1982 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election

The 1982 Barking and Dagenham Borough 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

Abbey (3 seats)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jean Bruce	1,210	52.2	−1.5
	Labour	Horace Howie	1,199
	Labour	Graham Bramley	1,109
	Alliance	Frederick Edgecombe	563	24.3	+9.9
	Alliance	Terence Power	548
	Conservative	Malcolm Maugey	545	23.5	+4.8
	Conservative	Frederick Tisdell	541
	Conservative	Olive Tisdell	482
Turnout				39.5	−2.1
Registered electors			6,535
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Alibon

Alibon (2 seats)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Reynolds	779	52.2	−17.8
	Labour	Ernest White	733
	Alliance	Edward Blake	444	29.8	N/A
	Alliance	David Kingsby	410
	Conservative	Reginald Johnson	268	18.0	−9.1
	Conservative	William Johnson	211
Turnout				32.2	+3.7
Registered electors			4,761
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Cambell

Cambell (3 seats)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Butler	1,365	68.4	+5.0
	Labour	Sidney Cole	1,220
	Labour	Marjorie Creasey	1,179
	Conservative	Ronald Smith	630	31.6	+9.5
	Conservative	Stella Seaman	604
	Conservative	Phyllis Turner	544
Turnout				31.9	+0.0
Registered electors			7,135
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Chadwell Heath

Chadwell Heath (3 seats)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Raymond Gowland	2,024	80.3	+4.2
	Residents	Robert Jeyes	2,012
	Residents	William Hibble	1,972
	Labour	William Summers	440	17.5	−4.7
	Labour	Morris Ness	411
	Labour	Joanne 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

Eastbrook (3 seats)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick Tibble	895	40.4	−7.8
	Labour	Lawrence Bunn	845
	Labour	Alan Stevens	815
	Conservative	Norman Houlder	782	35.3	−8.8
	Conservative	Sydney Horrell	767
	Conservative	Ada Horrell	758
	Alliance	George Keegan	539	24.3	+16.6
	Alliance	Edward Bullock	530
	Alliance	Joan Keegan	528
Turnout				33.8	−3.3
Registered electors			7,174
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Eastbury

Eastbury (2 seats)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maud Ball	832	50.0	−18.5
	Labour	Michael O'Shea	774
	Conservative	Stanley Bray	441	26.5	N/A
	Conservative	Richard Hall	411
	Alliance	Sylvia Jones	392	23.5	−8.0
	Alliance	Kevin Power	353
Turnout				37.9	+2.4
Registered electors			4,884
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Fanshawe

Fanshawe (3 seats)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick Jones	1,272	90.8	+18.4
	Labour	John Thomas	1,053
	Labour	Ernest 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

Gascoigne (3 seats)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Alan Beadle	1,413	54.0	+43.0
	Alliance	Ronwen Beadle	1,363
	Alliance	David Spender	1,194
	Labour	Terence Bird	926	35.4	+0.7
	Labour	Brian Walker	881
	Labour	James Jones	857
	Conservative	Maureen Hall	259	9.9	−9.0
	Conservative	Frederick Westbrook	238
	Conservative	Bernadette Long	235
	Workers Revolutionary	Keith 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

Goresbrook (2 seats)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Dodd	856	64.2	−2.2
	Labour	Edith Bradley	852
	Conservative	Frank Allen	417	31.3	−2.6
	Conservative	John Dutton	367
	National Front	Ronald Ferrett	60	4.5	N/A
	National Front	Stephen Woodward	57
Turnout				28.2	+2.4
Registered electors			5,099
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Heath

Heath (3 seats)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Fairbrass	1,244	59.7	−5.1
	Labour	John Lawrence	1,191
	Labour	John Allam	1,186
	Conservative	John Taylor	781	37.5	+8.1
	Conservative	Joan Preston	778
	Conservative	William 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

Longbridge (3 seats)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Cook	1,556	53.9	−5.7
	Conservative	Edward Reed	1,530
	Conservative	John Seaman	1,503
	Alliance	Brian Beadle	713	24.7	+16.5
	Alliance	Angela Bush	680
	Alliance	David Smith	645
	Labour	John Cavanagh	620	21.5	−11.2
	Labour	Marie Cole	588
	Labour	John Luff	571
Turnout				41.5	+3.7
Registered electors			7,304
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Manor

Manor (2 seats)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Ball	1,106	67.2	+3.4
	Labour	James Mannering	959
	Conservative	Donald Gowler	428	28.3	+1.9
	Conservative	Leonard Nelson	368
	National Front	Paul Griffiths	69	4.6	N/A
	National Front	Graham Pearce	65
Turnout				33.3	+0.8
Registered electors			4,917
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Marks Gate

Marks Gate (1 seat)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Donald Pepper	542	64.1	*N/A*
	Labour	Alan Thomas	303	35.9	−22.8
Turnout				36.5	+4.3
Registered electors			2,329
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Parsloes

Parsloes (2 seats)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mabel Arnold	820	48.3	−12.8
	Labour	John Dias-Broughton	780
	Conservative	Terence Arthur	512	30.1	−2.9
	Conservative	Frederick Maloney	455
	Alliance	Daniel Felton	367	21.6	+9.9
	Alliance	Christopher Vecchi	300
Turnout				34.7	+2.2
Registered electors			5,255
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

River

River (2 seats)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Wainwright	741	42.1	−24.9
	Independent	Patricia Twomey	689	39.2	*N/A*
	Independent	John Howard	636
	Labour	Inder Jamu	569
	Conservative	Mary Hawkins	329	18.7	−10.3
Turnout				33.2	+3.4
Registered electors			5,164
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Thames

Thames (2 seats)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Shaw	1,273	61.4	−24.7
	Labour	Royston Patient	1,171
	Alliance	Martin Taylor	419	20.2	+8.3
	Alliance	Dennis Keenan	417
	Conservative	Marion Nelson	382	18.4	N/A
	Conservative	Dorothea Reed	365
Turnout				43.7	+5.2
Registered electors			4,898
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Triptons

Triptons (3 seats)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Brooker	1,032	62.5	−3.4
	Labour	John Davis	963
	Labour	Leonard Collins	921
	Alliance	John Bell	559	33.9	N/A
	Alliance	Sylvia Hayward	498
	Alliance	Paul Hitchings	486
	Communist	Jean 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

Valence (3 seats)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Blackburn	1,215	90.6	+29.8
	Labour	Matthew Eales	1,164
	Labour	Joan Foster	1,100
	Communist	Danny 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

Village (3 seats)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Bradley	946	42.2	−6.1
	Labour	Harry Tindell	918
	Labour	Ronald Whitbread	891
	Conservative	Terence Mallindine	695	31.0	−1.8
	Conservative	Vera Ellis	667
	Conservative	James Harding	657
	Independent	George Monk	540	24.1	N/A
	Independent	Michael Timothy	523
	Independent	Stanley 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

Manor by-election, 15 July 1982^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Walker	625	60.6	−6.6
	Conservative	Leonard Nelson	205	19.9	−8.4
	Alliance	David 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 Ball.

Chadwell Heath

Chadwell Heath by-election, 5 May 1983^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Albert Gibbs	1,184	50.8	−29.5
	Conservative	Norman Houlder	490	21.0	+21.0
	Labour	William Summers	390	16.7	−0.8
	Alliance	David 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

Longbridge by-election, 9 June 1983^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Constance Foster	2,372	50.4	−3.5
	Liberal	Daniel Felton	1,346	28.6	+3.9
	Labour	James 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 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.

[London_1982_election-1] ^ ^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.

[Elections_Centre-2] ^ ^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.

[London_1986_election-3] "London Borough Council Elections 8 May 1986" (PDF). London Datastore. London Residuary Body. Retrieved 29 March 2015.

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