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    1979 handbook

    Dacorum: 1979 local elections

    28 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1978) (62 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 38 · Labour 21 · Other 3 · The Liberal Party 0

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

    Conservative 32 · Labour 23 · Other 3 · The Liberal Party 0

    Ward results

    Adeyfield East2 seats · turnout 81.4%
    I. Laidlaw-DicksonLabour1,459 ✓
    G. ScribensLabour1,438 ✓
    D. HarringtonConservative1,324
    G. WhiteConservative1,201
    J. BlackmanLIB385
    G. RobertsonNF91
    T. WaltersNF75
    Adeyfield West3 seats · turnout 77.4%
    L. TaberLabour2,141
    J. BotfieldLabour2,070
    M. YoungLabour2,031
    J. HansonConservative1,367
    J. GiddinsConservative1,322
    D. EversfieldConservative1,307
    W. GriggsNF141
    S. PriceNF119
    ALDBURY & WIGGINTON1 seat · turnout 84.6%
    E. RossIndependent997
    G. WaltersConservative373
    ASHRIDGE2 seats · turnout 85.8%
    F. De ButtsConservative1,601
    J. ScottConservative1,551
    J. StobbsLIB556
    J. LucasLabour414
    I. BerkovitchLabour381
    G. DaviesLIB366
    Bennetts End3 seats · turnout 78.5%
    C CushionLabour2,198
    J. DorchesterLabour2,034
    K. FletcherLabour1,961
    T EastmanConservative1,207
    S. FeweryConservative1,171
    F. FosterConservative1,098
    C. De PeyerInd Lab731
    L. LeighCOMM85
    Berkhamsted Central2 seats · turnout 84.5%
    K. ColemanConservative1,828
    A. ThomasConservative1,816
    I. McCallaLIB678
    K. BeddallLabour567
    G. ThomasLabour565
    Berkhamsted East3 seats
    P AdamsConservative1,871 ✓
    A MedcalfConservative1,868 ✓
    R PeakeConservative1,567 ✓
    Jonathan RobertsLabour1,177
    Bernard MayLabour1,157
    J BandyInd Con1,138
    Celia MorrishLabour1,063
    BERKHAMSTED WEST2 seats · turnout 80.6%
    E. WarringtonConservative1,387
    V. MilrathConservative1,313
    S. BaylissLabour1,223
    B. HingLabour739
    E. PattersonLIB574
    Bovingdon & Flaunden2 seats · turnout 80.5%
    P. MayoConservative1,544
    A. JanesConservative1,447
    W. SymonsIndependent578
    B. FarrerLabour459
    J. GaberLabour454
    M. MaynardLIB332
    Boxmoor3 seats · turnout 80.1%
    M. KingConservative2,161
    A. BarlingConservative2,030
    J. ButeuxConservative1,986
    M. CrosbyLabour1,337
    P. IngoldLabour1,319
    J. SmithLabour1,313
    L. RoeLIB447
    C. TonkinIndependent337
    Central2 seats · turnout 77.3%
    C. FowlerConservative1,403
    A. TomsConservative1,264
    D. HardingLabour1,078
    J. SeymourLabour1,038
    J. DoverLIB372
    Chaulden1 seat · turnout 84.6%
    D. BrownLabour1,051 ✓
    J PriceConservative617
    J. AdamsLIB133
    J. PearceCOMM40
    Chipperfield1 seat · turnout 86.8%
    J. NicholsConservative881
    J. KellyLabour250
    Crabtree3 seats · turnout 74.4%
    C. BarlingConservative1,728
    C. HaslockLabour1,723
    C. ApplebyConservative1,695
    B. LuckConservative1,671
    P. RyanLabour1,581
    A. MaclaughlinLabour1,581
    C. SiversLIB786
    Cupid Green2 seats
    O CollingwoodConservative1,179 ✓
    S CrosbyLabour1,110 ✓
    G HansonConservative1,041
    R SteptoLabour1,011
    R ColesLIB379
    Flamstead & Markyate2 seats · turnout 78.8%
    J. TauntonConservative1,641
    W. TerryConservative1,601
    F. TaylorLabour656
    A. HooperLabour625
    Gadebridge2 seats
    James Henry Lavington WoodLabour1,513 ✓
    R MitchellLabour1,422 ✓
    G PayneConservative773
    P. HarrisLIB300
    J McAuleyNF43
    Grovehill3 seats
    C MaxwellLabour1,442 ✓
    A BucklandLabour1,377 ✓
    L MorrisLabour1,374 ✓
    W FaupelIndependent1,320
    G ClennellConservative1,066
    A SmithConservative1,041
    K BishopConservative901
    J BlackmanLIB620
    Highfield3 seats
    P DoyleLabour1,949 ✓
    J AnnisonLabour1,848 ✓
    Peter PalfreyLabour1,473 ✓
    Elaine CooperConservative1,162
    N HalseyConservative904
    P SmithConservative892
    G LawrenceLIB835
    KINGS LANGLEY2 seats · turnout 81.7%
    D. BarkerConservative2,024
    W. DriverConservative1,822
    R. CoxLabour949
    D. MossLabour928
    Leverstock Green3 seats
    P CashConservative2,663 ✓
    Hazel BassadoneConservative2,632 ✓
    P CourtnageConservative2,606 ✓
    W HoldsworthLabour1,663
    Anthony FethneyLabour1,618
    F TempleLabour1,574
    NASH MILLS1 seat · turnout 83.7%
    S. DavisonLabour684
    J. ByfieldConservative511
    R. WillsonLIB117
    NORTHCHURCH1 seat · turnout 82.8%
    G. ScottConservative868
    I. ScottLIB393
    South1 seat · turnout 86.5%
    P. BentonConservative1,382
    R. LinsleyLabour541
    C. RoeLIB116
    Tring Central2 seats · turnout 76.8%
    R HallingIndependent1,473 ✓
    R YoungerConservative867 ✓
    P AldisLabour569
    P. GarnhamConservative466
    G. McAndrewInd Con438
    D. EaudeLabour429
    P. ElleyLIB306
    Tring East1 seat · turnout 87.8%
    J. CollingsConservative1,084
    J. DymondLabour235
    Tring West2 seats · turnout 81.9%
    D. TownsendConservative1,419
    R. TuckerIndependent1,291
    Cole R.Conservative1,272
    J. De PeyerLabour525
    R. HolledgeLabour483
    D. BadrickLIB483
    Warners End3 seats · turnout 77.1%
    J. GeraghtyLabour2,063
    G. MitchellLabour1,953
    R. GlatterLabour1,901
    J. NairnConservative1,312
    R. Foord-KelceyConservative1,169
    A. WebsterConservative1,134
    W. WhalleyLIB515