1982 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election

6 May 1982

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

Council control before election

Subsequent council control

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

Tower Hamlets Local Election Result 1982^[1]
	Seats	Votes %
Labour	31	44.1
Alliance	18	37.3
Other parties	1
Conservative	0	8.5

Ward results

Member of the old council*

Blackwall

Bow

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

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

Grove

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

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

Limehouse

Millwall

Park

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

St Dunstan's

St James'

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

St Mary's

St Peter's

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

Spitalfields

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

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

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

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