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1982 Sutton London Borough Council election

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The 1982 Sutton Council election took place on 6 May 1982 to elect members of Sutton 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

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Election result

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1982 Sutton London Borough Council election
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 46 0 1 Decrease 1 83.9 50.7 32,221
  Alliance 3 1 0 Increase 1 5.3 34.7 21,836
  Labour 7 0 0 Steady 12.5 14.1 8,572
  Ecology 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.3 262
  National Front 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.0 62

Ward results

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Beddington North (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Francis McNamara 1,211
Conservative Ronald Bishop 1,193
Liberal Philip Griffin 1,087 43.1
Liberal Duncan R Ponikwer 1,023
Labour Jeremy Baker 223
Labour Derek Clee 218
Beddington South (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Sawyers* 1,223
Conservative Arnold Cummins 1,189
Conservative Gwendoline Pook 1,164
SDP Kenneth Bishop 1,023 34.0
SDP Elizabeth Saunders 1,022
SDP John Jukes 1,007
Labour Stanley Spalding 762
Labour John Clay 755
Labour Doris Richards 696
Belmont (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Dodwell
Conservative Joyce K M Bowley 1,617
Liberal Robert P Gleeson 688 27.4
SDP Owen Saunders
Labour Jacqueline Lawler
Labour Eric Marshall
Ecology Robert Hambrook
Carshalton Beeches (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Crowley
Conservative Keith Martin*
Conservative Mavis Peart* 2,356
Liberal Peter Doran 980 26.6
SDP Katherine Collins
SDP Robert Pearson
Labour
Labour
Labour
Carshalton Central (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Baggott*
Conservative Reginald Venters 1,274
Liberal Albert Harris 736
SDP William Higgins
Labour
Labour
Carshalton North (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Trevor Russel
Conservative Florence Ghent* 1,328
SDP Simon Holding 1,054
Liberal John Phillimore
Labour
Labour
Cheam South (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kenneth Rose*
Conservative Edward Trevor 2,000
SDP Ray Rowden 300
Liberal Donald Strong
Labour
Labour
Ecology
Cheam West (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kenneth Cole
Conservative Deborah Mangnall 1,431
Liberal Elizabeth Sharp 1,094
Liberal Stuart Walker*
Labour
Labour
Clockhouse (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dick Barnard* 461
SDP Ian Martin 382
Labour
North Cheam (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Sharvill*
Conservative Clifford Carter* 1,302
Liberal Ms Lesley F O'Connell 1,288 45.7
SDP Terence A Woods
Labour
Labour
Rosehill (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anne Richmond
Conservative Thomas Watts 1,096
Liberal Joy Taylor 978 41.2
Liberal Patrick Gallivan
Labour
Labour
Ecology
St Helier North (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Patrick Kane*
Labour Albert Dyson*
Labour Moreen Wright*
Conservative
Conservative
Conservative
SDP
Liberal
SDP
National Front
National Front
St Helier South (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Philip Bassett*
Labour John Evers
Liberal Warwick Neill 350
SDP Douglas Herbison
Conservative
Conservative
Sutton Central (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Graham Norman Tope* 1,469 60.2
Liberal Rev. John Aubrey Mullin* 1,336
Conservative 724
Conservative 724
Labour
Labour
Sutton Common (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lesley Barber*
Conservative Pauline Kavanagh 1,175
Liberal Stephen Penneck 1,152 46.4
Liberal Susan Traverso
Labour
Labour
Sutton East (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jessica Dodwell
Conservative Stephen Langley
Conservative Anne Richards 1,136
Liberal Neil Frater 1,005 35.0
Liberal Michael A Cooper 981
SDP Aidan Tierney
Labour
Labour
Labour
Sutton South (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Geiringer*
Conservative Richard Barber
Conservative Paul Mangnall 2,312
SDP Peter Masson 951 25.7
SDP Joyce Marsh
Liberal Cicely Willis
Labour
Labour
Labour
Sutton West (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael J W Cooper 1,267
Liberal Christopher Caswill 1,236
Conservative Lynette Ranson 1,169
Liberal Sarah Hickman 1,148
Labour
Labour
Ecology
Wallington North (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Martin Brinkman
Conservative Douglas Commaille*
Conservative Jack Izard* 1,700
Liberal Thomas Edward Dutton 1,274 33.4
Liberal Joseph Farrelly
SDP John West
Labour
Labour
Labour
Wallington South (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Johnson*
Conservative Frederick Townsend*
Conservative Edward Pascoe 1,962
Liberal William Ward 910 27.8
SDP Audrey Heymann
SDP John Smoker
Labour
Labour
Labour
Wandle Valley (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Woolley*
Labour Malcolm Smith* 752
SDP Philip Ratcliffe 622 33.1
Liberal David Wiles
Conservative
Conservative
Woodcote (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Graham Witham 1,062 77.6
Liberal Stephen Manger 249 18.2
Labour
Worcester Park North (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Woolley*
Conservative Janet Woolley
Conservative Ann Tims 1,747
SDP Eva Gregory 1,296 38.5
Liberal Joan Crowhurst
Liberal John Pitcher
Labour
Labour
Labour
Worcester Park South (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Anthony Kerslake*
Conservative David Trafford* 1,382
Liberal Ruth Mary Shaw 1,225 43.3
SDP Brenda Billingham
Labour
Labour
Wrythe Green (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gwendolin Bates*
Conservative Roy Whitehair 1,096
SDP Janet Garwood 996 35.5
Liberal Cathryn Wiles
Labour
Labour

References

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  1. ^ "London Borough Council Elections 6 May 1982" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 29 March 2015.