# 1982 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election

Elections to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council were held on Thursday 6 May 1982. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 30.6%.

## Election result

Tower Hamlets Local Election Result 1982 :
| Party | Seats | Votes % |
| Labour | 31 | 44.1 |
| Alliance | 18 | 37.3 |
| Other parties | 1 | |
| Conservative | 0 | 8.5 |

## Ward results

Member of the old council*

### Bow

Bow (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Ronald Lebar* | 1,004 | 58.3 |
| | Liberal | Patricia L Catchpole | 980 | |
| | Liberal | Jonathan Price | 924 | |
| | Labour | Hilary J Price | 661 | 39.0 |
| | Labour | Patricia E Rackley | 659 | |
| | Labour | Leonard Coan | 626 | |
| | Conservative | | 138 | 2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### Bromley

Bromley (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | William T G Guy* | 1,046 |
| | Labour | Arthur W Downes* | 1,041 |
| | Labour | Patrick A Desmond | 1,001 |
| | Liberal | Terence McGrenera | 886 |
| | Liberal | John P Nudds | 847 |
| | Liberal | Martin A Rabicano | 797 |
| | Conservative | Christopher A Sayer | 172 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Grove

Grove (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Eric Flounders* | 986 |
| | Liberal | Edward Lewis | 898 |
| | Labour | James T Brooke | 554 |
| | Labour | Belle Harris | 547 |
| | Conservative | Caroline K Sayer | 86 |
| | Conservative | Linda Ransom | 81 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### Holy Trinity

Holy Trinity (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Stephen Charters | 1,434 |
| | Liberal | Jennifer P Hearn | 1,427 |
| | Liberal | Jeanette P Smallwood | 1,397 |
| | Labour | Albert J Snooks | 912 |
| | Labour | Terence J McCarthy | 876 |
| | Labour | Joseph O'Connor* | 810 |
| | Conservative | Barbara J Perrott | 118 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Liberal gain from Labour | Liberal gain from Labour | Swing |

### Park

Park (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Brian Williams* | 1,229 |
| | Liberal | Terence Cowley | 1,143 |
| | Labour | Jeffrey Crooks | 648 |
| | Labour | Walter Leary | 591 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### St James'

St James' (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Barrie Duffey | 1,021 |
| | Liberal | Elizabeth Hewison | 958 |
| | Labour | George M Browne* | 552 |
| | Labour | Hannah Morsman* | 512 |
| | Conservative | Christopher W Nolan | 109 |
| | Conservative | Peter E Sayer | 99 |
| | National Front | Albert Bennett | 48 |
| | National Front | Sylvia Bartlett | 43 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Liberal gain from Labour | Liberal gain from Labour | Swing |

### St Peter's

St Peter's (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Andrew R Goodchild | 1,726 |
| | Liberal | Dennis Hallam | 1,699 |
| | Liberal | Patrick T Streeter | 1,690 |
| | Labour | Albert C Jacob* | 721 |
| | Labour | Beatrice Orwell* | 700 |
| | Labour | Edwin G Walker* | 650 |
| | National Front | Victor J Clark | 121 |
| | National Front | Albert Mariner | 92 |
| | National Front | Susan I Clapp | 88 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Liberal gain from Labour | Liberal gain from Labour | Swing |

### Spitalfields

Spitalfields (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Muhammed N Huque | 638 |
| | Labour | Annie Elboz* | 560 |
| | Labour | Susan M Carlyle | 556 |
| | Community Worker | Syed Islam | 530 |
| | Labour | Stephen Corbishley | 496 |
| | SDP | William Kelly | 417 |
| | SDP | Muhammed G Mustafa | 407 |
| | Conservative | Jane Emmerson | 215 |
| | SDP | Geoffrey G White | 401 |
| | Independent | Abdul Gofur | 173 |
| | Independent | Sherajul Hoque | 157 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing |

### Weavers

Weavers (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Jeremy A Shaw | 1,496 | 54.1 |
| | Liberal | Peter J Hughes | 1,435 | |
| | Liberal | Kofi B Appiah | 1,396 | |
| | Labour | Edward Bishop* | 754 | 27.3 |
| | Labour | William Harris | 664 | |
| | Labour | Sally A Tyley | 612 | |
| | Conservative | Richard Dyer | 267 | 9.7 |
| | Independent | Mohammed A Hussain | 246 | 8.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 26.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 37.4 |
| | Liberal gain from Labour | Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | |