1979 Fenland District Council election

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1979 Fenland District Council election [1]
  1976 3 May 1979 1983  

All 40 seats in the Fenland District Council
21 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Conservative Labour Liberal
Seats before2781
Seats won2463
Popular vote ? ? ?
Percentage ? ?% ?%

 Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats before4
Seats won7
Popular vote ?
Percentage ?%

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

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. [2] 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. [3] 1983 Fenland District Council election is next election.

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1979 Fenland District Council elections

1979 Fenland Local Election Results [4]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 2403-360
  Independent 720+217.5
  Liberal 320+27.5
  Labour 601-115

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Ward results

(* denotes sitting councillor)

Benwick and Doddington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Dunham* 747 66
Independent Heinz Miller38434
Majority
Turnout 85.5
Conservative hold Swing
Chatteris East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Noel Carney unopposed
Conservative hold Swing
Chatteris North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rita Goodge* unopposed
Conservative hold Swing
Chatteris South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geoffrey Brinton unopposed
Conservative hold Swing
Chatteris West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Albert German* unopposed
Conservative hold Swing
Elm (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mac Cotterell unopposed
Independent Arthur Ingle* unopposed
Conservative hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Leverington (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Wallace* unopposed
Independent Ronald Dixon unopposed
Conservative hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Manea
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Acton unopposed
Conservative hold Swing
March East (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fred Clark* 1,733 39.7
Conservative George Brewin 1,438 32.9
Labour Don Cherry* 1,351
Labour Wilfred Fordham992
Conservative Andrew Woollard911
Liberal John Longley77517.8
Independent Bruce Pearce4209.6
Turnout 81.8
Registered electors
Labour hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
March North (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Peter Jackman 1,570 35.2
Conservative Geoff Taylor 1,451 32.5
Labour George Campbell* 1,445 32.4
Labour Don Dagless*1,405
Labour Paddy Overland762
Turnout
Registered electors
Independent hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
March West (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Freddie Grounds* 1,330 40.7
Conservative Doreen Fleming* 1,324
Conservative Peter Skoulding* 1,178
Liberal Barry Fox1,02831.5
Labour Ann Clark90827.8
Labour Alan Guy709
Turnout
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Newton and Tydd St Giles
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Palmer* unopposed
Conservative hold Swing
Outwell and Upwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Bloom unopposed
Conservative hold Swing


Parson Drove and Wisbech St Mary (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Peter Barnes* 1,348 49.9
Liberal Ellis Plumb* 954 35.3
Independent Neil Payne783
Conservative Clifford Edwards39714.7
Turnout
Registered electors 2,569
Independent hold Swing
Liberal hold Swing
Whittlesey Bassenhally
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geoffrey Shelton* 797 64.6
Independent George Scott43635.4
Turnout 77.1
Majority
Conservative hold Swing
Whittlesey East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ursula Cuffe 677 69
Labour Gordon Owen30331
Majority374
Turnout 98075.0
Conservative hold Swing
Whittlesey Kingsmoor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Albert Hannington* 536 55.1
Conservative Donald Roberts43744.9
Majority
Turnout 73.8
Labour hold Swing
Wimblington and Stonea
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Dorothy Camp 583 68.1
Labour Geoffrey Lambert27331.9
Majority
Turnout 83.5
Independent hold Swing
Wisbech East (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bob Lake* 1,074 55.7
Conservative Leslie Slaymaker* 1,043
Labour Marian Usher85344.3
Turnout
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Whittlesey Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Hinton* unopposed
Conservative hold Swing
Whittlesey South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Raymond Whitwell* unopposed
Conservative hold Swing
Whittlesey West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Harold Lilley* unopposed
Conservative hold Swing
Wisbech North (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harry Potter* 1,168 41.9
Labour Ken Williams* 959
Liberal Kathleen Brennan 899 32.3
Liberal Bernard Martin889
Conservative Feodor Rikovsky72025.8
Labour Alec Worlding701
Turnout
Registered electors
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Liberal gain from Labour Swing
Wisbech North East (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Beryl Petts* 774 41.1
Conservative Michael Osborn* 749
Liberal Gary Morgen61432.6
Labour Charles Bowden49426.2
Labour Ron Harris389
Turnout
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Wisbech South West (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative June Bond* 1,931 57.0
Liberal Michael Sharp 1,459 43.0
Conservative Leslie Rands* 1,280
Conservative Tom Piggott*1,238
Turnout
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing

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