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    1979 handbook

    Staffordshire Moorlands: 1979 local elections

    28 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1978) (56 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 22 · Other 21 · Labour 12 · The Liberal Party 1

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

    Other 21 · Conservative 20 · Labour 14 · The Liberal Party 1

    Ward results

    Alton1 seat
    P. ClowesIndependent0 ✓
    Biddulph East2 seats
    L. BambridgeIndependent0 ✓
    C. HamiltonLabour0 ✓
    Biddulph Moor1 seat · turnout 73.4%
    R. MountfordIndependent742
    J. ShapcottLabour359
    Biddulph North3 seats · turnout 63.6%
    C. BaileyIndependent1,463
    J. DixonIndependent1,079
    Turner D.Independent971
    D HallIndependent840
    G. WilliamConservative742
    G. BrownIndependent702
    R. ElkinLabour687
    Biddulph South3 seats · turnout 62.6%
    J. QuinnIndependent1,294
    D. SwetnamIndependent1,128
    R. EllertonIndependent1,119
    C. EdwardsIndependent989
    D. LythgoeLabour928
    J. TurnerLabour846
    Biddulph West2 seats · turnout 72.0%
    S. ReevesIndependent761
    I. ShooterLabour666
    D. MachinIndependent622
    P. YacaminiLabour496
    D. RyanIndependent482
    J. WilliamsConservative417
    Brown Edge1 seat
    J. RushtonLabour0 ✓
    Caverswall1 seat · turnout 76.4%
    A. SimpsonIndependent550
    S. RatcliffeConservative519
    Cheadle North East2 seats · turnout 67.4%
    T. WillisLabour891
    W. ClewlowLabour672
    A. Makeig-JonesConservative634
    A. MalkinIndependent631
    Cheadle South East3 seats · turnout 46.7%
    G. AllenConservative1,180
    F. WhiteheadConservative1,130
    P. LongConservative988
    R. TomsonLabour983
    Cheadle West2 seats · turnout 52.2%
    E. PerryConservative1,350
    G. WoodroffeLabour884
    P. WhitehurstConservative859
    Checkley3 seats
    D. PearceIndependent0 ✓
    J. WilcoxConservative0 ✓
    S. KerseyConservative0 ✓
    Cheddleton2 seats
    J. SimcockLIB0 ✓
    K. TranterLabour0 ✓
    Endon & Stanley3 seats · turnout 59.2%
    D. BennettIndependent1,561
    W WilliamsConservative1,376
    A. WilliamsonIndependent1,367
    G. LeeseConservative1,162
    J. MossIndependent649
    Forsbrook3 seats
    F. HilditchLabour0 ✓
    J. LoweLabour0 ✓
    F. DaviesLabour0 ✓
    Horton1 seat
    H. HarrisonConservative0 ✓
    Ipstones1 seat · turnout 79.0%
    S. AlexanderIndependent471
    R. ClowesIndependent445
    Kingsley2 seats · turnout 61.1%
    H. RichardsonIndependent1,167
    T. JohnsonIndependent912
    W. AllenIndependent816
    Leek North East3 seats
    E. MurfinLabour1,760 ✓
    N. WoodLabour1,561 ✓
    J PlantLabour1,334 ✓
    J. HodgkinsonConservative798
    F. RobinsonConservative792
    M HeathConservative789
    Leek North West3 seats · turnout 64.0%
    S. NewallConservative1,445
    K. WinshawIndependent1,368
    G. GledhillLabour1,015
    P. GilliganConservative979
    R. DaviesConservative945
    D. MoleLabour666
    Leek South East3 seats · turnout 59.7%
    K. RushtonConservative1,599
    H. HoodConservative1,594
    A. ElksConservative1,277
    M. GledhillLabour906
    M. NelsonLabour750
    P. LawlorLabour674
    Leek South West3 seats · turnout 64.5%
    J. HeathConservative1,799
    E. WoodsConservative1,763
    J. LevityLabour1,486
    H. JonesConservative1,301
    D. KennethLabour1,217
    S. BerrisfordLabour1,064
    Leekfrith1 seat
    T. HineIndependent0 ✓
    Longnor1 seat · turnout 76.0%
    J. KiddIndependent485
    K. DunnIndependent223
    A. MellorRES173
    Warslow1 seat · turnout 80.3%
    F. SmithIndependent432
    W. SimcockIndependent399
    Waterhouses1 seat · turnout 76.5%
    A. LargeIndependent253
    J. BrassingtonConservative234
    P. StimpsonInd Con152
    Werrington3 seats
    M. WardConservative1,520 ✓
    A. ThornhillConservative1,385 ✓
    R. JohnsonConservative1,360 ✓
    E. SherrattLabour1,086
    P. UnwinLabour1,051
    R. AlcockLabour976
    Wetley Rocks1 seat
    V. BeechConservative0 ✓