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Elections to Trafford Council were held on Thursday, 3 May 1979, on the same day as the 1979 UK General Election. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1983. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.[1]
Election result
[edit]Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
Conservative Party | 58,913 (45.4%) | ![]() |
15 (65.2%) | 15 / 23
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48 (76.2%) | 48 / 63
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Labour Party | 40,095 (30.9%) | ![]() |
6 (26.1%) | 6 / 23
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13 (20.6%) | 13 / 63
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Liberal Party | 30,793 (23.7%) | ![]() |
2 (8.7%) | 2 / 23
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2 (3.2%) | 2 / 63
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Communist Party | 41 (0.0%) | ![]() |
0 (0.0%) | 0 / 23
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0 (0.0%) | 0 / 63
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13 | 2 | 48 |
Ward results
[edit]No.1 (Altrincham South West)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Albert Whitehurst* | 2,384 | 53.2 | −1.2 | |
Liberal | M. C. Booth | 2,093 | 46.8 | +29.6 | |
Majority | 291 | 6.5 | −19.5 | ||
Turnout | 4,477 | 69.5 | +36.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
No.2 (Altrincham East)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | H. Taylor* | 3,608 | 50.6 | −6.5 | |
Liberal | Roy Richardson | 3,516 | 49.4 | +18.1 | |
Majority | 92 | 1.3 | −10.3 | ||
Turnout | 7,124 | 76.4 | +38.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
No.3 (Altrincham North)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Lydia Burton* | 2,336 | 45.6 | −10.0 | |
Labour | E. Smith | 1,555 | 30.3 | +4.7 | |
Liberal | B. Gaylard | 1,236 | 24.1 | +5.3 | |
Majority | 781 | 15.2 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 5,127 | 77.3 | +41.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
No.4 (Timperley)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Graham Toft | 2,756 | 50.6 | −18.6 | |
Conservative | Wilfred Watkins | 2,550 | 46.8 | −22.4 | |
Liberal | Raymond Bowker | 2,190 | 40.2 | N/A | |
Labour | Barry Brotherton | 1,718 | 31.5 | +0.7 | |
Labour | P. Pollard | 1,680 | 30.8 | 0 | |
Majority | 360 | 6.6 | −24.6 | ||
Turnout | 5,449 | 65.7 | +34.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
No.5 (Mersey-St. Mary’s)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Reginald Bannister* | 3,873 | 54.4 | −5.0 | |
Liberal | E. Critchlow | 2,055 | 28.9 | +2.7 | |
Labour | C. Younghusband | 1,186 | 16.7 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 1,818 | 25.6 | −7.6 | ||
Turnout | 7,114 | 78.6 | +37.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
No.6 (St. Martin’s)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Stanley Brownhill* | 4,198 | 47.3 | −15.6 | |
Labour | G. Woodburn | 2,554 | 28.8 | +7.6 | |
Liberal | G. C. Kinsey | 2,127 | 24.0 | +10.4 | |
Majority | 1,644 | 18.5 | −23.2 | ||
Turnout | 8,879 | 75.0 | +39.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
No.7 (Sale Moor)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Cicely Merry | 2,319 | 46.4 | −6.1 | |
Conservative | Anthony Rhodes* | 1,935 | 38.7 | −8.8 | |
Liberal | J. S. Green | 743 | 14.9 | +14.9 | |
Majority | 384 | 7.7 | +2.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,997 | 75.2 | +34.3 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
No.8 (St. Anne’s)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | John Phillipson | 2,657 | 41.7 | +4.9 | |
Conservative | A. D. Barker | 2,486 | 39.0 | −8.5 | |
Labour | H. Pollard | 1,228 | 19.3 | +3.6 | |
Majority | 171 | 2.7 | −8.0 | ||
Turnout | 6,371 | 75.3 | +34.9 | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
No.9 (Brooklands)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jonathan Taylor* | uncontested | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
No.10 (Talbot North)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Clifford Cronshaw* | 3,339 | 56.5 | −5.0 | |
Conservative | J. R. Gregory | 2,065 | 34.9 | −3.6 | |
Liberal | W. A. Munden | 509 | 8.6 | +8.6 | |
Majority | 1,274 | 21.5 | −1.6 | ||
Turnout | 5,913 | 69.0 | +35.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
No.11 (Clifford)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Maher | 2,129 | 52.1 | +2.1 | |
Labour | Tony Lloyd | 2,066 | 50.5 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | Roy Corke* | 1,809 | 44.2 | −5.9 | |
Conservative | M. Shafi | 1,154 | 28.2 | −21.9 | |
Liberal | D. A. Curley | 563 | 13.8 | N/A | |
Liberal | A. Scanlon | 451 | 11.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 257 | 6.3 | |||
Turnout | 4,089 | 60.1 | +20.5 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
No.12 (Longford)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alexander Kelly* | 3,091 | 44.5 | −9.2 | |
Labour | Maureen Cottam | 2,852 | 41.1 | +4.6 | |
Liberal | H. D. Locksley | 1,002 | 14.4 | +4.6 | |
Majority | 239 | 3.4 | −13.7 | ||
Turnout | 6,945 | 72.7 | +38.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
No.13 (Stretford)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Harry Walker* | 2,480 | 53.8 | −14.7 | |
Labour | C. Reid | 1,608 | 34.9 | +3.4 | |
Liberal | R. J. Allan | 521 | 11.3 | +11.3 | |
Majority | 872 | 18.9 | −18.1 | ||
Turnout | 4,609 | 78.0 | +38.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
No.14 (Park)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | A. R. Davies | 2,198 | 51.7 | +1.8 | |
Conservative | John Schofield* | 1,659 | 39.0 | −9.0 | |
Liberal | C. R. Hedley | 354 | 8.3 | +8.3 | |
Communist | E. H. Hook | 41 | 1.0 | −1.1 | |
Majority | 539 | 12.7 | +10.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,252 | 75.2 | +36.1 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
No.15 (Bowdon)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Humphreys* | 3,721 | 64.7 | −12.9 | |
Liberal | J. A. Willmott | 1,250 | 21.7 | +9.4 | |
Labour | Arthur Johnson | 782 | 13.6 | +3.5 | |
Majority | 2,471 | 43.0 | −22.3 | ||
Turnout | 5,753 | 76.9 | +32.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
No.16 (Hale)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Norman Barrett* | 5,098 | 69.3 | −6.4 | |
Liberal | J. S. Whittingham | 1,361 | 18.5 | +5.0 | |
Labour | O. J. Spencer | 897 | 12.2 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 3,737 | 50.8 | −11.4 | ||
Turnout | 7,356 | 78.8 | +38.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
No.17 (Partington)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Kenneth Rogers | 3,402 | 61.7 | +1.7 | |
Conservative | Michael Barltrop* | 2,112 | 38.3 | −1.7 | |
Majority | 1,290 | 23.4 | +3.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,514 | 70.3 | +36.9 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
No.18 (Urmston West East)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anthony Platt* | 3,381 | 50.8 | −8.0 | |
Labour | D. Horner | 1,801 | 27.1 | −1.6 | |
Liberal | D. E. Unwin | 1,469 | 22.1 | +9.6 | |
Majority | 1,580 | 23.8 | −6.3 | ||
Turnout | 6,651 | 77.7 | +43.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
No.19 (Flixton East Central)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Gordon Lumby* | 4,023 | 53.3 | −18.8 | |
Labour | J. D. Brown | 2,295 | 30.4 | +2.5 | |
Liberal | R. K. Sangster | 1,226 | 16.3 | +16.3 | |
Majority | 1,728 | 22.9 | −21.3 | ||
Turnout | 7,544 | 80.9 | +47.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
No.20 (Flixton West)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Susan Hodgson | 4,748 | 60.7 | +60.7 | |
Labour | Raymond Tully | 3,071 | 39.3 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 1,677 | 21.4 | −3.8 | ||
Turnout | 7,819 | 75.0 | +39.2 | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
No.21 (Davyhulme East)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Eric Crosbie* | 2,194 | 50.7 | −11.1 | |
Labour | G. R. Scott | 1,415 | 32.7 | +11.9 | |
Liberal | T. M. Owen | 722 | 16.7 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 779 | 18.0 | −22.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,331 | 79.6 | +42.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
By-elections between 1979 and 1980
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Maureen Cottam | 1,187 | 42.7 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | John Schofield | 1,127 | 40.5 | −4.0 | |
Liberal | H. D. Locksley | 466 | 16.8 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 60 | 2.2 | −1.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,780 | 29.1 | −43.6 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Harding | 858 | 41.3 | +41.3 | |
Labour | A. Stringer | 752 | 36.2 | +3.1 | |
Liberal | L. O'Rourke | 466 | 22.4 | −38.3 | |
Majority | 106 | 5.1 | −16.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,076 | 20.0 | −55.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ "Trafford M. B. C. Election Results Sheet, 4 May 1979", Trafford M.B.C.(1979).