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    1979 handbook

    Epping Forest: 1979 local elections

    31 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1978) (59 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 56 · Other 2 · Labour 1 · The Liberal Party 0

    After (end of 1979) (59 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 46 · Labour 10 · Other 3 · The Liberal Party 0

    Ward results

    Broadway3 seats · turnout 61.6%
    J. DavisLabour1,894
    H. WorbyLabour1,786
    M. PettmanLabour1,663
    B. SheppardConservative1,230
    A. MitchellConservative873
    F. FernandezConservative868
    Buckhurst Hill East3 seats · turnout 63.8%
    C. PerryConservative1,438
    G. SmithConservative1,336
    R. GarnerConservative1,326
    B. MooneyLabour874
    L. TimsonLabour764
    G. ChapmanLIB670
    A. DickinsonLIB617
    S. Gearon-SimmLIB486
    Buckhurst Hill West3 seats · turnout 65.8%
    I. BeattieConservative2,536
    V. MilnerConservative2,338
    A. WelchConservative1,594
    R. EvelingLIB811
    M. ClyneLIB731
    J. WestLIB678
    F. UnderhillLabour412
    J. BlagdenLabour411
    Chigwell Row1 seat · turnout 74.1%
    R. McGregorConservative940
    C. PerieraLabour376
    Chigwell Village2 seats
    N. RisdonConservative0 ✓
    B. GunbyConservative0 ✓
    Chipping Ongar1 seat · turnout 80.9%
    F. LoveConservative708
    K. TaitLabour325
    Debden Green3 seats · turnout 65.1%
    S PalfremanLabour1,595
    S. PalfremanLabour1,595 ✓
    Paul BostockLabour1,523
    P. BostockLabour1,523 ✓
    B WhitlockLabour1,465
    B. WhitlockLabour1,465 ✓
    S KnightConservative965
    S. KnightConservative965
    J. SteeleConservative919
    J SteeleConservative919
    J PhillipsConservative850
    J. PhillipsConservative850
    Epping Hemnall3 seats
    K. RothwellConservative0 ✓
    R. HillConservative0 ✓
    M. AldworthConservative0 ✓
    Epping Lindsey3 seats
    A. O'BrienConservative0 ✓
    H. MeadConservative0 ✓
    F. LimerConservative0 ✓
    Grange Hill3 seats
    A. BryantConservative0 ✓
    C. DavieConservative0 ✓
    M. FarnsworthConservative0 ✓
    Greensted & Marden Ash1 seat · turnout 79.6%
    T. SutherlandConservative949
    F. BarnesLabour469
    High Beech1 seat · turnout 72.8%
    H. TaylorConservative705
    R. KnibbInd Con327
    P. SumnerLabour260
    High Ongar1 seat · turnout 80.2%
    D. MortonConservative535
    J. PrattLabour231
    LAMBOURNE1 seat · turnout 83.4%
    R. AmanetConservative677
    C. HuckleLabour558
    Loughton Forest2 seats · turnout 78.6%
    R O'MalleyConservative1,508
    R. O'MalleyConservative1,508 ✓
    D. JamesConservative1,500 ✓
    D JamesConservative1,500
    G. MathiesonThe Liberal Party507
    G MathiesonLIB507
    C BeckettLabour291
    C. BeckettLabour291
    A FowlLabour253
    A. FowlLabour253
    Loughton Roding3 seats · turnout 66.5%
    W. JonesConservative1,600
    A. MillerConservative1,542
    G. BeldomConservative1,530
    A. HiltonLabour1,458
    W. SmithLabour1,443
    M. WilkinsonLabour1,362
    Loughton St John's3 seats · turnout 80.3%
    R. BradyConservative2,129 ✓
    D. SandersConservative1,905 ✓
    E. HammondConservative1,896 ✓
    S. KnightThe Liberal Party667
    M. BeckettLabour627
    G. PettmanLabour571
    A. FowlLabour562
    Loughton St. Johns3 seats
    Richard BradyConservative2,129
    D SandersConservative1,905
    Elaine HammondConservative1,896
    S KnightLIB667
    Mary BeckettLabour627
    G PettmanLabour571
    A FowlLabour562
    Loughton St. Marys2 seats · turnout 78.9%
    A. SwallowConservative1,562 ✓
    A SwallowConservative1,562
    L ScottConservative1,513
    L. ScottConservative1,513 ✓
    D. DaviesLabour538
    D DaviesLabour538
    P KellyLabour518
    P. KellyLabour518
    N. MacyThe Liberal Party491
    N MacyLIB491
    Moreton & Matching1 seat
    P. GouldIndependent0 ✓
    Nazeing2 seats
    K. JuddConservative0 ✓
    M. WelchConservative0 ✓
    North Weald Bassett2 seats · turnout 69.3%
    I. AbbeyConservative1,763
    B. GreenhillConservative1,625
    B. KingLabour955
    A. VickeryLabour839
    Passingford1 seat
    J. PledgeConservative0 ✓
    Paternoster3 seats · turnout 66.7%
    C. HewinsLabour1,438
    S. RileyLabour1,355
    J. PopelyLabour1,236
    F. ByeConservative1,056
    D. CunninghamConservative1,025
    W. WeilandConservative968
    Roothing Country1 seat
    T. EastConservative0 ✓
    Roydon1 seat
    A. VareIndependent0 ✓
    Sheering1 seat · turnout 80.3%
    S. LangtonIndependent594
    A. RobertsLabour567
    Shelley1 seat · turnout 77.2%
    R. BarnesLabour648
    E. IrvingConservative415
    THEYDON BOIS2 seats
    J. WainwrightConservative0 ✓
    W. AxonConservative0 ✓
    Waltham Abbey East3 seats · turnout 67.3%
    A. BrockConservative1,799
    D. EsauConservative1,743
    G. O'ReillyConservative1,689
    J. HewinsLabour1,554
    C. SumnerLabour1,521
    P. PennellLabour1,488
    Waltham Abbey West2 seats · turnout 70.6%
    H. SmithConservative1,150
    G. JaillerConservative1,128
    A. TaylorLabour1,101
    G. TaylorLabour895