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    1979 handbook

    Rossendale: 1979 local elections

    10 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1978) (36 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 29 · Labour 4 · The Liberal Party 3 · Other 0

    After (end of 1979) (36 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 28 · Labour 5 · The Liberal Party 3 · Other 0

    Ward results

    Cribden1 seat
    J. TaylorConservative1,875
    J. HarveyLabour1,467
    P. FarringtonCOMM120
    Facit And Shawforth1 seat
    E. KershawLabour901
    J. BracewellConservative808
    Greenfield1 seat
    D. ButterworthConservative1,507
    W. WaideLabour1,036
    M. GrimshawLIB407
    Greensclough1 seat
    R. PetersonConservative1,374
    H. SutcliffeLabour1,342
    Hareholme1 seat
    D. LloydConservative1,774
    D. BaronLabour1,550
    H. MalleyCOMM135
    Healey & Whitworth1 seat
    V. CleggLabour1,683
    J. ButterworthConservative1,044
    Irwell1 seat
    J. TaylorConservative1,331
    P. NavinLabour1,217
    A. AskewLIB809
    Longholme1 seat
    G. BlandLabour1,741
    M. CreamerConservative1,530
    J. KeefeCOMM78
    Stacksteads1 seat
    R. LordLIB1,115
    B. CastellLabour870
    H. AspinallConservative830
    Whitewell1 seat
    M. ManningConservative1,901
    E. HarveyLabour1,561