1979 Reading Borough Council election

none April 2022 April 2022 1979 Reading Borough Council election Berkshire parliamentary 1976 Reading Borough Council election 1976 1979 5 3 y 1983 Reading Borough Council election 1983 49 seats (whole council) 25 Con Deryck Morton Conservative Party (UK) 24 22 2 123,224 44.2% Lab Geoff Mander Labour Party (UK) 13 16 3 86,591 31.1% Lib Geoff Salisbury Liberal Party (UK) 12 11 1 68,404 24.6% The 1979 Reading Borough Council election was held on 3 May 1979, alongside local elections across England and Wales and the general election. All 49 seats on Reading Borough Council were contested. Prior to the election, the council had been under no overall control, with the Conservatives the largest party. Labour saw the biggest net increase in its seats, gaining three, but the council remained under no overall control with the Conservatives as the largest party. After the election the Conservatives had 22 seats (down from 24), Labour had 16 seats (up from 13), and the Liberals had 11 seats (down from 12).Labour gains but it's still a 'hung council' https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ 7 April 2022 Evening Post 8 May 1979 Reading 4 The party leaders on the council ahead of the election were Deryck Morton for the Conservatives, Geoff Mander for Labour, and Geoff Salisbury for the Liberals. Geoff Salisbury did not stand at the election, and the Liberals' former leader Jim Day became party leader again after the election, having spent the 19781979 civic year as mayor of Reading.Ex-mayor is quitting council life https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ 7 April 2022 Evening Post 17 March 1979 Reading 3Officers names https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ 7 April 2022 Evening Post 17 May 1979 Reading 12 Deryck Morton was re-appointed to the council's most senior political role as chair of the policy committee after the election, effectively leading a Conservative minority administration.Council meeting over in a flash - then comes scramble https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ 7 April 2022 Evening Post 10 May 1979 Reading 8 Results Reading Borough Council Election, 1979 Conservative Party (UK) 1 3 -2 22 44.9 44.2 123,224 Labour Party (UK) 3 0 +3 16 32.7 31.1 86,591 Liberal Party (UK) 11 0 1 -1 22.4 24.6 68,404 Independent (politician) 0 0.0 0.1 176 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0.0 0.0 139 Ward results The results in each ward were as follows (candidates with an asterisk(*) were the previous incumbent standing for re-election, candidates with a dagger(†) were sitting councillors contesting different wards):Petition handed to council https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ 7 April 2022 Evening Post 14 March 1979 Reading 3A Communist takes on the big three https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ 7 April 2022 Evening Post 11 April 1979 Reading 3Here's how they line up in Reading elections https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ 7 April 2022 Evening Post 24 April 1979 Reading 4Reading Borough Council results https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ 7 April 2022 Evening Post 5 May 1979 Reading 2 Abbey Ward (two seats) Labour Party (UK) Graham Ransley Chapman 676 Labour Party (UK) Helen Ruth Kayes 649 Conservative Party (UK) Keith John Hardie 592 Conservative Party (UK) John Norman Pearson 566 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Battle Ward (two seats) Labour Party (UK) Antony William Page† 1,480 Labour Party (UK) Frances Margaret (Bunty) Nash 1,474 Conservative Party (UK) Roy Ernest Simmonds 1,043 Conservative Party (UK) Adel Hamza Fuad 1,009 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Castle Ward (three seats) Labour Party (UK) Graham Anthony Rush* 1,848 Labour Party (UK) Moira Elizabeth Dickenson 1,705 Labour Party (UK) Ronald John Williams 1,694 Conservative Party (UK) Maurice Gordon Lidgley 1,658 Conservative Party (UK) Roy Tranter 1,657 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Charles Young 1,547 Communist Party of Great Britain Stanley Frederick Cooke 139 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Caversham Ward (three seats) Conservative Party (UK) Ronald William Jewitt* 3,248 Conservative Party (UK) George Frank Robinson* 2,641 Conservative Party (UK) Frederick Llywelyn Pugh* 2,624 Labour Party (UK) Thomas Henry Clifton 1,329 Labour Party (UK) David Daniel Malvern 1,251 Labour Party (UK) Alexander Pravda 1,113 Liberal Party (UK) David Henry Oliphant 578 Liberal Party (UK) Jennifer Ann Lewis 516 Liberal Party (UK) David Michael Williams 440 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Caversham Park Ward (two seats) Conservative Party (UK) Hamish Macbeth 1,622 Conservative Party (UK) Geoffrey Alan Lowe* 1,544 Liberal Party (UK) Harold Arnold Stoddart* 1,437 Liberal Party (UK) Derek Michael Nathan 1,171 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Christchurch Ward (four seats) Labour Party (UK) Marian Jeanne Absolom* 2,741 Labour Party (UK) Peter Francis (Dave) Absolom 2,733 Labour Party (UK) Christopher John Goodall 2,527 Labour Party (UK) June Elizabeth Orton 2,389 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Douglas Cox* 2,053 Conservative Party (UK) Reginald Bishop* 2,015 Conservative Party (UK) Gladys Emily Matthews 1,857 Conservative Party (UK) Vivienne Joy Rose 1,722 Liberal Party (UK) Philip Ernest Gash 1,045 Liberal Party (UK) Elizabeth Margaret O'Rourke 910 Liberal Party (UK) Gladys Ilfreda Massam 896 Liberal Party (UK) David James Wilson 853 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Katesgrove Ward (two seats) Labour Party (UK) Geoffrey Robert Mander* 1,801 Labour Party (UK) Margaret Stella Singh* 1,703 Conservative Party (UK) Christina Margaret Rowland 1,185 Conservative Party (UK) Vera Anne Sutton 1,107 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Minster Ward (six seats) Conservative Party (UK) Adelina Ethel Baker* 4,235 Conservative Party (UK) Joseph Edwin Slater 4,128 Conservative Party (UK) Simon Christopher Coombs* 4,056 Conservative Party (UK) Charles Frederick Sage* 4,040 Conservative Party (UK) Lynne Geraldine Bradley 4,033 Conservative Party (UK) Sydney Harry Harris 3,813 Labour Party (UK) William George Mander† 3,053 Labour Party (UK) Kenneth Alan Diment 3,008 Labour Party (UK) Douglas Ivor Buckley 2,929 Labour Party (UK) Alaster James Rutherford 2,797 Labour Party (UK) Frederick John Silverthorne 2,755 Labour Party (UK) Robert Mitchell 2,603 Liberal Party (UK) Christopher Bucke 1,448 Liberal Party (UK) David George Hobbs 1,416 Liberal Party (UK) Mary Laura Clark 1,400 Liberal Party (UK) Daphne Janet Holmes 1,340 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Norcot Ward (six seats) Liberal Party (UK) Leslie Basil Dunning* 3,376 Liberal Party (UK) Peter Beard* 3,290 Liberal Party (UK) Terence James Francis* 3,252 Liberal Party (UK) John Freeman* 3,233 Liberal Party (UK) Ann Joan Grant 3,134 Liberal Party (UK) Max Thomas Heydeman 2,957 Conservative Party (UK) Martin John Chapman 2,553 Conservative Party (UK) Cherry Lesley Clark 2,513 Conservative Party (UK) Mary Irwin 2,508 Conservative Party (UK) Geoffrey Gascoigne Lawrence† 2,477 Conservative Party (UK) Peter William Wells 2,364 Conservative Party (UK) Anthony James Markham 2,362 Labour Party (UK) Reginald Harry (Joe) Bristow† 2,352 Labour Party (UK) George Edward Cruse 2,266 Labour Party (UK) Frank Alfred Harris 2,234 Labour Party (UK) Peter John Ranson 2,206 Labour Party (UK) Helen Muriel Hathaway 2,125 Labour Party (UK) Paul Francis Schofield 2,029 Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Park Ward (three seats) Conservative Party (UK) Douglas Alan Chilvers* 1,795 Conservative Party (UK) Stephen John Foley 1,727 Conservative Party (UK) Frank Neil Rowberry 1,671 Labour Party (UK) John Francis Ryan 1,605 Labour Party (UK) Joyclyn Alden (Joe) Williams 1,550 Labour Party (UK) Ian Warrick 1,528 Liberal Party (UK) Anthony Paul Dodd 1,048 Liberal Party (UK) David Paul Gasson 1,015 Liberal Party (UK) Charles William Looker 909 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Redlands Ward (three seats) Conservative Party (UK) John Michael Oliver* 1,824 Conservative Party (UK) John Derrick Lawford* 1,805 Conservative Party (UK) Martin Charles Lower* 1,765 Labour Party (UK) Norman Barry Jones 1,123 Labour Party (UK) Peter Kenneth Jones 1,103 Labour Party (UK) Verina R. Jones 1,055 Liberal Party (UK) David Charles Johnson 1,051 Liberal Party (UK) Liam Gavin Grant 1,047 Liberal Party (UK) Suzette Milano 961 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Thames Ward (five seats) Conservative Party (UK) Geoffrey Walter Canning 5,845 Conservative Party (UK) Brian Anthony Fowles 5,704 Conservative Party (UK) Eric Gordon Davies* 5,687 Conservative Party (UK) Kathleen Lucy Sage* 5,638 Conservative Party (UK) Deryck Mitchell Morton* 5,270 Liberal Party (UK) Edgar Martyn Allies 1,994 Liberal Party (UK) Katherine Elizabeth Gwinnell 1,810 Liberal Party (UK) Jill Marianne Green 1,771 Labour Party (UK) Patricia Mary Mander 1,556 Liberal Party (UK) Margaret Imogen Pravda 1,529 Labour Party (UK) Michael William Johnson 1,446 Liberal Party (UK) Gary Paul Wilkins 1,368 Labour Party (UK) Gillian Angela Lidbetter 1,322 Labour Party (UK) Susan Barbara Malvern 1,285 Labour Party (UK) Graeme Francis St Clair 1,238 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Tilehurst Ward (five seats) Liberal Party (UK) Ronald James (Jim) Day* 4,499 Liberal Party (UK) Florence Teresa (Paddy) Day* 4,350 Liberal Party (UK) Janet Brenda Bond 3,651 Liberal Party (UK) George Henry Ford* 3,610 Liberal Party (UK) Teresa Macfarlane 3,406 Conservative Party (UK) Michael John Caseley 2,412 Conservative Party (UK) Clive Anthony (Robert) Coles 2,262 Conservative Party (UK) John Maxwell Coote 2,204 Conservative Party (UK) Terence Kelly 2,177 Conservative Party (UK) Gillian Glencairn Waite 2,054 Labour Party (UK) Jennifer Susan Cottee 1,438 Labour Party (UK) William Phillip Gothard 1,365 Labour Party (UK) Ann Joan Gothard 1,347 Labour Party (UK) Sylvia Mary Steele 1,330 Labour Party (UK) Eric Edgar Merry 1,323 Independent (politician) Maurice Reginald White 176 Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Whitley Ward (three seats) Labour Party (UK) Doris Ellen Lawrence* 2,662 Labour Party (UK) Michael Edward Orton* 2,524 Labour Party (UK) John Rees (Jack) Price* 2,321 Conservative Party (UK) Joan Eileen Cox 1,620 Conservative Party (UK) John Gordon Cleminson 1,565 Conservative Party (UK) Gerald Arthur Hughes 1,427 Liberal Party (UK) Richard Wilfred Church 585 Liberal Party (UK) Jean Valerie Parkin 569 Liberal Party (UK) Norman Arthur Edwards 539 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) By-elections 19791983 Thames by-election 1980 Thames By-Election 24 January 1980 Conservative Party (UK) Hamza Fuad 2,320 61.7 -3.1 Liberal Party (UK) Martyn Allies 944 25.1 +5.6 Labour Party (UK) Pat Mander 497 13.2 -2.5 1,376 36.6 3,761 34 Conservative Party (UK) The Thames ward by-election in 1980 was triggered by the resignation of Conservative councillor Eric Davies.Housing chief 'hounded out' by socialists https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ 11 April 2022 Evening Post 18 October 1979 Reading 3Tories sweep to victory in Thames ward poll https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ 11 April 2022 Evening Post 25 January 1980 Reading 3 Christchurch and Redlands by-elections 1981 By-elections for the two wards of Christchurch and Redlands were held on 7 May 1981, alongside elections to Berkshire County Council. The Christchurch by-election was triggered by the resignation of Labour councillor Chris Goodall, and the Redlands by-election was triggered by the death of Conservative councillor John Lawford.Leading Tory dies suddenly at his home https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ 11 April 2022 Evening Post 16 March 1981 Reading 1Labour man quits to fight county seat https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ 11 April 2022 Evening Post 11 March 1981 Reading 9Close fight as Tories hold Redlands ward https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ 11 April 2022 Evening Post 8 May 1981 Reading 3 Christchurch By-Election 7 May 1981 Labour Party (UK) Sandy Scaife 1,762 59.1 Liberal Party (UK) Felicity Kaplan 1,221 40.9 541 18.1 2,983 Labour Party (UK) Redlands By-Election 7 May 1981 Conservative Party (UK) Tony Markham 934 34.8 -11.1 Labour Party (UK) Jill Lake 894 33.3 +5.4 Liberal Party (UK) Richard Church 853 31.8 +5.7 40 1.5 2,681 Conservative Party (UK) -8.25 Abbey by-election 1981 Abbey By-Election 24 September 1981 Labour Party (UK) John Silverthorne 437 47.4 -6.0 Conservative Party (UK) Norman Pearson 244 26.5 -20.2 Social Democratic Party (UK) Howard Rodaway 241 26.1 n/a 193 20.9 922 Labour Party (UK) +7.1 The Abbey ward by-election in 1981 was triggered by the resignation of Labour councillor Graham Chapman.SDP may stand in Reading council election https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ 18 April 2022 Evening Post 3 August 1981 Reading 1Joy for Labour as SDP slumps in election https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ 18 April 2022 Evening Post 25 September 1981 Reading 1 References Reading 1979 Reading Borough Council election, 1979