# 1982 Newham London Borough Council election

The 1982 Newham London Borough Council election for the Newham London Borough Council was held on 6 May 1982. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 27.0%. The Labour Party held onto its overwhelming majority.

## Election result

Newham Local Election Result 1982 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % |
| Labour | 54 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 85.7 | 54.0 |
| Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10.7 |
| Alliance | 6 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 9.5 | 29.1 |
| Other parties | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4.8 | |

## Background

A total of 156 candidates stood in the election for the 60 seats being contested across 24 wards. Candidates included a full slate from the Labour Party, whilst the Conservative Party ran 29 candidates. The Liberal and SDP parties ran 56 joint candidates whilst the Liberal Party also ran 3 candidates under the Liberal Focus Team Alliance banner. Other candidates included 5 Independents, 1 Communist and 3 National Front.

## Results by ward
### Beckton

Beckton (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Herbert A. Taylor | 875 | 73.2 | −9.0 |
| | Labour | Derek A. Whitbread | 783 | | N/A |
| | Alliance | Robert G Fleming | 321 | 26.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 22.6 | −6.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,519 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Bemersyde

Bemersyde (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Harry Bauckham | 733 | 56.9 | −18.7 |
| | Labour | William Dunlop | 634 | | N/A |
| | Alliance | Adrian G. Cole | 556 | 43.1 | N/A |
| | Alliance | Eileen M. McManus | 517 | | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 29.4 | +2.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,792 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Canning Town & Grange

Canning Town & Grange (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jack A. Hart | 1,178 | 67.5 | −10.8 |
| | Labour | Charles Whincup | 1,085 | | N/A |
| | Alliance | Ronald S. Webb | 567 | 32.5 | N/A |
| | Alliance | Margaret E. Linford | 489 | | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 30.9 | +1.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,110 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Castle

Castle (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sarah L. M. Murray | 1,031 | 62.4 | +7.7 |
| | Labour | Robert A. Wales | 965 | | N/A |
| | Alliance | Leslie Hall | 622 | 37.6 | N/A |
| | Alliance | David Gotobe | 601 | | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 30.7 | +5.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,951 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Central

Central (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Gordon T. George | 1,050 | 54.0 | −8.0 |
| | Labour | Stanley Hopwood | 997 | | N/A |
| | Alliance | David J. Corney | 707 | 36.3 | N/A |
| | Alliance | Cathryn Y. Robbins | 524 | | N/A |
| | Independent | Leslie D. Jefferd | 188 | 9.7 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 36.7 | +0.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,747 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Custom House & Silvertown

Custom House & Silvertown (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | William A. Chapman | 1,026 | 61.8 | −21.2 |
| | Labour | Julia C. I. Garfield | 968 | | N/A |
| | Labour | Thomas A. Jenkinson | 861 | | N/A |
| | Alliance | Aaron P. Chapman | 634 | 38.2 | N/A |
| | Alliance | Sylvia A. Kilcoin | 409 | | N/A |
| | Alliance | Sally A. Smith | 391 | | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 23.7 | +0.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,959 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Forest Gate

Forest Gate (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Michael T. Foley | 992 | 40.0 | −18.3 |
| | Labour | Ronald G. Augley | 988 | | N/A |
| | Labour | Conor M. McAuley | 960 | | N/A |
| | Alliance | Robert E. Burrows | 811 | 32.7 | N/A |
| | Alliance | Leighton R. Andrews | 782 | | N/A |
| | Alliance | Alan J. Leaman | 735 | | N/A |
| | Conservative | Robin D. Atter | 603 | 24.3 | −13.7 |
| | Conservative | Victor E. Jackson | 585 | | N/A |
| | Conservative | Luigi Peluso | 529 | | N/A |
| | Communist | John G. Grahl | 77 | 3.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 28.7 | +3.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,286 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Greatfield

Greatfield (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Alliance | Edwin G. Ray | 1,501 | 59.0 | N/A |
| | Alliance | Neal A. Chubb | 1,329 | | N/A |
| | Alliance | John J. Haggerty | 1,326 | | N/A |
| | Labour | Marjorie E. Helps | 1,043 | 41.0 | +10.0 |
| | Labour | Anita J. Pollock | 1,021 | | N/A |
| | Labour | Thomas A. Acton | 1,007 | | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 32.7 | −8.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,652 | | |
| | Alliance gain from Residents | Alliance gain from Residents | Swing | | |
| | Alliance gain from Residents | Alliance gain from Residents | Swing | | |
| | Alliance gain from Residents | Alliance gain from Residents | Swing | | |

### Hudsons

Hudsons (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Frederick C. Jones | 1,009 | 61.0 | −9.3 |
| | Labour | Frederick J. Dance | 950 | | N/A |
| | Labour | Richard W. Buxton | 925 | | N/A |
| | Alliance | Roy A. Adams | 561 | 28.7 | N/A |
| | Alliance | Lorraine Brand | 469 | | N/A |
| | Alliance | Lamont M. Royer | 460 | | N/A |
| | Conservative | Thomas A. Ham | 382 | 19.6 | −0.5 |
| | Conservative | Jane F. Green | 346 | | N/A |
| | Conservative | Doris C. Neville | 326 | | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 26.7 | +0.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,828 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Kensington

Kensington (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Kenneth C. R. Massey | 1,412 | 59.4 | +4.6 |
| | Labour | John J. Plant | 1,257 | | N/A |
| | Alliance | Sylvia E. Neal | 540 | 22.7 | N/A |
| | Alliance | Henry R. Wheatcroft | 515 | | N/A |
| | Independent | Anand K. Sharma | 424 | 17.8 | N/A |
| | Independent | Leon Netto | 344 | 9.7 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 41.8 | −2.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,874 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Little Ilford

Little Ilford (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Paul J. Robbins | 1,304 | 54.0 | N/A |
| | Liberal | Ann C. Winfield | 1,202 | | N/A |
| | Liberal | Rif Winfield | 1,135 | | N/A |
| | Labour | William H. Brown | 1,030 | 42.7 | −24.0 |
| | Labour | John A. Kemp | 1,021 | | N/A |
| | Labour | Patel G. Maganbhai | 931 | | N/A |
| | Workers Revolutionary | Andrew K. Blunden | 79 | 3.3 | −1.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 32.2 | +13.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,585 | | |
| | Liberal gain from Labour | Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | | |
| | Liberal gain from Labour | Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | | |
| | Liberal gain from Labour | Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Manor Park

Manor Park (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Amarjit Singh | 1,372 | 49.6 | −3.5 |
| | Labour | James A. Parnell | 1,291 | | N/A |
| | Labour | Elizabeth C. Fullick | 1,255 | | N/A |
| | Conservative | Alexander G. Hope-Thomson | 791 | 28.6 | −10.4 |
| | Conservative | Andrew F. Winter | 782 | | N/A |
| | Conservative | Stanley L. Norton | 754 | | N/A |
| | Alliance | John S. Ashworth | 604 | 21.8 | N/A |
| | Alliance | William A. Robinson | 569 | | N/A |
| | Alliance | Noble Din | 500 | | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 36.3 | −1.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,571 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Monega

Monega (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Lewis E. Boyce | 1,106 | 58.0 | +2.4 |
| | Labour | Frederick E. York | 1,027 | | N/A |
| | Alliance | Alec J. Kellaway | 479 | 25.1 | N/A |
| | Alliance | Harbans S. Jabbal | 389 | | N/A |
| | Independent | Kartor Singh | 322 | 16.9 | N/A |
| | Independent | Munawar Hussain | 295 | | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 35.3 | −1.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,834 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### New Town

New Town (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Peter J. Pendle | 576 | 48.6 | −19.2 |
| | Labour | Maurice Sampson | 492 | | N/A |
| | Alliance | Andrew J. Bolton | 345 | 29.1 | N/A |
| | Alliance | David C. Powell | 321 | | N/A |
| | Conservative | Deryn J. Buckley | 264 | 22.3 | −6.7 |
| | Conservative | Barry W. Roberts | 216 | | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 28.5 | +0.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,593 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Ordnance

Ordnance (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Charles A. Flemwell | 610 | 71.8 | −13.0 |
| | Labour | Anne King | 531 | | N/A |
| | Alliance | Edward G. Powell | 240 | 28.2 | N/A |
| | Alliance | Melva Campbell | 197 | | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 21.1 | −1.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,266 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Park

Park (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ann Howlett | 1,053 | 50.3 | −15.1 |
| | Labour | James G. Newstead | 960 | | N/A |
| | Labour | Sidney H. Smith | 937 | | N/A |
| | Alliance | Leonard Ryder | 598 | 28.6 | N/A |
| | Alliance | Leslie E. Groombridge | 593 | | N/A |
| | Alliance | Michael J. Hogan | 579 | | N/A |
| | Conservative | Roger M. Barker-Green | 441 | 21.1 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Wendy N. Blanchard | 420 | | N/A |
| | Conservative | Richard C. Strauss | 402 | | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 30.8 | +5.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,813 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Plaistow

Plaistow (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Anand N. Patil | 1,906 | 74.8 | +13.6 |
| | Labour | David J. Brand | 1,235 | | N/A |
| | Labour | Arthur F. G. Edwards | 1,229 | | N/A |
| | Alliance | Ian W. F. MacFadyen | 468 | 18.4 | N/A |
| | Alliance | Nicholas Ward | 461 | | N/A |
| | Alliance | Amrik S. Mahandru | 382 | | N/A |
| | National Front | Michael B. Hipperson | 175 | 6.9 | N/A |
| | National Front | Denis G. Holland | 174 | | N/A |
| | National Front | William J. Roberts | 155 | | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 29.7 | +2.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,154 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Plashet

Plashet (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Frank I. Jackman | 1,327 | 40.1 | −35.1 |
| | Labour | Edwin Mann | 1,216 | | N/A |
| | Labour | Kenneth Palmer | 1,167 | | N/A |
| | Ind. Labour Party | Bill Watts | 1,005 | 30.4 | N/A |
| | Ind. Labour Party | Peter Billups | 962 | | N/A |
| | Ind. Labour Party | Liam A. Williams | 830 | | N/A |
| | Alliance | Sailesh Bhattacharji | 566 | 17.1 | N/A |
| | Alliance | Peshawari Bhalla | 556 | | N/A |
| | Conservative | Peter G. Ham | 411 | 12.4 | −12.4 |
| | Conservative | William G. Flynn | 410 | | N/A |
| | Conservative | Gerard Eldridge | 401 | | N/A |
| | Alliance | Ross B. Smith | 396 | | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 37.9 | +5.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,845 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### St Stephens

St Stephens (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Thomas Nolan | 1,130 | 62.1 | +4.2 |
| | Labour | Eric R. Harris | 1,030 | | N/A |
| | Alliance | Francis J. Rowden | 406 | 22.3 | N/A |
| | Alliance | Ahmed E. Oomerjee | 352 | | N/A |
| | Independent | Bahadur S. Gahir | 284 | 15.6 | N/A |
| | Independent | Parkash C. Sondhi | 243 | | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 40.4 | −5.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,521 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### South

South (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Edward Daly | 1,033 | 50.1 | −5.4 |
| | Labour | Leonard D. Manley | 886 | | N/A |
| | Labour | Margaret E. Philpott | 851 | | N/A |
| | Conservative | Robert F. Williams | 577 | 28.0 | −1.9 |
| | Conservative | Sylvia L. Williams | 455 | | N/A |
| | Alliance | Anthony Wilkinson | 451 | 21.9 | N/A |
| | Alliance | Frances L. Bolton | 361 | | N/A |
| | Alliance | David M. Coleman | 361 | | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 28.9 | −0.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,278 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Stratford

Stratford (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | James C. Goldsmith | 665 | 57.2 | −12.7 |
| | Labour | James C. Riley | 563 | | N/A |
| | Alliance | Albert Fuller | 284 | 24.4 | N/A |
| | Alliance | Denis P. Groutage | 230 | | N/A |
| | Conservative | Florence Jackson | 213 | 18.3 | −1.6 |
| | Conservative | Emily J. Short | 178 | | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 23.6 | −1.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,472 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Upton

Upton (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John R. Clow | 1,685 | 58.6 | −14.5 |
| | Labour | David A. Gilles | 1,447 | | N/A |
| | Labour | Alan Mattingly | 1,319 | | N/A |
| | Independent | Noorallah Darwesh | 440 | 15.3 | N/A |
| | Alliance | Belboda J. B. Cooke | 435 | 15.1 | N/A |
| | Independent | Ahmed Din | 403 | | N/A |
| | Alliance | Surinder M. Gautama | 389 | | N/A |
| | Conservative | Edmund McCullagh | 317 | 11.0 | −15.9 |
| | Conservative | Dorothy M. Neal | 311 | | N/A |
| | Conservative | David Knight | 304 | | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 34.6 | +4.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,380 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Wall End

Wall End (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Herbert T. Philpott | 1,252 | 47.3 | −1.3 |
| | Labour | Hermaish K. Dhesi | 1,189 | | N/A |
| | Labour | Sarah J. Reeves | 1,162 | | N/A |
| | Conservative | Donald MacIver | 780 | 29.5 | +14.7 |
| | Conservative | Gwendoline H. MacIver | 749 | | N/A |
| | Conservative | Laurence A. Howell | 747 | | N/A |
| | Alliance | Peggy R. Campbell | 616 | 23.3 | N/A |
| | Alliance | Richard J. Minchin | 537 | | N/A |
| | Alliance | Ernest G. Mtunzi | 514 | | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 34.6 | −1.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,534 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### West Ham

West Ham (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alfred T. Dickerson | 865 | 54.4 | −14.1 |
| | Labour | Peter J. Undrill | 699 | | N/A |
| | Alliance | Victor Schofield | 380 | 23.9 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Dennis F. Privett | 346 | 21.7 | +5.5 |
| | Alliance | Simon McGrath | 345 | | N/A |
| | Conservative | Simon N. C. Pearce | 319 | | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 28.2 | +3.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,194 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

## By-elections between 1982 and 1986
### Forest Gate

Forest Gate by-election, 14 June 1984 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Margaret P. Olley | 1,517 | 63.4 | +23.4 |
| | Liberal | David C. Powell | 469 | 19.6 | −13.1 |
| | Conservative | Robin D. Atter | 407 | 17.0 | −7.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,048 | 43.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 30.7 | +2.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,845 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Michael T. Foley.

### Little Ilford

Little Ilford by-election, 14 June 1984 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Ann C. Winfield | 1,868 | | |
| | Labour | Stephen C. Timms | 1,780 | | |
| | Labour | Colin M. Copus | 1,763 | | |
| | Liberal | Rif Winfield | 1,715 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 88 | | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 45.3 | +13.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,431 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour gain from Lib Dem Focus Team | Labour gain from Lib Dem Focus Team | Swing | | |
The by-election was called following the resignations of Cllr. Rif Winfield and Cllr. Ann Winfield.

### New Town

New Town by-election, 28 June 1984 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Wendy Mallard | 987 | 71.7 | +23.1 |
| | Alliance | Lee Reeves | 264 | 19.2 | −9.9 |
| | Conservative | Victor E. Jackson | 125 | 9.1 | −13.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 723 | 52.5 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 28.4 | −0.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,845 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Maurice Sampson.