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    1979 handbook

    Horsham: 1979 local elections

    25 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1978) (41 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 29 · Other 12 · The Liberal Party 0 · Labour 0

    After (end of 1979) (43 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 35 · Other 6 · The Liberal Party 2 · Labour 0

    Ward results

    Billingshurst2 seats
    C. LinneyConservative0 ✓
    C. GriffinIndependent0 ✓
    Bramber & Upper Beeding2 seats
    J. CampbellLIB1,658
    L. SanfordIndependent1,218
    P. GossConservative1,061
    C. WrightConservative1,007
    BROADBRIDGE HEATH1 seat · turnout 80.0%
    R. McGregorConservative762
    H. LambLabour522
    Chanctonbury2 seats
    E. JenkinsConservative0 ✓
    F. BrazierConservative0 ✓
    Cowfold1 seat
    S. FowlerConservative0 ✓
    Denne3 seats · turnout 79.9%
    G PinionConservative2,022 ✓
    A WindrumConservative2,013 ✓
    P BerkleyConservative2,008
    P. BerkleyConservative2,008 ✓
    Jon-Connor LyonsLabour1,231
    Forest3 seats
    Elliott MillerConservative2,507 ✓
    James TaylorConservative2,416 ✓
    A SheppardConservative2,269 ✓
    R BattersbyLabour1,572
    Peter LambLabour1,473
    R NevinsLabour1,404
    Forest3 seats · turnout 80.1%
    P. LambLabour1,473
    R. NevinsLabour1,404
    Henfield2 seats · turnout 61.6%
    K. JonesRES2,246
    G. CorpIndependent1,517
    T. JonesConservative1,173
    Itchingfield & Shipley1 seat
    D. KeenConservative0 ✓
    Nuthurst1 seat
    J. MackenzieConservative0 ✓
    Pulborough & Coldwatham2 seats · turnout 69.7%
    B. CousinsConservative2,080
    H. GocherConservative2,022
    A. BodmanPDI742
    M. DoylePDI626
    Riverside3 seats · turnout 77.7%
    B WatsonConservative2,614 ✓
    Evelyn MauchelConservative2,401
    E. MauchelConservative2,401 ✓
    W RobertsConservative2,399
    W. RobertsConservative2,399 ✓
    Robin Brian ClementsLabour1,964
    Roffey3 seats · turnout 79.6%
    D BosanquetConservative2,336 ✓
    Ian HoughtonConservative2,051
    I. HoughtonConservative2,051 ✓
    P. GueIndependent1,949 ✓
    P GueIndependent1,949
    D ChickConservative1,850
    Anne McMillanLabour1,255
    John Charles IvattsLabour1,200
    RUDGWICK1 seat · turnout 79.2%
    P. HendersonIndependent882
    E. TaylorConservative473
    Rusper2 seats
    A. PhelpsConservative0 ✓
    H. CalvertConservative0 ✓
    Slinfold1 seat · turnout 75.7%
    R. MaydwellConservative520
    N. ShieldsIndependent307
    Southwater2 seats
    M. CharmanConservative0 ✓
    R. AlbrechtConservative0 ✓
    Steyning2 seats · turnout 64.9%
    M. HoneywoodConservative1,193
    J. MimmackIndependent1,190
    J. ScottConservative929
    J. CampbellLIB905
    Storrington2 seats · turnout 60.3%
    F. ShepherdConservative1,813
    R. TunnellConservative1,567
    R. WiggLIB1,003
    Sullington1 seat · turnout 74.5%
    J. Armour-MilneConservative715
    P. DeanLIB521
    Trafalgar3 seats · turnout 82.2%
    J WaltersConservative2,081 ✓
    H. WestConservative1,871 ✓
    H WestConservative1,871
    Walter ParsonsIndependent1,836 ✓
    R EvendenLabour1,155
    R. EvendenLabour1,155
    James ThurstonLabour906
    E ShoplandLabour744
    Warnham1 seat · turnout 78.9%
    A. HodgsonConservative664
    G. WardLabour436
    West Chiltington1 seat
    C. DolphinConservative0 ✓
    West Grinstead1 seat
    J. ScraggIndependent0 ✓