Barnet London Borough Council election, 1978
The 1978 Barnet Council election took place on 4 May 1978 to elect members of Barnet London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.
Background
Since the last election in 1974, the Local Government Boundary Commission carried out their first periodic electoral review of Barnet under the Local Government Act 1972 and made a number of boundary changes.[1]
Election result
Overall turnout in the election was 43.6%.
Barnet Local Election Result 1978[2] |
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
|
Conservative |
49 |
|
|
|
|
57.1 |
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|
|
Labour |
10 |
|
|
|
|
30.4 |
|
|
|
Liberal |
0 |
|
|
|
|
9.8 |
|
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Ward results
Arkley
Arkley (3 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
Brunswick Park
Brunswick Park (3 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
Burnt Oak
Burnt Oak (3 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
Childs Hill
Childs Hill (3 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
Colindale
Colindale (3 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
East Barnet
East Barnet (3 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
East Finchley
East Finchley (3 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
Edgware
Edgware (3 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
Finchley
Finchley (3 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
Friern Barnet
Friern Barnet (3 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
Garden Suburb
Garden Suburb (3 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
Golders Green
Golders Green (3 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
Hadley
Hadley (3 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
Hale
Hale (3 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
Hendon
Hendon (3 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
Mill Hill
Mill Hill (3 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
St Paul’s
St Paul’s (3 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
Totteridge
Totteridge (3 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
West Hendon
West Hendon (3 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
Woodhouse
Woodhouse (3 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
By-elections between 1978 and 1982
Hadley
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Ernest A. E. Asker.
References
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London boroughs | |
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Metropolitan boroughs | |
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District councils (England) |
- Basingstoke and Deane
- Bath
- Brentwood
- Broxbourne
- Burnley
- Cambridge
- Cannock Chase
- Chorley
- Colchester
- Congleton
- Eastbourne
- Eastleigh
- Ellesmere Port and Neston
- Elmbridge
- Fareham
- Halton
- Harlow
- Hart
- Hartlepool
- Havant
- Hertsmere
- Huntingdon
- Milton Keynes
- Mole Valley
- Pendle
- Peterborough
- Preston
- Rochford
- Rossendale
- Runnymede
- Shrewsbury and Atcham
- South Bedfordshire
- South Cambridgeshire
- Southend-on-Sea
- Tamworth
- Tandridge
- Thamesdown
- Three Rivers
- Tunbridge Wells
- Watford
- Welwyn Hatfield
- West Lancashire
- Winchester
- Woking
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Regional councils (Scotland) | |
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