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    1978 handbook

    Leeds: 1978 local elections

    32 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1977)

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    After (end of 1978)

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    Ward results

    No. 1 (Armley & Castleton)1 seat · turnout 37.0%
    M. MeadowcroftLIB3,007 ✓
    C. ButteryLabour2,122
    C. MathersConservative1,339
    M. SpinkNF87
    J. GarrettEcol74
    J. HodgsonCOMM54
    No. 10 (Bramley)1 seat · turnout 35.8%
    E. AtkinsonLabour2,764 ✓
    W. BroadbentConservative1,339
    D. SelbyLIB910
    S. SmithNF60
    J. LightCOMM52
    No. 11 (Halton)1 seat · turnout 38.9%
    M. DodgsonConservative4,034
    D. BrownLabour1,586
    C. DewarNF134
    No. 12 (Headingley)1 seat · turnout 29.3%
    E. ClarkConservative2,240 ✓
    E. WhelanLabour1,645
    D. RolfeLIB692
    B. CooperCOMM210
    K. RushworthEcol185
    No. 13 (Kirkstall)1 seat · turnout 48.2%
    Elizabeth Anne NashLabour3,373
    T. BattersbyConservative2,327
    L. KeatesNF239
    No. 14 (Burley)1 seat · turnout 38.3%
    L. CohenLabour1,811 ✓
    A. SextonConservative1,307
    K. BaxterEcol133
    B. JacksonCOMM57
    C. WhiteheadNF36
    No. 15 (Middleton)1 seat · turnout 28.0%
    J. TaylorLabour3,156 ✓
    N. LandersConservative789
    R. WardCOMM82
    R. BuckNF52
    No. 16 (Moortown)1 seat · turnout 35.6%
    A. RedmondConservative2,926
    I. LevyLabour1,567
    S. WaldenbergEcol160
    No. 17 (Osmondthorpe)1 seat · turnout 29.0%
    D. GabbLabour2,399
    D. ZuckerConservative1,087
    L. FellaNF113
    No. 18 (Seacroft)1 seat · turnout 30.2%
    I. AdamsLabour3,303
    D TownsleyConservative1,256
    C. CannonNF135
    No. 19 (Stanningley)1 seat · turnout 35.4%
    A. MillerLabour2,699 ✓
    I. BentonConservative1,392
    F. UptonLIB316
    M. GibsonNF76
    No. 2 (Beeston & Holbeck)1 seat · turnout 38.8%
    A. BeeversLabour4,409
    E. LucasConservative2,574
    E. ThomasNF161
    No. 20 (Talbot)1 seat · turnout 37.7%
    I. BellowConservative3,687 ✓
    B. WalkerLabour1,061
    M. PhillipsLIB320
    S. ParkinEcol201
    L. SpinkNF46
    No. 21 (Wortley)1 seat · turnout 38.5%
    P. FathersLabour2,385 ✓
    F. StubleyConservative2,340
    W. MossLIB519
    A. SmithNF112
    No. 22 (Morley: North Etc.)1 seat · turnout 37.1%
    B. BarkerConservative3,209
    B. NorthLabour3,119
    No. 23 (Morley: Central Etc.)1 seat · turnout 33.2%
    B. HaydnLabour3,310
    C. RoverConservative1,999
    No. 24 (Pudsey: Farsley Etc.)1 seat · turnout 42.7%
    A. CarterConservative3,724
    P. BurrillLabour1,756
    S. HollingworthLIB812
    No. 25 (Pudsey: Greenside Etc.)1 seat · turnout 39.9%
    Fletcher L.Conservative2,475
    G. WilsonLIB2,065
    W. ThurlowLabour1,211
    No. 26 (Aireborough)1 seat · turnout 39.8%
    W. HudsonConservative5,202
    M. DunnLabour2,429
    J. BrownLIB1,556
    No. 27 (Garforth North & Barwick)1 seat · turnout 42.8%
    B. RowleyConservative4,487
    H. MartinLabour2,451
    D. CorryEcol483
    No. 28 (Kippax & Swillington)1 seat · turnout 41.2%
    K. SmithLabour3,219
    B. KingConservative2,234
    No. 29 (Horsforth)1 seat · turnout 51.5%
    M. CrossfieldLIB3,413 ✓
    B. PickardConservative3,201
    T. WatsonLabour864
    D. DarnboroughEcol262
    No. 3 (Burmantofts & Richmondhill)1 seat · turnout 39.7%
    M. ClayLIB3,901 ✓
    M. McGowanLabour2,729
    R. SimpsonConservative897
    S. RigbyNF119
    M. MonkmanCOMM84
    No. 30 (Otley)1 seat · turnout 53.6%
    F. AtkinsonConservative3,937 ✓
    J. SpencerLIB2,910
    I. SwainLabour960
    A. OddyCOMM54
    No. 31 (Rothwell)1 seat · turnout 36.5%
    R. LundLabour4,939
    R. HarveyConservative2,781
    J. DuckenfieldNF194
    No. 32 (Wetherby Rural)2 seats · turnout 32.5%
    D. HudsonConservative5,419
    J. GrangerConservative5,311
    J. TaylorLabour963
    M. MoynihanLabour808
    J. ScottLIB641
    M. SellersEcol555
    No. 4 (Chapel Allerton & Scott Hall)1 seat · turnout 34.8%
    Sparling P.Conservative4,039 ✓
    J. Kerwin-DaveyLabour2,984
    D. ThorpeLIB495
    P. JacksonNF148
    L. WilloughbyCOMM108
    T. BernsteinEcol54
    No. 5 (City & Woodhouse)1 seat · turnout 26.5%
    W. MerrittLabour2,644 ✓
    C. HudsonConservative1,093
    A. AliLIB177
    J. RodgersCOMM130
    A. RhodesNF69
    No. 6 (Cookridge & Weetwood)1 seat · turnout 36.6%
    R. HallConservative6,201 ✓
    J. IllingworthLabour2,091
    D. GazeyLIB1,132
    P. LewenzEcol197
    No. 7 (Hunslet East & West)1 seat · turnout 35.3%
    G. DriverLabour3,035 ✓
    D. PedderIndependent1,425
    J. FinniganLIB795
    R. TetleyConservative670
    N. GriffithsNF162
    No. 8 (Gipton & Whinmoor)1 seat · turnout 28.1%
    R. DixonLabour4,265 ✓
    W BucklandConservative2,363
    B. SpinkNF137
    G. ThompsonCOMM82
    No. 9 (Harehills & Roundhay)1 seat · turnout 33.9%
    P. CrottyConservative4,139 ✓
    M. LyonsLabour2,821
    H. BevansLIB396
    A. AndrewEcol118
    C. DewarNF105