Blackwall Ward 1978-

BLACKWALL WARD

Election	Electors	T'out	Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Ch.%
1978	4,947	20.9	D. Kelly A. Sanders Ms. L. Rowley S.P. Williams G.L. Davis Ms. B.J. Matthews	Lab Lab C C NF NF	742 663 151 132 108 97 512	74.2 15.0 10.8 54.1	-16.4

[Resignation of Sanders]
1981 (9/7)	4,260	16.6	J.J. Boles S.P. McCall P. Read Ms. S.I. Clapp G.A. Williams	Lab C Ind Lab NF NFCM	512 105 54 19 12 407	72.9 15.0 7.7 2.7 1.7 57.9	-1.3 +0.0 -8.1

1982	4,150	34.7	J.J. Boles D. Kelly Ms. G.M. Burch J.P. Mathews Ms. E. Hill	Lab Lab SDP SDP C	678 648 612 593 118 36	47.9 43.6 8.5 2.6	-26.3 -6.4

[Resignation of Boles]
1985 (12/9)	4,003	37.8	Ms. C.L. Shawcroft J.P. Mathews R.G. Hughes D. Ettridge	Lab SDP C BNP	770 645 63 33 125	50.9 42.7 4.2 2.2 8.2	+3.0 -0.9 -4.4

1986	4,139	42.3	Ms. C.L. Shawcroft J.P. Mathews S. Ali R.P. Neale R.G. Hughes	Lab SDP Lab SDP C	834 788 661 657 129 177 127	46.7 45.2 8.1 11.1 7.9	-1.2 +1.6 -0.5

1990	4,167	35.6	D.J. Lawrence Ms. C.L. Shawcroft P.B. Lear P.E. Segura	Lab Lab L Dem L Dem	1,020 1,015 387 365 628	73.0 27.0 45.1	+26.3 -18.2

1994	3,132	52.1	Ms. C.L. Shawcroft D. Twomey J.P. Moore Ms. P.A. Ramsey Ms. P. Drew R.J. Neill	Lab Lab L Dem L Dem C C	1,147 1,024 321 319 127 121 703	71.0 20.9 8.1 46.0	-2.0 -6.1

1998	3,669	34.2	S.L. Wright K.A.N. Murshid Ms. J.M. Jackson Ms. P.A. Ramsay Hon. C.B.G. Hayhoe Ms. S. Hoile	Lab Lab L Dem L Dem C C	701 691 287 242 128 107 404	64.6 24.5 10.9 37.5	-6.4 +3.6 +2.8

Note:—
1981:	Williams sought election as the candidate of the 'Constitutional Movement Ratepayers Association'.