1971_Barking_London_Borough_Council_election
1971 Barking London Borough Council election
1971 local election in England, UK
The 1971 Barking Borough Council election took place on 13 May 1971, to elect members of Barking London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election, and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]
96 candidates across 6 parties ran. Labour was the only party that ran a full slate of candidates.
Labour comfortably maintained its majority. The Conservatives lost all 13 of its councillors to Labour whilst the Residents Association held all 4 of its Councillors. Labour won 45 councillors to the Residents Association 4.[2]
Abbey
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mary Bredo | 2,459 | 55.9 | +23.9 | |
Labour | A Howie | 2,434 | N/A | ||
Labour | J Tweed | 2,317 | N/A | ||
Labour | J Longden | 2,278 | N/A | ||
Conservative | E Lacey | 984 | 22.4 | -31.4 | |
Conservative | E Reed | 829 | N/A | ||
Conservative | R Trew | 824 | N/A | ||
Conservative | J Willmott | 822 | N/A | ||
Conservative Party (Unofficial) | T Woodcock | 567 | 12.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | Alan Beadle | 386 | 8.8 | -5.4 | |
Liberal | D Wade | 328 | N/A | ||
Liberal | G Poole | 258 | N/A | ||
Liberal | Martin Taylor | 254 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 36.0 | -0.3 | |||
Registered electors | 10,248 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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Cambell
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joseph Butler | 2,594 | 93.0 | +14.9 | |
Labour | Sidney Cole | 2,501 | N/A | ||
Labour | D Jones | 2,494 | N/A | ||
Labour | James Jones | 2,426 | N/A | ||
Conservative | D Reed | 194 | 7.0 | -14.9 | |
Turnout | 27.3 | +6.1 | |||
Registered electors | 9,364 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Chadwell Heath
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Residents | Peggy Miller | 1,719 | 53.7 | -21.1 | |
Residents | H Jones | 1,633 | N/A | ||
Residents | D Grandison | 1,631 | N/A | ||
Residents | Cyril Ayres | 1,575 | N/A | ||
Labour | H Pope | 1,331 | 41.6 | +23.2 | |
Labour | W Webb | 1,308 | N/A | ||
Labour | V Pope | 1,292 | N/A | ||
Labour | Robert Crane | 1,267 | N/A | ||
Communist | D Connor | 153 | 4.8 | -1.9 | |
Turnout | 30.8 | +1.5 | |||
Registered electors | 9,669 | ||||
Residents hold | Swing | ||||
Residents hold | Swing | ||||
Residents hold | Swing | ||||
Residents hold | Swing | ||||
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Eastbrook
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Leonard Collins | 2,663 | 85.6 | +32.4 | |
Labour | Frederick Tibble | 2,648 | N/A | ||
Labour | F Coomber | 2,583 | N/A | ||
Labour | J Morton | 2,550 | N/A | ||
Conservative | W Whiter | 232 | 7.5 | -20.0 | |
Communist | C Baker | 217 | 7.0 | -0.1 | |
Turnout | 25.9 | +3.9 | |||
Registered electors | 10,498 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Fanshawe
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Frederick Jones | 2,868 | 86.5 | +23.1 | |
Labour | J Blake | 2,846 | N/A | ||
Labour | Ernest Turner | 2,748 | N/A | ||
Labour | B Walker | 2,666 | N/A | ||
Communist | K Madden | 285 | 8.6 | -6.8 | |
Conservative | E Apps | 163 | 4.9 | -16.3 | |
Turnout | 29.6 | +10.7 | |||
Registered electors | 9,788 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Gascoigne
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J Engwell | 2,970 | 91.1 | +33.6 | |
Labour | C Godfrey | 2,913 | N/A | ||
Labour | Horace Howie | 2,877 | N/A | ||
Labour | Douglas Waters | 2,763 | N/A | ||
Conservative | J Barnett | 290 | 8.9 | -13.7 | |
Conservative | G Pool | 285 | N/A | ||
Conservative | S Smith | 267 | N/A | ||
Conservative | R Pool | 265 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 35.9 | +7.1 | |||
Registered electors | 8,792 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Heath
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William Noyce | 2,754 | 78.7 | +34.9 | |
Labour | John Davis | 2,740 | N/A | ||
Labour | Charles Fairbrass | 2,726 | N/A | ||
Labour | J Lawrence | 2,648 | N/A | ||
Labour | Jack Thomas | 2,625 | N/A | ||
Conservative | J Doyle | 584 | 16.7 | -32.9 | |
Conservative | R Barrett | 574 | N/A | ||
Conservative | C Barrett | 570 | N/A | ||
Conservative | L Pyke | 554 | N/A | ||
Conservative | A Sabourin | 523 | N/A | ||
Communist | Helena Ott | 161 | 4.6 | -2.0 | |
Turnout | 25.3 | +2.8 | |||
Registered electors | 13,022 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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Longbridge
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | R Godfrey | 2,233 | 61.7 | +25.8 | |
Labour | M Ness | 2,229 | N/A | ||
Labour | Michael O'Shea | 2,203 | N/A | ||
Labour | M Spencer | 2,193 | N/A | ||
Conservative | A Gray | 1,386 | 38.3 | -25.8 | |
Conservative | V Pool | 1,382 | N/A | ||
Conservative | C Pool | 1,356 | N/A | ||
Conservative | D Barnett | 1,309 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 32.2 | -1.4 | |||
Registered electors | 11,091 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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Manor
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Maud Ball | 2,747 | 87.4 | +10.8 | |
Labour | L Blake | 2,656 | N/A | ||
Labour | Eric Mansell | 2,656 | N/A | ||
Labour | Millicent Preston | 2,466 | N/A | ||
Conservative | B Long | 396 | 12.6 | -10.8 | |
Turnout | 28.5 | +6.1 | |||
Registered electors | 9,573 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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River
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Dodd | 1,908 | 82.1 | +30.4 | |
Labour | D Linehan | 1,895 | N/A | ||
Labour | Edith Bradley | 1,863 | N/A | ||
Labour | L Thompson | 1,814 | N/A | ||
Conservative | E Brown | 292 | 12.6 | +18.4 | |
Conservative | Ada Horrell | 251 | N/A | ||
Conservative | F Read | 229 | N/A | ||
Conservative | M Whiter | 226 | N/A | ||
Communist | G Wake | 124 | 5.3 | N/A | |
Turnout | 24.8 | +5.9 | |||
Registered electors | 8,665 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Valence
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Brooker | 2,612 | 82.7 | +31.2 | |
Labour | S Warr | 2,549 | N/A | ||
Labour | E Kitchen | 2,513 | N/A | ||
Labour | D Webb | 2,480 | N/A | ||
Conservative | F Penfold | 221 | 7.0 | -14.6 | |
Communist | L Evans | 201 | 6.4 | N/A | |
People's Democracy | H Bailey | 124 | 3.9 | N/A | |
Turnout | 26.8 | +6.1 | |||
Registered electors | 9,966 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Village
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Vic Rusha | 2,125 | 81.1 | +45.2 | |
Labour | L Bryant | 2,066 | N/A | ||
Labour | R Coster | 2,047 | N/A | ||
Labour | Harry Tindell | 2,022 | N/A | ||
Conservative | W Attridge | 341 | 13.0 | -10.1 | |
Conservative | J Calver | 337 | N/A | ||
Conservative | A Wilkens | 325 | N/A | ||
Conservative | R Johnson | 312 | N/A | ||
Communist | R Shannon | 154 | 5.9 | -1.5 | |
Turnout | 25.4 | -1.3 | |||
Registered electors | 9,572 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Chadwell Heath
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Residents | P Jarvis | 1,108 | 68.4 | +13.5 | |
Labour | H Pope | 492 | 30.4 | +2.7 | |
Communist | D Connor | 20 | 1.2 | -3.5 | |
Majority | 616 | 38.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 16.6 | -12.7 | |||
Registered electors | 9,731 | ||||
Residents hold | Swing | ||||
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Gascoigne
River
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Richard Blackburn | 1,263 | N/A | ||
Labour | E White | 1,226 | N/A | ||
Conservative | Ada Horrell | 209 | N/A | ||
Conservative | T Woodcock | 201 | N/A | ||
Majority | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
Turnout | 17.4 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 8,589 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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- "London Borough Council Elections 13 May 1971" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- "London Borough of Barking & Dagenham Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- "London Borough Council Elections 2 May 1974" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 29 March 2015.