1979 Plymouth City Council election
The 1979 Plymouth City Council election took place on 3 May 1979 to elect members of Plymouth City Council in Devon, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. It was the first election be held under new ward boundaries.[2] The Conservative Party retained control of the council, which it had held since its creation in 1973.[1]
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All 60 seats in the Plymouth City Council 31 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 73.1% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Map showing the results of the 1979 Plymouth City Council elections. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Overall results
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Conservative | 33 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 55.0 | 49.9 | 63,524 | ![]() | |
Labour | 26 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 43.3 | 41.1 | 52,360 | ![]() | |
Liberal | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.7 | 3.5 | 4,465 | ![]() | |
National Front | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0.0 | 1.8 | 2,438 | New | |
Ind. Conservative | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0.0 | 3.7 | 4,751 | New | |
Total | 60 | 127,384 |
Ward results
Budshead (3 seats)

Location of Budshead ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | T. Keast | 3,741 | |||
Labour | E. Thomas | 3,720 | |||
Labour | R. Simmonds | 3,598 | |||
Conservative | H. Hughes | 2,271 | |||
Conservative | D. Macmillan | 2,049 | |||
Conservative | B. Yardley | 2,003 | |||
Turnout | 66.6% | ||||
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Compton (3 seats)

Location of Compton ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | G. Creber | 4,466 | |||
Conservative | R. Ray | 4,299 | |||
Conservative | F. Milligan | 4,292 | |||
Labour | B. Sabel | 1,457 | |||
Labour | P. Lovell | 1,450 | |||
Labour | P. Ingham | 1,417 | |||
Turnout | 68.6% | ||||
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Drake (3 seats)

Location of Drake ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | D. Mitchell | 4,461 | |||
Conservative | J. Thorpe | 3,837 | |||
Conservative | T. Savery | 3,768 | |||
Labour | N. Crowley | 2,138 | |||
Labour | S. Caylor | 2,083 | |||
Labour | E. Clinick | 2,079 | |||
Liberal | J. Robins | 953 | |||
Liberal | R. Pawley | 948 | |||
National Front | P. Rouse | 175 | |||
Turnout | 73.3% | ||||
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Efford (3 seats)

Location of Efford ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | R. King | 3,083 | |||
Labour | G. Draper | 2,907 | |||
Labour | J. Leppard | 2,837 | |||
Conservative | J. Richards | 2,443 | |||
Conservative | E. Smith | 2,348 | |||
Conservative | E. Willcock | 2,182 | |||
National Front | J. Pocock | 201 | |||
Turnout | 71.4% | ||||
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Eggbuckland (3 seats)

Location of Eggbuckland ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | J. Pascoe | 3,736 | |||
Conservative | D. Mackinem | 3,460 | |||
Conservative | R. Morrell | 3,388 | |||
Labour | D. Tranter | 2,392 | |||
Labour | M. Hughes | 2,386 | |||
Labour | D. Knott | 2,337 | |||
Turnout | 74.6% | ||||
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Estover (3 seats)

Location of Estover ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | T. Jones | 3,664 | |||
Conservative | R. Elliot | 3,564 | |||
Conservative | M. Lacey | 3,530 | |||
Labour | E. Evans | 2,292 | |||
Labour | W. Leahy | 2,285 | |||
Labour | M. Gilbert | 2,220 | |||
Turnout | 71.6% | ||||
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Ham (3 seats)

Location of Ham ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | A. Floyd | 3,622 | |||
Labour | K. Glanville | 3,375 | |||
Labour | W. Glanville | 3,284 | |||
Conservative | J. Farrage | 2,002 | |||
Conservative | V. Hingston | 1,957 | |||
Conservative | G. Lawrence | 1,941 | |||
National Front | D. Merry | 215 | |||
Turnout | 71.4% | ||||
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Honicknowle (3 seats)

Location of Honicknowle ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | P. Whitfield | 4,187 | |||
Labour | H. Dolley | 4,010 | |||
Labour | J. Ingham | 3,690 | |||
Conservative | M. Brown | 3,035 | |||
Conservative | T. Johnson | 2,907 | |||
Conservative | A. Jarvis | 2,793 | |||
National Front | D. Stentiford | 261 | |||
Turnout | 77.2% | ||||
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Keyham (3 seats)

Location of Keyham ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | D. Manley | 2,853 | |||
Labour | R. Lemin | 2,850 | |||
Conservative | H. Fox | 2,774 | |||
Labour | D. Yeates | 2,726 | |||
Conservative | M. Glanville | 2,622 | |||
Conservative | E. Pengelly | 2,612 | |||
National Front | J. Blake | 301 | |||
Turnout | 66.9% | ||||
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Mount Gould (3 seats)

Location of Mount Gould ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | J. Courtney | 3,500 | |||
Conservative | E. Thornton | 3,331 | |||
Conservative | R. Thornton | 3,291 | |||
Labour | L. Hill | 2,388 | |||
Labour | J. Finnigan | 2,302 | |||
Labour | W. Payne | 2,226 | |||
Turnout | 58.7% | ||||
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Plympton Erle (3 seats)

Location of Plympton Erle ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | J. Mills | 3,327 | |||
Conservative | A. Wright | 3,297 | |||
Conservative | J. Richards | 3,145 | |||
Labour | J. Fildew | 1,777 | |||
Labour | C. Bishop | 1,505 | |||
Labour | J. Sewell | 1,482 | |||
Ind. Conservative | J. Kingdom | 1,001 | |||
Ind. Conservative | R. Cornforth | 741 | |||
Turnout | 76.4% | ||||
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Plympton St Mary (3 seats)

Location of Plympton St Mary ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Ind. Conservative | P. Radmore | 2,949 | |||
Conservative | M. Parkinson | 2,207 | |||
Conservative | K. Perry | 2,193 | |||
Conservative | D. Thompson | 1,624 | |||
Ind. Conservative | L. Speare | 1,618 | |||
Labour | W. Gross | 1,498 | |||
Labour | A. De Launey | 1,448 | |||
Labour | S. Clark | 1,274 | |||
Liberal | D. Tice | 1,063 | |||
Turnout | 96.2% | ||||
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Plymstock Dunstone (3 seats)

Location of Plymstock Dunstone ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | D. Dicker | 4,461 | |||
Conservative | D. Viney | 4,197 | |||
Conservative | P. Hocken | 4,144 | |||
Labour | E. Hill | 1,507 | |||
Labour | J. Cowan | 1,400 | |||
Labour | W. Williamson | 1,385 | |||
Turnout | 76.5% | ||||
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Plymstock Radford (3 seats)

Location of Plymstock Radford ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | R. Easton | 3,639 | |||
Conservative | C. Easton | 3,524 | |||
Conservative | O. Kendall | 2,956 | |||
Labour | T. Telford | 1,544 | |||
Labour | M. Telford | 1,531 | |||
Labour | L. Haines | 1,244 | |||
Liberal | R. Loxley | 1,152 | |||
Liberal | J. Byatt | 1,084 | |||
Liberal | C. Tice | 1,002 | |||
Turnout | 76.7% | ||||
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Southway (3 seats)

Location of Southway ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | W. Evans | 3,467 | |||
Labour | R. Scott | 3,226 | |||
Labour | J. Jones | 3,123 | |||
Conservative | R. Billings | 2,723 | |||
Conservative | M. Lippell | 2,632 | |||
Conservative | H. Hennessey | 2,486 | |||
National Front | J. Price | 136 | |||
Turnout | 74.5% | ||||
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St Budeax (3 seats)

Location of St Budeax ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | R. Bishop | 3,032 | |||
Labour | H. Luscombe | 3,015 | |||
Labour | I. Rosevear | 2,974 | |||
Conservative | E. Deacon | 2,553 | |||
Conservative | T. Docking | 2,505 | |||
Conservative | G. Howe | 2,437 | |||
National Front | L. Beresford-Walker | 149 | |||
Turnout | 71.7% | ||||
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St Peter (3 seats)

Location of St Peter ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | I. Lowe | 3,324 | |||
Labour | H. Clinnick | 3,294 | |||
Labour | J. Luce | 3,217 | |||
Conservative | G. Baker | 2,034 | |||
Conservative | E. Diggle | 1,915 | |||
Conservative | T. Wilks | 1,817 | |||
National Front | E. Lynch | 228 | |||
Turnout | 63.1% | ||||
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Stoke (3 seats)

Location of Stoke ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | C. Pascoe | 4,148 | |||
Conservative | P. Washbourn | 4,043 | |||
Conservative | C. Wilbraham | 3,984 | |||
Labour | L. Huckett | 2,676 | |||
Labour | T. Caylor | 2,462 | |||
Labour | W. Hennah | 2,416 | |||
National Front | D. Radmore | 478 | |||
Turnout | 72.5% | ||||
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Sutton (3 seats)

Location of Sutton ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | F. Johnson | 2,695 | |||
Labour | F. Freeman | 2,665 | |||
Labour | J. Lobb | 2,591 | |||
Conservative | G. Blades | 2,455 | |||
Conservative | J. Hingston | 2,216 | |||
Conservative | W. Turner | 2,040 | |||
Liberal | P. York | 862 | |||
Liberal | G. Pedrick | 639 | |||
Liberal | K. Rawlings | 600 | |||
National Front | J. Williams | 140 | |||
Turnout | 66.5% | ||||
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Trelawny (3 seats)

Location of Trelawny ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | G. Jinks | 3,625 | |||
Conservative | A. Parish | 3,583 | |||
Conservative | W. Thompson | 3,249 | |||
Labour | P. Floyd | 2,737 | |||
Labour | L. Goldstone | 2,356 | |||
Labour | T. Saunders | 2,261 | |||
Ind. Conservative | K. Gardiner | 801 | |||
National Front | S. Merry | 154 | |||
Turnout | 88.6% | ||||
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References
- Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1979. Plymouth University, Plymouth, UK: The Elections Centre. p. 16.
- The City of Plymouth (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
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