1982 Wandsworth London Borough Council election

The 1982 Wandsworth Council election took place on 6 May 1982 to elect members of Wandsworth London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]

Background

Wandsworth had been under Conservative majority control since the borough's 1978 elections.[2] According to the Greater London Council, ward boundaries changed in only one London borough between the 1978 and 1982 elections (Enfield), meaning the 1982 contest in Wandsworth was fought on the same ward boundaries as in 1978.[3]

Election result

Wandsworth's electorate at the election was 196,713, of whom 48.7% turned out to vote.[3] The Conservative Party won 33 of the council's 61 seats, retaining its majority, while Labour won 25 seats.[3] Across the borough, the Conservatives took 42.7% of the vote, Labour took 38.1%, and the SDP–Liberal Alliance took 18.8% .[3]

Ward results

Balham (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Goddard 2,140
Conservative Jeanette Gaffney 2,129
Conservative Frederick Rosier 2,049
Labour Patrick Roche 1,533
Labour William Burrow 1,514
Labour Martin Tupper 1,455
Alliance Paul Harrison 679
Alliance Peter Style 585
Alliance Beryl Urquhart 584
Bedford (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John M. Rattray 1,774
Labour Paul Daniel 1,741
Conservative Lois M. Lees 1,697
Conservative Shirley A. Loader 1,688
Labour Richard A. Clayton 1,590
Labour Bryan A. Symons 1,438
Alliance Penelope A. Cooper 662
Alliance John K. Holmes 614
Alliance Abdul Rashid 587
Earlsfield (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Ballantine 1,360
Alliance Paul Boudace 1,138
Alliance David Patterson 1,067
Labour Susan Ward 1,057
Conservative Colin Dawe 958
Conservative Peter Atkinson 951
East Putney (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Chope 2,928
Conservative James Fairrie 2,893
Conservative Christopher Flind 2,803
Labour Christine Blower 1,032
Labour Michael Freedman 1,017
Alliance Vanessa Giles 989
Alliance Francis Plowden 970
Alliance Jeremy Ambache 969
Labour Belinda Hindley 934
Fairfield (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sean C. Creighton 1,315
Labour Julian P. Proudman 1,256
Conservative Gerald L. Goss 1,177
Conservative Christopher M.R. Wright 1,138
Alliance Martin J. Morris 419
Alliance Hareward R.G. Cooke 406
John M. Foster 51
Furzedown (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian N. Prichard 1,846
Conservative Alfred C. Jessiman 1,825
Conservative Sidney J.H.W. Morris 1,775
Labour John W. Gibbins 1,741
Labour Lilias G. Gillies 1,699
Labour Frank E. Sims 1,693
Alliance Anthony J. Pittman 836
Alliance Robert A. Nolan 774
Alliance Jacqueline J. Whitaker 772
Elizabeth M. Shaw 120
Graveney (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Duncan E. Braithwaite 1,748
Labour Charlotte J.S. Atkins 1,640
Labour Judith M. Chegwidden 1,526
Conservative Albert V. Mascull 1,168
Conservative Doreen F. Smith 1,165
Conservative Frederick J. Smith 1,054
Alliance Mary J.M. Budd 642
Alliance John G. Cole 575
Alliance Bruce J. Clelland 539
Roderick S. George 58
Latchmere (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Antony J. Belton 1,826
Labour Michael L. Barley 1,749
Labour Alan McGarvey 1,733
Conservative William A.A. Wells 518
Conservative Jeremy R.C. Quitman 507
Conservative John G.B. Heait 491
Alliance Michael J. Delaney 368
Alliance Sheila E. Kemp 336
Alliance Ian H. Willis 327
Michael J. Salt 112
Vernon C. Atkinson 104
Richard De Jongh-Wagenaar 89
Nightingale (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter D. Donoghue 2,259
Conservative Maurice A.S. Heaster 2,176
Conservative Ravindra P. Govindia 2,099
Labour Gulsar A. Butt 1,405
Labour Charlotte E. Keresey 1,330
Labour Christopher A. Purnell 1,304
Alliance Richard F.J. Heron 872
Alliance Cyril S. Pickard 827
Alliance Catherine E. Bancutt 794
Northcote (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Martin D. Johnson 2,401
Conservative Andrew G. Grant 2,354
Conservative Gordon S. Passmore 2,312
Labour Bernard W.A. Kirby 1,360
Labour Barbara M. Roche 1,306
Labour Donald J. Roy 1,272
Alliance Martin B. Constable 880
Alliance Charles S. Welchman 874
Alliance Richard Jones 863
Frances R. Baillie-Crossman 122
Parkside (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arnold J. Cooper 1,676
Conservative Josephine L. Sedgwick 1,600
Labour Leonard W. Holmes 1,233
Labour Jeremy P.T. Irwin-Slinger 1,068
Alliance Gerard E.D. Bonham-Carter 623
Alliance Elizabeth Al Qadhi 525
Queenstown (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Margaret A. Jenkins 1,164
Labour Ronald H.C. Simms 1,052
Conservative Edward P.G. Hay 930
Conservative Alan Babington-Smith 840
Alliance John T. Hughes 383
Alliance Graham Jones 348
Paul W. Ekins 47
Susan A. Lofthouse 41
Roehampton (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael R. Williams 2,413
John A. Slater 2,284
Vera Thompson 2,179
Conservative Beatrice E. Hollowood 1,088
Conservative Beryl Jeffery 1,087
Conservative David J.K. Rigg 1,077
Alliance Colin G. Darracott 1,068
Alliance Jeremy R.L. Loud 1,030
Alliance Elizabeth Brabazon 949
St John (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Samuel J. Jeffers 1,719
Labour Frank J. Ingram 1,675
Labour Richard G.W. Twining 1,606
Alliance Andrew J. Cunningham 929
Conservative Vincent Chang 867
Alliance Laura A. Collins 815
Alliance James G. Caple 758
St Mary's Park (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Priscilla Cornwall-Jones 1,725
Labour Stuart H.J. Hercock 1,613
Labour Patricia Benians 1,543
Conservative Martha E. Romilly 1,516
Conservative David P.G. Thompson 1,497
Conservative Robin J.P. Wheatley 1,481
Alliance Florence C. Coney 609
Alliance Andrew D. Wiles 484
Alliance Martin Stott 478
Sonia G. Willington 126
Shaftesbury (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Herbert J. Harrison 1,963
Labour William R. Johnston 1,856
Labour Francis H. Jones 1,816
Conservative Andrew R. Hargreaves 1,680
Conservative Edmund R. Hayward 1,612
Conservative Charles J. Karpinski 1,561
Alliance Robert Neville-Jones 864
Alliance David R. Owen-Jones 841
Alliance Peter Brook 814
Clarence G. Wilson 45
Southfield (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Slater 2,368
Conservative Michael J. Burnett 2,361
Conservative Christine A.K. Thompson 2,265
Labour Margaret Jones 1,646
Labour Teresa M.K. Smallbone 1,590
Michael J. Gapes 1,474
Alliance Gareth W. Campbell 896
Alliance Hamish J. Clifton 887
Alliance John N. Summerscale 842
Springfield (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John R. Garrett 2,509
Conservative James C.M.L. Crawford 2,470
Conservative Francis A. Staff 2,398
Labour Paul C. Flather 1,568
Labour Marcia J. Davies 1,568
Labour Philip A. Morris 1,524
Alliance Mary T. Butterworth 913
Alliance David Robertson 853
Alliance Gerard A. Walter 844
Thamesfield (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter J. Bingle 2,913
Conservative Alexander P. Beresford 2,869
Conservative Edward J.U. Lister 2,807
Labour Stephen Mannering 1,324
Labour David Packham 1,311
Labour Kathryn H. Pick 1,270
Alliance Jeremy G. Burgoyne 1,130
Alliance Michael I. Burrell 1,066
Alliance Peter S. Norman 1,027
Tooting (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nicholas P. Adams 1,981
Labour Bernard J. Rosewell 1,934
Labour Vibert C. Luthers 1,871
Conservative William J. Kennett 1,431
Conservative Susan A. Kennett 1,398
Conservative Trevor W. Mundy 1,346
Alliance Patricia M. Singleton 576
Alliance Mirza M.J. Bukht 557
Alliance Paul F. Smales 540
Robert E. Lewis 159
West Hill (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard S. Hickmet 1,548
Conservative Heather K. Wilkinson 1,538
Labour Dora Holmes 1,195
Labour Lindsay N. Thomas 1,080
Alliance Steven E. Bird 698
Alliance Richard I.M. Fife 669
West Putney (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian J. Edgington 2,784
Conservative Margaret E. Calcott-James 2,756
Conservative Mary M. Holben 2,688
Labour Marlene S. Heron 1,585
Labour Margaret R. Blake 1,562
Labour Anne C. Towner 1,500
Alliance Nicholas M.H. Jones 987
Alliance Denise F. Couzens 975
Alliance Jane L. Macgregor 940
David J. Wesh 156

References

  1. ↑ "London Borough Council Elections 6 May 1982" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Wandsworth: Labour ends 44 years of Tory rule in shock local election defeat | ITV News". ITV News. 6 May 2022. Archived from the original on 25 May 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 4 London Borough Council Elections: 6 May 1982 (PDF) (Report). Greater London Council. 1982. Retrieved 21 June 2026 – via London Datastore.


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