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    1978 handbook

    Rossendale: 1978 local elections

    11 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1977) (36 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 29 · Labour 4 · The Liberal Party 3 · Other 0

    After (end of 1978) (36 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 29 · Labour 4 · The Liberal Party 3 · Other 0

    Ward results

    Cribden1 seat
    F. TrippierConservative1,084
    J. BishopLabour786
    R. WaddingtonCOMM55
    EDEN1 seat
    D. JohnsonConservative720
    P. SallinLabour272
    Greenfield1 seat
    D. ValentineLabour1,029
    J. StewartConservative861
    Greensclough1 seat
    N. TaylorLIB788
    P. NavinConservative623
    Hareholme1 seat
    V. SmithConservative1,141
    D. BaronLabour912
    H. MalleyCOMM66
    Healey & Whitworth1 seat
    H. MastersonLabour834
    C. BridgeConservative639
    D. WhatmoughLIB124
    Helmshore1 seat
    L. ProvisConservative1,128
    BullenLabour787
    Irwell1 seat
    J. EdgeConservative1,071
    H. SutcliffeLabour772
    Longholme1 seat
    E. GrahamConservative1,117
    G. BlandLabour826
    J. KeefeCOMM37
    Stacksteads1 seat
    D. KennedyConservative952
    P. MortimerLabour568
    Whitewell1 seat
    J. ConnollyLabour1,137
    A. KingConservative1,047