1979 Chichester District Council election

1979 Chichester District Council election

← 1976 3 May 1979 1983 →
All 50 seats to Chichester District Council 26 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Conservative Liberal Last election 36[a] 11[a] Seats won 27 1 Seat change 6[b] 10[b] Popular vote 25,365 17,894 Percentage 40.0% 28.1%
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

Elections to Chichester District Council in West Sussex, United Kingdom were held on 3 May 1979, the same day as the general election.

The whole council was up for election and resulted in a Conservative majority.

Boundary changes

Boundary changes resulted in the creation of three new wards: Chichester North, Selsey North and Selsey South. The number of councillors representing Chichester West and Southbourne were reduced, from 5 to 3 and 4 to 3 respectively. The Selsey ward was abolished.

Boundary changes in effect from May 1979
Old wards	New wards
Chichester East	Chichester North‡
Chichester West
Selsey*	Selsey North‡
	Selsey South‡
* Abolished	‡ New creation

Election result

Chichester District Council Election Result 1979^[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	27	2	8	6	54.0	40.0	25,365	–9.5
	Liberal	11	10	0	10	22.0	28.1	17,894	+6.9
	Independent	7	1	2	1	14.0	11.5	7,325	+1.4
	Residents	3	0	1	1	6.0	9.6	6,106	–4.1
	Ind. Conservative	2	2	0	2	4.0	3.6	2,278	N/A
	Labour	0	0	0		0.0	4.7	2,996	+2.6
	Ind. Ratepayers	0	0	0		0.0	1.4	905	–2.0
	SPA (UK)	0	0	0		0.0	1.3	833	N/A

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27	11	7	3	2
Conservative	Liberal	Independent	Res.	I.C.

Ward results

Birdham (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	J. Darley	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,432
	Conservative hold

Bosham (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Rycroft	1,332	36.8	N/A
	Independent	D. Yden	1,254	34.6	N/A
	Independent	J. Lillywhite	1,037	28.6	N/A
Turnout			3,623	75.3	N/A
Registered electors			3,099
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Boxgrove (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	E. Kirkby-Bott	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,334
	Conservative hold

Bury (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	C. Roberts	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,238
	Conservative hold

Chichester East (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	A. French	1,194	40.9	+12.3
	Conservative	P. Combes	1,184	35.4	–12.9
	Liberal	C. Tupper	1,183
	Liberal	E. French	1,066
	Conservative	M. Gowing	910
	Conservative	D. Myers	894
	Labour	D. Morrison	725	23.7	+10.7
	Labour	T. Rooth	642
	Labour	P. Norris	629
Turnout			8,428	71.9	+28.5
Registered electors			4,379
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Chichester North (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Rankin	1,307	51.0	N/A
	Conservative	T. France	1,289	49.0	N/A
	Liberal	L. Eyles	1,266
	Liberal	A. Bird	1,263
	Conservative	E. Craig	1,219
	Conservative	D. Hoult	1,183
Turnout			7,527	74.1	N/A
Registered electors			3,778
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

Chichester South (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	P. Weston	1,743	63.6	+13.9
	Liberal	K. Smith	1,549
	Liberal	A. Scicluna	1,546
	Conservative	A. Black	1,003	36.4	–13.9
	Conservative	J. Rankin	925
	Conservative	F. Robertson	839
Turnout			7,605	71.8
Registered electors			4,054
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing

Chichester West (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	L. Holden	1,627	53.2	+21.8
	Liberal	M. Clough	1,564
	Liberal	S. Lawrence	1,470
	Conservative	W. Doody	1,455	46.8	–14.5
	Conservative	U. Hogg	1,413
	Conservative	A. Slade	1,240
Turnout			8,769	72.5	+28.4
Registered electors			4,723
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Donnington (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	J. Laird	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,428
	Conservative hold

Easebourne (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Wood	647	61.4	–8.0
	Labour	A. Groves	406	38.6	+8.0
Turnout			1,053	71.8	+29.6
Registered electors			1,477
	Conservative hold		Swing

East Wittering (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	C. Craven	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			2,370
	Conservative hold

Fernhurst (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	M. Gilbert	1,047	40.3	+16.5
	Conservative	S. Hamilton	792	30.5	+4.5
	Independent	C. Barkman	757	29.2	N/A
Turnout			2,596	72.1	+21.1
Registered electors			2,319
	Independent hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Funtington (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	D. Gauntlett	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,821
	Independent hold

Graffham (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	K. Murray	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,466
	Independent hold

Harting (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	H. Booker	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,387
	Conservative hold

Hunston (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Nicholson	764	59.6	N/A
	Liberal	W. Sherlock	518	40.4	N/A
Turnout			1,282	74.3	N/A
Registered electors			1,738
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lavant (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	F. Heald	598	54.5	+16.9
	Conservative	F. Longmore	499	45.5	–5.5
Turnout			1,097	73.0	+24.0
Registered electors			1,484
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Linchmere (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	R. Gibson	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,194
	Conservative gain from Independent

Lodsworth (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	R. Hancock	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,415
	Conservative hold

Midhurst (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	P. Burne	1,525	34.7	N/A
	Ind. Conservative	D. Mott	1,260	28.6	N/A
	Conservative	P. Stonehouse	586	26.3	N/A
	Conservative	M. Smith	572		N/A
	Labour	P. Pritchard	455	10.3	N/A
Turnout			4,398	74.8	N/A
Registered electors			3,395
	Independent hold		Swing
	Ind. Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Oving (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	N. Best	638	62.9	+4.8
	Independent	J. Stapleford	377	37.1	N/A
Turnout			1,015	71.3	+36.6
Registered electors			1,401
	Conservative hold		Swing

Petworth (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	C. Linton	Unopposed
	Conservative	J. Duncton	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			2,851
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Plaistow (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	P. Luttman-Johnson	Unopposed
	Conservative	T. Micklem	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			3,024
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Rogate (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Alexander	816	75.7	N/A
	Independent	A. Jackson	262	24.3	N/A
Turnout			1,078	75.1	N/A
Registered electors			1,427
	Conservative hold		Swing

Selsey North (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	B. Ager	Unopposed
	Conservative	T. Robinson	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			3,231
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Selsey South (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Conservative	P. Hammond	1,018	27.9	N/A
	Conservative	J. Whiteman	925	49.2	N/A
	Conservative	R. Seaman	868		N/A
	SPA	H. Van Raat	833	22.9	N/A
Turnout			3,644	74.9	N/A
Registered electors			2,957
	Ind. Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Sidlesham (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A. Petrie-Hay	572	80.5	N/A
	Labour	R. Norris	139	19.5	N/A
Turnout			711	74.1	+21.1
Registered electors			959
	Independent gain from Residents		Swing

Southbourne (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	L. Denby	2,322	62.4	–8.3
	Residents	I. Sutherland	1,952
	Residents	C. Singer	1,832
	Conservative	P. Warren	986	28.4	+17.3
	Conservative	P. Blake	950
	Conservative	M. Higgins	842
	Ind. Ratepayers	G. Feltham	489	9.2	–9.0
	Ind. Ratepayers	D. Feltham	416
Turnout			9,789	74.3	+27.4
Registered electors			4,742
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing

Stedham (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	A. Burdett	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,556
	Conservative hold

Stoughton (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	J. Mann	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,321
	Independent hold

West Wittering (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	H. Allen	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			2,271
	Conservative hold

Westbourne (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Bray	594	54.6	–1.4
	Independent	D. Rudkin	494	45.4	N/A
Turnout			1,088	73.7	+25.0
Registered electors			1,476
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wisborough Green (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	J. Illius	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,858
	Conservative hold

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