1979 Lancaster City Council election

Election 1979 Lancaster City Council election Lancashire parliamentary 1976 Lancaster City Council election 1976 1979 5 3 y 1983 Lancaster City Council election 1983 All 60 seats to Lancaster City Council 30 95x50px|Blank Conservative Party (UK) 43 seats 36 95x50px|Blank Labour Party (UK) 11 seats 14 3 38,635 95x50px|Blank Independent 5 seats 6 1 17,533 95x50px|Blank Liberal Party (UK) 1 seat 3 2 6,195 95x50px|Blank Leader Leader after election Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) The 1979 Lancaster City Council election took place on 10 May 1979. This was on the same day as other local elections in England. New ward boundaries took effect for this election, increasing the number of seats from 59 to 60. Summary The election resulted in a Conservative majority hold. Election result 1979 Lancaster City Council Conservative Party (UK) 56 36 8 6 2 Labour Party (UK) 34 14 5 1 4 Independent politician 16 7 3 2 1 Liberal Party (UK) 5 3 2 0 2 |- Ward Results Lancaster Council Election Results 1973-2011 https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Lancaster-1973-2011.pdf 26 June 2026 Election Centre Alexandra Alexandra (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) E. Garbutt 1,458 50.4 Conservative Party (UK) D. Kershaw 1,437 49.6 Conservative Party (UK) T. Reaney 1,370 Conservative Party (UK) K. Warren 1,300 5,565 72.2 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Arkholme Arkholme (1 seat) Conservative Party (UK) A. Jones 0 0.0 0 0.0 Conservative Party (UK) Bolton-Le-Sands Bolton-Le-Sands (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) W. Rigg 0 0.0 Conservative Party (UK) A. Briggs 0 0 0.0 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Bulk Bulk (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) A. Bryning 2,221 65.9 Labour Party (UK) R. Clark 2,052 Labour Party (UK) J. Yates Ms. 1,939 Conservative Party (UK) J. Rowley 1,148 34.1 Conservative Party (UK) R. Coletta 971 Conservative Party (UK) D. Redmayne 955 9,286 73.2 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Carnforth Carnforth (2 seats) Labour Party (UK) J. Clarke 1,268 46.4 Labour Party (UK) E. Jones Ms. 1,188 Conservative Party (UK) J. McKelvie 761 27.9 Conservative Party (UK) C. Benson 705 Independent politician K. Townsend 702 25.7 Independent politician C. Davies 672 5,296 78.8 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Castle Castle (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) W. Sweeney Ms. 1,493 37.7 Labour Party (UK) L. Shaw 1,309 33.0 Labour Party (UK) M. Clappen Ms. 1,294 Labour Party (UK) F. Roberts 1,287 Independent politician D. Brewer 1,163 29.3 Conservative Party (UK) R. Varey 1,065 Independent politician G. Woodhead 1,007 Conservative Party (UK) J. Cowbourne 859 9,477 75.4 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Caton Caton (2 seats) Liberal Party (UK) S. Mews 1,732 68.6 Liberal Party (UK) M. Rushton Ms. 1,260 Conservative Party (UK) M. Potts Ms. 791 31.4 Conservative Party (UK) M. Williams Ms. 746 5,529 81.1 Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Ellel Ellel (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) R. Carr 1,453 49.0 Conservative Party (UK) J. Lowthion 1,099 Independent politician R. Bibby 808 27.3 Labour Party (UK) W. Stafford 703 23.7 4,063 78.6 Conservative Party (UK) Independent Conservative Party (UK) Halton-With-Aughton Halton-With-Aughton (1 seat) Conservative Party (UK) H. Towers 0 0.0 0 0.0 Conservative Party (UK) Harbour Harbour (2 seats) Independent politician D. Jackson 1,038 38.9 Conservative Party (UK) K. Brook 952 35.7 Conservative Party (UK) D. Sykes 764 Labour Party (UK) A. Leach 680 25.5 Independent politician D. Kennedy 541 Labour Party (UK) H. Rushton 524 4,499 78.8 Independent Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Heysham Central Heysham Central (2 seats) Independent politician J. Taylor Ms. 1,587 60.3 Conservative Party (UK) T. Higginson 1,044 39.7 Conservative Party (UK) K. Wilson 1,014 3,645 77.7 Independent Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Heysham North Heysham North (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) M. Kennan 1,271 56.1 Conservative Party (UK) G. Bryan 1,268 Liberal Party (UK) M. Brown 996 43.9 3,535 73.9 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Heysham South Heysham South (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) S. Taylor 0 0.0 Conservative Party (UK) J. Downey 0 0.0 Independent politician N. Bolton Ms. 0 0.0 0 0.0Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Independent Hornby Hornby (1 seat) Conservative Party (UK) D. Battersby 859 79.2 Labour Party (UK) J. Hayhurst 225 20.8 1,084 80.8 Conservative Party (UK) John O'Gaunt John O'Gaunt (3 seats) Independent politician D. Leswer 2,491 56.5 Independent politician L. Jackson Ms. 1,915 Independent politician B. Freeman 1,783 Conservative Party (UK) T. Hayton 1,014 23.0 Conservative Party (UK) M. Lovett-Horn Ms. 977 Labour Party (UK) R. Allen 902 20.5 Labour Party (UK) L. Yates Ms. 863 Labour Party (UK) P. Kavanagh 848 Conservative Party (UK) H. Osliffe 840 10,633 77.9 Independent Conservative Party (UK) Independent Conservative Party (UK) Independent Conservative Party (UK) Kellet Kellet (1 seat) Conservative Party (UK) W. Goodfellow 0 0.0 0 0.0 Conservative Party (UK) Overton Overton (1 seat) Conservative Party (UK) W. Mashiter 0 0.0 0 0.0 Conservative Party (UK) Parks Parks (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) I. Welldrake Ms. 1,473 55.2 Conservative Party (UK) J. Dawson 1,295 Liberal Party (UK) A. Orlowski Ms. 1,197 44.8 3,965 79.7 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Poulton Poulton (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) S. Burns Ms. 1,562 49.3 Conservative Party (UK) M. Bicker 1,321 Conservative Party (UK) W. Thornton 1,296 Labour Party (UK) M. Harper 856 27.0 Labour Party (UK) B. Ogston 839 Independent politician W. Tempest 751 23.7 Independent politician A. Smith 530 7,155 69.7 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Independent Conservative Party (UK) Scotforth East Scotforth East (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) J. Bicker 1,853 52.8 Labour Party (UK) E. Jones 1,789 Labour Party (UK) J. Lodge 1,709 Conservative Party (UK) R. Bushby 1,655 47.2 Conservative Party (UK) G. Swindlehurst 1,654 Conservative Party (UK) E. Stephens 1,340 10,000 70.8 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Scotforth West Scotforth West (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) J. Ball 1,692 58.7 Conservative Party (UK) E. Simpson 1,672 Conservative Party (UK) J. Outram 1,385 Labour Party (UK) I. Brown Ms. 1,191 41.3 Labour Party (UK) J. Harkins 1,184 Labour Party (UK) S. Randall Ms. 967 8,091 77.0 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Silverdale Silverdale (1 seat) Conservative Party (UK) A. Whitaker 0 0.0 0 0.0 Conservative Party (UK) Skerton Central Skerton Central (2 seats) Labour Party (UK) D. Henderson Ms. 1,729 64.8 Labour Party (UK) J. Horner Ms. 1,408 Conservative Party (UK) J. Knott Ms. 939 35.2 4,076 76.8 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Skerton East Skerton East (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) J. Richardson 1,033 52.0 Conservative Party (UK) H. Hind 1,017 Labour Party (UK) J. McCready 952 48.0 Labour Party (UK) J. O'Donnell 829 3,831 74.4 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Skerton West Skerton West (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) J. Taylor Ms. 1,245 46.5 Conservative Party (UK) S. Smith 1,213 Labour Party (UK) L. Bagot 738 27.6 Independent politician M. Varey 695 26.0 Labour Party (UK) H. Walker 693 4,584 78.2 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Slyne-With-Hest Slyne-With-Hest (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) R. Schofield 0 0.0 Conservative Party (UK) F. Wilcox 0 0.0 0 0.0 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Torrisholme Torrisholme (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) P. Sumner 2,065 72.0 Conservative Party (UK) P. Whitworth 1,856 Labour Party (UK) D. Beesley 804 28.0 4,725 79.2 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Victoria Victoria (3 seats) Independent politician T. Langridge 1,850 41.0 Conservative Party (UK) T. Shingler 1,493 33.1 Conservative Party (UK) S. King Ms. 1,479 Labour Party (UK) C. Aimson 1,166 25.9 Labour Party (UK) P. Hooper 1,166 7,154 71.9 Independent Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Warton Warton (1 seat) Liberal Party (UK) C. Peacock 1,010 70.7 Conservative Party (UK) A. Clarke 418 29.3 1,428 78.4 Liberal Party (UK) References Lancaster 1979 Category:1970s in Lancashire Category:May 1979 in the United Kingdom