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1979 West Dorset District Council election

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1979 UK local government election

1979 West Dorset District Council election

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3 May 1979 (1979-05-03)

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All 55 seats toWest Dorset District Council
28 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party
	Ind	Lib	Con
Party	Independent	Liberal	Conservative
Last election	45 seats, 56.9%	7 seats, 29.1%	1 seat, 3.8%
Seats won	37	8	7
Seat change	8	1	6
Popular vote	26,323	15,502	13,052
Percentage	42.1%	24.8%	20.9%
Swing	14.8%	4.3%	17.1%

	Fourth party	Fifth party
	Lab	IndC
Party	Labour	Ind. Conservative
Last election	1 seat, 9.5%	1 seat, 0.7%
Seats won	2	1
Seat change	1
Popular vote	6,768	836
Percentage	10.8%	1.3%
Swing	1.3%	0.6%

Council control before election

Independent

Council control after election

Independent

The1979 West Dorset District Council election was held on Thursday 3 May 1979 to elect councillors toWest Dorset District Council in England. It took place on the same day as thegeneral election and other district council elections in theUnited 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
	Independenthold
	Independenthold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Y. Skyrme *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			1,427
	Independenthold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	E. Garrett *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			1,272
	Independenthold

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. Conservativegain fromIndependent		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
	Liberalhold		Swing
	Liberalgain fromIndependent		Swing
	Independenthold		Swing
	Labourhold		Swing
	Independentgain fromIndependent		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
	Liberalhold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	C. Coate *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			1,007
	Independenthold

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
	Independentgain fromIndependent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	N. White *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			998
	Independenthold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dione Digby, Lady Digby *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			1,056
	Independenthold

Dorchester East (4 seats)^[1]
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
	Liberalhold		Swing
	Conservativehold		Swing
	Liberalgain fromIndependent		Swing
	Conservativegain fromIndependent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	E. Hanford *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			1,255
	Independenthold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	W. McLellan *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			1,177
	Independenthold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	M. Pengelly *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			1,040
	Independenthold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	W. McCarthy *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
	Conservative	E. Edwards-Stuart	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			2,809
	Independenthold
	Conservativegain fromIndependent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	L. Phillips *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			908
	Independenthold

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
	Liberalhold		Swing
	Conservativegain fromIndependent		Swing
	Independenthold		Swing
	Liberalhold		Swing
	Conservativegain fromIndependent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	B. Bryant *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			994
	Independenthold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T. Frost *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			1,163
	Independenthold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	M. Cockburn *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			1,141
	Independenthold

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
	Independentgain fromIndependent		Swing

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Ward results

Beaminster

Bothenhampton

Bradford Abbas

Bradpole

Bridport

Broadmayne

Broadwindsor

Burton Bradstock

Caundle Vale

Cerne Valley

Charminster

Charmouth

Chesil Bank

Chickerell

Dorchester Central

Dorchester East

Dorchester West

Frome Valley

Halstock

Holnest

Loders

Lyme Regis

Maiden Newton

Netherbury

Owermoigne

Piddle Valley

Puddletown

Queen Thorne

Sherborne

Stinsford

Symondsbury

Thorncombe

Tolpuddle

Whitchurch Canonicorum

Winterborne St Martin

Yetminster

References

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
	Independenthold		Swing
	Independenthold		Swing
	Independentgain fromIndependent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	H. Haward *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			996
	Independenthold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	C. Poole *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			1,224
	Independenthold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	R. Symes *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			1,239
	Independenthold

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
	Independentgain fromIndependent		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
	Independentgain fromIndependent		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
	Independenthold

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
	Liberalhold
	Independenthold
	Independenthold
	Labourgain fromLiberal
	Conservativegain fromIndependent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	L. Coleman *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			824
	Independenthold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	G. Summers *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			1,156
	Independenthold