1982 local election in England
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]
Background
Election result
Croydon Council election result 1982 Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| 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
Addiscombe
Addiscombe (3) Party | 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
Ashburton (2) Party | 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
Bensham Manor (3) Party | 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
Beulah (2) Party | 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
Broad Green (3) Party | 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
Coulsdon East (3) Party | 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
Croham (3) Party | 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
Fairfield (3) Party | 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
Fieldway (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| 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
Heathfield (3) Party | 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
Kenley (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| 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
Monks Orchard (2) Party | 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
New Addington (3) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| 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
Norbury (3) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| 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
Purley (3) Party | 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
Rylands (2) Party | 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
Sanderstead (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| 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
Selsdon (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| 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
South Norwood (3) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| 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
Spring Park (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| 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
Thornton Heath (3) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| 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
Upper Norwood (2) Party | 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
Waddon (3) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| 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
West Thornton (3) Party | 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
Whitehorse Manor (3) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| 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
Woodcote & Coulsdon West (3) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| 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
Woodside (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| 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
- ^ "London Borough Council Elections 6 May 1982" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 29 March 2015.