1979 Mid Bedfordshire District Council election

Elections to Mid Bedfordshire District Council were held on 3 May 1979, on the same day as the general election, so turnout was higher than usual in district council elections for Mid Bedfordshire. All 53 seats were up for election.

1979 Mid Bedfordshire District Council election
3 May 1979
Whole Council
27 seats needed for a majority
Registered70,014
Turnout79%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Conservative Independent Labour
Seats won 31 16 5
Popular vote 20,677 11,563 11,686
Percentage 43.4% 24.3% 24.5%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Ind. Conservative Liberal
Seats won 1 0
Popular vote 2,086 1,631
Percentage 4.4 5.4
Locations of wards in Mid Bedfordshire

Result

There were now 53 seats on the council, compared with 49 in 1976. Gains and losses in the results table are compared with the 1976 district council election.

Mid Bedfordshire District Council Election Result 1979 [1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 31 +1 58.5 43.4 20,677 +0.1
  Independent 16 +2 30.2 24.3 11,563 +0.3
  Labour 5 +2 9.4 24.5 11,686 -1.2
  Ind. Conservative 1 +1 1.9 4.4 2,086 +2.8
  Liberal 0 -1 0.0 5.4 1,631 -2.0

Ward Results

All results are listed below:[2]

Figures on turnout were taken from Plymouth University's Elections Centre, which gives the number of registered voters, and the percentage turnout for each ward. The number of ballots cast for each ward was calculated from these. Percentage change in turnout is compared with the same ward in the 1976 District Council election.

The percentage of the vote for each candidate was calculated compared with the number of ballots cast in the ward. Note that in a ward with more than one seat, voters were allowed to place as many crosses on the ballot paper as seats. The percentage change for each candidate is compared with the same candidate in the 1976 District Council election.

Candidates who were members of the council before the election are marked with an asterisk.

Ampthill
Ampthill (3 seats, 4,224 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ms A Cowell 1,728 51.8
Conservative Ms A Palmer* 1,566 46.9 +7.8
Labour Ms G Wagstaff 1,480 44.4 +14.5
Conservative B Soaper 1,399 41.9
Liberal Ms M Laycock 1,141 34.2
Liberal J Low 895 26.8
Turnout 3,337 79.0 +6.0

Arlesey
Arlesey (2 seats, 2,762 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ms A Albon* 1,227 55.1 -0.9
Conservative R Turner 1,028 46.2 +5.5
Labour David Harrowell 995 44.7
Labour J Tizard 678 30.5
Turnout 2,226 80.6 +29.5

Aspley
Aspley (2 seats, 2,376 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ms A Melina Unopposed NA
Independent W Jaye Unopposed NA

Biggleswade Ivel
Biggleswade Ivel (3 seats, 3,931 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ms F Killeen* 1,623 51.4 +18.8
Labour L Chambers* 1,580 50.0 +18.7
Ind. Conservative Patricia Rouse* 1,548 49.0 +19.3
Ind. Conservative Ms M Armstrong 1,331 42.2 +17.5
Labour Alistair Costley 1,077 34.1 +17.0
Labour R McIlroy 857 27.1
Turnout 3,157 80.3 -1.2

Biggleswade Stratton
Biggleswade Stratton (3 seats, 4,038 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ms C Cook* 1,951 58.7 +22.7
Conservative Richard Bennett* 1,743 52.4 +25.3
Labour Victor Brunt* 1,448 43.6 +17.1
Conservative J Dominey 1,090 32.8
Labour T Bornett 992 29.8
Labour P Milton 979 29.5
Turnout 3,324 82.3 +0.8

Blunham
Blunham (1 seat, 1,531 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ms E Woods* Unopposed NA

Campton & Meppershall
Campton & Meppershall (1 seat, 1,309 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J Buxton* Unopposed NA

Clifton & Henlow
Clifton & Henlow (3 seats, 3,599 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Geoffrey Rogers* 1,556 57.4 +21.5
Conservative F Burrows* 1,495 55.1 +13.1
Independent William Cliff* 1,464 54.0 +32.4
Conservative Patricia Cook 1,314 48.4 +13.0
Turnout 2,713 75.4

Clophill
Clophill (1 seat, 1,207 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative W Russell* Unopposed NA

Cranfield
Cranfield (3 seats, 3,100 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J Hawksby 1,321 55.3
Independent J Salisbury* 1,312 55.0
Conservative R Palmer 1,167 48.9
Conservative J Sullivan 726 30.4
Turnout 2,387 77.0

Flitton, Greenfield & Pulloxhill
Flitton, Greenfield & Pulloxhill (1 seat, 1,297 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ms J Eells* Unopposed NA

Flitwick East
Flitwick East (2 seats, 3,169 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Malcolm Randall* 1,488 59.0 -6.3
Conservative Jack Cowell 1,345 53.3
Labour Ms F Rolls 933 37.0 +2.3
Turnout 2,522 79.6

Flitwick West
Flitwick West (2 seats, 1,989 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A Saxby Unopposed NA
Conservative Dennis Gale* Unopposed NA

Harlington
Harlington (1 seat, 1,770 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A Giles* 775 52.3
Independent E Preston 344 23.2
Independent J McFadden 198 13.4
Labour L Ragless 127 8.6
Turnout 1,481 83.7

Haynes & Houghton Conquest
Haynes & Houghton Conquest (1 seat, 1,665 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent H Craddock* Unopposed NA

Langford
Langford (1 seat, 1,912 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative G Gates* 915 56.7 +18.0
Labour A Loney 677 42.0 +20.8
Turnout 1,613 84.4

Marston
Marston (2 seats, 3,149 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ms C Barnes* 1,188 48.1 -13.7
Labour D Towell 1,176 47.6
Conservative Fiona Chapman*[lower-alpha 1] 927 37.5 -19.5
Labour Ms R Martin 757 30.7
Turnout 2,469 78.4

Maulden
Maulden (1 seat, 1,875 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ms I Robinson* 914 60.3 -26.9
Ind. Conservative Howard Lockey 538 35.5
Turnout 1,517 80.9 +34.5

Northill
Northill (1 seat, 1,521 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patricia Turner* Unopposed NA

Old Warden & Southill
Old Warden & Southill (1 seat, 1,168 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ms M Hamer-Harries 439 51.8 +15.8
Conservative Ms S Pool 400 47.2
Turnout 848 72.6 +22.6

Potton
Potton (2 seats, 2,901 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J Ream* Unopposed NA
Independent F Jakes* Unopposed NA

Sandy All Saints
Sandy All Saints (2 seats, 2,527 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alistair Gammell* 1,262 63.4 +25.8
Conservative A Sherwood-King* 1,203 60.4 +18.5
Labour I Kirkwood 562 28.2
Labour Ms J Monahan 521 26.2 +12.8
Turnout 1,991 78.8 +11.2

Sandy St Swithuns
Sandy St Swithuns (3 seats, 2,828 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent K Quince* 1,115 50.9 +10.0
Conservative N Davidson 928 42.4
Independent E Smith 864 39.5
Labour L Cameron 813 37.1
Labour P Monahan 710 32.4 +15.3
Labour W Hibbert 591 27.0 +23.9
Turnout 2,189 77.4 +9.8

Shefford
Shefford (2 seats, 2,108 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ms A Gouldsbrough 770 45.3
Independent A Smyth 723 42.6
Conservative D Cadman 677 39.8 +3.2
Independent Ms M Faircloth 497 29.3 +16.2
Labour Ms G Emmerson 212 12.5 +2.6
Labour Ms R McIlroy 196 11.5
Turnout 1,699 80.6

Shillington & Stondon
Shillington & Stondon (2 seats, 2,588 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent R Roe* 1,120 54.3
Independent S Burr 820 39.7
Conservative D Simkins 714 34.6
Conservative P Parrish 691 33.5
Turnout 2,063 79.7

Stotfold
Stotfold (3 seats, 4,467 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J Long* 1,958 60.5 +26.3
Labour H Wood 1,683 52.0 +20.8
Independent F Hyde* 1,600 49.4 +14.6
Independent R Watkins 1,493 46.1 +15.8
Turnout 3,239 72.5 +19.1

Wensley
Wensley (1 seat, 1,217 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative W Goodyer* 519 51.1 -5.4
Liberal C Riches 490 48.2
Turnout 1,016 83.5

Westoning
Westoning (1 seat, 1,188 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jean Kent* Unopposed NA

Woburn
Woburn (1 seat, 1,180 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative D Woodward* 562 58.5 +18.2
Independent J Ellis 383 39.9 +11.7
Turnout 961 81.4 +19.6

Wrest
Wrest (1 seat, 1,418 registered voters)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent G Wood* Unopposed NA

Notes
  1. Mrs Chapman's full name is Catherine Fiona Chapman MBE. Since 2009 she has been councillor for Flitwick on Central Bedfordshire Council, and is listed on Central Bedfordshire Council's website as Cllr Mrs C Fiona Chapman MBE.[3][4] She is sometimes listed as Catherine Chapman,[5] and sometimes as Fiona Chapman.[6][4] She was first elected to Mid Bedfordshire District Council in 1976.[2]

References
  1. "District level Authority Results.xlsx", www.electionscentre.co.uk, The Elections Centre, Plymouth University, pp. 1976, 1979, retrieved 14 May 2017
  2. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael, "Mid Bedfordshire District Council Election Results 1973-2007" (PDF), www.electionscentre.co.uk, The Elections Centre, Plymouth University, retrieved 14 May 2017
  3. "Cllr Mrs C Fiona Chapman MBE", centralbeds.moderngov.co.uk, retrieved 14 May 2017
  4. "Chairman and Vice-Chairman of Central Bedfordshire Council, Vice-Chairman Councillor Fiona Chapman MBE", www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk, retrieved 14 May 2017
  5. Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2003 - Mid Bedfordshire". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  6. Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2007 - Mid Bedfordshire". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
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