1978 Camden London Borough Council election

The 1978 Camden Council election took place on 4 May 1978 to elect members of Camden London Borough Council in London, the United Kingdom. The whole council was up for election, using new ward boundaries, with one less councillor than had been elected at the 1974 election.

1978 Camden Council election

← 1974 4 May 1978 1982 →
All 59 seats to Camden Borough Council 30 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Roy Shaw Alan Greengross Party Labour Conservative Leader since 1975 1974 Leader's seat Grafton Frognal Last election 48 seats 12 seats Seats won 33 26 Seat change 15 14 Popular vote 28,482 26,895 Percentage 47.8% 45.2%
Map of the results of the 1978 election to Camden London Borough Council. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue.
Council Control before election Labour Council Control Labour

Labour were re-elected with an outright majority, but the Conservatives made gains across the borough, after losing heavily in the 1971 and 1974 elections. The Conservatives gained from Labour three seats in the southern Holborn and St Pancras South parliamentary constituency and eleven in the north (three in the Highgate ward and eight across the Hampstead parliamentary constituency).

Election result

Camden local election results 1978^[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	33			−15	54.2	47.8	28,482
	Conservative	26			+14	45.8	45.2	26,895
	Liberal	0			0	0.0	4.1	2,454
	Others	0			0	0.0	2.9	1,707

Ward results

Adelaide

Adelaide (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julian Tobin	1,825
	Conservative	Donald Degerdon	1,793
	Conservative	Graham Hirschfield	1,749
	Labour	Peter Gresham	1,223
	Labour	Nova Gresham	1,208
	Labour	Nirmal Roy	1,133
	Liberal	Jacqueline Kelly	224
	Liberal	Nicholas Collins	204
	Liberal	Kwamina Sackey	169
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Belsize

Belsize (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Beaton	1,712
	Conservative	Tony Kerpel	1,667
	Conservative	Michael Brahams	1,641
	Labour	Roy Mathias	981
	Labour	Arthur Soutter	979
	Labour	Verghese Varkki	924
	Liberal	Anne Box	306
	Liberal	Hilary Hawkins	275
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin McNeill	1,494
	Conservative	David Harris	1,399
	Labour	John Thane	1,385
	Labour	Glyn Thomas	1,373
	Conservative	Christopher Radmore	1,355
	Conservative	David Stone	1,310
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Brunswick

Brunswick (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Avery	1,131
	Conservative	Andre Potier	1,017
	Labour	Ricardo de Freitas	1,015
	Labour	David Offenbach	966
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Camden

Camden (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Robertson	852
	Labour	Ivor Walker	775
	Conservative	David Coleman	496
	Conservative	Ronald Sears	440
	National Front	John Philpot	59
	National Front	Esther Sizer	54
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Castlehaven

Castlehaven (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Tysoe	1,000
	Labour	John Lipetz	996
	Conservative	Thomas Crawford	439
	Conservative	Denis Friis	406
	National Front	Gordon Callow	76
	National Front	Malcolm Keith	66
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Caversham

Caversham (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nick Bosanquet	1,289
	Labour	Phil Turner	1,120
	Conservative	Lilian O'Callaghan	721
	Conservative	Morag Valentine	718
	National Front	Michael Harkins	117
	National Front	Bernard Robinson	108
	Communist	Elizabeth Harrison	100
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Chalk Farm

Chalk Farm (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jonathan Sofer	1,336
	Labour	Derek Jarman	1,223
	Conservative	Anthony Blackburn	1,089
	Conservative	Peter White	1,013
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Fitzjohns

Fitzjohns (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald King	994
	Conservative	John Athisayam	920*
	Labour	John St. John	485
	Labour	Peter David	477
	Liberal	Olive Paynton	193
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Fortune Green

Fortune Green (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Almond	1,055
	Conservative	John Steel	1,010
	Labour	Haydn Gott	852
	Labour	Robert Hale	788
	Liberal	Clive Agran	203
	Liberal	Bryan Karet	180
	National Front	Paul Kavanagh	37
	National Front	Carol Warren	31
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Frognal

Frognal (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Greengross	1,363
	Conservative	Julian Harrison	1,319
	Labour	Alan Yates	481
	Labour	Richard Wigley	453
	Liberal	Brian Sugden	258
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Gospel Oak

Gospel Oak (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronald Hefferman	1,125
	Labour	Tessa Jowell	1,059
	Conservative	Peter Barber	546
	Conservative	Anthony Earl-Williams	523
	Communist	Kenneth Herbert	102
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Grafton

Grafton (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Gardiner	1,058
	Labour	Roy Shaw	1,049
	Conservative	David Roberts	455
	Conservative	John Martin	454
	National Front	Linda Evans	71
	National Front	Ian Tomkins	56
	Workers Revolutionary	Granville Jones	37
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Hampstead Town

Hampstead Town (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Tommison	1,251
	Conservative	Gwyneth Williams	1,234
	Labour	Philip Grenall	647
	Labour	David Bookless	628
	Liberal	Nigel Barnes	297
	Save London Alliance	Anthony Diamond	61
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Highgate

Highgate (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Morton	2,026
	Conservative	Roger James	1,961
	Conservative	Derek Spencer	1,966
	Labour	Walter Burgess	1,809
	Labour	David Webster	1,787
	Labour	Albert Crouch	1,774
	Communist	Margaret Lee	194
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Holborn

Holborn (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Derek Godfrey	1,234
	Labour	Julian Fulbrook	1,224
	Conservative	Edith Martin	1,080
	Conservative	Brian Rathbone	1,080
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Kilburn

Kilburn (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Driscoll	1,242
	Labour	Neil Fletcher	1,214
	Labour	Ken Livingstone	1,198
	Conservative	Peter Bolton	999
	Conservative	Ann McMullen	983
	Conservative	Ronald Rees	980
	Independent Labour	Francis Rochford	496
	Independent Labour	Albert Skinner	442
	Liberal	Richard Waddington	155
	Liberal	John Billouin	141
	Liberal	Catherine Wilson	128
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

King's Cross

King's Cross (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Craig	840
	Labour	Roderick Cordara	812
	Conservative	John Glendinning	777
	Conservative	Aileen Griffith	758
	Communist	Patricia Langton	48
	Workers Revolutionary	Margaret Obank	40
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Priory

Priory (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Budd	1,211
	Labour	Margaret Bowman	1,184
	Conservative	Iain Horsburgh	903
	Conservative	Richard Smith	902
	Liberal	Patrick Cooney	91
	Liberal	Alastair Seaton	80
	Communist	Alan Thomas	51
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Regent's Park

Regent's Park (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Mills	1,714
	Labour	Florence Parnell	1,699
	Labour	Andrew Bethell	1,685
	Conservative	Laurence Atlas	1,551
	Conservative	Ian Parsley-Taylor	1,522
	Conservative	Catherine Mallison	1,510
	National Front	Sydney Daly	145
	National Front	Gwendoline Evans	129
	National Front	Martin Moloney	127
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

St John's

St John's (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah Peltier	1,187
	Labour	Maureen Robinson	1,170
	Conservative	Paul Brandt	546
	Conservative	Roland Walker	536
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

St Pancras

St Pancras (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Morrissey	1,024
	Labour	Joan Hymans	1,005
	Conservative	Anthony Cheverton	386
	Conservative	Catherine O'Sullivan	362
	National Front	John Haines	79
	National Front	John Warren	61
	Communist	Jeffrey Sawtell	39
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Somers Town

Somers Town (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Duggan	1,095
	Labour	Thomas Devine	1,093
	Conservative	Jacqueline Austin	443
	Conservative	Noel Moncaster	399
	National Front	Andrew Cordier	73
	National Front	Andrew Kimber	59
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

South End

South End (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Kemp	1,107
	Conservative	Anthony Robinson	1,081
	Labour	Michael Boye-Anawomah	1,007
	Labour	John Chanin	969
	Liberal	Robert Pellegrinetti	215
	Communist	Hubert Bevan	98
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Swiss Cottage

Swiss Cottage (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Osborne	1,648
	Conservative	Michael Flynn	1,633
	Conservative	Brian Stoner	1,602
	Labour	Christopher Heginbotham	1,343
	Labour	Enyd Norman	1,326
	Labour	Denis MacShane	1,274
	Liberal	Andrew Bridgwater	297
	Liberal	Jillian Newbrook	292
	Liberal	Janet Heller	291
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

West End

West End (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Bourhill	953
	Labour	Kevin Gould	938
	Conservative	Cathleen Mainds	911
	Labour	Sandra Wynn	896
	Liberal	Ida Linfield	215
	Liberal	Martin Biermann	209
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)