St. Peter’s Ward 1978-

ST. PETER’S WARD

[Three seats]

Election	Electors	T'out	Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Ch.%
1978	7,809	25.3	A.C. Jacob Mrs. B. Orwell E.G. Walker P.W. Holmes A. Mariner G.P. Newman H. McAlpine	Lab Lab Lab C NF NF Com	1,109 1,063 1,050 431 401 376 12 619	53.3 21.4 19.3 6.0 30.7

1982	7,470	36.5	A.R. Goodchild D. Hallam P.T. Streeter A.C. Jacob Mrs. B. Orwell E.G. Walker V.J. Clark A. Mariner Ms. S.I. Clapp	L L L Lab Lab Lab NF NF NF	1,726 1,699 1,690 721 700 650 121 92 88 969	68.3 27.7 4.0 38.8	-25.7 -15.3

[Resignation of Hallam]
1984 (19/7)	7,306	31.2	Ms. J. Curran A.C. Jacob R.J. Bradford R.J. Ingram	L Lab NF C	1,324 779 97 73 545	58.2 34.3 4.3 3.2 23.9	-10.1 +6.6 +0.2

1986	7,525	33.9	Ms. B.M. Collins P.T. Streeter A.R. Goodchild Ms. M. Caldon Miss R.J. Maher J.R. Ramanoop Ms. A.M. Drury N.E. Greenfield	L L L Lab Lab Lab C C	1,324 1,316 1,291 904 871 838 171 143 387	56.0 37.3 6.7 16.6	-12.3 +9.6

1990	7,340	48.3	Ms. B.M. Collins S. Miah Mrs. B. Wright F. Miah Ms. A.M. Owen T.D. Penton H. Gilbert	L Dem L Dem L Dem Lab Lab Lab GP	2,089 1,981 1,933 1,232 1,202 1,101 289 701	57.7 34.0 8.3 20.2	+1.7 -3.3

[Death of Collins]
1990 (30/8)	7,375	30.8	Ms. S. Sullivan T. Cowley K.A. Walsh Ms. S-J. Quinlan	Lab L Dem BNP C	1,030 915 275 53 115	45.3 40.3 12.1 2.3 5.0	+11.3 -17.4

1994	8,110	52.9	P.A. Maxwell A. Uddin R.V. Marney Ms. A.E. Ambrose P. Maxwell Ms. K. Caulfield Mrs. B. Wright S.S. Islam M.P.J. Patton Miss J.E. Emmerson C.W. Southcombe	Lab Lab Lab Ind L Dem BNP Ind L Dem Ind L Dem L Dem L Dem C C	2,092 2,010 1,967 893 889 876 803 627 567 161 128 1,074	44.9 19.0 19.7 13.2 3.2 23.8	+10.9 -44.5

1998	8,260	36.5	J. Begum R. Miah R.V. Marney M.J.U. Chowdhury Ms. K.E. Cook B.K. Lafferty Mrs. B. Wright T. O’Flaherty M. Elston Ms. J.M. Tarby	Lab Lab Lab L Dem Ind L Dem Ind L Dem Ind L Dem L Dem L Dem C	1,405 1,223 1,218 802 798 590 586 460 441 237 416	46.7 20.7 24.0 8.6 15.2	+1.9 +7.4 +5.0 +5.4

Note:—
1990:	A petition was lodged against the election of Collins, S. Miah and Wright, but was dismissed. The petition claimed the use by the Liberal Democrats of a fake leaflet purporting to have been issued by the Labour Party had impeded the electors in the exercise of their franchise.

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