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    1979 handbook

    Hastings: 1979 local elections

    16 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1978) (33 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 20 · Labour 8 · The Liberal Party 4 · Other 1

    After (end of 1979) (32 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 16 · Labour 8 · The Liberal Party 7 · Other 1

    Ward results

    Ashdown2 seats · turnout 68.6%
    A. StaceConservative1,433 ✓
    R. CookeConservative1,245 ✓
    G. ThorpeLIB751
    D. WoodIndependent643
    J. ThorpeLIB642
    Braybrooke2 seats · turnout 54.1%
    G. DickerConservative1,366 ✓
    D. ThorntonConservative1,338 ✓
    B. RobertsLabour862
    F. FoordLabour648
    Broomgrove2 seats · turnout 45.0%
    M. ThrowerLIB1,151 ✓
    L. FolwellLabour1,045 ✓
    W. ChalkLabour973
    Castle2 seats · turnout 55.9%
    P. BrownLIB1,116 ✓
    P. DyerLIB915 ✓
    J. SavageConservative750
    B. DamenConservative740
    Central St. Leonards2 seats · turnout 45.0%
    P. StocktonConservative1,110 ✓
    D. CampbellConservative1,097 ✓
    I. QuickLIB995
    Elphinstone2 seats · turnout 55.0%
    G. OsmanLIB1,462 ✓
    R. WebbConservative1,371 ✓
    F. ParrottConservative1,250
    Gensing2 seats · turnout 46.1%
    F. ArmitageConservative1,225 ✓
    A. PorteousConservative1,103 ✓
    N. DykeLIB1,031
    Hollington2 seats
    R. MarchantLabour0 ✓
    A. MorrisonLabour0 ✓
    Maze Hill2 seats · turnout 51.9%
    J. HodgsonConservative1,629 ✓
    B. SprayConservative1,310 ✓
    M. DaviesIndependent1,052
    Mount Pleasant2 seats · turnout 58.3%
    F. MitchellLIB1,361 ✓
    H. FunnellLabour1,349 ✓
    E. BlackhamLIB1,254
    D. PerryLabour1,150
    Old Hastings2 seats
    D Sefton-UllmerIndependent823 ✓
    J CookLabour714 ✓
    A JobsonLIB706
    M CuttsConservative664
    H NorthwoodLabour562
    C GrantConservative554
    P BealeIndependent535
    Ore2 seats · turnout 54.1%
    H. ElrickConservative1,137 ✓
    C. BeaumontLabour1,083 ✓
    E. ThwaitesLIB1,026
    D. CasparLabour1,005
    Silverhill2 seats · turnout 69.5%
    R. SaundersLIB1,787 ✓
    P. SmithLIB1,642 ✓
    N. ClarkConservative997
    G. HumphreysConservative988
    St. Helens2 seats · turnout 61.5%
    V. PainConservative1,688 ✓
    A. SilkConservative1,662 ✓
    J. LawrenceLIB1,191
    West St. Leonards2 seats
    J FabianConservative1,320 ✓
    D Karen-AlunConservative1,270 ✓
    R OwenLIB673
    R CoeLIB633
    K RobertsLabour523
    G MayLabour476
    Wishing Tree2 seats · turnout 64.1%
    A. MaloneyLabour1,208 ✓
    N. HitchinsLabour1,182 ✓
    L. HarrisConservative1,161
    J. SeekingsConservative1,123