1979 Rochford District Council election

1979 Rochford District Council election
14 out of 40 seats to Rochford District Council; 21 seats needed for a majority
Council control before election; ; Conservative	Council control after election ; ; Conservative

The 1979 Rochford District Council election took place on 3 May 1979 to elect members of Rochford District Council in Essex, England.^[1] This was on the same day as the 1979 general election and other local elections.

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1979 Rochford District Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	9		64.3	18	27	67.5	14,801	56.5	–4.3
	Residents	1	1	7.1	4	5	12.5	1,201	4.6	–4.3
	Independent	2	1	14.3	2	4	10.0	1,875	7.2	N/A
	Liberal	2	1	14.3	1	3	7.5	4,013	15.3	+4.5
	Labour	0	1	0.0	1	1	2.5	4,298	16.4	–3.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	B. Crick*	909	55.6	+21.3
	Conservative	E. Quincey	727	44.4	+7.2
Majority			182	11.1	N/A
Turnout			1,636	77.3	+35.5
Registered electors			2,151
	Liberal hold		Swing	7.1

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	A. Chandler	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,145
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	D. Wood*	812	64.9	–3.7
	Conservative	P. Abrahams	439	35.1	+3.7
Majority			373	29.8	–7.4
Turnout			1,251	77.6	+32.2
Registered electors			1,626
	Independent hold		Swing	3.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Pearson	524	47.1	+18.4
	Labour	W. Lay	306	27.5	–6.0
	Independent	A. Humby*	283	25.4	–12.4
Majority			218	19.6	N/A
Turnout			1,113	79.2	+24.9
Registered electors			1,418
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing	12.2

1979 Rochford District Council election

Election result

Ward results

Ashingdon

Barling & Sutton

Canewdon

Foulness & Great Wakering East

Grange & Rawreth

Great Wakering Central

Great Wakering West

Hawkwell East

Hawkwell West

Lodge

Trinity

Wheatley

Whitehouse

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Heath	1,696	65.2	+10.4
	Labour	S. Andre	905	34.8	–10.4
Majority			791	30.4	+20.8
Turnout			2,601	75.1	+30.0
Registered electors			3,528
	Conservative hold		Swing	10.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. Jopson	320	34.9	–5.3
	Independent	E. Adcock	302	32.9	N/A
	Labour	C. Bellman	295	32.2	–27.6
Majority			18	2.0	N/A
Turnout			917	82.2	+28.5
Registered electors			1,137
	Conservative gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	E. Adcock*	478	57.9	+8.0
	Conservative	N. Keen	347	42.1	+14.3
Majority			131	15.9	–6.2
Turnout			825	80.1	+29.7
Registered electors			1,048
	Independent hold		Swing	3.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Harvey*	1,813	57.3	*N/A*
	Liberal	G. Skinner	1,349	42.7	N/A
Majority			464	14.7	N/A
Turnout			3,162	77.3	N/A
Registered electors			4,140
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	R. Taylor	1,201	52.7	*N/A*
	Conservative	R. Fawell*	1,080	47.3	–18.9
Majority			121	5.3	N/A
Turnout			2,281	81.3	+41.1
Registered electors			2,851
	Residents gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Cooke	2,338	67.4	–2.9
	Conservative	P. Elliott	2,111	60.9	–9.4
	Labour	W. Campbell	890	25.7	–4.0
	Labour	D. Campbell	886	25.6	–4.1
Turnout			~3,467	78.2	+38.3
Registered electors			4,434
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	D. Helson	1,252	56.2	–0.4
	Conservative	D. Fowler*	804	36.1	–7.3
	Labour	J. Clinkscales	173	7.8	N/A
Majority			448	20.1	+6.8
Turnout			2,229	85.1	+26.0
Registered electors			2,645
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	3.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Holman*	1,153	60.8	–21.1
	Liberal	J. Walsh	503	26.5	+8.4
	Labour	V. Foley	241	12.7	N/A
Majority			650	34.4	–29.4
Turnout			1,897	80.4	+42.1
Registered electors			2,393
	Conservative hold		Swing	14.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Gibson	1,449	70.6	+14.6
	Labour	G. Wade	602	29.4	+11.1
Majority			847	41.3	+11.0
Turnout			2,051	80.0	+29.7
Registered electors			2,600
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.8

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