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1979 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

1979 UK local government election

1979 UK local government election

Elections to Wigan Council were held on 3 May 1979, with one third of the council up for vote as well as an extra vacancy in Ward 22. The election seen Labour strengthening their grip, with six gains - mostly in the wards they lost seats in at the 1975 election - and one loss. All but one of the gains were from the Conservatives, with the other being from the Liberal's sole seat in Ward 14. A Liberal gain in Ward 15 from Labour kept them represented on the council. Owing to general election on the same day, turnout was significantly up, to 75.7% and all wards were contested - a continuation of the feat started last election.

Election result

|seats % = 84.0 |votes % = 55.7 |plus/minus = +1.4% |seats % = 12.0 |votes % = 37.9 |plus/minus = -5.7% |seats % = 4.0 |votes % = 5.0 |plus/minus = +3.3% |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 1.3 |plus/minus = +1.3% |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.1 |plus/minus = -0.1%

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:

PartyPrevious councilNew councilLabour Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;"Conservative Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;"Liberal Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;"Independent (politician)}}; width: 3px;"Total7272Working majority
Labour5156
Conservatives1914
Liberals11
Independent11

Ward results

References

References

  1. "Wigan Council results from 1973 to 2008". wigan.gov.uk.
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