# 1978 Bromley London Borough Council election

The 1978 Bromley Borough Council election took place on 4 May 1978 to elect members of Bromley London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.

## Ward results
### Beckenham

Anerley (2) :
| Party | test | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Christopher Richard Gaster | 1,446 | 27.1 | {{{change}}} |
| Labour | Paul Brown | 1,388 | 26.0 | {{{change}}} |
| Conservative | Graham Paull | 849 | 15.9 | |
| Conservative | Roland Lees | 847 | 15.9 | |
| Liberal | Nicholas Gardner | 243 | 4.6 | |
| National Front | Geoffrey John Parker | 189 | 3.5 | |
| National Front | Michael Ingrams | 182 | 3.4 | |
| Liberal | Charles Vassie | 172 | 3.2 | |
Clock House (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David J Harding | | 44.0 | |
| | Conservative | Terence Stanley | 1,744 | | |
| | Labour | Amanda Moore | 1,461 | 35.3 | n/a |
| | Labour | Ian M Haig | | | |
| | Liberal | Heather Isabel Donovan | 676 | 16.3 | n/a |
| | Liberal | Stephen J Marshall | | | |
| | National Front | Helen James | 137 | 3.3 | n/a |
| | National Front | Stephen J Dickson | | | |
| | Ecology | Helen M Vernon | 43 | 1.0 | n/a |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 8.7 | n/a |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 50.3 | n/a |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Copers Cope (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John L Pritchard* | | 74.6 | |
| | Conservative | Charles George Priest* | 1590 | | |
| | Labour | Gareth B Matthewson | 307 | 14.2 | n/a |
| | Labour | Eric H Turner | 249 | | |
| | Liberal | Gillian Taylor | 242 | 11.2 | n/a |
| | Liberal | Dorothy E Walsh | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 60.4 | n/a |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 39.7 | n/a |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Eden Park (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Francis J D Cooke* | | 65.9 | |
| | Conservative | Peter F Dixon | | | |
| | Liberal | Derek G Brent | 570 | 17.2 | n/a |
| | Labour | Richard Richards | 560 | 16.9 | n/a |
| | Labour | David N P Radlett | | | |
| | Liberal | Nicholas Daniel McPhail Smith | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 48.8 | n/a |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 45.8 | n/a |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Kelsey Park (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Maurice J Mason* | | 78.1 | n/a |
| | Conservative | Michael John B Tickner | | | |
| | Liberal | Paul F Taylor | | 13.9 | n/a |
| | Liberal | Leslie E Brent | | | |
| | Labour | Michael A Keenoy | | 8.0 | n/a |
| | Labour | William J Kocher | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 64.2 | n/a |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 45.4 | n/a |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Lawrie Park & Kent House (2) :
| Party | Candidate | % |
| Conservative | Richard D Foister* | 56.9 |
| Conservative | John Arthur M. Lewis | |
| Labour | Ms J Ambrose | 36.4 |
| Labour | R Balfe | |
| Liberal | Ms L Craig | 6.7 |
| Liberal | Ms S Crookes | |
Penge (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Arthur J Mansfield* | | 51.5 | n/a |
| | Labour | Barbara Pedley* | | | |
| | Conservative | Christopher John Elgar | | 33.3 | n/a |
| | Conservative | Michael Green | | | |
| | Liberal | Joyce M Gardner | | 5.8 | n/a |
| | Independent | Patrick J S Millea | | 5.4 | n/a |
| | Liberal | Henry A Verlander | | | |
| | National Front | Alfred Waite | | 4.1 | n/a |
| | National Front | Nigel Vernon Dickson | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 18.1 | n/a |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 36.8 | n/a |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
Shortlands (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Bernard E G Davies* | | 82.2 | n/a |
| | Conservative | Brian R Reading | | | |
| | Labour | Pauline M Jones | 293 | 9.2 | n/a |
| | Liberal | Gareth Hughes | 272 | 8.6 | n/a |
| | Liberal | Theresa M Radlett | | | |
| | Labour | Dr Jan Pollert | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 73.0 | n/a |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 44.5 | n/a |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Chislehurst

Bickley (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Maurice Bentley Kenward* | | 76.9 | n/a |
| | Conservative | Hector McDonald* | | | |
| | Conservative | Simon J C Randall* | | | |
| | Labour | Gwendoline I Mansfield | | 12.5 | n/a |
| | Labour | Audrey I Bridle | | | |
| | Labour | William P J Pinder | | | |
| | Liberal | Peter Graham Hardie-Bick | | 10.6 | n/a |
| | Liberal | Paul David A Nash | | | |
| | Liberal | Barbara J Anderson-Stone | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 64.4 | n/a |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 45.5 | n/a |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Chislehurst (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Joan Bryant | | 75.5 | n/a |
| | Conservative | Edward Myatt | | | |
| | Conservative | Charles Christopher Seward Reeves | | | |
| | Labour | Harold Taylor | | 15.4 | n/a |
| | Labour | Martyn G Jenkins | | | |
| | Labour | Anthony W Paveley | | | |
| | Liberal | Barry C Hesketh | | 9.1 | n/a |
| | Liberal | Olwen M Wade-Jones | | | |
| | Liberal | Stephen R Walls | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 60.2 | n/a |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 50.6 | n/a |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Mottingham (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alistair Huistean Macdonald* | | 64.0 | n/a |
| | Labour | Ronald W Huzzard* | | | |
| | Conservative | Paul Martin Bonter | | 28.3 | n/a |
| | Conservative | Albert E Stayte | | | |
| | Liberal | Susan E Robson | | 4.0 | n/a |
| | Liberal | Susanne G Levy | | | |
| | National Front | Gwendoline F Dickson | | 3.8 | n/a |
| | National Front | Richard V Dickson | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 35.7 | n/a |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 50.6 | n/a |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
Plaistow & Sundridge (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Richard B Jackson* | | 59.8 | n/a |
| | Conservative | Dorothy Joan Laird | | | |
| | Conservative | Arthur J Wilkinson* | | | |
| | Labour | Stephen Nortcliff | | 30.9 | n/a |
| | Labour | John Francis Spellar | | | |
| | Labour | Judith E Armstrong | | | |
| | Liberal | John R Hassall | | 9.3 | n/a |
| | Liberal | Nora MacMurray | | | |
| | Liberal | Frank Deves | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 29.0 | n/a |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 44.1 | n/a |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
St Paul's Cray (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Raymond A Sanderson | | 61.8 | n/a |
| | Labour | Walter K Mansfield | | | |
| | Labour | Edgar C H Smith* | | | |
| | Conservative | Violet C Hammond | | 31.9 | n/a |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey H Fennell | | | |
| | Conservative | Gladys P Hobbs | | | |
| | Liberal | George H Watson | | 6.3 | n/a |
| | Liberal | Ivor W Fyfe | | | |
| | Liberal | Peter Alan Janikoun | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 29.9 | n/a |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 39.0 | n/a |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Orpington

Biggin Hill (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David W Hanscomb | | 63.7 | n/a |
| | Conservative | David Robert Haslam | | | |
| | Liberal | Malcolm Bruce Westbrook | 609 | 18.4 | n/a |
| | Labour | Roy E Hodsdon | 592 | 17.9 | n/a |
| | Liberal | Cheryl E Carter | | | |
| | Labour | James Duncan | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 45.2 | n/a |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 48.6 | n/a |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Chelsfield & Goddington (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Brian V Atkinson | 3,811 | 67.4 | n/a |
| | Conservative | Reginald G Adams | 3,798 | | |
| | Conservative | Joseph T Heath | 3,761 | | |
| | Liberal | Graham Leslie Arthur | 1,184 | 20.9 | n/a |
| | Liberal | Sidney C O Langford | 1,156 | | |
| | Liberal | William S Lomax | 1,153 | | |
| | Labour | Dennis J Davenport | 661 | 11.7 | n/a |
| | Labour | Mary A Tozer | 654 | | |
| | Labour | Keith Aubrey Galley | 614 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 46.4 | n/a |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 50.6 | n/a |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Crofton (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Keith G Grieve | | 67.2 | n/a |
| | Conservative | David A Heron* | | | |
| | Liberal | Keith O Challis | | 22.9 | n/a |
| | Liberal | Dr Sandra E Ward | | | |
| | Labour | Philip R Edwards | | 9.9 | n/a |
| | Labour | Ralph E Hunte | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 44.3 | n/a |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 53.2 | n/a |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Darwin (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Anthony Peter Komedera | | 73.9 | n/a |
| | Liberal | Patrick McNally | | 15.1 | n/a |
| | Labour | John E Goffee | | 11.0 | n/a |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 58.8 | n/a |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 53.6 | n/a |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Farnborough (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Eric Norman Goodman | | 76.9 | n/a |
| | Conservative | Jennifer Mary Hillier | | | |
| | Liberal | Roy T Hawkins | | 11.9 | n/a |
| | Liberal | Philip F Dearle | | | |
| | Labour | John Fowler | | 11.2 | n/a |
| | Labour | Celia Nortcliff | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 65.0 | n/a |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 50.7 | n/a |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Orpington Central (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Michael A Minter | | 50.0 | n/a |
| | Conservative | Judith Jones | | | |
| | Labour | Catherine Spillane | | 27.8 | n/a |
| | Labour | Nigel C Turnbull | | | |
| | Liberal | Byrom Lees | | 22.2 | n/a |
| | Liberal | James R E Richard | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 22.1 | n/a |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 45.6 | n/a |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Petts Wood & Knoll (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Alan S Cornish | | 68.6 | n/a |
| | Conservative | Joan Hatcher | | | |
| | Conservative | Don D S Adams | | | |
| | Liberal | David R Clark | | 21.2 | n/a |
| | Liberal | Christopher S Wilson | | | |
| | Liberal | Robert G Street | | | |
| | Labour | Keith S C Good | | 10.2 | n/a |
| | Labour | Ann Grant | | | |
| | Labour | Maria Sawczenko | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 47.4 | n/a |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 53.8 | n/a |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
St Mary Cray (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Doris Partridge* | | 49.1 | n/a |
| | Labour | David I Grant | | | |
| | Labour | Keith R Morton | 1,961 | | |
| | Conservative | Anthea M Sargeant | 1,859 | 42.4 | n/a |
| | Conservative | Martin T Fuller | | | |
| | Conservative | Andrew D Crift | | | |
| | Liberal | Michael Foy Tapsfield | | 8.5 | n/a |
| | Liberal | Terence Frank Clark | | | |
| | Liberal | Stephen Long | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 6.7 | n/a |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 42.1 | n/a |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Ravensbourne

Bromley Common & Keston (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Clive A L Brangwin | | 55.3 | n/a |
| | Conservative | Raymond L Ainsby | | | |
| | Conservative | Russell L Mellor | | | |
| | Labour | John Richard Holbrook | | 34.5 | n/a |
| | Labour | Naomi V Carter | | | |
| | Labour | Geoffrey J Ball | | | |
| | Liberal | Joan Coverson | | 6.4 | n/a |
| | Liberal | Barbara J Walmsley | | | |
| | Liberal | Dorothy E Richmond | | | |
| | National Front | George V Askew | | 3.8 | n/a |
| | National Front | Roy E J Bond | | | |
| | National Front | Jillian F Bond | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 20.9 | n/a |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 42.4 | n/a |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Hayes (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | James F David* | | 74.6 | n/a |
| | Conservative | Ernest Dennis Barkway* | | | |
| | Conservative | Philip Geoffrey Jones | | | |
| | Labour | Peter W Rance | | 13.7 | n/a |
| | Labour | Sylvia C Snipp | | | |
| | Labour | Penelope A Kocher | | | |
| | Liberal | Ronald Coverson | | 11.7 | n/a |
| | Liberal | Patricia D Ebden | | | |
| | Liberal | Colin P England | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 60.9 | n/a |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 40.8 | n/a |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Martins Hill & Town (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William F D Walker* | | 64.5 | n/a |
| | Conservative | Anthony M Wilkinson* | | | |
| | Labour | Alan M Pickering | | 25.2 | n/a |
| | Labour | Gordon Thomas Yates | | | |
| | Liberal | Philip E Dewdney | | 10.2 | n/a |
| | Liberal | Margaret E Birchmore | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 39.3 | n/a |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 37.1 | n/a |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
West Wickham North (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Montague I Blasey* | | 77.6 | n/a |
| | Conservative | Percy C Read* | | | |
| | Labour | Robert Armstrong | | 12.9 | n/a |
| | Labour | Colin P Moore | | | |
| | Liberal | Peter A Dodsworth | | 9.5 | n/a |
| | Liberal | Christine Oakenfull | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 64.7 | n/a |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 45.2 | n/a |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
West Wickham South (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Kenneth V Crask* | | 75.0 | n/a |
| | Conservative | Leslie G Whitman | | | |
| | Labour | Richard J Cox | | 16.8 | n/a |
| | Labour | Richard Henry Redden | | | |
| | Liberal | Alan G Sewell | | 8.2 | |
| | Liberal | John C Standley | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 58.1 | n/a |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 46.4 | n/a |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |