# 1978 Hammersmith London Borough Council election

The 1978 Hammersmith Council election took place on 4 May 1978 to elect members of Hammersmith London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election, with an extra two wards and 10 fewer councillors - and the council went in no overall control.

## Background

The number of council seats was reduced from 60 to 50 - with the new council comprising 19 two seat wards, and 4 three seat wards.
Both Labour and the Conservatives fielded a full slate of 50 candidates.
The Liberal Party ran 20 candidates across 15 wards - an increase from the 19 candidates they fielded in 1974.
The National Front fielded 14 candidates across 7 wards - gaining an average of 81 votes each. Across London the National Front ran 602 candidates - pulling in an average of 151 votes each.
The 'Save London Alliance' ran 18 candidates across 12 wards in a variety of alliances with 'West Kensington Environment' (9 candidates), 'Ratepayers Association' (2 candidates), 'Glenthorne Road Campaign' (1 candidate) and without additional alliance (6 candidates). Across London 80 other candidates stood under the 'Save London Alliance' banner.
In the White City & Shepherd's Bush ward three candidates stood for 'Socialist Unity' - a further 9 candidates across London stood for the same party.
In the same ward a single candidate stood for the Workers Revolutionary Party - the party fielded a further 15 candidates across London.
In an era when candidates could choose their party designation without reference to an officially registered entity - one person in the Broadway ward ran under the 'Retired Garage Proprietor' banner. He finished just ahead of the National Front and Save London Alliance candidates.
One candidate in the Coleshill ward stood as an 'Independent Conservative' - across London, four other candidates used the same party name.
In the Wormholt ward a single candidate stood for the 'British United Party' - two other candidates across London used the same banner.
Whilst Communist Party fielded 97 candidates across London at these elections - none stood in Hammersmith.
No candidates in Hammersmith listed themselves as 'Independent' at this election.
A total of 159 candidates put themselves forward for the 50 available seats - an increase from the 145 candidates who contested the 60 seats in 1974.

## Election result

The Conservative Party won 24 seats and the Labour Party also won 24 seats. With just two seats, the Liberal Party held the balance of power with no party in overall control.
The two Liberal councillors voted with the Conservatives and removed Labour, after 8 years in control of Hammersmith.

## Ward results
### Addison

Addison (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Belsham, Frances E.J | 1,095 | | |
| | Conservative | Chase, Simon G. | 1,062 | | |
| | Labour | Cunningham, Edward D. | 1,037 | | |
| | Labour | Moriarty, Denis E.H. | 918 | | |
| | National Front | Cresswell, Jocelyn | 60 | | |
| | National Front | Cox, Albert L. | 51 | | |
| | Save London Alliance | Fogarty, Michael J.E. | 46 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | % | % |

### Avonmore

Avonmore (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Putnam, John C. | 1,222 | | |
| | Conservative | Wylie, John C. | 1,139 | | |
| | Labour | Basterfield, Diana | 627 | | |
| | Labour | Norridge, Adrian M. | 608 | | |
| | West Kensington Environment/ Save London Alliance | Powell, Isobel | 130 | | |
| | Liberal | Orr, Michael W.M. | 106 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | % | % |

### Broadway

Broadway (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Knott, Simon H.J.A. | 916 | | |
| | Liberal | Mulcahy, Robert | 693 | | |
| | Labour | Hanscomb, Louis | 566 | | |
| | Labour | Wicks, Josephine A. | 509 | | |
| | Conservative | Martin, Elizabeth A. | 428 | | |
| | Conservative | Robertson, David J. | 402 | | |
| | Retired Garage Proprietor | Keats, Joseph C. | 58 | | |
| | National Front | Chambers, Eamon M | 50 | | |
| | National Front | Sturman, David | 49 | | |
| | West Kensington Environment/ Save London Alliance | Patriotis, Costas | 26 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | % | % |

### Brook Green

Brook Green (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Hennessy, John A. | 1,416 | | |
| | Conservative | Smith, William C. | 1,384 | | |
| | Labour | Young, John A. | 758 | | |
| | Labour | Burke, Patrick | 754 | | |
| | West Kensington Environment/ Save London Alliance | Copplestone, Frederick T. | 89 | | |
| | West Kensington Environment/ Save London Alliance | Molony, John F. | 88 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | % | % |

### Colehill

Colehill (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Hitchings, Ann M | 1,177 | | |
| | Conservative | Killick, Robert C. | 1,175 | | |
| | Labour | Prentice, Gordon | 1,089 | | |
| | Labour | Widdowson, Robert | 977 | | |
| | Ind. Conservative | Perrin, Raymond A. | 228 | | |
| | Liberal | Carroll, Moira | 89 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | % | % |

### College Park & Old Oak

College Park & Old Oak (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ing, Frank W | 1,117 | | |
| | Labour | Fenelon, Margaret | 1,065 | | |
| | Labour | Silverman, Melvyn | 1,038 | | |
| | Conservative | Herbert, Fredrick P.A. | 950 | | |
| | Conservative | Gordon, Helen T. | 935 | | |
| | Conservative | Maze, Brian I. | 901 | | |
| | National Front | Morris, Eric A. | 135 | | |
| | National Front | Mullett, Horace | 113 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | % | % |

### Coningham

Coningham (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Crawford, Ethel F. | 1,235 | | |
| | Labour | Bull, James | 1,205 | | |
| | Labour | Wicks, Leslie J. | 1,136 | | |
| | Conservative | Thorne, Brenda | 932 | | |
| | Conservative | Clarke, Richard J. | 915 | | |
| | Conservative | Thorne, Christopher G. | 915 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | % | % |

### Crabtree

Crabtree (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Howe, Kim G.F.B. | 1,211 | | |
| | Conservative | Pearce, John | 1,185 | | |
| | Labour | Evans, John G. | 830 | | |
| | Labour | Banfield, Dorothy J. | 829 | | |
| | Liberal | Bevan, David G. | 122 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | % | % |

### Eel Brook

Eel Brook (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Sandeman, Phillipa M. | 1,083 | | |
| | Conservative | Lazarus, Richard S. | 1,067 | | |
| | Labour | Rayner, Richard W. | 1,055 | | |
| | Labour | Radcliffe, Rosemary A. | 1,052 | | |
| | Liberal | Simpson, David J. | 93 | | |
| | National Front | Merrick, John W. | 78 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | % | % |

### Gibbs Green

Gibbs Green (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Kelly, Frances D. | 986 | | |
| | Labour | Taylor, Geoffrey | 968 | | |
| | Conservative | Corbet-Millward, John G. | 852 | | |
| | Conservative | Wethered, Simon R. | 807 | | |
| | Ratepayers Association/ Save London Alliance | Dove, Geoffrey A.W. | 113 | | |
| | West Kensington Environment/ Save London Alliance | Dunnet, Sylvia J. | 100 | | |
| | Liberal | Bonser, Joan | 68 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | % | % |

### Grove

Grove (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Clark, Stephen P. | 984 | | |
| | Labour | Clark, Jennifer A. | 957 | | |
| | Conservative | Claxton, Angela F.I. | 937 | | |
| | Conservative | Lyons, Raymond M. | 856 | | |
| | Glenthorne Road Campaign/ Save London Alliance | Kane, Geoffrey H. | 215 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | % | % |

### Margravine

Margravine (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Champion, Thomas H. | 958 | | |
| | Labour | Spiers, William C. | 878 | | |
| | Conservative | Bell, Andrew R.M. | 530 | | |
| | Conservative | Moies, Faraj | 487 | | |
| | Liberal | Bonser, Leonard T. | 53 | | |
| | National Front | Crane, David W. | 51 | | |
| | West Kensington Environment/ Save London Alliance | Hampton, Rosamund | 34 | | |
| | West Kensington Environment/ Save London Alliance | Rowe, Michael R. | 26 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | % | % |

### Normand

Normand (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Caruana, Eleanor J. | 1,103 | | |
| | Labour | Unwin, Stephen W. | 1,095 | | |
| | Conservative | Harben, John B. | 1,013 | | |
| | Conservative | Walsh, Adrian N. | 1,007 | | |
| | National Front | Gadd, James J. | 98 | | |
| | National Front | Richards, Brian G. | 87 | | |
| | West Kensington Environment/ Save London Alliance | Burnaby, Charles D.K. | 48 | | |
| | Liberal | Oxford, Diana C. | 43 | | |
| | West Kensington Environment/ Save London Alliance | Lamden, Derek | 40 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | % | % |

### Palace

Palace (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jackson, Andrew R | 1,746 | | |
| | Conservative | Leishman, Stuart N.B. | 1,746 | | |
| | Labour | Dimmick, George W. | 547 | | |
| | Labour | Steinhart, Julia L. | 522 | | |
| | Liberal | Dowden, Gerald Arthur | 126 | | |
| | Liberal | Kent, Richard M. | 118 | | |
| | Save London Alliance | Flower, Sibylla J. | 42 | | |
| | Save London Alliance | Eliot, Teresa A. | 39 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | % | % |

### Ravenscourt

Ravenscourt (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Christopher, Michael B. | 1,270 | | |
| | Conservative | Jarvis, Clement W. | 1,270 | | |
| | Labour | Gosling, Eric R. | 634 | | |
| | Labour | Browne, Ronald E. | 588 | | |
| | National Front | Pearse, Robert L.J. | 41 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | % | % |

### Sands End

Sands End (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Powell, Anthony F.W. | 1,134 | | |
| | Labour | Feely, Joseph U. | 1,129 | | |
| | Conservative | Miller, Marjorie C. | 678 | | |
| | Conservative | Lumsden, Charles J. | 670 | | |
| | Liberal | Merrall, Robert W. | 69 | | |
| | Save London Alliance | Hobbs, Linda | 53 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | % | % |

### Sherbrooke

Sherbrooke (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Duff, Hugh D. | 1,001 | | |
| | Labour | Gray, Ian | 989 | | |
| | Conservative | Hardwick, Geoffrey H.E. | 798 | | |
| | Conservative | McWilliams, James | 726 | | |
| | Ratepayers Association/ Save London Alliance | Blackmun, Arthur W. | 97 | | |
| | Liberal | Allen, Carol M. | 63 | | |
| | Save London Alliance | Cunningham, Joseph C. | 59 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | % | % |

### Starch Green

Starch Green (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Hutson, Eric J. | 1,061 | | |
| | Conservative | Ward, Patricia J. | 1,053 | | |
| | Labour | Johnson, Rosina M. | 934 | | |
| | Labour | Jones, Leslie S.A. | 894 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | % | % |

### Sulivan

Sulivan (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Roche, Sir David O'G. | 1,264 | | |
| | Conservative | Ibbott, Ernest C. | 1,257 | | |
| | Labour | Gorter, Hendrick J. | 947 | | |
| | Labour | Godden, Vera | 944 | | |
| | Liberal | Rendel, David D. | 305 | | |
| | Liberal | Roberts, Nia L. | 234 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | % | % |

### Town

Town (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | McGregor, Fiona A.R. | 1,508 | | |
| | Conservative | Warner, Courtney F | 1,415 | | |
| | Labour | Hilliard, Leslie H. | 961 | | |
| | Labour | Lock, Andrew R. | 912 | | |
| | Liberal | Carroll, Vincent | 103 | | |
| | Save London Alliance | Carter, Aurea J. | 94 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | % | % |

### Walham

Walham (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Chiesman, Diana P.A. | 1,149 | | |
| | Conservative | Browne, Nicholas N. | 1,121 | | |
| | Labour | Start, David A. | 947 | | |
| | Labour | Sondergaard, Margaret J.N. | 924 | | |
| | Liberal | Rahman, Shaiki A. | 60 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | % | % |

### White City & Shepherds Bush

White City & Shepherds Bush (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Beresford, Randolph | 1,593 | | |
| | Labour | Braggins, Gwendoline | 1,493 | | |
| | Labour | De Gory, Peter D. | 1,415 | | |
| | Conservative | Barnard, Marjorie | 607 | | |
| | Conservative | Mooney, Susan G. | 596 | | |
| | Conservative | Sharif, Muhammad | 526 | | |
| | Workers Revolutionary | Stewart, Calvin L.M. | 114 | | |
| | Socialist Unity | Hill, Virginia J.M. | 96 | | |
| | Socialist Unity | Truscott, Catherine | 57 | | |
| | Socialist Unity | Van Gelderen, Charles | 50 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | % | % |

### Wormholt

Wormholt (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Breeze, Alan G. | 1,253 | | |
| | Labour | Best, Mary S. | 1,231 | | |
| | Labour | Ingram, Margaret E. | 1,137 | | |
| | Conservative | Booth, Sydney J.P. | 1,121 | | |
| | Conservative | Learmouth, Alan R. | 974 | | |
| | Conservative | Khan, Khalil A.K. | 887 | | |
| | Liberal | Knott, Josephine | 305 | | |
| | Liberal | Connaughton, Margaret A. | 300 | | |
| | Liberal | Cullen, Sean G. | 261 | | |
| | National Front | Cameron, Alistair I.S. | 126 | | |
| | National Front | Heale, Martyn C. | 108 | | |
| | National Front | Sawyer, James | 84 | | |
| | British United Party | Edwards, Robert H. | 54 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | % | % |