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The 1979 West Dorset District Council election was held on Thursday 3 May 1979 to elect councillors to West Dorset District Council in England. It took place on the same day as the general election and other district council elections in the United Kingdom. This was the third election to the district council, the election saw terms of councillors extended from three to four years.
The 1979 election saw the Independent councillors maintain their majority control on the Council.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | R. Bugler * | 1,384 | – | N/A | |
Independent | A. Hudson * | 1,252 | – | N/A | |
Independent | S. Davies | 609 | – | N/A | |
Turnout | 78.0 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 2,503 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
Independent hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Y. Skyrme * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,427 | ||||
Independent hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | E. Garrett * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,272 | ||||
Independent hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ind. Conservative | R. Coatsworth * | 612 | 59.7 | N/A | |
Independent | D. Cash | 413 | 40.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 199 | 19.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 76.7 | +23.6 | |||
Registered electors | 1,337 | ||||
Ind. Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | A. Bell | 2,601 | 47.1 | +13.1 | |
Liberal | A. Tiltman * | 1,854 | – | ||
Independent | C. Samways * | 1,463 | – | ||
Labour | L. Dibden * | 1,457 | 26.4 | –1.5 | |
Independent | E. Andrews | 1,344 | – | N/A | |
Independent | P. Norfolk * | 1,305 | – | ||
Independent | W. Hicks * | 1,112 | – | N/A | |
Turnout | 74.3 | +34.1 | |||
Registered electors | 5,453 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | B. Course * | 665 | 64.9 | +10.3 | |
Conservative | D. Blake | 359 | 35.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 306 | 29.9 | +20.7 | ||
Turnout | 78.9 | +35.5 | |||
Registered electors | 1,320 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | C. Coate * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,007 | ||||
Independent hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | R. Bailey | 628 | 75.2 | N/A | |
Independent | J. Bethell | 207 | 24.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 421 | 50.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 73.3 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,146 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | N. White * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 998 | ||||
Independent hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Dione Digby, Lady Digby * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,056 | ||||
Independent hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | E. Hanford * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,255 | ||||
Independent hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | W. McLellan * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,177 | ||||
Independent hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | M. Pengelly * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,040 | ||||
Independent hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | W. McCarthy * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Conservative | E. Edwards-Stuart | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 2,809 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Independent |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | L. Phillips * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 908 | ||||
Independent hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Enid Stella Jones * | 2,204 | 58.2 | +29.0 | |
Conservative | P. Seaton * | 1,586 | 41.8 | +7.5 | |
Liberal | H. Nicholson | 1,570 | – | ||
Conservative | R. Collins * | 1,503 | – | ||
Conservative | H. Attryde | 1,235 | – | ||
Conservative | A. Beard | 1,129 | – | ||
Turnout | 81.4 | +30.8 | |||
Registered electors | 4,237 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David Trevor Jones * | 2,208 | 32.1 | –4.7 | |
Conservative | C. Lucas * | 1,859 | 27.0 | N/A | |
Independent | G. Powell * | 1,759 | – | ||
Liberal | E. Boothman * | 1,726 | – | ||
Conservative | F. Alderman | 1,535 | – | ||
Conservative | I. McLellan | 1,353 | – | ||
Independent | P. Adams | 1,224 | – | N/A | |
Labour | G. Standfield | 1,051 | 15.3 | –4.7 | |
Labour | K. Matthews | 816 | – | ||
Labour | S. Minto | 671 | – | ||
Labour | E. Salholm | 578 | – | ||
Turnout | 76.4 | +29.2 | |||
Registered electors | 5,552 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | B. Bryant * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 994 | ||||
Independent hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | T. Frost * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,163 | ||||
Independent hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | M. Cockburn * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,141 | ||||
Independent hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | A. Adams | 345 | 47.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | D. Fry | 258 | 35.2 | N/A | |
Independent | M. West | 130 | 17.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 87 | 11.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 77.2 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 950 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J. Broom * | 1,409 | – | ||
Independent | J. Nuttall * | 1,314 | – | ||
Independent | V. Homyer | 1,001 | – | ||
Independent | E. Hallett * | 970 | – | ||
Turnout | 77.6 | +24.9 | |||
Registered electors | 2,870 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | H. Haward * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 996 | ||||
Independent hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | C. Poole * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,224 | ||||
Independent hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | R. Symes * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,239 | ||||
Independent hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | M. Walker | 666 | 80.2 | +43.4 | |
Independent | D. Barrs | 164 | 19.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 502 | 60.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 73.4 | +16.2 | |||
Registered electors | 1,131 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | A. Banfield | 509 | 77.8 | N/A | |
Labour | E. Adams | 145 | 22.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 364 | 55.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 75.5 | +24.4 | |||
Registered electors | 867 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J. Brewer * | 643 | 75.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | G. Burgess | 214 | 25.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 429 | 50.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 78.4 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,093 | ||||
Independent hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | M. Matson * | 2,674 | 30.3 | N/A | |
Independent | E. Dyke * | 2,081 | – | N/A | |
Independent | E. King * | 2,073 | – | N/A | |
Labour | E. Noake | 2,050 | 23.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | R. Farrant * | 2,021 | 22.9 | N/A | |
Independent | R. Ludd | 1,569 | – | N/A | |
Registered electors | 5,932 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Independent hold | |||||
Independent hold | |||||
Labour gain from Liberal | |||||
Conservative gain from Independent |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | L. Coleman * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 824 | ||||
Independent hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | G. Summers * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,156 | ||||
Independent hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | P. Atyeo * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,013 | ||||
Independent hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | M. Kraft * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 713 | ||||
Independent hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | W. Fowell * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,113 | ||||
Independent hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | S. Slade * | 620 | 73.5 | N/A | |
Ind. Conservative | G. Duke | 224 | 26.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 436 | 46.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 83.3 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,029 | ||||
Independent hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | W. Anderson * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,156 | ||||
Conservative gain from Ind. Conservative |