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    1979 handbook

    Harborough: 1979 local elections

    23 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1978) (37 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 29 · Other 6 · The Liberal Party 1 · Labour 1

    After (end of 1979) (37 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 25 · The Liberal Party 6 · Other 5 · Labour 1

    Ward results

    Bosworth1 seat
    S. MockettIndependent0 ✓
    Broughton3 seats · turnout 76.5%
    P. GrundyIndependent1,426
    T. PeacockConservative1,400
    L. JonesIndependent1,375
    F. BunyanConservative1,079
    N. JacksonConservative1,008
    G. RatcliffeConservative755
    Fleckney1 seat
    J. SharmanConservative0 ✓
    Houghton1 seat
    A. HarrisConservative0 ✓
    Kibworth2 seats
    J. BromleyConservative0 ✓
    W. ColemanIndependent0 ✓
    Langton1 seat
    G. MorrisConservative0 ✓
    Lubenham1 seat
    T. MaddeverConservative0 ✓
    No. 1 (Market Harborough: Bowden & North)5 seats
    M AdcockConservative2,499 ✓
    R StreetLIB2,427 ✓
    E BowleyConservative2,234 ✓
    V HaywardLIB2,232 ✓
    T DuckhamConservative2,091 ✓
    Roy Christopher DexterConservative2,063
    K MonkConservative1,790
    No. 10 (Misterton)1 seat · turnout 76.3%
    J. WoodcockConservative425
    C. CaffreyLabour120
    No. 11 (Kilworth)1 seat
    R. SambrookConservative0 ✓
    No. 12 (Dunton Bassett)1 seat
    D. WrightConservative0 ✓
    No. 13 (Ullesthorpe)1 seat
    R. FreeloveLIB0 ✓
    No. 14 (Leire)1 seat
    D. BeesonConservative0 ✓
    No. 15 (Gilmorton)1 seat · turnout 80.7%
    W. CrowderConservative501
    A. SaxtonLIB309
    No. 16 (Bruntingthorpe)1 seat · turnout 84.8%
    E. BroughtonConservative490
    F. SpokesIndependent194
    B. RaynorLIB155
    No. 2 (Market Harborough: South & West)5 seats · turnout 61.3%
    P. CallisLIB2,061
    A. HargreavesLIB1,783
    J. WhiteConservative1,762
    J. MorganLIB1,713
    D. HobbsConservative1,698
    H. DavisConservative1,579
    G. SpencerConservative1,551
    T. WalkerLIB1,533
    V. WoodliffeConservative1,371
    I. TankardLabour1,096
    T. JohnsonLabour938
    J. BhattLabour859
    No. 22 (Hallaton)1 seat
    F. VendyIndependent0 ✓
    No. 23 (Great Easton)1 seat
    E. HubbardIndependent0 ✓
    No. 3 (Scraptoft & Thurnby)3 seats
    I. FacerConservative0 ✓
    H. ErringtonConservative0 ✓
    D. PowellConservative0 ✓
    No. 6 (Billesdon)1 seat
    I. DoddConservative0 ✓
    No. 7 (Great Glen)2 seats
    M. GilbertConservative0 ✓
    Brooks T.Conservative0 ✓
    No. 8 (Lutterworth)3 seats · turnout 60.8%
    W. CraneConservative1,959
    P. KnightLabour1,863
    M. MarchantConservative1,845
    M. BreenConservative1,300
    J. BrownLabour979
    M. LeeLabour867
    Tilton1 seat
    W. HillIndependent0 ✓