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%.

1982 Southwark Council election

6 May 1982
All council seats
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Conservative Independent Labour Seats won 53 8 3 Seat change 3 3 Popular vote 23,138 15,126 1,043 Percentage 42.75% 27.95% 1.93% Swing 15.13 8.18 New
Council Control before election Labour Council Control Labour

Election result

Southwark Local Election Result 1982

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	53	0	3	3	85.5	42.75	23,138	15.13
	Conservative	8	0	0		12.9	27.95	15,126	8.18
	Alliance	0	0	0		0	24.34	13,174	20.53
	Independent Labour	3	3	0	3	1.6	1.93	1,043	New
	Ind. Social Democrat	0	0	0		0	1.25	679	New
	Communist	0	0	0		0	0.75	404	0.03
	Independent	0	0	0		0	0.47	254	New
	National Front	0	0	0		0	0.44	239	0.86
	Workers Revolutionary	0	0	0		0	0.13	69	0.03

Southwark Council voting history

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
	Ind. Social Democrat	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
	Ind. Social Democrat	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
	Ind. Social Democrat	Charles Sawyer**	176	6.3	N/A
	Ind. Social Democrat	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