Southwark London Borough Council election, 1978
Elections to Southwark Council were held in May 1978. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 28.7%. There were now 25 wards rather than the previous 23 and 64 councillors rather than 70.
Election result
| Southwark Local Election Result 1978[1] |
| Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
| |
Labour |
56 |
|
|
-10 |
|
57.6 |
|
|
| |
Conservative |
8 |
|
|
+4 |
|
36.4 |
|
|
| |
Liberal |
0 |
|
|
|
|
3.8 |
|
|
Ward results
| Abbey (2) |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
| Alleyn (2) |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
| Barset (2) |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
| Bellenden (3) |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
| Bricklayers (2) |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
| Browning (3) |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
| Brunswick (3) |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
| Burgess (2) |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
| Cathedral (2) |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
| Chaucer (3) |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
| College (2) |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
| Consort (2) |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
| Dockyard (3) |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
| Faraday (3) |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
| Friary (3) |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
| Liddle (3) |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
| Lyndhurst (3) |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
| Newington (3) |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
| Riverside (3) |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
| Rotherhithe (3) |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
| Ruskin (3) |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
| Rye (2) |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
| St Giles (3) |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
| The Lane (2) |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
| Waverley (2) |
| 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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| Regional councils (Scotland) | |
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