Priestfield
3 May 1979
An election was held in Priestfield ward on 3 May 1979 to elect three councillors.
It was the first election to be held in the ward following a boundary review. The Conservatives won all three of the new seats.
J. Baynes, Diane Chambers and Ms. S. Shaw were elected as councillors for the ward.
Result
The following result was declared by the returning officer:
Candidate | Votes | % | ||
Conservative |
J. Baynes 1,526 | 16.1% | ||
Conservative |
Diane Chambers *1,478 | 15.6% | ||
Conservative |
Ms. S. Shaw 1,462 | 15.4% | ||
Labour |
Ms. M. Anderson 1,218 | 12.8% | ||
Labour |
D. Green 1,166 | 12.3% | ||
Labour |
Ms. J. Tebbutt 1,099 | 11.6% | ||
Liberal |
Ms. F. Childs 544 | 5.7% | ||
Liberal |
Ms. A. Vincent 506 | 5.3% | ||
Liberal |
F. Wise 484 | 5.1% | ||
Turnout | 77.9% | |||
Conservative win (new ward) | ||||
Conservative win (new ward) | ||||
Conservative win (new ward) |
* Denotes a councillor standing for re-election.
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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