1978 Camden Council election

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All 59 seats toCamden Borough Council 30 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Roy Shaw Alan Greengross Party Labour Conservative Leader since 1975 1974 Leader's seat Grafton Frognal Last election 48 seats 12 seats Seats won 33 26 Seat change 15 14 Popular vote 28,482 26,895 Percentage 47.8% 45.2%
Map of the results of the 1978 election to Camden London Borough Council. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue.
Council Control before election Labour Council Control Labour

The1978 Camden Council election took place on 4 May 1978 to elect members ofCamden London Borough Council inLondon, theUnited Kingdom. The whole council was up for election, using newward boundaries, with one less councillor than had been elected at the1974 election.

Labour were re-elected with an outright majority, but theConservatives made gains across the borough, after losing heavily in the 1971 and 1974 elections. The Conservatives gained from Labour three seats in the southernHolborn and St Pancras South parliamentary constituency and eleven in the north (three in theHighgate ward and eight across theHampstead parliamentary constituency).

• London Borough Council Elections 4 May 1978(PDF). London: Greater London Council. 1978. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 15 August 2012. Retrieved24 May 2013.

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