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    1979 handbook

    Rochford: 1979 local elections

    13 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1978) (40 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 29 · Other 9 · The Liberal Party 1 · Labour 1

    After (end of 1979) (40 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 27 · Other 9 · The Liberal Party 3 · Labour 1

    Ward results

    Ashingdon1 seat · turnout 76.1%
    B. CrickLIB909
    E. QuinceyConservative727
    Barling and Sutton1 seat
    A. ChandlerConservative0 ✓
    Canewdon1 seat · turnout 76.9%
    D. WoodIndependent812
    P. AbrahamsConservative439
    Foulness & Great Wakering East1 seat · turnout 78.5%
    R. PearsonConservative524
    W. LayLabour306
    A. HumbyIndependent283
    Grange & Rawreth1 seat · turnout 73.7%
    E. HeathConservative1,696
    S AndreLabour905
    Great Wakering Central1 seat · turnout 80.7%
    F. JopsonConservative320
    E. AdcockIndependent302
    C. BellmanLabour295
    Great Wakering West1 seat · turnout 78.7%
    E. AdcockIndependent478
    N. KeenConservative347
    Hawkwell East1 seat · turnout 76.4%
    A. HarveyConservative1,813
    G. SkinnerLIB1,349
    Hawkwell West1 seat · turnout 80.0%
    R. TaylorRES1,201
    T. FawellConservative1,080
    Lodge2 seats · turnout 70.2%
    P. CookeConservative2,338
    P. ElliottConservative2,111
    W. CampbellLabour890
    D. CampbellLabour886
    Trinity1 seat · turnout 84.3%
    D. HelsonLIB1,252
    D. FowlerConservative804
    J ClinkscalesLabour173
    Wheatley1 seat · turnout 79.3%
    R. HolmanConservative1,153
    J. WalshLIB503
    V. FoleyLabour241
    Whitehouse1 seat · turnout 78.9%
    J. GibsonConservative1,449
    G. WadeLabour602