1979 Hyndburn Borough Council election

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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. [1]

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Results

Hyndburn Local Election Result 1979
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 191940.4%46.6%51,823
  Conservative 282855.0%49.1%54,578
  Liberal 2.4%2,724
  National Front 0.5%593
  Independent 1.0%1,067
  Communist 0.1%87
 Spoilt0.4%392
 Totals4763.5%111,264
Ward1979 3rd 1979 2nd1979 1st
Next Up198019811982
Altham ParishCon--
BarnfieldConLabLab
BaxendenConConCon
CentralLabLabLab
ChurchLabLabLab
ClaytonConConCon
HuncoatConLabCon
ImmanuelLabConCon
MilnshawConConCon
NethertonLabLabLab
OvertonConConCon
PeelLabLabCon
Rishton EachillCon-Con
Rishton NordenConLab-
Spring HillLabLabLab
St AndrewsConConCon
St OswaldsConConCon
Council (Lab)586
Council (Con)1279

By ward

Altham Parish- electorate 1,073
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative F. LoweUncontested
Conservative hold Swing
Barnfield- electorate 3,013
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ann Elizabeth Sudders
Labour Dave Walter Keeley
Conservative unknown
National Front
...spoilt votes16...
Majority
Turnout 61.1%
Conservative hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Baxenden- electorate 3,463
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative B Maudsley
Conservative Eddie Craig
Conservative unknown
Liberal
...spoilt votes22...
Majority
Turnout 70.5%
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Central- electorate 4,144
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour M Whitham
Labour Ken Curtis
Labour unknown
Conservative
National Front
...spoilt votes41...
Majority
Turnout 55.9%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Church- electorate 4,857
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jack Grime
Labour Len Dickenson
Labour unknown
Conservative
National Front
...spoilt votes22...
Majority
Turnout 65.0%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Clayton-le-Moors - electorate 4,135
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative JS Arkwright
Conservative Jennie Jackson
Conservative unknown
Labour
...spoilt votes21...
Majority
Turnout 68.7%
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Huncoat - electorate 2,772
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Bramley Haworth
Labour Doris Grant
Conservative  ?
Labour  ?
...spoilt votes16...
Majority
Turnout 59.8%
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Immanuel - electorate 3,351
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative M Barrett
Conservative Monica Margaret Browning
Labour unknown
Conservative
...spoilt votes41...
Majority
Turnout 66.0%
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Milnshaw - electorate 4,152
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Raymond Duckworth
Conservative Herbert Taylor
Conservative Unknown
Labour
...spoilt votes33...
Majority
Turnout 61.6%
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Netherton - electorate 3,709
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Slynn
Labour Michael Hindley
Labour unknown
Conservative
...spoilt votes19...
Majority
Turnout 72.5
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Overton - electorate 4,519
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jessie Marie Hall
Conservative William Birch Sumner
Conservative unknown
Labour
...spoilt votes34...
Majority
Turnout 70.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Peel - electorate 3,996
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bernard Dawson
Labour John Culshaw
Conservative Alice Owens
Labour
...spoilt votes47...
Majority
Turnout 62.3%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Rishton Eachill - electorate 2,090
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Donald John McNeil
Conservative unknown
Labour
Liberal
...spoilt votes14...
Majority
Turnout 49.8%
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Rishton Norden- electorate 2,574
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Critchlow
Conservative unknown
Labour
Conservative
...spoilt votes17...
Majority
Turnout 49.8%
Labour hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Spring Hill - electorate 4,131
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christopher Dillon
Labour D McGrath
Labour Unknown
Conservative
Liberal
Communist
Independent
...spoilt votes24...
Majority
Turnout 56.9%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
St. Andrew's - electorate 3,239
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J K Hargreaves
Conservative Clifford Walsh'
Conservative unknown
Labour
...spoilt votes9...
Majority
Turnout 65.5%
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
St Oswald's - electorate 4,085
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward (Ted) Francis Hill
Conservative Thomas Wilfred Renshaw
Conservative unknown
Labour
...spoilt votes16...
Majority
Turnout 68.7%
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "Hyndburn Council election records". Hyndburn Council election records. May 1979.
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