1982 Southwark London Borough Council election

Elections to Southwark Council were held in May 1982. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 30.5%.

Election result[]

Southwark Local Election Result 1982^[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	53	0	3	-3	85.5	42.8
	Conservative	8	0	0	0	12.9	27.8
	Other parties	3	3	0	+3	1.6	5.1
	Alliance	0	0	0	0	0	24.3

Ward results[]

Abbey[]

Abbey (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Johnson	775	51.3	-19.5
	Labour	Christine McKie	677	44.8	-22.7
	Alliance (Liberal)	Patricia Wright	369	24.4	N/A
	Alliance (SDP)	James Hughes	355	23.5	N/A
	Conservative	Mark Eaton	271	17.9	-4.9
	Conservative	Peter Martin	231	15.3	-4.7
Turnout			1,512	30.4	+1.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Alleyn[]

Alleyn (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elsie Headley	802	35.7	-5.7
	Conservative	Pamela Cooper**	783	34.9	-4.7
	Labour	Derrick Robinson	773	34.4	+0.5
	Conservative	Andrew Rowe	755	33.6	-3.7
	Alliance (Liberal)	Jean Halden	505	22.5	+8.6
	Alliance (Liberal)	Robert Blackwell	503	22.4	+9.2
Turnout			2,245	39.4	+1.7
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pamela Cooper was a sitting councillor for Ruskin ward

Barset[]

Barset (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Cather*	877	48.3	-6.7
	Labour	Nicholas Snow	864	47.6	-8.6
	Alliance (Liberal)	Roy Nightingale	556	30.6	+25.0
	Alliance (Liberal)	Mark Allen	520	28.6	+23.3
	Conservative	Paul Roberts	281	15.5	-14.1
	Conservative	Robert Percival	279	15.4	-12.8
Turnout			1,817	35.9	+8.3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bellenden[]

Bellenden (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Cliffe	1,346	40.4	-6.6
	Labour	Samuel King	1,291	38.8	-3.0
	Labour	Ann Ward*	1,269	38.1	-8.0
	Conservative	Gerard Fergus	1,067	32.0	-4.7
	Conservative	Peter Forder	1,031	31.0	-3.9
	Conservative	Nigel Linacre	1,007	30.2	-4.5
	Alliance (Liberal)	Alexander Baker	629	18.9	+11.0
	Alliance (SDP)	Iain Johncock	585	17.6	+9.9
	Alliance (SDP)	Leroy Phillips	573	17.2	+9.9
Turnout			3,330	38.3	+2.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bricklayers[]

Bricklayers (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Bryan	776	40.6	-28.5
	Labour	Stephen Marsling	731	38.2	-25.3
	Alliance (Liberal)	Edwin Langdown	607	31.7	N/A
	Alliance (SDP)	Janet Machin	566	29.6	N/A
	Conservative	Alan Corps	312	16.3	-9.6
	Conservative	Noel Picarda-Kemp	252	13.2	-11.6
		William Musgrave	198	10.4	N/A
Turnout			1,912	34.0	+5.6
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Browning[]

Browning (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graeme Geddes	1,201	53.2	-8.0
	Labour	David Fryer	1,170	51.8	-8.9
	Labour	Ronald Terrett	1,146	50.8	-8.7
	Conservative	Stephen Payne	446	19.8	-8.7
	Conservative	Greta Fergus	443	19.6	-7.4
	Conservative	Angela Meakin	437	19.4	-5.8
	Alliance (Liberal)	Martin Bennett	423	18.7	N/A
	Alliance (SDP)	John Damer	403	17.9	N/A
	Alliance (Liberal)	Richard Malins	382	16.9	N/A
Turnout			2,257	29.6	+3.9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Brunswick[]

Brunswick (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Lauder*	1,005	46.1	-8.5
	Labour	Jessie Cannon	929	42.6	-16.5
	Labour	Madan Kalia	799	36.7	-7.9
	Alliance (Liberal)	Hugh Mooney	531	24.4	N/A
	Alliance (SDP)	Michael Hall	499	22.9	N/A
	Alliance (SDP)	Robert Shearer	491	22.5	N/A
	Conservative	Patricia Bristow	447	20.5	-5.8
	Conservative	Douglas Mitchell	438	20.1	-4.5
	Conservative	Alfred Shaughnessy	417	19.1	-6.1
	Communist	Eric Hodson	83	3.8	N/A
Turnout			2,180	27.1	-1.5
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Burgess[]

Burgess (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Trevor Ely*	657	50.7	-11.0
	Labour	Ronald Slater*	623	48.0	-14.0
	Conservative	Donald Case	270	20.8	-8.3
	Conservative	Clive Jones	260	20.0	-6.7
	Alliance (Liberal)	Diana Jenkins	249	19.2	N/A
	Alliance (SDP)	David Ramsay	231	17.8	N/A
Turnout			1,297	26.6	+0.3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Cathedral[]

Cathedral (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Geoffrey Williams	791	47.5	-22.4
	Labour	Alan Davis*	786	47.2	-17.0
	Conservative	David Walker	437	26.3	+0.5
	Conservative	Michael Sherlock	399	24.0	-0.1
	Alliance (SDP)	Bert Ray**	340	20.4	N/A
	Alliance (SDP)	George Ruddock	318	19.1	N/A
Turnout			1,664	28.5	+1.3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bert Ray was a sitting councillor for Chaucer ward, and was previously elected as a Labour councillor

Chaucer[]

Chaucer (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Fowler	1,219	43.2	-18.7
	Labour	Anne Matthews	1,106	39.2	-18.6
	Labour	Jessica Wanamaker	1,091	38.6	-18.3
	Alliance (Liberal)	Rose Colley	800	28.3	N/A
	Alliance (SDP)	John Egan	779	27.6	N/A
	Alliance (Liberal)	Richard Shearman	740	26.2	N/A
	Conservative	James Bourlet	492	17.4	-10.7
	Conservative	Beatrice North	469	16.6	-13.4
	Conservative	Sarah Keays	465	16.5	-10.3
	Independent	Anne Keane	284	10.1	N/A
	Independent	John Axon	224	7.9	N/A
Turnout			2,825	35.3	+7.1
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

College[]

College (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bryan Hoskins*	1,676	53.3	-2.5
	Conservative	Margaret Jackson*	1,606	51.1	-1.7
	Labour	Peter Bowyer	713	22.7	-13.8
	Alliance (SDP)	Angela Simons	673	21.4	+15.1
	Alliance (Liberal)	Patricia Mynott	661	21.0	+15.3
	Labour	John Rolfs	629	20.0	-13.1
Turnout			3,143	49.7	-1.9
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Consort[]

Consort (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Bendell	828	54.9	-3.7
	Labour	Robert Smyth*	819	54.3	-5.6
	Conservative	Charles Cooper	275	18.2	-7.8
	Conservative	Johanna Holland	268	17.8	-14.1
	Alliance (SDP)	William Jones	231	16.9	N/A
	Alliance (SDP)	Bridget McKew	214	14.2	N/A
Turnout			1,507	31.1	+0.3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Dockyard[]

Dockyard (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John O'Grady*	1,300	59.8	-10.8
	Labour	Thomas Sullivan	1,219	56.0	-15.3
	Labour	Barry Quirk	1,158	53.2	-16.8
	Alliance (SDP)	George Murphy	435	20.0	N/A
	Alliance (Liberal)	Sylvia Russell	402	18.5	N/A
	Alliance (SDP)	Roy Ashworth	378	17.4	N/A
	Conservative	Percy Gray	306	14.1	-4.5
	Conservative	Nicholas Van-Dar-Borgh	277	12.7	-2.9
	Conservative	Eileen Bascombe	272	12.5	-2.5
	Communist	Elizabeth Wright	140	6.4	-1.3
Turnout			2,175	33.4	+4.6
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Faraday[]

Faraday (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Greening*	1,205	53.7	-9.7
	Labour	David Payne	1,117	49.8	-14.5
	Labour	Henry Quennell	1,067	47.5	-14.6
	Conservative	Jeremy Gaunt	541	24.1	-3.6
	Alliance (SDP)	Martin Osborne	509	22.7	N/A
	Conservative	Gladys Cobley	465	20.7	-4.5
	Conservative	Cyril Piper	389	17.3	-7.1
	National Front	Anthony Hussey	111	4.9	N/A
	National Front	David Teanby	80	3.6	N/A
	Communist	Susan Lewis	57	2.5	N/A
Turnout			2,245	22.3	-0.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Friary[]

Friary (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mabel Goldwin*	892	51.3	-8.1
	Labour	David Main	844	48.5	-8.4
	Labour	Rupert Doyle	807	46.4	-8.0
	Alliance (SDP)	James Clark	360	20.7	N/A
	Conservative	Leslie Brown	352	20.2	-4.9
	Alliance (SDP)	Paul Eden	344	19.8	N/A
	Alliance (SDP)	Mary Hobson	329	18.9	N/A
	Conservative	Evannie Smith	309	17.8	-4.4
	Conservative	George Noorden	303	17.4	-4.0
Turnout			1,739	28.4	+1.4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Liddle[]

Liddle (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Daniel McCarthy	985	58.6	-5.9
	Labour	John Fowler*	982	58.4	-8.1
	Labour	Anne McNaught*	865	51.5	-13.5
	Alliance (Liberal)	David Cartwright	265	15.8	N/A
	Alliance (SDP)	Doreen Payne	228	13.6	N/A
	Conservative	Albert Rumble	228	13.6	-1.9
	Alliance (SDP)	Leslie Candappa	204	12.1	N/A
	Conservative	Pamela Rumble	204	12.1	+0.1
	Conservative	Christopher Rumble	199	11.8	+0.7
	Workers Revolutionary	Graham Hobbs	69	4.1	N/A
Turnout			1,681	20.2	-4.9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Lyndhurst[]

Lyndhurst (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paula Moore**	1,360	38.0	-9.8
	Labour	Aubyn Graham	1,271	35.5	-11.9
	Labour	Andrew Troke	1,206	33.7	-13.3
	Conservative	Doris Pearce	1,153	31.1	-7.4
	Conservative	Ashwinkumar Tanna	1,116	31.1	-4.7
	Conservative	Ruth Nicholson	1,063	29.7	-8.2
	Alliance (SDP)	William Payne*	856	23.9	-23.9
	Alliance (Liberal)	Nicholas Rowden	804	22.4	+15.7
	Alliance (SDP)	Jonathan Winter	778	21.7	+15.0
Turnout			3,583	39.4	-0.7
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Paula Moore was a sitting councillor for Rye ward

William Payne was previously elected as a Labour councillor

Newington[]

Newington (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Wentworth	1,134	44.5	-16.2
	Labour	Solomon Parry*	1,080	42.3	-17.1
	Labour	Tony Goss	1,060	41.6	-17.4
	Conservative	William Goody	486	19.1	-13.4
	Alliance (Liberal)	Neville Clemens	475	18.6	N/A
	Conservative	Anne-Louise Kearney-Pateman	460	18.0	-11.4
	Alliance (Liberal)	Gillian Clemens	452	17.7	N/A
	Conservative	Robert Primmer	421	16.5	-12.9
	Alliance (SDP)	Jack Roberts	353	13.8	N/A
		Catherine Clunn*	312	12.2	-46.8
	National Front	Mary Bailey	98	3.8	N/A
	National Front	Raymond Barker	98	3.8	N/A
	National Front	James Sneath	88	3.4	N/A
Turnout			2,551	32.3	+4.4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Catherine Clunn was previously elected as a Labour councillor

Riverside[]

Riverside (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labour	Coral Newell*	1,157	41.3	-24.4
	Independent Labour	Barbara Burgess	1,016	36.3	N/A
	Independent Labour	James Patrick	956	34.1	N/A
	Alliance (Liberal)	Simon Hughes	636	22.7	N/A
	Alliance (Liberal)	Ronald Tindall	634	22.6	N/A
	Labour	Elizabeth Crickmar	623	22.3	-49.1
	Labour	Sidney Howard	606	21.6	-47.7
	Alliance (Liberal)	Janet McCloud	594	21.2	N/A
	Labour	Richard Dawson	589	21.0	-44.7
	Conservative	Norman Bascombe	264	9.4	-11.0
	Conservative	Mary Corps	257	9.2	-11.0
	Conservative	Reginald Evans	244	8.7	-8.5
		Charles Sawyer**	176	6.3	N/A
		Margaret White*	162	5.8	-62.4
Turnout			2,800	45.0	+8.9
	Independent Labour gain from Labour		Swing
	Independent Labour gain from Labour		Swing
	Independent Labour gain from Labour		Swing

Coral Newell was previously elected as a Labour councillor

Charles Sawyer was a sitting councillor for Rotherhithe ward, and was previously elected as a Labour councillor

Margaret White was previously elected as a Labour councillor

Rotherhithe[]

Rotherhithe (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harold Young*	909	46.6	-21.3
	Labour	David Brasier	887	45.5	-24.9
	Labour	Alexander Coveney	872	44.7	-24.2
	Alliance (Liberal)	Carol Sawyer	521	26.7	N/A
	Alliance (Liberal)	Thomas Taylor	521	26.7	N/A
	Alliance (SDP)	Raymond Dutton	448	23.0	N/A
	Conservative	David Bellamy	336	17.2	-4.6
	Conservative	Michael Pike	301	15.4	-3.1
	Conservative	Alison Pike	292	15.0	-3.3
	Communist	Robert Gordon	50	2.6	N/A
Turnout			1,949	30.3	+5.6
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Ruskin[]

Ruskin (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Meakin*	2,186	50.5	-12.0
	Conservative	Catherine Clough**	2,170	50.1	-12.3
	Conservative	Tobias Eckersley*	2,152	49.7	-12.6
	Alliance (SDP)	Brian Bishop	1,268	29.3	+20.4
	Alliance (Liberal)	Anthony Plumb	1,248	28.8	+20.1
	Alliance (SDP)	Jonathan Mitchell	1,239	28.6	+20.1
	Labour	David Jones	638	14.7	-10.2
	Labour	Dora Hayling	634	14.6	-8.0
	Labour	Michael Idun	626	14.5	-7.9
Turnout			4,328	52.5	+5.9
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Catherine Clough was a sitting councillor for Alleyn ward

Rye[]

Rye (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Clough	1,320	43.0	-6.2
	Conservative	Ralph Spilberg*	1,267	41.2	-5.9
	Labour	Peter Bibby	933	30.4	-7.3
	Labour	Geoffrey Cravitz	862	28.1	-9.3
	Alliance (Liberal)	James Murrell	684	22.3	+16.2
	Alliance (SDP)	Robert Skelly	681	22.2	+16.3
Turnout			3,072	44.5	+1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Giles[]

St Giles (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leslie Alden*	1,391	50.3	-6.9
	Labour	Anthony Ritchie**	1,272	46.0	-11.7
	Labour	Michael Geater**	1,266	45.8	-11.1
	Alliance (Liberal)	John Bennett	749	27.1	+21.6
	Alliance (Liberal)	Veronica Hunt	602	21.8	+16.8
	Alliance (SDP)	Leaford Patrick	543	19.7	+14.8
	Conservative	John Hoskinson	489	17.7	-12.7
	Conservative	Frederick Smith	472	17.1	-10.0
	Conservative	John Villiers	470	17.0	-9.9
Turnout			2,763	31.3	+2.3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Anthony Ritchie was a sitting councillor for Barset ward

Michael Geater was a sitting councillor for Liddle ward

The Lane[]

The Lane (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Goss	861	40.7	-16.9
	Labour	Alexander Macpherson	797	37.6	-14.4
	Alliance (SDP)	John Lewis*	620	29.3	+23.9
	Alliance (Liberal)	Jonathan Hunt	584	27.6	+23.1
	Conservative	Douglas Pearce	431	20.4	-4.8
	Conservative	Ian Twinn	427	20.2	-3.3
	National Front	Gary Dunkin	53	2.5	-6.8
	National Front	Peter Core	43	2.0	N/A
Turnout			2,117	35.5	+2.9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Waverley[]

Waverley (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Kelly	914	40.3	-5.6
	Labour	Helen Penn	821	36.2	-9.7
	Conservative	Anthony Paterson	819	36.1	-4.4
	Conservative	Florence Tristram	740	32.6	-7.4
	Alliance (SDP)	Frank Brean**	431	19.0	+13.5
	Alliance (Liberal)	David Barrett	427	18.8	+13.3
	Communist	Walter Macfarlane	74	3.3	N/A
Turnout			2,268	39.1	-2.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

By-Elections[]

Riverside by-election, 10 March 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance (Liberal)	Ronald Tindall	1,584	56.6	+34.0
	Independent Labour	Edward Hart	780	27.8	-6.3
	Labour	Michael Idun	233	8.3	-14.0
	New Britain	Kevin Mason	118	4.2	N/A
	Conservative	Michael Pike	77	2.7	-6.7
	Communist	Robert Gordon	9	0.3	N/A
Turnout				43.6	-1.4
	Alliance gain from Independent Labour		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. James Patrick

Consort by-election, 8 March 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Troy	691	44.7	-9.6
	Alliance (Liberal)	Richard Shearman	438	28.3	+11.4
	Conservative	Anthony Patterson	339	21.9	+3.7
	National Front	Mary Bailey	77	5.0	N/A
Turnout				31.1	±0.0
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Robert Smyth

Burgess by-election, 23 February 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance (Liberal)	Rose Colley	840	53.7	+34.5
	Labour	Kevin Joiner	596	38.1	-9.9
	Conservative	Beatrice North	81	5.2	-15.6
	National Front	Peter Core	47	3.0	N/A
Turnout				34.5	-7.9
	Alliance gain from Labour		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ronald Slater

Ruskin by-election, 23 February 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Forder	1,714	50.1	-0.4
	Labour	Peter Russell	832	24.3	+9.6
	Alliance (SDP)	Jonathan Mitchell	791	23.1	-5.5
	National Front	Raymond Barker	83	2.4	N/A
Turnout				42.9	-9.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. John Meakin

Lyndhurst by-election, 12 July 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Crane	1,423	53.4	+15.4
	Conservative	Barry Hallett	656	24.6	-6.5
	Alliance (SDP)	Robert Skelly	519	19.5	-4.4
	National Front	Raymond Barker	65	2.4	N/A
Turnout				28.9	-10.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Paula Moore

Rotherhithe by-election, 13 September 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance (Liberal)	Frank Pemberton	1,381	60.9	+34.2
	Labour	Trevor Lawrence	780	34.4	-12.2
	Conservative	Percy Gray	55	2.4	-14.8
	National Front	Peter Core	50	2.2	N/A
Turnout				35.2	+4.9
	Alliance gain from Labour		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Harold Young

Riverside by-election, 15 August 1985

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance (Liberal)	Michael Hannon	1,656	65.2	+42.5
	Labour	John Thomas	801	31.6	+9.3
	Conservative	Beatrice North	81	3.2	-6.2
Turnout				38.6	-6.4
	Alliance gain from Independent Labour		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Barbara Burgess

Liddle by-election, 19 December 1985

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Ellery	1,032	81.7	+23.3
	Alliance (SDP)	Doreen Payne	164	13.0	-0.6
	Conservative	Trevor Pitman	67	5.3	-8.3
Turnout				15.5	-4.7
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. John Fowler

References[]