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    1979 handbook

    The Wrekin: 1979 local elections

    34 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1978)

    Not known.

    After (end of 1979)

    Not known.

    Ward results

    Arleston1 seat · turnout 78.5%
    M. HarrisonLabour838
    M. HoskenConservative784
    Brookside2 seats · turnout 67.1%
    C HomerLabour1,180 ✓
    D CottonConservative990
    D. CottonConservative990 ✓
    L Lambeth-PradgleyLabour917
    L. Lambeth-PradgleyLabour917
    M. DaviesConservative915
    M DaviesConservative915
    Church Aston1 seat
    A. HuntConservative0 ✓
    College3 seats · turnout 75.3%
    R. HallConservative764
    D. EdwardesLabour580
    Cuckoo Oak2 seats · turnout 60.8%
    R. BreezeLabour1,287
    A. EnglandLabour996
    D. DeanConservative704
    L. EvansConservative685
    D. FittLIB422
    L. FoulkesCOMM94
    Dawley Magna2 seats · turnout 59.3%
    G. ParkesRES1,657
    M. KeenIndependent1,472
    G. GittinsLabour1,332
    Donnington2 seats · turnout 64.7%
    G. WhyleLabour1,378
    D. HardingLabour1,137
    P. WardConservative1,023
    W. RollasonConservative749
    A. HoodIndependent217
    Donnington Wood1 seat · turnout 71.8%
    E. ClareLabour546
    N. MasonConservative391
    A. TimminsIndependent356
    DOTHILL1 seat · turnout 80.4%
    P. Morris-JonesConservative776
    J. PerryLabour597
    Edgmond1 seat · turnout 70.3%
    J. MansellIndependent1,234
    A. EvansIndependent563
    Ercall1 seat · turnout 80.5%
    E. GriffithsIndependent751
    A. EvansConservative667
    E. HarrisonLabour143
    Ercall Magna1 seat · turnout 75.7%
    W. ArcherIndependent1,221
    M. ThatcherLabour522
    Hadley2 seats
    M. SmithLabour1,541
    W. MillerLabour1,427
    L. WheelerConservative933
    Haygate1 seat · turnout 74.6%
    T. BroadhurstConservative1,117
    M. McCormickLabour489
    Hollinswood & Randley2 seats · turnout 66.8%
    L. EvansConservative1,031 ✓
    L EvansConservative1,031
    M DeanConservative971 ✓
    R PerkinsLabour938
    R. PerkinsLabour938
    J TurnerLabour921
    Ironbridge (The Gorge)1 seat · turnout 71.7%
    J. HughesIndependent836
    A. ElseLabour440
    Ketley1 seat · turnout 74.0%
    M. ChappellLabour927
    B. DonaldsonConservative767
    Ketley Bank1 seat
    C. BriggsLabour0 ✓
    Langley1 seat · turnout 66.5%
    I. RobbinsLabour807
    A. GardnerConservative708
    Lawley1 seat · turnout 76.2%
    J. TurnerLabour683
    J. BarberConservative505
    Leegomery1 seat
    J. JohnsonLabour0 ✓
    Lilleshall1 seat
    B. LiversageIndependent0 ✓
    Madeley2 seats · turnout 77.4%
    H HookeLabour1,355
    H. HookeLabour1,355 ✓
    R PitmanConservative1,054
    R. PitmanConservative1,054 ✓
    G StaceyLabour968
    C.Independent701
    Christine LordIndependent701
    T PanterIndependent593
    Malinslee2 seats · turnout 43.0%
    R. AthersmithLabour970
    G. WillettsLabour839
    R. StevensonConservative51
    Newport East1 seat · turnout 77.9%
    D. AdamsConservative962
    L. BonifaceIndependent944
    Newport North1 seat · turnout 78.3%
    A. HardingIndependent992
    D. PriorConservative714
    Newport West1 seat
    J. AllenConservative0 ✓
    PARK1 seat · turnout 81.2%
    M. HobbsConservative919
    W. DuckettLabour782
    Priorslee2 seats · turnout 73.8%
    E. DoddIndependent1,323 ✓
    L. ButlerLabour979 ✓
    J. HoulstonIndependent694
    H. DeanLabour555
    C. BerrymanIndependent507
    N. TurnerConservative369
    A. WilkinsonIndependent254
    Stirchley1 seat · turnout 67.7%
    P. HomerLabour824
    R. KingConservative822
    Wombridge2 seats · turnout 58.7%
    H. GibbIndependent1,819
    B. NortonLabour1,523
    E. HoulstonLabour1,445
    Woodside2 seats
    P. DavisLabour0 ✓
    A. HookeLabour0 ✓
    Wrockwardine1 seat
    P. WorthingtonConservative0 ✓
    Wrockwardine Wood2 seats · turnout 57.8%
    J. CorbettLabour1,717
    M. DaviesLabour1,587
    E. KrsmanovicConservative1,081