1979 West Norfolk District Council election
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1979 English local election
Registered89,012
Turnout~48.5% (
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| Turnout | ~48.5% (8.2%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1979 West Norfolk District Council election took place on 3 May 1979 to elect members of West Norfolk District Council in Norfolk, England.[1] This was on the same day as the 1979 general election and other local elections.
Election result
| 1979 West Norfolk District Council election[2] | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
| Conservative | 59 | 42 | 11 | 4 | 5 |
70.0 | 49.5 | 48,076 | +2.2 | |
| Labour | 28 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
25.0 | 43.2 | 42,003 | +4.7 | |
| Independent | 8 | 3 | 2 | 8 |  4 |
5.0 | 5.1 | 4,976 | –5.2 | |
| Liberal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |
0.0 | 1.1 | 1,042 | +0.3 | |
| Independent Labour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0.0 | 0.8 | 741 | N/A | |
| Ind. Conservative | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
0.0 | 0.4 | 356 | –2.6 | |
22 Conservatives and 1 Independent were elected unopposed.
Ward results
Incumbent councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Changes in seats do not take into account by-elections or defections.
Airfield
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. Bagge* | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative | H. Harris* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 2,572 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Independent | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Burnham
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | E. Coke* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,366 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Independent | |||||
Clenchwarton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | R. Kerkham* | 521 | 43.9 | ||
| Independent | J. Jones | 351 | 29.6 | ||
| Labour | F. Mallett | 315 | 26.5 | ||
| Majority | 170 | 14.3 | |||
| Turnout | 1,187 | 80.7 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,471 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Creake
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. Negus | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,347 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Independent | |||||
Denton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | A. Spencer | 1,608 | 53.2 | ||
| Conservative | M. Jones* | 1,545 | 51.1 | ||
| Conservative | G. Peat | 1,527 | 50.5 | ||
| Labour | J. Waterfall | 1,417 | 46.8 | ||
| Turnout | ~3,025 | 74.5 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,060 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Dersingham
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | W. Greenwood* | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative | I. Stockwell* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 3,037 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Docking
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | M. Howard* | 668 | 60.3 | ||
| Conservative | E. Coker | 439 | 39.7 | ||
| Majority | 229 | 20.6 | |||
| Turnout | 1,107 | 78.6 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,409 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Emneth
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | N. Terrington* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,493 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Independent | |||||
Gayton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | I. Major* | 767 | 66.0 | ||
| Labour | M. Carden* | 396 | 34.0 | ||
| Majority | 371 | 32.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,163 | 81.8 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,422 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Ind. Conservative | Swing | ||||
Lynn South West
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | D. Benefer* | 1,007 | 44.1 | ||
| Labour | W. Baker* | 969 | 42.4 | ||
| Independent Labour | H. Temby | 741 | 32.4 | ||
| Conservative | D. Chesney | 538 | 23.5 | ||
| Conservative | P. Brunker | 505 | 22.1 | ||
| Turnout | ~2,285 | 79.0 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,892 | ||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
Mershe Lande
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | H. Goose* | 839 | 71.3 | ||
| Independent | W. Morton | 338 | 28.7 | ||
| Majority | 501 | 42.6 | |||
| Turnout | 1,177 | 74.3 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,584 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Ind. Conservative | Swing | ||||
Middleton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. Lemon* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,423 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Independent | |||||
No. 1 (Kings Lynn: Gaywood)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | T. Swann | 3,658 | 39.6 | ||
| Conservative | F. Barton* | 3,652 | 39.5 | ||
| Conservative | D. Garwood* | 3,563 | 38.6 | ||
| Labour | G. Shelton | 3,488 | 37.7 | ||
| Labour | P. Wilkinson | 3,471 | 37.6 | ||
| Labour | A. Burch | 3,431 | 37.1 | ||
| Labour | K. West* | 3,303 | 35.7 | ||
| Labour | G. Falcini | 3,275 | 35.4 | ||
| Labour | T. Coy | 3,251 | 35.2 | ||
| Conservative | A. Daubney | 3,216 | 34.8 | ||
| Conservative | R. Sharp* | 3,196 | 34.6 | ||
| Conservative | G. Ison* | 3,097 | 33.5 | ||
| Independent | J. Loveless | 2,080 | 22.5 | ||
| Turnout | ~9,226 | 83.6 | |||
| Registered electors | 11,032 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
No. 2 (Kings Lynn: North)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | F. Juniper | 2,198 | 74.5 | ||
| Labour | A. Panks | 2,158 | 73.2 | ||
| Labour | E. Panks* | 2,020 | 68.6 | ||
| Labour | M. Pantling | 1,926 | 65.4 | ||
| Conservative | K. Hudd | 751 | 25.5 | ||
| Conservative | M. Kelly* | 741 | 25.1 | ||
| Conservative | A. Stopforth | 689 | 23.4 | ||
| Conservative | E. Morrison* | 671 | 22.8 | ||
| Turnout | ~2,950 | 61.2 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,820 | ||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
No. 5 (Kings Lynn: Chase & Central)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | B. Barton* | 1,268 | 58.1 | ||
| Conservative | F. Cork* | 1,166 | 53.4 | ||
| Conservative | R. Fraulo | 1,095 | 50.1 | ||
| Labour | P. Richards | 915 | 41.9 | ||
| Labour | J. Dunton* | 798 | 36.6 | ||
| Labour | L. Coy* | 734 | 33.6 | ||
| Turnout | ~2,184 | 65.4 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,337 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
No. 6 (Downham Market)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | L. Brown* | 1,844 | 54.0 | ||
| Conservative | J. Bostock* | 1,558 | 45.6 | ||
| Labour | G. Howells | 961 | 28.1 | ||
| Liberal | A. Robson | 608 | 17.8 | ||
| Turnout | ~3,414 | 93.2 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,663 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
No. 7 (Hunstanton)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | C. Legge* | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative | L. Brown* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 3,407 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Independent | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
No. 9 (Heacham)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | E. Gidney* | 1,521 | 57.6 | ||
| Conservative | V. Stapley | 1,255 | 47.5 | ||
| Labour | J. Wells* | 1,121 | 42.4 | ||
| Turnout | ~2,644 | 78.4 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,372 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | |||||
No. 17 (Stoke Ferry)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | F. Cowieson* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,393 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
No. 18 (Denver)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | J. Sharpe | 833 | 70.8 | ||
| Conservative | A. Johnson | 344 | 29.2 | ||
| Majority | 489 | 41.6 | |||
| Turnout | 1,177 | 81.3 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,447 | ||||
| Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
No. 19 (Wimbotsham)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | H. Blakey | 384 | 38.6 | ||
| Independent | S. Boughen | 362 | 36.4 | ||
| Liberal | R. Frost | 248 | 24.9 | ||
| Majority | 22 | 2.2 | |||
| Turnout | 994 | 78.5 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,267 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
No. 20 (Welney)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | H. Rose* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,217 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
No. 25 (South Wootton)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | L. Dutton* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 2,181 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
No. 26 (North Wootton)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | R. Spencer* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,485 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
No. 27 (Massingham)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | J. Tilbury* | 717 | 64.1 | ||
| Conservative | A. Everett | 402 | 35.9 | ||
| Majority | 315 | 28.2 | |||
| Turnout | 1,119 | 81.2 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,378 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
No. 28 (Grimston)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. Reader* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,661 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
No. 40 (Outwell & Upwell)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | E. Feary* | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative | J. Shepherd* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 2,247 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
North Coast
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | H. Middleton* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,775 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Priory
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | G. Sandle* | 485 | 52.2 | ||
| Conservative | R. Peck | 444 | 47.8 | ||
| Majority | 41 | 4.4 | |||
| Turnout | 929 | 80.8 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,150 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Rudham
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | B. Seaman* | 498 | 59.4 | ||
| Conservative | J. Mickleburgh* | 341 | 40.6 | ||
| Majority | 157 | 18.8 | |||
| Turnout | 839 | 80.6 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,041 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Snettisham
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | F. Barwick* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,750 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Independent | |||||
Spellowfields
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. Howling* | 1,328 | 48.0 | ||
| Conservative | J. Wright | 1,196 | 43.2 | ||
| Labour | W. Cowen | 827 | 29.9 | ||
| Ind. Conservative | W. Gent | 356 | 12.9 | ||
| Independent | S. Cruickshank | 253 | 9.1 | ||
| Turnout | ~2,765 | 93.2 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,967 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
St. Lawrence
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | W. Garner | 733 | 61.3 | ||
| Labour | J. Castle | 463 | 38.7 | ||
| Majority | 270 | 22.6 | |||
| Turnout | 1,196 | 78.3 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,527 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
St. Margarets
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | A. West | 529 | 44.1 | ||
| Conservative | H. Bolt* | 484 | 40.4 | ||
| Liberal | B. Goldstone | 186 | 15.5 | ||
| Majority | 45 | 3.7 | |||
| Turnout | 1,199 | 79.0 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,517 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Ten Mile
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | J. Simper* | 662 | 50.0 | ||
| Conservative | R. Legge | 661 | 50.0 | ||
| Majority | 1 | 0.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,323 | 74.7 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,771 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The Walpoles
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | E. Kemp* | 759 | 58.9 | ||
| Conservative | K. Cousins* | 529 | 41.1 | ||
| Majority | 230 | 17.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,288 | 77.5 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,663 | ||||
| Independent gain from Ind. Conservative | Swing | ||||
Watlington
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | P. Haynes* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,540 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
West Walton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | F. Jude* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,034 | ||||
| Independent hold | |||||
West Winch
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | R. Nichols* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,865 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Wiggenhall
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. Turrell* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,429 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
References
- ↑ "Borough Council of Kings' Lynn & West Norfolk Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. pp. 5–6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 January 2026. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
- ↑ "Composition calculator". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
