East India Ward 1978-

EAST INDIA WARD

Election	Electors	T'out	Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Ch.%
1978	5,012	30.1	P. Beasley Mrs. P.M. Thompson Ms. I.M. Berry R.G. Hatter R. Underwood	Lab Lab NF C NF	1,032 989 191 185 152 798	73.9 12.6 13.5 58.4

1982			P. Beasley Mrs. P.M. Thompson	Lab Lab	unop. unop.

1986	4,925	36.2	T. Connolly P.J. Little M. Caplan A. Peter D.C. Canning P. Sayer	Lab Lab Ind L Ind L Ind Lab C	906 800 541 464 318 95 259	48.2 28.4 18.0 5.4 14.6

1990	4,894	45.5	N.P. Huxted Ms. G.A. Lee P.J. Little S.J. Beckett	L Dem L Dem Lab Lab	1,166 1,160 850 845 310	57.8 42.2 15.4	-6.1

1994	4,524	52.7	S.J. Beckett Ms. Y. Amor N.P. Huxted T.J.E. Stacy Ms. A.J. Palmer D.C. Hoile	Lab Lab L Dem L Dem C C	1,310 1,211 823 823 87 86 388	58.1 37.9 4.0 17.9	+15.9 -19.9

1998	4,606	31.8	B.J. Son R. Ahmed N.P. Huxted Ms. A.J. Steggles N. Cross	Lab Lab L Dem L Dem C	826 790 432 331 129 358	61.3 28.9 9.8 27.2	+3.2 -9.0 +5.8

Note:—
1986:	Caplan and Peter sought election as 'Focus Liberal' candidates but had no connection with the Liberal Party.