1982 Newham London Borough Council election

The 1982 Newham London Borough Council election for the Newham London Borough Council was held on 6 May 1982. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 27.0%. The Labour Party held onto its overwhelming majority.

Election result

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Newham Local Election Result 1982[1][2][3]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 54 0 3 -3 85.7 54.0
  Conservative 0 0 0 0 0.0 10.7
  Alliance 6 6 0 +6 9.5 29.1
  Other parties 3 0 3 0 4.8

Background

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A total of 156 candidates stood in the election for the 60 seats being contested across 24 wards. Candidates included a full slate from the Labour Party, whilst the Conservative Party ran 29 candidates. The Liberal and SDP parties ran 56 joint candidates whilst the Liberal Party also ran 3 candidates under the Liberal Focus Team Alliance banner. Other candidates included 5 Independents, 1 Communist and 3 National Front.

Results by ward

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Beckton

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Beckton (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Herbert A. Taylor 875 73.2 −9.0
Labour Derek A. Whitbread 783 N/A
Alliance Robert G Fleming 321 26.8 N/A
Turnout 22.6 −6.0
Registered electors 5,519
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Bemersyde

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Bemersyde (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harry Bauckham 733 56.9 −18.7
Labour William Dunlop 634 N/A
Alliance Adrian G. Cole 556 43.1 N/A
Alliance Eileen M. McManus 517 N/A
Turnout 29.4 +2.8
Registered electors 4,792
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Canning Town & Grange

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Canning Town & Grange (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jack A. Hart 1,178 67.5 −10.8
Labour Charles Whincup 1,085 N/A
Alliance Ronald S. Webb 567 32.5 N/A
Alliance Margaret E. Linford 489 N/A
Turnout 30.9 +1.5
Registered electors 6,110
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Castle

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Castle (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sarah L. M. Murray 1,031 62.4 +7.7
Labour Robert A. Wales 965 N/A
Alliance Leslie Hall 622 37.6 N/A
Alliance David Gotobe 601 N/A
Turnout 30.7 +5.5
Registered electors 5,951
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Central

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Central (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gordon T. George 1,050 54.0 −8.0
Labour Stanley Hopwood 997 N/A
Alliance David J. Corney 707 36.3 N/A
Alliance Cathryn Y. Robbins 524 N/A
Independent Leslie D. Jefferd 188 9.7 N/A
Turnout 36.7 +0.8
Registered electors 5,747
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Custom House & Silvertown

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Custom House & Silvertown (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William A. Chapman 1,026 61.8 −21.2
Labour Julia C. I. Garfield 968 N/A
Labour Thomas A. Jenkinson 861 N/A
Alliance Aaron P. Chapman 634 38.2 N/A
Alliance Sylvia A. Kilcoin 409 N/A
Alliance Sally A. Smith 391 N/A
Turnout 23.7 +0.3
Registered electors 7,959
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Forest Gate

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Forest Gate (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael T. Foley 992 40.0 −18.3
Labour Ronald G. Augley 988 N/A
Labour Conor M. McAuley 960 N/A
Alliance Robert E. Burrows 811 32.7 N/A
Alliance Leighton R. Andrews 782 N/A
Alliance Alan J. Leaman 735 N/A
Conservative Robin D. Atter 603 24.3 −13.7
Conservative Victor E. Jackson 585 N/A
Conservative Luigi Peluso 529 N/A
Communist John G. Grahl 77 3.1 N/A
Turnout 28.7 +3.5
Registered electors 8,286
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Greatfield

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Greatfield (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance Edwin G. Ray 1,501 59.0 N/A
Alliance Neal A. Chubb 1,329 N/A
Alliance John J. Haggerty 1,326 N/A
Labour Marjorie E. Helps 1,043 41.0 +10.0
Labour Anita J. Pollock 1,021 N/A
Labour Thomas A. Acton 1,007 N/A
Turnout 32.7 −8.9
Registered electors 8,652
Alliance gain from Residents Swing
Alliance gain from Residents Swing
Alliance gain from Residents Swing

Hudsons

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Hudsons (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frederick C. Jones 1,009 61.0 −9.3
Labour Frederick J. Dance 950 N/A
Labour Richard W. Buxton 925 N/A
Alliance Roy A. Adams 561 28.7 N/A
Alliance Lorraine Brand 69 N/A
Alliance Lamont M. Royer 60 N/A
Conservative Thomas A. Ham 382 19.6 −0.5
Conservative Jane F. Green 346 N/A
Conservative Doris C. Neville 326 N/A
Turnout 26.7 +0.1
Registered electors 7,828
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Kensington

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Kensington (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kenneth C. R. Massey 1,412 59.4 +4.6
Labour John J. Plant 1,257 N/A
Alliance Sylvia E. Neal 540 22.7 N/A
Alliance Henry R. Wheatcroft 515 N/A
Independent Anand K. Sharma 424 17.8 N/A
Independent Leon Netto 344 9.7 N/A
Turnout 41.8 −2.3
Registered electors 5,874
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Little Ilford

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Little Ilford (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Lib Dem Focus Team Paul J. Robbins 1,304 54.0 N/A
Lib Dem Focus Team Ann C. Winfield 1,202 N/A
Lib Dem Focus Team Rif Winfield 1,135 N/A
Labour William H. Brown 1,030 42.7 −24.0
Labour John A. Kemp 1,021 N/A
Labour Patel G. Maganbhai 931 N/A
Workers Revolutionary Andrew K. Blunden 79 3.3 −1.5
Turnout 32.2 +13.1
Registered electors 8,585
Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour Swing
Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour Swing
Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour Swing

Manor Park

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Manor Park (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Amarjit Singh 1,372 49.6 −3.5
Labour James A. Parnell 1,291 N/A
Labour Elizabeth C. Fullick 1,255 N/A
Conservative Alexander G. Hope-Thomson 791 28.6 −10.4
Conservative Andrew F. Winter 782 N/A
Conservative Stanley L. Norton 754 N/A
Alliance John S. Ashworth 604 21.8 N/A
Alliance William A. Robinson 569 N/A
Alliance Noble Din 500 N/A
Turnout 36.3 −1.5
Registered electors 8,571
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Monega

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Monega (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lewis E. Boyce 1,106 58.0 +2.4
Labour Frederick E. York 1,027 N/A
Alliance Alec J. Kellaway 479 25.1 N/A
Alliance Harbans S. Jabbal 389 N/A
Independent Kartor Singh 322 16.9 N/A
Independent Munawar Hussain 295 N/A
Turnout 35.3 −1.1
Registered electors 5,834
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

New Town

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New Town (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter J. Pendle 576 48.6 −19.2
Labour Maurice Sampson 492 N/A
Alliance Andrew J. Bolton 345 29.1 N/A
Alliance David C. Powell 321 N/A
Conservative Deryn J. Buckley 264 22.3 −6.7
Conservative Barry W. Roberts 216 N/A
Turnout 28.5 +0.5
Registered electors 4,593
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Ordnance

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Ordnance (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles A. Flemwell 610 71.8 −13.0
Labour Anne King 531 N/A
Alliance Edward G. Powell 240 28.2 N/A
Alliance Melva Campbell 197 N/A
Turnout 21.1 −1.6
Registered electors 4,266
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Park

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Park (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ann Howlett 1,053 50.3 −15.1
Labour James G. Newstead 960 N/A
Labour Sidney H. Smith 937 N/A
Alliance Leonard Ryder 598 28.6 N/A
Alliance Leslie E. Groombridge 593 N/A
Alliance Michael J. Hogan 579 N/A
Conservative Roger M. Barker-Green 441 21.1 N/A
Conservative Wendy N. Blanchard 420 N/A
Conservative Richard C. Strauss 402 N/A
Turnout 30.8 +5.4
Registered electors 7,813
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Plaistow

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Plaistow (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anand N. Patil 1,906 74.8 +13.6
Labour David J. Brand 1,235 N/A
Labour Arthur F. G. Edwards 1,229 N/A
Alliance Ian W. F. MacFadyen 468 18.4 N/A
Alliance Nicholas Ward 461 N/A
Alliance Amrik S. Mahandru 382 N/A
National Front Michael B. Hipperson 175 6.9 N/A
National Front Denis G. Holland 174 N/A
National Front William J. Roberts 155 N/A
Turnout 29.7 +2.2
Registered electors 7,154
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Plashet

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Plashet (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frank I. Jackman 1,327 40.1 −35.1
Labour Edwin Mann 1,216 N/A
Labour Kenneth Palmer 1,167 N/A
Ind. Labour Party Bill Watts 1,005 30.4 N/A
Ind. Labour Party Peter Billups 962 N/A
Ind. Labour Party Liam A. Williams 830 N/A
Alliance Sailesh Bhattacharji 566 17.1 N/A
Alliance Peshawari Bhalla 556 N/A
Conservative Peter G. Ham 411 12.4 −12.4
Conservative William G. Flynn 410 N/A
Conservative Gerard Eldridge 401 N/A
Alliance Ross B. Smith 396 N/A
Turnout 37.9 +5.9
Registered electors 8,845
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

St Stephens

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St Stephens (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Nolan 1,130 62.1 +4.2
Labour Eric R. Harris 1,030 N/A
Alliance Francis J. Rowden 406 22.3 N/A
Alliance Ahmed E. Oomerjee 352 N/A
Independent Bahadur S. Gahir 284 15.6 N/A
Independent Parkash C. Sondhi 243 N/A
Turnout 40.4 −5.5
Registered electors 5,521
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

South

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South (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edward Daly 1,033 50.1 −5.4
Labour Leonard D. Manley 886 N/A
Labour Margaret E. Philpott 851 N/A
Conservative Robert F. Williams 577 28.0 −1.9
Conservative Sylvia L. Williams 455 N/A
Alliance Anthony Wilkinson 451 21.9 N/A
Alliance Frances L. Bolton 361 N/A
Alliance David M. Coleman 361 N/A
Turnout 28.9 −0.6
Registered electors 7,278
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Stratford

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Stratford (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James C. Goldsmith 665 57.2 −12.7
Labour James C. Riley 563 N/A
Alliance Albert Fuller 284 24.4 N/A
Alliance Denis P. Groutage 230 N/A
Conservative Florence Jackson 213 18.3 −1.6
Conservative Emily J. Short 178 N/A
Turnout 23.6 −1.3
Registered electors 5,472
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Upton

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Upton (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John R. Clow 1,685 58.6 −14.5
Labour David A. Gilles 1,447 N/A
Labour Alan Mattingly 1,319 N/A
Independent Noorallah Darwesh 440 15.3 N/A
Alliance Belboda J. B. Cooke 435 15.1 N/A
Independent Ahmed Din 403 N/A
Alliance Surinder M. Gautama 389 N/A
Conservative Edmund McCullagh 317 11.0 −15.9
Conservative Dorothy M. Neal 311 N/A
Conservative David Knight 304 N/A
Turnout 34.6 +4.0
Registered electors 8,380
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Wall End

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Wall End (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Herbert T. Philpott 1,252 47.3 −1.3
Labour Hermaish K. Dhesi 1,189 N/A
Labour Sarah J. Reeves 1,162 N/A
Conservative Donald MacIver 780 29.5 +14.7
Conservative Gwendoline H. MacIver 749 N/A
Conservative Laurence A. Howell 747 N/A
Alliance Peggy R. Campbell 616 23.3 N/A
Alliance Richard J. Minchin 537 N/A
Alliance Ernest G. Mtunzi 514 N/A
Turnout 34.6 −1.8
Registered electors 8,534
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

West Ham

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West Ham (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alfred T. Dickerson 865 54.4 −14.1
Labour Peter J. Undrill 699 N/A
Alliance Victor Schofield 380 23.9 N/A
Conservative Dennis F. Privett 346 21.7 +5.5
Alliance Simon McGrath 345 N/A
Conservative Simon N. C. Pearce 319 N/A
Turnout 28.2 +3.3
Registered electors 6,194
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

By-elections between 1982 and 1986

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Forest Gate

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Forest Gate by-election, 14 June 1984[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Margaret P. Olley 1,517 63.4 +23.4
Lib Dem Focus Team David C. Powell 469 19.6 −13.1
Conservative Robin D. Atter 407 17.0 −7.3
Majority 1,048 43.8 N/A
Turnout 30.7 +2.0
Registered electors 7,845
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Michael T. Foley.

Little Ilford

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Little Ilford by-election, 14 June 1984[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Lib Dem Focus Team Ann C. Winfield 1,868
Labour Stephen C. Timms 1,780
Labour Colin M. Copus 1,763
Lib Dem Focus Team Rif Winfield 1,715
Majority 88 N/A
Turnout 45.3 +13.1
Registered electors 8,431
Lib Dem Focus Team hold Swing
Labour gain from Lib Dem Focus Team Swing

The by-election was called following the resignations of Cllr. Rif Winfield and Cllr. Ann Winfield.

New Town

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New Town by-election, 28 June 1984[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Wendy Mallard 987 71.7 +23.1
Alliance Lee Reeves 264 19.2 −9.9
Conservative Victor E. Jackson 125 9.1 −13.2
Majority 723 52.5 N/A
Turnout 28.4 −0.1
Registered electors 4,845
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Maurice Sampson.

References

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  1. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (1993). Local Elections in Britain: A Statistical Digest. Plymouth: Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y "London Borough Council Elections 8 May 1982" (PDF). London Datastore. London County Council. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y "London Borough of Newham Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  4. ^ a b c "London Borough Council Elections 8 May 1986" (PDF). London Datastore. London County Council. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
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