# 1978 Camden London Borough Council election

The 1978 Camden Council election took place on 4 May 1978 to elect members of Camden London Borough Council in London, the United Kingdom. The whole council was up for election, using new ward boundaries, with one less councillor than had been elected at the 1974 election.
Labour were re-elected with an outright majority, but the Conservatives made gains across the borough, after losing heavily in the 1971 and 1974 elections. The Conservatives gained from Labour three seats in the southern Holborn and St Pancras South parliamentary constituency and eleven in the north (three in the Highgate ward and eight across the Hampstead parliamentary constituency).

## Election result

Camden local election results 1978 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Labour | 33 | −15 | 54.2 | 47.8 | 28,482 |
| Conservative | 26 | +14 | 45.8 | 45.2 | 26,895 |
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 2,454 |
| Others | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 1,707 |

## Ward results
### Adelaide

Adelaide (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Julian Tobin | 1,825 | | |
| | Conservative | Donald Degerdon | 1,793 | | |
| | Conservative | Graham Hirschfield | 1,749 | | |
| | Labour | Peter Gresham | 1,223 | | |
| | Labour | Nova Gresham | 1,208 | | |
| | Labour | Nirmal Roy | 1,133 | | |
| | Liberal | Jacqueline Kelly | 224 | | |
| | Liberal | Nicholas Collins | 204 | | |
| | Liberal | Kwamina Sackey | 169 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Belsize

Belsize (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Anthony Beaton | 1,712 | | |
| | Conservative | Tony Kerpel | 1,667 | | |
| | Conservative | Michael Brahams | 1,641 | | |
| | Labour | Roy Mathias | 981 | | |
| | Labour | Arthur Soutter | 979 | | |
| | Labour | Verghese Varkki | 924 | | |
| | Liberal | Anne Box | 306 | | |
| | Liberal | Hilary Hawkins | 275 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Martin McNeill | 1,494 | | |
| | Conservative | David Harris | 1,399 | | |
| | Labour | John Thane | 1,385 | | |
| | Labour | Glyn Thomas | 1,373 | | |
| | Conservative | Christopher Radmore | 1,355 | | |
| | Conservative | David Stone | 1,310 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Brunswick

Brunswick (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Avery | 1,131 | | |
| | Conservative | Andre Potier | 1,017 | | |
| | Labour | Ricardo de Freitas | 1,015 | | |
| | Labour | David Offenbach | 966 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Camden

Camden (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Anne Robertson | 852 | | |
| | Labour | Ivor Walker | 775 | | |
| | Conservative | David Coleman | 496 | | |
| | Conservative | Ronald Sears | 440 | | |
| | National Front | John Philpot | 59 | | |
| | National Front | Esther Sizer | 54 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Castlehaven

Castlehaven (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Tysoe | 1,000 | | |
| | Labour | John Lipetz | 996 | | |
| | Conservative | Thomas Crawford | 439 | | |
| | Conservative | Denis Friis | 406 | | |
| | National Front | Gordon Callow | 76 | | |
| | National Front | Malcolm Keith | 66 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Caversham

Caversham (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Nick Bosanquet | 1,289 | | |
| | Labour | Phil Turner | 1,120 | | |
| | Conservative | Lilian O'Callaghan | 721 | | |
| | Conservative | Morag Valentine | 718 | | |
| | National Front | Michael Harkins | 117 | | |
| | National Front | Bernard Robinson | 108 | | |
| | Communist | Elizabeth Harrison | 100 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Chalk Farm

Chalk Farm (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jonathan Sofer | 1,336 | | |
| | Labour | Derek Jarman | 1,223 | | |
| | Conservative | Anthony Blackburn | 1,089 | | |
| | Conservative | Peter White | 1,013 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Fitzjohns

Fitzjohns (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ronald King | 994 | | |
| | Conservative | John Athisayam | 920* | | |
| | Labour | John St. John | 485 | | |
| | Labour | Peter David | 477 | | |
| | Liberal | Olive Paynton | 193 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Fortune Green

Fortune Green (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Richard Almond | 1,055 | | |
| | Conservative | John Steel | 1,010 | | |
| | Labour | Haydn Gott | 852 | | |
| | Labour | Robert Hale | 788 | | |
| | Liberal | Clive Agran | 203 | | |
| | Liberal | Bryan Karet | 180 | | |
| | National Front | Paul Kavanagh | 37 | | |
| | National Front | Carol Warren | 31 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Frognal

Frognal (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Alan Greengross | 1,363 | | |
| | Conservative | Julian Harrison | 1,319 | | |
| | Labour | Alan Yates | 481 | | |
| | Labour | Richard Wigley | 453 | | |
| | Liberal | Brian Sugden | 258 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Gospel Oak

Gospel Oak (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ronald Hefferman | 1,125 | | |
| | Labour | Tessa Jowell | 1,059 | | |
| | Conservative | Peter Barber | 546 | | |
| | Conservative | Anthony Earl-Williams | 523 | | |
| | Communist | Kenneth Herbert | 102 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Grafton

Grafton (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Christopher Gardiner | 1,058 | | |
| | Labour | Roy Shaw | 1,049 | | |
| | Conservative | David Roberts | 455 | | |
| | Conservative | John Martin | 454 | | |
| | National Front | Linda Evans | 71 | | |
| | National Front | Ian Tomkins | 56 | | |
| | Workers Revolutionary | Granville Jones | 37 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Hampstead Town

Hampstead Town (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ian Tommison | 1,251 | | |
| | Conservative | Gwyneth Williams | 1,234 | | |
| | Labour | Philip Grenall | 647 | | |
| | Labour | David Bookless | 628 | | |
| | Liberal | Nigel Barnes | 297 | | |
| | Save London Alliance | Anthony Diamond | 61 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Highgate

Highgate (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Martin Morton | 2,026 | | |
| | Conservative | Roger James | 1,961 | | |
| | Conservative | Derek Spencer | 1,966 | | |
| | Labour | Walter Burgess | 1,809 | | |
| | Labour | David Webster | 1,787 | | |
| | Labour | Albert Crouch | 1,774 | | |
| | Communist | Margaret Lee | 194 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Holborn

Holborn (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Derek Godfrey | 1,234 | | |
| | Labour | Julian Fulbrook | 1,224 | | |
| | Conservative | Edith Martin | 1,080 | | |
| | Conservative | Brian Rathbone | 1,080 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Kilburn

Kilburn (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Patrick Driscoll | 1,242 | | |
| | Labour | Neil Fletcher | 1,214 | | |
| | Labour | Ken Livingstone | 1,198 | | |
| | Conservative | Peter Bolton | 999 | | |
| | Conservative | Ann McMullen | 983 | | |
| | Conservative | Ronald Rees | 980 | | |
| | Independent Labour | Francis Rochford | 496 | | |
| | Independent Labour | Albert Skinner | 442 | | |
| | Liberal | Richard Waddington | 155 | | |
| | Liberal | John Billouin | 141 | | |
| | Liberal | Catherine Wilson | 128 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### King's Cross

King's Cross (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Anthony Craig | 840 | | |
| | Labour | Roderick Cordara | 812 | | |
| | Conservative | John Glendinning | 777 | | |
| | Conservative | Aileen Griffith | 758 | | |
| | Communist | Patricia Langton | 48 | | |
| | Workers Revolutionary | Margaret Obank | 40 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Priory

Priory (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | William Budd | 1,211 | | |
| | Labour | Margaret Bowman | 1,184 | | |
| | Conservative | Iain Horsburgh | 903 | | |
| | Conservative | Richard Smith | 902 | | |
| | Liberal | Patrick Cooney | 91 | | |
| | Liberal | Alastair Seaton | 80 | | |
| | Communist | Alan Thomas | 51 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Regent's Park

Regent's Park (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Mills | 1,714 | | |
| | Labour | Florence Parnell | 1,699 | | |
| | Labour | Andrew Bethell | 1,685 | | |
| | Conservative | Laurence Atlas | 1,551 | | |
| | Conservative | Ian Parsley-Taylor | 1,522 | | |
| | Conservative | Catherine Mallison | 1,510 | | |
| | National Front | Sydney Daly | 145 | | |
| | National Front | Gwendoline Evans | 129 | | |
| | National Front | Martin Moloney | 127 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### St John's

St John's (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sarah Peltier | 1,187 | | |
| | Labour | Maureen Robinson | 1,170 | | |
| | Conservative | Paul Brandt | 546 | | |
| | Conservative | Roland Walker | 536 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### St Pancras

St Pancras (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Michael Morrissey | 1,024 | | |
| | Labour | Joan Hymans | 1,005 | | |
| | Conservative | Anthony Cheverton | 386 | | |
| | Conservative | Catherine O'Sullivan | 362 | | |
| | National Front | John Haines | 79 | | |
| | National Front | John Warren | 61 | | |
| | Communist | Jeffrey Sawtell | 39 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Somers Town

Somers Town (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Brian Duggan | 1,095 | | |
| | Labour | Thomas Devine | 1,093 | | |
| | Conservative | Jacqueline Austin | 443 | | |
| | Conservative | Noel Moncaster | 399 | | |
| | National Front | Andrew Cordier | 73 | | |
| | National Front | Andrew Kimber | 59 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### South End

South End (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Anthony Kemp | 1,107 | | |
| | Conservative | Anthony Robinson | 1,081 | | |
| | Labour | Michael Boye-Anawomah | 1,007 | | |
| | Labour | John Chanin | 969 | | |
| | Liberal | Robert Pellegrinetti | 215 | | |
| | Communist | Hubert Bevan | 98 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Swiss Cottage

Swiss Cottage (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Osborne | 1,648 | | |
| | Conservative | Michael Flynn | 1,633 | | |
| | Conservative | Brian Stoner | 1,602 | | |
| | Labour | Christopher Heginbotham | 1,343 | | |
| | Labour | Enyd Norman | 1,326 | | |
| | Labour | Denis MacShane | 1,274 | | |
| | Liberal | Andrew Bridgwater | 297 | | |
| | Liberal | Jillian Newbrook | 292 | | |
| | Liberal | Janet Heller | 291 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### West End

West End (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Neil Bourhill | 953 | | |
| | Labour | Kevin Gould | 938 | | |
| | Conservative | Cathleen Mainds | 911 | | |
| | Labour | Sandra Wynn | 896 | | |
| | Liberal | Ida Linfield | 215 | | |
| | Liberal | Martin Biermann | 209 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |