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    1979 handbook

    Bolton: 1979 local elections

    20 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1978)

    Not known.

    After (end of 1979)

    Not known.

    Ward results

    No. 1 (Great Lever)1 seat · turnout 76.9%
    L. WilliamsonLabour4,408
    L. HuytonConservative3,598
    No. 10 (Bradford)1 seat · turnout 74.7%
    C. ScullLabour2,344
    H. KoliaConservative648
    No. 11 (Heaton)1 seat · turnout 83.6%
    B. HurstConservative3,382
    J. JenkinsLabour691
    No. 12 (Rumworth & Hulton)1 seat · turnout 78.7%
    T. AndertonLabour4,046
    R. CarrConservative3,679
    No. 13 (Church-East-North)1 seat · turnout 76.8%
    J. FarmerLabour2,270
    M. DrinkwaterConservative1,618
    No. 14 (Farnworth North)1 seat · turnout 71.4%
    D. ButterfieldLabour3,152
    D. JonesConservative2,205
    G. BarrowLIB1,238
    No. 15 (Farnworth South)1 seat · turnout 70.6%
    Johns P.Labour3,669
    B. CooteConservative1,598
    L. BaleLIB1,262
    No. 17 (Blackrod & Horwich South)1 seat · turnout 79.5%
    E. JohnsonLabour2,760
    J. JolleyConservative2,560
    No. 18 (Kearsley)1 seat · turnout 78.4%
    W. RobinsonLabour2,912
    J. RothwellLIB2,158
    J. TomlinsonConservative1,682
    No. 19 (Little Lever)1 seat · turnout 80.5%
    A. LawtonConservative2,957
    L. SandersonLabour2,542
    W. CrookLIB993
    No. 20 (Bradshaw)1 seat · turnout 79.0%
    K. HowarthConservative4,099
    C. BenjaminLabour1,457
    No. 21 (Bromley Cross-Eagley-Egerton)2 seats · turnout 72.9%
    A. O'NeillConservative4,670
    T. MulliganConservative4,379
    J. MasonLabour1,981
    M. WoodcockLabour1,878
    No. 22 (Westhoughton North Central & South)1 seat · turnout 75.3%
    P. WoodcockLabour3,419
    M. PrinceConservative2,440
    No. 23 (Westhoughton East & Hulton)1 seat · turnout 80.0%
    J. SmithConservative3,624
    P. JonesLabour1,847
    No. 3 (Tonge)1 seat · turnout 76.5%
    D. EastwoodLabour4,598
    J. RigbyConservative4,050
    No. 4 (Smithills)1 seat · turnout 79.3%
    S. CollierConservative4,475
    J. KnightLabour2,932
    D. WalmsleyLIB1,093
    No. 5 (Halliwell)1 seat · turnout 78.3%
    J. FishLIB2,972
    R. JohnsonLabour2,171
    J. WalshConservative1,743
    No. 7 (West)1 seat · turnout 70.0%
    G. HartLabour3,693
    M. KershawConservative1,867
    No. 8 (Deane-Cum-Lostock)1 seat · turnout 78.9%
    R. WardConservative3,639
    G. HarkinLabour1,928
    S. RobertsLIB563
    No. 9 (Derby)1 seat · turnout 73.2%
    S. WalshLabour3,382
    J. ShoreConservative888
    A. JohnsonCOMM139