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    1979 handbook

    Dover: 1979 local elections

    31 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1978) (55 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 35 · Labour 17 · Other 3 · The Liberal Party 0

    After (end of 1979) (56 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 35 · Labour 19 · The Liberal Party 1 · Other 1

    Ward results

    Ash2 seats · turnout 68.1%
    B. HendersonConservative1,082
    A. FoxConservative982
    C. BorehamLabour397
    C. BorehamLabour378
    Aylesham2 seats · turnout 69.8%
    D. GarrityLabour1,965
    W. MorganLabour1,626
    A. JonesConservative346
    Barton2 seats · turnout 72.0%
    P. BeanConservative1,474
    B. KempConservative1,289
    T. SansumLabour1,075
    P. WhattonLabour992
    Buckland2 seats · turnout 70.0%
    E. HaddenLabour1,887 ✓
    P. MeeLabour1,526 ✓
    J. MoonConservative531
    A. MeadowsConservative531
    Capel-le-Ferne2 seats · turnout 67.9%
    H. RickettsConservative1,144
    E. EleyConservative1,060
    J. AllenLabour386
    M. EllisonLabour385
    Castle2 seats · turnout 66.0%
    N. CoombeConservative952
    R. MeekConservative896
    D. OvertonInd Con636
    W HowardLabour478
    G. SpratlingLabour382
    Cornilo1 seat · turnout 78.9%
    J. WilliamsConservative664
    D. HillLabour251
    D. HarropLIB211
    Eastry1 seat · turnout 79.5%
    D. MillerConservative883
    D. RichardsonLabour497
    Eythorne1 seat · turnout 79.2%
    G. BishopLabour889
    H. WoodConservative447
    Little Stour1 seat · turnout 76.3%
    R. ButlerConservative564 ✓
    H. LarkinsIndependent348
    B. KimbellIndependent260
    K. JonesLabour113
    G PettmanCOMM97
    Lower Walmer3 seats · turnout 68.8%
    P. Wilson-HaffendenConservative1,905
    A. CaveConservative1,798
    R. PurnellConservative1,774
    G. CoxLabour824
    T. HarrisonLabour809
    A. RuncieLabour749
    Lydden and Temple Ewell1 seat · turnout 82.4%
    D. HubbardConservative941
    R. StylesLabour463
    Maxton & Elms Vale2 seats · turnout 70.7%
    G. AslettConservative1,188
    M. FarrellConservative1,000
    R. LambertLabour702
    N. DyeLabour627
    P. KingLIB544
    Middle Deal3 seats · turnout 71.7%
    D. ReidConservative1,881
    S. SpearsLabour1,811
    B. StockConservative1,722
    D. StodartConservative1,664
    L. KillberyLabour1,630
    R. YoungLabour1,593
    Mill Hill2 seats · turnout 78.4%
    Towers R.Labour1,507
    C. BrailsfordLabour1,506
    D. CheapConservative663
    J. HollobonConservative599
    Mongeham2 seats · turnout 77.3%
    T. BirkettLabour1,581
    J LeachLabour1,515
    D. SharpeConservative754
    C. EydenConservative728
    Noninstone1 seat · turnout 80.2%
    J. CohenLIB409
    David CooperConservative349
    P. CarrLabour114
    North Deal3 seats · turnout 64.7%
    E. FerrisConservative1,765
    Will ElliottConservative1,451
    R. WhitesideConservative1,321
    A. ElliottLabour995
    M. HolmesLabour989
    D. PinkneyLabour844
    A. Greenway-StanleyInd Con588
    J. SpinnerIndependent291
    Pineham3 seats · turnout 66.9%
    G. SaundersConservative1,605
    B. SpencerConservative1,478
    G. MonkConservative1,424
    M. NeateLabour666
    J. NewmanLabour602
    B. LintonLIB593
    E. RichardsLabour499
    Priory2 seats · turnout 67.2%
    C. AbbottLabour894
    G. AlltLabour847
    T. MitchellConservative783
    J. LawrenceConservative738
    F. OvertonIndependent494
    Ringwould1 seat · turnout 79.2%
    D. JoyConservative1,024
    M. JonesLabour188
    River2 seats · turnout 79.3%
    D. ClaytonConservative1,224
    P. BussConservative1,094
    B. ParkinsonLIB945
    S. NicholasLIB704
    J. BushallLabour386
    G. ButlerLabour267
    Sandwich3 seats · turnout 71.7%
    R. ChesterfieldConservative1,312
    J. Du BoulayIndependent1,241
    P. LeithLabour1,067
    H. SnellerConservative1,057
    E. SimmondsConservative909
    G. JonesInd Con662
    J. GoodwinLabour575
    J. GregoryLabour503
    P. WilsonInd Con163
    Shepherdswell With Coldred1 seat · turnout 79.9%
    A. WilliamsonConservative780
    S. ThatcherLabour286
    M. PotterLIB195
    St Radigunds2 seats · turnout 69.2%
    G. RuckLabour1,105
    B. TantLabour986
    B. EvansConservative647
    C. TerryConservative589
    St. Margarets-at-Cliffe2 seats · turnout 75.4%
    W. RobertsonConservative1,169
    C. WalkerConservative1,055
    G. KingLIB517
    W. HayLabour453
    H. ThorntonLabour275
    Tower Hamlets2 seats · turnout 64.0%
    K. GoodfellowLabour1,255
    M. HartLabour1,187
    D. GledhillConservative680
    T. MillsConservative672
    Town and Pier2 seats · turnout 72.0%
    J. HoodLabour896
    J. WatsonLabour863
    D. HansonConservative569
    B. WilliamsConservative558
    Upper Walmer1 seat · turnout 71.3%
    G. PayneConservative484
    R. MeadowsInd Con393
    D. GoreLabour351
    Woodnesborough With Staple1 seat
    M. CaveConservative0 ✓
    Worth1 seat · turnout 77.8%
    D. DavisConservative708
    J. GarsideLabour305