1978 Haringey London Borough Council election
# 1978 Haringey London Borough Council election

The 1978 Haringey Council election took place on 4 May 1978 to elect members of Haringey London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.

## Ward results

### Alexandra

Alexandra (3) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Timothy Allen* | 1,668 | 46.8 | |
| | Conservative | Stephen Gaubert* | 1,624 | 45.6 | |
| | Conservative | Victor Jary* | 1,618 | 45.4 | |
| | Labour | Peter Conoboy | 1,259 | 35.3 | |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Simons | 1,221 | 34.3 | |
| | Labour | Philip Lewis | 1,182 | 33.2 | |
| | Liberal | Hugh Clarke | 490 | 13.8 | |
| | Liberal | Jonathan Pope | 437 | 12.3 | |
| | Liberal | Clive World | 413 | 11.6 | |
| | National Front | Frank Bennett | 90 | 2.5 | |
| | National Front | Barry Hunt | 74 | 2.1 | |
| | National Front | Maureen Kerby | 71 | 2.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,563 | 45.6 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Archway

Archway (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Sarah Whitby* | 1,186 | 48.5 | |
| | Conservative | Antony Franchi | 1,179 | 48.3 | |
| | Labour | Willisford Pilgrim | 989 | 40.5 | |
| | Labour | David Barlow* | 954 | 39.1 | |
| | Liberal | Hope Malik | 197 | 8.1 | |
| | National Front | Hilda Giddings | 34 | 1.4 | |
| | National Front | Paul Vanderstay | 27 | 1.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,443 | 45.0 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Bowes Park

Bowes Park (3) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | James Gardner | 1,750 | 44.9 | |
| | Labour | Kevin Hargreaves | 1,724 | 44.2 | |
| | Labour | Frederick Neuner* | 1,649 | 42.3 | |
| | Conservative | Peter Tuck | 1,622 | 41.6 | |
| | Conservative | Reginald Chester | 1,616 | 41.4 | |
| | Conservative | Brian Salinger | 1,586 | 40.7 | |
| | Liberal | Elizabeth World | 250 | 6.4 | |
| | Liberal | Anthony Zotti | 197 | 5.1 | |
| | National Front | Stephen Andrews | 181 | 4.6 | |
| | National Front | Colin Mates | 178 | 4.6 | |
| | National Front | Terence Stephenson | 166 | 4.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,900 | 43.6 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Bruce Grove

Bruce Grove (3) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Bernie Grant | 1,757 | 60.3 | |
| | Labour | Donald Billingsley* | 1,666 | 57.2 | |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Newton | 1,643 | 56.4 | |
| | Conservative | Russell McGuiness | 837 | 28.7 | |
| | Conservative | Lebert Powell | 790 | 27.1 | |
| | Conservative | George Ryan | 756 | 26.0 | |
| | National Front | Richard Hurn | 176 | 6.0 | |
| | National Front | Gordon Ross | 145 | 5.0 | |
| | National Front | William Wimbleton | 109 | 3.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,913 | 34.6 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Coleraine

Coleraine (3) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Eric Garwood* | 1,563 | 48.9 | |
| | Labour | Joan Smith* | 1,363 | 42.7 | |
| | Labour | Gerald Long | 1,351 | 42.3 | |
| | Conservative | Barbara Bleach | 783 | 24.5 | |
| | Conservative | Alan Bowring | 771 | 24.1 | |
| | Conservative | Peter Gilbert | 751 | 23.5 | |
| | North East Tottenham Campaign Against Traffic | Denis Hawes | 620 | 19.4 | |
| | North East Tottenham Campaign Against Traffic | Margaret Matthews | 526 | 16.5 | |
| | North East Tottenham Campaign Against Traffic | John Wratten | 506 | 15.8 | |
| | National Front | Phillip Walker | 170 | 5.3 | |
| | National Front | Barry Eglington | 161 | 5.0 | |
| | National Front | Vicky Plummer | 151 | 4.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,194 | 39.5 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Crouch End

Crouch End (3) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Brian Smith* | 1,490 | 49.4 | |
| | Conservative | Stephen Ayres | 1,472 | 48.8 | |
| | Conservative | Basil Lewis* | 1,451 | 48.1 | |
| | Labour | Melinda Phillips | 1,171 | 38.9 | |
| | Labour | Stephen Hull | 1,126 | 37.4 | |
| | Labour | Geoffrey Rowan-Robinson | 1,104 | 36.6 | |
| | Liberal | Patrick O'Brien | 321 | 10.7 | |
| | National Front | Vincent Sumner | 84 | 2.8 | |
| | National Front | Christopher Walford | 73 | 2.4 | |
| | National Front | Leslie Waters | 67 | 2.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,014 | 41.4 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Fortis Green

Fortis Green (3) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Christopher Hannington* | 1,992 | 55.1 | |
| | Conservative | Jean MacGregor* | 1,983 | 54.9 | |
| | Conservative | Jeffrey Lotery* | 1,981 | 54.8 | |
| | Labour | Patricia Pearl | 1,215 | 33.6 | |
| | Labour | George Simpson | 1,210 | 33.5 | |
| | Labour | Kevin Twaite | 1,101 | 30.5 | |
| | Liberal | John Wildsmith | 248 | 6.9 | |
| | National Front | Thomas Joyce | 95 | 2.6 | |
| | National Front | Bernard Potter | 62 | 1.7 | |
| | National Front | June Squire | 57 | 1.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,612 | 46.3 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Green Lanes

Green Lanes (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | George Greenacre | 1,336 | 61.5 | |
| | Labour | George Meehan | 1,304 | 60.0 | |
| | Conservative | Gilbert Benton | 576 | 26.5 | |
| | Conservative | Leonard Cohen | 554 | 25.5 | |
| | Liberal | Katherine Alexander | 129 | 5.9 | |
| | National Front | Alan Middleton | 104 | 4.8 | |
| | Liberal | Martin Silverston | 98 | 4.5 | |
| | National Front | Janice Middleton | 78 | 3.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,174 | 36.7 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Harringay

Harringay (3) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Charles Silverstone* | 1,776 | 54.7 | |
| | Labour | Jeremy Corbyn* | 1,729 | 53.2 | |
| | Labour | Ronald Blanchard | 1,651 | 50.8 | |
| | Conservative | Timothy Easton | 1,064 | 32.8 | |
| | Conservative | Gerald Murphy* | 1,056 | 32.5 | |
| | Conservative | Christakis Kavallares | 1,048 | 32.3 | |
| | Communist | Francis Carr | 231 | 7.1 | |
| | National Front | Leslie Butler | 112 | 3.4 | |
| | National Front | John Green | 86 | 2.6 | |
| | National Front | Barbara Green | 78 | 2.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,247 | 39.9 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### High Cross

High Cross (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Anthony McBrearty* | 835 | 51.1 | |
| | Labour | Robin Young* | 747 | 45.7 | |
| | Conservative | Sylvia Currie | 349 | 21.4 | |
| | North East Tottenham Campaign Against Traffic | Alexander L'Estrange | 328 | 20.1 | |
| | North East Tottenham Campaign Against Traffic | Brenda Keech | 292 | 17.9 | |
| | National Front | David Tedder | 111 | 6.8 | |
| | National Front | Monica Pearson | 104 | 6.4 | |
| | National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People | Clinton Hamilton | 37 | 2.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,634 | 40.2 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Highgate

Highgate (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Anthony Dignum* | 1,608 | 69.7 | |
| | Conservative | Gail Ansell | 1,572 | 68.1 | |
| | Labour | Allan Barclay | 552 | 23.9 | |
| | Labour | Barbara Simon | 552 | 23.9 | |
| | National Front | George Embury | 27 | 1.2 | |
| | National Front | Augustus Spencer | 21 | 0.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,307 | 43.4 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Hornsey Central

Hornsey Central (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Brian Bullard* | 1,407 | 51.1 | |
| | Labour | Toby Harris | 1,268 | 46.0 | |
| | Conservative | Richard Bull | 1,091 | 39.6 | |
| | Conservative | Yvonne Owen | 1,019 | 37.0 | |
| | Liberal | Andrew Johnson | 122 | 4.4 | |
| | National Front | Robin May | 102 | 3.7 | |
| | National Front | Sylvia May | 93 | 3.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,754 | 50.3 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Hornsey Vale

Hornsey Vale (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Michael Killingworth | 1,049 | 49.4 | |
| | Labour | John Whysall | 931 | 43.9 | |
| | Conservative | Gillian Bull | 760 | 35.8 | |
| | Conservative | Blair Greaves | 729 | 34.4 | |
| | Liberal | Dudley Racher | 207 | 9.8 | |
| | Liberal | Christine Saunders | 157 | 7.4 | |
| | National Front | Isobel Hunt | 51 | 2.4 | |
| | National Front | Kenneth Hunt | 47 | 2.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,122 | 41.0 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Muswell Hill

Muswell Hill (3) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Benjamin Hall* | 2,254 | 58.5 | |
| | Conservative | Aeronwy Harris* | 2,142 | 55.5 | |
| | Conservative | Christine Jackson* | 2,121 | 55.0 | |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Murphy | 1,293 | 33.5 | |
| | Labour | Nora Dain | 1,280 | 33.2 | |
| | Labour | Katherine Patrick* | 1,227 | 31.8 | |
| | Liberal | Francis Coleman | 324 | 8.4 | |
| | National Front | Denise Draper | 81 | 2.1 | |
| | National Front | Keith Draper | 75 | 1.9 | |
| | National Front | Ellen Binick | 66 | 1.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,856 | 45.1 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Noel Park

Noel Park (3) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Terence O'Sullivan* | 1,806 | 49.1 | |
| | Labour | Edward Young* | 1,780 | 48.4 | |
| | Labour | Susan Scales | 1,776 | 48.3 | |
| | Conservative | John Heron | 1,399 | 38.0 | |
| | Conservative | Paul Hitchens | 1,326 | 36.1 | |
| | Conservative | Ralph Eschwege | 1,307 | 35.5 | |
| | National Front | Keith Squire | 240 | 6.5 | |
| | National Front | Paul Joyce | 186 | 5.1 | |
| | National Front | Kathleen Lines | 158 | 4.3 | |
| | Liberal | Rosemary Clarke | 126 | 3.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,678 | 44.8 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Park

Park (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Eileen Garwood* | 1,122 | 50.2 | |
| | Labour | Nicole Harrison | 1,014 | 45.4 | |
| | Conservative | Anne Allen | 725 | 32.5 | |
| | Conservative | Derek Webb | 647 | 29.0 | |
| | North East Tottenham Campaign Against Traffic | Robert Hart | 177 | 7.9 | |
| | North East Tottenham Campaign Against Traffic | Marie Cullen | 176 | 7.9 | |
| | National Front | John Burkitt | 140 | 6.3 | |
| | National Front | Steven Davey | 135 | 6.0 | |
| | Save London Alliance | Heather Beyer | 32 | 1.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,233 | 42.3 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Seven Sisters

Seven Sisters (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Frederick Knight* | 992 | 60.9 | |
| | Labour | Leslie Collis* | 848 | 52.1 | |
| | Conservative | Sheila Reed | 472 | 29.0 | |
| | Conservative | John Tattersall | 422 | 25.9 | |
| | National Front | Kenneth Giddings | 118 | 7.2 | |
| | National Front | Bridget Giddings | 114 | 7.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,628 | 35.7 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### South Hornsey

South Hornsey (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Arthur Jones | 1,069 | 52.0 | |
| | Labour | Colin Sherriff | 992 | 48.2 | |
| | Conservative | Gail Moss | 802 | 39.0 | |
| | Conservative | Edward Webb | 733 | 35.7 | |
| | Liberal | Antoinette Wattebot | 104 | 5.1 | |
| | National Front | William Pell | 68 | 3.3 | |
| | National Front | Derek Clinton | 54 | 2.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,056 | 40.0 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### South Tottenham

South Tottenham (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Jane Chapman* | 1,258 | 50.7 | |
| | Labour | Aaron Weichselbaum | 1,172 | 47.2 | |
| | South Tottenham Residents and Ratepayers | Michael Coney* | 896 | 36.1 | |
| | South Tottenham Residents and Ratepayers | Ian Coward | 647 | 26.1 | |
| | Conservative | Raj Rampal | 350 | 14.1 | |
| | National Front | Frederick Mitchell | 74 | 3.0 | |
| | National Front | Joan Mitchell | 61 | 2.5 | |
| | National Association for the Advancement of Coloured Peoples | Haroon Mohammed | 53 | 2.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,482 | 47.0 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Tottenham Central

Tottenham Central (3) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Ron Turner* | 1,733 | 64.0 | |
| | Labour | Angela Greatley | 1,632 | 60.3 | |
| | Labour | Iris Woodger | 1,585 | 58.5 | |
| | Conservative | Dennis Beale | 589 | 21.8 | |
| | Conservative | Ethel Donno | 557 | 20.6 | |
| | Conservative | Annabel Linney | 541 | 20.0 | |
| | National Front | Sandra McKenzie | 208 | 7.7 | |
| | National Front | Harry Baker | 188 | 6.9 | |
| | National Front | Kenneth Newmarch | 181 | 6.7 | |
| | Liberal | Paul Loizou | 125 | 4.6 | |
| | Workers Revolutionary | Eric Gutteridge | 69 | 2.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,708 | 35.3 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### West Green

West Green (3) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Glenys Atkinson* | 1,778 | 51.9 | |
| | Labour | Douglas Clark* | 1,654 | 48.3 | |
| | Labour | Stephen Whittle* | 1,553 | 45.3 | |
| | Conservative | John Carrington | 1,285 | 37.5 | |
| | Conservative | Walter Donno | 1,230 | 35.9 | |
| | Conservative | Sydney Oldham | 1,184 | 34.5 | |
| | National Front | David Hutchinson | 202 | 5.9 | |
| | National Front | Frederick Cumber | 200 | 5.8 | |
| | National Front | Lucy Cumber | 178 | 5.2 | |
| | Communist | Terence Heath | 146 | 4.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,427 | 38.9 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### White Hart Lane

White Hart Lane (3) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Victor Butler* | 1,676 | 53.2 | |
| | Labour | Maureen Dewar* | 1,410 | 44.7 | |
| | Labour | Collin Ware* | 1,370 | 43.5 | |
| | Conservative | Bert Baker | 1,092 | 34.6 | |
| | Conservative | Charles Franklin | 1,017 | 32.3 | |
| | Conservative | Ronald Hoskins | 1,009 | 32.0 | |
| | National Front | Robert Frost | 299 | 9.5 | |
| | National Front | Wilfred Cleaves | 276 | 8.8 | |
| | National Front | Bruce Pell | 269 | 8.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,153 | 40.3 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Woodside

Woodside (3) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | David Billingsley | 1,475 | 44.3 | |
| | Conservative | Edward Auger | 1,457 | 43.8 | |
| | Labour | Jacqueline Goodwin | 1,439 | 43.3 | |
| | Conservative | Bernard Dehnel | 1,425 | 42.8 | |
| | Conservative | Walter Taylor | 1,395 | 41.9 | |
| | Labour | Harold Stedman | 1,373 | 41.3 | |
| | National Front | Thomas Barnes | 183 | 5.5 | |
| | National Front | Paul White | 172 | 5.2 | |
| | National Front | Kenneth Hill | 163 | 4.9 | |
| | Liberal | Audrey Hosein | 96 | 2.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,327 | 44.0 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
