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    1979 handbook

    West Lancashire: 1979 local elections

    18 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1978) (55 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 33 · Labour 18 · Other 3 · The Liberal Party 1

    After (end of 1979) (55 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 31 · Labour 20 · Other 3 · The Liberal Party 1

    Ward results

    Aughton Park1 seat · turnout 77.8%
    J. RadfordConservative1,601
    A. FrancisLabour332
    Aughton Town Green1 seat · turnout 81.4%
    C BailyConservative2,367
    J. PickthallLabour741
    Bickerstaffe1 seat · turnout 84.5%
    T. RosbothamIndependent457
    J. TurnerLIB319
    Birch Green1 seat · turnout 56.6%
    F. RileyLabour1,634
    M. LeeConservative876
    P. AdlenCOMM87
    Burscough1 seat · turnout 78.2%
    A. BullenLabour1,531
    H. GrimshawConservative1,285
    Burscough East1 seat · turnout 77.0%
    D ElliotConservative1,331
    C. PickthallLabour737
    Derby1 seat · turnout 73.3%
    C. KellsConservative2,278
    A. WilliamsLabour1,553
    Knowsley1 seat · turnout 76.7%
    P. JanvierConservative2,158
    G. WhitesideLabour1,070
    NORTH MEOLS1 seat · turnout 71.4%
    H. CropperConservative1,156
    P. WynnLabour602
    PARBOLD1 seat · turnout 77.7%
    B. MaddocksConservative874
    L. WatsonInd Con870
    R. HaleLIB580
    Scarisbrick1 seat · turnout 69.8%
    W. CoxIndependent1,336
    V. ComanLabour373
    Scott1 seat · turnout 78.6%
    G. LedsonConservative1,680
    R. NorrisLabour1,656
    Skelmersdale North1 seat · turnout 69.3%
    H. EddenLabour1,918
    G. BlytheConservative858
    T. AldridgeCOMM78
    Skelmersdale South1 seat · turnout 69.9%
    M. FordLabour2,174
    I. HawkinsConservative685
    Tanhouse1 seat · turnout 63.0%
    J. Sefia-FlanaganLabour1,439 ✓
    C. LeeConservative557
    W. FitzgeraldLIB343
    M. DentonCOMM82
    TARLETON1 seat · turnout 76.1%
    R. HodgeConservative2,231
    T. JenkinsonLabour314
    Up Holland North1 seat · turnout 74.8%
    W. RoseIndependent1,201
    J. PruntyLabour964
    Wrightington1 seat · turnout 78.7%
    J. RothwellConservative901
    J. BurtonIndependent864