1979 Mid Bedfordshire District Council election
1979 UK local government election
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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.
Registered70,014
Turnout79%
3 May 1979
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| Registered | 70,014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 79% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
| 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
| 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
| 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Ms A Melina | Unopposed | NA | ||
| Independent | W Jaye | Unopposed | NA | ||
Biggleswade Ivel
| 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
| 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Ms E Woods* | Unopposed | NA | ||
Campton & Meppershall
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J Buxton* | Unopposed | NA | ||
Clifton & Henlow
| 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | W Russell* | Unopposed | NA | ||
Cranfield
| 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Ms J Eells* | Unopposed | NA | ||
Flitwick East
| 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | A Saxby | Unopposed | NA | ||
| Conservative | Dennis Gale* | Unopposed | NA | ||
Harlington
| 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | H Craddock* | Unopposed | NA | ||
Langford
| 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Ms C Barnes* | 1,188 | 48.1 | −13.7 | |
| Labour | D Towell | 1,176 | 47.6 | ||
| Conservative | Fiona Chapman*[a] | 927 | 37.5 | −19.5 | |
| Labour | Ms R Martin | 757 | 30.7 | ||
| Turnout | 2,469 | 78.4 | |||
Maulden
| 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Patricia Turner* | Unopposed | NA | ||
Old Warden & Southill
| 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J Ream* | Unopposed | NA | ||
| Independent | F Jakes* | Unopposed | NA | ||
Sandy All Saints
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | W Goodyer* | 519 | 51.1 | −5.4 | |
| Liberal | C Riches | 490 | 48.2 | ||
| Turnout | 1,016 | 83.5 | |||
Westoning
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jean Kent* | Unopposed | NA | ||
Woburn
| 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | G Wood* | Unopposed | NA | ||
Notes
- 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]