1979 Adur District Council election

1979 Adur District Council election
All 39 seats to Adur District Council; 20 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 1979 Adur council elections
Majority party before election; No overall control;	Majority party after election ; Conservative;

Elections to the Adur District Council were held on 3 May 1979, alongside the general election. The entire council was up for election, following boundary changes that reduced the number of wards by one, but all together had added two seats. Overall turnout was recorded at 74.4%.^[1]

The election resulted in the Conservatives gaining control of the council.^[2]^[3]

Election result[]

Adur District Council Election Result 1979^[2]
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	20	+4	51.3	45.1	15,819	+0.3
Liberal	17	0	43.6	35.3	12,364	-0.9
Residents	2	0	5.1	4.0	1,408	+0.5
Labour	0	-2	0.0	15.6	5,452	+0.1

This resulted in the following composition of the council:^[2]

Party		Previous council	New council
	Conservative	16	20
	Liberal	17	17
	Labour	2	0
	Independent Residents	2	2
Total		37	39
Working majority		-5	1

Ward results[]

Buckingham (4025)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Merrick A.	1,960	60.8	N/A
	Conservative	Morris H. Ms.	1,890
	Conservative	Smith M.	1,850
	Liberal	Symonds A.	891	27.6	N/A
	Liberal	Wright G. Ms.	861
	Liberal	Jewiss A.	795
	Labour	Bovingdon K.	372	11.5	N/A
Majority			1,069	33.2	N/A
Turnout			3,223	80.1	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Churchill (3781)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Burley Y. Ms.	1,322	46.5	N/A
	Conservative	Kemp C.	1,283
	Conservative	Stepney L. Ms.	1,226
	Liberal	Denyer P.	1,132	39.8	N/A
	Liberal	Dolding R.	1,093
	Liberal	Martin E. Ms.	1,046
	Labour	Woods J. Ms.	389	13.7	N/A
Majority			190	6.7	N/A
Turnout			2,843	75.2	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Cokeham (3596)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Cheal J.	1,413	49.6	N/A
	Liberal	Martin D.	1,340
	Liberal	Spalding M.	1,277
	Conservative	Lodge R.	1,061	37.2	N/A
	Conservative	Newman H.	852
	Labour	Atkins B.	377	13.2	N/A
Majority			352	12.3	N/A
Turnout			2,851	79.3	N/A
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

Eastbrook (3692)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Coghlan J.	1,338	55.2	N/A
	Conservative	Dunn R.	1,318
	Conservative	Parish D. Ms.	1,238
	Labour	Hobbis J.	1,087	44.8	N/A
	Labour	Barnard I.	1,059
	Labour	Boreham J.	666
Majority			251	10.4	N/A
Turnout			2,425	65.7	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hillside (3891)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barber B.	1,613	50.3	N/A
	Conservative	Wey G.	1,495
	Conservative	Moore M.	1,436
	Labour	Colville P.	840	26.2	N/A
	Liberal	Hammond D.	754	23.5	N/A
	Liberal	Kimmings R.	684
	Liberal	Ongley C.	569
Majority			773	24.1	N/A
Turnout			3,207	82.4	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Manor (3336)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robinson C.	1,444	56.7	N/A
	Liberal	Barton J.	1,313
	Liberal	Cooper M.	1,195
	Conservative	Lewis J.	1,101	43.3	N/A
	Conservative	Hockett L.	1,058
	Conservative	Shackleton P. Ms.	1,039
Majority			343	13.5	N/A
Turnout			2,545	76.3	N/A
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

Marine (2577)2^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Warner B. Ms.	1,408	65.2	N/A
	Residents	James P. Ms.	1,369
	Conservative	Harding I. Ms.	618	28.6	N/A
	Labour	Kell D.	134	6.2	N/A
Majority			790	36.6	N/A
Turnout			2,160	83.8	N/A
	Residents win (new seat)
	Residents win (new seat)

Mash Barn (2809)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Allen C. Ms.	1,046	51.2	N/A
	Liberal	Hartley J. Ms.	1,017
	Liberal	Deedman D.	1,001
	Conservative	Floyd J.	755	36.9	N/A
	Conservative	Clothier W.	724
	Conservative	Grover M.	709
	Labour	Harwood R.	243	11.9	N/A
	Labour	Grafton R.	237
	Labour	Jacques W.	233
Majority			291	14.2	N/A
Turnout			2,044	72.8	N/A
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

Peverel (3178)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Davis G.	1,213	50.9	N/A
	Liberal	Green W.	1,203
	Liberal	Hall M. Ms.	1,107
	Conservative	Glynn E.	829	34.8	N/A
	Conservative	Donegan I. Ms.	818
	Conservative	Martin P. Ms.	773
	Labour	Atkins H. Ms.	343	14.4	N/A
Majority			384	16.1	N/A
Turnout			2,385	75.0	N/A
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

Southlands (3282)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Little S.	1,147	48.7	N/A
	Liberal	Edwards A.	1,095
	Liberal	Robinson J.	1,055
	Conservative	Osmond P.	866	36.7	N/A
	Conservative	Cakebread J.	776
	Conservative	Thomson W.	696
	Labour	Whipp B.	344	14.6	N/A
	Labour	Paling A.	327
	Labour	Paling M. Ms.	292
Majority			281	11.9	N/A
Turnout			2,357	71.8	N/A
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

Southwick Green (3479)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Davies B. Ms.	1,298	52.0	N/A
	Conservative	Divers N.	1,286
	Conservative	Sweet I. Ms.	1,245
	Liberal	Hutchinson J. Ms.	686	27.5	N/A
	Liberal	Biggs A.	642
	Liberal	Isherwood P.	557
	Labour	Munnery D.	511	20.5	N/A
Majority			612	24.5	N/A
Turnout			2,495	71.7	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

St. Marys (1069)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richards R.	345	47.8	N/A
	Liberal	Bienati C. Ms.	279	38.6	N/A
	Labour	Whipp L. Ms.	98	13.6	N/A
Majority			66	9.1	N/A
Turnout			722	67.5	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

St. Nicolas (3687)3^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carr G.	1,404	50.3	N/A
	Conservative	Huber J.	1,372
	Conservative	Potter E.	1,332
	Liberal	Atrill D. Ms.	1,017	36.4	N/A
	Liberal	Lock M.	902
	Liberal	Stanley A.	867
	Labour	Phillips J.	373	13.4	N/A
	Labour	Pirie M. Ms.	310
Majority			387	13.9	N/A
Turnout			2,794	75.8	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Widewater (3968)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gasson J.	1,342	44.9	N/A
	Conservative	Melvey T.	1,309	43.8	N/A
	Liberal	Sherlock M. Ms.	1,299
	Conservative	Mitchell M. Ms.	1,276
	Liberal	Isherwood D. Ms.	1,268
	Conservative	Charlton S.	1,232
	Labour	Harwood J. Ms.	341	11.4	N/A
Majority			33	1.1	N/A
Turnout			2,992	75.4	N/A
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

References[]

^ Local elections in Britain: a statistical digest, edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. 2nd Edition 2003
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q "Elections Centre: Adur 1973-2012" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk/plymouth.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
^ "Vote 2012: Adur". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2018.

[1] Local elections in Britain: a statistical digest, edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. 2nd Edition 2003

[results-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q "Elections Centre: Adur 1973-2012" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk/plymouth.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2017.

[3] "Vote 2012: Adur". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2018.

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