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All 60 seats toBarnet London Borough Council 31 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 43.6% | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Map of the results of the 1978 Barnet London Borough council election.Conservatives in blue andLabour in red. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The1978 Barnet Council election took place on 4 May 1978 to elect members ofBarnet London Borough Council inLondon, England. The whole council was up for election and theConservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.
Since the lastelection in 1974, theLocal Government Boundary Commission carried out their first periodic electoral review of Barnet under theLocal Government Act 1972 and made a number of boundary changes.[1]
Overall turnout in the election was 43.6%.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 49 | 81.7 | 57.1 | ||||||
| Labour | 10 | 16.7 | 30.4 | ||||||
| Liberal | 0 | 0.0 | 9.8 | ||||||
| Independent | 1 | 1.6 | 2.7 | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Joan E. Pudney | 2,495 | |||
| Conservative | John T. Thomson | 2,416 | |||
| Conservative | Ann S.M. More | 2,394 | |||
| Labour | Andrew P. Harris | 2,275 | |||
| Labour | Trevor K. Hill | 2,275 | |||
| Conservative | Stephen G. Lane | 2,270 | |||
| Liberal | Richard W. Ellis | 417 | |||
| Liberal | Keith Crawford | 370 | |||
| Liberal | Cynthia Krieger | 315 | |||
| Turnout | 45.7% | ||||
| Labourwin (new seat) | |||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | June M. Cole | 2,957 | |||
| Conservative | Anthony M. Rawle | 2,951 | |||
| Conservative | Mary Temple | 2,867 | |||
| Labour | Percy Cheek | 967 | |||
| Labour | Gerald Eaton | 953 | |||
| Labour | Jeffrey Leifer | 866 | |||
| Liberal | David L. Stevens | 359 | |||
| Liberal | Hugh J. Ogus | 324 | |||
| Liberal | Valerie Silbiger | 320 | |||
| Turnout | 40.8% | ||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | James P. Brophy | 2,192 | |||
| Labour | Bertram E. McCormack | 2,063 | |||
| Labour | Harold B. Davies | 2,060 | |||
| Conservative | Keith R. Bass | 998 | |||
| Conservative | John R. Hart | 972 | |||
| Conservative | Peter V. Wharton | 873 | |||
| National Front | Edward V. Bradley | 315 | |||
| National Front | Alfred T. Chamberlain | 295 | |||
| National Front | Edward J. Warner | 243 | |||
| Liberal | Hilda D. Munden | 162 | |||
| Liberal | Gisela Page | 130 | |||
| Liberal | Roger Pattison | 128 | |||
| Turnout | 38.3% | ||||
| Labourwin (new seat) | |||||
| Labourwin (new seat) | |||||
| Labourwin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Alfred Young | 1,904 | |||
| Conservative | Victor Lyon | 1,896 | |||
| Conservative | Brian A. Jarman | 1,868 | |||
| Labour | Donald E. Barnes | 1,679 | |||
| Labour | Elizabeth C. Silver | 1,541 | |||
| Labour | Mary C. Tyler | 1,522 | |||
| Liberal | Monroe E. Palmer | 1,054 | |||
| Liberal | Joan Lawson | 907 | |||
| Liberal | Nigel R. Wilson | 787 | |||
| National Front | Frederick W. Hurst | 133 | |||
| Turnout | 46.9% | ||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Geoffrey N. Cooke | 1,657 | |||
| Labour | Mary H.R. Honeyball | 1,633 | |||
| Labour | Thomas A. McKendry | 1,594 | |||
| Conservative | Peter A. Grosz | 1,447 | |||
| Conservative | Derek M. Joseph | 1,433 | |||
| Conservative | Jane B. Quail | 1,389 | |||
| Liberal | Arthur J. Roycroft | 211 | |||
| Liberal | Phyllis I. Adams | 189 | |||
| Liberal | Paula Mercer | 162 | |||
| National Front | David A. Farmer | 157 | |||
| National Front | John R. McLaren | 156 | |||
| National Front | Leslie C. Bourne | 154 | |||
| Turnout | 43.4% | ||||
| Labourwin (new seat) | |||||
| Labourwin (new seat) | |||||
| Labourwin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Ernest T. Danks | 2,697 | |||
| Conservative | Olwen M. Evans | 2,555 | |||
| Conservative | John Perry | 2,542 | |||
| Labour | Susan M. Doran | 1,321 | |||
| Labour | Norman C. Bar | 1,310 | |||
| Labour | Nicholas O. Landau | 1,259 | |||
| Liberal | Barbara J. Hunt | 341 | |||
| Liberal | Clive Robinson | 340 | |||
| Liberal | Alexander W. Munden | 298 | |||
| National Front | Ivor W. Sargent | 174 | |||
| National Front | Daniel J. Monk | 171 | |||
| National Front | Philip A. Ruddock | 168 | |||
| Turnout | 42.9% | ||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Barbara I. Langstone | 1,950 | |||
| Conservative | Mary Phillips | 1,894 | |||
| Conservative | Stanley J. Sorrell | 1,858 | |||
| Labour | Martin J. O'Connor | 1,827 | |||
| Labour | Michael D. O'Connor | 1,751 | |||
| Labour | Kenneth W. Little | 1,740 | |||
| Liberal | Andrew G. Christodoulou | 351 | |||
| Liberal | Juliet S. Rowe | 346 | |||
| Liberal | Bruce A. Standing | 338 | |||
| Turnout | 42.1% | ||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
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| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Geoffrey I. Greenhouse | 3,772 | |||
| Conservative | David E. Dell | 3,697 | |||
| Conservative | Archibald T.W. Smith | 3,541 | |||
| Labour | Michael B. Desmond | 1,506 | |||
| Labour | Lorna Levy | 1,494 | |||
| Labour | Anthony M. Williams | 1,383 | |||
| Liberal | Sidney W. Baier | 177 | |||
| Liberal | Mary J. Grieb | 176 | |||
| Liberal | Philip L. Smulian | 152 | |||
| Turnout | 48.6% | ||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Leslie Sussman | 2,828 | |||
| Conservative | Miles C. Golding | 2,784 | |||
| Conservative | Jean I. Parmer | 2,730 | |||
| Labour | Robert A. Holroyd | 1,222 | |||
| Labour | Brian J. Watkins | 1,206 | |||
| Labour | David G. Williams | 1,206 | |||
| Liberal | Gregory P.F. Robbins | 488 | |||
| Liberal | Malcolm B. Davis | 445 | |||
| Liberal | Sylvia T.D. Randall | 426 | |||
| Turnout | 41.4% | ||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
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| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | David C. Burton | 2,856 | |||
| Conservative | John C. Tiplady | 2,831 | |||
| Conservative | Frank D. Gibson | 2,827 | |||
| Labour | Peter R. Butcher | 838 | |||
| Labour | Frank C. Edwards | 812 | |||
| Labour | Charles F. Owen | 809 | |||
| Liberal | Karl E. Ruge | 565 | |||
| Liberal | Christopher Perkin | 549 | |||
| Liberal | Yvonne A. Jessop | 506 | |||
| Turnout | 41.4% | ||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Michael G. Max | 2,995 | |||
| Conservative | Richard Blausten | 2,985 | |||
| Conservative | Phyllis M. Nevard | 2,830 | |||
| Independent | Patrick K. Laurance | 1,102 | |||
| Labour | David E. De Saxe | 916 | |||
| Labour | Richard M. Hadley | 873 | |||
| Liberal | Leonie E. Stephen | 796 | |||
| Labour | Stephen E. Pudney | 781 | |||
| Liberal | Clive R. Silbiger | 776 | |||
| Liberal | Robert S. Hanison | 702 | |||
| Turnout | 48.1% | ||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Rosa A. Freedman | 2,450 | |||
| Conservative | Leslie D. Foster | 2,303 | |||
| Conservative | Selina D. Summers | 2,214 | |||
| Labour | Stephen F. Kelly | 1,203 | |||
| Labour | Olga G. Deaner | 1,162 | |||
| Labour | Vivien D. Marcy | 1,133 | |||
| Liberal | Jeffrey Land | 554 | |||
| Liberal | Susette S. Palmer | 491 | |||
| Liberal | Wilfred Newton | 485 | |||
| Turnout | 39.3% | ||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Ernest A.E. Asker | 3,587 | |||
| Independent | Anthony J. Freake | 3,245 | |||
| Conservative | David P. Clarke | 3,042 | |||
| Conservative | Rosemary W. Middleton | 2,894 | |||
| Labour | Jean M. Feldman | 980 | |||
| Labour | Brenda M. Slade | 959 | |||
| Labour | Sylvia V. Grant | 920 | |||
| Liberal | Peter J. Morley | 827 | |||
| Liberal | Mavis W. Axham | 697 | |||
| Turnout | 48.0% | ||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Independentwin (new seat) | |||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Leslie J. Pym | 3,117 | |||
| Conservative | Dorothy B. Benson | 3,082 | |||
| Conservative | Jack Clarfelt | 3,038 | |||
| Labour | Peter J. Fordham | 1,011 | |||
| Labour | Jean Smith | 1,010 | |||
| Labour | Ian B. Morley | 1,009 | |||
| Liberal | Diana C. Pattison | 480 | |||
| Liberal | Carol A. Cooper | 471 | |||
| Liberal | Laurian Davies | 420 | |||
| National Front | Kenneth J. Barson | 133 | |||
| National Front | John P. Smith | 126 | |||
| National Front | Albert V. White | 104 | |||
| Turnout | 46.1% | ||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Norman E. Hirshfield | 2,954 | |||
| Conservative | Victor S. Hockley | 2,784 | |||
| Conservative | John Archard-Jones | 2,564 | |||
| Labour | Celia A. Downs | 1,246 | |||
| Labour | Christopher H. Jacobs | 1,216 | |||
| Labour | Alan M. Magnus | 1,188 | |||
| Liberal | Gerald Finlay | 478 | |||
| Liberal | Peter G. Kempster | 355 | |||
| Liberal | Elvin P. Sorkin | 337 | |||
| Turnout | 40.3% | ||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Rita M. Levy | 3,321 | |||
| Conservative | Denis L. Dippel | 3,316 | |||
| Conservative | Graham G. Fear | 3,232 | |||
| Labour | Howard S. Bluston | 943 | |||
| Labour | Leonard Phillips | 924 | |||
| Labour | Ian Leslie | 875 | |||
| Liberal | Adrian V. Stokes | 390 | |||
| Liberal | Ronald N. Page | 351 | |||
| Liberal | John F. Hearn | 309 | |||
| National Front | Paul A. Clayton | 173 | |||
| National Front | John B. Cording | 149 | |||
| National Front | Susan E. Warner | 133 | |||
| Turnout | 45.4% | ||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John P. Fitzgibbon | 2,346 | |||
| Conservative | Edna P. James | 2,260 | |||
| Conservative | Norman J. Sapsted | 2,224 | |||
| Labour | John A. Cogger | 1,491 | |||
| Labour | Charles A.R. Still | 1,448 | |||
| Labour | Ralph A. Straker | 1,423 | |||
| Liberal | Patricia M. Dunnill | 516 | |||
| Liberal | Leonard Watkins | 459 | |||
| Liberal | Avron M. Potter | 455 | |||
| Turnout | 40.9% | ||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Margaret J. Laskey | 3,639 | |||
| Conservative | Michael J. Hill | 3,588 | |||
| Conservative | Victor H. Usher | 3,575 | |||
| Labour | Howard R. Denton | 889 | |||
| Labour | Michael S. Cohen | 868 | |||
| Labour | Lawrence J. Rogoff | 844 | |||
| Liberal | David M. Cohen | 489 | |||
| Liberal | Edith M. Gardner | 488 | |||
| Turnout | 43.6% | ||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Timothy J.K. Sims | 2,142 | |||
| Labour | Donald E. Timms | 2,116 | |||
| Labour | Doreen N. Neail | 2,025 | |||
| Conservative | Stuart A. Goldenberg | 1,998 | |||
| Conservative | Maurice J. Sultoon | 1,976 | |||
| Conservative | Marion H. Babington | 1,856 | |||
| Liberal | Brian E.J. Ellis | 938 | |||
| Liberal | Harry J. Levy | 887 | |||
| Liberal | Anthony D. Mercer | 660 | |||
| Turnout | 48.3% | ||||
| Labourwin (new seat) | |||||
| Labourwin (new seat) | |||||
| Labourwin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Philip H. Williams | 2,327 | |||
| Conservative | William G. Hart | 2,306 | |||
| Conservative | Barry C. Francis | 2,265 | |||
| Labour | Adrian R. Cattermole | 1,535 | |||
| Labour | John S. Whale | 1,444 | |||
| Labour | Hukam C. Chopra | 1,410 | |||
| Liberal | Roger J. Aron | 409 | |||
| Liberal | Barry N. Green | 378 | |||
| Liberal | David A. Harris | 367 | |||
| Turnout | 40.1% | ||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Donald E. Baker | 1,344 | |||
| Residents | Eric W. Spalding | 1,053 | |||
| Liberal | Peter J. Morley | 501 | |||
| Labour | Jean M. Feldman | 418 | |||
| Turnout | 25.2 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Ernest A. E. Asker.