St Margaret's - Election - 3 May 1979

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An election was held in St Margaret's 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.

Bob Russell, A. Jarrett and Graham Payne were elected as councillors for the ward.

Result

The following result was declared by the returning officer:

Candidate Votes %

Russell R. R. Russell
Conservative 2,682 21.5%

Jarrett A. A. Jarrett *
Conservative 2,668 21.4%

Payne G. G. Payne *
Conservative 2,550 20.5%

Clother H. H. Clother
Labour 1,029 8.3%

Rosling P. P. Rosling
Labour 923 7.4%

Johnson P. P. Johnson
Labour 915 7.3%

Sutton Ms. J. Ms. J. Sutton
Liberal 867 7.0%

Sutton R. R. Sutton
Liberal 826 6.6%

Turnout 80.3%

Conservative win (new ward)

Conservative win (new ward)

Conservative win (new ward)

Candidate	Votes	%
Russell R. R. Russell Conservative	2,682	21.5%
Jarrett A. A. Jarrett * Conservative	2,668	21.4%
Payne G. G. Payne * Conservative	2,550	20.5%
Clother H. H. Clother Labour	1,029	8.3%
Rosling P. P. Rosling Labour	923	7.4%
Johnson P. P. Johnson Labour	915	7.3%
Sutton Ms. J. Ms. J. Sutton Liberal	867	7.0%
Sutton R. R. Sutton Liberal	826	6.6%
Turnout		80.3%
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

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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