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    1979 handbook

    Salisbury: 1979 local elections

    36 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1978) (58 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 21 · Other 21 · Labour 9 · The Liberal Party 7

    After (end of 1979) (58 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 23 · Other 20 · The Liberal Party 8 · Labour 7

    Ward results

    Alderbury1 seat
    J. SmithConservative0 ✓
    Amesbury3 seats · turnout 54.4%
    T. HeffermanConservative1,667
    A. UnderwoodLabour1,540
    A. PeachConservative1,362
    D. LumleyLabour1,202
    B. ChaseLIB1,025
    Bemerton3 seats · turnout 58.4%
    G. BurdenLabour1,252
    L. GrantLIB1,226
    A. LawrenceLabour1,097
    B. LambertLabour1,068
    D. BullenConservative800
    R. HartConservative799
    J. SmithConservative726
    W. McIntoshIndependent375
    Bishopdown1 seat
    P. EdwardsLIB0 ✓
    Bulford2 seats
    R. FoxLabour0 ✓
    L. MousleyLabour0 ✓
    Chalke Valley1 seat
    D. MannIndependent0 ✓
    Donhead1 seat
    S. GreigConservative0 ✓
    Downton2 seats · turnout 60.0%
    D. Greville-HeygateConservative1,108
    B. OglethorpeIndependent816
    D. HorsefallIndependent679
    Durrington3 seats · turnout 56.6%
    G. ArnottConservative1,061
    E. HilderbrandConservative1,025
    A. WhittallConservative1,005
    D. SteadmanIndependent1,003
    B. WrightLabour677
    R. BennettLabour613
    A. WhatleyIndependent359
    Ebble1 seat
    H FarrisIndependent0 ✓
    Fisherton and Bemerton Village2 seats · turnout 57.0%
    T. CowieRES1,136
    T. SnookConservative1,102
    A. ClarkeConservative799
    Fonthill1 seat
    C. MorrisonIndependent0 ✓
    Fovant1 seat
    J. SnowdonIndependent0 ✓
    Harnham3 seats · turnout 53.8%
    T. HattersleyIndependent2,333
    J. StrattonLIB1,799
    B. HeadConservative1,595
    W. GrangerConservative1,425
    Idmiston1 seat
    C. PudeIndependent0 ✓
    Knoyle1 seat
    J. LangleyIndependent0 ✓
    Laverstock2 seats · turnout 64.7%
    D. RileyRES1,257
    D. LodgeConservative983
    T StroudConservative733
    Mere1 seat · turnout 82.5%
    J. PaulIndependent1,066
    C. ScottIndependent448
    Milford2 seats · turnout 55.3%
    B. SheppardRES1,202
    D. StephensonConservative836
    F. BuddenLIB693
    Nadder1 seat
    R. MabeyConservative0 ✓
    Redlynch2 seats
    M. PearceConservative0 ✓
    T. NewmanIndependent0 ✓
    St Paul3 seats
    I. LightLabour1,277
    J. AbbotLabour1,122
    G. WilliamsConservative1,097
    G. TudhopeConservative1,004
    St. Edmund2 seats · turnout 60.1%
    J. BurdenRES1,034
    K. EdwardLIB1,031
    J. ForbesConservative504
    St. Mark3 seats · turnout 64.1%
    B. MacgrathRES1,533
    D. AlfordConservative1,361
    G. ShinglerConservative1,357
    C. CooperLIB1,171
    J. RobinsonConservative1,097
    St. Martin2 seats · turnout 51.8%
    T. StockenConservative999
    A. PerryLIB991
    P. StockenConservative828
    Stratford1 seat
    P. DaltonConservative0 ✓
    Till Valley1 seat · turnout 73.2%
    A. HallConservative951
    D. NarwoodLabour248
    Tisbury1 seat · turnout 78.6%
    R. CorpLIB1,044
    D. VigorsConservative360
    Upper Bourne1 seat
    G. MilesIndependent0 ✓
    Western1 seat
    P. SpencerConservative0 ✓
    Whiteparish1 seat
    H. HutchingsIndependent0 ✓
    Wilton2 seats · turnout 57.6%
    E. KiddleIndependent1,357
    D. GrayConservative1,319
    H. PottageConservative898
    Winterbourne1 seat
    H. MillsIndependent0 ✓
    Winterslow1 seat
    P. TittIndependent0 ✓
    Woodford Valley1 seat
    S. DownLIB0 ✓
    Wylye2 seats
    D. WestConservative0 ✓
    J. LakemanLIB0 ✓