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1982 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election

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1982 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election
← 1978 6 May 1982 1986 →

All 50 council seats of the Tower Hamlets London Borough Council
26 seats needed for a majority

Council control before election


Labour

Subsequent council control


Labour

Elections to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council were held on Thursday 6 May 1982. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 30.6%.

Election result

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Tower Hamlets Local Election Result 1982[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 31 44.1
  Alliance 18 37.3
  Other parties 1
  Conservative 0 8.5

Ward results

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Member of the old council*

Blackwall

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Bow

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Bow (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ronald Lebar* 1,004 58.3
Liberal Patricia L Catchpole 980
Liberal Jonathan Price 924
Labour Hilary J Price 661 39.0
Labour Patricia E Rackley 659
Labour Leonard Coan 626
Conservative 138 2.8
Majority
Turnout
Liberal hold Swing

Bromley

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Bromley (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William T G Guy* 1,046
Labour Arthur W Downes* 1,041
Labour Patrick A Desmond 1,001
Liberal Terence McGrenera 886
Liberal John P Nudds 847
Liberal Martin A Rabicano 797
Conservative Christopher A Sayer 172
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

East India

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Grove

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Grove (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Eric Flounders* 986
Liberal Edward Lewis 898
Labour James T Brooke 554
Labour Belle Harris 547
Conservative Caroline K Sayer 86
Conservative Linda Ransom 81
Majority
Turnout
Liberal hold Swing

Holy Trinity

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Holy Trinity (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Stephen Charters 1,434
Liberal Jennifer P Hearn 1,427
Liberal Jeanette P Smallwood 1,397
Labour Albert J Snooks 912
Labour Terence J McCarthy 876
Labour Joseph O'Connor* 810
Conservative Barbara J Perrott 118
Majority
Turnout
Liberal gain from Labour Swing

Lansbury

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Limehouse

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Millwall

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Park

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Park (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Brian Williams* 1,229
Liberal Terence Cowley 1,143
Labour Jeffrey Crooks 648
Labour Walter Leary 591
Majority
Turnout
Liberal hold Swing

Redcoat

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St Dunstan's

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St James'

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St James' (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Barrie Duffey 1,021
Liberal Elizabeth Hewison 958
Labour George M Browne* 552
Labour Hannah Morsman* 512
Conservative Christopher W Nolan 109
Conservative Peter E Sayer 99
National Front Albert Bennett 48
National Front Sylvia Bartlett 43
Majority
Turnout
Liberal gain from Labour Swing

St Katharine's

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St Mary's

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St Peter's

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St Peter's (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Andrew R Goodchild 1,726
Liberal Dennis Hallam 1,699
Liberal Patrick T Streeter 1,690
Labour Albert C Jacob* 721
Labour Beatrice Orwell* 700
Labour Edwin G Walker* 650
National Front Victor J Clark 121
National Front Albert Mariner 92
National Front Susan I Clapp 88
Majority
Turnout
Liberal gain from Labour Swing

Shadwell

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Spitalfields

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Spitalfields (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Muhammed N Huque 638
Labour Annie Elboz* 560
Labour Susan M Carlyle 556
Community Worker Syed Islam 530
Labour Stephen Corbishley 496
SDP William Kelly 417
SDP Muhammed G Mustafa 407
Conservative Jane Emmerson 215
SDP Geoffrey G White 401
Independent Abdul Gofur 173
Independent Sherajul Hoque 157
Majority
Turnout
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Weavers

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Weavers (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jeremy A Shaw 1,496 54.1
Liberal Peter J Hughes 1,435
Liberal Kofi B Appiah 1,396
Labour Edward Bishop* 754 27.3
Labour William Harris 664
Labour Sally A Tyley 612
Conservative Richard Dyer 267 9.7
Independent Mohammed A Hussain 246 8.9
Majority 26.9
Turnout 37.4
Liberal gain from Labour Swing

References

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