1982 Barnet London Borough Council election

The 1982 Barnet Council election took place on 6 May 1982 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.

1982 Barnet London Borough Council election

← 1978 6 May 1982 1986 →
All 60 seats to Barnet London Borough Council 31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	43.3%
First party Second party   Party Conservative Labour Seats won 48 12 Seat change 2 2 Percentage 48.8% 23.9%
Map of the results of the 1982 Barnet London Borough council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

Background

Election result

Overall turnout in the election was 43.3%.

Barnet Local Election Result 1982^[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	48	1	3	-2		48.8
	Labour	12	3	1	+2		23.9
	Alliance	0	0	0	0	0.0	26.2

Ward results

Arkley

Arkley (3 seats)^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John T. Thomson	2,331
	Conservative	Michael E. Weeks	2.170
	Conservative	Wilfred Lipman	2,169
	Alliance	Jean W. Hawkins	1.575
	Alliance	David J. Shannon	1,476
	Alliance	Norman H. Feltz	1,443
	Labour	Josephine M. Edwards	1,303
	Labour	Hukam C. Chopra	1.253
	Labour	Philip Rowe	1.226
Turnout				%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Brunswick Park

Brunswick Park (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Donald R. Goodman	2,603
	Conservative	Mary B. Perry	2,563
	Conservative	Mary Temple	2,485
	Alliance	Keith Crawford	908
	Alliance	Janina E. Nesbitt	890
	Alliance	Anne J. Gelbhardt	848
	Labour	Percy Cheek	674
	Labour	Grace K. Wilkinson	628
	Labour	Peter B. Wilkinson	595
	Independent	George G. Byron	126
Turnout				%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Burnt Oak

Burnt Oak (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James P. Brophy	2,203
	Labour	Henry J. Timothy	1,803
	Labour	Peter J. Fordham	1,775
	Conservative	Peter J.P. Edwards	911
	Conservative	Keith R. Bass	833
	Conservative	Patricia M. Sparrow	787
	Alliance	George W.H. Allen	673
	Alliance	Alan V. Simpson	614
	Alliance	Miriam Levy	533
Turnout				%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Childs Hill

Childs Hill (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Young	1,556
	Conservative	Stuart J. Scott	1,528
	Conservative	Brian A. Jarman	1,490
	Alliance	Monroe Edward Palmer	1,470
	Alliance	Lilian E. Geach	1,281
	Alliance	Joan Lawson	1,261
	Labour	Sean J. Clegg	1,078
	Labour	Anthony M. Williams	1,031
	Labour	Andrew S. Redpath	1,019
Turnout				%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Colindale

Colindale (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Geoffrey N. Cooke	1,483
	Labour	Mary H.R. Honeyball	1,393
	Labour	Thomas A. McKendry	1,311
	Conservative	Maxton N. Brooker	1,300
	Alliance	Jack B. Cohen	1,177
	Conservative	Anthony J. Antoniou	1,149
	Conservative	Arthur J. Roycroft	1.124
	Alliance	Phyllis I. Adams	1.083
	Alliance	Paula Mercer	900
Turnout				%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

East Barnet

East Barnet (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ernest T. Danks	2,414
	Conservative	Olwen M. Evans	2,369
	Conservative	John Perry	2,317
	Alliance	Barry Perkins	1,287
	Alliance	George Gomez	1,271
	Alliance	Clive Robinson	1,266
	Labour	Jeffrey Leifer	849
	Labour	David A.J. Lusted	818
	Labour	Nohammed A.Q. Qllraishi	745
Turnout				%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

East Finchley

East Finchley (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frances R. Crook	2,046
	Labour	John R.M. Davies	2,030
	Labour	Laurence G. Spigel	1,867
	Conservative	Lawrence W. Chivers	1,815
	Conservative	Mayurdhwajasinh J. Gohel	1,405
	Conservative	Kantilal S. Patel	1,379
	Alliance	Robert N. Lloyd	1,291
	Alliance	Leah Hertz	1,209
	Alliance	Robert S. Hanison	1,163
Turnout				%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Edgware

Edgware (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David J. V. Hammond	2,717
	Conservative	Malcolm E. Lester	2,683
	Conservative	Archibald T.W. Smith	2,638
	Alliance	David H.J. Cohen	1,120
	Alliance	John T, Mitchell	909
	Alliance	Alan P.S. Newman	858
	Labour	Michael B. Desmond	844
	Labour	Arthur J.T. Snell	740
	Labour	John D. Welham	715
Turnout				%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Finchley

Finchley (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leslie Sussman	2,460
	Conservative	Miles C. Golding	2,404
	Conservative	Barbara I. Langstone	2,341
	Labour	Colin Shindler	1,497
	Labour	Brian J. Watkins	1,481
	Labour	Judith A. Craven	1,475
	Alliance	John N.H. Foss	461
	Alliance	Alan W. Mather	411
	Alliance	Pratar S. Mehta	405
Turnout				41.4%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Friern Barnet

Friern Barnet (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David C. Burton	2,674
	Conservative	Frank D. Gibson	2,627
	Conservative	John C. Tiplady	2,590
	Alliance	Christopher Perkin	1,213
	Alliance	Bruce A. Standing	1,209
	Alliance	Frank Davis	1,183
	Labour	Peter R. Butcher	921
	Labour	Stephanie H.M. Dardis	862
	Labour	Harry Kerens	806
Turnout				%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Garden Suburb

Garden Suburb (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael G. Max	2,543
	Conservative	Roy M. Shutz	2,480
	Conservative	Clement Halfon	2,409
	Alliance	Kenneth A. Craig	1,746
	Alliance	Peter D. Falk	1,715
	Alliance	Viola Haire	1,609
	Labour	Jenny F. Manson	547
	Labour	Gerald D. Shamash	543
	Labour	Naomi E. Angell	532
Turnout				%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Golders Green

Golders Green (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Melvin Cohen	1,846
	Conservative	Leslie D. Foster	1,679
	Conservative	Selina D. Summers	1,590
	Alliance	Barrie R. Milnson	1,261
	Alliance	David I. Leadercramer	1,191
	Alliance	Panayoutis P. Panteli	1,023
	Labour	Mildred Gordon	833
	Labour	Montilgue Miller	758
	Labour	John S. Habershon	745
Turnout				%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hadley

Hadley (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David P. Clarke	3,058
	Conservative	Ann S.M. More	2,869
	Conservative	John D. Rawles	2,549
	Independent	Anthony J. Freake	2,245
	Alliance	Geoffrey M. Fallows	1,663
	Alliance	Rosemary M. Watkins	1,541
	Alliance	Anthony Rowan-Wicks	1,466
	Labour	Anita Campbell	677
	Labour	Jean M. Feldman,	668
	Labour	Andrew P. Harris	619
Turnout				%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hale

Hale (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leslie J. Pym	2,688
	Conservative	Dorothy B. Benson	2,516
	Conservative	Jack Clarfelt	2,450
	Alliance	Diana C. Pattison	1,351
	Alliance	Ian C. Albert	1,251
	Alliance	Quintin J. Iwi	1,227
	Labour	John H. Smith	645
	Labour	Rita Erent	604
	Labour	Heung M. Farnham	593
Turnout				%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hendon

Hendon (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman E. Hirshfield	2,184
	Conservative	Victor S. Hockley	2,125
	Conservative	John Archard-Jones	1,872
	Alliance	Anne S. Godfrey	1,316
	Alliance	Harold M. Defries	1,278
	Alliance	Alan M. Magnus	1,276
	Labour	Barrie S. Brown	1,000
	Labour	Mary M. McShane	945
	Labour	Martin C. Earl	937
Turnout				%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mill Hill

Mill Hill (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Denis L. Dippel	2,883
	Conservative	John R. Hart	2,846
	Conservative	Stanley J. Sorrell	2,733
	Alliance	Harold B. Davies	1,244
	Alliance	John R. Sillence	1,136
	Alliance	Linda B. Craig	1,123
	Labour	Paul G. Sarton	728
	Labour	Karen P. Buck	706
	Labour	Ian D. Parker	690
Turnout				%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Paul's

St Paul's (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William G. Hart	2,305
	Conservative	Edna P. James	2,150
	Conservative	Mary Phillips	2,113
	Labour	Michael L. Freeman	1,368
	Labour	Janet A. Briffett	1,295
	Labour	Catherine Lyons	1,220
	Alliance	Kenneth L. Hunter	1,061
	Alliance	Krishan D. Saggar	1,058
	Alliance	Derek M. Joseph	1,006
	Independent	John P. Fitzgibbon	516
Turnout				%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Totteridge

Totteridge (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael J. Hill	3,090
	Conservative	Victor H. Usher	3,025
	Conservative	Victor Lyon	2,974
	Alliance	David H. Ive	1,230
	Alliance	Josephine M. Wagerman	1,208
	Alliance	David Raff	1,206
	Labour	Jack J. Jaffe	672
	Labour	Brenda M. Peck	626
	Labour	Alexander C. Wills	587
Turnout				%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Hendon

West Hendon (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Timothy J. Sims	1,701
	Labour	Agnes C. Slocombe	1,558
	Labour	Doreen N. Neall	1,548
	Conservative	Joseph M.H. Hunter	1,516
	Conservative	Carole L. Ovenden	1,489
	Conservative	William D. Whittaker	1,474
	Alliance	Jack Bright	1,362
	Alliance	Harry J. Levy	1,294
	Alliance	Alan H. Finlay	1,283
Turnout				%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Woodhouse

Woodhouse (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham P. Halliday	2,135
	Conservative	Philip H. Williams	2,126
	Conservative	Kenneth J. Woffenden	2,021
	Labour	Martin J. O'Connor	1,326
	Labour	Eyo I. Nkune	1,189
	Labour	Diane Rogoff	1,168
	Alliance	Michael M. Cole	1,048
	Alliance	Michael J. O'Donovan	1,039
	Alliance	Leonard W. Watkins	1,036
Turnout				%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-elections between 1982 and 1986

St Paul's

St Paul's by-election, 27 October 1983^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael L. Freeman	1,414
	Conservative	lan S. Balcombe	1,069
	Alliance	Krishaan D. Saggar	471
	Ind. Conservative	John P. Fitzgibbon	334
	Ecology	Maureen T. Colmans	59
Turnout			3,347	29.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. William G. Hart.