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1982 Southwark London Borough Council election

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Field	Value
election_date	6 May 1982
election_name	1982 Southwark Council election
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
party_colour	Labour Party (UK)
previous_election	1978 Southwark London Borough Council election
previous_year	1978
next_election	1986 Southwark London Borough Council election
next_year	1986
seats_for_election	All 64 council seats
party1	Labour Party (UK)
seats1	53
seat_change1	3
popular_vote1	23,138
percentage1	42.75%
party2	Conservative Party (UK)
seats2	8
seat_change2
popular_vote2	15,126
percentage2	27.95%
title	Council Control
before_party	Labour Party (UK)
posttitle	Council Control
after_party	Labour Party (UK)
party3	Independent Labour
seats3	3
seat_change3	3
popular_vote3	1,043
percentage3	1.93%
swing1	15.13
swing2	8.18
swing3	New

Elections to Southwark Council were held in May 1982. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 30.5%.

Election result

|seats % = 85.5 |votes % = 42.75 |plus/minus =15.13 |seats % = 12.9 |votes % = 27.95 |plus/minus =8.18 |seats % = 0 |votes % = 24.34 |plus/minus =20.53 |seats % = 1.6 |votes % = 1.93 |plus/minus =New |}

Ward results

Abbey

Alleyn

Pamela Cooper was a sitting councillor for Ruskin ward

Barset

Bellenden

Bricklayers

Browning

Brunswick

Burgess

Cathedral

Bert Ray was a sitting councillor for Chaucer ward, and was previously elected as a Labour councillor

Chaucer

College

Consort

Dockyard

Faraday

Friary

Liddle

Lyndhurst

Paula Moore was a sitting councillor for Rye ward

William Payne was previously elected as a Labour councillor

Newington

Catherine Clunn was previously elected as a Labour councillor

Riverside

Coral Newell was previously elected as a Labour councillor

Charles Sawyer was a sitting councillor for Rotherhithe ward, and was previously elected as a Labour councillor

Margaret White was previously elected as a Labour councillor

Rotherhithe

Ruskin

Catherine Clough was a sitting councillor for Alleyn ward

Rye

St Giles

Anthony Ritchie was a sitting councillor for Barset ward

Michael Geater was a sitting councillor for Liddle ward

The Lane

Waverley

By-Elections

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. James Patrick

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Robert Smyth

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ronald Slater

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. John Meakin

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Paula Moore

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Harold Young

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Barbara Burgess

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. John Fowler

References

"Local Elections in Britain: A Statistical Digest". Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre. (1993)

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