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All 60 seats in the Plymouth City Council 31 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 73.1% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Map showing the results of the 1979 Plymouth City Council elections. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[2] The Conservative Party retained control of the council, which it had held since its creation in 1973.[1]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Conservative | 33 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 55.0 | 49.9 | 63,524 | ![]() | |
Labour | 26 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 43.3 | 41.1 | 52,360 | ![]() | |
Liberal | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.7 | 3.5 | 4,465 | ![]() | |
National Front | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0.0 | 1.8 | 2,438 | New | |
Ind. Conservative | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0.0 | 3.7 | 4,751 | New | |
Total | 60 | 127,384 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | T. Keast | 3,741 | |||
Labour | E. Thomas | 3,720 | |||
Labour | R. Simmonds | 3,598 | |||
Conservative | H. Hughes | 2,271 | |||
Conservative | D. Macmillan | 2,049 | |||
Conservative | B. Yardley | 2,003 | |||
Turnout | 66.6% | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | G. Creber | 4,466 | |||
Conservative | R. Ray | 4,299 | |||
Conservative | F. Milligan | 4,292 | |||
Labour | B. Sabel | 1,457 | |||
Labour | P. Lovell | 1,450 | |||
Labour | P. Ingham | 1,417 | |||
Turnout | 68.6% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | D. Mitchell | 4,461 | |||
Conservative | J. Thorpe | 3,837 | |||
Conservative | T. Savery | 3,768 | |||
Labour | N. Crowley | 2,138 | |||
Labour | S. Caylor | 2,083 | |||
Labour | E. Clinick | 2,079 | |||
Liberal | J. Robins | 953 | |||
Liberal | R. Pawley | 948 | |||
National Front | P. Rouse | 175 | |||
Turnout | 73.3% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. King | 3,083 | |||
Labour | G. Draper | 2,907 | |||
Labour | J. Leppard | 2,837 | |||
Conservative | J. Richards | 2,443 | |||
Conservative | E. Smith | 2,348 | |||
Conservative | E. Willcock | 2,182 | |||
National Front | J. Pocock | 201 | |||
Turnout | 71.4% | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. Pascoe | 3,736 | |||
Conservative | D. Mackinem | 3,460 | |||
Conservative | R. Morrell | 3,388 | |||
Labour | D. Tranter | 2,392 | |||
Labour | M. Hughes | 2,386 | |||
Labour | D. Knott | 2,337 | |||
Turnout | 74.6% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | T. Jones | 3,664 | |||
Conservative | R. Elliot | 3,564 | |||
Conservative | M. Lacey | 3,530 | |||
Labour | E. Evans | 2,292 | |||
Labour | W. Leahy | 2,285 | |||
Labour | M. Gilbert | 2,220 | |||
Turnout | 71.6% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. Floyd | 3,622 | |||
Labour | K. Glanville | 3,375 | |||
Labour | W. Glanville | 3,284 | |||
Conservative | J. Farrage | 2,002 | |||
Conservative | V. Hingston | 1,957 | |||
Conservative | G. Lawrence | 1,941 | |||
National Front | D. Merry | 215 | |||
Turnout | 71.4% | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | P. Whitfield | 4,187 | |||
Labour | H. Dolley | 4,010 | |||
Labour | J. Ingham | 3,690 | |||
Conservative | M. Brown | 3,035 | |||
Conservative | T. Johnson | 2,907 | |||
Conservative | A. Jarvis | 2,793 | |||
National Front | D. Stentiford | 261 | |||
Turnout | 77.2% | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. Manley | 2,853 | |||
Labour | R. Lemin | 2,850 | |||
Conservative | H. Fox | 2,774 | |||
Labour | D. Yeates | 2,726 | |||
Conservative | M. Glanville | 2,622 | |||
Conservative | E. Pengelly | 2,612 | |||
National Front | J. Blake | 301 | |||
Turnout | 66.9% | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. Courtney | 3,500 | |||
Conservative | E. Thornton | 3,331 | |||
Conservative | R. Thornton | 3,291 | |||
Labour | L. Hill | 2,388 | |||
Labour | J. Finnigan | 2,302 | |||
Labour | W. Payne | 2,226 | |||
Turnout | 58.7% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. Mills | 3,327 | |||
Conservative | A. Wright | 3,297 | |||
Conservative | J. Richards | 3,145 | |||
Labour | J. Fildew | 1,777 | |||
Labour | C. Bishop | 1,505 | |||
Labour | J. Sewell | 1,482 | |||
Ind. Conservative | J. Kingdom | 1,001 | |||
Ind. Conservative | R. Cornforth | 741 | |||
Turnout | 76.4% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Ind. Conservative | P. Radmore | 2,949 | |||
Conservative | M. Parkinson | 2,207 | |||
Conservative | K. Perry | 2,193 | |||
Conservative | D. Thompson | 1,624 | |||
Ind. Conservative | L. Speare | 1,618 | |||
Labour | W. Gross | 1,498 | |||
Labour | A. De Launey | 1,448 | |||
Labour | S. Clark | 1,274 | |||
Liberal | D. Tice | 1,063 | |||
Turnout | 96.2% | ||||
Ind. Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | D. Dicker | 4,461 | |||
Conservative | D. Viney | 4,197 | |||
Conservative | P. Hocken | 4,144 | |||
Labour | E. Hill | 1,507 | |||
Labour | J. Cowan | 1,400 | |||
Labour | W. Williamson | 1,385 | |||
Turnout | 76.5% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | R. Easton | 3,639 | |||
Conservative | C. Easton | 3,524 | |||
Conservative | O. Kendall | 2,956 | |||
Labour | T. Telford | 1,544 | |||
Labour | M. Telford | 1,531 | |||
Labour | L. Haines | 1,244 | |||
Liberal | R. Loxley | 1,152 | |||
Liberal | J. Byatt | 1,084 | |||
Liberal | C. Tice | 1,002 | |||
Turnout | 76.7% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W. Evans | 3,467 | |||
Labour | R. Scott | 3,226 | |||
Labour | J. Jones | 3,123 | |||
Conservative | R. Billings | 2,723 | |||
Conservative | M. Lippell | 2,632 | |||
Conservative | H. Hennessey | 2,486 | |||
National Front | J. Price | 136 | |||
Turnout | 74.5% | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. Bishop | 3,032 | |||
Labour | H. Luscombe | 3,015 | |||
Labour | I. Rosevear | 2,974 | |||
Conservative | E. Deacon | 2,553 | |||
Conservative | T. Docking | 2,505 | |||
Conservative | G. Howe | 2,437 | |||
National Front | L. Beresford-Walker | 149 | |||
Turnout | 71.7% | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | I. Lowe | 3,324 | |||
Labour | H. Clinnick | 3,294 | |||
Labour | J. Luce | 3,217 | |||
Conservative | G. Baker | 2,034 | |||
Conservative | E. Diggle | 1,915 | |||
Conservative | T. Wilks | 1,817 | |||
National Front | E. Lynch | 228 | |||
Turnout | 63.1% | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | C. Pascoe | 4,148 | |||
Conservative | P. Washbourn | 4,043 | |||
Conservative | C. Wilbraham | 3,984 | |||
Labour | L. Huckett | 2,676 | |||
Labour | T. Caylor | 2,462 | |||
Labour | W. Hennah | 2,416 | |||
National Front | D. Radmore | 478 | |||
Turnout | 72.5% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | F. Johnson | 2,695 | |||
Labour | F. Freeman | 2,665 | |||
Labour | J. Lobb | 2,591 | |||
Conservative | G. Blades | 2,455 | |||
Conservative | J. Hingston | 2,216 | |||
Conservative | W. Turner | 2,040 | |||
Liberal | P. York | 862 | |||
Liberal | G. Pedrick | 639 | |||
Liberal | K. Rawlings | 600 | |||
National Front | J. Williams | 140 | |||
Turnout | 66.5% | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | G. Jinks | 3,625 | |||
Conservative | A. Parish | 3,583 | |||
Conservative | W. Thompson | 3,249 | |||
Labour | P. Floyd | 2,737 | |||
Labour | L. Goldstone | 2,356 | |||
Labour | T. Saunders | 2,261 | |||
Ind. Conservative | K. Gardiner | 801 | |||
National Front | S. Merry | 154 | |||
Turnout | 88.6% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |