The 1979 Plymouth City Council election took place on 3 May 1979 to elect members of Plymouth City Council in Devon, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. It was the first election to be held under new ward boundaries.[2] The Conservative Party retained control of the council, which it had held since its creation in 1973.[1]
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All 60 seats in the Plymouth City Council 31 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 73.1% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map showing the results of the 1979 Plymouth City Council elections. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Overall results edit
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Conservative | 33 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 55.0 | 49.9 | 63,524 | 2.0 | |
Labour | 26 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 43.3 | 41.1 | 52,360 | 1.5 | |
Liberal | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.7 | 3.5 | 4,465 | 0.7 | |
National Front | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0.0 | 1.8 | 2,438 | New | |
Ind. Conservative | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0.0 | 3.7 | 4,751 | New | |
Total | 60 | 127,384 |
Ward results edit
Budshead (3 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | T. Keast | 3,741 | |||
Labour | E. Thomas | 3,720 | |||
Labour | R. Simmonds | 3,598 | |||
Conservative | H. Hughes | 2,271 | |||
Conservative | D. Macmillan | 2,049 | |||
Conservative | B. Yardley | 2,003 | |||
Turnout | 66.6% | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
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Labour win (new seat) |
Compton (3 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | G. Creber | 4,466 | |||
Conservative | R. Ray | 4,299 | |||
Conservative | F. Milligan | 4,292 | |||
Labour | B. Sabel | 1,457 | |||
Labour | P. Lovell | 1,450 | |||
Labour | P. Ingham | 1,417 | |||
Turnout | 68.6% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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Drake (3 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | D. Mitchell | 4,461 | |||
Conservative | J. Thorpe | 3,837 | |||
Conservative | T. Savery | 3,768 | |||
Labour | N. Crowley | 2,138 | |||
Labour | S. Caylor | 2,083 | |||
Labour | E. Clinick | 2,079 | |||
Liberal | J. Robins | 953 | |||
Liberal | R. Pawley | 948 | |||
National Front | P. Rouse | 175 | |||
Turnout | 73.3% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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Efford (3 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | R. King | 3,083 | |||
Labour | G. Draper | 2,907 | |||
Labour | J. Leppard | 2,837 | |||
Conservative | J. Richards | 2,443 | |||
Conservative | E. Smith | 2,348 | |||
Conservative | E. Willcock | 2,182 | |||
National Front | J. Pocock | 201 | |||
Turnout | 71.4% | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
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Eggbuckland (3 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | J. Pascoe | 3,736 | |||
Conservative | D. Mackinem | 3,460 | |||
Conservative | R. Morrell | 3,388 | |||
Labour | D. Tranter | 2,392 | |||
Labour | M. Hughes | 2,386 | |||
Labour | D. Knott | 2,337 | |||
Turnout | 74.6% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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Estover (3 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | T. Jones | 3,664 | |||
Conservative | R. Elliot | 3,564 | |||
Conservative | M. Lacey | 3,530 | |||
Labour | E. Evans | 2,292 | |||
Labour | W. Leahy | 2,285 | |||
Labour | M. Gilbert | 2,220 | |||
Turnout | 71.6% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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Ham (3 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | A. Floyd | 3,622 | |||
Labour | K. Glanville | 3,375 | |||
Labour | W. Glanville | 3,284 | |||
Conservative | J. Farrage | 2,002 | |||
Conservative | V. Hingston | 1,957 | |||
Conservative | G. Lawrence | 1,941 | |||
National Front | D. Merry | 215 | |||
Turnout | 71.4% | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
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Honicknowle (3 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | P. Whitfield | 4,187 | |||
Labour | H. Dolley | 4,010 | |||
Labour | J. Ingham | 3,690 | |||
Conservative | M. Brown | 3,035 | |||
Conservative | T. Johnson | 2,907 | |||
Conservative | A. Jarvis | 2,793 | |||
National Front | D. Stentiford | 261 | |||
Turnout | 77.2% | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
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Keyham (3 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | D. Manley | 2,853 | |||
Labour | R. Lemin | 2,850 | |||
Conservative | H. Fox | 2,774 | |||
Labour | D. Yeates | 2,726 | |||
Conservative | M. Glanville | 2,622 | |||
Conservative | E. Pengelly | 2,612 | |||
National Front | J. Blake | 301 | |||
Turnout | 66.9% | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
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Labour win (new seat) |
Mount Gould (3 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | J. Courtney | 3,500 | |||
Conservative | E. Thornton | 3,331 | |||
Conservative | R. Thornton | 3,291 | |||
Labour | L. Hill | 2,388 | |||
Labour | J. Finnigan | 2,302 | |||
Labour | W. Payne | 2,226 | |||
Turnout | 58.7% | ||||
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Plympton Erle (3 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | J. Mills | 3,327 | |||
Conservative | A. Wright | 3,297 | |||
Conservative | J. Richards | 3,145 | |||
Labour | J. Fildew | 1,777 | |||
Labour | C. Bishop | 1,505 | |||
Labour | J. Sewell | 1,482 | |||
Ind. Conservative | J. Kingdom | 1,001 | |||
Ind. Conservative | R. Cornforth | 741 | |||
Turnout | 76.4% | ||||
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Plympton St Mary (3 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Ind. Conservative | P. Radmore | 2,949 | |||
Conservative | M. Parkinson | 2,207 | |||
Conservative | K. Perry | 2,193 | |||
Conservative | D. Thompson | 1,624 | |||
Ind. Conservative | L. Speare | 1,618 | |||
Labour | W. Gross | 1,498 | |||
Labour | A. De Launey | 1,448 | |||
Labour | S. Clark | 1,274 | |||
Liberal | D. Tice | 1,063 | |||
Turnout | 96.2% | ||||
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Plymstock Dunstone (3 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | D. Dicker | 4,461 | |||
Conservative | D. Viney | 4,197 | |||
Conservative | P. Hocken | 4,144 | |||
Labour | E. Hill | 1,507 | |||
Labour | J. Cowan | 1,400 | |||
Labour | W. Williamson | 1,385 | |||
Turnout | 76.5% | ||||
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Plymstock Radford (3 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | R. Easton | 3,639 | |||
Conservative | C. Easton | 3,524 | |||
Conservative | O. Kendall | 2,956 | |||
Labour | T. Telford | 1,544 | |||
Labour | M. Telford | 1,531 | |||
Labour | L. Haines | 1,244 | |||
Liberal | R. Loxley | 1,152 | |||
Liberal | J. Byatt | 1,084 | |||
Liberal | C. Tice | 1,002 | |||
Turnout | 76.7% | ||||
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Southway (3 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | W. Evans | 3,467 | |||
Labour | R. Scott | 3,226 | |||
Labour | J. Jones | 3,123 | |||
Conservative | R. Billings | 2,723 | |||
Conservative | M. Lippell | 2,632 | |||
Conservative | H. Hennessey | 2,486 | |||
National Front | J. Price | 136 | |||
Turnout | 74.5% | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
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St Budeax (3 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | R. Bishop | 3,032 | |||
Labour | H. Luscombe | 3,015 | |||
Labour | I. Rosevear | 2,974 | |||
Conservative | E. Deacon | 2,553 | |||
Conservative | T. Docking | 2,505 | |||
Conservative | G. Howe | 2,437 | |||
National Front | L. Beresford-Walker | 149 | |||
Turnout | 71.7% | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
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St Peter (3 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | I. Lowe | 3,324 | |||
Labour | H. Clinnick | 3,294 | |||
Labour | J. Luce | 3,217 | |||
Conservative | G. Baker | 2,034 | |||
Conservative | E. Diggle | 1,915 | |||
Conservative | T. Wilks | 1,817 | |||
National Front | E. Lynch | 228 | |||
Turnout | 63.1% | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
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Stoke (3 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | C. Pascoe | 4,148 | |||
Conservative | P. Washbourn | 4,043 | |||
Conservative | C. Wilbraham | 3,984 | |||
Labour | L. Huckett | 2,676 | |||
Labour | T. Caylor | 2,462 | |||
Labour | W. Hennah | 2,416 | |||
National Front | D. Radmore | 478 | |||
Turnout | 72.5% | ||||
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Sutton (3 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | F. Johnson | 2,695 | |||
Labour | F. Freeman | 2,665 | |||
Labour | J. Lobb | 2,591 | |||
Conservative | G. Blades | 2,455 | |||
Conservative | J. Hingston | 2,216 | |||
Conservative | W. Turner | 2,040 | |||
Liberal | P. York | 862 | |||
Liberal | G. Pedrick | 639 | |||
Liberal | K. Rawlings | 600 | |||
National Front | J. Williams | 140 | |||
Turnout | 66.5% | ||||
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Trelawny (3 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | G. Jinks | 3,625 | |||
Conservative | A. Parish | 3,583 | |||
Conservative | W. Thompson | 3,249 | |||
Labour | P. Floyd | 2,737 | |||
Labour | L. Goldstone | 2,356 | |||
Labour | T. Saunders | 2,261 | |||
Ind. Conservative | K. Gardiner | 801 | |||
National Front | S. Merry | 154 | |||
Turnout | 88.6% | ||||
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References edit
- ^ a b Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1979. Plymouth University, Plymouth, UK: The Elections Centre. p. 16.
- ^ The City of Plymouth (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978