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    1979 handbook

    Gravesham: 1979 local elections

    18 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1978) (44 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 26 · Labour 17 · Other 1 · The Liberal Party 0

    After (end of 1979) (44 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 24 · Labour 19 · Other 1 · The Liberal Party 0

    Ward results

    Central2 seats
    C. WinderConservative1,277
    A WarburtonConservative1,237
    W. ReidLabour970
    M. SinghLabour768
    A. GoodwinLIB306
    Chalk1 seat
    J. LovellConservative1,011
    C. WelshLabour431
    Cobham & Luddesdown1 seat
    F. GibsonConservative0 ✓
    Coldharbour2 seats
    D. RapleyLabour1,606
    J. JenkinsLabour1,591
    R. MillerConservative841
    P. FoxConservative783
    Higham2 seats
    P DykeConservative1,554 ✓
    M CodnerConservative1,503 ✓
    B NewtonLabour688
    G CrossLabour620
    D NicholsonLIB318
    Istead Rise2 seats
    D. TurnerConservative2,220
    K. WindiateConservative2,089
    C. FaulksLabour687
    P. BlakeLabour614
    Meopham North2 seats
    D. JamesConservative1,619
    J. BevisConservative1,452
    J. PalfremanIndependent1,146
    D. FreereLIB462
    S. ClementLabour395
    Meopham South2 seats
    J. BradleyConservative1,125
    W. GashIndependent1,120
    S. MorrisConservative930
    D. MaynardIndependent656
    M. KirkLabour280
    Northfleet East3 seats
    P RouseLabour2,092 ✓
    J LoughlinLabour1,919 ✓
    Steve VickeryLabour1,902 ✓
    C LambertConservative1,296
    B KingConservative1,245
    I CerexheConservative1,167
    Northfleet West3 seats
    W CookLabour2,232 ✓
    I KingLabour1,987 ✓
    H ClossLabour1,935 ✓
    A HoodConservative1,272
    A MilhamConservative1,092
    Joanne McLeanConservative1,091
    Pelham3 seats
    D ThomasConservative1,407 ✓
    C. WhitesideConservative1,399 ✓
    C BreretonConservative1,344 ✓
    D. ManleyLabour1,228
    K. LeeLabour1,159
    K. PorterLabour1,058
    J. LoweLIB729
    R. JohalIndependent491
    D. DugalaIndependent450
    W. YoungLIB401
    Riverside3 seats
    E PercyLabour1,775 ✓
    T TissimanLabour1,745 ✓
    L BaxterLabour1,733 ✓
    P NobbsConservative981
    Janet SandersonConservative969
    W NeimerConservative949
    Joe MannIndependent356
    R BanwantIndependent317
    S RamIndependent308
    Riverview3 seats
    Kenneth WilsonConservative1,904 ✓
    M WilliamsConservative1,877 ✓
    R SheildsConservative1,833 ✓
    E TaylorLabour1,395
    A IrelandLabour1,385
    M FeahenyLabour1,359
    D GoodwinLIB620
    A JohnsonLIB449
    J Gainey-BrownLIB410
    Shorne1 seat
    R. TheobaldConservative0 ✓
    Singlewell3 seats
    J BookerLabour2,105 ✓
    D McMillanLabour1,985 ✓
    I HoptonLabour1,870 ✓
    J LambtonConservative1,221
    A PercivalConservative1,086
    P WestmacottConservative1,055
    Westcourt3 seats
    J. FowlesLabour2,064
    J. BettsLabour2,053
    M. CrossLabour2,009
    J. HoltonConservative1,118
    L. WalshConservative1,101
    I. MasonConservative1,073
    Whitehill3 seats
    F. EveConservative1,740 ✓
    E. HartConservative1,722 ✓
    H. SkellornConservative1,704 ✓
    J. LittleLabour1,498
    F. CopeLabour1,455
    M. WillsonLabour1,401
    G. GoodwinLIB502
    H. JohnsonLIB340
    Woodlands3 seats
    F. MarvenConservative2,458
    D. NewallConservative2,348
    W. DykeConservative2,334
    S. ConwayLabour1,223
    G. EkeLabour1,143
    H. SutherlandLabour1,063
    J. ReesInd Con571
    D. ClarkLIB561