Elections to Southwark Council were held in May 1971. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 28.7%.
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This election had aldermen as well as councillors. Labour got all ten aldermen as well as 58 elected councillors. The Liberal Party did not contest any seats.
Election result edit
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 68 | 25 | 97.14 | 74.62 | 44,720 | 32.17 | |||
Conservative | 2 | 25 | 2.86 | 23.86 | 14,301 | 27.45 | |||
Communist | 0 | 0.00 | 1.31 | 787 | 2.55 | ||||
National Front | 0 | 0.00 | 0.21 | 126 | New |
Ward results edit
Abbey edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | C.J. Coveney | 2,092 | 86.0 | ||
Labour | J. Dower | 2,086 | 85.8 | ||
Conservative | P. Gray | 266 | 10.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,432 | 34.8 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Alleyn edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mrs E. Headley | 1,521 | 63.3 | ||
Labour | Mrs A.S. Ward | 1,468 | 61.1 | ||
Conservative | H.J. Partridge | 842 | 35.0 | ||
Conservative | R.C. Gent | 827 | 34.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,403 | 36.6 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Bellenden edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | S.H. Catt | 2,037 | 60.5 | ||
Labour | F.E. Lee | 2,025 | 60.2 | ||
Labour | Miss M.A. Cork | 1,964 | 58.4 | ||
Conservative | B.C. Leach | 1,169 | 34.7 | ||
Conservative | D.M. Lang | 1,122 | 33.3 | ||
Conservative | A.G. Sinclair | 1,121 | 33.3 | ||
Communist | E.L. Hodson | 159 | 4.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,365 | 34.0 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Bricklayers edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | L.A.J. Henley | 1,101 | 62.2 | ||
Labour | Mrs F. Whitnall | 1,060 | 59.9 | ||
Conservative | C.C. Hayward | 460 | 26.0 | ||
Conservative | F.H. Morgan | 459 | 25.9 | ||
Communist | R. Gordon | 41 | 2.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,769 | 28.1 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Browning edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | S.R. Combes | 1,837 | 83.2 | ||
Labour | Rev J.W. Watson | 1,808 | 81.9 | ||
Labour | J.S. Lees | 1,800 | 81.5 | ||
Conservative | J. Gordon | 268 | 12.1 | ||
Conservative | Miss H.B. Petrie | 243 | 11.0 | ||
Conservative | A.I. Robin | 240 | 10.9 | ||
Communist | M.J. Chislett | 92 | 4.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,208 | 27.0 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Brunswick edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | E.W.T. Pruce | 2,080 | 82.7 | ||
Labour | Miss A.G. Liddle | 2,067 | 82.2 | ||
Labour | R.Watts | 2,054 | 81.7 | ||
Conservative | Mrs K. Howley | 304 | 12.1 | ||
Conservative | Mrs J. Holland | 299 | 11.9 | ||
Communist | Mrs J. Willoughby | 144 | 5.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,515 | 27.9 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Burgess edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mrs J.E. Cannon | 1,725 | 84.1 | ||
Labour | J.H.K. Fowler | 1,708 | 83.3 | ||
Labour | Mrs E.S. Daymond | 1,696 | 82.7 | ||
Conservative | Mrs G. Cobley | 221 | 10.8 | ||
Communist | J.T. Ruddell | 155 | 7.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,051 | 25.1 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Cathedral edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | C.C. Gates | 1,595 | 85.6 | ||
Labour | D.D. McCoid | 1,547 | 83.0 | ||
Labour | E.J. Hall | 1,496 | 80.3 | ||
Conservative | Mrs E.R. Hale | 311 | 16.7 | ||
Conservative | F.N. Richardson | 207 | 11.1 | ||
Conservative | R.S. Higgins | 204 | 11.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,863 | 19.0 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Chaucer edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | A.E. Knight | 2,051 | 80.0 | ||
Labour | Mrs M.G. Farrow | 2,039 | 79.5 | ||
Labour | N.H. Tertis | 1,993 | 77.7 | ||
Conservative | Miss B.E. North | 452 | 17.6 | ||
Conservative | C.V. Brewster | 442 | 17.2 | ||
Conservative | Miss D.N. Parsons | 442 | 17.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,565 | 29.7 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
College edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mrs E.A. Ackroyd | 2,008 | 50.9 | ||
Labour | W.G. Symes | 1,970 | 49.9 | ||
Conservative | R.W. Ames | 1,925 | 48.8 | ||
Conservative | I.M. Andrews | 1,873 | 47.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,948 | 46.8 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Consort edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | W.F. Jones | 1,322 | 86.8 | ||
Labour | R.A. Cheesewright | 1,272 | 83.5 | ||
Conservative | R.J. Percival | 179 | 11.8 | ||
Conservative | Mrs M.A. Vaughan | 165 | 10.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,523 | 27.0 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Dockyard edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mrs L.M. Brown | 2,471 | 89.9 | ||
Labour | John H. O'Grady | 2,414 | 87.8 | ||
Conservative | Mrs W.I. Hopgood | 233 | 8.5 | ||
Conservative | G.W. Hargest | 227 | 8.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,748 | 35.0 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Faraday edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | F.W. Combes | 2,751 | 85.2 | ||
Labour | R.M. Slater | 2,727 | 84.5 | ||
Labour | C.A. Farrow | 2,717 | 84.1 | ||
Labour | Mrs A.E. Waller | 2,670 | 82.7 | ||
Conservative | Mrs K. Field | 305 | 9.4 | ||
Conservative | S.H. Smith | 296 | 9.2 | ||
Conservative | G.R. Baxter | 284 | 8.8 | ||
Conservative | Mrs K.J. Watts | 275 | 8.5 | ||
Communist | D.F. Marks | 196 | 6.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,229 | 26.9 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Friary edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mrs M.V. Goldwin | 2,003 | 88.2 | ||
Labour | C.A.W. Hogben | 1,979 | 87.1 | ||
Labour | F.A. Goldwin | 1,975 | 86.9 | ||
Conservative | E.L. Keetch | 199 | 8.8 | ||
Conservative | Mrs C.E. Pitman | 180 | 7.9 | ||
Conservative | Mrs F.I. Tristram | 169 | 7.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,272 | 25.8 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Lyndhurst edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | W.H. Payne | 3,012 | 69.5 | ||
Labour | H.C. Potter | 2,990 | 69.0 | ||
Labour | D.J. Whiting | 2,900 | 67.0 | ||
Conservative | Mrs P.C. Cooper | 1,237 | 28.6 | ||
Conservative | T.J. Smith | 1,221 | 28.2 | ||
Conservative | R. Spilberg | 1,181 | 27.3 | ||
Turnout | 4,331 | 39.2 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Newington edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | C.A.G. Halford | 2,100 | 80.2 | ||
Labour | J.J. Lauder | 2,066 | 78.9 | ||
Labour | Mrs C.M. Clunn | 2,045 | 78.1 | ||
Conservative | E. Greenwood | 432 | 16.5 | ||
Conservative | Mrs J.M. Greenwood | 417 | 15.9 | ||
Conservative | J.A. Villers | 403 | 15.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,618 | 25.7 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Riverside edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mrs A. Stevens | 2,250 | 84.6 | ||
Labour | L.T. Tucker | 2,244 | 84.4 | ||
Conservative | A.J. Padmore | 352 | 13.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,659 | 34.7 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Rotherhithe edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | E.A. Rowe | 1,843 | 90.2 | ||
Labour | H.W.G. Young | 1,750 | 85.7 | ||
Conservative | B.D. Thurnell | 189 | 9.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,043 | 28.5 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Ruskin edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mrs H.E. Day | 1,928 | 60.8 | ||
Conservative | H.J. Grant | 1,914 | 60.3 | ||
Labour | R.J.G. Keene | 1,225 | 38.6 | ||
Labour | S. Robinson | 1,178 | 37.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,173 | 42.4 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Rye edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Miss A. Brereton | 1,430 | 50.2 | ||
Labour | T. Herron | 1,427 | 50.1 | ||
Conservative | W.V. Fuller | 1,377 | 48.4 | ||
Conservative | A.P. Pritchett | 1,334 | 46.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,846 | 39.5 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
St Giles edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | L.H. Alden | 1,973 | 77.1 | ||
Labour | Mrs E.M. Dalton | 1,973 | 77.1 | ||
Labour | R. Wedlake | 1,898 | 74.2 | ||
Conservative | J.D. Kilbane | 403 | 15.7 | ||
Conservative | M.P. Mulligan | 353 | 13.8 | ||
Conservative | G. Scott | 315 | 12.3 | ||
National Front | Mrs C.M. Pirie | 132 | 5.2 | ||
National Front | P.C. Williams | 128 | 5.0 | ||
National Front | Mrs J.P. Pirie | 117 | 4.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,559 | 24.0 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
The Lane edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | F.J. Brean | 3,166 | 75.5 | ||
Labour | G. Byfield | 3,102 | 74.0 | ||
Labour | P. Cather | 3,068 | 73.2 | ||
Labour | F.T. Rolfe | 2,964 | 70.7 | ||
Conservative | Mrs J.R. Bryant | 1,172 | 28.0 | ||
Conservative | Mrs L.C. Marshall | 824 | 19.7 | ||
Conservative | R.P. Primmer | 792 | 18.9 | ||
Conservative | A.E. Smith | 790 | 18.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,192 | 29.9 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Waverley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | H.T. Ball | 1,730 | 70.9 | ||
Labour | C. Rouse | 1,698 | 69.6 | ||
Conservative | Miss B.C. Rayson | 687 | 28.2 | ||
Conservative | F.J. Shirley | 653 | 26.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,439 | 37.6 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
References edit
- ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (1993). Local Elections in Britain: A Statistical Digest. Plymouth: Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre.