Barnet London Borough Council election, 1978
The 1978 Barnet Council election took place on 4 May 1978 to elect members of Barnet London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.
Background
Since the last election in 1974, the Local Government Boundary Commission carried out their first periodic electoral review of Barnet under the Local Government Act 1972 and made a number of boundary changes.[1]
Election result
Overall turnout in the election was 43.6%.
Barnet Local Election Result 1978[2] |
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
|
Conservative |
49 |
|
|
|
|
57.1 |
|
|
|
Labour |
10 |
|
|
|
|
30.4 |
|
|
|
Liberal |
0 |
|
|
|
|
9.8 |
|
|
Ward results
Arkley (3) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Brunswick Park (3) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Burnt Oak (3) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Childs Hill (3) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Colindale (3) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
East Barnet (3) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
East Finchley (3) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Edgware (3) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Finchley (3) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Friern Barnet (3) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Garden Suburb (3) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Golders Green (3) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Hadley (3) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Hale (3) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Hendon (3) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Mill Hill (3) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
St Paul’s (3) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Totteridge (3) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
West Hendon (3) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Woodhouse (3) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
References
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| London boroughs | |
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| Metropolitan boroughs | |
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| District councils (England) |
- Basingstoke and Deane
- Brentwood
- Broxbourne
- Burnley
- Cambridge
- Cannock Chase
- Chorley
- Colchester
- Congleton
- Eastbourne
- Eastleigh
- Ellesmere Port and Neston
- Elmbridge
- Fareham
- Halton
- Harlow
- Hart
- Hartlepool
- Havant
- Hertsmere
- Huntingdon
- Milton Keynes
- Mole Valley
- Pendle
- Peterborough
- Preston
- Rochford
- Rossendale
- Runnymede
- Shrewsbury and Atcham
- South Bedfordshire
- South Cambridgeshire
- Southend-on-Sea
- Tamworth
- Tandridge
- Thamesdown
- Three Rivers
- Tunbridge Wells
- Watford
- Welwyn Hatfield
- West Lancashire
- Winchester
- Woking
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