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    1979 handbook

    Chiltern: 1979 local elections

    30 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1978) (50 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 39 · Labour 6 · Other 4 · The Liberal Party 1

    After (end of 1979) (50 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 40 · The Liberal Party 4 · Labour 3 · Other 3

    Ward results

    Amersham Common2 seats · turnout 72.0%
    P. ApplebyLIB841
    L. MackayConservative791
    R. PalmerConservative737
    G. HeadLIB661
    D TenchLabour235
    R BaerLabour181
    Amersham Town2 seats · turnout 64.3%
    E. CornsConservative1,423
    C. GoodwynConservative1,208
    D. HeinmannLIB650
    J. TenchLabour522
    Amersham-on-the-Hill3 seats · turnout 58.4%
    E. MorganConservative1,255
    R. TompkinsConservative1,254
    J. BarkerConservative1,249
    E. JullienLIB959
    M. SnodinLIB741
    A. ChambersLabour700
    Asheridge Vale1 seat · turnout 75.3%
    G. DixonConservative385
    A. RedrupLabour337
    N. DownsRES228
    Ashley Green & Latimer1 seat · turnout 77.1%
    M. BattConservative609
    D. ChapmanLIB501
    Austenwood1 seat · turnout 78.9%
    P. LoleConservative940
    G. PhelpsLIB251
    Ballinger & South Heath1 seat · turnout 78.5%
    J. TurnerConservative496
    L. PeermanLIB254
    Chalfont Common2 seats · turnout 62.5%
    D. DarbyIndependent1,381
    P. FowlerConservative1,278
    F. JefferyConservative1,255
    Chalfont St Giles3 seats · turnout 63.0%
    B. CursonConservative2,429
    M. TomlinsonConservative2,404
    M. GordonConservative2,108
    D. MooneyLIB1,516
    A. LangdonLabour672
    Chalfont St. Peter Central2 seats · turnout 64.3%
    W. StringerConservative1,574
    P PriestleyConservative1,436
    A. EmeryLIB982
    Chartridge1 seat · turnout 79.3%
    D. TaylorConservative660
    H. SaleIndependent230
    A. LittlehalesLabour156
    Chenies1 seat · turnout 82.4%
    B. WrightConservative908
    S. BaguleyLIB529
    Chesham Bois and Weedon Hill2 seats · turnout 74.0%
    S. MearesRES1,999
    E. TaylorConservative1,644
    G. Taylor-JonesLIB578
    B. PaineLabour211
    Cholesbury & The Lee1 seat
    P. CrawfordLIB0 ✓
    Coleshill & Penn Street1 seat
    D. HeimannConservative0 ✓
    Gold Hill2 seats · turnout 58.0%
    R. FowlerConservative867
    B. WainwrightConservative828
    L. DarbyLIB684
    Great Missenden1 seat
    E. FarmerConservative0 ✓
    Hilltop1 seat · turnout 82.9%
    N. BrownConservative643
    A. KettinghamLIB197
    P. JonesLabour139
    Holmer Green2 seats · turnout 73.2%
    A TateConservative1,538
    N. HansellConservative1,409
    S. BrownLabour556
    M. BrownLabour497
    Little Chalfont2 seats · turnout 74.3%
    E. PowellConservative1,476
    K. HalifaxConservative1,454
    J. Martin-KayeLIB709
    V. HeadLIB689
    J. LeeLabour402
    Little Missenden1 seat
    A. FageConservative0 ✓
    Lowndes1 seat · turnout 80.2%
    P. WilkinsonConservative710
    E. TamkinLIB335
    Barbara HunterLabour195
    Newtown2 seats · turnout 68.9%
    J. CresswellConservative1,074
    M. SherringConservative890
    K. BlundellRES774
    M. BakerLabour679
    B. JonesLabour505
    Penn2 seats
    A. DibboConservative0 ✓
    C. WhiteConservative0 ✓
    Pond Park2 seats · turnout 68.9%
    B. LipscombeLabour1,059
    R. GrovesLabour989
    A. GibsonConservative718
    S. HuntConservative667
    Prestwood and Heath End3 seats · turnout 62.5%
    W. CorkishConservative1,929
    J. RileyConservative1,794
    T. LowdenConservative1,775
    A. SmithLIB1,323
    H. GreenfieldLIB1,280
    Seer Green & Jordans2 seats · turnout 75.7%
    A. HorneLIB878
    H. McAnuffLIB783
    R. HardyConservative769
    J. ShaplandConservative635
    St. Marys1 seat · turnout 78.0%
    R. JonesConservative533
    A WaltersLabour276
    Townsend2 seats · turnout 72.0%
    A. BainesRES923
    M. RivettConservative763
    J. DownesRES650
    M. LaurieConservative612
    G. RibbensLabour347
    D. RitchingsLabour319
    Waterside2 seats · turnout 70.3%
    P. WilloughbyConservative772
    P WardLabour758
    P. MountainConservative716
    D. BishopLabour692
    C. HallRES472