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    1979 handbook

    Sedgemoor: 1979 local elections

    31 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1978) (48 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 26 · Labour 12 · Other 9 · The Liberal Party 1

    After (end of 1979) (49 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 25 · Labour 13 · Other 7 · The Liberal Party 4

    Ward results

    Axbridge1 seat
    R. ClarkConservative0 ✓
    Axe Vale1 seat
    A. HamConservative0 ✓
    Berrow1 seat
    D. WillisConservative0 ✓
    Brent1 seat
    P. FrostConservative0 ✓
    Burnham North2 seats · turnout 63.7%
    P. HicksConservative1,641
    K. PetersConservative1,460
    E. NorrisIndependent1,002
    Burnham South3 seats · turnout 69.4%
    R. InnallsLIB1,701
    D. StorarLIB1,421
    S. NorrisLIB1,304
    M. TurcoConservative975
    R. JeffriesConservative887
    C. LawrenceConservative845
    W ChedzeyLabour449
    M. AnglezarkeLabour380
    Cannington & Combwich2 seats · turnout 73.5%
    L. CartwrightConservative1,033
    A. PassmoreLIB865
    R. WinspearLIB695
    P. WhiteConservative589
    Central3 seats · turnout 62.4%
    M. ReesConservative1,347
    J. BriscombeLabour1,297
    M CresswellConservative1,151
    R. HudsonConservative1,058
    A. EvansLabour1,007
    R. ScrivensLabour999
    Cheddar2 seats · turnout 61.1%
    S. MoodyIndependent1,207
    W. RoachConservative750
    R. DenmanIndependent659
    G. ClewleyConservative658
    P. BaileyIndependent259
    Dowsborough1 seat
    R. StephensConservative0 ✓
    East Poldens1 seat
    M. TingeyConservative0 ✓
    Eastern Quantocks1 seat
    P. DanielConservative0 ✓
    Eastover2 seats · turnout 55.5%
    E. DaviesLabour974
    F. PhippsLabour760
    T. BarringtonConservative666
    Hamp2 seats · turnout 58.3%
    T. RawlesLabour1,405
    M. TustianLabour1,313
    G. GranvilleConservative728
    D. SearleIndependent561
    Highbridge3 seats
    D HewingsLabour1,261 ✓
    T TurnerLabour1,187 ✓
    R DaffinLabour1,126 ✓
    J EdeConservative1,036
    P GriffithsConservative996
    C. BoothLIB925
    N CloutmanLIB923
    J HuntConservative901
    Huntspill1 seat
    S. CavillConservative0 ✓
    Mark1 seat
    J. MatthewsConservative0 ✓
    Newton Green1 seat
    C. LangConservative0 ✓
    North Petherton2 seats · turnout 72.1%
    C. VanstoneConservative947
    M PayneIndependent848
    P. PaintonLabour702
    J. OuthwaiteConservative634
    A. JamiesonIndependent554
    L. KnoxIndependent215
    Parchey1 seat
    J. GrahamConservative0 ✓
    Pawlett & Puriton1 seat · turnout 80.0%
    G. LockyerIndependent829
    B. EveredIndependent759
    Quantock3 seats
    R. DonaldsonConservative2,203
    J. HooperConservative2,020
    M. NeedsConservative1,823
    I. TesterLabour1,180
    Sandford1 seat
    D. FrostConservative0 ✓
    Shipham1 seat · turnout 80.5%
    G. ThieryIndependent451
    R. MorganLIB230
    Sowey1 seat
    E. StoreyIndependent0 ✓
    Sydenham3 seats · turnout 51.3%
    H. AyresLabour2,002
    J. TurnerLabour1,891
    A. BriscombeLabour1,662
    F. OatleyConservative657
    Victoria2 seats
    K. RichardsLabour0 ✓
    W. ChedgeyLabour0 ✓
    Wedmore2 seats
    A. BanwellIndependent0 ✓
    D. GrayConservative0 ✓
    West Poldens1 seat
    H. Ellis-JonesConservative0 ✓
    Westonzoyland1 seat · turnout 81.1%
    C. SperringIndependent518
    D. AlderConservative352
    Woolavington1 seat · turnout 79.0%
    B. BrooksConservative426
    W. DavisLabour390
    B. GallowayLIB322