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    1979 handbook

    Mendip: 1979 local elections

    32 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1978) (44 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 21 · Other 17 · The Liberal Party 3 · Labour 3

    After (end of 1979) (43 seats, Elections Centre)

    Other 29 · Conservative 10 · Labour 3 · The Liberal Party 1

    Ward results

    Ashwick1 seat · turnout 74.3%
    P. CrossmanIndependent473
    R SnookIndependent184
    E. KennardConservative177
    Avalon1 seat
    R. CottonIndependent0 ✓
    Beacon1 seat · turnout 78.2%
    E. FrancisIndependent753
    C. TomlinsonLabour318
    Beckington and Rode1 seat
    D. BruntIndependent0 ✓
    Chilcompton & Ston Easton1 seat · turnout 78.4%
    C. PerkinsIndependent755
    G. PickfordIndependent329
    H. InchleyLabour217
    Coleford1 seat · turnout 81.1%
    A. BullLabour465
    M. CageLIB397
    S. FrankumConservative349
    Creech1 seat
    M. PurseIndependent0 ✓
    Ebbor1 seat
    R. ButterellIndependent0 ✓
    Frome Badcox2 seats · turnout 57.3%
    C. SuttonConservative1,210
    B. BakerLabour727
    Wright G.Independent689
    D. HawesLabour677
    P. WrightIndependent457
    Frome Fromefield3 seats · turnout 51.6%
    M. ToopConservative1,528
    J. EamesIndependent1,497
    N. BramallConservative1,394
    A. WalkerConservative1,235
    W. WardIndependent1,152
    Frome Keyford2 seats
    L. MillsConservative0 ✓
    H. NashIndependent0 ✓
    Glastonbury St Edmund's1 seat
    P. LucasIndependent680
    M. LeonardConservative314
    Glastonbury St. Benedicts1 seat · turnout 74.1%
    D. MillerIndependent570
    H. BarkerConservative277
    Glastonbury St. Johns1 seat · turnout 77.8%
    G. BruntIndependent707
    J. RichardsonConservative205
    Glastonbury St. Mary1 seat · turnout 79.2%
    E. Jackson-StevensIndependent782
    E. JamesConservative290
    Mells1 seat
    R. HewettIndependent0 ✓
    Moor1 seat
    R. MollandIndependent0 ✓
    Nedge1 seat
    W. MackayConservative0 ✓
    Nordinton1 seat
    B. BushIndependent0 ✓
    Postlebury1 seat · turnout 77.5%
    R. Bonham ChristieConservative662
    T. McCarthyIndependent523
    Pylcombe1 seat
    F. BoyceIndependent0 ✓
    Rodney1 seat
    K. FlawnConservative0 ✓
    Selwood & Berkley2 seats · turnout 58.8%
    P. WeeksIndependent1,867
    C. BerryIndependent1,826
    R. EmeryLabour1,052
    Sheppey1 seat · turnout 76.8%
    D BarnardIndependent648
    K. ParsonsIndependent610
    Shepton Mallet3 seats · turnout 65.2%
    J. GilhamLabour1,290
    J. Astell-BurtConservative1,218
    A. ConnockIndependent1,085
    M. HollandConservative1,070
    R. HoustonConservative982
    R. MaleIndependent895
    C. DenningLabour816
    M. PullenIndependent773
    K HurrellLabour622
    Stratton1 seat · turnout 80.1%
    A. AtthillIndependent888
    T. HoldwayConservative466
    Street North2 seats
    G. DracupIndependent0 ✓
    R. ClarkIndependent0 ✓
    Street South2 seats
    R. ClarkIndependent0 ✓
    T. NewmanConservative0 ✓
    Vale1 seat
    H. GolledgeIndependent0 ✓
    Wells Central1 seat · turnout 75.3%
    G. LivingsIndependent396
    G. StilesLIB375
    S. DefriesConservative283
    Wells St Thomas'2 seats · turnout 60.0%
    W. PinchingIndependent1,328
    E. WrightConservative1,217
    H. DuckettConservative786
    Wells St. Cuthberts2 seats · turnout 55.6%
    E. GilesIndependent809
    H. BarrettLIB715
    P. HolidayConservative546
    A. NeilIndependent468