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    1979 handbook

    Cherwell: 1979 local elections

    30 wards with results. Council page

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

    Conservative 26 · Labour 10 · Other 9 · The Liberal Party 0

    After (end of 1979) (52 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 34 · Labour 12 · Other 4 · The Liberal Party 2

    Ward results

    Adderbury1 seat · turnout 82.1%
    Anne Catherine SmithConservative807
    K. ChappleIndependent659
    Ambrosden1 seat
    A. TallentsConservative0 ✓
    Bicester East2 seats · turnout 69.5%
    J. HollisConservative1,353
    B. KeeysConservative1,147
    D. PowellLabour868
    G. LloydLabour752
    Bicester South2 seats · turnout 61.0%
    R. BaintonIndependent1,068
    J. LeachConservative865
    B. HarrisConservative817
    R. ThomasLabour619
    Bicester West2 seats · turnout 54.7%
    D. SpencerConservative1,126
    B. NicholsonIndependent1,056
    J. RobinsonConservative1,023
    Bloxham2 seats · turnout 60.0%
    Manning C.Conservative1,194
    P. StoweLIB1,038
    A. AshtonConservative957
    Bodicote1 seat
    D. BishopIndependent0 ✓
    Calthorpe3 seats
    J BuzzardConservative1,629 ✓
    S SpoulConservative1,373 ✓
    A GibbsConservative1,245 ✓
    J WashburnLabour1,158
    F WoolamsLabour967
    Caversfield1 seat
    S. MillsConservative0 ✓
    Chesterton1 seat
    C. ShoulerConservative0 ✓
    Cropredy1 seat · turnout 79.2%
    L. TustianConservative892
    J. CowperthwaiteLabour275
    Deddington1 seat
    R. CroftConservative0 ✓
    Easington3 seats
    Fred BlackwellConservative2,083 ✓
    R SmithConservative1,999 ✓
    D SmithConservative1,879 ✓
    E ButlerLabour993
    Vera NormanLabour991
    Fringford1 seat
    K. JohnsonConservative0 ✓
    Gosford1 seat · turnout 78.2%
    B PrestidgeConservative778
    C. HarveyLabour264
    Grimsbury3 seats · turnout 59.1%
    J. BossLabour1,309
    E. BeereLabour1,230
    L. PammestConservative1,052
    C. BlackwellConservative1,031
    T. MolyneuxConservative1,014
    D. HuskLabour950
    Hardwick3 seats
    K HoneyboneLabour1,277 ✓
    M FerrimanLabour1,256 ✓
    J MorrisLabour1,215 ✓
    J ConnertonConservative1,024
    N JordanConservative994
    J MooneyConservative837
    Heyford1 seat · turnout 75.9%
    N. ClareConservative590
    R. ReissLabour467
    Hornton1 seat · turnout 81.0%
    H. HartConservative463
    P. FisherLabour355
    Kirtlington1 seat
    D. PerkinsConservative0 ✓
    Launton1 seat
    A. MillerConservative0 ✓
    Neithrop3 seats · turnout 61.5%
    T. PriestleyLabour1,516
    J. McElligottLabour1,406
    C. TaylorLabour1,397
    G. SteerConservative1,339
    R. RobsonConservative1,034
    J. StevensonConservative926
    North West Kidlington3 seats · turnout 66.8%
    S. KnightConservative1,743
    P. WyattConservative1,730
    G. MundayConservative1,556
    J. CoulterLabour885
    R. DorrillLabour869
    I. McCollinLabour769
    Otmoor1 seat · turnout 79.6%
    R. BrownLIB664
    L. ThompsonConservative480
    Ruscote3 seats · turnout 59.3%
    A. BillinghamLabour1,605
    A. HumphriesLabour1,473
    J. SteerLabour1,377
    D. KiteConservative960
    D. HenryConservative885
    K. StuartConservative856
    R. AnkersInd Lab810
    Sibford1 seat
    L. PoultonConservative0 ✓
    South East Kidlington3 seats · turnout 68.0%
    Groves R.Labour1,657
    B. KealeyConservative1,633
    V. RandallConservative1,487
    R PaceyConservative1,436
    H. DeeLabour1,335
    D. GreenLabour1,182
    Steeple Aston1 seat
    R. MoffattConservative0 ✓
    Wroxton1 seat · turnout 77.8%
    H. CliftonConservative640
    J. MasonLIB555
    Yarnton2 seats
    D. LongConservative0 ✓
    R. DaveyConservative0 ✓