1979 Hyndburn Borough Council election

1979 UK local government election October 2015 November 2019 January 2020 Hyndburn Borough Council elections Following the merger of several Urban District Councils (Rishton, Gt Harwood, Accrington, Church, Oswaldtwsitle) and the Parish of Altham there followed ward boundary changes to equalise the seats. 1979 was the first election on the new boundaries with an all out election.Hyndburn Council election records Hyndburn Council election records May 1979 Results Hyndburn local election result 1979 Labour Party (UK) 19 19 40.4% 46.6% 51,823 Conservative Party (UK) 28 28 55.0% 49.1% 54,578 Liberal Party (UK) 2.4% 2,724 National Front (UK) 0.5% 593 Independent (politician) 1.0% 1,067 Communist Party of Great Britain 0.1% 87 Spoilt 0.4% 392 Totals 47 63.5% 111,264 Ward 1979 3rd 1979 2nd 1979 1st Next Up 1980 1981 1982 Altham Parish Con - - Barnfield Con Lab Lab Baxenden Con Con Con Central Lab Lab Lab Church Lab Lab Lab Clayton Con Con Con Huncoat Con Lab Con Immanuel Lab Con Con Milnshaw Con Con Con Netherton Lab Lab Lab Overton Con Con Con Peel Lab Lab Con Rishton Eachill Con - Con Rishton Norden Con Lab - Spring Hill Lab Lab Lab St Andrews Con Con Con St Oswalds Con Con Con Council (Lab) 5 8 6 Council (Con) 12 7 9 By ward Altham Parish- electorate 1,073 Conservative Party (UK) F. Lowe Uncontested Conservative Party (UK) Barnfield- electorate 3,013 Labour Party (UK) Ann Elizabeth Sudders Labour Party (UK) Dave Walter Keeley Conservative Party (UK) unknown National Front (UK) ... spoilt votes 16 ... 61.1% Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Baxenden- electorate 3,463 Conservative Party (UK) B Maudsley Conservative Party (UK) Eddie Craig Conservative Party (UK) unknown Liberal Party (UK) ... spoilt votes 22 ... 70.5% Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Central- electorate 4,144 Labour Party (UK) M Whitham Labour Party (UK) Ken Curtis Labour Party (UK) unknown Conservative Party (UK) National Front (UK) ... spoilt votes 41 ... 55.9% Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Church- electorate 4,857 Labour Party (UK) Jack Grime Labour Party (UK) Len Dickenson Labour Party (UK) unknown Conservative Party (UK) National Front (UK) ... spoilt votes 22 ... 65.0% Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Clayton-le-Moors - electorate 4,135 Conservative Party (UK) JS Arkwright Conservative Party (UK) Jennie Jackson Conservative Party (UK) unknown Labour Party (UK) ... spoilt votes 21 ... 68.7% Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Huncoat - electorate 2,772 Conservative Party (UK) Nigel Bramley Haworth Labour Party (UK) Doris Grant Conservative Party (UK) ? Labour Party (UK) ? ... spoilt votes 16 ... 59.8% Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Immanuel - electorate 3,351 Conservative Party (UK) M Barrett Conservative Party (UK) Monica Margaret Browning Labour Party (UK) unknown Conservative Party (UK) ... spoilt votes 41 ... 66.0% Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Milnshaw - electorate 4,152 Conservative Party (UK) Raymond Duckworth Conservative Party (UK) Herbert Taylor Conservative Party (UK) Unknown Labour Party (UK) ... spoilt votes 33 ... 61.6% Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Netherton - electorate 3,709 Labour Party (UK) George Slynn Labour Party (UK) Michael Hindley Labour Party (UK) unknown Conservative Party (UK) ... spoilt votes 19 ... 72.5 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Overton - electorate 4,519 Conservative Party (UK) Jessie Marie Hall Conservative Party (UK) William Birch Sumner Conservative Party (UK) unknown Labour Party (UK) ... spoilt votes 34 ... 70.2 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Peel - electorate 3,996 Labour Party (UK) Bernard Dawson Labour Party (UK) John Culshaw Conservative Party (UK) Alice Owens Labour Party (UK) ... spoilt votes 47 ... 62.3% Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Rishton Eachill - electorate 2,090 Conservative Party (UK) Donald John McNeil Conservative Party (UK) unknown Labour Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) ... spoilt votes 14 ... 49.8% Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Rishton Norden- electorate 2,574 Labour Party (UK) Alan Critchlow Conservative Party (UK) unknown Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) ... spoilt votes 17 ... 49.8% Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Spring Hill - electorate 4,131 Labour Party (UK) Christopher Dillon Labour Party (UK) D McGrath Labour Party (UK) Unknown Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Communist Party of Great Britain Independent (politician) ... spoilt votes 24 ... 56.9% Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) St. Andrew's - electorate 3,239 Conservative Party (UK) J K Hargreaves Conservative Party (UK) Clifford Walsh' Conservative Party (UK) unknown Labour Party (UK) ... spoilt votes 9 ... 65.5% Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) St Oswald's - electorate 4,085 Conservative Party (UK) Edward (Ted) Francis Hill Conservative Party (UK) Thomas Wilfred Renshaw Conservative Party (UK) unknown Labour Party (UK) ... spoilt votes 16 ... 68.7% Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) References Category:1979 English local elections 1979 Category:1970s in Lancashire