1979 Plymouth City Council election

1979 UK local government election March 2020 March 2020 1979 Plymouth City Council election Rallings Colin Thrasher Michael Local Elections Handbook 1979 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0V1MW1lr1Z3MEhTTXZLYXU2dkk/view Plymouth University, Plymouth, UK The Elections Centre 16 Parliamentary no yes 1976 Plymouth City Council election 1976 1983 Plymouth City Council election 1983 All 60 seats in the Plymouth City Council 31 3 May 1979 73.1% Conservative Party (UK) 115x50px|Blank 39 seats, 51.9% 33 6 63,524 49.9% 2.0% Labour Party (UK) 115x50px|Blank 27 seats, 39.6% 26 1 52,360 41.1% 1.5% Independent Conservative 115x50px|Blank 39 seats, 51.9% 1 1 4,751 3.7% New Plymouth City Council election 1979 map.svg Map showing the results of the 1979 Plymouth City Council elections. Council control Council control after election Conservative Conservative 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.The City of Plymouth (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978 The Conservative Party retained control of the council, which it had held since its creation in 1973. Overall results 1979 Plymouth City Council Election Conservative Party (UK) 33 n/a n/a 6 55.0 49.9 63,524 2.0 Labour Party (UK) 26 n/a n/a 1 43.3 41.1 52,360 1.5 Liberal Party (UK) 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.7 3.5 4,465 0.7 National Front (UK) 0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 1.8 2,438 New Independent Conservative 1 n/a n/a 1 0.0 3.7 4,751 New |- | colspan=2 style="text-align: right; margin-right: 1em" | Total | style="text-align: right;" | 60 | colspan=5 | | style="text-align: right;" | 127,384 | style="text-align: right;" | Ward results Budshead (3 seats) thumb|Location of Budshead ward Budshead (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) T. Keast 3,741 Labour Party (UK) E. Thomas 3,720 Labour Party (UK) R. Simmonds 3,598 Conservative Party (UK) H. Hughes 2,271 Conservative Party (UK) D. Macmillan 2,049 Conservative Party (UK) B. Yardley 2,003 66.6% Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Compton (3 seats) thumb|Location of Compton ward Compton (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) G. Creber 4,466 Conservative Party (UK) R. Ray 4,299 Conservative Party (UK) F. Milligan 4,292 Labour Party (UK) B. Sabel 1,457 Labour Party (UK) P. Lovell 1,450 Labour Party (UK) P. Ingham 1,417 68.6% Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Drake (3 seats) thumb|Location of Drake ward Drake (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) D. Mitchell 4,461 Conservative Party (UK) J. Thorpe 3,837 Conservative Party (UK) T. Savery 3,768 Labour Party (UK) N. Crowley 2,138 Labour Party (UK) S. Caylor 2,083 Labour Party (UK) E. Clinick 2,079 Liberal Party (UK) J. Robins 953 Liberal Party (UK) R. Pawley 948 National Front (UK) P. Rouse 175 73.3% Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Efford (3 seats) thumb|Location of Efford ward Efford (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) R. King 3,083 Labour Party (UK) G. Draper 2,907 Labour Party (UK) J. Leppard 2,837 Conservative Party (UK) J. Richards 2,443 Conservative Party (UK) E. Smith 2,348 Conservative Party (UK) E. Willcock 2,182 National Front (UK) J. Pocock 201 71.4% Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Eggbuckland (3 seats) thumb|Location of Eggbuckland ward Eggbuckland (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) J. Pascoe 3,736 Conservative Party (UK) D. Mackinem 3,460 Conservative Party (UK) R. Morrell 3,388 Labour Party (UK) D. Tranter 2,392 Labour Party (UK) M. Hughes 2,386 Labour Party (UK) D. Knott 2,337 74.6% Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Estover (3 seats) thumb|Location of Estover ward Estover (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) T. Jones 3,664 Conservative Party (UK) R. Elliot 3,564 Conservative Party (UK) M. Lacey 3,530 Labour Party (UK) E. Evans 2,292 Labour Party (UK) W. Leahy 2,285 Labour Party (UK) M. Gilbert 2,220 71.6% Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Ham (3 seats) thumb|Location of Ham ward Ham (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) A. Floyd 3,622 Labour Party (UK) K. Glanville 3,375 Labour Party (UK) W. Glanville 3,284 Conservative Party (UK) J. Farrage 2,002 Conservative Party (UK) V. Hingston 1,957 Conservative Party (UK) G. Lawrence 1,941 National Front (UK) D. Merry 215 71.4% Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Honicknowle (3 seats) thumb|Location of Honicknowle ward Honicknowle (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) P. Whitfield 4,187 Labour Party (UK) H. Dolley 4,010 Labour Party (UK) J. Ingham 3,690 Conservative Party (UK) M. Brown 3,035 Conservative Party (UK) T. Johnson 2,907 Conservative Party (UK) A. Jarvis 2,793 National Front (UK) D. Stentiford 261 77.2% Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Keyham (3 seats) thumb|Location of Keyham ward Keyham (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) D. Manley 2,853 Labour Party (UK) R. Lemin 2,850 Conservative Party (UK) H. Fox 2,774 Labour Party (UK) D. Yeates 2,726 Conservative Party (UK) M. Glanville 2,622 Conservative Party (UK) E. Pengelly 2,612 National Front (UK) J. Blake 301 66.9% Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Mount Gould (3 seats) thumb|Location of Mount Gould ward Mount Gould (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) J. Courtney 3,500 Conservative Party (UK) E. Thornton 3,331 Conservative Party (UK) R. Thornton 3,291 Labour Party (UK) L. Hill 2,388 Labour Party (UK) J. Finnigan 2,302 Labour Party (UK) W. Payne 2,226 58.7% Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Plympton Erle (3 seats) thumb|Location of Plympton Erle ward Plympton Erle (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) J. Mills 3,327 Conservative Party (UK) A. Wright 3,297 Conservative Party (UK) J. Richards 3,145 Labour Party (UK) J. Fildew 1,777 Labour Party (UK) C. Bishop 1,505 Labour Party (UK) J. Sewell 1,482 Independent Conservative J. Kingdom 1,001 Independent Conservative R. Cornforth 741 76.4% Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Plympton St Mary (3 seats) thumb|Location of Plympton St Mary ward Plympton St Mary (3 seats) Independent Conservative P. Radmore 2,949 Conservative Party (UK) M. Parkinson 2,207 Conservative Party (UK) K. Perry 2,193 Conservative Party (UK) D. Thompson 1,624 Independent Conservative L. Speare 1,618 Labour Party (UK) W. Gross 1,498 Labour Party (UK) A. De Launey 1,448 Labour Party (UK) S. Clark 1,274 Liberal Party (UK) D. Tice 1,063 96.2% Independent Conservative Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Plymstock Dunstone (3 seats) thumb|Location of Plymstock Dunstone ward Plymstock Dunstone (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) D. Dicker 4,461 Conservative Party (UK) D. Viney 4,197 Conservative Party (UK) P. Hocken 4,144 Labour Party (UK) E. Hill 1,507 Labour Party (UK) J. Cowan 1,400 Labour Party (UK) W. Williamson 1,385 76.5% Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Plymstock Radford (3 seats) thumb|Location of Plymstock Radford ward Plymstock Radford (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) R. Easton 3,639 Conservative Party (UK) C. Easton 3,524 Conservative Party (UK) O. Kendall 2,956 Labour Party (UK) T. Telford 1,544 Labour Party (UK) M. Telford 1,531 Labour Party (UK) L. Haines 1,244 Liberal Party (UK) R. Loxley 1,152 Liberal Party (UK) J. Byatt 1,084 Liberal Party (UK) C. Tice 1,002 76.7% Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Southway (3 seats) thumb|Location of Southway ward Southway (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) W. Evans 3,467 Labour Party (UK) R. Scott 3,226 Labour Party (UK) J. Jones 3,123 Conservative Party (UK) R. Billings 2,723 Conservative Party (UK) M. Lippell 2,632 Conservative Party (UK) H. Hennessey 2,486 National Front (UK) J. Price 136 74.5% Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) St Budeax (3 seats) thumb|Location of St Budeax ward St Budeax (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) R. Bishop 3,032 Labour Party (UK) H. Luscombe 3,015 Labour Party (UK) I. Rosevear 2,974 Conservative Party (UK) E. Deacon 2,553 Conservative Party (UK) T. Docking 2,505 Conservative Party (UK) G. Howe 2,437 National Front (UK) L. Beresford-Walker 149 71.7% Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) St Peter (3 seats) thumb|Location of St Peter ward St Peter (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) I. Lowe 3,324 Labour Party (UK) H. Clinnick 3,294 Labour Party (UK) J. Luce 3,217 Conservative Party (UK) G. Baker 2,034 Conservative Party (UK) E. Diggle 1,915 Conservative Party (UK) T. Wilks 1,817 National Front (UK) E. Lynch 228 63.1% Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Stoke (3 seats) thumb|Location of Stoke ward Stoke (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) C. Pascoe 4,148 Conservative Party (UK) P. Washbourn 4,043 Conservative Party (UK) C. Wilbraham 3,984 Labour Party (UK) L. Huckett 2,676 Labour Party (UK) T. Caylor 2,462 Labour Party (UK) W. Hennah 2,416 National Front (UK) D. Radmore 478 72.5% Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Sutton (3 seats) thumb|Location of Sutton ward Sutton (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) F. Johnson 2,695 Labour Party (UK) F. Freeman 2,665 Labour Party (UK) J. Lobb 2,591 Conservative Party (UK) G. Blades 2,455 Conservative Party (UK) J. Hingston 2,216 Conservative Party (UK) W. Turner 2,040 Liberal Party (UK) P. York 862 Liberal Party (UK) G. Pedrick 639 Liberal Party (UK) K. Rawlings 600 National Front (UK) J. Williams 140 66.5% Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Trelawny (3 seats) thumb|Location of Trelawny ward Trelawny (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) G. Jinks 3,625 Conservative Party (UK) A. Parish 3,583 Conservative Party (UK) W. Thompson 3,249 Labour Party (UK) P. Floyd 2,737 Labour Party (UK) L. Goldstone 2,356 Labour Party (UK) T. Saunders 2,261 Independent Conservative K. Gardiner 801 National Front (UK) S. Merry 154 88.6% Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) References Category:1979 English local elections Category:May 1979 in the United Kingdom 1979 Category:1970s in Devon