C. Putnam | 1,043 | |||
Conservative | Dominic C.R. Grieve | 1,001 | |||
Labour | Peter Conway | 524 | |||
Labour | Diana Basterfield | 493 | |||
Alliance | Patricia F. Pearson | 331 | |||
Alliance | Michael W.M. Orr | 313 | |||
Turnout | % | % | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Broadway
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | Simon H.J.A. Knott | 939 | |||
Alliance | Robert Mulcahy | 694 | |||
Labour | John H. Gorter | 636 | |||
Labour | Bridget T. Prentice | 618 | |||
Conservative | Richard J. Caswell | 273 | |||
Conservative | Peter S. Seward | 250 | |||
Residents' Association | Anthony Horgan | 146 | |||
Save London Action Group | Derek N. Hulme | 146 | |||
Save London Action Group | Brett Woods | 10 | |||
Turnout | % | % | |||
Alliance hold | Swing | ||||
Alliance hold | Swing |
Brook Green
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John A. Hennessy | 1,032 | |||
Conservative | Peter C. Prince | 939 | |||
Labour | Louanne Tranchell | 513 | |||
Labour | John A. Bullock | 477 | |||
Alliance | Dominic C.A. Simon | 429 | |||
Alliance | Edward M. Wilson | 398 | |||
Independent | David A. Constable | 133 | |||
Independent | Anthony B.P. Mockler | 132 | |||
Ecology | Deborah M. Sutherland | 65 | |||
Turnout | % | % | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Colehill
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Martin R.T. Howe | 1,053 | |||
Conservative | Michael R. Lingens | 981 | |||
Labour | Jennifer A. Clark | 745 | |||
Labour | Alan C. Tennock | 722 | |||
Alliance | Ian S.H. Franks | 341 | |||
Alliance | Gerald A. Dowden | 288 | |||
Turnout | % | % | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
College Park & Old Oak
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Melvyn Silverman | 900 | |||
Labour | Petra Luxton | 844 | |||
Labour | Margaret Fenelon | 817 | |||
Conservative | Frederick P.A. Herbert | 569 | |||
Conservative | Gwenyth Herbert | 556 | |||
Alliance | Trevor K. Harrison | 489 | |||
Alliance | Fiona Wilson | 459 | |||
Conservative | Khalil A. Khan | 449 | |||
Alliance | Josephine Knott | 428 | |||
Turnout | % | % | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Coningham
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | James Bull | 1,232 | |||
Labour | Daniel A. Filson | 1,152 | |||
Labour | Joseph S. Mirwitch | 1,020 | |||
Conservative | Ian Clarke | 623 | |||
Conservative | William J.S. Hodgson | 559 | |||
Conservative | Richard J. Clarke | 542 | |||
Alliance | David A. Bennett | 448 | |||
Alliance | John T. Dowdalls | 409 | |||
Alliance | Angela Kelly | 392 | |||
Residents' Association | Albert J. Harte | 302 | |||
Ecology | Jane N. Shepherd | 72 | |||
Turnout | % | % | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Crabtree
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Kim G.F.B. Howe | 1,055 | |||
Conservative | Patricia A. Fitzgerald | 1,030 | |||
Labour | Michael Gannon | 715 | |||
Labour | Francis J. Lukey | 704 | |||
Alliance | Hugh D. Duff | 364 | |||
Alliance | Suzan L.M. St Maur | 308 | |||
Turnout | % | % | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Eel Brook
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Edward D. Cunningham | 932 | |||
Labour | Ian J. Harrison | 925 | |||
Conservative | Peter N.J. Bryant | 881 | |||
Conservative | Garry Jones | 836 | |||
Alliance | Sally E.M. O'Brien | 297 | |||
Alliance | Ina J.G. Howells | 261 | |||
Residents' Association | Thomas A. Davies | 141 | |||
Turnout | % | % | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Gibbs Green
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Frances D. Kelly | 843 | |||
Labour | Gordon Prentice | 750 | |||
Conservative | Michael Fallon | 730 | |||
Conservative | Neil C. Morgan | 674 | |||
Alliance | Simon D.P. Pellew | 357 | |||
Alliance | Ian R. Hetherington | 327 | |||
Residents' Association | Geoffrey A.W. Dove | 167 | |||
Turnout | % | % | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Grove
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Stephen P. Clark | 887 | |||
Labour | Hugh Thomson | 844 | |||
Conservative | Howard D. Harries | 818 | |||
Conservative | David Ellis | 770 | |||
Alliance | Anthony M. Halmos | 48 | |||
Alliance | Ian McCourt | 438 | |||
Independent | Geoffrey H. Kane | 64 | |||
Ecology | Stanley E.G. Jones | 58 | |||
Turnout | % | % | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Margravine
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David B. Jordan | 856 | |||
Labour | William C. Spiers | 855 | |||
Conservative | Ernest C. Ibbott | 527 | |||
Conservative | Anthony L. Stacpoole | 491 | |||
Alliance | Frederick T. Brent | 181 | |||
Alliance | Leonard T. Bonser | 170 | |||
Independent | Joseph C. Keats | 39 | |||
Residents' Association | Peter F. Cleverly | 32 | |||
Workers Revolutionary | Lorna Rhone | 15 | |||
Turnout | % | % | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Normand
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Eleanor J. Caruana | 1,057 | |||
Labour | Margaret J. Sondergaard | 965 | |||
Conservative | Edgar G.A. Rabbets | 839 | |||
Conservative | Kenneth M. Walker | 804 | |||
Alliance | Richard C. Pratt | 466 | |||
Alliance | Joan Bonser | 370 | |||
Turnout | % | % | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Palace
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Richard G. Hoddinott | 1,585 | |||
Conservative | Stuart N.B. Leishman | 1,559 | |||
Labour | George W. Dimmick | 363 | |||
Labour | Julia L. Steinhart | 348 | |||
Alliance | Susan E.H. Rendel | 344 | |||
Alliance | Gillian M. Franks | 340 | |||
Turnout | % | % | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Ravenscourt
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Angela Clarke | 990 | |||
Conservative | Rosemary Belhaven | 977 | |||
Labour | Paul R. Fiander | 570 | |||
Alliance | Edward C.R. Fawcett | ||||
Labour | Ian Willmore | 507 | |||
Alliance | Simon J.B. Knott | 432 | |||
Turnout | % | % | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Sands End
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Anthony F.W. Powell | 1,019 | |||
Labour | Clive A. Wisbey | 929 | |||
Conservative | Aidan J.M. Gibbs | 628 | |||
Conservative | James L. Malthouse | 625 | |||
Alliance | Malcolm J. Austin | 294 | |||
Alliance | Jennifer M. Huebner | 274 | |||
Residents' Association | John H. Garcka | 33 | |||
Turnout | % | % | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Sherbrooke
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David A.D. Tweedie | 823 | |||
Labour | Ian Gray | 817 | |||
Labour | Margaret E. Ingram | 738 | |||
Conservative | Henrietta M.B. Varley | 717 | |||
Alliance | Hector I. McDonald | 299 | |||
Alliance | Henry C.Q. Brownrigg | 289 | |||
Save London Action Group | Jonathan Raimes | 29 | |||
Turnout | % | % | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Starch Green
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Leslie S.A. Jones | 742 | |||
Conservative | Patricia J. Ward | 727 | |||
Conservative | Eric J. Hutson | 716 | |||
Labour | Michael R. Phipps | 705 | |||
Alliance | Michael J. Starks | 504 | |||
Alliance | Matthew J. Roche | 455 | |||
Turnout | % | % | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Sulivan
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Gerald A. Wombwell | 1,146 | |||
Conservative | Nicholas N. Browne | 1,138 | |||
Alliance | David D. Rendel | 979 | |||
Alliance | Peter M. Crystal | 890 | |||
Labour | Valerie A. Gorter | 617 | |||
Labour | Thomas Lipscomb | 602 | |||
Turnout | % | % | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Town
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David W. Clark | 1,245 | |||
Conservative | Fiona A.R. McGregor | 1,242 | |||
Labour | Leslie H. Hilliard | 610 | |||
Labour | Colyn W. Davies | 594 | |||
Alliance | Stephen W. Unwin | 453 | |||
Alliance | Peter J. Somerville | 413 | |||
Turnout | % | % | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Walham
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Diana P.A. Chiesman | 869 | |||
Conservative | Julian N. Rampton | 850 | |||
Labour | Richard W. Rayner | 844 | |||
Labour | Brian E. Vaughan | 773 | |||
Alliance | John R.W.F. Graham | 510 | |||
Alliance | Regene Nissan | 384 | |||
Ecology | Cheryl R. Worsley | 22 | |||
Turnout | % | % | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
White City & Shepherds Bush
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ivan A. Gibbons | 1,315 | |||
Labour | Peter D. De Gory | 1,256 | |||
Labour | Gwendoline Braggins | 1,118 | |||
Conservative | Susan G. Gale | 376 | |||
Alliance | Sean P.G. Cullen | 370 | |||
Alliance | Raymond A. London | 350 | |||
Alliance | Malcolm A. Turner | 289 | |||
Conservative | Vida Zabavnik | 271 | |||
Conservative | Muhammad Sharif | 268 | |||
Workers Revolutionary | Calvin M. Stewart | 84 | |||
Turnout | % | % | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Wormholt
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mary S. Best | 1,106 | |||
Labour | Alan G. Breeze | 1,104 | |||
Conservative | William C. Smith | 1,021 | |||
Conservative | Peter R.H. Hardy | 955 | |||
Labour | Josephine A. Wicks | 933 | |||
Conservative | Brian I. Maze | 932 | |||
Alliance | Margaret A. Connaughton | 569 | |||
Alliance | David Ash | 560 | |||
Alliance | Norma M. Hare | 503 | |||
National Front | Alistair I. Cameron | 63 | |||
National Front | Robert L.J. Pearse | 61 | |||
Turnout | % | % | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
References
- "Local Election Summaries 1982". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- "London Borough Council Elections 6 May 1982" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- https://londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/LBCE_1982-5-6.pdf
- https://boroughs50.londoncouncils.gov.uk/almanac/lbhf/1982/