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    1978 handbook

    Halton: 1978 local elections

    15 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1977) (47 seats, Elections Centre)

    Labour 26 · Conservative 17 · Other 3 · The Liberal Party 1

    After (end of 1978) (47 seats, Elections Centre)

    Labour 25 · Conservative 18 · Other 3 · The Liberal Party 1

    Ward results

    Appleton1 seat · turnout 31.6%
    G. BroomeLabour787
    C. MarkConservative774
    Broadheath1 seat · turnout 30.1%
    D. BoardmanConservative762
    P. WinterLabour727
    Castlefields1 seat · turnout 29.4%
    A. ColemanLabour1,000
    J NaylorConservative795
    P. DoughertyLIB129
    Ditton1 seat · turnout 29.1%
    J. CollinsLabour781
    K. PrescottConservative702
    Farnworth1 seat · turnout 37.3%
    E. GilbodyConservative1,418
    N. PattersonLabour495
    Grange1 seat · turnout 31.8%
    S. WilliamsLabour846
    C. BartonConservative711
    Halton1 seat · turnout 32.1%
    W. CreweConservative811
    M. CainLabour810
    Halton Brook1 seat · turnout 30.4%
    K. RobinsonLabour867
    K. TongeConservative541
    H. SandisonWRP58
    Heath1 seat · turnout 42.1%
    K. EbbrellConservative1,413
    J. EastupLabour408
    Hough Green1 seat · turnout 30.2%
    W. FlynnLabour1,071
    N. JohnsonConservative645
    Kingsway1 seat · turnout 29.5%
    A. RichardsConservative720
    Keith Holland-DelamereLabour688
    Mersey1 seat · turnout 38.8%
    M. MairConservative1,045
    M. EatonLabour582
    C. WhiteLIB210
    Norton1 seat · turnout 22.2%
    D. CargillLabour835
    J. HaireConservative756
    S. BakerLIB340
    VICTORIA1 seat · turnout 26.9%
    E. GleaveLabour872
    W. WynneConservative327
    WESTON1 seat · turnout 51.0%
    A. ParrLIB961
    K. LittlemoorConservative616
    D. CargillLabour560