1977_Dorset_County_Council_election

1977 Dorset County Council election
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1977 Dorset County Council election

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Elections to Dorset County Council were held on Thursday, 5 May 1977. The whole council of 91 members was up for election and the result was that the Conservatives comfortably retained their control, winning seventy-nine seats, a gain of 19, of which nine were from Labour and seven from the Liberals. Labour, the Liberals, and the Independents ended with only four county councillors each.^[1]

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Poole (17 seats)

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West Dorset (12 seats)

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'Conservatives triumph in Greater London and metropolitan counties' in The Times of London, issue 59997 dated 7 May 1977, p. 3

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %
Conservative	79	19	0	+19	86.8
Independent	4	0	3	–3	4.4
Labour	4	0	9	–9	4.4
Liberal	4	0	7	–7	4.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	M Green	1,187	85.0
	Labour	E Hourihane	210	15.0
Turnout			1,397	29.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R Wotton	1,390	68.3
	Ind. Conservative	H Mears	483	23.7
	Labour	I Evison	162	8.0
Turnout			2,035	31.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J Williams	1,214	77.2
	Liberal	J Stone	227	14.4
	Labour	J Reidy	131	8.3
Turnout			1,572	27.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J Curtis	1,575	87.7
	Labour	N Howard	220	12.3
Turnout			1,795	30.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

1977_Dorset_County_Council_election

1977 Dorset County Council election

Results

Election result by division

Bournemouth (25 seats)

Christchurch (6 seats)

East Dorset (9 seats)

North Dorset (7 seats)

Poole (17 seats)

Purbeck (6 seats)

West Dorset (12 seats)

Weymouth and Portland (9 seats)

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	E Hollies-Smith	1,748
	Conservative	D Jenkinson	1,616
	Liberal	R Beale	498
	Liberal	B Leake	405
	Labour	N Copage	311
Turnout				38.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent Liberal		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	L Cade	1,852
	Conservative	L Cox	1,609
	Residents	R Haskell	1,467
	Labour	R Bennett	1,129
	Labour	L Bennett	1,124
	Liberal	D Cobb	619
Turnout				42.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	K Baily	2,188
	Conservative	G Graham	1,878
	Labour	G Spicer	1,551
	Labour	P Brushett	1,377
Turnout				35.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	R Whittaker	2,539
	Conservative	S McQueen	2,122
	Labour	A Tankard	656
Turnout				46.2
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	W Sayers	753	46.9
	Liberal	P Bamborough	643	40.0
	Labour	N Pankhurst	211	13.1
Turnout			1,607	36.9
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	P Hogarth	2,032
	Conservative	G Knops	1,438
	Residents	C Dyer	1,270
	Residents	G Griffiths	683
	Labour	H Cutler	405
Turnout				33.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Ind. Conservative	P Whitelegg	2,031
	Conservative	G Masters	1,762
	Conservative	B Wallace-Smith	704
	Labour	W Bishop	240
	Labour	V Williams	212
Turnout				38.9
	Ind. Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	E Day	1,971
	Conservative	B Beckett	1,954
	Ind. Conservative	E Ruston	1,778
	Labour	D Dykes	390
Turnout				35.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R Judd	1,656
	Conservative	S Dunscombe	1,633
	Residents	H Nettleton-Walker	256
	Labour	A Shead	250
Turnout				30.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D Scott	1,415	63.7
	Liberal	D Eyre	637	28.7
	Labour	W Gaskin	170	7.7
Turnout			2,222	36.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A Morgan	1,065	52.2
	Residents	G Hibbs	828	40.1
	Liberal	F Goater	149	7.3
Turnout			2,042	42.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	B Bicknell	3,093
	Conservative	L Pardy	2,891
	Labour	R Woodley	274
Turnout				37.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	P Haley	1,180	57.2
	Labour	B Grower	882	42.8
Turnout			2,062	40.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J Richardson	1,041	61.3
	Labour	T Staniforth	656	38.7
Turnout			1,697	41.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D Fox	1,850	83.3
	Labour	H Blake	372	16.7
Turnout			2,222	30.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A Green	1,553	56.3
	Labour	R Holloway	799	29.0
	Liberal	B Toms	405	14.7
Turnout			2,757	44.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	P Hargreaves	1,192	55.7
	Residents	J Williams	665	31.1
	Liberal	P Smith	283	13.2
Turnout			2,140	36.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	W Iremonger	2,773	74.5
	Liberal	M Herridge	949	25.5
Turnout			3,722	38.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J Guarella	1,489	68.6
	Liberal	F Beal	682	31.4
Turnout			2,171	35.4
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	W Wells	1,236	63.5
	Liberal	D Bussey	710	36.5
Turnout			1,946	47.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D Trench	1,298	81.2
	Labour	P Cheater	300	18.8
Turnout			1,598	33.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D Newman	1,892	60.2
	Liberal	K Waights	1,252	39.8
Turnout			3,144	52.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	N Scott	2,197	73.1
	Liberal	V Cane	809	26.9
Turnout			3,006	49.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	E Weeks	1,034	39.0
	Conservative	J Gardner	983	37.0
	Labour	H Rosser	637	24.0
Turnout			2,654	36.2
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	I Duncan	1,620	59.4
	Liberal	R Feltham	642	23.6
	Labour	M Knight	464	17.0
Turnout			2,726	42.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	E Webster	1,454	66.2
	Labour	G Partington	376	17.1
	Liberal	B Clements	366	16.7
Turnout			2,196	41.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J Bradley	711	51.3
	Independent Socialist	M Pauley	332	24.0
	Labour	D Coleman	191	13.8
	Liberal	J Allen	152	11.0
Turnout			1,386	35.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	K McIntyre	925	68.6
	Labour	R Ledwith	297	22.0
	Liberal	J Brown	126	9.3
Turnout			1,348	40.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A Watts	1,145	63.1
	Liberal	W Rigler	670	36.9
Turnout			1,815	46.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	V Braham	1,199	70.0
	Residents	D Ward	418	24.4
	Liberal	P Rowland	95	5.5
Turnout			1,712	36.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J Peters	960	69.6
	Liberal	M Churchill	419	30.4
Turnout			1,379	36.3
	Conservative hold		Swing