It was the first election to be held in the ward following a boundary review. The Conservatives won all three of the new seats.
Bill Fowler, C. Jones and N. Rogers were elected as councillors for the ward.
Result
The following result was declared by the returning officer:
Candidate | Votes | % | ||
Conservative |
Bill Fowler 1,195 | 15.9% | ||
Conservative |
C. Jones 1,110 | 14.8% | ||
Conservative |
N. Rogers 1,018 | 13.6% | ||
Labour |
T. Bishop 829 | 11.0% | ||
Labour |
E. Page 797 | 10.6% | ||
Labour |
M. Russell 765 | 10.2% | ||
Liberal |
George Smith 669 | 8.9% | ||
Liberal |
Sue Hannant 589 | 7.8% | ||
Liberal |
Christopher Lewcock 535 | 7.1% | ||
Turnout | 72.6% | |||
Conservative win (new ward) | ||||
Conservative win (new ward) | ||||
Conservative win (new ward) |
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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