1979 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election

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1979 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election
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  1978 3 May 1979 (1979-05-03) 1980  

15 out of 43 seats to Welwyn Hatfield District Council
22 seats needed for a majority
Turnout58,725, 82.6%
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Party Labour Conservative Liberal
Last election20 seats, 46.9%23 seats, 50.2%0 seats, 2.9%
Seats before20230
Seats after22210
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 2Steady2.svg
Popular vote26,44730,1382,140
Percentage45.0%51.3%3.6%
SwingDecrease2.svg 1.9Increase2.svg 1.1Increase2.svg 0.7

Hertfordshire Welwyn Hatfield District Council 1979.svg
Council composition following the election.

The 1979 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election took place on 3 May 1979 to elect members of Welwyn Hatfield District Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as the 1979 general election and other local elections. Due to this, the turnout for the council elections was unusually high at over 80% of the local population. A third of the council's seats were up for election.

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At the election, the Labour Party regained control of the council that they had lost following the 1976 election despite their share of the popular vote falling. Their majority was the bare minimum needed however, but Labour would go on to increase it to a healthier amount in the next year's election.

Summary

Election result

1979 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 8Increase2.svg 253.3142251.226,44745.0–1.9
  Conservative 7Decrease2.svg 246.7142148.830,13851.3+1.1
  Liberal 0Steady2.svg0.0000.02,1403.6+0.7

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References

  1. "Results 1973 to 2012" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University . Retrieved 10 February 2023.