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    1979 handbook

    Scarborough: 1979 local elections

    22 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1978) (50 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 29 · Other 13 · The Liberal Party 5 · Labour 3

    After (end of 1979) (49 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 29 · Other 9 · Labour 7 · The Liberal Party 4

    Ward results

    Ayton1 seat
    J. PiggConservative0 ✓
    Castle3 seats · turnout 42.3%
    A. BurnardConservative1,698
    D. RobinsonConservative1,461
    D. DaltonConservative1,422
    B. StewartLabour1,244
    Cayton2 seats · turnout 56.1%
    J. MeadowcroftConservative1,010
    P. FisherConservative946
    K. CooperLabour886
    Central3 seats · turnout 56.0%
    E. LahteelaLabour1,551
    D. MarshallLabour1,169
    B. O'FlynnLIB1,063
    K. McWhanConservative1,049
    T. RoweLabour970
    M. BrownConservative955
    H. DoddsConservative942
    Danby1 seat · turnout 77.8%
    R. TyremanIndependent1,041
    H. WilliamsonConservative504
    Derwent1 seat
    D. JeffelsIndependent0 ✓
    Eastfield3 seats · turnout 57.7%
    T. HullLabour2,151
    M. DonLabour1,868
    F. StandingLabour1,848
    G. BaldinConservative1,262
    W. LongstaffConservative1,125
    A. SedgwickConservative1,106
    Eskdaleside2 seats · turnout 62.2%
    E. TateConservative1,462
    J. KenyonConservative1,315
    L. RutherfordInd Con965
    Falsgrave3 seats · turnout 68.0%
    E. MackenzieConservative1,418 ✓
    J. SmithConservative1,244 ✓
    I. StubbsLabour1,179 ✓
    H. BriggsThe Liberal Party1,152
    B. WormaldLabour1,146
    G. AllenLabour1,089
    R. BoyesThe Liberal Party1,044
    F. WhitlamConservative917
    Filey3 seats · turnout 55.7%
    B. BosomworthConservative2,041
    R. DixonConservative1,863
    H. HaxbyConservative1,718
    R. DaleIndependent1,396
    J. SiddonsIndependent669
    J. McDonoughIndependent630
    Fylingdales1 seat
    M. AtkinsonConservative0 ✓
    Hertford2 seats
    E. CherryConservative0 ✓
    G. AllansonConservative0 ✓
    Lindhead1 seat · turnout 77.2%
    M. PittsLIB946
    T. ArnallConservative326
    Mayfield3 seats · turnout 59.4%
    G. TubyIndependent2,242
    J. DunningConservative1,764
    K. PinkneyConservative1,606
    J. MetcalfeLIB1,600
    F. RoachConservative1,501
    J. GriffithsLabour1,127
    Mulgrave2 seats · turnout 59.5%
    S. RoweIndependent1,742
    C. MannConservative995
    J. PrestonIndependent753
    Newby2 seats · turnout 68.7%
    W. PritchardIndependent1,320
    E. TaylorConservative941
    A. CrosslingConservative858
    M. KirranIndependent688
    D. BillingLabour606
    A. WealeIndependent530
    Northstead3 seats · turnout 57.2%
    M. MullineauxLIB1,896
    J. NewhamConservative1,773
    E. SulmanConservative1,745
    F. BardsleyConservative1,352
    D. ButtonLabour1,043
    Scalby2 seats · turnout 71.8%
    J. GreenanIndependent1,621
    A. BakerConservative1,415
    J. OvertonIndependent1,321
    G. TruefittConservative1,044
    M. HollywoodIndependent230
    Seamer2 seats · turnout 60.5%
    S. ThompsonLIB1,081
    A. YoungIndependent795
    E. EmsleyConservative671
    C. BainConservative635
    Streonshalh3 seats · turnout 58.9%
    R. WastellIndependent1,208 ✓
    J. ShearsLabour997 ✓
    C. LinfordIndependent836 ✓
    D. TindallIndependent798
    D. CleggIndependent731
    C. AbbottLIB728
    F. DixonIndependent535
    F. DoveConservative517
    R. FirthIndependent512
    G. WatsonLIB461
    D. PittsLIB394
    R ThomsonIndependent340
    Weaponess3 seats · turnout 49.4%
    E. PilgrimConservative1,983
    W. WoodroffeConservative1,798
    A. HopkinsIndependent1,698
    C. HallConservative1,470
    J. SharpeLIB1,239
    Woodlands3 seats · turnout 48.5%
    H. BedfordConservative1,797
    P. JaconelliConservative1,763
    D. JenkinsonConservative1,710
    G. RichardsLabour1,512