Local government elections took place in London, and some other parts of the United Kingdom on Thursday 6 May 1982. Ward changes took place in Enfield which increased the total number of councillors by 6 from 1,908 to 1,914.

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1982 London local elections

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All 1,914 on all 32 London boroughs
First party Second party Third party   Leader Margaret Thatcher Michael Foot David Steel (Lib.) Collective (SDP) Party Conservative Labour SDP–Liberal Alliance Leader since 11 February 1975 10 November 1980 1976 (Steel), 1981 (SDP) Popular vote 912,005 652,430 530,340 Percentage 42.2% 30.2% 24.6% Swing 6.5% 8.9% 17.5% Councils 17 12 0 Councils +/– 2 Councillors 984 781 124 Councillors +/– 24 101 94
Results by Borough in 1982.

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All London borough council seats were up for election. Both major parties lost votes to the SDP-Liberal Alliance, but whilst the Conservatives gained 20 council seats, Labour lost 101.

The party's result of 30.4%, 12 councils and 781 councillors was the worst Labour result since 1968.

The previous Borough elections in London were in 1978.^[1]

To date, this remains the last London local election in which the Conservatives won a majority of council seats or councils, as well as the last time the party won over 40% of the vote. The Conservatives would not win the popular vote in a London local election for another two decades, and would not win a plurality of seats in London again until the election of 2006, 24 years later.

• Turnout: 2,233,386 voters cast ballots.^[3]

• Barnet 1982 results map
• Camden 1982 results map
• Hammersmith and Fulham 1982 results map