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All 44 seats to St Edmundsbury Borough Council 23 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1979 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election took place on 3 May 1979 to elect members of St Edmundsbury Borough Council in Suffolk, England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
1979 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election [2] | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
Conservative | 38 | 32 | ![]() | 72.7 | 54.8 | 23,838 | +6.9 | |||
Labour | 30 | 8 | ![]() | 18.2 | 35.5 | 15,460 | ±0.0 | |||
Independent | 4 | 3 | ![]() | 6.8 | 5.8 | 2,532 | –4.7 | |||
Liberal | 3 | 1 | ![]() | 2.3 | 2.9 | 1,277 | –2.5 | |||
Ind. Conservative | 1 | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 1.0 | 419 | N/A |