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    1979 handbook

    South Staffordshire: 1979 local elections

    30 wards with results. Council page

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

    Conservative 27 · Other 17 · Labour 4 · The Liberal Party 0

    After (end of 1979) (50 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 31 · Other 13 · Labour 5 · The Liberal Party 1

    Ward results

    Acton Trussell1 seat · turnout 83.1%
    E. BuxtonInd Con361
    E. GrahamIndependent314
    R. DouglasConservative276
    Bilbrook2 seats · turnout 67.2%
    R. CromptonConservative1,207
    G. WalleyConservative1,105
    W. PriceLabour881
    E. BellinghamLabour789
    Bishopswood1 seat
    G. RobertsConservative0 ✓
    Brewood2 seats
    D. CorbettConservative0 ✓
    G. SheldonConservative0 ✓
    Cheslyn Hay2 seats · turnout 66.8%
    W. CraddockLabour1,009
    D. StantonIndependent850
    D. PerksConservative839
    G. BirdLabour713
    Codsall North2 seats · turnout 69.8%
    D. BramallConservative1,641
    P. YatesConservative1,579
    T. WilliamsLabour643
    J. BrookLabour627
    Codsall South3 seats
    D HousdenConservative2,137 ✓
    J InchConservative2,048 ✓
    Mike JonesConservative1,897 ✓
    J JonesLabour758
    R LawrenceLabour709
    V BrookLabour654
    Coven2 seats · turnout 63.5%
    D. JonesIndependent894
    T. GrovesConservative786
    G. McCarthyIndependent583
    L. JonesLabour466
    T. HopperLabour250
    Essington2 seats · turnout 69.2%
    R. RobertsConservative1,310
    J. WilsonIndependent1,039
    H. MountfieldLabour896
    D. BaldwinLabour796
    Featherstone1 seat · turnout 71.0%
    J. GreenawayLabour753
    J. HoughIndependent620
    Great Wyrley Landywood3 seats · turnout 65.4%
    G. JonesIndependent1,645
    D. BladenIndependent1,538
    H. MellorIndependent1,514
    D. AllenLabour1,128
    E. LawsonLabour959
    W. NewellLIB934
    Great Wyrley North1 seat · turnout 79.9%
    M. HardingConservative473
    D. RandleLabour218
    S. MiddlebrookIndependent197
    Great Wyrley Town3 seats
    V. HardingConservative1,380
    G. BullockLabour1,234
    P. SmithLabour1,176
    P. TurnerLabour1,138
    K. VaughanConservative1,012
    C. ShawConservative991
    K. CooperIndependent605
    W. WilkesIndependent537
    M. DamsIndependent389
    GREAT WYRLEY WEST1 seat · turnout 81.4%
    D. WatsonIndependent621
    B. WoodLabour346
    Himley & Swindon1 seat
    W. BrownhillConservative0 ✓
    Huntington1 seat
    G. ColeLabour0 ✓
    Kinver3 seats · turnout 73.6%
    S. HarrisCA2,203
    K. JeffriesCA1,728
    F. SimkissCA1,582
    W. WrigleyConservative1,080
    F. WrigleyConservative989
    R. HadfieldConservative778
    Lapley1 seat
    L. ChadwinConservative0 ✓
    Lower Penn1 seat · turnout 82.5%
    W. WinsperConservative655
    W. BrownIndependent386
    Pattingham & Patshull1 seat
    J. BurtonConservative0 ✓
    Penkridge North East1 seat · turnout 83.7%
    J. ChambersLIB993
    K. LeesConservative385
    Penkridge South East2 seats · turnout 66.6%
    E. HodsonConservative1,360
    S. WilliamsIndependent1,170
    R. LuntLabour573
    R. NicholsonLabour504
    Penkridge West1 seat
    J. StanfordConservative0 ✓
    Perton1 seat
    C. YardleyConservative1,600
    R. LawrenceLabour421
    Shareshill1 seat
    A. HoodConservative0 ✓
    Stourton1 seat · turnout 70.4%
    D. TweedieConservative707
    J. WedgeburyCA425
    Trysull & Seisdon1 seat
    C. BollandConservative0 ✓
    Wombourne North3 seats · turnout 59.6%
    E. JonesConservative1,745
    A. SucklingConservative1,659
    B. WilliamsConservative1,585
    R. FoxLabour910
    M. MaynardLabour875
    Wombourne South East2 seats · turnout 77.1%
    H. McTaggartIndependent956 ✓
    J. SmithConservative794 ✓
    H. WakefordConservative590
    R. ForderLIB531
    D. DuffyLabour370
    E. KesslerLabour327
    P. StevensonLIB323
    Wombourne South West3 seats · turnout 55.7%
    J. GriffithsConservative1,724
    I. KellyConservative1,557
    E. WaterfieldConservative1,428
    C. WymerLabour895
    J. LewisLabour880