Elections to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council were held on Thursday 4 May 1978. Ward boundary changes came into effect at this election, which reduced the number of councillors from 60 to 50. The whole council was up for election.
The Labour Party retained overall control of the council.
Election result
PartyVotesSeatsLabour Party45,613 (64.5%) 43 (86.0%) 17Liberal Party7,635 (10.8%) 7 (14.0%) 7National Front7,057 (10.0%) N/A 0 (0.0%) N/AConservative Party6,761 (9.6%) 0 (0.0%) Residents1,446 (2.0%) N/A 0 (0.0%) Communist950 (1.3%) 0 (0.0%) Socialist Unity695 (1.0%) N/A 0 (0.0%) N/ASocialist Workers Party325 (0.5%) N/A 0 (0.0%) N/AIndependent Liberal98 (0.1%) N/A 0 (0.0%) N/AWorkers Revolutionary98 (0.1%) N/A 0 (0.0%) N/A
+ ↓ 43 7
Ward results
Blackwall
Bow
Bromley
East India
Grove
Holy Trinity
Lansbury
Limehouse
Millwall
Park
Redcoat
St Dunstan's
St James'
St Katharine's
St Mary's
St Peter's
Shadwell
Spitalfields
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