1979 North Hertfordshire District Council election

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1979 North Hertfordshire District Council election
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All 50 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council
26 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Con
Lab
LeaderBob FlatmanBill Miller
Party Conservative Labour
Seats before3011
Seats after3412
Seat changeIncrease2.svg4Increase2.svg1
 Third partyFourth party
 
Ind
RA
Party Independent Ratepayers
Seats before52
Seats after22
Seat changeDecrease2.svg3Steady2.svg
Leader before election

Bob Flatman
Conservative

Leader after election

Bob Flatman
Conservative

The 1979 North Hertfordshire District Council election was held on 3 May 1979, at the same time as other local elections across England and Wales and the 1979 United Kingdom general election. All 50 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council were up for election following ward boundary changes. [1]

Contents

The election saw the Conservatives increase their majority on the council. [2]

Overall results

The overall results were as follows: [3]

North Hertfordshire District Council Election, 1979
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 34+468.052.033,135+2.2
  Labour 12+124.033.821,519+5.0
  Liberal 00.04.72,988+0.8
  Independent 2-34.04.62,945-7.7
  Ratepayers 204.03.62,082-1.6
  Ecology 00.01.0627+1.0
  National Front 00.00.2140+0.2

Ward results

The number of seats on the council was increased from 48 to 50 and there were extensive ward boundary changes. The new ward arrangements allowed for the council to subsequently be elected roughly a third at a time rather than all at once. [1] The results for each ward were as follows. An asterisk(*) indicates a sitting councillor standing for re-election. [3] [4]

Arbury ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Sheldrick* 668 46.1
Liberal Glenis Travis58540.4
Labour John Payne19513.5
Turnout 82.6
Registered electors 1,753
Conservative win (new seat)
Ashbrook ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Tatham 1,084 63.3
Labour Keith Brydon62836.7
Turnout 83.3
Registered electors 2,054
Conservative win (new seat)
Baldock ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Evens 1,850 42.9
Conservative Lord Stanley Corbett [lower-alpha 1] 1,663
Labour Willy Page 1,633 37.8
Labour Roger McFall1,608
Labour Stan Watson1,513
Conservative Colin Vaughan1,499
Independent Jane Tomkinson83219.3
Turnout 86.8
Registered electors 4,974
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Labour gain from Independent Swing
  1. ↑ "Lord" was his first given name rather than a title.
Cadwell ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Ron Lodge* 733 52.2
Conservative James Halliday47433.7
Labour Jenny Marr15310.9
Liberal Sarah Low453.2
Turnout 83.4
Registered electors 1,685
Independent win (new seat)
Codicote ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Denis Winch* 1,249 72.8
Labour Owen Swain46627.2
Turnout 80.9
Registered electors 2,119
Conservative hold Swing
Hitchin Bearton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Roberts* 1,605 50.8
Conservative Fred Scott* 1,537
Conservative Tim Phillips 1,507
Labour Paul Prescott1,41644.8
Labour Judi Smith1,355
Labour Brian Abrahams1,323
National Front Paul Cooper1404.4
Turnout 73.9
Registered electors 4,275
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative win (new seat)
Hitchin Highbury ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Beryl Wearmouth* 2,784 71.8
Conservative Stuart Grantham* 2,590
Conservative Betty Goble* 2,571
Labour Pat Guymer1,09228.2
Labour Doris Reilly1,048
Labour Keith Ruff985
Turnout 77.4
Registered electors 5,006
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Hitchin Oughton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Audrey Carss* 1,750 52.9
Labour Jim Reilly* 1,677
Labour Martin Stears 1,594
Conservative Derrick Ashley1,27538.5
Conservative Valerie Leeson1,214
Conservative Andrew Smith1,141
Independent Vic Logan2838.6
Turnout 75.4
Registered electors 4,385
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Hitchin Priory ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bob Flatman* 1,731 79.1
Conservative Michael Hillman* 1,606
Labour Roger Burford Mason45720.9
Labour Harchet Bains341
Turnout 79.0
Registered electors 2,768
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Hitchin Walsworth ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ratepayers Ken Logan* 2,313 41.5
Ratepayers Brian Worbey* 2,119
Labour Fred Peacock* 1,703 30.6
Conservative Phillip MacCormack1,55127.9
Labour Moira Anderson1,144
Labour Bill Harmer1,105
Turnout 110.9
Registered electors 5,019
Ratepayers hold Swing
Ratepayers hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Hitchwood ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Raffell* 782 76.8
Labour Ms E. Connelly23623.2
Turnout 80.7
Registered electors 1,262
Conservative win (new seat)
Hoo ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Jackson* 786 63.4
Labour Tony Brown45336.6
Turnout 81.5
Registered electors 1,520
Conservative win (new seat)
Kimpton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Paul Nicholson 672 54.1
Conservative Francis Thompson48438.9
Labour Don Smith877.0
Turnout 82.9
Registered electors 1,500
Independent win (new seat)
Knebworth ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gordon Dumelow* 1,691 59.9
Conservative Alfred Grosse* 1,195
Ecology Melanie Hutchins62722.2
Labour Christina Evans50717.9
Labour Joan Page476
Turnout 91.5
Registered electors 3,088
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Letchworth East ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Headley Parkins 1,526 45.1
Labour Stan Wilmer 1,479
Labour Tony McWalter 1,443
Conservative Alan Brett1,43642.4
Conservative Malcolm Bage1,351
Conservative Peter Colvin1,342
Independent Roger Leach42512.5
Turnout 83.3
Registered electors 4,067
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Letchworth Grange ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bill Miller* 2,400 62.4
Labour Don Kitchiner* 2,039
Labour David Kearns 1,977
Conservative Charles Bifield1,44437.6
Conservative John McKenna1,429
Conservative Annie Murphy1,327
Turnout 77.6
Registered electors 4,956
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Letchworth South East ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Shipman* 2,270 54.9
Conservative John Yates 2,193
Conservative Jenny Ritchie 2,191
Labour Noel Geaney1,86345.1
Labour Joan Kirby1,655
Labour George York1,576
Turnout 74.6
Registered electors 5,537
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Letchworth South West ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bob Saunders* 2,148 66.5
Conservative Anthony Burrows* 2,122
Conservative Geoffrey Woods* 1,970
Labour Stephen Spencer1,08033.5
Labour David Gallard958
Labour Nigel Percival891
Turnout 79.5
Registered electors 4,059
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Letchworth Wilbury ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ray Bloxham* 1,509 43.7
Conservative Keith Emsall* 1,394
Labour Ian Mantle 1,357 39.3
Conservative Jeffrey Smith1,298
Labour David Evans*1,290
Labour Mainie Briercliffe1,270
Liberal Ian McGinley58717.0
Turnout 85.0
Registered electors 4,062
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Newsells ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Wilkerson* 736 79.6
Labour Anthony Pettit18920.4
Turnout 79.5
Registered electors 1,164
Conservative win (new seat)
Offa ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rosalie Fitzgerald 541 45.0
Labour David Kendall*35829.8
Liberal David Jamieson30425.3
Turnout 81.7
Registered electors 1,473
Conservative win (new seat)
Royston East ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Pat Rule* [lower-alpha 1] 1,843 58.2
Conservative Francis John Smith* 1,822
Liberal Sydney Charles McLennan67221.2
Labour Robert Pratt65020.5
Labour John Walker577
Turnout 85.5
Registered electors 3,701
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
  1. ↑ Pat Rule had been elected as an independent in 1976, but she stood as a Conservative in 1979.
Royston West ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Duncan Ferguson 1,807 51.9
Conservative Harold Greenfield 1,590
Conservative Andrew Emms 1,379
Labour Alan Evans88325.3
Liberal Hazel Lord79522.8
Labour Jessie Etheridge739
Labour Michael Kernaghan684
Liberal Eric Harlow [lower-alpha 1]
Turnout 83.2
Registered electors 4,188
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
  1. ↑ Result obscured in source.
Sandon ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Esther Brookes* 734 82.6
Labour Jenny Weetch15517.4
Turnout 80.5
Registered electors 1,105
Conservative win (new seat)
Weston ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Evans* 653 69.8
Labour Mick Donaghue28230.2
Turnout 82.9
Registered electors 1,128
Conservative win (new seat)

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References

  1. 1 2 The District of North Hertfordshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977 (S.I. 1977/1442)
  2. ↑ Pattinson, Nadine (9 May 1979). "Tory Council get a vote of confidence". The Comet. Hitchin. p. 1.
  3. 1 2 Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "North Hertfordshire District Council Election Results 1973–2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Plymouth University. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  4. ↑ "Council election results". The Comet. Hitchin. 9 May 1979. p. 40.
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