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1979 Plymouth City Council election^[1]
All 60 seats in the Plymouth City Council; 31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	73.1%
	Map showing the results of the 1979 Plymouth City Council elections.
Council control before election; Conservative;	Council control after election ; Conservative;

The 1979 Plymouth City Council election took place on 3 May 1979 to elect members of Plymouth City Council in Devon, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. It was the first election to be held under new ward boundaries.^[2] The Conservative Party retained control of the council, which it had held since its creation in 1973.^[1]

Overall results

1979 Plymouth City Council Election
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	33	n/a	n/a	n/a	55.0	49.9	63,524	2.0
	Labour	26	n/a	n/a	n/a	43.3	41.1	52,360	1.5
	Liberal	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.7	3.5	4,465	0.7
	National Front	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	0.0	1.8	2,438	New
	Ind. Conservative	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	0.0	3.7	4,751	New
Total		60						127,384

Ward results

Budshead (3 seats)

Budshead (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	T. Keast	3,741
	Labour	E. Thomas	3,720
	Labour	R. Simmonds	3,598
	Conservative	H. Hughes	2,271
	Conservative	D. Macmillan	2,049
	Conservative	B. Yardley	2,003
Turnout				66.6%
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Compton (3 seats)

Compton (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	G. Creber	4,466
	Conservative	R. Ray	4,299
	Conservative	F. Milligan	4,292
	Labour	B. Sabel	1,457
	Labour	P. Lovell	1,450
	Labour	P. Ingham	1,417
Turnout				68.6%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Drake (3 seats)

Drake (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D. Mitchell	4,461
	Conservative	J. Thorpe	3,837
	Conservative	T. Savery	3,768
	Labour	N. Crowley	2,138
	Labour	S. Caylor	2,083
	Labour	E. Clinick	2,079
	Liberal	J. Robins	953
	Liberal	R. Pawley	948
	National Front	P. Rouse	175
Turnout				73.3%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Efford (3 seats)

Efford (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. King	3,083
	Labour	G. Draper	2,907
	Labour	J. Leppard	2,837
	Conservative	J. Richards	2,443
	Conservative	E. Smith	2,348
	Conservative	E. Willcock	2,182
	National Front	J. Pocock	201
Turnout				71.4%
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Eggbuckland (3 seats)

Eggbuckland (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Pascoe	3,736
	Conservative	D. Mackinem	3,460
	Conservative	R. Morrell	3,388
	Labour	D. Tranter	2,392
	Labour	M. Hughes	2,386
	Labour	D. Knott	2,337
Turnout				74.6%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Estover (3 seats)

Estover (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	T. Jones	3,664
	Conservative	R. Elliot	3,564
	Conservative	M. Lacey	3,530
	Labour	E. Evans	2,292
	Labour	W. Leahy	2,285
	Labour	M. Gilbert	2,220
Turnout				71.6%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ham (3 seats)

Ham (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Floyd	3,622
	Labour	K. Glanville	3,375
	Labour	W. Glanville	3,284
	Conservative	J. Farrage	2,002
	Conservative	V. Hingston	1,957
	Conservative	G. Lawrence	1,941
	National Front	D. Merry	215
Turnout				71.4%
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Honicknowle (3 seats)

Honicknowle (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. Whitfield	4,187
	Labour	H. Dolley	4,010
	Labour	J. Ingham	3,690
	Conservative	M. Brown	3,035
	Conservative	T. Johnson	2,907
	Conservative	A. Jarvis	2,793
	National Front	D. Stentiford	261
Turnout				77.2%
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Keyham (3 seats)

Keyham (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Manley	2,853
	Labour	R. Lemin	2,850
	Conservative	H. Fox	2,774
	Labour	D. Yeates	2,726
	Conservative	M. Glanville	2,622
	Conservative	E. Pengelly	2,612
	National Front	J. Blake	301
Turnout				66.9%
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Mount Gould (3 seats)

Mount Gould (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Courtney	3,500
	Conservative	E. Thornton	3,331
	Conservative	R. Thornton	3,291
	Labour	L. Hill	2,388
	Labour	J. Finnigan	2,302
	Labour	W. Payne	2,226
Turnout				58.7%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Plympton Erle (3 seats)

Plympton Erle (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Mills	3,327
	Conservative	A. Wright	3,297
	Conservative	J. Richards	3,145
	Labour	J. Fildew	1,777
	Labour	C. Bishop	1,505
	Labour	J. Sewell	1,482
	Ind. Conservative	J. Kingdom	1,001
	Ind. Conservative	R. Cornforth	741
Turnout				76.4%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Plympton St Mary (3 seats)

Plympton St Mary (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Ind. Conservative	P. Radmore	2,949
	Conservative	M. Parkinson	2,207
	Conservative	K. Perry	2,193
	Conservative	D. Thompson	1,624
	Ind. Conservative	L. Speare	1,618
	Labour	W. Gross	1,498
	Labour	A. De Launey	1,448
	Labour	S. Clark	1,274
	Liberal	D. Tice	1,063
Turnout				96.2%
	Ind. Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Plymstock Dunstone (3 seats)

Plymstock Dunstone (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D. Dicker	4,461
	Conservative	D. Viney	4,197
	Conservative	P. Hocken	4,144
	Labour	E. Hill	1,507
	Labour	J. Cowan	1,400
	Labour	W. Williamson	1,385
Turnout				76.5%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Plymstock Radford (3 seats)

Plymstock Radford (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Easton	3,639
	Conservative	C. Easton	3,524
	Conservative	O. Kendall	2,956
	Labour	T. Telford	1,544
	Labour	M. Telford	1,531
	Labour	L. Haines	1,244
	Liberal	R. Loxley	1,152
	Liberal	J. Byatt	1,084
	Liberal	C. Tice	1,002
Turnout				76.7%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Southway (3 seats)

Southway (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. Evans	3,467
	Labour	R. Scott	3,226
	Labour	J. Jones	3,123
	Conservative	R. Billings	2,723
	Conservative	M. Lippell	2,632
	Conservative	H. Hennessey	2,486
	National Front	J. Price	136
Turnout				74.5%
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

St Budeax (3 seats)

St Budeax (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Bishop	3,032
	Labour	H. Luscombe	3,015
	Labour	I. Rosevear	2,974
	Conservative	E. Deacon	2,553
	Conservative	T. Docking	2,505
	Conservative	G. Howe	2,437
	National Front	L. Beresford-Walker	149
Turnout				71.7%
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

St Peter (3 seats)

St Peter (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	I. Lowe	3,324
	Labour	H. Clinnick	3,294
	Labour	J. Luce	3,217
	Conservative	G. Baker	2,034
	Conservative	E. Diggle	1,915
	Conservative	T. Wilks	1,817
	National Front	E. Lynch	228
Turnout				63.1%
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Stoke (3 seats)

Stoke (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	C. Pascoe	4,148
	Conservative	P. Washbourn	4,043
	Conservative	C. Wilbraham	3,984
	Labour	L. Huckett	2,676
	Labour	T. Caylor	2,462
	Labour	W. Hennah	2,416
	National Front	D. Radmore	478
Turnout				72.5%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Sutton (3 seats)

Sutton (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	F. Johnson	2,695
	Labour	F. Freeman	2,665
	Labour	J. Lobb	2,591
	Conservative	G. Blades	2,455
	Conservative	J. Hingston	2,216
	Conservative	W. Turner	2,040
	Liberal	P. York	862
	Liberal	G. Pedrick	639
	Liberal	K. Rawlings	600
	National Front	J. Williams	140
Turnout				66.5%
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Trelawny (3 seats)

Trelawny (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	G. Jinks	3,625
	Conservative	A. Parish	3,583
	Conservative	W. Thompson	3,249
	Labour	P. Floyd	2,737
	Labour	L. Goldstone	2,356
	Labour	T. Saunders	2,261
	Ind. Conservative	K. Gardiner	801
	National Front	S. Merry	154
Turnout				88.6%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

^ ^a ^b Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1979. Plymouth University, Plymouth, UK: The Elections Centre. p. 16.
^ The City of Plymouth (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978