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took place in

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, and some other parts of the

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on Thursday 6 May 1982. Ward changes took place in Enfield which increased the total number of councillors by 6 from 1,908 to 1,914. All

London borough The London boroughs are the 32 local authority districts that together with the City of London make up the administrative area of Greater London; each is governed by a London borough council. The present London boroughs were all created at t ...

council seats were up for election. Both major parties lost votes to the SDP-Liberal Alliance, but whilst the Conservatives gained 20 council seats, Labour lost 101. The party's result of 30.4%, 12 councils and 781 councillors was the worst Labour result since 1968. The previous Borough elections in London were in 1978. To date, this remains the last London local election in which the Conservatives won a majority of council seats or councils, as well as the last time the party won over 40% of the vote. The Conservatives would not win the popular vote in a London local election for another two decades, and would not win a

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of seats in London again until the election of 2006, 24 years later.

Results summary

*Turnout: 2,233,386 voters cast ballots.

Council results

Borough result maps

File:Barnet UK local election 1982 map.svg, Barnet 1982 results map File:Camden_UK_local_election_1982_map.svg, Camden 1982 results map File:Hammersmith and Fulham London UK local election 1982 map.svg, Hammersmith and Fulham 1982 results map

References

{{United Kingdom elections May 1982 events in the United Kingdom

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C., Un ...