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    1979 handbook

    Tynedale: 1979 local elections

    33 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1978) (47 seats, Elections Centre)

    Other 24 · Labour 11 · Conservative 8 · The Liberal Party 4

    After (end of 1979) (47 seats, Elections Centre)

    Other 19 · The Liberal Party 10 · Conservative 10 · Labour 8

    Ward results

    Acomb With Sandhoe1 seat
    W. NixonLabour0 ✓
    Allendale2 seats · turnout 60.7%
    N. HandcockIndependent779
    T. ShieldIndependent533
    J. AtkinsonIndependent492
    Bardon Mill1 seat · turnout 76.8%
    J. WoodmanIndependent421
    J. ChambersIndependent257
    Bellingham1 seat
    A. AllenIndependent0 ✓
    Broomhaugh and Riding1 seat
    M. RoutledgeIndependent0 ✓
    Broomley & Stocksfield2 seats · turnout 68.2%
    D. BellIndependent883
    R. JohnsonConservative695
    A. BateyIndependent505
    G. RossIndependent315
    Castle1 seat · turnout 81.1%
    R. KnoxLIB494
    J. WardLabour421
    Chesters1 seat · turnout 84.0%
    G. DoddsLIB383
    A. JewittConservative334
    Chollerton with Whittington1 seat
    S. AtchisonConservative0 ✓
    Corbridge3 seats · turnout 61.5%
    T. AkenheadIndependent1,552
    N. DixonIndependent1,416
    A. MearnsLIB1,070
    J. MennimIndependent941
    East Tynedale1 seat
    I. LambIndependent0 ✓
    Gilesgate1 seat
    E. HuntingtonIndependent0 ✓
    Haltwhistle3 seats · turnout 64.4%
    M. RobinsonLabour1,221
    J. ClarkeLIB1,202
    R. BirleyLabour1,122
    K. TytlerLabour1,013
    T. SowlerConservative973
    Haydon2 seats
    E. WaiteIndependent747
    A. BeniamsIndependent621
    W. CruddasIndependent517
    J. ChapmanIndependent438
    Hexham Hencotes2 seats · turnout 66.6%
    S. WrightIndependent861
    B. MasseyConservative671
    J. ReedConservative533
    Grace Ferguson-ThorneLabour489
    D. TiffinIndependent486
    Hexham Priestpopple3 seats · turnout 60.6%
    J. PescottIndependent1,208
    F. YoungIndependent1,118
    K. EnglishConservative1,025
    D. BoyleConservative846
    Leazes2 seats
    J. DavisonConservative0 ✓
    B. BoormanConservative0 ✓
    Mickley1 seat · turnout 81.4%
    J. RushtonLIB522
    W. FergusonIndependent341
    R. MurrayLabour155
    Ovingham1 seat · turnout 82.1%
    A. RispinLIB421
    H. StobbsIndependent286
    Prudhoe North2 seats
    S. RalphLabour0 ✓
    W. GarrettLabour0 ✓
    Prudhoe South2 seats · turnout 47.2%
    P. GrangeLabour957
    S. SimpsonLabour696
    T. BlackburnIndependent440
    Prudhoe West2 seats · turnout 69.2%
    D. ElwellLIB618
    K. RutherfordLIB482
    A. ReidLabour411
    A. MartinLabour374
    G. WanlessIndependent261
    C. JuppIndependent237
    Redesdale1 seat
    R. BellLabour0 ✓
    Slaley & Hexamshire1 seat
    A. WhiteConservative0 ✓
    Slaley and Hexhamshire1 seat
    A. WhiteConservative0 ✓
    South Tynedale1 seat
    G. CharltonIndependent0 ✓
    Tipalt1 seat · turnout 77.6%
    M. BondLIB472
    T. BlakeyIndependent101
    Upper North Tyne1 seat · turnout 78.7%
    J. RichardsonConservative293
    V. HutchinsonLIB213
    Wanney1 seat
    S. FoleyLIB0 ✓
    Warden and Newbrough1 seat
    J. CharltonIndependent0 ✓
    Wark1 seat
    F. HewitsonIndependent0 ✓
    West Tynedale1 seat
    A. ToddIndependent0 ✓
    Wylam2 seats · turnout 80.4%
    P. BennettConservative928
    A. ButterfieldConservative763
    J. McCallumLabour578
    B. ReedLabour363