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1979 North Hertfordshire District Council election

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3 May 1979 (1979-05-03)

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All 50 seats onNorth Hertfordshire District Council
26 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party
	Con	Lab
Leader	Bob Flatman	Bill Miller
Party	Conservative	Labour
Seats before	30	11
Seats after	34	12
Seat change	4	1

	Third party	Fourth party
	Ind	RA
Party	Independent	Ratepayers
Seats before	5	2
Seats after	2	2
Seat change	3

Leader before election

Bob Flatman
Conservative

Leader after election

Bob Flatman
Conservative

The1979 North Hertfordshire District Council election was held on 3 May 1979, at the same time as otherlocal elections across England and Wales and the1979 United Kingdom general election. All 50 seats onNorth Hertfordshire District Council were up for election following ward boundary changes.^[1]

The election saw theConservatives increase their majority on the council.^[2]

Overall results

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The overall results were as follows:^[3]

North Hertfordshire District Council Election, 1979
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	34	+4	68.0	52.0	33,135	+2.2
Labour	12	+1	24.0	33.8	21,519	+5.0
Liberal	0		0.0	4.7	2,988	+0.8
Independent	2	-3	4.0	4.6	2,945	-7.7
Ratepayers	2	0	4.0	3.6	2,082	-1.6
Ecology	0		0.0	1.0	627	+1.0
National Front	0		0.0	0.2	140	+0.2

Ward results

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The number of seats on the council was increased from 48 to 50 and there were extensive ward boundary changes. The new ward arrangements allowed for the council to subsequently be elected roughly a third at a time rather than all at once.^[1] The results for each ward were as follows. An asterisk(*) indicates a sitting councillor standing for re-election.^[3]^[4]

Arbury ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Sheldrick*	668	46.1
	Liberal	Glenis Travis	585	40.4
	Labour	John Payne	195	13.5
Turnout				82.6
Registered electors			1,753
	Conservativewin (new seat)

Ashbrook ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Tatham	1,084	63.3
	Labour	Keith Brydon	628	36.7
Turnout				83.3
Registered electors			2,054
	Conservativewin (new seat)

Baldock ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alan Evens	1,850	42.9
	Conservative	Lord Stanley Corbett^[a]	1,663
	Labour	Willy Page	1,633	37.8
	Labour	Roger McFall	1,608
	Labour	Stan Watson	1,513
	Conservative	Colin Vaughan	1,499
	Independent	Jane Tomkinson	832	19.3
Turnout				86.8
Registered electors			4,974
	Conservativehold		Swing
	Conservativehold		Swing
	Labourgain fromIndependent		Swing

^"Lord" was his first given name rather than a title.

Cadwell ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Ron Lodge*	733	52.2
	Conservative	James Halliday	474	33.7
	Labour	Jenny Marr	153	10.9
	Liberal	Sarah Low	45	3.2
Turnout				83.4
Registered electors			1,685
	Independentwin (new seat)

Codicote ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Denis Winch*	1,249	72.8
	Labour	Owen Swain	466	27.2
Turnout				80.9
Registered electors			2,119
	Conservativehold		Swing

Hitchin Bearton ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Roberts*	1,605	50.8
	Conservative	Fred Scott*	1,537
	Conservative	Tim Phillips	1,507
	Labour	Paul Prescott	1,416	44.8
	Labour	Judi Smith	1,355
	Labour	Brian Abrahams	1,323
	National Front	Paul Cooper	140	4.4
Turnout				73.9
Registered electors			4,275
	Conservativehold		Swing
	Conservativehold		Swing
	Conservativewin (new seat)

Hitchin Highbury ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Beryl Wearmouth*	2,784	71.8
	Conservative	Stuart Grantham*	2,590
	Conservative	Betty Goble*	2,571
	Labour	Pat Guymer	1,092	28.2
	Labour	Doris Reilly	1,048
	Labour	Keith Ruff	985
Turnout				77.4
Registered electors			5,006
	Conservativehold		Swing
	Conservativehold		Swing
	Conservativehold		Swing

Hitchin Oughton ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Audrey Carss*	1,750	52.9
	Labour	Jim Reilly*	1,677
	Labour	Martin Stears	1,594
	Conservative	Derrick Ashley	1,275	38.5
	Conservative	Valerie Leeson	1,214
	Conservative	Andrew Smith	1,141
	Independent	Vic Logan	283	8.6
Turnout				75.4
Registered electors			4,385
	Labourhold		Swing
	Labourhold		Swing
	Labourhold		Swing

Hitchin Priory ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bob Flatman*	1,731	79.1
	Conservative	Michael Hillman*	1,606
	Labour	Roger Burford Mason	457	20.9
	Labour	Harchet Bains	341
Turnout				79.0
Registered electors			2,768
	Conservativehold		Swing
	Conservativehold		Swing

Hitchin Walsworth ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Ratepayers	Ken Logan*	2,313	41.5
	Ratepayers	Brian Worbey*	2,119
	Labour	Fred Peacock*	1,703	30.6
	Conservative	Phillip MacCormack	1,551	27.9
	Labour	Moira Anderson	1,144
	Labour	Bill Harmer	1,105
Turnout				110.9
Registered electors			5,019
	Ratepayershold		Swing
	Ratepayershold		Swing
	Labourhold		Swing

Hitchwood ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Raffell*	782	76.8
	Labour	Ms E. Connelly	236	23.2
Turnout				80.7
Registered electors			1,262
	Conservativewin (new seat)

Hoo ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Jackson*	786	63.4
	Labour	Tony Brown	453	36.6
Turnout				81.5
Registered electors			1,520
	Conservativewin (new seat)

Kimpton ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Paul Nicholson	672	54.1
	Conservative	Francis Thompson	484	38.9
	Labour	Don Smith	87	7.0
Turnout				82.9
Registered electors			1,500
	Independentwin (new seat)

Knebworth ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gordon Dumelow*	1,691	59.9
	Conservative	Alfred Grosse*	1,195
	Ecology	Melanie Hutchins	627	22.2
	Labour	Christina Evans	507	17.9
	Labour	Joan Page	476
Turnout				91.5
Registered electors			3,088
	Conservativehold		Swing
	Conservativehold		Swing

Letchworth East ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Headley Parkins	1,526	45.1
	Labour	Stan Wilmer	1,479
	Labour	Tony McWalter	1,443
	Conservative	Alan Brett	1,436	42.4
	Conservative	Malcolm Bage	1,351
	Conservative	Peter Colvin	1,342
	Independent	Roger Leach	425	12.5
Turnout				83.3
Registered electors			4,067
	Labourwin (new seat)
	Labourwin (new seat)
	Labourwin (new seat)

Letchworth Grange ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bill Miller*	2,400	62.4
	Labour	Don Kitchiner*	2,039
	Labour	David Kearns	1,977
	Conservative	Charles Bifield	1,444	37.6
	Conservative	John McKenna	1,429
	Conservative	Annie Murphy	1,327
Turnout				77.6
Registered electors			4,956
	Labourwin (new seat)
	Labourwin (new seat)
	Labourwin (new seat)

Letchworth South East ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Paul Shipman*	2,270	54.9
	Conservative	John Yates	2,193
	Conservative	Jenny Ritchie	2,191
	Labour	Noel Geaney	1,863	45.1
	Labour	Joan Kirby	1,655
	Labour	George York	1,576
Turnout				74.6
Registered electors			5,537
	Conservativewin (new seat)
	Conservativewin (new seat)
	Conservativewin (new seat)

Letchworth South West ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bob Saunders*	2,148	66.5
	Conservative	Anthony Burrows*	2,122
	Conservative	Geoffrey Woods*	1,970
	Labour	Stephen Spencer	1,080	33.5
	Labour	David Gallard	958
	Labour	Nigel Percival	891
Turnout				79.5
Registered electors			4,059
	Conservativewin (new seat)
	Conservativewin (new seat)
	Conservativewin (new seat)

Letchworth Wilbury ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ray Bloxham*	1,509	43.7
	Conservative	Keith Emsall*	1,394
	Labour	Ian Mantle	1,357	39.3
	Conservative	Jeffrey Smith	1,298
	Labour	David Evans*	1,290
	Labour	Mainie Briercliffe	1,270
	Liberal	Ian McGinley	587	17.0
Turnout				85.0
Registered electors			4,062
	Conservativehold		Swing
	Conservativehold		Swing
	Labourgain fromConservative		Swing

Newsells ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Wilkerson*	736	79.6
	Labour	Anthony Pettit	189	20.4
Turnout				79.5
Registered electors			1,164
	Conservativewin (new seat)

Offa ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Rosalie Fitzgerald	541	45.0
	Labour	David Kendall*	358	29.8
	Liberal	David Jamieson	304	25.3
Turnout				81.7
Registered electors			1,473
	Conservativewin (new seat)

Royston East ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	*Pat Rule^[a]**	1,843	58.2
	Conservative	Francis John Smith*	1,822
	Liberal	Sydney Charles McLennan	672	21.2
	Labour	Robert Pratt	650	20.5
	Labour	John Walker	577
Turnout				85.5
Registered electors			3,701
	Conservativewin (new seat)
	Conservativewin (new seat)

^Pat Rule had been elected as an independent in 1976, but she stood as a Conservative in 1979.

Royston West ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Duncan Ferguson	1,807	51.9
	Conservative	Harold Greenfield	1,590
	Conservative	Andrew Emms	1,379
	Labour	Alan Evans	883	25.3
	Liberal	Hazel Lord	795	22.8
	Labour	Jessie Etheridge	739
	Labour	Michael Kernaghan	684
	Liberal	Eric Harlow	^[a]
Turnout				83.2
Registered electors			4,188
	Conservativewin (new seat)
	Conservativewin (new seat)
	Conservativewin (new seat)

^Result obscured in source.

Sandon ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Esther Brookes*	734	82.6
	Labour	Jenny Weetch	155	17.4
Turnout				80.5
Registered electors			1,105
	Conservativewin (new seat)

Weston ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Evans*	653	69.8
	Labour	Mick Donaghue	282	30.2
Turnout				82.9
Registered electors			1,128
	Conservativewin (new seat)

References

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^^a ^bThe District of North Hertfordshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977 (S.I. 1977/1442)
^Pattinson, Nadine (9 May 1979). "Tory Council get a vote of confidence".The Comet. Hitchin. p. 1.
^^a ^bRallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael."North Hertfordshire District Council Election Results 1973–2012"(PDF).The Elections Centre. Plymouth University. Retrieved18 March 2023.
^"Council election results".The Comet. Hitchin. 9 May 1979. p. 40.

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