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    1979 handbook

    Newbury: 1979 local elections

    36 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1978)

    Not known.

    After (end of 1979)

    Not known.

    Ward results

    Bucklebury1 seat
    G. VaneConservative0 ✓
    Greenham1 seat
    D. FryConservative0 ✓
    No. 1 (Newbury North)4 seats · turnout 72.6%
    D. LawrenceThe Liberal Party1,975 ✓
    C. WoodardConservative1,807 ✓
    J. DaviesConservative1,797 ✓
    S. CookmanConservative1,776 ✓
    A. YoungConservative1,661
    W. BrownLabour1,339
    P. BarnettLabour1,232
    A. RedmondLabour1,055
    W. TurrellLabour951
    No. 10 (Burghfield)2 seats · turnout 60.1%
    P. CannConservative1,449
    G. WoodConservative1,269
    A. WheelerLIB656
    No. 11 (Aldermaston)1 seat
    P. DolphinConservative816 ✓
    C. TewLabour339
    No. 12 (Theale West)1 seat · turnout 79.1%
    G. ReevesThe Liberal Party776 ✓
    J. CannanIndependent613
    No. 13 (Hermitage)1 seat · turnout 78.2%
    D. LambConservative652
    C. MarriageLIB587
    No. 16 (Sulhampstead)1 seat · turnout 77.4%
    R. Sanders-RoseConservative671
    C. WheelerLabour358
    No. 17 (Tilehurst: Westwood)2 seats
    B. DowdingLIB0 ✓
    A. PhippsLIB0 ✓
    No. 18 (Tilehurst: Birch Copse)2 seats · turnout 54.7%
    S. CliffordLIB1,657
    M. HarrissConservative1,307
    B. MaceConservative835
    No. 19 (Tilehurst: Calcot & Theale East)2 seats · turnout 67.0%
    D. BarrattConservative1,616
    E. KeepConservative1,334
    J. RuddockLabour1,087
    M. JoyceInd Con906
    S. HartneyLabour826
    No. 2 (Newbury East)4 seats · turnout 73.8%
    R. JamesThe Liberal Party2,183 ✓
    J. DonovanThe Liberal Party2,001 ✓
    J. LindsayThe Liberal Party1,998 ✓
    E. ArcherConservative1,890 ✓
    B. BoonhamConservative1,716
    I. CampbellConservative1,646
    B. McMahonConservative1,510
    J. OvertonThe Liberal Party1,130
    A. MarriottLabour623
    No. 20 (Inkpen)1 seat
    J. ColeIndependent0 ✓
    No. 21 (Great Shefford)1 seat · turnout 76.7%
    A. DawkinsIndependent424
    L. GibbinsConservative308
    No. 22 (Hungerford)2 seats · turnout 57.9%
    F. LightLabour1,433
    R. OliverLIB1,372
    FermoyLord Con1,371
    No. 23 (Kintbury)1 seat
    H. TurnerConservative0 ✓
    No. 24 (Lambourn)2 seats
    D. WarrIndependent0 ✓
    G. SomersetConservative0 ✓
    No. 25 (Leckhampstead)1 seat
    R. StubberfieldConservative0 ✓
    No. 26 (Brimpton)1 seat · turnout 81.5%
    J. IngleConservative500
    H. GaterLIB428
    No. 27 (Chieveley)1 seat
    W. PalmerConservative0 ✓
    No. 28 (Cold Ash)1 seat
    E. EttridgeIndependent0 ✓
    No. 29 (Speen)2 seats
    J. PerrisConservative0 ✓
    J. BillinghamConservative0 ✓
    No. 3 (Newbury West)4 seats · turnout 57.1%
    E. DysonConservative2,838
    P. MatthewsLIB2,702
    S. ReidLIB2,663
    B. PhilpottConservative2,474
    P. BodinConservative2,473
    A. EdwardsConservative2,289
    J. CattonLabour1,073
    No. 35 (Beedon)1 seat
    S. JocelynConservative0 ✓
    No. 36 (Compton)1 seat
    E. GolbyConservative0 ✓
    No. 4 (Beenham)1 seat
    N. SparksConservative0 ✓
    No. 5 (Aldworth)1 seat
    R. Hay-DrummondConservative0 ✓
    No. 6 (Basildon)1 seat
    K. MorganConservative0 ✓
    No. 7 (Mortimer)2 seats · turnout 68.1%
    K. LockLIB1,759
    A. ThorpeLIB1,690
    S. HardmanLabour274
    No. 8 (Bradfield)1 seat
    L. HobsonConservative0 ✓
    Pangbourne2 seats
    R. EvansConservative0 ✓
    R. RobertsConservative0 ✓
    Purley1 seat
    J. ChapmanConservative0 ✓
    Shaw-cum-Donnington1 seat · turnout 74.6%
    J. CurrieConservative597
    W. DressLabour424
    Thatcham North2 seats · turnout 67.1%
    G. PickersgillLIB1,380
    D. ThairLIB1,252
    S. McPeakConservative770
    B. MerrimanConservative712
    K. ChurchillLabour403
    Thatcham South2 seats · turnout 73.5%
    B. CollinsLIB1,104
    D. WootonLIB1,061
    A. FlemingConservative724
    R. AllnuttConservative680
    L. ChampLabour240
    Thatcham West2 seats · turnout 72.8%
    R. TubbLIB1,760
    S. WinfieldLIB1,525
    V. DerhamConservative812
    Rowen P.Conservative801
    R. EnglandLabour337