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    1978 handbook

    South Bedfordshire: 1978 local elections

    17 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1977) (53 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 40 · The Liberal Party 6 · Labour 5 · Other 2

    After (end of 1978) (53 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 37 · Labour 9 · The Liberal Party 5 · Other 2

    Ward results

    Beaudesert1 seat · turnout 42.3%
    B ElliottLabour589 ✓
    A. PriceConservative457
    F. JonesLIB379
    Brooklands1 seat · turnout 43.2%
    D. InallConservative632
    J. WhiteLIB595
    M. BallLabour432
    Caddington1 seat · turnout 42.7%
    E. JoreyConservative571 ✓
    C. BrownRA463
    R. ColemanLabour224
    Dunstable Central1 seat · turnout 45.0%
    D. WicksonConservative1,571 ✓
    A. DoveLabour401
    Eaton Bray1 seat · turnout 40.1%
    L. PiggottConservative524 ✓
    D. HubberLabour55
    P. SnellingLIB49
    Hockliffe1 seat · turnout 46.4%
    N. CostinConservative326 ✓
    B. PiggottLIB127
    J. MoulsleyLabour66
    Houghton Central1 seat · turnout 33.6%
    J. KinchellaLabour942 ✓
    B. AllenConservative592
    Houghton East3 seats · turnout 24.3%
    B. MorsleyLabour446 ✓
    V. IngletonLabour422
    M. PlatzLabour390 ✓
    C. WeilyConservative293
    R. ClatworthyConservative280
    G. ReedConservative273
    Houghton South1 seat · turnout 31.8%
    J. HewlettConservative689 ✓
    R. IngletonLabour392
    Icknield1 seat · turnout 38.8%
    W. AllenConservative1,252 ✓
    R. ShellyLabour608
    D. CupperLIB187
    Linslade1 seat · turnout 45.2%
    J. PilsonConservative844 ✓
    G. MitchellLIB405
    F. BuchellLabour370
    Northfields1 seat · turnout 44.3%
    J. McAllisterLabour966 ✓
    N FindellConservative840
    Plantation1 seat · turnout 40.0%
    E. LuckhurstConservative954 ✓
    C. LeeLabour502
    A. WhiteLIB239
    Priory1 seat · turnout 37.1%
    T. BamfordConservative879 ✓
    J. StratfordLabour373
    P. HatswellLIB182
    D. BygroveIndependent74
    Slip End1 seat · turnout 34.1%
    K. WilkinsConservative491
    C. DavisLIB82
    Studham1 seat
    A. LockhartConservative0 ✓
    Watling1 seat · turnout 39.7%
    W. RycroftConservative988
    D. SnoadLIB404
    T. JonesLabour255