1979 Uttlesford District Council election

1979 Uttlesford District Council election

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All 42 seats to Uttlesford District Council 22 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Conservative Independent Seats won 28 7 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 18,359 4,978 Percentage 53.5% 14.5% Swing 2.0% 6.9%   Third party Fourth party   Party Labour Liberal Seats won 4 3 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 8,731 2,238 Percentage 25.5% 6.5% Swing 5.4% 10.3%
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

The 1979 Uttlesford District Council election took place on 3 May 1979 to elect members of Uttlesford District Council in England. ^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Summary

Election result

1979 Uttlesford District Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	37	28	2	4	2	66.7	54.7	20,381	–0.8
	Independent	11	7	4	2	2	16.7	13.4	4,978	+5.8
	Labour	17	4	1	0	1	9.5	23.4	8,731	+3.6
	Liberal	5	3	0	1	1	7.1	8.5	3,152	–8.3

Ward results

Incumbent councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Changes in seats do not take into account by-elections or defections.

Ashdon

Ashdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Bartram	Unopposed
Registered electors			784
	Labour gain from Conservative

Birchanger

Birchanger

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Haggerman*	Unopposed
Registered electors			959
	Conservative hold

Clavering

Clavering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	E. Abrahams*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,124
	Independent gain from Conservative

Elsenham

Elsenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Hurwitz*	688	68.5	–0.5
	Labour	R. Shaw	316	31.5	+0.5
Majority			372	37.0	–1.0
Turnout			1,004	86.0	+25.7
Registered electors			1,175
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.5

Felsted

Felsted (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. Wooton	927	54.3	–5.9
	Independent	J. Guthrie-Dow	914	53.5	+7.5
	Conservative	C. Millington-Smith*	823	48.2	–6.0
Turnout			~1,707	81.2	+38.1
Registered electors			2,102
	Conservative hold
	Independent gain from Conservative

Great Dunmow North

Great Dunmow North (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Garrett*	762	52.7	–0.2
	Conservative	R. Davey*	688	47.6	–0.5
	Labour	H. Wright	656	45.4	–2.6
	Conservative	H. Martin	345	23.9	–2.5
Turnout			~1,445	84.7	+29.0
Registered electors			1,706
	Liberal hold
	Conservative hold

Great Dunmow South

Great Dunmow South (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Phillips	1,157	62.7	+5.0
	Liberal	N. Prowse*	914	49.5	–2.1
	Conservative	S. Hopkins*	865	46.8	–4.1
Turnout			~1,847	77.3	+36.0
Registered electors			2,389
	Conservative hold
	Liberal hold

Great Hallingbury

Great Hallingbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A. Streeter*	Unopposed
Registered electors			651
	Independent hold

Hatfield Broad Oak

Hatfield Broad Oak

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Davies*	Unopposed
Registered electors			844
	Conservative hold

Hatfield Heath

Hatfield Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	I. Delderfield*	591	70.4	+3.7
	Independent	R. Howard	248	29.6	N/A
Majority			343	40.8	+7.6
Turnout			839	78.9	+26.2
Registered electors			1,073
	Conservative hold

Henham

Henham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Glover*	643	74.8	N/A
	Labour	J. Graddon	217	25.2	N/A
Majority			426	49.4	N/A
Turnout			860	78.6	N/A
Registered electors			1,098
	Conservative hold

Little Hallingbury

Little Hallingbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Row*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,025
	Conservative hold

Littlebury

Littlebury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Menell*	Unopposed
Registered electors			789
	Conservative hold

Newport

Newport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Pugh*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,396
	Conservative hold

Rickling

Rickling

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	D. Wraith*	321	54.6	+3.7
	Conservative	F. Clarke	267	45.4	–3.7
Majority			54	9.1	+7.3
Turnout			588	82.1	+15.2
Registered electors			721
	Liberal hold		Swing	3.7

Saffron Walden Audley

Saffron Walden Audley (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Miller*	1,138	67.0	+8.7
	Conservative	J. Wright-Watson*	944	55.5	+12.7
	Labour	J. Evans	545	32.1	–7.6
	Labour	D. Barrs	490	28.8	+8.9
Turnout			~1,699	81.0	+27.3
Registered electors			2,098
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Saffron Walden Castle

Saffron Walden Castle (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Preece*	911	58.5	+1.4
	Labour	D. Cornell	660	42.3	+1.5
	Conservative	P. Hoare	623	40.0	+8.5
	Conservative	M. Jenkins	604	38.8	+10.6
Turnout			~1,559	81.3	+27.3
Registered electors			1,917
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Saffron Walden Plantation

Saffron Walden Plantation (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Ketteridge	988	58.7	+1.1
	Conservative	S. Neville*	909	54.0	+10.2
	Labour	T. Bogie	585	34.7	–0.1
	Labour	D. Staff	559	33.2	+12.3
Turnout			~1,684	81.9	+37.7
Registered electors			2,056
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Saffron Walden Shire

Saffron Walden Shire (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Green*	912	54.5	+5.5
	Conservative	R. Eastham*	823	49.2	+4.1
	Conservative	C. Flaxham	727	43.5	+2.4
	Labour	K. Wilson	540	32.3	+7.3
Turnout			~1,673	79.8	+29.4
Registered electors			2,096
	Labour hold
	Conservative hold

Stansted Mountfitchet

Stansted Mountfitchet (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	P. Clark*	1,838	61.9	N/A
	Conservative	P. Jones*	1,515	51.0	–7.9
	Conservative	W. Stiles	1,085	36.6	–19.6
	Conservative	J. Wallace-Jarvis	1,043	36.1	–10.0
	Liberal	R. Clifford	930	31.3	–28.3
	Labour	D. Richards	489	16.5	N/A
	Labour	N. Kay	466	15.7	N/A
Turnout			~2,968	82.2	+32.8
Registered electors			3,611
	Independent gain from Liberal
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Stebbing

Stebbing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	E. Kiddle*	670	82.8	N/A
	Independent	G. Leonard	139	17.2	N/A
Majority			531	65.5	N/A
Turnout			809	79.4	N/A
Registered electors			1,032
	Independent hold

Stort Valley

Stort Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Collins*	Unopposed
Registered electors			976
	Conservative hold

Takeley

Takeley (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. MacPhail*	973	60.5	N/A
	Conservative	F. Whitehead	731	45.4	N/A
	Labour	J. Oliveira	597	37.1	N/A
Turnout			~1,608	74.5	N/A
Registered electors			2,159
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Independent

Thaxted

Thaxted (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Latchford*	515	36.3	–34.7
	Conservative	K. Norman	426	30.0	–27.6
	Labour	H. Edwards	423	29.8	–9.2
	Labour	G. Fraenkel	365	25.7	–0.1
	Independent	B. Coxshead	359	25.3	N/A
	Independent	M. Snow	336	23.7	N/A
	Liberal	M. Park	225	15.9	N/A
Turnout			~1,418	78.7	+21.4
Registered electors			1,802
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

The Canfields

The Canfields

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Wright	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,240
	Conservative hold

The Chesterfords

The Chesterfords

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Moore*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,049
	Conservative hold

The Eastons

The Eastons

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. Askew*	Unopposed
Registered electors			925
	Conservative hold

The Rodings

The Rodings

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. Tivendale*	Unopposed
Registered electors			908
	Conservative hold

The Sampfords

The Sampfords

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	B. Hughes*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,145
	Independent hold

Wenden Lofts

Wenden Lofts

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. Erith*	Unopposed
Registered electors			959
	Conservative gain from Independent

Wimbish & Debden

Wimbish & Debden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	E. Mitchell	474	58.0	N/A
	Conservative	J. Tomblin*	343	42.0	N/A
Majority			131	15.9	N/A
Turnout			817	83.9	N/A
Registered electors			977
	Independent gain from Conservative

References

1. "Results 1973 to 2011" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University . Retrieved 13 January 2023.