1978 Bromley London Borough Council election

The 1978 Bromley Borough Council election took place on 4 May 1978 to elect members of Bromley London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.

Ward results

Beckenham

Anerley (2)

Party		test	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Richard Gaster	1,446	27.1	{{{change}}}
	Labour	Paul Brown	1,388	26.0	{{{change}}}
	Conservative	Graham Paull	849	15.9
	Conservative	Roland Lees	847	15.9
	Liberal	Nicholas Gardner	243	4.6
	National Front	Geoffrey John Parker	189	3.5
	National Front	Michael Ingrams	182	3.4
	Liberal	Charles Vassie	172	3.2

Clock House (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David J Harding		44.0
	Conservative	Terence Stanley	1,744
	Labour	Amanda Moore	1,461	35.3	n/a
	Labour	Ian M Haig
	Liberal	Heather Isabel Donovan	676	16.3	n/a
	Liberal	Stephen J Marshall
	National Front	Helen James	137	3.3	n/a
	National Front	Stephen J Dickson
	Ecology	Helen M Vernon	43	1.0	n/a
Majority				8.7	n/a
Turnout				50.3	n/a
	Conservative win (new seat)

Copers Cope (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John L Pritchard*		74.6
	Conservative	Charles George Priest*	1590
	Labour	Gareth B Matthewson	307	14.2	n/a
	Labour	Eric H Turner	249
	Liberal	Gillian Taylor	242	11.2	n/a
	Liberal	Dorothy E Walsh
Majority				60.4	n/a
Turnout				39.7	n/a
	Conservative win (new seat)

Eden Park (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Francis J D Cooke*		65.9
	Conservative	Peter F Dixon
	Liberal	Derek G Brent	570	17.2	n/a
	Labour	Richard Richards	560	16.9	n/a
	Labour	David N P Radlett
	Liberal	Nicholas Daniel McPhail Smith
Majority				48.8	n/a
Turnout				45.8	n/a
	Conservative win (new seat)

Kelsey Park (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maurice J Mason*		78.1	n/a
	Conservative	Michael John B Tickner
	Liberal	Paul F Taylor		13.9	n/a
	Liberal	Leslie E Brent
	Labour	Michael A Keenoy		8.0	n/a
	Labour	William J Kocher
Majority				64.2	n/a
Turnout				45.4	n/a
	Conservative win (new seat)

Lawrie Park & Kent House (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard D Foister*		56.9
	Conservative	John Arthur M. Lewis
	Labour	Ms J Ambrose		36.4
	Labour	R Balfe
	Liberal	Ms L Craig		6.7
	Liberal	Ms S Crookes

Penge (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur J Mansfield*		51.5	n/a
	Labour	Barbara Pedley*
	Conservative	Christopher John Elgar		33.3	n/a
	Conservative	Michael Green
	Liberal	Joyce M Gardner		5.8	n/a
	Independent	Patrick J S Millea		5.4	n/a
	Liberal	Henry A Verlander
	National Front	Alfred Waite		4.1	n/a
	National Front	Nigel Vernon Dickson
Majority				18.1	n/a
Turnout				36.8	n/a
	Labour win (new seat)

Shortlands (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bernard E G Davies*		82.2	n/a
	Conservative	Brian R Reading
	Labour	Pauline M Jones	293	9.2	n/a
	Liberal	Gareth Hughes	272	8.6	n/a
	Liberal	Theresa M Radlett
	Labour	Dr Jan Pollert
Majority				73.0	n/a
Turnout				44.5	n/a
	Conservative win (new seat)

Chislehurst

Bickley (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maurice Bentley Kenward*		76.9	n/a
	Conservative	Hector McDonald*
	Conservative	Simon J C Randall*
	Labour	Gwendoline I Mansfield		12.5	n/a
	Labour	Audrey I Bridle
	Labour	William P J Pinder
	Liberal	Peter Graham Hardie-Bick		10.6	n/a
	Liberal	Paul David A Nash
	Liberal	Barbara J Anderson-Stone
Majority				64.4	n/a
Turnout				45.5	n/a
	Conservative win (new seat)

Chislehurst (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joan Bryant		75.5	n/a
	Conservative	Edward Myatt
	Conservative	Charles Christopher Seward Reeves
	Labour	Harold Taylor		15.4	n/a
	Labour	Martyn G Jenkins
	Labour	Anthony W Paveley
	Liberal	Barry C Hesketh		9.1	n/a
	Liberal	Olwen M Wade-Jones
	Liberal	Stephen R Walls
Majority				60.2	n/a
Turnout				50.6	n/a
	Conservative win (new seat)

Mottingham (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alistair Huistean Macdonald*		64.0	n/a
	Labour	Ronald W Huzzard*
	Conservative	Paul Martin Bonter		28.3	n/a
	Conservative	Albert E Stayte
	Liberal	Susan E Robson		4.0	n/a
	Liberal	Susanne G Levy
	National Front	Gwendoline F Dickson		3.8	n/a
	National Front	Richard V Dickson
Majority				35.7	n/a
Turnout				50.6	n/a
	Labour win (new seat)

Plaistow & Sundridge (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard B Jackson*		59.8	n/a
	Conservative	Dorothy Joan Laird
	Conservative	Arthur J Wilkinson*
	Labour	Stephen Nortcliff		30.9	n/a
	Labour	John Francis Spellar
	Labour	Judith E Armstrong
	Liberal	John R Hassall		9.3	n/a
	Liberal	Nora MacMurray
	Liberal	Frank Deves
Majority				29.0	n/a
Turnout				44.1	n/a
	Conservative win (new seat)

St Paul's Cray (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Raymond A Sanderson		61.8	n/a
	Labour	Walter K Mansfield
	Labour	Edgar C H Smith*
	Conservative	Violet C Hammond		31.9	n/a
	Conservative	Geoffrey H Fennell
	Conservative	Gladys P Hobbs
	Liberal	George H Watson		6.3	n/a
	Liberal	Ivor W Fyfe
	Liberal	Peter Alan Janikoun
Majority				29.9	n/a
Turnout				39.0	n/a
	Labour win (new seat)

Orpington

Biggin Hill (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David W Hanscomb		63.7	n/a
	Conservative	David Robert Haslam
	Liberal	Malcolm Bruce Westbrook	609	18.4	n/a
	Labour	Roy E Hodsdon	592	17.9	n/a
	Liberal	Cheryl E Carter
	Labour	James Duncan
Majority				45.2	n/a
Turnout				48.6	n/a
	Conservative win (new seat)

Chelsfield & Goddington (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian V Atkinson	3,811	67.4	n/a
	Conservative	Reginald G Adams	3,798
	Conservative	Joseph T Heath	3,761
	Liberal	Graham Leslie Arthur	1,184	20.9	n/a
	Liberal	Sidney C O Langford	1,156
	Liberal	William S Lomax	1,153
	Labour	Dennis J Davenport	661	11.7	n/a
	Labour	Mary A Tozer	654
	Labour	Keith Aubrey Galley	614
Majority				46.4	n/a
Turnout				50.6	n/a
	Conservative win (new seat)

Crofton (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith G Grieve		67.2	n/a
	Conservative	David A Heron*
	Liberal	Keith O Challis		22.9	n/a
	Liberal	Dr Sandra E Ward
	Labour	Philip R Edwards		9.9	n/a
	Labour	Ralph E Hunte
Majority				44.3	n/a
Turnout				53.2	n/a
	Conservative win (new seat)

Darwin (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Peter Komedera		73.9	n/a
	Liberal	Patrick McNally		15.1	n/a
	Labour	John E Goffee		11.0	n/a
Majority				58.8	n/a
Turnout				53.6	n/a
	Conservative win (new seat)

Farnborough (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Norman Goodman		76.9	n/a
	Conservative	Jennifer Mary Hillier
	Liberal	Roy T Hawkins		11.9	n/a
	Liberal	Philip F Dearle
	Labour	John Fowler		11.2	n/a
	Labour	Celia Nortcliff
Majority				65.0	n/a
Turnout				50.7	n/a
	Conservative win (new seat)

Orpington Central (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael A Minter		50.0	n/a
	Conservative	Judith Jones
	Labour	Catherine Spillane		27.8	n/a
	Labour	Nigel C Turnbull
	Liberal	Byrom Lees		22.2	n/a
	Liberal	James R E Richard
Majority				22.1	n/a
Turnout				45.6	n/a
	Conservative win (new seat)

Petts Wood & Knoll (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan S Cornish		68.6	n/a
	Conservative	Joan Hatcher
	Conservative	Don D S Adams
	Liberal	David R Clark		21.2	n/a
	Liberal	Christopher S Wilson
	Liberal	Robert G Street
	Labour	Keith S C Good		10.2	n/a
	Labour	Ann Grant
	Labour	Maria Sawczenko
Majority				47.4	n/a
Turnout				53.8	n/a
	Conservative win (new seat)

St Mary Cray (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doris Partridge*		49.1	n/a
	Labour	David I Grant
	Labour	Keith R Morton	1,961
	Conservative	Anthea M Sargeant	1,859	42.4	n/a
	Conservative	Martin T Fuller
	Conservative	Andrew D Crift
	Liberal	Michael Foy Tapsfield		8.5	n/a
	Liberal	Terence Frank Clark
	Liberal	Stephen Long
Majority				6.7	n/a
Turnout				42.1	n/a
	Labour win (new seat)

Ravensbourne

Bromley Common & Keston (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clive A L Brangwin		55.3	n/a
	Conservative	Raymond L Ainsby
	Conservative	Russell L Mellor
	Labour	John Richard Holbrook		34.5	n/a
	Labour	Naomi V Carter
	Labour	Geoffrey J Ball
	Liberal	Joan Coverson		6.4	n/a
	Liberal	Barbara J Walmsley
	Liberal	Dorothy E Richmond
	National Front	George V Askew		3.8	n/a
	National Front	Roy E J Bond
	National Front	Jillian F Bond
Majority				20.9	n/a
Turnout				42.4	n/a
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hayes (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James F David*		74.6	n/a
	Conservative	Ernest Dennis Barkway*
	Conservative	Philip Geoffrey Jones
	Labour	Peter W Rance		13.7	n/a
	Labour	Sylvia C Snipp
	Labour	Penelope A Kocher
	Liberal	Ronald Coverson		11.7	n/a
	Liberal	Patricia D Ebden
	Liberal	Colin P England
Majority				60.9	n/a
Turnout				40.8	n/a
	Conservative win (new seat)

Martins Hill & Town (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William F D Walker*		64.5	n/a
	Conservative	Anthony M Wilkinson*
	Labour	Alan M Pickering		25.2	n/a
	Labour	Gordon Thomas Yates
	Liberal	Philip E Dewdney		10.2	n/a
	Liberal	Margaret E Birchmore
Majority				39.3	n/a
Turnout				37.1	n/a
	Conservative win (new seat)

West Wickham North (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Montague I Blasey*		77.6	n/a
	Conservative	Percy C Read*
	Labour	Robert Armstrong		12.9	n/a
	Labour	Colin P Moore
	Liberal	Peter A Dodsworth		9.5	n/a
	Liberal	Christine Oakenfull
Majority				64.7	n/a
Turnout				45.2	n/a
	Conservative win (new seat)

West Wickham South (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth V Crask*		75.0	n/a
	Conservative	Leslie G Whitman
	Labour	Richard J Cox		16.8	n/a
	Labour	Richard Henry Redden
	Liberal	Alan G Sewell		8.2
	Liberal	John C Standley
Majority				58.1	n/a
Turnout				46.4	n/a
	Conservative win (new seat)