1982 Croydon London Borough Council election
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The 1982 Croydon Borough Council election took place on 6 May 1982 to elect members of Croydon 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]
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All 70 seats, in 27 wards in the London Borough of Croydon 36 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map of the results of the 1982 Croydon Council election. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Background
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Election result
editParty | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Conservative | 62 | 6 | 0 | +8 | 88.6 | 55.6 | |||
Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.5 | |||
Labour | 5 | 0 | 6 | -8 | 7.1 | 18.6 | |||
Independent | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 3.2 |
Ward results
editAddiscombe
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter G. Holt-Thomas | 2,312 | |||
Conservative | Megan Holt-Thomas | 2,291 | |||
Conservative | Ronald W. Richens | 2,211 | |||
Labour Co-op | Nancy T. Irwin | 1,480 | |||
Labour Co-op | Rona A. Thomson | 1,447 | |||
Labour Co-op | Patricia F.L. Knight | 1,418 | |||
SDP | Angela C. Thomson | 992 | |||
Liberal | Paul David Wiggin | 943 | |||
SDP | Patricia A. Charman | 875 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Ashburton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edwin S. Arram | 1,818 | |||
Conservative | Donald J. Sutton | 1,708 | |||
SDP | Tyrrell Burgess | 617 | |||
Liberal | Leslie A. Christie | 587 | |||
Labour | Howard C. Gurr | 552 | |||
Labour | Rodney G.D. Matlock | 511 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bensham Manor
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ronald J. Bowker | 1,918 | |||
Conservative | Joan M. Goodman | 1,848 | |||
Conservative | Julia A. Wood | 1,705 | |||
Labour | Robert N. Hughes | 1,236 | |||
Labour | Robert P. Priest | 1,149 | |||
Labour | Ian Smedley | 1,146 | |||
SDP | Janice M. Crockett | 811 | |||
SDP | Jai M. Mathur | 773 | |||
Liberal | John A. Pile-Gray | 875 | |||
Ecology | Timothy A.J Rowe | 111 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Beulah
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Philomena M. Drummond-Brown | 1,815 | |||
Conservative | Klemens E. Zdanowicz | 1,751 | |||
SDP | Graham F. Williams | 613 | |||
Liberal | Anthony M. Everett | 598 | |||
Labour | Alice R. Tyrell | 495 | |||
Labour | Roger J. Borne | 479 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Broad Green
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gillian Charman | 1,216 | |||
Conservative | Andrew John Pelling | 1,173 | |||
Conservative | Douglas A.H. Sharman | 1,151 | |||
Labour | James A. Keeling | 1,138 | |||
Labour | Victor Martin | 1,067 | |||
Labour | Ann M. Watson | 1,057 | |||
SDP | Moira C. Bamfield | 846 | |||
Liberal | Charles E. Burling | 831 | |||
Liberal | David E. Beeke | 823 | |||
Communist | Peter A.G. Latham | 78 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Coulsdon East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stanley E. Littlechild | 2,627 | |||
Conservative | Pamela A.M. Little | 2,600 | |||
Conservative | Martin A. Levie | 2,461 | |||
Liberal | Peter Hasler Billenness | 1,333 | |||
Liberal | Ian R. Atkins | 1,276 | |||
SDP | Richard M. Wevill | 1,270 | |||
Labour | Patrick J. Hearn | 267 | |||
Labour | Andrew M. Conway | 252 | |||
Labour | Edward J. Phillips | 228 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Croham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Croft | 2,961 | |||
Conservative | John P.B. Hecks | 2,944 | |||
Conservative | Keith A. Wells | 2,884 | |||
SDP | Christopher G. Peacock | 1,308 | |||
Liberal | Richard T. Mascall | 1,215 | |||
Liberal | Richard E. Tudway | 1,148 | |||
Labour | William E. Short | 382 | |||
Labour | Pauline H. Scharp | 373 | |||
Labour | David J. White | 342 | |||
Turnout | 44.8 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,187 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Fairfield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John L. Aston | 3,195 | |||
Conservative | Robert W. Coatman | 3,170 | |||
Conservative | Michael D. Wunn | 3,031 | |||
SDP | Vincent C. Green | 1,027 | |||
SDP | Niccola Swan | 984 | |||
Liberal | Desmond J. Stockley | 913 | |||
Labour | Frank D.J. Bailey | 638 | |||
Labour | Ian E. Chandler | 591 | |||
Labour | Edward L. Hall | 588 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Fieldway
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | James L. Walker | 1,144 | |||
Labour Co-op | Mary M. Walker | 904 | |||
Conservative | Roy T. Miller | 433 | |||
Liberal | Yvette M.G. Luff | 409 | |||
SDP | David A. Partridge | 381 | |||
Conservative | Adrian J. Goodenough | 323 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
Heathfield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard F. Pannett | 3,039 | |||
Conservative | Mary M.H. Horden | 2,942 | |||
Conservative | Nicholas E.V. Perry | 2,847 | |||
Liberal | Michael J. Douglas | 883 | |||
SDP | Kathleen M. Crawford | 856 | |||
Liberal | Robert J. Williams | 844 | |||
Labour | Beatrice A. Pollard | 380 | |||
Labour | Sean Jones | 355 | |||
Labour | Stella M. Harvey | 353 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Kenley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Margaret E. Campbell | 2,192 | |||
Conservative | Brian G. Smith | 2,061 | |||
Liberal | Ivo Nicholls | 664 | |||
SDP | Robert D. Riddett | 634 | |||
Labour | Roger M. Burgess | 268 | |||
Labour | Malcolm E. Kilsby | 263 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Monks Orchard
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Derek R. Loughborough | 2,011 | |||
Conservative | Albert W. Elliott | 1,993 | |||
Independent | Kenneth R. Brown | 1,421 | |||
Independent | Hugh W. Allardyce | 1,344 | |||
SDP | Anne M. Brown | 392 | |||
Labour | John C. Barlow | 336 | |||
Labour | Donald A. Ray | 316 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
New Addington
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Reginald J. Page | 1,357 | |||
Labour | Trevor J. Laffin | 1,174 | |||
Labour | Alan C. Lord | 1,087 | |||
Conservative | William J. Eastoe | 779 | |||
Conservative | Robert A. Bell | 746 | |||
Conservative | Michael W. Coatman | 723 | |||
SDP | Anthony E.W. Gooch | 577 | |||
SDP | Ainslie C. Bazely | 492 | |||
Liberal | Frances M. Williams | 484 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Norbury
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Colin Johnston | 2,682 | |||
Conservative | Keith M. B. Munro | 2,657 | |||
Conservative | Bryan J. Kendall | 2,637 | |||
Liberal | Barry J. Davies | 1,258 | |||
Liberal | David Armer | 1,222 | |||
SDP | Geoffrey Morley | 1,197 | |||
Labour | Mark B. Howarth | 755 | |||
Labour | Ruth A. Ishmael | 687 | |||
Labour | Janet M. Pickering | 623 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Purley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter J. F. Macdonald | 3,065 | |||
Conservative | George A. Smith | 3,029 | |||
Conservative | David L. Congdon | 2,988 | |||
SDP | Sheila Buckle | 1,071 | |||
SDP | Katherine A. Mundy | 1,048 | |||
Liberal | Graham P. Wickham | 1,021 | |||
Labour | Barry V. Bulled | 243 | |||
Labour | Jean Barlow | 236 | |||
Labour | Julie A. Taylor | 235 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Rylands
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Guy L. Harding | 1,365 | |||
Conservative | Peter R. Crockford | 1,294 | |||
Labour | Robert C. E. Brooks | 722 | |||
Labour | Philip A. Durban | 678 | |||
SDP | Diana M. Dawe | 488 | |||
Liberal | Joseph Short* | 273 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
- Liberal Party withdrew their support during the campaign.
Sanderstead
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ronald W. Haskins | 2,649 | |||
Conservative | David N. Bowen | 2,570 | |||
Liberal | Raymond W. Bustin | 889 | |||
SDP | Eric J. Mann | 853 | |||
Labour | Keith M. Roberts | 163 | |||
Labour | Lillian L. Scott | 158 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Selsdon
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Dudley S. Mead | 2,637 | |||
Conservative | Ian L. Aarons | 2,553 | |||
Liberal | James S. Forrest | 1,393 | |||
SDP | Stephen A. Hall | 1,254 | |||
Labour | Michael P. J. Phelan | 196 | |||
Labour | John H. Robinson | 157 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
South Norwood
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Beryl Saunders | 1,785 | |||
Conservative | Paul A. Saunders | 1,752 | |||
Conservative | Eileen J. Longhorn | 1,745 | |||
Liberal | Ian S. Manders | 965 | |||
Liberal | Jeremy E. Cope | 927 | |||
Liberal | Leslie Anthony Rowe | 927 | |||
Labour | Leni Gillman | 600 | |||
Labour | Jonathan Pickering | 588 | |||
Labour | Peter Luxton | 585 | |||
Majority | 780 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Spring Park
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Denis E. Perry | 3,023 | |||
Conservative | Peter Spencer Bowness | 2,976 | |||
SDP | David B. Crampton | 686 | |||
Liberal | John F. Chandler | 602 | |||
Labour | John R. March | 498 | |||
Labour | Stephen H. Tiller | 429 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Thornton Heath
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Residents | John G. Davies | 1,705 | |||
Residents | Gordon Poluck | 1,664 | |||
Residents | William Blackwood | 1,539 | |||
Labour | Patrick Byrne | 1,006 | |||
Labour | Frances M. Conn | 912 | |||
Labour | Herbert W. Tyler | 909 | |||
SDP | Clive Bone | 741 | |||
SDP | William G. A. Graham | 732 | |||
Liberal | Julia S. Gordon | 695 | |||
Majority | 533 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Residents hold | Swing | ||||
Residents hold | Swing | ||||
Residents hold | Swing |
Upper Norwood
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ernest G. Noad | 1,579 | |||
Conservative | Margaret C. V. Perfitt | 1,543 | |||
Labour | Patrick T. Ryan | 555 | |||
Liberal | Leo C. E. Held | 533 | |||
SDP | Lawrence West | 514 | |||
Labour | Andrew M. S. Ward | 508 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Waddon
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James J. Nea | 2,328 | |||
Conservative | Reginald H. Kent | 2,285 | |||
Conservative | Beverley S. Winborn | 2,151 | |||
Labour | Christopher R. Allen | 1480 | |||
Labour | Hartley Dean | 1400 | |||
Labour | Martin D. Walker | 1382 | |||
SDP | Janet M. Sinclair | 773 | |||
Liberal | Joan M. Leck | 764 | |||
SDP | Ian Wonacott | 681 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
West Thornton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Eric W. Howell | 1,771 | |||
Conservative | Yvonne A. L. Stewart | 1,738 | |||
Conservative | Anita C. Drummond-Brown | 1,715 | |||
Labour | Margaret R. Mansell | 1,310 | |||
Liberal | Alan R. Mead | 1,170 | |||
Labour | James J. Penman | 1,135 | |||
SDP | Peter R. Norwood | 1,090 | |||
Labour | Arnold J. Simanwitz | 1,044 | |||
Liberal | David R. Dayus | 1,017 | |||
Majority | 405 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Whitehorse Manor
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Corinne A. Cook | 1,165 | |||
Conservative | Arthur S. Dwan | 1,132 | |||
Conservative | Denis V. Read | 1,092 | |||
Liberal | Robert F. Holyoake | 932 | |||
Liberal | Iain Gordon | 916 | |||
Labour | George E. Mitchell | 908 | |||
Labour | Robert T. Bishop | 885 | |||
Labour | Julian V. Gannon | 842 | |||
Liberal | Jill L. Servian | 842 | |||
National Front | Nicholas John Griffin | 50 | |||
National Front | Doris A. Merritt | 36 | |||
Majority | 160 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Woodcote & Coulsdon West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alan K. Carey | 3,214 | |||
Conservative | Samuel J. Moore | 3,096 | |||
Conservative | Maurice A. Fowler | 3,093 | |||
SDP | Maureen E. E. House | 1,078 | |||
Liberal | John P. Callen | 1,052 | |||
Liberal | Herbert H. Giles | 1,006 | |||
Labour | David Denver | 238 | |||
Labour | Geoffrey G. Daisley | 219 | |||
Labour | James Nugent | 217 | |||
Majority | 2,015 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Woodside
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Dennis F. Todd | 1,200 | |||
Conservative | Stephen G. Ghero | 1,122 | |||
Labour | John M. Laney | 659 | |||
Labour | Stanley L. Eaton | 611 | |||
SDP | Paul F. West | 411 | |||
Liberal | Henry Russell | 380 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
edit- ^ "London Borough Council Elections 6 May 1982" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 29 March 2015.