# 1978 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election

Elections to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council were held on 4 May 1978. Following boundary changes, the whole council was up for election. Turnout was 28.3%.

## Election result

Tower Hamlets Local Election Result 1978 :
| Party | Seats | Votes % |
| Labour | 43 | 64.3 |
| Liberal | 7 | 10.8 |
| Conservative | 0 | 9.5 |

## Ward results
### Blackwall

Blackwall (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Daniel Kelly | 742 | |
| | Labour | Arthur Sanders | 663 | |
| | Conservative | Lindsey Rowley | 151 | |
| | Conservative | Selwyn Williams | 132 | |
| | National Front | George Davis | 108 | |
| | National Front | Beverley Matthews | 97 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,947 | 20.9 |

### Bow

Bow (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Peter Gray | 656 | |
| | Liberal | Ronald Lebar | 635 | |
| | Liberal | Gwendoline Lee | 632 | |
| | Labour | Thomas Crudgington | 560 | |
| | Labour | Hetty Hawksbee | 553 | |
| | Labour | Deirdre Wood | 525 | |
| | Conservative | John Livingstone | 129 | |
| | Conservative | Linda Archibald | 111 | |
| | Conservative | Tania Mason | 108 | |
| | National Front | Richard Cribb | 99 | |
| | National Front | Albert Buttery | 98 | |
| | National Front | Ernest Bale | 88 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,568 | 33.7 |

### Bromley

Bromley (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | William Guy | 1,129 | |
| | Labour | Arthur Downes | 1,119 | |
| | Labour | James Morris | 1,055 | |
| | Conservative | Malcolm Goldberg | 275 | |
| | Conservative | Doris Young | 229 | |
| | National Front | Kevin Jones | 177 | |
| | National Front | Stanley Muzzlewhite | 149 | |
| | National Front | Tina Rowe | 141 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,166 | 27.3 |

### East India

East India (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Paul Beasley | 1,032 | |
| | Labour | Patricia Thompson | 989 | |
| | National Front | Iris Berry | 191 | |
| | Conservative | Raymond Hatter | 185 | |
| | National Front | Raymond Underwood | 152 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,012 | 30.1 |

### Grove

Grove (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Eric Flounders | 933 | |
| | Liberal | Irene Seabrook | 850 | |
| | Labour | James Brooke | 584 | |
| | Labour | Albert Snooks | 554 | |
| | Conservative | Caroline Evans | 141 | |
| | National Front | Edwin Smith | 90 | |
| | National Front | James Buttery | 89 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,451 | 39.5 |

### Holy Trinity

Holy Trinity (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Joseph O'Connor | 1,051 | |
| | Labour | George Negus | 1,036 | |
| | Labour | George Wall | 974 | |
| | Conservative | Barbara Perrott | 351 | |
| | Conservative | William McCrossan | 336 | |
| | National Front | Irene Underwood | 254 | |
| | National Front | Michael Rowe | 230 | |
| | National Front | George Williams | 207 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,819 | 25.8 |

### Lansbury

Lansbury (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | George Desmond | 1,120 | |
| | Labour | Alfred Hegarty | 1,080 | |
| | Labour | Reginald Beer | 1,078 | |
| | Conservative | Herbert Cook | 283 | |
| | Conservative | Edith Goymer | 260 | |
| | National Front | Stephen Colville | 225 | |
| | National Front | Margaret Rowe | 199 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,295 | 27.4 |

### Limehouse

Limehouse (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John Riley | 1,101 | |
| | Labour | John O'Neill | 1,093 | |
| | Labour | Dennis Twomey | 1,003 | |
| | Conservative | Terence Poole | 285 | |
| | National Front | Victor Clark | 221 | |
| | National Front | John Tear | 200 | |
| | National Front | Terence Rowe | 191 | |
| | Communist | Anita Halpin | 93 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,147 | 24.0 |

### Millwall

Millwall (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John Allen | 1,116 | |
| | Labour | William Kilgour | 979 | |
| | Labour | William Hickin | 963 | |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Hollands | 297 | |
| | National Front | Kevin Griffin | 236 | |
| | National Front | Peter Edwards | 224 | |
| | National Front | Donald Williams | 170 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,144 | 24.4 |

### Park

Park (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Brian Williams | 1,174 | |
| | Liberal | Brenda Collins | 1,117 | |
| | Labour | Thomas Beningfield | 399 | |
| | Labour | Edmund Winterflood | 357 | |
| | National Front | Thomas Matthews | 128 | |
| | National Front | Rosina Muzzlewhite | 122 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,638 | 38.6 |

### Redcoat

Redcoat (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Matthew Durrell | 958 | |
| | Labour | George Chaney | 950 | |
| | Conservative | Mary Firmin | 315 | |
| | National Front | Terence Godden | 144 | |
| | National Front | Mary Matthews | 125 | |
| | Communist | Daniel Lyons | 72 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,338 | 28.6 |

### St Dunstan's

St Dunstan's (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Arthur Dorrell | 1,087 | |
| | Labour | Benjamin Holmes | 1,060 | |
| | Labour | Emmanuel Penner | 980 | |
| | Conservative | Janet Beater | 360 | |
| | National Front | Robert Bargery | 200 | |
| | National Front | Sylvia Bale | 163 | |
| | Communist | Frank Whipple | 117 | |
| | Workers Revolutionary | Bridget Leach | 98 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,698 | 27.0 |

### St James'

St James' (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | George Browne | 691 | |
| | Labour | Hannah Morsman | 660 | |
| | Conservative | Ernest Hartley | 301 | |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Hartley | 295 | |
| | National Front | Peter Beresford | 233 | |
| | National Front | Frederick Nail | 228 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,922 | 26.6 |

### St Katharine's

St Katharine's (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Robert McFarlane | 1,001 | |
| | Labour | Gerald Simons | 955 | |
| | Labour | Rachel Perkins | 952 | |
| | East London People's Alliance | Maureen Davies | 307 | |
| | East London People's Alliance | Michael Jempson | 287 | |
| | Conservative | John Ranelagh | 243 | |
| | Communist | Kevin Halpin | 142 | |
| | National Front | John Muzzlewhite | 108 | |
| | Independent Liberal | Peter Lear | 98 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,166 | 27.8 |

### St Mary's

St Mary's (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Robert Ashkettle | 1,083 | |
| | Labour | Barnett Saunders | 1,027 | |
| | Conservative | Brenda Epstein | 378 | |
| | Communist | Max Levitas | 313 | |
| | Conservative | Edna Hill | 251 | |
| | National Front | John Gibbons | 56 | |
| | National Front | Terence Jellis | 52 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,351 | 31.7 |

### St Peter's

St Peter's (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Albert Jacob | 1,109 | |
| | Labour | Beatrice Orwell | 1,063 | |
| | Labour | Edwin Walker | 1,050 | |
| | Conservative | Patrick Holmes | 431 | |
| | National Front | Albert Mariner | 401 | |
| | National Front | George Newman | 376 | |
| | Communist | Hugh McAlpine | 121 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,809 | 25.3 |

### Shadwell

Shadwell (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Charles Mudd | 1,101 | |
| | Labour | Eva Armsby | 1,094 | |
| | Labour | Jeremiah Long | 1,038 | |
| | East London People's Alliance | John Quarrell | 287 | |
| | Conservative | Anthony Spiterie | 266 | |
| | Conservative | Alan Minnerthey | 254 | |
| | National Front | Thomas Underwood | 155 | |
| | Limehouse and Ratcliffe Road Action Group | Christopher Idle | 149 | |
| | Limehouse and Ratcliffe Road Action Group | John Chesshyre | 146 | |
| | Communist | Albert Common | 92 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,059 | 30.9 |

### Spitalfields

Spitalfields (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | William Harris | 950 | |
| | Labour | Annie Elboz | 941 | |
| | Labour | Geoffrey White | 835 | |
| | Socialist Unity | Hilda Kean | 377 | |
| | Socialist Workers | Colin Knowles | 325 | |
| | Socialist Unity | Dave Lawrence | 318 | |
| | Conservative | William Dove | 163 | |
| | East London People's Alliance | John Fresco | 145 | |
| | East London People's Alliance | Phyllis Barber | 125 | |
| | National Front | Albert Bennett | 87 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,273 | 28.5 |

### Weavers

Weavers (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Lillian Crook | 748 | |
| | Labour | Charles Main | 735 | |
| | Labour | Arthur Praag | 690 | |
| | Liberal | Paul Robbins | 573 | |
| | Liberal | Carol McLeod | 555 | |
| | Liberal | Henry Stallman | 510 | |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Fairhurst | 231 | |
| | National Front | Roy Newman | 216 | |
| | National Front | Terence Courtney | 214 | |
| | National Front | Brian Gilbert | 213 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,609 | 28.5 |