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1979 York City Council election
The 1979 York City Council election took place on 3 May 1979 to elect members of York City Council in North Yorkshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
The 1979 York City Council election took place on 3 May 1979 to elect members of York City Council in North Yorkshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections .
1979 York City Council election
Conservative 43 23 1 6 3 51.1 43.7 67,767 Labour 45 13 4 2 3 28.9 42.1 65,294 Liberal 18 9 3 0 3 20.0 14.0 21,671 Ind. Conservative 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.3 413
Party Candidate Votes % .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
Conservative 1,771 42.0 Labour 1,703 40.4 Labour 1,670 39.6 Conservative 1,637 38.8 Labour 1,595 37.8 Conservative 1,546 36.7 Liberal 741 17.6 4,215 79.4 5,308 Labour gain from Conservative Labour gain from Conservative
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal 1,715 40.5 Liberal 1,362 32.1 Liberal 1,342 31.7 Labour 1,296 30.6 Labour 1,235 29.1 Conservative 1,226 28.9 Conservative 1,207 28.5 Labour 1,147 27.1 Conservative 1,012 23.9 4,239 81.9 5,176 Liberal gain from Conservative Liberal gain from Conservative Liberal gain from Labour
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 1,391 34.5 Conservative 1,368 34.0 Labour 1,364 33.9 Conservative 1,320 32.8 Labour 1,313 32.6 Labour 1,166 29.0 Liberal 861 21.4 Ind. Conservative 413 10.3 4,027 83.6 4,817
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 2,375 67.0 Labour 2,079 58.7 Labour 1,908 53.9 Conservative 1,166 32.9 Conservative 1,134 32.0 Conservative 1,069 30.2 3,543 72.3 4,900
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 2,002 47.3 Conservative 1,700 40.2 Conservative 1,596 37.7 Conservative 1,535 36.3 Labour 1,497 35.4 Labour 1,460 34.5 Liberal 528 12.5 4,233 78.6 5,385 Conservative gain from Labour
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 2,002 47.3 Conservative 1,992 47.1 Conservative 1,761 41.6 Labour 1,406 33.2 Labour 1,322 31.2 Labour 1,227 29.0 Liberal 587 13.9 3,994 75.7 5,276
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal 2,411 61.0 Liberal 1,780 45.1 Liberal 1,678 42.5 Conservative 833 21.1 Conservative 829 21.0 Conservative 796 20.2 Labour 708 17.9 Labour 678 17.2 Labour 661 16.7 3,950 82.1 4,811
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 1,533 41.8 Conservative 1,424 38.8 Conservative 1,422 38.8 Labour 1,369 37.3 Labour 1,233 33.6 Labour 1,054 28.7 Liberal 768 20.9 3,669 71.6 5,124
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 2,153 50.7 Conservative 2,050 48.3 Conservative 1,875 44.2 Labour 1,470 34.6 Labour 1,466 34.5 Labour 1,379 32.5 Liberal 623 14.7 4,244 80.2 5,292
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 2,135 48.0 Labour 1,819 40.9 Labour 1,783 40.0 Conservative 1,720 38.6 Conservative 1,701 38.2 Conservative 1,619 36.4 Liberal 595 13.4 4,452 85.1 5,232 Labour gain from Conservative
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 1,877 54.3 Conservative 1,743 50.4 Conservative 1,663 48.1 Labour 1,584 45.8 Labour 1,401 40.5 Labour 1,400 40.5 3,459 70.8 4,886
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 2,114 47.1 Conservative 2,040 45.5 Conservative 1,930 43.0 Labour 1,653 36.8 Labour 1,429 31.8 Labour 1,241 27.7 Liberal 722 16.1 4,487 85.8 5,230
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 2,211 53.8 Conservative 2,133 51.9 Conservative 2,132 51.9 Labour 1,358 33.1 Labour 1,239 30.2 Labour 1,199 29.2 Liberal 538 13.1 4,107 76.2 5,390
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 2,028 54.6 Labour 2,021 54.5 Labour 1,782 48.0 Conservative 1,685 45.4 Conservative 1,498 40.4 Conservative 1,489 40.1 3,711 69.7 5,325 Labour gain from Conservative
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal 2,074 49.6 Liberal 1,805 43.2 Liberal 1,541 36.8 Labour 1,246 29.8 Labour 1,195 28.6 Labour 998 23.9 Conservative 864 20.7 4,183 82.4 5,077
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