# 1971 Bromley London Borough Council election

The 1971 Bromley Council election took place on 13 May 1971 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 | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mrs M I F Harvey | | 68.0 | +27.0 |
| | Labour | Christopher Richard Gaster | 1,727 | | |
| | Conservative | Mrs M M Blackburn* | 741 | 28.3 | −19.9 |
| | Conservative | J Burnip | | | |
| | Liberal | P J Dover | | 3.7 | −7.0 |
| | Liberal | Charles S Vassie | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 39.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 35.6 | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +23.5 | |
Clock House (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Mrs. Olga L. Roberts | |
| | Labour | D C Carter | |
| | Conservative | C R E Kember | |
| | Conservative | R F Newson | |
| | Liberal | Paul David A Nash | |
| | Liberal | Mrs E B George | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Copers Cope (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | H J Palmer* | |
| | Conservative | Charles George Priest | |
| | Labour | B R Kidson | |
| | Labour | H E Smith | |
| | Liberal | Jeremy V. Cope | |
| | Liberal | E W T Gilbert | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Eden Park (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Maurice J Mason | |
| | Conservative | R J Kellaway | |
| | Liberal | Mrs R Dale | |
| | Liberal | G B Swinyard | |
| | Labour | Mrs B J Roberts | |
| | Labour | Mrs J I Ambrose | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Lawrie Park & Kent House (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | A. G. F. Mitchell* | | 51.9 | −20.6 |
| | Conservative | Richard D. Foister* | | | |
| | Labour | J H O'Keefe | | 13.8 | +29.0 |
| | Labour | S W Mayne | | | |
| | Liberal | Heather Isabel Donovan | | 5.3 | −8.4 |
| | Liberal | B E Burbage | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Manor House (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | M E Forster* | 1,501 |
| | Conservative | D W Giffin | 1,482 |
| | Liberal | David Edward Aubrey Crowe | 1,344 |
| | Liberal | Ian Phillips | 1,343 |
| | Labour | Mrs C A Hughes | 634 |
| | Labour | M A Keenoy | 600 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Penge (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | H. J. F Harvey | |
| | Labour | Barbara Pedley | |
| | Conservative | C J W Bunn | |
| | Conservative | R C Carter | |
| | Liberal | R J Payne | |
| | Liberal | R I Thompson | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Shortlands (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | A E Read* | |
| | Conservative | Bernard E G Davis* | |
| | Labour | Mrs H Lawton | |
| | Labour | Ian William Wrigglesworth | |
| | Liberal | P A Upson | |
| | Liberal | John R Canvin | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
West Wickham North (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | E. R. Smithers* | |
| | Conservative | Montague I Blasey* | |
| | Liberal | Peter A. Dodsworth | |
| | Liberal | T D Eastop | |
| | Labour | Miss E M Ridgeway | |
| | Labour | N J Sharp | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
West Wickham South (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Kenneth V. Crask* | |
| | Conservative | St J E F Ward | |
| | Liberal | Mrs L M Hudson | |
| | Liberal | J E Jewell | |
| | Labour | R Richards | |
| | Labour | Mrs L H Vandelt | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Bromley

Bromley Common (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Mrs. Naomi V. Carter | |
| | Conservative | Simon J C Randall* | |
| | Conservative | M G Law* | |
| | Labour | A. W Wright | |
| | Labour | H H R Shortlands | |
| | Conservative | Clive A L Brangwin* | |
| | Liberal | Terence Frank Clark | |
| | Liberal | T J Gillespie | |
| | Liberal | M J Edney | |
| | Independent | Mrs A Gully | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Keston & Hayes (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Horace Walter Haden* | |
| | Conservative | James F. David* | |
| | Conservative | Ernest Dennis Barkway* | |
| | Liberal | Brian Harry Taylor | |
| | Liberal | Mrs D E Richmond | |
| | Liberal | Richard D Hawes | |
| | Labour | L Bishop | |
| | Labour | Mrs D M Wright | |
| | Labour | E Corbett | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Martins Hill & Town (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | W F D Walker | |
| | Conservative | W H Stephenson* | |
| | Conservative | Anthony Millar Wilkinson* | |
| | Labour | Mrs P A Freedman | |
| | Labour | R B Freedman | |
| | Labour | Gordon Thomas Yates | |
| | Liberal | P E Dewdney | |
| | Liberal | Mrs M M Coulson | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Plaistow & Sundridge (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | D. J. W. Eves* | |
| | Conservative | A E Friday | |
| | Conservative | Joan Kathleen Wykes | |
| | Labour | Richard Henry Redden | |
| | Labour | R Goss | |
| | Labour | D R Roberts | |
| | Liberal | K L Page | |
| | Liberal | D C Pike | |
| | Liberal | M J Sartin | |
| | Independent | K L Bailey | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Chislehurst

Bickley (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Maurice Bentley Kenward* | |
| | Conservative | J Smith* | |
| | Conservative | A E Cox* | |
| | Labour | Mrs J Wood | |
| | Labour | Walter K Mansfield | |
| | Labour | D G Chiles | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Chislehurst (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | A F Parkinson* | |
| | Conservative | Charles Christopher Seward Reeves* | |
| | Conservative | Joan Bryant | |
| | Labour | Harold Taylor | |
| | Labour | Mrs L J Courtneidge | |
| | Labour | J McHendry | |
| | Liberal | J Dulieu | |
| | Liberal | Mrs J M Minter | |
| | Liberal | M A Minter | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Mottingham (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Alistair Huistean Macdonald | |
| | Labour | Ronald William Huzzard* | |
| | Conservative | J D Thomas | |
| | Conservative | G F Haines | |
| | Communist | D N Goss | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
St Paul's Cray (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Raymond Alexander Sanderson* | |
| | Labour | Edgar C H Smith | |
| | Labour | D W Edwards* | |
| | Conservative | Albert E. Stayte | |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey H. Fennell | |
| | Conservative | Mrs V C Hammond | |
| | Liberal | Mrs A M Parfitt | |
| | Liberal | J J Hart | |
| | Liberal | T J Potter | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Orpington

Biggin Hill (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Derek E. Saunders* | |
| | Conservative | Mrs. Marjorie C. McClure* | |
| | Liberal | Philip Alan Golding | |
| | Liberal | B A Beard | |
| | Labour | R E Hodsdon | |
| | Labour | E J (Jack) Townsend | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Chelsfield (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Patrick McNally* | 1,972 |
| | Conservative | Jean Tatham* | 1,910 |
| | Liberal | Mrs E B Luthwaite | 1,805 |
| | Conservative | D E Johnson | 1,801 |
| | Labour | J O McKeown | |
| | Labour | Mrs G R McKeown | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Darwin (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Richard Alexander Knox-Johnston | 989 |
| | Liberal | R P Townsend | 758 |
| | Labour | G. A. Cox | 103 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Farnborough (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Mrs Sheila M Stead* | |
| | Conservative | R J Inniss | |
| | Conservative | K A Pawsey* | |
| | Liberal | Philip F Dearle | |
| | Liberal | Keith O M Challis | |
| | Liberal | Mrs Kathleen E C Tarbolton | |
| | Labour | J Fowler | |
| | Labour | Mrs M J E Healy | |
| | Labour | M J Tallantine | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Goddington (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Mrs E M Hart | 3,017 |
| | Liberal | O K Williams | 2,969 |
| | Liberal | M G C Anderson | 2,796 |
| | Conservative | D A Heron* | 2,644 |
| | Conservative | Mrs M L Kent | |
| | Conservative | A R Hammonds | |
| | Labour | I F H Low | |
| | Labour | J H Lohmann | |
| | Labour | W East | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Petts Wood (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | F. J. Packer* | |
| | Conservative | Joan Hatcher | |
| | Conservative | Don D S Adams* | |
| | Liberal | P A Gooch | |
| | Liberal | J G Bungay | |
| | Liberal | R W Sutton | |
| | Labour | Mrs B M E Cox | |
| | Labour | R E C Harris | |
| | Labour | S T Lack | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
St Mary Cray (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | John Francis Spellar* | 2,517 |
| | Labour | Doris Partridge | 2,439 |
| | Labour | Mrs M A Goffe | 2,349 |
| | Liberal | Roy Edey* | 1,418 |
| | Liberal | Michael Edwards-Evans | 1,317 |
| | Conservative | J A Collins | 1,298 |
| | Liberal | Mrs F J Clark | 1,295 |
| | Conservative | R G Westcombe | 1,265 |
| | Conservative | G S Edwards | 1,257 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal | Labour gain from Liberal | Swing |