The 1979 West Dorset District Council election was held on Thursday 3 May 1979 to elect councillors to West Dorset District Council in England. It took place on the same day as the general election and other district council elections in the United Kingdom. This was the third election to the district council, the election saw terms of councillors extended from three to four years.
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The 1979 election saw the Independent councillors maintain their majority control on the Council.
Ward results edit
Beaminster edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | R. Bugler * | 1,384 | – | N/A | |
Independent | A. Hudson * | 1,252 | – | N/A | |
Independent | S. Davies | 609 | – | N/A | |
Turnout | 78.0 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 2,503 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
Independent hold |
Bothenhampton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Y. Skyrme * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,427 | ||||
Independent hold |
Bradford Abbas edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | E. Garrett * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,272 | ||||
Independent hold |
Bradpole edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ind. Conservative | R. Coatsworth * | 612 | 59.7 | N/A | |
Independent | D. Cash | 413 | 40.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 199 | 19.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 76.7 | +23.6 | |||
Registered electors | 1,337 | ||||
Ind. Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Bridport edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | A. Bell | 2,601 | 47.1 | +13.1 | |
Liberal | A. Tiltman * | 1,854 | – | ||
Independent | C. Samways * | 1,463 | – | ||
Labour | L. Dibden * | 1,457 | 26.4 | –1.5 | |
Independent | E. Andrews | 1,344 | – | N/A | |
Independent | P. Norfolk * | 1,305 | – | ||
Independent | W. Hicks * | 1,112 | – | N/A | |
Turnout | 74.3 | +34.1 | |||
Registered electors | 5,453 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing |
Broadmayne edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | B. Course * | 665 | 64.9 | +10.3 | |
Conservative | D. Blake | 359 | 35.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 306 | 29.9 | +20.7 | ||
Turnout | 78.9 | +35.5 | |||
Registered electors | 1,320 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Broadwindsor edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | C. Coate * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,007 | ||||
Independent hold |
Burton Bradstock edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | R. Bailey | 628 | 75.2 | N/A | |
Independent | J. Bethell | 207 | 24.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 421 | 50.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 73.3 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,146 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent |
Caundle Vale edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | N. White * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 998 | ||||
Independent hold |
Cerne Valley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Dione Digby, Lady Digby * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,056 | ||||
Independent hold |
Charminster edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | E. Hanford * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,255 | ||||
Independent hold |
Charmouth edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | W. McLellan * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,177 | ||||
Independent hold |
Chesil Bank edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | M. Pengelly * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,040 | ||||
Independent hold |
Chickerell edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | W. McCarthy * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Conservative | E. Edwards-Stuart | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 2,809 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Independent |
Dorchester Central edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | L. Phillips * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 908 | ||||
Independent hold |
Dorchester East edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Enid Stella Jones * | 2,204 | 58.2 | +29.0 | |
Conservative | P. Seaton * | 1,586 | 41.8 | +7.5 | |
Liberal | H. Nicholson | 1,570 | – | ||
Conservative | R. Collins * | 1,503 | – | ||
Conservative | H. Attryde | 1,235 | – | ||
Conservative | A. Beard | 1,129 | – | ||
Turnout | 81.4 | +30.8 | |||
Registered electors | 4,237 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Dorchester West edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | David Trevor Jones * | 2,208 | 32.1 | –4.7 | |
Conservative | C. Lucas * | 1,859 | 27.0 | N/A | |
Independent | G. Powell * | 1,759 | – | ||
Liberal | E. Boothman * | 1,726 | – | ||
Conservative | F. Alderman | 1,535 | – | ||
Conservative | I. McLellan | 1,353 | – | ||
Independent | P. Adams | 1,224 | – | N/A | |
Labour | G. Standfield | 1,051 | 15.3 | –4.7 | |
Labour | K. Matthews | 816 | – | ||
Labour | S. Minto | 671 | – | ||
Labour | E. Salholm | 578 | – | ||
Turnout | 76.4 | +29.2 | |||
Registered electors | 5,552 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Frome Valley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | B. Bryant * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 994 | ||||
Independent hold |
Halstock edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | T. Frost * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,163 | ||||
Independent hold |
Holnest edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | M. Cockburn * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,141 | ||||
Independent hold |
Loders edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | A. Adams | 345 | 47.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | D. Fry | 258 | 35.2 | N/A | |
Independent | M. West | 130 | 17.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 87 | 11.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 77.2 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 950 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing |
Lyme Regis edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | J. Broom * | 1,409 | – | ||
Independent | J. Nuttall * | 1,314 | – | ||
Independent | V. Homyer | 1,001 | – | ||
Independent | E. Hallett * | 970 | – | ||
Turnout | 77.6 | +24.9 | |||
Registered electors | 2,870 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing |
Maiden Newton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | H. Haward * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 996 | ||||
Independent hold |
Netherbury edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | C. Poole * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,224 | ||||
Independent hold |
Owermoigne edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | R. Symes * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,239 | ||||
Independent hold |
Piddle Valley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | M. Walker | 666 | 80.2 | +43.4 | |
Independent | D. Barrs | 164 | 19.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 502 | 60.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 73.4 | +16.2 | |||
Registered electors | 1,131 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing |
Puddletown edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | A. Banfield | 509 | 77.8 | N/A | |
Labour | E. Adams | 145 | 22.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 364 | 55.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 75.5 | +24.4 | |||
Registered electors | 867 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing |
Queen Thorne edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | J. Brewer * | 643 | 75.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | G. Burgess | 214 | 25.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 429 | 50.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 78.4 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,093 | ||||
Independent hold |
Sherborne edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | M. Matson * | 2,674 | 30.3 | N/A | |
Independent | E. Dyke * | 2,081 | – | N/A | |
Independent | E. King * | 2,073 | – | N/A | |
Labour | E. Noake | 2,050 | 23.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | R. Farrant * | 2,021 | 22.9 | N/A | |
Independent | R. Ludd | 1,569 | – | N/A | |
Registered electors | 5,932 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Independent hold | |||||
Independent hold | |||||
Labour gain from Liberal | |||||
Conservative gain from Independent |
Stinsford edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | L. Coleman * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 824 | ||||
Independent hold |
Symondsbury edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | G. Summers * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,156 | ||||
Independent hold |
Thorncombe edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | P. Atyeo * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,013 | ||||
Independent hold |
Tolpuddle edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | M. Kraft * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 713 | ||||
Independent hold |
Whitchurch Canonicorum edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | W. Fowell * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,113 | ||||
Independent hold |
Winterborne St Martin edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | S. Slade * | 620 | 73.5 | N/A | |
Ind. Conservative | G. Duke | 224 | 26.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 436 | 46.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 83.3 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,029 | ||||
Independent hold |
Yetminster edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | W. Anderson * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,156 | ||||
Conservative gain from Ind. Conservative |