# 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 went into no overall control.

## Results

| Party | Votes | Votes | Seats | Seats | 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 |
| 26 | 26 |
| SDP-Liberal Alliance | Conservative |

### By ward

Members of the old council*
Barnes (3) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | 61.9 | −2.3 |
Central Twickenham (2) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | 55.4 | −1.2 |
East Sheen (2) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | 63.0 | +4.1 |
East Twickenham (3) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | 56.4 | −2.8 |
Ham & Petersham (3) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | 61.1 | −0.7 |
Hampton (3) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | 59.9 | +2.4 |
Hampton Hill (3) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | 57.8 | +0.2 |
Hampton Nursery (2) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | 62.1 | +4.4 |
Hampton Wick (3) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | 52.7 | +6.3 |
Heathfield (3) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | 57.4 | −1.0 |
Kew (3) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | 63.3 | −0.8 |
Mortlake (3) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | 55.1 | −5.3 |
Palewell (3) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | 64.7 | +0.6 |
Richmond Hill (3) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | 58.5 | +3.3 |
Richmond Town (2) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | 66.2 | +1.3 |
South Twickenham (3) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | 58.0 | +7.8 |
Teddington (3) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | 62.2 | +7.7 |
West Twickenham (2) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | 57.1 | −3.7 |
Whitton (3) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | 59.3 | +3.7 |