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    1979 handbook

    Waveney: 1979 local elections

    25 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1978) (57 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 39 · Labour 13 · The Liberal Party 4 · Other 1

    After (end of 1979) (57 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 32 · Labour 17 · Other 5 · The Liberal Party 3

    Ward results

    Bungay3 seats
    C RichardsonLIB1,661
    M SheppardLabour1,040
    R AldousLabour989
    P CossartConservative905
    C YoungConservative828
    Bungay3 seats · turnout 79.1%
    C. RichardsonThe Liberal Party1,661 ✓
    M. SheppardLabour1,040 ✓
    R. AldousLabour989 ✓
    P. CossartConservative905
    C. YoungConservative828
    Halesworth2 seats
    R. NiblettConservative1,220
    J. ReesConservative1,121
    E. LeverettLabour1,066
    H. HolzerLabour1,025
    Kessingland2 seats · turnout 76.7%
    E. MartinConservative1,245 ✓
    E MartinConservative1,245
    R. SaundersLabour1,061 ✓
    R. SaundersLabour1,061
    I. RevellConservative1,059
    I. RevellConservative1,059
    No. 1 (Beccles: North)2 seats · turnout 74.0%
    D. HartleyConservative907
    G. WestwoodLabour802
    E. ToogoodConservative760
    E. HobbinsLabour623
    No. 10 (Lowestoft: St. Johns)2 seats · turnout 63.8%
    T. CarterLabour940
    A. JurdLabour767
    V. FrancisConservative727
    C. ShadeLIB382
    J. KerryLIB343
    No. 11 (Lowestoft: St. Margarets)2 seats · turnout 72.3%
    H. ChamberlainLabour1,017
    A. JeffreysLabour960
    J. WrenConservative803
    P. PaulConservative753
    No. 12 (Southwold)2 seats · turnout 65.3%
    S. WatersIndependent997
    J. AdnamsIndependent875
    A. SwanLabour403
    No. 15 (Blundeston)2 seats · turnout 61.6%
    D. PrettymanConservative1,398
    J. PaulConservative1,375
    R. DunneLabour984
    No. 16 (Carlton Colville)2 seats · turnout 50.8%
    R. BealesLabour1,054
    J. MitchellIndependent969
    G. NevilleConservative859
    No. 18 (Wrentham)1 seat · turnout 77.1%
    A. ChildLabour414
    E. TorlotConservative393
    No. 19 (Reydon)2 seats · turnout 56.8%
    S. SimpsonConservative1,039
    G. JohnsonConservative949
    A. FryattLabour913
    No. 2 (Beccles: South)4 seats · turnout 81.2%
    R. EllwoodLabour2,136 ✓
    R EllwoodLabour2,136
    E CrispLabour2,029 ✓
    C AndrewLabour1,792
    C. AndrewLabour1,792 ✓
    D. HippersonConservative1,740 ✓
    D HippersonConservative1,740
    A. HutchinsonLabour1,725
    Anna Christina HutchinsonLabour1,725
    B SabbertonConservative1,573
    B. SabbertonConservative1,573
    R. ByronConservative1,564
    R ByronConservative1,564
    B HewkinConservative1,466
    B. HewkinConservative1,466
    No. 20 (Worlingham)1 seat · turnout 79.0%
    P. PlummerConservative958
    F. MooreLabour403
    No. 21 (Southelmham)1 seat
    J. StaceyConservative0 ✓
    No. 22 (Holton)1 seat · turnout 83.4%
    E. WoodardIndependent484
    J. JollyConservative462
    No. 23 (Ilketshall)1 seat · turnout 80.6%
    S. WilsonConservative568
    W. HallIndependent190
    W. WeggLabour123
    No. 24 (Brampton)1 seat · turnout 82.3%
    B. SlatterConservative490
    P. ThirtleLabour341
    No. 3 (Lowestoft: Carlton)6 seats · turnout 78.8%
    J ScarlesConservative3,054
    J. ScarlesConservative3,054 ✓
    D. MellorConservative2,932 ✓
    D MellorConservative2,932
    C MutimerConservative2,900
    C. MutimerConservative2,900 ✓
    D MinerConservative2,827
    D. MinerConservative2,827 ✓
    K PriestleyConservative2,756
    K. PriestleyConservative2,756 ✓
    L WillertConservative2,709 ✓
    L DaviesLabour2,672
    D. GowerLabour2,647
    D. GowerLabour2,647
    T. KellyLabour2,615
    T KellyLabour2,615
    T DevineLabour2,445
    T. DevineLabour2,445
    A. MurgatroydLabour2,284
    A MurgatroydLabour2,284
    G OwersLabour2,244
    No. 4 (Lowestoft: Central & Waveney)3 seats · turnout 77.4%
    J. SparhamLIB1,163 ✓
    A ShepherdLIB1,006
    A. ShepherdThe Liberal Party1,006 ✓
    H. KirbyRES1,005
    H. KirbyResidents1,005 ✓
    D. MathewLabour897
    D. MathewLabour897
    D. BaldwinLabour876
    D. BaldwinLabour876
    H. PorterLabour870
    H. PorterLabour870
    A. Furlong-OsborneIndependent162
    A. Furlong-OsborneIndependent162
    No. 5 (Lowestoft: Gunton)5 seats · turnout 75.6%
    N BrighouseConservative2,833
    N. BrighouseConservative2,833 ✓
    D. CullumConservative2,773 ✓
    D CullumConservative2,773
    J AldousConservative2,692
    J. AldousConservative2,692 ✓
    W. HerveyConservative2,586 ✓
    W HerveyConservative2,586
    D. PorterConservative2,584 ✓
    Danielle PorterConservative2,584
    R. DurrantLabour2,428
    A BatemanLabour2,392
    A. BatemanLabour2,392
    R. FordLabour2,288
    R FordLabour2,288
    A OwenLabour2,280
    A. OwenLabour2,280
    N McNortonLabour2,207
    N. McNortonLabour2,207
    No. 6 (Lowestoft: Kirkley)2 seats · turnout 80.7%
    S EllisLabour1,433 ✓
    R. CalvertConservative1,140 ✓
    R CalvertConservative1,140
    J PageLabour1,088
    J. PageLabour1,088
    M. WiggConservative1,078
    M WiggConservative1,078
    No. 7 (Lowestoft: Oulton Broad)5 seats · turnout 78.6%
    Michael BarnardConservative3,240
    M. BarnardConservative3,240 ✓
    E. BackConservative2,998 ✓
    Edward Nicholas BackConservative2,998
    H TurnerConservative2,963
    H. TurnerConservative2,963 ✓
    A. LeedhamConservative2,948 ✓
    A LeedhamConservative2,948
    A. ChoveauxConservative2,942 ✓
    A ChoveauxConservative2,942
    B HunterLabour2,922
    B. HunterLabour2,922
    T ChipperfieldLabour2,879
    T. ChipperfieldLabour2,879
    K. HuntingLabour2,348
    K HuntingLabour2,348
    M RamsayLabour2,254
    M. RamsayLabour2,254
    G. ColemanLabour2,208
    G ColemanLabour2,208
    No. 9 (Lowestoft: Roman Hill)2 seats · turnout 68.3%
    Hunter P.Labour1,169
    J. ReynoldsLabour1,074
    B. PointonLIB620
    A. MolesLIB581
    Pakefield3 seats · turnout 82.3%
    J. LarkLabour2,028 ✓
    J LarkLabour2,028
    M RichardsonConservative1,496
    M. RichardsonConservative1,496 ✓
    M. GallidoroConservative1,487 ✓
    Melanie Vigo di GallidoroConservative1,487
    A. MartinLabour1,449
    A MartinLabour1,449
    D. HugoConservative1,411
    D HugoConservative1,411
    A MillnerLabour1,277
    A. MillnerLabour1,277