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    1979 handbook

    Dartford: 1979 local elections

    22 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1978) (45 seats, Elections Centre)

    Labour 25 · Conservative 20 · Other 0 · The Liberal Party 0

    After (end of 1979) (45 seats, Elections Centre)

    Labour 23 · Conservative 22 · The Liberal Party 0 · Other 0

    Ward results

    Bean1 seat · turnout 76.7%
    R. WhitelockConservative476
    B. WellsLabour436
    Brent3 seats · turnout 74.2%
    L. BuckinghamConservative1,730
    N. HollowayConservative1,659
    D. ParsonsConservative1,605
    L. EatonLabour1,432
    Judith BlakeLabour1,422
    S. RefaultLabour1,317
    Darenth2 seats · turnout 62.7%
    G. MossLabour1,115
    G. NimmoLabour1,028
    D. DackConservative1,021
    N. RobinsonConservative873
    Galley Hill2 seats · turnout 69.8%
    S. BaconLabour1,077
    C. BrownLabour990
    D. BonnerConservative586
    J. Lewis LeggConservative549
    Greenhithe2 seats · turnout 74.1%
    P. MelvinLabour1,046
    M. BradleyLabour839
    D. JohncockConservative538
    Patrick AdamsConservative527
    Gundulf3 seats · turnout 69.8%
    C. KeightleyConservative1,381
    K. PearsallConservative1,301
    K. ThurlowConservative1,289
    S. BaxterLabour1,018
    Anne MuckleLabour946
    J. MelfordLabour945
    D. RobertsLIB390
    Heath3 seats · turnout 76.6%
    R. MaxtedConservative2,212
    A. SmithConservative2,186
    I. MucciConservative2,143
    S. BrownLabour1,005
    S. DowmanLabour966
    R. HarrisLabour966
    Horns Cross1 seat · turnout 79.5%
    I. JonesLabour724
    V. RamsdenConservative310
    Joyce Green2 seats · turnout 72.3%
    S. BrownLabour1,251 ✓
    E. CooperLabour1,180 ✓
    P. MortimerConservative507
    D. WoolleyConservative450
    W. HollandOther60
    Littlebrook2 seats · turnout 69.8%
    S. IrvingLabour1,476
    J. MuckleLabour1,326
    M VickeryConservative535
    R WillmottConservative522
    Maypole2 seats · turnout 74.7%
    E. PriorConservative1,449
    E. StoreyConservative1,352
    W. GallacherLabour709
    G. WhitakerLabour675
    Miskin2 seats · turnout 72.8%
    T. SmithConservative851
    M. SakerConservative790
    K. NormanLabour536
    J. PhillipsLabour505
    A. RipleyInd Con353
    B. MorrisEcol184
    Newtown3 seats
    J. ClarkLabour1,425 ✓
    L. MayneLabour1,412 ✓
    R. StoneLabour1,322 ✓
    P. BowlesConservative1,256
    R. MucciConservative1,208
    H. WillmottConservative1,208
    Princes3 seats · turnout 67.2%
    A. MayLabour1,788
    E. MayLabour1,691
    M. BrewerLabour1,617
    P. StanfordConservative1,193
    W. SmithConservative1,056
    Rebecca StoreyConservative991
    Priory1 seat · turnout 79.5%
    C. BarrattLabour502
    A. YatesConservative403
    A. PriceLIB131
    Southfleet2 seats · turnout 84.4%
    E. HuxleyConservative1,255 ✓
    E. JamesConservative1,111 ✓
    T. OswaldThe Liberal Party398
    D. JonesLabour299
    R. ShirleyLabour242
    Stone3 seats · turnout 68.9%
    D. SweetlandLabour1,444
    E. PettyLabour1,434
    H. PhillipsLabour1,337
    A. SalwayConservative981
    R. DraperConservative946
    Nancy WightmanConservative943
    J. ReadBUP252
    J. FurlongBUP186
    Sutton-at-Hone and Hawley2 seats · turnout 78.5%
    P. ColemanConservative1,782
    M. NothardConservative1,769
    J. O'DonoghueLabour587
    G. SkinnerLabour542
    Swanscombe2 seats · turnout 73.6%
    R. PoveyLabour1,276
    D. HaggerLabour1,202
    P. EdneyConservative502
    N. MucciConservative495
    Wilmington Central1 seat · turnout 83.1%
    J. SuttonConservative758
    D. FarrellLabour598
    Wilmington East1 seat · turnout 82.5%
    D. JolleyConservative680
    D. DrayLabour412
    Wilmington West2 seats · turnout 80.9%
    A. GillhamConservative1,550
    R. NightingaleConservative1,496
    A. DutfieldLabour605
    R. StallardLabour551