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1979 Chichester District Council election
Elections to Chichester District Council in West Sussex, United Kingdom were held on 3 May 1979, the same day as the general election.
Elections to Chichester District Council West Sussex , United Kingdom were held on 3 May 1979, the same day as the general election .
The whole council was up for election and resulted in a Conservative majority.
Boundary changes resulted in the creation of three new wards: Chichester North, Selsey North and Selsey South. The number of councillors representing Chichester West and Southbourne were reduced, from 5 to 3 and 4 to 3 respectively. The Selsey ward was abolished.
Boundary changes in effect from May 1979
Chichester East Chichester North‡ Chichester West Selsey* Selsey North‡ Selsey South‡ * Abolished ‡ New creation
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
27 2 8 6 54.0 40.0 25,365 –9.5 11 10 0 10 22.0 28.1 17,894 +6.9 7 1 2 1 14.0 11.5 7,325 +1.4 3 0 1 1 6.0 9.6 6,106 –4.1 2 2 0 2 4.0 3.6 2,278 N/A 0 0 0 0.0 4.7 2,996 +2.6 0 0 0 0.0 1.4 905 –2.0 0 0 0 0.0 1.3 833 N/A
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Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative J. Darley Unopposed 0 0.0 N/A 1,432 Conservative hold
Party Candidate Votes % .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
Conservative 1,332 36.8 N/A Independent 1,254 34.6 N/A Independent 1,037 28.6 N/A 3,623 75.3 N/A 3,099 Conservative hold Independent hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative E. Kirkby-Bott Unopposed 0 0.0 N/A 1,334 Conservative hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative C. Roberts Unopposed 0 0.0 N/A 1,238 Conservative hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal 1,194 40.9 +12.3 Conservative 1,184 35.4 –12.9 Liberal 1,183 Liberal 1,066 Conservative 910 Conservative 894 Labour 725 23.7 +10.7 Labour 642 Labour 629 8,428 71.9 +28.5 4,379 Liberal gain from Conservative Conservative hold Liberal gain from Conservative
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal 1,307 51.0 N/A Conservative 1,289 49.0 N/A Liberal 1,266 Liberal 1,263 Conservative 1,219 Conservative 1,183 7,527 74.1 N/A 3,778
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal 1,743 63.6 +13.9 Liberal 1,549 Liberal 1,546 Conservative 1,003 36.4 –13.9 Conservative 925 Conservative 839 7,605 71.8 4,054 Liberal gain from Conservative Liberal gain from Conservative Liberal hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal 1,627 53.2 +21.8 Liberal 1,564 Liberal 1,470 Conservative 1,455 46.8 –14.5 Conservative 1,413 Conservative 1,240 8,769 72.5 +28.4 4,723 Liberal gain from Conservative Liberal gain from Conservative Liberal gain from Conservative
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative J. Laird Unopposed 0 0.0 N/A 1,428 Conservative hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 647 61.4 –8.0 Labour 406 38.6 +8.0 1,053 71.8 +29.6 1,477 Conservative hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative C. Craven Unopposed 0 0.0 N/A 2,370 Conservative hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 1,047 40.3 +16.5 Conservative 792 30.5 +4.5 Independent 757 29.2 N/A 2,596 72.1 +21.1 2,319 Independent hold Conservative hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent D. Gauntlett Unopposed 0 0.0 N/A 1,821 Independent hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent K. Murray Unopposed 0 0.0 N/A 1,466 Independent hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative H. Booker Unopposed 0 0.0 N/A 1,387 Conservative hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 764 59.6 N/A Liberal 518 40.4 N/A 1,282 74.3 N/A 1,738 Conservative hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal 598 54.5 +16.9 Conservative 499 45.5 –5.5 1,097 73.0 +24.0 1,484 Liberal gain from Conservative
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative R. Gibson Unopposed 0 0.0 N/A 1,194 Conservative gain from Independent
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative R. Hancock Unopposed 0 0.0 N/A 1,415 Conservative hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 1,525 34.7 N/A Ind. Conservative 1,260 28.6 N/A Conservative 586 26.3 N/A Conservative 572 N/A Labour 455 10.3 N/A 4,398 74.8 N/A 3,395 Independent hold Ind. Conservative gain from Independent
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 638 62.9 +4.8 Independent 377 37.1 N/A 1,015 71.3 +36.6 1,401 Conservative hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative C. Linton Unopposed Conservative J. Duncton Unopposed 0 0.0 N/A 2,851 Conservative hold Conservative hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative P. Luttman-Johnson Unopposed Conservative T. Micklem Unopposed 0 0.0 N/A 3,024 Conservative hold Conservative hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 816 75.7 N/A Independent 262 24.3 N/A 1,078 75.1 N/A 1,427 Conservative hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative B. Ager Unopposed Conservative T. Robinson Unopposed 0 0.0 N/A 3,231 Conservative win (new seat) Conservative win (new seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. Conservative 1,018 27.9 N/A Conservative 925 49.2 N/A Conservative 868 N/A SPA 833 22.9 N/A 3,644 74.9 N/A 2,957
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 572 80.5 N/A Labour 139 19.5 N/A 711 74.1 +21.1 959 Independent gain from Residents
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Residents 2,322 62.4 –8.3 Residents 1,952 Residents 1,832 Conservative 986 28.4 +17.3 Conservative 950 Conservative 842 Ind. Ratepayers 489 9.2 –9.0 Ind. Ratepayers 416 9,789 74.3 +27.4 4,742 Residents hold Residents hold Residents hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative A. Burdett Unopposed 0 0.0 N/A 1,556 Conservative hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent J. Mann Unopposed 0 0.0 N/A 1,321 Independent hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative H. Allen Unopposed 0 0.0 N/A 2,271 Conservative hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 594 54.6 –1.4 Independent 494 45.4 N/A 1,088 73.7 +25.0 1,476 Conservative hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative J. Illius Unopposed 0 0.0 N/A 1,858 Conservative hold
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