1979 Langbaurgh Borough Council election

1979 UK local government election March 2020 March 2020 December 2017 Elections to Langbaurgh Borough Council took place on 3 May 1979. The election took place on the same day as the 1979 UK General Election and the whole council was up for election. The Labour Party won most seats and took over control of the council from the Conservative Party.Langbaurgh Borough Council Election Results 1973-1991 Election Centre Election result Langbaurgh Borough Council local election result 1979 Labour Party (UK) 32 13 0 +13 53.3 45.8 78,273 +43,810 Conservative Party (UK) 22 1 12 -11 36.7 45.4 77,543 +29,225 Independent (politician) 6 0 2 -2 10.0 7.7 13,235 +2,528 Liberal Party (UK) 0 n/a n/a 1.1 1,801 +734 Ward results Bankside Bankside Labour Party (UK) J Thompson 1,161 65.6% +10.5% Labour Party (UK) R Haining 1,106 Conservative Party (UK) H Fenwick 608 34.4% -10.5% Conservative Party (UK) H Johnson 545 Belmont Belmont Conservative Party (UK) P Hopwood 2,236 57.7% -14.4% Conservative Party (UK) B Lythgoe 2,511 Labour Party (UK) K Pitchford 1,861 42.3% +14.4% Labour Party (UK) H Tout 1,598 Brotton Brotton Labour Party (UK) R Barton 1,315 44.2% -5.8% Labour Party (UK) A Barton 1,267 Conservative Party (UK) J Askew 1,254 42.2% -7.8% Conservative Party (UK) M Grant 939 Liberal Party (UK) C Watts 405 13.6% +13.6% Liberal Party (UK) L Wilkinson 248 Church Lane Church Lane Labour Party (UK) G Hodgson 1,954 83.4% +11.4% Labour Party (UK) W Herlingshaw 1,905 Conservative Party (UK) G McPherson 390 16.6% -11.4% Conservative Party (UK) W Slegg 361 Coatham Coatham Independent (politician) J White 1,018 36.7% -2% Conservative Party (UK) J Dyball 925 33.4% -9.5% Conservative Party (UK) R Hall 919 Labour Party (UK) M Dowling 830 29.9% +11.5% Dormanstown Dormanstown Labour Party (UK) T Collins 2,948 53.3% -4.2% Labour Party (UK) A Taylor 2,386 Labour Party (UK) R Jones 2,364 Conservative Party (UK) A Horner 1,362 24.6% +24.6% Independent (politician) D Kelsey 1,223 22.1% -20.4% Eston Eston Labour Party (UK) I Cole 2,288 67.3% +16.9% Labour Party (UK) M Learman 2,189 Labour Party (UK) A Harvison 2,082 Conservative Party (UK) D A'Court 1,111 32.7% -16.9% Conservative Party (UK) R A'Court 1,058 Conservative Party (UK) M Curry 1,035 Grangetown Grangetown Labour Party (UK) P Harford 2,080 85.3% +14.4% Labour Party (UK) S Tombe 1,892 Conservative Party (UK) A Soakell 358 14.7% -14.4% Conservative Party (UK) R McLay 354 Guisborough Guisborough Conservative Party (UK) W Richardson 1,873 54% +9.5% Conservative Party (UK) M Hopwood 1,767 Conservative Party (UK) J Gaskin 1,651 Labour Party (UK) F Christie 1,593 46% +10.5% Labour Party (UK) G Houston 1,517 Labour Party (UK) J Marvell 1,431 Hutton Hutton Conservative Party (UK) B Bradley 1,786 81.9% +10.6% Labour Party (UK) P Trainor 394 18.1% -2% Kirkleatham Kirkleatham Labour Party (UK) J Taylor 2,153 56.2% +5.7% Labour Party (UK) R Roberts 2,122 Labour Party (UK) K Nilan 2,080 Conservative Party (UK) S Hall 1,681 43.8% -5.7% Conservative Party (UK) R Day 1,623 Conservative Party (UK) D Horner 1,603 Lockwood Lockwood Labour Party (UK) S Kay 1,167 53.1% -5.1% Conservative Party (UK) C Watson 1,032 46.9% +5.1% Conservative Party (UK) E Carter 984 Loftus Loftus Independent (politician) J Theobold 2,530 42.9% +1.9% Labour Party (UK) B Scott 2,033 36% +5% Labour Party (UK) N Lantsbery 1,718 Conservative Party (UK) C Ellerby 1,079 19.1% -7.1% Longbeck Longbeck Conservative Party (UK) E Mann 2,405 50% +16.1% Labour Party (UK) G Houchen 2,401 50% +16.5% Conservative Party (UK) N Cooney 2,199 Conservative Party (UK) G Lawrenson 2,085 Labour Party (UK) M Lambert 1,674 Labour Party (UK) M Jones 1,634 Newcomen Newcomen Labour Party (UK) W Dagg 1,436 43% +17.7% Labour Party (UK) A Mills 1,352 Conservative Party (UK) D Jessop 1,155 34.6% +6.4% Conservative Party (UK) S Birt 1,010 Independent (politician) J Preston 748 22.4% -10.2% Normanby Normanby Conservative Party (UK) D Moore 1,766 59.1% -13.7% Conservative Party (UK) A Wright 1,396 Labour Party (UK) J Briggs 1,222 40.9% +13.7% Ormesby Ormesby Conservative Party (UK) J Fagan 1,548 63.7% -14.1% Conservative Party (UK) P Zoryk 1,475 Labour Party (UK) R Lewis 881 36.3% +14.1% Overfields Overfields Labour Party (UK) J Sickling 1,866 65.6% +15.2% Labour Party (UK) W Towers 1,559 Conservative Party (UK) A Fagan 977 34.4% -15.2% Conservative Party (UK) D Adamson 958 Redcar Redcar Independent (politician) G Smith 1,527 37% -18.2% Conservative Party (UK) N Richards 1,517 36.8% +3.5% Conservative Party (UK) A Kidd 1,511 Labour Party (UK) J Coombs 1,082 26.2% +14.6% Saltburn Saltburn Conservative Party (UK) A Collins 2,428 37.4% -21% Independent (politician) A Atterton 2,009 48.8% +7.2% Conservative Party (UK) P Clark 1,469 Conservative Party (UK) D Frizelle 1,228 Independent (politician) J Fulcher 1,166 Labour Party (UK) D Walsh 894 13.8% +13.8% Skelton Skelton Conservative Party (UK) L Douglass 2,312 53.2% -6.5% Conservative Party (UK) W Hill 2,146 Labour Party (UK) I Johnson 2,035 46.8% +6.5% Conservative Party (UK) J Mussett 1,533 Labour Party (UK) K Price 1,295 Skinningrove Skinningrove Labour Party (UK) R Tough 633 59.9% +21.4% Conservative Party (UK) C Simmons 423 40.1% +40.1% South Bank South Bank Labour Party (UK) A Seed 1,850 68.2% +25.1% Labour Party (UK) C Christie 1,641 Conservative Party (UK) T Robinson 862 35.8% -4% Conservative Party (UK) J Myrddin-Baker 857 St. Germains St. Germains Independent (politician) K Barker 1,915 42.4% +1.7% Conservative Party (UK) R Lawrenson 1,326 29.3% -2% Labour Party (UK) J Wiggins 1,279 28.3% +0.2% Conservative Party (UK) D Halliday 1,240 Teesville Teesville Labour Party (UK) H York 2,259 56.9% +19.3% Labour Party (UK) I Hewitson 2,259 Labour Party (UK) M McCormack 2,135 Conservative Party (UK) J Robinson 1,714 43.1% -19.3% Conservative Party (UK) L Shepherd 1,600 Conservative Party (UK) J Soakell 1,590 West Dyke West Dyke Conservative Party (UK) A Gwenlan 1,951 31.7% -13.2% Conservative Party (UK) D Lane 1,929 Independent (politician) D Bell 1,847 30.1% -10.5% Conservative Party (UK) F Walker 1,588 Labour Party (UK) J Curry 1,200 19.5% +5% Liberal Party (UK) S Wilson 1,148 18.7% +18.7% References Category:1979 English local elections 1979 Category:1970s in North Yorkshire