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1979 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election

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1979 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election
Coat of arms of Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council.png
←  1978
3 May 1979 (1979-05-03)
1980  →
23 of 63 seats
to Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
LeaderJonathan TaylorRichard MeeJohn Phillipson
Party Conservative Labour Liberal
Leader's seat Brooklands Sale Moor St. Anne's
Last election19 seats,
58.5%		4 seats,
27.9%		0 seats,
13.4%
Seats before5490
Seats won1562
Seats after48132
Seat changeDecrease2.svg6Increase2.svg4Increase2.svg2
Popular vote58,91340,09530,793
Percentage45.4%30.9%23.7%
SwingDecrease2.svg13.1%Increase2.svg3.0%Increase2.svg10.3%
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Map of results of 1979 election
Leader of the Council before election

Jonathan Taylor
Conservative

Leader of the Council after election

Jonathan Taylor
Conservative

Elections to Trafford 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]

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Election result

PartyVotesSeatsFull Council
Conservative Party 58,913 (45.4%)
Decrease2.svg 13.115 (65.2%)
15 / 23
Decrease2.svg 648 (76.2%)
48 / 63
Labour Party 40,095 (30.9%)
Increase2.svg 3.06 (26.1%)
6 / 23
Increase2.svg 413 (20.6%)
13 / 63
Liberal Party 30,793 (23.7%)
Increase2.svg 10.32 (8.7%)
2 / 23
Increase2.svg 22 (3.2%)
2 / 63
Communist Party 41 (0.0%)
Decrease2.svg 0.20 (0.0%)
0 / 23
Steady2.svg 00 (0.0%)
0 / 63
↓
13248

Ward results

No.1 (Altrincham South West)

Altrincham South West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Albert Whitehurst*2,38453.2−1.2
Liberal M. C. Booth2,09346.8+29.6
Majority 2916.5−19.5
Turnout 4,47769.5+36.7
Conservative hold Swing

No.2 (Altrincham East)

Altrincham East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative H. Taylor*3,60850.6−6.5
Liberal Roy Richardson3,51649.4+18.1
Majority 921.3−10.3
Turnout 7,12476.4+38.6
Conservative hold Swing

No.3 (Altrincham North)

Altrincham North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lydia Burton*2,33645.6−10.0
Labour E. Smith1,55530.3+4.7
Liberal B. Gaylard1,23624.1+5.3
Majority 78115.2+1.6
Turnout 5,12777.3+41.8
Conservative hold Swing

No.4 (Timperley)

Timperley (2 vacancies)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Graham Toft2,75650.6−18.6
Conservative Wilfred Watkins2,55046.8−22.4
Liberal Raymond Bowker2,19040.2N/A
Labour Barry Brotherton1,71831.5+0.7
Labour P. Pollard1,68030.80
Majority 3606.6−24.6
Turnout 5,44965.7+34.5
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

No.5 (Mersey-St. Mary’s)

Mersey-St. Mary's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Reginald Bannister*3,87354.4−5.0
Liberal E. Critchlow2,05528.9+2.7
Labour C. Younghusband1,18616.7+2.3
Majority 1,81825.6−7.6
Turnout 7,11478.6+37.6
Conservative hold Swing

No.6 (St. Martin’s)

St. Martin's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stanley Brownhill*4,19847.3−15.6
Labour G. Woodburn2,55428.8+7.6
Liberal G. C. Kinsey2,12724.0+10.4
Majority 1,64418.5−23.2
Turnout 8,87975.0+39.7
Conservative hold Swing

No.7 (Sale Moor)

Sale Moor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Cicely Merry2,31946.4−6.1
Conservative Anthony Rhodes*1,93538.7−8.8
Liberal J. S. Green74314.9+14.9
Majority 3847.7+2.7
Turnout 4,99775.2+34.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

No.8 (St. Anne’s)

St. Anne's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Phillipson2,65741.7+4.9
Conservative A. D. Barker2,48639.0−8.5
Labour H. Pollard1,22819.3+3.6
Majority 1712.7−8.0
Turnout 6,37175.3+34.9
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

No.9 (Brooklands)

Brooklands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jonathan Taylor*uncontested
Conservative hold Swing

No.10 (Talbot North)

Talbot North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Clifford Cronshaw*3,33956.5−5.0
Conservative J. R. Gregory2,06534.9−3.6
Liberal W. A. Munden5098.6+8.6
Majority 1,27421.5−1.6
Turnout 5,91369.0+35.7
Labour hold Swing

No.11 (Clifford)

Clifford (2 vacancies)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Maher2,12952.1+2.1
Labour Tony Lloyd 2,06650.5+0.5
Conservative Roy Corke*1,80944.2−5.9
Conservative M. Shafi1,15428.2−21.9
Liberal D. A. Curley56313.8N/A
Liberal A. Scanlon45111.0N/A
Majority 2576.3
Turnout 4,08960.1+20.5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour hold Swing

No.12 (Longford)

Longford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alexander Kelly*3,09144.5−9.2
Labour Maureen Cottam2,85241.1+4.6
Liberal H. D. Locksley1,00214.4+4.6
Majority 2393.4−13.7
Turnout 6,94572.7+38.3
Conservative hold Swing

No.13 (Stretford)

Stretford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Harry Walker*2,48053.8−14.7
Labour C. Reid1,60834.9+3.4
Liberal R. J. Allan52111.3+11.3
Majority 87218.9−18.1
Turnout 4,60978.0+38.0
Conservative hold Swing

No.14 (Park)

Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour A. R. Davies2,19851.7+1.8
Conservative John Schofield*1,65939.0−9.0
Liberal C. R. Hedley3548.3+8.3
Communist E. H. Hook411.0−1.1
Majority 53912.7+10.8
Turnout 4,25275.2+36.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

No.15 (Bowdon)

Bowdon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Humphreys*3,72164.7−12.9
Liberal J. A. Willmott1,25021.7+9.4
Labour Arthur Johnson78213.6+3.5
Majority 2,47143.0−22.3
Turnout 5,75376.9+32.2
Conservative hold Swing

No.16 (Hale)

Hale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Norman Barrett*5,09869.3−6.4
Liberal J. S. Whittingham1,36118.5+5.0
Labour O. J. Spencer89712.2+1.4
Majority 3,73750.8−11.4
Turnout 7,35678.8+38.9
Conservative hold Swing

No.17 (Partington)

Partington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kenneth Rogers3,40261.7+1.7
Conservative Michael Barltrop*2,11238.3−1.7
Majority 1,29023.4+3.4
Turnout 5,51470.3+36.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

No.18 (Urmston West East)

Urmston West East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Platt*3,38150.8−8.0
Labour D. Horner1,80127.1−1.6
Liberal D. E. Unwin1,46922.1+9.6
Majority 1,58023.8−6.3
Turnout 6,65177.7+43.1
Conservative hold Swing

No.19 (Flixton East Central)

Flixton East Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gordon Lumby*4,02353.3−18.8
Labour J. D. Brown2,29530.4+2.5
Liberal R. K. Sangster1,22616.3+16.3
Majority 1,72822.9−21.3
Turnout 7,54480.9+47.7
Conservative hold Swing

No.20 (Flixton West)

Flixton West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Susan Hodgson4,74860.7+60.7
Labour Raymond Tully3,07139.3+1.9
Majority 1,67721.4−3.8
Turnout 7,81975.0+39.2
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

No.21 (Davyhulme East)

Davyhulme East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eric Crosbie*2,19450.7−11.1
Labour G. R. Scott1,41532.7+11.9
Liberal T. M. Owen72216.7−0.7
Majority 77918.0−22.9
Turnout 4,33179.6+42.9
Conservative hold Swing

By-elections between 1979 and 1980

No.12 (Longford) By-Election 30 August 1979
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maureen Cottam1,18742.7+1.6
Conservative John Schofield1,12740.5−4.0
Liberal H. D. Locksley46616.8+2.4
Majority 602.2−1.2
Turnout 2,78029.1−43.6
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
No.20 (Flixton West) By-Election 13 December 1979
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Harding85841.3+41.3
Labour A. Stringer75236.2+3.1
Liberal L. O'Rourke46622.4−38.3
Majority 1065.1−16.3
Turnout 2,07620.0−55.0
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Trafford M. B. C. Election Results Sheet, 4 May 1979", Trafford M.B.C.(1979).
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