# 1978 Lewisham London Borough Council election

The 1978 Lewisham London Borough Council election for the Lewisham London Borough Council was held in May 1978. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 38.6%.

## Election result

Lewisham Local Election Result 1978 :
| Party | Seats | Seats % | Votes % |
| Labour | 44 | | 49.1 |
| Conservative | 23 | | 44.5 |
| Liberal | 0 | 0.0 | 1.8 |

## Ward results

Bellingham (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ronald S J Burlison | 1,911 | 72.3 | |
| | Labour | Roger D. Godsiff | 1,727 | | |
| | Conservative | Mark J. Boleat | 733 | 27.7 | |
| | Conservative | Alistair J. Skelsey | 696 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | | 41.6 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,735 | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
Blackheath (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Geoffrey Barrass | 1,065 | 48.2 | |
| | Labour | James P. Dowd | 1,045 | | |
| | Conservative | Ms Irene E. Farrell | 1,021 | 46.2 | |
| | Conservative | Theodore E. Farrell | 1,019 | | |
| | Liberal | Ms Jane E. Southall | 125 | 5.7 | |
| | Liberal | Dennis R. Staley | 102 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | | 46.7 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,982 | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
Blythe Hill (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ms Shirley K. Cannon | 1,468 | 59.9 | |
| | Conservative | Richard Evans | 1,456 | | |
| | Labour | Ms Clara L. Cole | 981 | 40.1 | |
| | Labour | Christopher J. Leeds | 930 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | | 48.8 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,294 | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Catford (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ms Margaret King | 1,996 | 70.3 | |
| | Conservative | Godfrey S. Agar | 1,950 | | |
| | Labour | Ernest T. Trott | 842 | 29.7 | |
| | Labour | Balachandren M. Granapragasam | 777 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | | 48.1 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,305 | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Churchdown (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Charles Henry | 1,880 | 59.4 | |
| | Labour | Ms Daisy Hurren | 1,694 | | |
| | Labour | James R. Hurren | 1,645 | | |
| | Conservative | Terence J R. Macartney | 1,086 | 34.3 | |
| | Conservative | Christopher B. Chuter | 1,044 | | |
| | Conservative | Frederick J. Waghorn | 1,019 | | |
| | National Front | Stephen P. Greene | 200 | 6.3 | |
| | National Front | Ms Kathleen Ubsdell | 160 | | |
| | National Front | Peter Ubsdell | 148 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | | 40.3 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,443 | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
Crofton Park (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ms G. Elvin | 1,841 | 50.2 | |
| | Conservative | C. Nicklin | 1,805 | | |
| | Conservative | D. Stone | 1,774 | | |
| | Labour | J. Britton | 1,515 | 41.3 | |
| | Labour | A. Patterson | 1,475 | | |
| | Labour | D. Waters | 1,453 | | |
| | Community | N. Fierz | 308 | 8.4 | |
| | Community | Ms K. Pullinger | 267 | | |
| | Community | L. Kemp | 240 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | | 44.2 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,732 | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Downham (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Frederick A. Barrett | 1,907 | 63.7 | |
| | Labour | Thomas I. Bradley | 1,903 | | |
| | Labour | Norman Smith | 1,838 | | |
| | Conservative | C. Aird | 924 | 30.9 | |
| | Conservative | Ms G. Bryant | 915 | | |
| | Conservative | L. Hollingsworth | 898 | | |
| | National Front | Ms P. Burns | 161 | 5.4 | |
| | National Front | D. Kingstree | 156 | | |
| | National Front | Ms M. Cole | 139 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | | 41.1 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,116 | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
Drake (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | C. Cook | 1,438 | 48.8 | |
| | Labour | J. Lynch | 1,292 | | |
| | Labour | S. Angrove | 1,254 | | |
| | Conservative | | 1,089 | 37.0 | |
| | Conservative | | 1,039 | | |
| | Conservative | | 1,036 | | |
| | Liberal | Roy J Boyd | 231 | 7.8 | |
| | National Front | | 186 | 6.3 | |
| | National Front | | 178 | | |
| | Liberal | Richard F Wilson | 171 | | |
| | National Front | | 168 | | |
| | Liberal | Edel F Thompson | 161 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | | 35.4 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,668 | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
Evelyn (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | W. Riddell | 1,711 | 69.7 | |
| | Labour | P. Adams | 1,683 | | |
| | Labour | N. Taylor | 1,648 | | |
| | Conservative | | 389 | 15.9 | |
| | Conservative | | 385 | | |
| | Conservative | | 372 | | |
| | National Front | | 227 | 9.3 | |
| | National Front | | 227 | | |
| | National Front | | 200 | | |
| | Liberal | Hudson M Knight | 127 | 5.2 | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | | 37.5 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,178 | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
Forest Hill (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ms J. Addison | 1,233 | 51.5 | |
| | Labour | A. Emerson | 1,229 | | |
| | Conservative | | 1,050 | 43.9 | |
| | Conservative | | 1,001 | | |
| | | | 111 | 4.6 | |
| | | | 102 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | | 50.6 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,040 | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
Grinling Gibbons (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | D. Townsend | | 52.5 | |
| | Labour | R. Daltrey | | | |
| | Labour | M. Profitt | | | |
| | Conservative | | | 16.9 | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | | 31.5 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,572 | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
Grove Park (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | T. Scott | 1,087 | 50.7 | |
| | Conservative | T. Bickley | 1,057 | 49.3 | |
| | Labour | | 1,034 | | |
| | Conservative | | 1,000 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | | 47.7 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,746 | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Hither Green (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | E. Walker | | 54.1 | |
| | Labour | R. Pepper | | | |
| | Labour | A. Hawkins | | | |
| | Conservative | | | 40.2 | |
| | Conservative | | | | |
| | Conservative | | | | |
| | National Front | | | 5.7 | |
| | National Front | | | | |
| | National Front | | | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | | 43.8 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,374 | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
Horniman (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | N. Bennett | | 63.4 | |
| | Conservative | Ms L. Agar | | | |
| | Conservative | K. Ferguson | | | |
| | Labour | | | 36.6 | |
| | Labour | | | | |
| | Labour | | | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | | 45.6 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,235 | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
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Ladywell (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | E. Bickley | | 54.9 | |
| | Labour | W. Simson | | | |
| | Labour | R. White | | | |
| | Conservative | | | 45.1 | |
| | Conservative | | | | |
| | Conservative | | | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | | 39.8 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,806 | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
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Manor Lee (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | G. James | | 47.2 | |
| | Labour | N. Reed | | | |
| | Conservative | | | 43.6 | |
| | Conservative | | | | |
| | Liberal | Timothy C Field | | | |
| | Liberal | Janice I Headland | | | |
| | Communist | | | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | | 51.9 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,214 | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
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Marlowe (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | E. Rowing | | 62.8 | |
| | Labour | R. Yeo | | | |
| | Labour | T. Agambar | | | |
| | Conservative | | | 18.7 | |
| | Conservative | | | | |
| | Conservative | | | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | | 30.2 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,910 | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
Pepys (3) :
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Perry Hill (3) :
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Rushey Green (2) :
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St Margaret (2) :
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St Mildred (3) :
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Sydenham East (3) :
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Sydenham West (3) :
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