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Council were held in May 1978. The whole council was up for election with a 28.7% turnout. There are 25

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Election result

1978 Southwark London Borough Council election seat result

1978 Southwark Council voting history slope chart

Ward results

Abbey

Alleyn

Barset

Bellenden

Bricklayers

Browning

Brunswick

Burgess

Cathedral

Chaucer

College

Consort

Dockyard

Faraday

Friary

Liddle

Lyndhurst

Newington

Riverside

Rotherhithe

Ruskin

Rye

St Giles

The Lane

Waverley

By-Elections

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Siah Cox The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Peter Flower The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Enid Boxall The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Frank Brean

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Southwark Council Election, 1978 Council elections in the London Borough of Southwark 1978 London Borough council elections 20th century in the London Borough of Southwark