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1978 Merton London Borough Council election

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Background
Results
Notes and references

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| election_name = Merton London Borough Council election, 1978
| type = parliamentary
| party_colour =
| previous_election = Merton London Borough Council election, 1974
| previous_year = 1974
| election_date = 4 May 1978
| next_election = Merton London Borough Council election, 1982
| next_year = 1982
| seats_for_election = All 57 council seats on
Merton London Borough Council
| turnout = 46.4%^[1]

| image1 =

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| seats1 = 39
| seat_change1 = {{increase}}6
| popular_vote1 = 85,773
| percentage1 = 52.6%
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| seat_change2 = {{decrease}}12
| popular_vote2 = 56,501
| percentage2 = 34.7%
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| popular_vote3 = 5,336
| percentage3 = 3.9%
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}}

Elections for the London Borough of Merton were held on 4 May 1978 to elect members of Merton London Borough Council in London, England. This was on the same day as other local elections in England and Scotland.^[1]

The whole council was up for election and the incumbent majority Conservative administration maintained its overall control of the council.^[1] This was the first election held in which no aldermen were elected onto the council.^[4] Boundary changes also meant that the number of elected seats increased by 3.^[1]

Background

At the last election, the Conservatives had won a majority of three seats on the council, with twenty-nine elected members and four aldermen.^[2] They subsequently gained a seat from the Labour Party in a by-election in the ward of Wimbledon South on 19 September 1974 and then lost a seat to the Liberal Party in the ward of Cannon Hill on 30 October 1975.^[1]

Prior to the election, elected councillors appointed nine aldermen to serve on Merton London Borough Council. This was the first election in which this arrangement ended,^[2] as was required by the Local Government Act 1972, which rendered the post merely an honorary title.^[1]

The Conservatives did not stand in the newly-created ward of Longthornton, leaving the three-member ward as a two-way contest between the Labour Party and the Longthornton and Tamworth Residents Association.^[1]

Results

The Conservatives maintained their overall majority control of the council, increasing their majority to 21 seats.^[2]

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|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|government = yes
|seats = 39
|gain = n/a
|loss = n/a
|net = {{increase}}6
|seats % = 68.4%
|votes % = 52.6%
|votes = 85,773
|plus/minus =
}}{{Election Summary Party|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|seats = 15
|gain = n/a
|loss = n/a
|net = {{decrease}}12
|seats % = 26.3%
|votes % = 34.7%
|votes = 56,501
|plus/minus =
}}{{Election Summary Party|
|party = Longthornton and Tamworth Residents Association
|seats = 3
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|loss = n/a
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|votes % = 3.9%
|votes = 6,336
|plus/minus =
}}{{Election Summary Party|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|seats = 0
|gain = n/a
|loss = n/a
|net = 0
|seats % = 0%
|votes % = 8.3%
|votes = 13,532
|plus/minus =
}}{{Election Summary Party|
|party = National Front (UK)
|seats = 0
|gain = n/a
|loss = n/a
|net = 0
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|votes % = 0.3%
|votes = 457
|plus/minus =
}}{{Election Summary Party|
|party = Independent (politician)
|seats = 0
|gain = n/a
|loss = n/a
|net = 0
|seats % = 0%
|votes % = 0.2%
|votes = 272
|plus/minus =
}}{{Election Summary Party|
|party = Workers Revolutionary Party (UK)
|seats = 0
|gain = n/a
|loss = n/a
|net = 0
|seats % = 0%
|votes % = 0.0%
|votes = 74
|plus/minus =
}}{{Election box end}}

Notes and references

Notes

1. ^¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷{{Cite web|url=http://londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/LBCE_1978-5-4.pdf|title=London Borough Council Elections 4 May 1978|date=1978|publisher=Greater London Council|deadurl=|accessdate=20 June 2018}}
2. ^¹²³{{Cite web|url=https://www2.merton.gov.uk/results_summary_locals_from_1964.pdf|title=London Borough of Merton Results Summary 1964-2012|date=|publisher=Merton Electoral Services|deadurl=|accessdate=20 June 2018}}

References{{reflist}}{{London elections}}{{Greater London elections}}{{United Kingdom local elections, 1978}}

3 : Council elections in the London Borough of Merton|1978 London Borough council elections|May 1978 events in Europe

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