1979 Harlow District Council election

English local election

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3 May 1979

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14 of the 42 seats to Harlow District Council
23 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Conservative	Liberal
Last election	33	4	5
Seats won	9	4	1
Seats after	32	7	3
Seat change	1	3	2
Popular vote	17,671	14,155	7,634
Percentage	44.8%	35.9%	19.3%

Map showing the results of contested wards in the 1979 Harlow District Council elections.

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

Labour

The 1979 Harlow District Council election took place on 3 May 1979 to elect members of Harlow District Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party retained control of the council.

Election result

1979 Harlow local election result
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Labour	9	1	2	1	64.3	44.8	17,671
Conservative	4	3	0	3	28.6	35.9	14,155
Liberal	1	0	2	2	7.1	19.3	7,634

Ward results

Brays Grove

Brays Grove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Juliff	1,322	51.6%
	Conservative	M. Ashcroft	850	33.2%
	Liberal	P. Naylor	389	15.2%
Turnout				76.3%
	Labour hold

Great Parndon

Great Parndon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	E. Hill	1,120	43.1%
	Labour	C. Cave	1,052	40.5%
	Liberal	T. Owen	425	16.4%
Turnout				79.0%
	Conservative gain from Labour

Katherines With Sumner

Katherines With Sumner
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D. Workman	994	44.9%
	Labour	J. Lockhart	898	40.6%
	Liberal	C. Dunham	322	14.5%
Turnout				79.5%
	Conservative gain from Liberal

Kingsmoor

Kingsmoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	L. Atkins	1,378	41.2%
	Labour	A. Jones	1,272	38.0%
	Liberal	L. Swanton	698	20.8%
Turnout				74.5%
	Conservative gain from Labour

Latton Bush

Latton Bush
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. Bruce	1,506	46.0%
	Conservative	R. Brown	1,288	39.4%
	Liberal	I. Richards	478	14.6%
Turnout				78.3%
	Labour hold

Little Parndon

Little Parndon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	S. Warner	1,475	44.4%
	Conservative	E. Atkins	963	29.0%
	Liberal	P. Ramsay	886	26.7%
Turnout				77.7%
	Labour gain from Liberal

Mark Hall North

Mark Hall North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. McAlpine	901	46.2%
	Conservative	P. Moulds	740	38.0%
	Liberal	M. Ramsay	308	15.8%
Turnout				81.4%
	Labour hold

Mark Hall South

Mark Hall South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	L. Smith	1,507	50.1%
	Conservative	J. Hawkins	934	31.1%
	Liberal	J. Mercer	565	18.8%
Turnout				74.4%
	Labour hold

Netteswell East

Netteswell East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Garner	1,236	52.1%
	Conservative	C. Zarzecki	765	32.2%
	Liberal	D. Eldridge	373	15.7%
Turnout				78.5%
	Labour hold

Old Harlow

Old Harlow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	G. Reynolds	1,865	51.0%
	Labour	S. Firth	1,393	38.1%
	Liberal	J. Kelly	400	10.9%
Turnout				81.3%
	Conservative hold

Passmores

Passmores
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Didham	1,288	44.2%
	Conservative	D. Long	1,024	35.2%
	Liberal	D. Filler	599	20.6%
Turnout				73.7%
	Labour hold

Potter Street

Passmores
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. Gibson	1,338	55.5%
	Conservative	L. Crust	645	26.8%
	Liberal	S. Ward	426	17.7%
Turnout				77.5%
	Labour hold

Stewards

Stewards
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	J. Hewitt	1,128	39.0%
	Labour	C. Cackett	1,021	35.3%
	Conservative	L. Atkins	742	25.7%
Turnout				74.9%
	Liberal hold

Tye Green

Tye Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Danvers	1,462	49.6%
	Conservative	E. Gibson	847	28.8%
	Liberal	J. Wilson	637	21.6%
Turnout				76.0%
	Labour hold

References

"Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
^ "Local Election Summaries 1979". The Elections Centre.
^ "Harlow District Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 27 September 2019.

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