The 1979 West Dorset District Council election was held on Thursday 3 May 1979 to elect councillors to West Dorset District Council in England. It took place on the same day as the general election and other district council elections in the United Kingdom. This was the third election to the district council, the election saw terms of councillors extended from three to four years.
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The 1979 election saw the Independent councillors maintain their majority control on the Council.
Ward results
editBeaminster
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | R. Bugler * | 1,384 | – | N/A | |
Independent | A. Hudson * | 1,252 | – | N/A | |
Independent | S. Davies | 609 | – | N/A | |
Turnout | 78.0 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 2,503 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
Independent hold |
Bothenhampton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Y. Skyrme * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,427 | ||||
Independent hold |
Bradford Abbas
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | E. Garrett * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,272 | ||||
Independent hold |
Bradpole
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ind. Conservative | R. Coatsworth * | 612 | 59.7 | N/A | |
Independent | D. Cash | 413 | 40.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 199 | 19.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 76.7 | +23.6 | |||
Registered electors | 1,337 | ||||
Ind. Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Bridport
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | A. Bell | 2,601 | 47.1 | +13.1 | |
Liberal | A. Tiltman * | 1,854 | – | ||
Independent | C. Samways * | 1,463 | – | ||
Labour | L. Dibden * | 1,457 | 26.4 | –1.5 | |
Independent | E. Andrews | 1,344 | – | N/A | |
Independent | P. Norfolk * | 1,305 | – | ||
Independent | W. Hicks * | 1,112 | – | N/A | |
Turnout | 74.3 | +34.1 | |||
Registered electors | 5,453 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing |
Broadmayne
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | B. Course * | 665 | 64.9 | +10.3 | |
Conservative | D. Blake | 359 | 35.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 306 | 29.9 | +20.7 | ||
Turnout | 78.9 | +35.5 | |||
Registered electors | 1,320 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Broadwindsor
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | C. Coate * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,007 | ||||
Independent hold |
Burton Bradstock
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | R. Bailey | 628 | 75.2 | N/A | |
Independent | J. Bethell | 207 | 24.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 421 | 50.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 73.3 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,146 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent |
Caundle Vale
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | N. White * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 998 | ||||
Independent hold |
Cerne Valley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Dione Digby, Lady Digby * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,056 | ||||
Independent hold |
Charminster
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | E. Hanford * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,255 | ||||
Independent hold |
Charmouth
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | W. McLellan * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,177 | ||||
Independent hold |
Chesil Bank
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | M. Pengelly * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,040 | ||||
Independent hold |
Chickerell
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | W. McCarthy * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Conservative | E. Edwards-Stuart | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 2,809 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Independent |
Dorchester Central
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | L. Phillips * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 908 | ||||
Independent hold |
Dorchester East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Enid Stella Jones * | 2,204 | 58.2 | +29.0 | |
Conservative | P. Seaton * | 1,586 | 41.8 | +7.5 | |
Liberal | H. Nicholson | 1,570 | – | ||
Conservative | R. Collins * | 1,503 | – | ||
Conservative | H. Attryde | 1,235 | – | ||
Conservative | A. Beard | 1,129 | – | ||
Turnout | 81.4 | +30.8 | |||
Registered electors | 4,237 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Dorchester West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David Trevor Jones * | 2,208 | 32.1 | –4.7 | |
Conservative | C. Lucas * | 1,859 | 27.0 | N/A | |
Independent | G. Powell * | 1,759 | – | ||
Liberal | E. Boothman * | 1,726 | – | ||
Conservative | F. Alderman | 1,535 | – | ||
Conservative | I. McLellan | 1,353 | – | ||
Independent | P. Adams | 1,224 | – | N/A | |
Labour | G. Standfield | 1,051 | 15.3 | –4.7 | |
Labour | K. Matthews | 816 | – | ||
Labour | S. Minto | 671 | – | ||
Labour | E. Salholm | 578 | – | ||
Turnout | 76.4 | +29.2 | |||
Registered electors | 5,552 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Frome Valley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | B. Bryant * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 994 | ||||
Independent hold |
Halstock
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | T. Frost * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,163 | ||||
Independent hold |
Holnest
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | M. Cockburn * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,141 | ||||
Independent hold |
Loders
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | A. Adams | 345 | 47.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | D. Fry | 258 | 35.2 | N/A | |
Independent | M. West | 130 | 17.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 87 | 11.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 77.2 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 950 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing |
Lyme Regis
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J. Broom * | 1,409 | – | ||
Independent | J. Nuttall * | 1,314 | – | ||
Independent | V. Homyer | 1,001 | – | ||
Independent | E. Hallett * | 970 | – | ||
Turnout | 77.6 | +24.9 | |||
Registered electors | 2,870 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing |
Maiden Newton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | H. Haward * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 996 | ||||
Independent hold |
Netherbury
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | C. Poole * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,224 | ||||
Independent hold |
Owermoigne
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | R. Symes * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,239 | ||||
Independent hold |
Piddle Valley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | M. Walker | 666 | 80.2 | +43.4 | |
Independent | D. Barrs | 164 | 19.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 502 | 60.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 73.4 | +16.2 | |||
Registered electors | 1,131 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing |
Puddletown
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | A. Banfield | 509 | 77.8 | N/A | |
Labour | E. Adams | 145 | 22.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 364 | 55.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 75.5 | +24.4 | |||
Registered electors | 867 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing |
Queen Thorne
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J. Brewer * | 643 | 75.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | G. Burgess | 214 | 25.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 429 | 50.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 78.4 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,093 | ||||
Independent hold |
Sherborne
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | M. Matson * | 2,674 | 30.3 | N/A | |
Independent | E. Dyke * | 2,081 | – | N/A | |
Independent | E. King * | 2,073 | – | N/A | |
Labour | E. Noake | 2,050 | 23.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | R. Farrant * | 2,021 | 22.9 | N/A | |
Independent | R. Ludd | 1,569 | – | N/A | |
Registered electors | 5,932 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Independent hold | |||||
Independent hold | |||||
Labour gain from Liberal | |||||
Conservative gain from Independent |
Stinsford
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | L. Coleman * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 824 | ||||
Independent hold |
Symondsbury
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | G. Summers * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,156 | ||||
Independent hold |
Thorncombe
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | P. Atyeo * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,013 | ||||
Independent hold |
Tolpuddle
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | M. Kraft * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 713 | ||||
Independent hold |
Whitchurch Canonicorum
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | W. Fowell * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,113 | ||||
Independent hold |
Winterborne St Martin
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | S. Slade * | 620 | 73.5 | N/A | |
Ind. Conservative | G. Duke | 224 | 26.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 436 | 46.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 83.3 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,029 | ||||
Independent hold |
Yetminster
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | W. Anderson * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,156 | ||||
Conservative gain from Ind. Conservative |