1982 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election
The 1982 Barking and Dagenham Council election took place on 6 May 1982 to elect members of Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]
Background[]
124 candidates nominated in total. Labour again ran a full slate and was the only party to do so. By contrast the Conservative Party ran only 34 candidates and the SDP-Liberal Alliance 22.
Election result[]
Labour continued to win a large majority of seats - 37 out of 48. The Conservatives and the Residents Association each held their three seats. The SDP–Liberal Alliance won three seats and two Independents were also elected. Thus the new council included four parties for the first time since its formation in 1964.
Ward results[]
Abbey[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jean E. M. Bruce | 1,210 | 52.2 | -1.5 | |
Labour | Horace J. Howie | 1,199 | |||
Labour | Graham J. Bramley | 1,109 | |||
Alliance | Frederick C. Edgecombe | 563 | 24.3 | +9.9 | |
Alliance | Terence P. Power | 548 | |||
Conservative | Malcolm A. Maugey | 545 | 23.5 | +4.8 | |
Conservative | Frederick J. Tisdell | 541 | |||
Conservative | Olive E. Tisdell | 482 | |||
Turnout | 39.5 | -2.1 | |||
Registered electors | 6,535 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Alibon[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas R. Reynolds | 779 | 52.2 | -17.8 | |
Labour | Ernest J. White | 733 | |||
Alliance | Edward L. Blake | 444 | 29.8 | N/A | |
Alliance | David J. Kingsby | 410 | |||
Conservative | Reginald L. Johnson | 268 | 18.0 | -9.1 | |
Conservative | William T. Johnson | 211 | |||
Turnout | 32.2 | +3.7 | |||
Registered electors | 4,761 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Cambell[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joseph A. Butler | 1,365 | 68.4 | +5.0 | |
Labour | Sidney G. Cole | 1,220 | |||
Labour | Marjorie A. Creasey | 1,179 | |||
Conservative | Ronald A. Smith | 630 | 31.6 | +9.5 | |
Conservative | Stella Seaman | 604 | |||
Conservative | Phyllis M. Turner | 544 | |||
Turnout | 31.9 | +0.0 | |||
Registered electors | 7,135 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Chadwell Heath[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Residents | Raymond Gowland | 2,024 | 80.3 | +4.2 | |
Residents | Robert J. Jeyes | 2,012 | |||
Residents | William Hibble | 1,972 | |||
Labour | William L. Summers | 440 | 17.5 | -4.7 | |
Labour | Morris A. Ness | 411 | |||
Labour | Joanne M. Williams | 384 | |||
Communist | Alfred Ott | 57 | 2.3 | +0.6 | |
Turnout | 38.7 | -1.4 | |||
Registered electors | 6,888 | ||||
Residents hold | Swing | ||||
Residents hold | Swing | ||||
Residents hold | Swing |
Eastbrook[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frederick G. Tibble | 895 | 40.4 | -7.8 | |
Labour | Lawrence E. Bunn | 845 | |||
Labour | Alan D. Stevens | 815 | |||
Conservative | Norman C. Houlder | 782 | 35.3 | -8.8 | |
Conservative | Sydney D. Horrell | 767 | |||
Conservative | Ada E. Horrell | 758 | |||
Alliance | George T. Keegan | 539 | 24.3 | +16.6 | |
Alliance | Edward A. Bullock | 530 | |||
Alliance | Joan R. Keegan | 528 | |||
Turnout | 33.8 | -3.3 | |||
Registered electors | 7,174 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Eastbury[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Maud Ball | 832 | 50.0 | -18.5 | |
Labour | Michael J. O'Shea | 774 | |||
Conservative | Stanley Bray | 441 | 26.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Richard P. Hall | 411 | |||
Alliance | Sylvia M. L. Jones | 392 | 23.5 | -8.0 | |
Alliance | Kevin S. Power | 353 | |||
Turnout | 37.9 | +2.4 | |||
Registered electors | 4,884 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Fanshawe[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frederick C. Jones | 1,272 | 90.8 | +18.4 | |
Labour | John S. Thomas | 1,053 | |||
Labour | Ernest A. Turner | 1,042 | |||
Communist | Keith Bird | 129 | 9.2 | +5.8 | |
Turnout | 24.3 | -5.9 | |||
Registered electors | 6,926 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Gascoigne[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance | Alan R. Beadle | 1,413 | 54.0 | +43.0 | |
Alliance | Ronwen R. Beadle | 1,363 | |||
Alliance | David A. Spender | 1,194 | |||
Labour | Terence M. Bird | 926 | 35.4 | +0.7 | |
Labour | Brian P. Walker | 881 | |||
Labour | James L. Jones | 857 | |||
Conservative | Maureen E. Hall | 259 | 9.9 | -9.0 | |
Conservative | Frederick P. Westbrook | 238 | |||
Conservative | Bernadette Long | 235 | |||
Workers Revolutionary | Keith R. Scotcher | 20 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Turnout | 42.4 | +7.7 | |||
Registered electors | 6,635 | ||||
Alliance gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Alliance gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Alliance gain from Labour | Swing |
Goresbrook[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David A. L. G. Dodd | 856 | 64.2 | -2.2 | |
Labour | Edith E. Bradley | 852 | |||
Conservative | Frank E. Allen | 417 | 31.3 | -2.6 | |
Conservative | John C. Dutton | 367 | |||
National Front | Ronald A. Ferrett | 60 | 4.5 | N/A | |
National Front | Stephen G. Woodward | 57 | |||
Turnout | 28.2 | +2.4 | |||
Registered electors | 5,099 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Heath[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles J. Fairbrass | 1,244 | 59.7 | -5.1 | |
Labour | John H. Lawrence | 1,191 | |||
Labour | John W. Allam | 1,186 | |||
Conservative | John R. Taylor | 781 | 37.5 | +8.1 | |
Conservative | Joan E. Preston | 778 | |||
Conservative | William C. Preston | 776 | |||
Communist | Helena Ott | 58 | 2.8 | -3.0 | |
Turnout | 33.0 | +2.6 | |||
Registered electors | 7,545 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Longbridge[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Brian Cook | 1,556 | 53.9 | -5.7 | |
Conservative | Edward J. Reed | 1,530 | |||
Conservative | John W. Seaman | 1,503 | |||
Alliance | Brian B. Beadle | 713 | 24.7 | +16.5 | |
Alliance | Angela E. Bush | 680 | |||
Alliance | David C. Smith | 645 | |||
Labour | John Cavanagh | 620 | 21.5 | -11.2 | |
Labour | Marie A. Cole | 588 | |||
Labour | John E. Luff | 571 | |||
Turnout | 41.5 | +3.7 | |||
Registered electors | 7,304 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Manor[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Albert E. Ball | 1,106 | 67.2 | +3.4 | |
Labour | James A. Mannering | 959 | |||
Conservative | Donald E. Gowler | 428 | 28.3 | +1.9 | |
Conservative | Leonard Nelson | 368 | |||
National Front | Paul S. Griffiths | 69 | 4.6 | N/A | |
National Front | Graham J. Pearce | 65 | |||
Turnout | 33.3 | +0.8 | |||
Registered electors | 4,917 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Marks Gate[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Donald I. Pepper | 542 | 64.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Alan G. Thomas | 303 | 35.9 | -22.8 | |
Turnout | 36.5 | +4.3 | |||
Registered electors | 2,329 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Parsloes[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mabel R. Arnold | 820 | 48.3 | -12.8 | |
Labour | John W. Dias-Broughton | 780 | |||
Conservative | Terence F. Arthur | 512 | 30.1 | -2.9 | |
Conservative | Frederick C. Maloney | 455 | |||
Alliance | Daniel J. Felton | 367 | 21.6 | +9.9 | |
Alliance | Christopher A. Vecchi | 300 | |||
Turnout | 34.7 | +2.2 | |||
Registered electors | 5255 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
River[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John P. Wainwright | 741 | 42.1 | -24.9 | |
Independent | Patricia A. Twomey | 689 | 39.2 | N/A | |
Independent | John C. Howard | 636 | |||
Labour | Inder S. Jamu | 569 | |||
Conservative | Mary F. Hawkins | 329 | 18.7 | -10.3 | |
Turnout | 33.2 | +3.4 | |||
Registered electors | 5,164 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Thames[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George H. Shaw | 1,273 | 61.4 | -24.7 | |
Labour | Royston A. J. Patient | 1,171 | |||
Alliance | Martin F. Taylor | 419 | 20.2 | +8.3 | |
Alliance | Dennis J. Keenan | 417 | |||
Conservative | Marion S. Nelson | 382 | 18.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Dorothea C. Reed | 365 | |||
Turnout | 43.7 | +5.2 | |||
Registered electors | 4,898 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Triptons[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George A. Brooker | 1,032 | 62.5 | -3.4 | |
Labour | John Davis | 963 | |||
Labour | Leonard A. Collins | 921 | |||
Alliance | John G. Bell | 559 | 33.9 | N/A | |
Alliance | Sylvia D. Hayward | 498 | |||
Alliance | Paul F. Hitchings | 486 | |||
Communist | Jean M. E. Burke | 60 | 3.6 | -2.0 | |
Turnout | 26.0 | -1.5 | |||
Registered electors | 7,184 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Valence[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Blackburn | 1,215 | 90.6 | +29.8 | |
Labour | Matthew Eales | 1,164 | |||
Labour | Joan E. L. Foster | 1,100 | |||
Communist | Danny J. Marshall | 126 | 9.4 | +6.7 | |
Turnout | 23.6 | -7.1 | |||
Registered electors | 7,186 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Village[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Bradley | 946 | 42.2 | -6.1 | |
Labour | Harry Tindell | 918 | |||
Labour | Ronald J. Whitbread | 891 | |||
Conservative | Terence A. Mallindine | 695 | 31.0 | -1.8 | |
Conservative | Vera E. Ellis | 667 | |||
Conservative | James L. Harding | 657 | |||
Independent | George W. Monk | 540 | 24.1 | N/A | |
Independent | Michael J. Timothy | 523 | |||
Independent | Stanley A. Simmons | 521 | |||
Communist | Daniel Connor | 59 | 2.6 | -1.2 | |
Turnout | 31.2 | -0.8 | |||
Registered electors | 7,815 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
By-elections between 1982 and 1986[]
Manor[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian P. Walker | 625 | 60.6 | -6.6 | |
Conservative | Leonard Nelson | 205 | 19.9 | -8.4 | |
Alliance | David J. Kingaby | 202 | 19.6 | +19.6 | |
Majority | 420 | 40.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 21.1 | -12.2 | |||
Registered electors | 4,930 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Albert E. Ball.
Chadwell Heath[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Residents | Albert Gibbs | 1,184 | 50.8 | -29.5 | |
Conservative | Norman C. Houlder | 490 | 21.0 | +21.0 | |
Labour | William L. Summers | 390 | 16.7 | -0.8 | |
Alliance | David J. Kingaby | 266 | 11.4 | +11.4 | |
Majority | 694 | 29.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 34.1 | -4.6 | |||
Registered electors | 6,866 | ||||
Residents hold | Swing |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. William Hibble.
Longbridge[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Constance W. Foster | 2,372 | 50.4 | -3.5 | |
Liberal | Daniel J. Felton | 1,346 | 28.6 | +3.9 | |
Labour | James L. Jones | 984 | 20.9 | -0.6 | |
Majority | 1,026 | 21.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 64.8 | +23.3 | |||
Registered electors | 7,275 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Edward J. Reed.
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "London Borough Council Elections 6 May 1982" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "London Borough of Barking & Dagenham Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ^ a b c "London Borough Council Elections 8 May 1986" (PDF). London Datastore. London Residuary Body. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- Council elections in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
- 1982 London Borough council elections
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