1979 Fenland District Council election

1979 UK local government election March 2020 March 2020 1979 Fenland District 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 13 Parliamentary no yes 1976 Fenland District Council election 1976 1983 Fenland District Council election 1983 All 40 seats in the Fenland District Council 21 3 May 1979 Conservative Party (UK) 27 24 ? ?% Labour Party (UK) 8 6 ? ?% Liberal Party (UK) 1 3 ? ?% Independent (politician) 4 7 ? ?% Council control Council control after election Conservative Conservative The 1979 Fenland District Council election took place on 3 May 1979 to elect members of Fenland District Council in the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. This was on the same day as the 1979 General Election and other local elections however the town and the parish council elections were pushed back to 24 May 1979 and may well have affected both sets of local elections. Hansard https://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/1979-04-03/debates/0145a9c5-ee3b-45ae-b56b-1e908b3c71d6/RepresentationOfThePeopleBill www.parliament.gov.uk 13 May 2021 Despite a net loss of 3 seats the Conservatives retained overall control of the council. Sitting town mayors and deputy mayors were particularly unsuccessful, in Wisbech Labour mayor Charles Bowden and his conservative deputy Feodor Rikovski failed to win seats and in March Labour mayor Don Dagless lost his seat. The Liberals gained two seats in Wisbech. Fenland District Council elections Fenland Advertiser 9 May 1979 5 1979 Fenland District Council elections 1979 Fenland local election resultsLocal elections in Britain: a statistical digest, edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. 1993 Conservative Party (UK) 24 0 3 -3 60.0 Independent (politician) 7 2 0 +2 17.5 Liberal Party (UK) 3 2 0 +2 7.5 Labour Party (UK) 6 0 1 -1 15.0 The Results Fenland Advertiser 9 May 1979 5 Ward results (* denotes sitting councillor) Benwick and Doddington Conservative Party (UK) Richard Dunham* 747 66 Independent (politician) Heinz Miller 384 34 85.5 Conservative Party (UK) Chatteris East Conservative Party (UK) Noel Carney unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Chatteris North Conservative Party (UK) Rita Goodge* unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Chatteris South Conservative Party (UK) Geoffrey Brinton unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Chatteris West Conservative Party (UK) Albert German* unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Elm (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Mac Cotterell unopposed Independent (politician) Arthur Ingle* unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Independent (politician) Leverington (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Robert Wallace* unopposed Independent (politician) Ronald Dixon unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Independent (politician) Manea Conservative Party (UK) George Acton unopposed Conservative Party (UK) March East (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) Fred Clark* 1,733 39.7 Conservative Party (UK) George Brewin 1,438 32.9 Labour Party (UK) Don Cherry* 1,351 Labour Party (UK) Wilfred Fordham 992 Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Woollard 911 Liberal Party (UK) John Longley 775 17.8 Independent (politician) Bruce Pearce 420 9.6 81.8 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) March North (3 seats) Independent (politician) Peter Jackman 1,570 35.2 Conservative Party (UK) Geoff Taylor 1,451 32.5 Labour Party (UK) George Campbell* 1,445 32.4 Labour Party (UK) Don Dagless* 1,405 Labour Party (UK) Paddy Overland 762 Independent (politician) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) March West (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Freddie Grounds* 1,330 40.7 Conservative Party (UK) Doreen Fleming* 1,324 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Skoulding* 1,178 Liberal Party (UK) Barry Fox 1,028 31.5 Labour Party (UK) Ann Clark 908 27.8 Labour Party (UK) Alan Guy 709 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Newton and Tydd St Giles Conservative Party (UK) Michael Palmer* unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Outwell and Upwell Conservative Party (UK) John Bloom unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Parson Drove and Wisbech St Mary (2 seats) Independent (politician) Peter Barnes* 1,348 49.9 Liberal Party (UK) Ellis Plumb* 954 35.3 Independent (politician) Neil Payne 783 Conservative Party (UK) Clifford Edwards 397 14.7 2569 Independent (politician) Liberal Party (UK) Whittlesey Bassenhally Conservative Party (UK) Geoffrey Shelton* 797 64.6 Independent (politician) George Scott 436 35.4 77.1 Conservative Party (UK) Whittlesey East Conservative Party (UK) Ursula Cuffe 677 69 Labour Party (UK) Gordon Owen 303 31 374 980 75.0 Conservative Party (UK) Whittlesey Kingsmoor Labour Party (UK) Albert Hannington* 536 55.1 Conservative Party (UK) Donald Roberts 437 44.9 73.8 Labour Party (UK) Wimblington and Stonea Independent (politician) Dorothy Camp 583 68.1 Labour Party (UK) Geoffrey Lambert 273 31.9 83.5 Independent (politician) Wisbech East (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Bob Lake* 1,074 55.7 Conservative Party (UK) Leslie Slaymaker* 1,043 Labour Party (UK) Marian Usher 853 44.3 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Whittlesey Central Conservative Party (UK) Richard Hinton* unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Whittlesey South Conservative Party (UK) Raymond Whitwell* unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Whittlesey West Conservative Party (UK) Harold Lilley* unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Wisbech North (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) Harry Potter* 1,168 41.9 Labour Party (UK) Ken Williams* 959 Liberal Party (UK) Kathleen Brennan 899 32.3 Liberal Party (UK) Bernard Martin 889 Conservative Party (UK) Feodor Rikovsky 720 25.8 Labour Party (UK) Alec Worlding 701 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Wisbech North East (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Beryl Petts* 774 41.1 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Osborn* 749 Liberal Party (UK) Gary Morgen 614 32.6 Labour Party (UK) Charles Bowden 494 26.2 Labour Party (UK) Ron Harris 389 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Wisbech South West (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) June Bond* 1,931 57.0 Liberal Party (UK) Michael Sharp 1,459 43.0 Conservative Party (UK) Leslie Rands* 1,280 Conservative Party (UK) Tom Piggott* 1,238 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Misery for Mayors Fenland Advertiser 5 9 May 1979 References Fenland Category:Fenland District Council elections