1979 Bristol City Council election

1979 UK local government election August 2018 April 2016 1979 Bristol City Council election England Parliamentary no yes 1976 Bristol City Council election 1976 1983 Bristol City Council election 1983 All 84 seats to Bristol City Council 43 3 May 1979 Labour Party (UK) 53 6 Conservative Party (UK) 28 6 Liberal Party (UK) 3 Council control Council control after election Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) thumb|right|300px|1979 local election results in Bristol The 1979 Bristol City Council election took place on 3 May 1979 to elect members of Bristol City Council in England.https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0V1MW1lr1Z3MEhTTXZLYXU2dkk/view The Elections Centre Local Elections Handbook 1979 Rallings Colin Thrasher Michael 11 April 2016 This was on the same day as other local elections and the 1979 general election. In contrast to the Conservative landslide in the national election, the Conservatives in Bristol lost 6 seats to Labour, who maintained overall control of the council. Ward results Avon Avon Labour Party (UK) T Thomas 5,411 Labour Party (UK) V Pople 5,255 Labour Party (UK) A Crowley 5,202 Conservative Party (UK) R Chubb 3,674 Conservative Party (UK) J Gamlin 2,907 Conservative Party (UK) L O'Leary 2,791 Communist Party of Great Britain D Pratt 391 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Bedminster Bedminster Labour Party (UK) A Hillman 3,521 Labour Party (UK) J Wood 3,466 Labour Party (UK) W Jenkins 3,425 Conservative Party (UK) R Marriott 2,506 Conservative Party (UK) J Fey 2,499 Conservative Party (UK) J Boucher 2,463 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Bishopston Bishopston Conservative Party (UK) D Topham 3,155 Conservative Party (UK) T Clarke 3,139 Conservative Party (UK) M Withers 3,092 Labour Party (UK) P McLaren 1,916 Labour Party (UK) J Wood 1,853 Labour Party (UK) J Graystone 1,801 Liberal Party (UK) J Gray 1,377 Liberal Party (UK) J McMahon 1,370 Liberal Party (UK) W Starr 1,172 National Front (United Kingdom) F Tanner 51 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Bishopsworth Bishopsworth Labour Party (UK) A Munroe 8,123 Labour Party (UK) B Richards 8,122 Labour Party (UK) L Smith 8,108 Conservative Party (UK) R Hodges 4,002 Conservative Party (UK) I Gillard 3,783 Conservative Party (UK) N Dowdney 3,632 National Front (UK) K Elliott 793 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Brislington Brislington Labour Party (UK) K Legg 5,192 Labour Party (UK) D Parsons 4,597 Labour Party (UK) P Korovilas 4,391 Conservative Party (UK) J Howe 4,334 Conservative Party (UK) O Scantlebury 4,092 Conservative Party (UK) A Ellison 3,975 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Cabot Cabot Liberal Party (UK) R Howell 2,227 Liberal Party (UK) C Stones 2,154 Liberal Party (UK) C Bolton 2,140 Conservative Party (UK) B Love 1,688 Conservative Party (UK) Y Mason 1,672 Conservative Party (UK) I Millard 1,672 Labour Party (UK) J Dugdale 1,172 Labour Party (UK) J Malos 1,117 Labour Party (UK) K Anand 1,101 Communist Party of Great Britain A Chester 192 Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Clifton Clifton Conservative Party (UK) J Steadman 3,823 Conservative Party (UK) W Blackmore 3,635 Conservative Party (UK) J Lloyd-Kirk 3,580 Liberal Party (UK) D Himsworth 1,999 Liberal Party (UK) B Ineichen 1,911 Labour Party (UK) S Hodkinson 1,433 Labour Party (UK) H Harding 1,388 Labour Party (UK) A Mackenzie 1,323 Ecology Party A Clarke 1,195 Ecology Party J Will 890 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) District District Conservative Party (UK) F Apperley 2,347 Conservative Party (UK) F Bosdet 2,284 Conservative Party (UK) R Trench 2,264 Labour Party (UK) H Fenwick 2,247 Labour Party (UK) M Shotter 2,110 Labour Party (UK) G Venables 2,087 Liberal Party (UK) B Carter 1,126 Liberal Party (UK) O England 1,023 Liberal Party (UK) P Tyzack 910 Ecology Party H Cullimore 553 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Durdham Durdham Conservative Party (UK) G Palmer 5,154 Conservative Party (UK) G Browne 4,917 Conservative Party (UK) P Paternoster 4,638 Liberal Party (UK) G Beddoes 2,149 Liberal Party (UK) W Howarth 2,149 Liberal Party (UK) V Tallis 1,990 Labour Party (UK) J Patterson 1,240 Labour Party (UK) J Naysmith 1,180 Labour Party (UK) R Richie 1,020 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Easton Easton Labour Party (UK) J Jones 3,022 Labour Party (UK) G Maggs 2,771 Labour Party (UK) R Morris 2,331 Conservative Party (UK) A Mayes 1,181 Conservative Party (UK) K Blanchard 1,161 Conservative Party (UK) R Paternoster 1,001 Ecology Party M Weekes 276 Communist Party of Great Britain D Esbester 173 National Front (United Kingdom) J Bale 147 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Eastville Eastville Labour Party (UK) W Williams 1,654 Labour Party (UK) J Hynes 1,614 Labour Party (UK) J King 1,603 Conservative Party (UK) M Macdonald 894 Conservative Party (UK) W Lippiatt 847 Conservative Party (UK) M Read 817 Liberal Party (UK) A Elverd 157 Liberal Party (UK) B Clarke 141 Liberal Party (UK) S Staple 124 National Front (United Kingdom) P Kingston 94 National Front (United Kingdom) D Smithurst 61 National Front (United Kingdom) J Dowler 45 ETOFEC M Elbourne 41 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Henbury Henbury Labour Party (UK) J Fisk 6,000 Labour Party (UK) J McLaren 5,077 Conservative Party (UK) W Stephens 4,881 Conservative Party (UK) D Barnwell 4,755 Conservative Party (UK) B Tasman 4,427 Labour Party (UK) M Malpass 4,370 Liberal Party (UK) W Hurford 1,451 National Front (United Kingdom) C Nuttall 268 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Hengrove Hengrove Labour Party (UK) A Abrams 6,981 Labour Party (UK) V Hicks 6,528 Labour Party (UK) G Spodris 5,268 Conservative Party (UK) C Jones 2,894 Conservative Party (UK) K Godden 2,731 Conservative Party (UK) M Mason 2,676 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Hillfields Hillfields Labour Party (UK) G Robertson 3,885 Labour Party (UK) C Draper 3,668 Labour Party (UK) C Janes 3,610 Conservative Party (UK) J Seville 2,552 Conservative Party (UK) A Davies 2,390 Conservative Party (UK) R Russell 2,309 Independent Liberal A Chalmers 957 Independent Liberal A Chalmers 865 Independent Liberal M Cottrell 863 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Horfield Horfield Labour Party (UK) C Merrett 3,896 Labour Party (UK) R Edwards 3,710 Labour Party (UK) C Boney 3,563 Conservative Party (UK) B Topham 3,170 Conservative Party (UK) B Cripps 2,842 Conservative Party (UK) J Wiltshire 2,728 Liberal Party (UK) P Hurford 750 Liberal Party (UK) R Moon 701 Liberal Party (UK) S Moon 679 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Knowle Knowle Conservative Party (UK) G Sprackling 3,904 Conservative Party (UK) T Skipp 3,702 Conservative Party (UK) F Lawrence 3,686 Labour Party (UK) G Cole 2,916 Labour Party (UK) J Cole 2,702 Labour Party (UK) T Ward 2,591 National Front (United Kingdom) R Dowler 218 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Redland Redland Conservative Party (UK) G Hebblethwaite 3,377 Conservative Party (UK) J Cottrell 3,258 Conservative Party (UK) G Keeley 3,138 Liberal Party (UK) B Brown 1,772 Labour Party (UK) A Keefe 1,717 Liberal Party (UK) P Child 1,660 Labour Party (UK) J Kemp 1,548 Liberal Party (UK) R Cutts 1,521 Labour Party (UK) T Morgan 1,486 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Somerset Somerset Labour Party (UK) H Willcox 4,653 Labour Party (UK) D Jackson 4,435 Labour Party (UK) J Comerford 4,097 Conservative Party (UK) W Goodland 2,602 Conservative Party (UK) V Goodland 2,584 Conservative Party (UK) D Stevens 2,523 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Southmead Southmead Labour Party (UK) D Hughes 5,144 Labour Party (UK) B Begley 4,949 Labour Party (UK) E Seymour 4,410 Conservative Party (UK) P Sidebottom 4,306 Conservative Party (UK) P Holloway 4,295 Conservative Party (UK) C Martineau 4,129 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Southville Southville Labour Party (UK) A Mason 2,563 Labour Party (UK) F Pidgeon 2,451 Labour Party (UK) A May 2,402 Conservative Party (UK) D Jones 2,181 Conservative Party (UK) C Hagen 2,070 Conservative Party (UK) L Vann 2,007 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) St George East St George East Labour Party (UK) D Beer 5,011 Labour Party (UK) G Bee 4,698 Labour Party (UK) P Hammond 4,482 Conservative Party (UK) R King 4,187 Conservative Party (UK) R Murray 4,100 Conservative Party (UK) M Stump 3,702 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) St George West St George West Labour Party (UK) J McLaren 3,135 Labour Party (UK) I Rogers 2,797 Labour Party (UK) M Rea 2,700 Conservative Party (UK) J Cornelius 1,857 Conservative Party (UK) R Godden 1,666 Conservative Party (UK) R Laurence 1,562 National Front (United Kingdom) D Smithurst 220 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) St Paul St Paul Labour Party (UK) R Hewlett 2,219 Labour Party (UK) K Bassett 2,197 Labour Party (UK) G Fowler 2,166 Conservative Party (UK) A Millener 1,091 Conservative Party (UK) J Lippitt 1,072 Conservative Party (UK) S Trench 996 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) St Philip & Jacob St Philip & Jacob Labour Party (UK) I Knight 1,644 Labour Party (UK) J Britton 1,562 Labour Party (UK) D Tedder 1,556 Conservative Party (UK) M Lippitt 927 Conservative Party (UK) A Haines 894 Conservative Party (UK) D Fey 851 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Stapleton Stapleton Conservative Party (UK) T Whiteley 4,942 Conservative Party (UK) P Brook 4,834 Conservative Party (UK) H Williams 4,677 Labour Party (UK) B Payton 3,877 Labour Party (UK) M McGrath 3,779 Labour Party (UK) D Poole 3,665 Liberal Party (UK) M Cullen 1,113 Liberal Party (UK) E Wren 993 Liberal Party (UK) J Hale 961 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Stockwood Stockwood Conservative Party (UK) A Telling 8,271 Conservative Party (UK) M Stamper 8,143 Conservative Party (UK) S Williams 8,014 Labour Party (UK) V Davey 7,658 Labour Party (UK) G Easton 7,099 Labour Party (UK) J Smith 6,520 National Front (United Kingdom) J Dowler 628 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Westbury-on-Trym Westbury-on-Trym Conservative Party (UK) D Poole Conservative Party (UK) C Alderson 9,542 Conservative Party (UK) R Wall 9,439 Liberal Party (UK) E Dyson 2,372 Liberal Party (UK) M Hamilton 2,185 Liberal Party (UK) M Luton 1,941 Labour Party (UK) J Evans 1,749 Labour Party (UK) M Waddington 1,429 Labour Party (UK) G Waddington 1,367 National Front (United Kingdom) E Andrews 151 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Windmill Hill Windmill Hill Labour Party (UK) C Reid 2,463 Labour Party (UK) V Bath 2,244 Labour Party (UK) G Micklewright 2,201 Conservative Party (UK) D Cary 1,397 Conservative Party (UK) A Moore 1,270 Conservative Party (UK) P Morris 1,192 Liberal Party (UK) M Pipping 577 Liberal Party (UK) R Lewis 488 National Front (United Kingdom) R Bale 174 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) References Category:1979 English local elections 1979 Category:1970s in Bristol