# 1982 Sutton London Borough Council election

The 1982 Sutton Council election took place on 6 May 1982 to elect members of Sutton London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

## Election result

1982 Sutton London Borough Council election :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 46 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 83.9 | 50.7 | 32,221 |
| Alliance | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.3 | 34.7 | 21,836 |
| Labour | 7 | 0 | 0 | | 12.5 | 14.1 | 8,572 |
| Ecology | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.3 | 262 |
| National Front | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | 62 |

## Ward results

Beddington North (2) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Francis McNamara | 1,211 | |
| Conservative | Ronald Bishop | 1,193 | |
| Liberal | Philip Griffin | 1,087 | 43.1 |
| Liberal | Duncan R Ponikwer | 1,023 | |
| Labour | Jeremy Baker | 223 | |
| Labour | Derek Clee | 218 | |
Beddington South (3) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Henry Sawyers* | 1,223 | |
| Conservative | Arnold Cummins | 1,189 | |
| Conservative | Gwendoline Pook | 1,164 | |
| SDP | Kenneth Bishop | 1,023 | 34.0 |
| SDP | Elizabeth Saunders | 1,022 | |
| SDP | John Jukes | 1,007 | |
| Labour | Stanley Spalding | 762 | |
| Labour | John Clay | 755 | |
| Labour | Doris Richards | 696 | |
Belmont (2) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Keith Dodwell | | |
| Conservative | Joyce K M Bowley | 1,617 | |
| Liberal | Robert P Gleeson | 688 | 27.4 |
| SDP | Owen Saunders | | |
| Labour | Jacqueline Lawler | | |
| Labour | Eric Marshall | | |
| Ecology | Robert Hambrook | | |
Carshalton Beeches (3) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Edward Crowley | | |
| Conservative | Keith Martin* | | |
| Conservative | Mavis Peart* | 2,356 | |
| Liberal | Peter Doran | 980 | 26.6 |
| SDP | Katherine Collins | | |
| SDP | Robert Pearson | | |
| Labour | | | |
| Labour | | | |
| Labour | | | |
Carshalton Central (2) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Conservative | Peter Baggott* | |
| Conservative | Reginald Venters | 1,274 |
| Liberal | Albert Harris | 736 |
| SDP | William Higgins | |
| Labour | | |
| Labour | | |
Carshalton North (2) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Conservative | Trevor Russel | |
| Conservative | Florence Ghent* | 1,328 |
| SDP | Simon Holding | 1,054 |
| Liberal | John Phillimore | |
| Labour | | |
| Labour | | |
Cheam South (2) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Conservative | Kenneth Rose* | |
| Conservative | Edward Trevor | 2,000 |
| SDP | Ray Rowden | 300 |
| Liberal | Donald Strong | |
| Labour | | |
| Labour | | |
| Ecology | | |
Cheam West (2) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Conservative | Kenneth Cole | |
| Conservative | Deborah Mangnall | 1,431 |
| Liberal | Elizabeth Sharp | 1,094 |
| Liberal | Stuart Walker* | |
| Labour | | |
| Labour | | |
Clockhouse (1) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Conservative | Dick Barnard* | 461 |
| SDP | Ian Martin | 382 |
| Labour | | |
North Cheam (2) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | John Sharvill* | | |
| Conservative | Clifford Carter* | 1,302 | |
| Liberal | Ms Lesley F O'Connell | 1,288 | 45.7 |
| SDP | Terence A Woods | | |
| Labour | | | |
| Labour | | | |
Rosehill (2) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Anne Richmond | | |
| Conservative | Thomas Watts | 1,096 | |
| Liberal | Joy Taylor | 978 | 41.2 |
| Liberal | Patrick Gallivan | | |
| Labour | | | |
| Labour | | | |
| Ecology | | | |
St Helier North (3) :
| Party | Candidate |
| Labour | Patrick Kane* |
| Labour | Albert Dyson* |
| Labour | Moreen Wright* |
| Conservative | |
| Conservative | |
| Conservative | |
| SDP | |
| Liberal | |
| SDP | |
| National Front | |
| National Front | |
St Helier South (2) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour | Philip Bassett* | |
| Labour | John Evers | |
| Liberal | Warwick Neill | 350 |
| SDP | Douglas Herbison | |
| Conservative | | |
| Conservative | | |
Sutton Central (2) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Liberal | Graham Norman Tope* | 1,469 | 60.2 |
| Liberal | Rev. John Aubrey Mullin* | 1,336 | |
| Conservative | | 724 | |
| Conservative | | 724 | |
| Labour | | | |
| Labour | | | |
Sutton Common (2) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Lesley Barber* | | |
| Conservative | Pauline Kavanagh | 1,175 | |
| Liberal | Stephen Penneck | 1,152 | 46.4 |
| Liberal | Susan Traverso | | |
| Labour | | | |
| Labour | | | |
Sutton East (3) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Jessica Dodwell | | |
| Conservative | Stephen Langley | | |
| Conservative | Anne Richards | 1,136 | |
| Liberal | Neil Frater | 1,005 | 35.0 |
| Liberal | Michael A Cooper | 981 | |
| SDP | Aidan Tierney | | |
| Labour | | | |
| Labour | | | |
| Labour | | | |
Sutton South (3) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Peter Geiringer* | | |
| Conservative | Richard Barber | | |
| Conservative | Paul Mangnall | 2,312 | |
| SDP | Peter Masson | 951 | 25.7 |
| SDP | Joyce Marsh | | |
| Liberal | Cicely Willis | | |
| Labour | | | |
| Labour | | | |
| Labour | | | |
Sutton West (2) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Conservative | Michael J W Cooper | 1,267 |
| Liberal | Christopher Caswill | 1,236 |
| Conservative | Lynette Ranson | 1,169 |
| Liberal | Sarah Hickman | 1,148 |
| Labour | | |
| Labour | | |
| Ecology | | |
Wallington North (3) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Martin Brinkman | | |
| Conservative | Douglas Commaille* | | |
| Conservative | Jack Izard* | 1,700 | |
| Liberal | Thomas Edward Dutton | 1,274 | 33.4 |
| Liberal | Joseph Farrelly | | |
| SDP | John West | | |
| Labour | | | |
| Labour | | | |
| Labour | | | |
Wallington South (3) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Robert Johnson* | | |
| Conservative | Frederick Townsend* | | |
| Conservative | Edward Pascoe | 1,962 | |
| Liberal | William Ward | 910 | 27.8 |
| SDP | Audrey Heymann | | |
| SDP | John Smoker | | |
| Labour | | | |
| Labour | | | |
| Labour | | | |
Wandle Valley (2) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Michael Woolley* | | |
| Labour | Malcolm Smith* | 752 | |
| SDP | Philip Ratcliffe | 622 | 33.1 |
| Liberal | David Wiles | | |
| Conservative | | | |
| Conservative | | | |
Woodcote (1) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Graham Witham | 1,062 | 77.6 |
| Liberal | Stephen Manger | 249 | 18.2 |
| Labour | | | |
Worcester Park North (3) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Peter Woolley* | | |
| Conservative | Janet Woolley | | |
| Conservative | Ann Tims | 1,747 | |
| SDP | Eva Gregory | 1,296 | 38.5 |
| Liberal | Joan Crowhurst | | |
| Liberal | John Pitcher | | |
| Labour | | | |
| Labour | | | |
| Labour | | | |
Worcester Park South (2) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Richard Anthony Kerslake* | | |
| Conservative | David Trafford* | 1,382 | |
| Liberal | Ruth Mary Shaw | 1,225 | 43.3 |
| SDP | Brenda Billingham | | |
| Labour | | | |
| Labour | | | |
Wrythe Green (2) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Gwendolin Bates* | | |
| Conservative | Roy Whitehair | 1,096 | |
| SDP | Janet Garwood | 996 | 35.5 |
| Liberal | Cathryn Wiles | | |
| Labour | | | |
| Labour | | | |