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    1979 handbook

    Amber Valley: 1979 local elections

    13 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1978) (60 seats, Elections Centre)

    Other 24 · Labour 18 · The Liberal Party 14 · Conservative 4

    After (end of 1979) (43 seats, Elections Centre)

    Labour 18 · Conservative 12 · The Liberal Party 7 · Other 6

    Ward results

    Belper East3 seats · turnout 67.9%
    R MillwardConservative1,897
    M. HeeleyLabour1,506
    E. ClutterbuckConservative1,494
    C. HennessyConservative1,486
    Spencer M.Labour1,372
    P. GriffithsLabour1,358
    L. GodkinLIB1,228
    R. FoxIndependent1,147
    Crich1 seat · turnout 79.9%
    J. BriggsIndependent1,047
    K. SmithLabour360
    DUFFIELD2 seats
    A. McHattieConservative0 ✓
    J. BellowConservative0 ✓
    HEAGE & AMBERGATE2 seats · turnout 73.1%
    M. GentLabour1,412
    R. HartshorneIndependent1,220
    J. WardConservative759
    H. HallamConservative722
    M. KentLabour698
    C. SargeantLIB447
    Heanor & Loscoe2 seats · turnout 65.1%
    I CoxLabour1,547
    S. MellorsLabour1,326
    J. McCullochLIB1,277
    H. MorganConservative1,085
    Heanor East2 seats · turnout 58.1%
    T. CookLabour1,756
    G. HolmesLabour1,640
    R. WilliamsConservative1,518
    Ironville & Riddings2 seats · turnout 70.1%
    G. GibbsLabour1,287
    J. RobertsLIB1,153
    B. DavisLabour1,046
    J. BrentnallLIB787
    J BrownConservative723
    Langley Mill & Aldercar2 seats · turnout 61.6%
    R. HampsonIndependent1,475
    H. BurfordLabour1,263
    B. SmithLabour1,258
    R. BriggsIndependent901
    Ripley3 seats · turnout 57.1%
    J. GadsbyIndependent2,243 ✓
    D. BlakeleyLIB2,047 ✓
    M.Labour1,469 ✓
    J. Marshall-ClarkeIndependent1,428
    K. StaleyLabour1,359
    A. WraggLIB1,289
    S. FlintLabour1,166
    Ripley & Marehay2 seats · turnout 74.7%
    P. BowlerLIB1,406
    M. MaycockLIB1,364
    G. CarlileLabour1,080
    W. SpendloveIndependent937
    D. NeilsonLabour745
    E. HudsonConservative609
    SOMERCOTES2 seats · turnout 66.6%
    A. StringerLabour1,497
    B. JohnsonLIB1,428
    T. RimmingtonLIB1,395
    N. ColledgeLabour1,342
    South West Parishes1 seat
    V. BarberConservative0 ✓
    Wingfield1 seat · turnout 82.4%
    R. HodgsonConservative918
    J. HardwickLabour555