1979 City of Lincoln Council election

1979 City of Lincoln Council election^[1]^[2]
All 33 seats to City of Lincoln Council; 17 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results the 1979 Lincoln City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats, blue shows the Conservatives and orange shows Democratic Labour seats. Striped wards indicate wards with mixed representation.
Council control before election; Democratic Labour;	Council control after election ; Conservative;

The 1979 City of Lincoln Council election took place on 3 May 1979. This was on the same day as other local elections. This was the first election to be held under new ward boundaries.^[3] The entire council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained control of the council from the Democratic Labour Party.

Overall results

1979 City of Lincoln Council Election
Party		Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	21	8	63.6	41.2	16,796	8.8
	Labour	9	9	27.3	35.6	14,516	10.8
	Democratic Labour	3	14	9.1	18.3	7,462	22.7
	Independent	0		0.0	0.5	195	0.3
	Liberal	0		0.0	4.3	1,770	3.3
Total		33				85,973

Ward results

Abbey (3 seats)

Abbey (3 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. Fletcher	1,453
	Labour	A. Gibbons	1,393
	Democratic Labour	K. Carveth	1,384
	Conservative	R. McMahon	1,343
	Democratic Labour	E. Coles	1,319
	Labour	R. Hodson	1,159
	Democratic Labour	C. Hurley	878
Turnout				76.0%
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Democratic Labour win (new seat)

Birchwood (3 seats)

Boultham (3 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	L. Crumblehulme	1,321
	Conservative	W. Crumblehulme	1,320
	Conservative	C. Sparkes	1,156
	Labour	G. Turner	1,029
	Democratic Labour	J. Golding	921
	Labour	W. Fowles	871
	Labour	L. Gerrans	837
	Democratic Labour	A. West	699
	Democratic Labour	R. West	603
Turnout				74.3%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Boultham (3 seats)

Boultham (3 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic Labour	T. Rook	1,517
	Labour	P. Archer	1,281
	Conservative	B. Stanton	1,137
	Conservative	D. McLeish	1,114
	Conservative	J. Paine	1,076
	Democratic Labour	H. Buttery	1,058
	Labour	A. Toofany	937
	Democratic Labour	M. Snalec	912
	Labour	L. Wells	911
Turnout				77.7%
	Democratic Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Bracebridge (3 seats)

Bracebridge (3 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	E. Jenkins	1,908
	Conservative	R. Bracey	1,778
	Conservative	P. Roe	1,741
	Labour	A. Bull	1,014
	Labour	S. Close	994
	Liberal	R. Hayward	927
	Labour	P. Hurst	871
	Liberal	P. Taylor	848
	Liberal	D. Templeman	794
Turnout				80.8%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Carholme (3 seats)

Carholme (3 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	S. Campbell	2,119
	Conservative	I. Campbell	2,112
	Conservative	C. Ireland	1,972
	Labour	J. Martin	1,413
	Labour	P. Rattigan	1,325
	Labour	D. Smith	1,290
Turnout				73.0%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Castle (3 seats)

Castle (3 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	N. Jackson	1,644
	Labour	H. Bunnage	1,433
	Conservative	D. Chambers	1,372
	Labour	P. West	1,350
	Conservative	David Gratrick^[5]	1,317
	Conservative	P. Hind	1,309
	Liberal	F. Goulding	843
	Liberal	E. Turver	700
	Liberal	D. Hoyes	682
Turnout				80.0%
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Longdales (3 seats)

Longdales (3 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	C. North	1,566
	Conservative	N. McDonald	1,536
	Conservative	R. Long	1,531
	Labour	D. Miller	1,385
	Labour	P. Aylmer	1,252
	Labour	B. Townrow	1,128
	Democratic Labour	R. Barnes	846
	Democratic Labour	L. Davis	768
	Democratic Labour	R. King	665
Turnout				77.1%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Minster (3 seats)

Minster (3 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Sullivan	2,240
	Conservative	M. Cass	2,217
	Conservative	F. Horn	2,167
	Labour	J. Ward	1,777
	Labour	S. Walker	1,655
	Labour	R. Mulder	1,631
Turnout				76.7%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Moorland (3 seats)

Moorland (3 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	B. Abbott	1,617
	Conservative	M. Duff	1,459
	Conservative	A. Parker	1,362
	Labour	J. Robertson	1,147
	Labour	N. Baldock	1,119
	Labour	N. Smith	1,067
	Democratic Labour	M. Baguley	636
	Democratic Labour	R. Turner	572
	Democratic Labour	C. Benton	564
	Independent	C. Hurst	195
Turnout				78.0%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Park (3 seats)

Park (3 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Jackson^[6]	1,223
	Conservative	G. Close	1,146
	Democratic Labour	F. Allen	1,109
	Conservative	M. Brittan	936
	Democratic Labour	L. Shepheard	915
	Conservative	J. Kay	893
	Labour	J. Plant	746
	Democratic Labour	J. Turner	722
Turnout				70.9%
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Democratic Labour win (new seat)

Tritton (3 seats)

Tritton (3 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C. Green	1,150
	Labour	C. Meanwell	1,081
	Labour	H. Hubbard	1,061
	Democratic Labour	J. Bates	1,049
	Conservative	G. Read	1,027
	Conservative	R. Brittan	1,013
	Democratic Labour	A. Jackson	977
	Conservative	M. Jaques	929
	Democratic Labour	D. Sanderson	676
Turnout				79.3%
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)