- GRIATIR lONDON COUNCil IllCTION ~ G1Jffi)1 TI~VV Compiled in the Director-General's Department of the Greater London Council,by the Intelligence Division from information supplied by the Returning Officers Contents Notes .. page 1 Summary of election facts and figures, 1977 .. page 2 Table 1 Candidates with party affiliation and votes cast in each constituency at the Greater London Council election, 5 May, 1977 .. .. page 3 Table 2 Summary of election results by constituency and borough .. page 12 Table 3 Composition of the Inner London Education Authority following the Greater London Council election, 1977 .. page 15 Appendix By-elections for Greater London councillors, April 1973 - May 1977 .. page 16 Diagram Political representation of constituencies in the Greater London Council, 1977 .. .. pages 8 & 9 Notes The Greater London Council is composed of 92 councillors - one for each of the 92 electoral areas which are the same as parliamentary constituencies. Elections are held on the day fixed by section 43 of the Local Government Act 1972 which shall be the first Thursday in May unless some other day is fixed by the Home Secretary. In 1976, the Home Secretary made an Order under the Local Government Act 1972 providing for elections at four-yearly intervals. Previously, since 1964, elections had been held every three years. Published by the Greater London Council and obtainable from the Bookshop County Hall, London SE1 7PB Publication No.7168 08994 Price £1.50 including postage and packing Summary of election facts and figures 19n Electorate Total electorate 5,183,668 Number voting 2,250,322 Percentage voting 43.4 (Percentage voting 1973) (37.0) Ballot papers Number of valid votes cast on the day 2,207,175 Number of valid postal votes 34,889 Total number of valid ballot papers 2,242,064 Total number of rejected ballot papers 8,258 Reasons for invalidity and numbers rejected: Lacking the official mark 142 Elector voted for more than one person 2,850 Marked so that voter could be identified 531 Unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty 1,877 Postal votes received before the close of poll, but which failed to comply with postal voting regulations 2,858 Number of candidates and votes by party All seats were contested The abbreviations shown in brackets are used in table 1 to indicate the parties of the candidates Candidates Votes Conservative (Con) 92 1,177,390 Independent Conservative (Ind. Con) 1 1,025 Labour (Lab) 91 726,854 Labour and Co-operative (Lab. Co-op) 1 10,340 National Front (Nat. Fr) 91 119,060 Liberal (Lib) 90 174,405 Independent Liberal (Ind. Lib) 3 878 Abolish GLC (Ab. GLC) 31 7,869 Communist (Comm) 24 8,267 National Party (NP) 22 8,300 English Nationalist (Eng. Nat) 5 685 Independent (I nd) 4 605 Socialist (I nternational Marxist) (S 1M) 4 1,930 Socialist Party of Great Britain (SPGB) 4 502 People and Agrarian Party (PAP) 2 1,621 Co-operative Housing (CH) 1 67 Democratic Monarchist White Resident Home Owner (DMWRHO) 51 Ecology (E) 298 Fellowship Party (FP) 552 Medical Practitioner (MP) 290 New Britain (NB) 254 North East Tottenham Campaign Against Traffic (NETCAT) 646 Sales Representative (SR) 175 Total 473 2,242,064 Votes cast for main parties % % Conservative 1,177,390 52.5 National Front 119,060 5.3 Labour 726,854 32.4 Other 44,355 2.0 Liberal 174,405 7.8 Composition of the Council following the 1977 election Conservative 64 Labour 28 Total 92 2 TABLE 1 Candidates with party affiliation and votes cast in each constituency at the Greater London Council election, 5 May 1977 Notes (i) Elected candidates are shown in bold. (ii) For explanation of party affiliation see page 2. (iii) The size of the electorate is shown in brackets for each constituency. Barking ERITH AND CRAYFORD (61,395) BARKING (49,493) Town, R. Can 13,129 Ward, J.B., J.P. Lab 10,536 Archer, FW. Lab 11,296 Packer, C.E. Con 6,338 Goodwin, I.J.C. Lib 1,692 London, C.M. Nat.Fr 1,820 Hawke, O. Nat.Fr 1,594 Bush, Mrs. A.E. Lib 1,477 SIDCUP (49,512) DAGENHAM (68,905) Gent, R.C. Can 15,316 Davies, W,M.N. Lab 5,649 Kay, H. Lab 12,450 Burraston, Miss E. Lib 1,669 Hyams, G.L. Con 8,761 Wynn, M.L. Nat.Fr 1,270 Newport, I. R. Nat.Fr 2,036 Poole, G.D. Lib 1,493 Creamer, F.J. Comm 429 Brent BRENT EAST (57,041) Barnet Howard, N. Lab 11,005 CHIPPING BARNET (58,382) Steel, A.R. Con 9,377 Davies, J. R. Nat.Fr 1,097 Patterson, M.J.L. Con 17,095 Pierre-Michel, G. Ind.Con 1,025 Cooke, G.N. Lab 5,171 Pitt, W.H. Lib 868 Ive, D.H. Lib 2,491 Monk, D.J. Nat.Fr 989 BRENT NORTH (71,268) Hardy, A. Can 22,754 FINCHLEY (55,844) Nerva, L.M. Lab 9,031 Scofield, C.F. Lib 2,067 Freeman, R.J.M. Can 14,758 John, G. Nat.Fr 1,763 Wall, A.J. Lab 6,228 Fiegel, G.G. Ab.GLC 243 Standing, B.A. Lib 2,095 Ruddock, P.A. Nat.Fr 1,066 BRENT SOUTH (59,158) HENDON NORTH (53,880) Harrington, I., 'J.P. Lab 10,893 Allason, R.W. Con 9,027 Cassidy, B.M.D. Can 14,987 Bryant, GW. Nat.Fr 1,461 Cooper, F.A. Lab 7,617 Gover, J.H. Lib 941 Roebuck, D.V. Nat.Fr 1,528 Burt, L.G. Comm 410 Craymer, Mrs. B.M. Lib 1,500 Gottlieb, Dr. I. MP 290 HENDON SOUTH (54,274) Bromley BECKENHAM (58,068) Black, P.B., J.P. Con 15,402 Benson, P. Lab 5,980 Smith, F.W. Can 15,813 Ell is, B. E.J. Lib 2,906 Mordecai, J.W. Lab 4,872 Warner, Mrs. S.E. Nat.Fr 598 Khan-Panni, P.F. Lib 2,072 Moon, G.L. Ind 113 Parker, G.J. Nat.Fr 802 Childs, H.T.W. Eng.Nat 165 Bexley CHISLEHURST (53,547) BEXLEYHEATH (50,813) Wykes, Mrs. J.K. Can 16,412 Langton, V.R.M. Con 13,737 Mansfield, W.K. Lab 7,845 Marsh, Mrs. E.M. Lab 6,861 Hassall, J. R. Lib 1,743 Crowhurst, J.H. Lib 1,855 Clifford, R.C. Nat.Fr 508 Wilkens, A.J. Nat.Fr 1,069 Rose, V.S. Ab.GLC 162 Turner, J.D. NP 287 Hansford-Miller, F.H. Eng.Nat 152 3 ORPINGTON (66.356) CROYDON NORTH WEST (55.002) Tatham. Mrs. J. Can 23.084 Stewart. S.J. Can 13.668 Ward. Dr. S.E. Lib 7.650 Simpson. Mrs. A.M. Lab 6,479 Partridge. Mrs. D. Lab 4.277 Pitt. Mrs. J.R. Lib 1.575 Bond. R.E.J. Nat.Fr 687 Weedon. P.J. Nat.Fr 604 Hansford-Miller. Mrs. P. Eng.Nat 148 Lamb, T. NP 206 Furderer. D.P. Ab.GLC 67 RAVENSBOURNE (47.849) CROYDON SOUTH (61.329) Wheeler. M.J. Can 14.510 Holbrook. J.R. Lab 3.528 Aplin. G.W. Can 21.146 Coverson. R.L. Lib 1.866 Billenness. Mrs. M.R.A. Lib 3.373 Askew. G.V. Nat.Fr 648 Payne. C.E. Lab 2.654 Murray. Mrs. D.J. Ab.GLC 180 Dummer. R. Nat.Fr 590 Saffery. Mrs. F.E. Eng.Nat 73 Benwell. P.w.R.G. NP 235 Camden Ealing HAMPSTEAD (63,415) ACTON (58.633) Can Greengross. A.D. 15.352 Dobson. J.C. Can 16.005 Wistrich, Mrs. E.B. Lab 10.000 Eckles, P.C. Lab 8.276 1,915 Waddington, R.J. Lib Rowley. S.J. Lib 1,438 Nat.Fr 425 Callow. G.T. Wakley. C.B. Nat.Fr 896 Comm 399 Thomas, A. Mitchell. M. Comm 295 Ab.GLC 199 Farrer. D.J. Blakebrough. K.S. Ind 119 Cox. L.J. SPGB 143 EALING NORTH (74.149) HOLBORN AND ST PANCRAS SOUTH (39.351) Crofton. Sir Malby Can 20,485 Collins. R. Lab 7.099 13,303 Radmore. C.D. Con 6.977 Downham. P. Lab Lib Knowles. G. Lib 776 Salmon. J. L. 2.338 Lilburne-Philpot, J. Nat.Fr 698 Marsh. R.J. Nat.Fr 1.528 Connolly. T. NP 657 Deutz, Mrs. P.M. SPGB 156 SOUTHALL (73.079) ST PANCRAS NORTH (40.535) Safer. Mrs. A. Lab 7.902 Sieve. Mrs. Y. Lab 13.330 Frost. M.J. Con 6,461 Schindler. R. Con 12,417 Mather. Mrs. J. Lib 803 Stevens. K. Lib 2,094 Evans, Miss L.D. Nat.Fr 599 Franklin. Mrs. B.P. Nat.Fr 1.872 Heath, V.A. Comm 371 Hedley. G.A. SIM 996 Croydon Enfield CROYDON CENTRAL (67.070) EDMONTON (60.839) Taylor. G.W.H. Con 17.964 Corpe. H.W. Can 12,429 White, D.F. Lab.Co-op 10,340 Warren, J.G. Lab 9,480 Lightwing, R.A. Lib 1,713 Pert, R.C. Nat.Fr 2.545 Moss, P.W. Nat.Fr 687 Simkins. J. Lib 1.064 Porter. W.H. NP 299 Jiggins. T. Ab.GLC 507 CROYDON NORTH EAST (57.163) ENFIELD NORTH (67.685) Morgan. Miss G.E. Can 15.135 Connors. J.A.B. Con 14.975 Simpson, D.H. Lab 7.591 White. Dr. J.H. Lab 9.311 Taylor, A. Lib 1,472 Ridge. Dr. L.E.L. Lib 6,342 Brady. S.J. NP 479 Davies. K. Nat.Fr 2,414 Cordle.