It was the first election to be held in the ward following a boundary review. .
Robert Bean, J. Buck, Bill Davis, B. Delay, J. Goddon and R. Horner were elected as councillors for the ward.
Result
The following result was declared by the returning officer:
Candidate | Votes | % | ||
Labour |
Robert Bean 2,029 | 10.9% | ||
Labour |
J. Buck 1,963 | 10.6% | ||
Labour |
Bill Davis 1,906 | 10.3% | ||
Labour |
B. Delay 1,855 | 10.0% | ||
Labour |
J. Goddon 1,792 | 9.6% | ||
Labour |
R. Horner 1,789 | 9.6% | ||
Conservative |
Ms. D. Cox 1,342 | 7.2% | ||
Conservative |
Adrian Crowther 1,277 | 6.9% | ||
Conservative |
W. Holloway 1,189 | 6.4% | ||
Conservative |
Mike Franklin 1,153 | 6.2% | ||
Conservative |
P. Ruby 1,148 | 6.2% | ||
Conservative |
John Magee 1,144 | 6.2% | ||
Turnout | 28.0% | |||
Labour win (new ward) | ||||
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To order the candidates by name or number of votes received, click on the appropriate column heading.
Vote share for the ward is calculated using the "top vote" method, which uses the candidate from each party with the highest number of votes.
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