1979 Plymouth City Council election^[1]

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All 60 seats in the Plymouth City Council 31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	73.1%
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Ind. Conservative Last election 39 seats, 51.9% 27 seats, 39.6% 39 seats, 51.9% Seats won 33 26 1 Seat change 6 1 1 Popular vote 63,524 52,360 4,751 Percentage 49.9% 41.1% 3.7% Swing 2.0% 1.5% New
Map showing the results of the 1979 Plymouth City Council elections.
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

The 1979 Plymouth City Council election took place on 3 May 1979 to elect members of Plymouth City Council in Devon, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. It was the first election to be held under new ward boundaries.^[2] The Conservative Party retained control of the council, which it had held since its creation in 1973.^[1]

Overall results

1979 Plymouth City Council Election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	33	n/a	n/a	n/a	55.0	49.9	63,524	2.0
	Labour	26	n/a	n/a	n/a	43.3	41.1	52,360	1.5
	Liberal	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.7	3.5	4,465	0.7
	National Front	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	0.0	1.8	2,438	New
	Ind. Conservative	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	0.0	3.7	4,751	New
Total		60						127,384

Ward results

Budshead (3 seats)

Compton (3 seats)

Drake (3 seats)

Efford (3 seats)

Eggbuckland (3 seats)

Estover (3 seats)

Ham (3 seats)

Honicknowle (3 seats)

Keyham (3 seats)

Mount Gould (3 seats)

Plympton Erle (3 seats)

Plympton St Mary (3 seats)

Plymstock Dunstone (3 seats)

Plymstock Radford (3 seats)

Southway (3 seats)

St Budeax (3 seats)

St Peter (3 seats)

Stoke (3 seats)

Sutton (3 seats)

Trelawny (3 seats)