1979 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election

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1979 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election
Coat of arms of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council.png
←  1978 3 May 1979 (1979-05-03) 1980  →
20 of 60 seats
to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
31 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
LeaderJohn LloydBernard BradburyKen Anstis
Party Conservative Labour Liberal
Leader's seat Heaton Moor & Heaton Chapel Reddish Green & Longford Cheadle Hulme North & Adswood
Last election11 seats,
49.9%		6 seats,
25.5%		2 seats,
22.1%
Seats before39135
Seats won1162
Seats after35166
Seat changeDecrease2.svg4Increase2.svg3Increase2.svg1
Popular vote78,55846,04742,542
Percentage45.3%26.6%24.6%
SwingDecrease2.svg4.6%Increase2.svg1.1%Increase2.svg2.5%
 Fourth party
 
LeaderRobert Crook
Party Heald Green Ratepayers
Leader's seat Heald Green
Last election1 seat,
2.4%
Seats before3
Seats won1
Seats after3
Seat changeSteady2.svg
Popular vote5,148
Percentage3.0%
SwingIncrease2.svg0.6%
Stockport 1979.png
Map of results of 1979 election
Leader of the Council before election

John Lloyd
Conservative

Leader of the Council after election

John Lloyd
Conservative

Elections to Stockport Council were held on Thursday, 3 May 1979, on the same day as the 1979 UK general election. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1983. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council. [1] [2]

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Election result

PartyVotesSeatsFull Council
Conservative Party 78,558 (45.3%)
Decrease2.svg 4.611 (55.0%)
11 / 20
Decrease2.svg 335 (58.3%)
35 / 60
Labour Party 46,047 (26.6%)
Increase2.svg 1.16 (30.0%)
6 / 20
Increase2.svg 316 (26.7%)
16 / 60
Liberal Party 42,542 (24.6%)
Increase2.svg 2.52 (10.0%)
2 / 20
Increase2.svg 16 (10.0%)
6 / 60
Heald Green Ratepayers 5,148 (3.0%)
Increase2.svg 0.61 (5.0%)
1 / 20
Steady2.svg3 (5.0%)
3 / 60
Independent 383 (0.2%)
N/A0 (0.0%)
0 / 20
N/A0 (0.0%)
0 / 60
Communist 288 (0.2%)
Increase2.svg 0.10 (0.0%)
0 / 20
Steady2.svg0 (0.0%)
0 / 60
Residents 268 (0.2%)
N/A0 (0.0%)
0 / 20
N/A0 (0.0%)
0 / 60
↓
166335

[3]

Ward results

No.1 (Brinnington & Lancashire Hill)

Brinnington & Lancashire Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour C. MacAlister*5,99261.6−4.2
Conservative J. Harris2,69027.7−1.3
Liberal B. Hall1,04510.7+5.5
Majority 3,30233.9−2.9
Turnout 9,72773.5+39.5
Labour hold Swing

No.2 (Manor & Little Moor)

Manor & Little Moor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Tucker*2,98046.4−2.5
Conservative B. Skitt2,58840.3+1.8
Liberal B. Tuck85113.3+0.7
Majority 3926.1−4.3
Turnout 6,41976.6+40.9
Labour hold Swing

No.3 (Vernon & Offerton)

Vernon & Offerton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour W. McCann3,55742.2−4.2
Conservative E. Williamson3,50941.7−2.7
Liberal E. Fantom1,35316.1+6.9
Majority 480.5−1.5
Turnout 8,41978.0+43.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

No.4 (Heaviley & Davenport)

Heaviley & Davenport
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative B. Haley*4,69754.4−10.8
Labour C. Gill2,18725.3+1.0
Liberal R. Quayle1,75720.3+9.8
Majority 2,51029.1−11.8
Turnout 8,64179.5+40.8
Conservative hold Swing

No.5 (Adswood & Cale Green)

Adswood & Cale Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour H. Peters3,96047.7−4.3
Conservative I. Roberts*3,18338.3−0.9
Liberal J. Rees95011.4+5.8
Independent K. Walker2152.6N/A
Majority 7779.4−3.4
Turnout 8,30871.6+36.5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

No.6 (Edgeley & Cheadle Heath)

Edgeley & Cheadle Heath
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour A. Endsor3,34440.1−5.2
Liberal J. Hartley2,41729.0+2.2
Conservative J. Walsh2,14925.7−2.2
Residents S. Howell2683.2N/A
Independent W. Statham1682.0N/A
Majority 92711.1−6.3
Turnout 8,34675.8+30.5
Labour hold Swing

No.7 (Heaton Mersey & Heaton Norris)

Heaton Mersey & Heaton Norris
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative V. Burgon*5,65155.3−7.4
Labour J. Hooke3,14930.8+0.5
Liberal J. Rigby1,41013.8+6.8
Majority 2,50224.5−7.9
Turnout 10,21078.5+37.2
Conservative hold Swing

No.8 (Heaton Moor & Heaton Chapel)

Heaton Moor & Heaton Chapel
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative W. Knight*4,85351.3−0.7
Labour T. Broome2,88630.5+1.4
Liberal G. Fenton1,72018.2−0.7
Majority 1,96720.8−2.1
Turnout 7,45979.3+37.6
Conservative hold Swing

No.9 (Reddish Green & Longford)

Reddish Green & Longford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour B. Bradbury*4,99652.4−6.2
Conservative D. Lloyd3,32934.9−1.8
Liberal D. Swindley9279.7+6.2
Communist N. Bourne2883.0+1.7
Majority 1,66717.5−4.4
Turnout 9,54077.5+33.0
Labour hold Swing

No.10 (Bredbury Goyt)

Bredbury Goyt
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. Howe*4,43348.2−10.2
Liberal L. Rice2,50927.3+5.7
Labour W. Prince2,25324.5+4.5
Majority 1,92420.9−15.9
Turnout 9,19579.4+38.7
Conservative hold Swing

No.11 (Bredbury Tame)

Bredbury Tame
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative K. Greenhough*3,14037.4−7.5
Labour K. Bagnall2,95735.2+0.4
Liberal D. Humphries2,29227.3+7.0
Majority 1832.2−7.9
Turnout 8,38980.7+36.9
Conservative hold Swing

No.12 (Heald Green)

Heald Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Heald Green Ratepayers N. Fields*5,14859.6+16.2
Conservative A. Roney2,37927.6−14.1
Liberal A. Sinclair5706.6+1.3
Labour A. Mawhinney5376.2−3.4
Majority 2,76932.1+30.4
Turnout 8,63480.5+31.9
Heald Green Ratepayers hold Swing

No.13 (Cheadle & Gatley)

Cheadle & Gatley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative L. Singer*6,48961.7−2.0
Liberal J. Allan2,96728.2+0.1
Labour M. Lawley1,06910.2+2.0
Majority 3,52233.5−2.1
Turnout 10,52580.6+31.6
Conservative hold Swing

No.14 (Cheadle Hulme South)

Cheadle Hulme South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal L. G. Bayley*3,97151.2−6.8
Conservative T. Radcliffe3,36143.3+5.4
Labour L. Lawrence4265.5+1.4
Majority 6107.9−12.2
Turnout 7,75883.4+32.9
Liberal hold Swing

No.15 (Cheadle Hulme North & Adswood)

Cheadle Hulme North & Adswood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal J. Pantall4,48047.1−0.5
Conservative A. Grisenthwaite*3,85140.5−0.5
Labour P. Scott1,18812.5+1.1
Majority 6296.60
Turnout 9,51980.0+33.8
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

No.16 (Torkington & Norbury)

Torkington & Norbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative D. West4,78949.2−5.8
Liberal D. Robinson3,60737.1+4.2
Labour J. Vosper1,33913.8+1.7
Majority 1,18212.1−10.0
Turnout 9,73580.5+34.9
Conservative hold Swing

No.17 (Ladybrook)

Ladybrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative C. Gibson*3,07159.0−3.6
Liberal J. Hart1,72533.1+0.9
Labour P. Gray4087.8+2.6
Majority 1,34625.9−4.5
Turnout 5,20485.2+30.2
Conservative hold Swing

No.18 (Park & Pownall)

Park & Pownall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative R. Peuleve*6,36861.1−2.8
Liberal W. Littlehales3,12930.0+0.8
Labour G. Lomax9198.8+1.9
Majority 3,23931.1−3.6
Turnout 10,41682.8+34.8
Conservative hold Swing

No.19 (Marple)

Marple
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. Headridge*4,18554.8−2.4
Liberal J. Facer-Smith2,24629.4−1.2
Labour M. Stevens1,20615.8+3.6
Majority 1,93925.4−1.2
Turnout 7,63781.2+34.8
Conservative hold Swing

No.20 (Mellor & High Lane)

Mellor & High Lane
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative A. Finnie*3,84353.7−10.4
Liberal D. Brailsford2,61636.6+10.0
Labour W. Watson6949.7+0.4
Majority 1,22717.2−20.3
Turnout 7,15382.0+33.7
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Metropolitan Borough of Stockport Election Results 1973-2012 (Pg. 1 and 2)" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  2. ↑ Stockport, Manchester Evening News, May 5, 1979, p.29
  3. ↑ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
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