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    1979 handbook

    North Dorset: 1979 local elections

    19 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1978)

    Not known.

    After (end of 1979)

    Not known.

    Ward results

    Lower Winterborne1 seat
    Della JonesIndependent0 ✓
    Milton2 seats
    H. BennettConservative0
    R. AldersonConservative0
    No 14 (Gillingham)3 seats · turnout 52.1%
    C. HoweIndependent2,105
    R. De GruchyIndependent1,863
    R. StanderwickIndependent1,448
    S. BallardIndependent1,395
    No. 1 (Blandford Forum)3 seats · turnout 50.7%
    M. BrickellIndependent1,546
    G. LaneIndependent1,378
    E. MillbankIndependent865
    R. BalmerIndependent795
    No. 10 (Pimperne)1 seat · turnout 78.1%
    M. DavisIndependent1,166
    H. WhiteLabour567
    No. 12 (Fontmell Magna)1 seat
    P. MillardIndependent0 ✓
    No. 13 (Cann)1 seat
    N. SampsonIndependent0 ✓
    No. 16 (East & West Stour)1 seat
    O. SalisburyIndependent0 ✓
    No. 17 (Motcombe)1 seat
    E. BaxterIndependent0 ✓
    No. 18 (Child Okeford)1 seat
    M. SaltIndependent0 ✓
    No. 19 (Marnhull)1 seat · turnout 74.0%
    F. PerksIndependent932
    M. NorrisIndependent206
    No. 2 (Shaftesbury)3 seats
    G. TapperLIB1,985
    L. WilliamsLIB1,602
    M. JefferyLIB1,402
    R. RipperConservative1,076
    S. MansbridgeIndependent832
    No. 5 (Tarrant Monkton)1 seat
    M. CossinsIndependent0 ✓
    No. 6 (Tarrant Hinton)1 seat · turnout 79.4%
    S. MillerIndependent253
    P. BourkeIndependent194
    No. 7 (Stourpaine)1 seat
    D. HenshawIndependent0 ✓
    No. 8 (Milborne St. Andrew)1 seat
    M. MillerIndependent0 ✓
    No. 9 (Winterborne Stickland)1 seat
    J. ToryIndependent0 ✓
    Portman1 seat
    J. ToryIndependent0 ✓
    Stour Valley2 seats
    L. RidoutIndependent0 ✓
    G. Pitt-RiversIndependent0 ✓