1982 Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council election

The 1982 Richmond upon Thames Council election took place on 6 May 1982 to elect members of Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the council went into no overall control.^[1]^[2]

Background[edit]

Election result[edit]

Party	Votes		Seats
SDP-Liberal Alliance	31,829 (44.91%)	7.25	26 (50.0%)	26 / 52	8
Conservative Party	30,338 (42.81%)	3.18	26 (50.0%)	26 / 52	8
Labour Party	6,765 (9.55%)	6.60	0 (0.0%)	0 / 52	0
Independent	1,104 (1.56%)	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 52	N/A
Ecology Party	738 (1.04%)	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 52	N/A
National Front	61 (0.09%)	0.11	0 (0.0%)	0 / 52	0
Communist Party	34 (0.05%)	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 52	N/A

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26	26
SDP-Liberal Alliance	Conservative

Ward results[edit]

Members of the old council*

Barnes (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	June R M Robinson*	2177	50.5	-2.9
	Conservative	John A Popham*	2017		-
	Conservative	Peter J Martin	1979		-
	Liberal	John T P Roberts	1725	40.0	+3.2
	SDP	Clifford D Tippett	1611		-
	SDP	Henry T Reed	1582		-
	Labour	Christopher M Hull	413	9.6	-0.2
	Labour	Reginald Williams	411		-
	Labour	Peter P Cheevers	379		-
Turnout				61.9	-2.3

Central Twickenham (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walter J Kelly	1543	52.5	+0.9
	Conservative	Mary Rae	1467		-
	Liberal	Cyril J Barnes	973	33.1	+6.8
	SDP	Christopher S Browne	949		-
	Labour	John C Gallop	338	11.5	-10.6
	Labour	Peta L Lunberg	281		-
	Ecology	Helen M D Thompson	49	1.7	n/a
	Communist	Christopher G Payne	34	1.2	n/a
Turnout				55.4	-1.2

East Sheen (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sidney Grose*	1588	55.5	-4.4
	Conservative	Brian Semmens	1578		-
	Liberal	Roderick J Pearson	1139	39.8	+5.1
	SDP	Allan F Lazarus	1062		-
	Labour	Phillip Lamb	136	4.8	-0.6
	Labour	Iain J McIntosh	131		-
Turnout				63.0	+4.1

East Twickenham (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John P M Rowlands*	1922	49.8	+3.3
	Liberal	David C Cornwell	1860		-
	Liberal	Sydney J Nunn*	1809		-
	Conservative	Michael J W Higgins	1396	36.2	-4.8
	Conservative	Clive Thomson	1356		-
	Conservative	Audrey M Cotton	1347		-
	Labour	Feola E Choat	397	10.3	-2.2
	Labour	John Bowling	374		-
	Labour	Angela Hickey	358		-
	Ecology	John M Rhys	141	3.7	n/a
Turnout				56.4	-2.8

Ham & Petersham (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Reeve Williams*	2275	62.6	+18.1
	Liberal	Raymond M Hart	2260		-
	Liberal	Maureen A Allen*	2216		-
	Conservative	Paul J Johnston	1064	29.3	-1.9
	Conservative	Denis Muldoon	1014		-
	Conservative	Michael C Normington	1011		-
	Labour	John K Glynn	298	8.2	-16.1
	Labour	Jenifer M Wyatt	253		-
	Labour	Albert E Heitzmann	238		-
Turnout				61.1	-0.7

Hampton (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Kenton*	2059	51.1	-4.9
	Conservative	James L Hargreaves*	1993		-
	Conservative	Graham B H Norris	1878		-
	Liberal	Maureen Joan Mary Woodriff	1713	42.5	+11.2
	Liberal	John M G Ison	1677		-
	SDP	John Vincent Cable	1496		-
	Labour	Geoffrey A Francis	261	6.5	-6.3
	Labour	Percy S Gourgey	242		-
	Labour	Paul Bialkowski	216		-
Turnout				59.9	+2.4

Hampton Hill (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Holly A M Champion*	1997	50.2	+3.0
	Conservative	Peter G Lockyer	1903		-
	Conservative	Philip J Circus	1841		-
	Liberal	Michael G Butlin	1359	34.2	+7.8
	Liberal	Mary Patricia Tordoff	1304		-
	SDP	Gwynfil M Connor	1290		-
	Labour	George E F Samuels	620	15.6	-10.8
	Labour	Stephen J Cox	563		-
	Labour	Brian P Boreham	524		-
Turnout				57.8	+0.2

Hampton Nursery (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bertha J Heath*	939	46.8	-2.4
	Liberal	Rodney P Hopkins	839	41.8	+10.1
	Conservative	Joan Keogan	838		-
	Liberal	Michael I Chandler	815		-
	Labour	Anthony D J McEvoy	227	11.3	-7.8
	Labour	Peter M Jones	222		-
Turnout				62.1	+4.4

Hampton Wick (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David J Marlow*	2015	54.3	-8.7
	Conservative	Hugh R Colthorpe	1990		-
	Conservative	Anthony Francis Arbour*	1984		-
	Liberal	Philip L Cook	1181	31.8	+14.2
	SDP	Walter Freeman	1172		-
	Liberal	John W Parton	1082		-
	Labour	Timothy R Hanlon	374	10.1	-9.3
	Labour	Pamela J Risner	361		-
	Labour	Derek J A Tutchell	360		-
	Ecology	John Stone	142	3.8	n/a
Turnout				52.7	+6.3

Heathfield (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne Woodward*	2109	48.6	+2.3
	Conservative	Ramon Gillum	2062		-
	Conservative	Thomas H Wright	2024		-
	Liberal	Wilfred P Letch	1802	41.5	+9.6
	Liberal	Francis Mayes	1706		-
	SDP	John A Friel	1626		-
	Labour	Patricia M Hunt	428	9.9	-11.9
	Labour	Graham R Nixon	401		-
	Labour	Mansel J Lalis	390		-
Turnout				57.4	-1.0

Kew (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jennifer Louise Tonge	2377	43.6	+1.2
	Liberal	David G Blomfield	2305		-
	SDP	Alexander S Lourie	1779		-
	Conservative	Richard G J Ottaway	1687	30.9	-15.6
	Conservative	Richard M Cantor	1546		-
	Conservative	John N Upton	1465		-
	Independent	Crispin Shaddock	761	13.9	n/a
	Labour	Alison R Leftwich	415	7.6	-3.6
	Labour	Kenneth E Rudge	400		-
	Labour	Stephen D Spencer	364		-
	Ecology	Toni E Macarthur	218	4.0	n/a
Turnout				63.3	-0.8

Mortlake (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Deirdre Bourke Martineau*	2135	62.1	+8.1
	Liberal	Edward Timothy Razzall*	2080		-
	Liberal	Derek V Wainwright*	2067		-
	Conservative	George M Haywards	948	27.6	+3.2
	Conservative	Monica O Port	908		-
	Conservative	James R Neale	897		-
	Labour	Jean M Hill	355	10.3	-11.3
	Labour	Andrew E Love	322		-
	Labour	Alexander T Braid	302		-
Turnout				55.1	-5.3

Palewell (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sally Rachel Hamwee*	1935	47.4	+1.3
	Conservative	Keith I Morell*	1856	45.4	+0.7
	Liberal	Anthony L Manners*	1833		-
	Conservative	John L Saunders	1785		-
	Conservative	Patricia A Steel	1776		-
	Liberal	Marcia M L Donaldson	1706		-
	Labour	Christopher C Floyd	295	7.6	-1.7
	Labour	Margaret H Jones	279		-
	Labour	Peter J Mapleston	256		-
Turnout				64.7	+0.6

Richmond Hill (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rachel M Dickson*	1831	52.6	+5.0
	Liberal	Anthony I Simmonds*	1733		-
	Liberal	Christine G Grist	1718		-
	Conservative	John Ormiston	1460	41.9	-1.9
	Conservative	Christopher N P Lewis	1412		-
	Conservative	Courteney G Harris	1359		-
	Labour	John B Whitty	190	5.5	-3.2
	Labour	Joseph M Bailey	294		-
	Labour	Arnold R Barfield	187		-
Turnout				58.5	+3.3

Richmond Town (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alison M Cornish*	1583	53.2	+0.7
	Liberal	Timothy B Lewis*	1454		-
	Conservative	Pramila Le Hunte	1036	34.8	-3.0
	Conservative	Ian F Watts	1002		-
	Labour	Timothy J Summers	303	10.2	+0.4
	Labour	Sydney F Sutters	265		-
	Ecology	David Monks	54	1.8	n/a
Turnout				66.2	+1.3

South Twickenham (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Geoffrey Robert Pope	1864	42.0	+2.8
	Conservative	Norah J Ford Millar*	1795	40.4	-7.2
	Conservative	Gordon G Bates	1794		-
	Conservative	Stuart N Leamy	1757		-
	Liberal	Dion Anthony Scherer	1670		-
	SDP	Terence R Wells	1563		-
	Labour	Duncan M Macpherson	438	9.9	-3.3
	Labour	Brian S Gee	409		-
	Labour	Christopher W Mays	400		-
	Independent	Raymond Hollebone	343	7.7	n/a
Turnout				58.0	+7.8

Teddington (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Martin D Elengorn	2024	43.8	+19.5
	SDP	Alexander G Cox	1932		-
	Liberal	Eugene R O'Connor	1923		-
	Conservative	Peter J Temlett*	1906	41.3	-11.3
	Conservative	Anthony D M Allen	1755		-
	Conservative	Raymond E Waddington-Jones	1754		-
	Labour	Hamish A Glass	553	12.0	-11.1
	Labour	Kathleen M Waters	469		-
	Labour	Robert H Saunders	465		-
	Ecology	Mary T G Walwyn	134	2.9	n/a
Turnout				62.2	+7.7

West Twickenham (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Waller*	1425	51.5	+4.2
	Liberal	Arthur P N Herbert	1208		-
	Conservative	Thomas H Miller	901	32.6	+2.9
	Conservative	Nicholas J S Wood-Dow	840		-
	Labour	Rashid Kareh	439	15.9	-7.1
	Labour	Kevin A Gilligan	412		-
Turnout				57.1	-3.7

Whitton (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth J Riley	1862	47.3	-4.2
	Conservative	Susan Warhurst*	1842		-
	Conservative	Harry Hall	1780		-
	Liberal	Keith MacKinney	1727	43.9	+14.9
	Liberal	Robert J A Smith	1582		-
	SDP	Vivienne H Clifford-Winters	1340		-
	Labour	Howard Davies	285	7.2	-8.7
	Labour	Pauline A Wilkins	283		-
	Labour	Sally Paggetti	256		-
	National Front	Terence Denville-Faulkner	61	1.6	-2.0
	National Front	Reginald Harrison	52		-
	National Front	James Sawyer	46		-
Turnout				59.3	+3.7

References[edit]

^ "London Borough Council Elections 6 May 1982" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
^ "Richmond-upon-Thames Borough Council Elections" (PDF). Richmond-upon-Thames Borough Council. Richmond-upon-Thames Borough Council. Retrieved 20 January 2016.

[London_1982_election-1] "London Borough Council Elections 6 May 1982" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 29 March 2015.

[Richmond_local_election_results_1964-2010-2] "Richmond-upon-Thames Borough Council Elections" (PDF). Richmond-upon-Thames Borough Council. Richmond-upon-Thames Borough Council. Retrieved 20 January 2016.

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