1979 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election
{{Short description|1979 UK local government election}}
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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1979 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election
| country = England
| flag_year =
| flag_image = Coat_of_arms_of_Trafford_Metropolitan_Borough_Council.png
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| party_colour =
| party_name =
| previous_election = 1978 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election
| previous_year = 1978
| election_date = {{Start date|1979|05|03|df=y}}
| next_election = 1980 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election
| next_year = 1980
| seats_for_election = 23 of 63 seats
to Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
| majority_seats = 32
| opinion_polls =
| turnout =
| map_image = Trafford 79.png
| map_size =
| map_alt =
| map =
| map_caption = Map of results of 1979 election
| title = Leader of the Council
| before_election = Jonathan Taylor
| before_party = Conservative Party (UK)
| posttitle = Leader of the Council after election
| after_election = Jonathan Taylor
| after_party = Conservative Party (UK)
| leader1 = {{nowrap|Jonathan Taylor}}
| party1 = Conservative Party (UK)
| last_election1 = {{nowrap|19 seats,
58.5%}}
| leaders_seat1 = {{nowrap|Brooklands}}
| seats_before1 = 54
| seats_needed1 =
| seats1 = 15
| seats_after1 = 48
| seat_change1 = {{nowrap|{{decrease}}6}}
| popular_vote1 = 58,913
| percentage1 = 45.4%
| swing1 = {{nowrap|{{decrease}}13.1%}}
|
| leader2 = {{nowrap|Richard Mee}}
| party2 = Labour Party (UK)
| last_election2 = {{nowrap|4 seats,
27.9%}}
| leaders_seat2 = {{nowrap|Sale Moor}}
| seats_before2 = 9
| seats_needed2 =
| seats2 = 6
| seats_after2 = 13
| seat_change2 = {{nowrap|{{increase}}4}}
| popular_vote2 = 40,095
| percentage2 = 30.9%
| swing2 = {{nowrap|{{increase}}3.0%}}
|leader3 = {{nowrap|John Phillipson}}
|party3 = Liberal Party (UK)
|leaders_seat3 = {{nowrap|St. Anne's}}
| last_election3 = {{nowrap|0 seats,
13.4%}}
| seats_before3 = 0
| seats_needed3 =
| seats3 = 2
| seats_after3 = 2
| seat_change3 = {{nowrap|{{increase}}2}}
| popular_vote3 = 30,793
| percentage3 = 23.7%
| swing3 = {{nowrap|{{increase}}10.3%}}
}}
Elections to Trafford Council were held on Thursday, 3 May 1979, on the same day as the 1979 UK General Election. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1983. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council."Trafford M. B. C. Election Results Sheet, 4 May 1979", Trafford M.B.C.(1979).
Election result
| class=wikitable style="text-align:center;"
|colspan=2|Party |colspan=3|Votes |colspan=3|Seats |colspan=3|Full Council | |
| Conservative Party
| style="background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"| |58,913 (45.4%) |{{percentage bar|45.4 | c={{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}}}
| {{decrease}} 13.1 |15 (65.2%) |{{Composition bar|15|23|{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}}} | {{decrease}} 6 |48 (76.2%) |{{Composition bar|48|63|{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}}} |
| Labour Party
| style="background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| |40,095 (30.9%) |{{percentage bar|30.9 | c={{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}}}
| {{increase}} 3.0 |6 (26.1%) |{{Composition bar|6|23|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}}} | {{increase}} 4 | 13 (20.6%) |{{Composition bar|13|63|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}}} |
| Liberal Party
| style="background:{{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}"| |30,793 (23.7%) |{{percentage bar|23.7 | c={{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}}}
| {{increase}} 10.3 | 2 (8.7%) |{{Composition bar|2|23|{{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}}} | {{increase}} 2 | 2 (3.2%) |{{Composition bar|2|63|{{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}}} |
| Communist Party
| style="background:{{party color|Communist Party (UK)}}"| |41 (0.0%) |{{percentage bar|0.03 | c={{party color|Communist Party (UK)}}}}
| {{decrease}} 0.2 | 0 (0.0%) |{{Composition bar|0|23|{{party color|Communist Party (UK)}}}} | {{steady}} 0 | 0 (0.0%) |{{Composition bar|0|63|{{party color|Communist Party (UK)}}}} |
| style="width:88%; text-align:center;"
|+ ↓ |
| style="color:white;"
| style="background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}; width:20.6%;" | 13 | style="background:{{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}; width:3.2%;" | 2 | style="background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; width:76.2%;" | 48 |
Ward results
=No.1 (Altrincham South West)=
{{Election box begin | title=Altrincham South West}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Albert Whitehurst*
|votes = 2,384
|percentage = 53.2
|change = -1.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = M. C. Booth
|votes = 2,093
|percentage = 46.8
|change = +29.6
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 291
|percentage = 6.5
|change = -19.5
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,477
|percentage = 69.5
|change = +36.7
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=No.2 (Altrincham East)=
{{Election box begin | title=Altrincham East}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = H. Taylor*
|votes = 3,608
|percentage = 50.6
|change = -6.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Roy Richardson
|votes = 3,516
|percentage = 49.4
|change = +18.1
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 92
|percentage = 1.3
|change = -10.3
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 7,124
|percentage = 76.4
|change = +38.6
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=No.3 (Altrincham North)=
{{Election box begin | title=Altrincham North}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Lydia Burton*
|votes = 2,336
|percentage = 45.6
|change = -10.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = E. Smith
|votes = 1,555
|percentage = 30.3
|change = +4.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = B. Gaylard
|votes = 1,236
|percentage = 24.1
|change = +5.3
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 781
|percentage = 15.2
|change = +1.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,127
|percentage = 77.3
|change = +41.8
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=No.4 (Timperley)=
{{Election box begin | title=Timperley (2 vacancies)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Graham Toft
|votes = 2,756
|percentage = 50.6
|change = -18.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Wilfred Watkins
|votes = 2,550
|percentage = 46.8
|change = -22.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Raymond Bowker
|votes = 2,190
|percentage = 40.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Barry Brotherton
|votes = 1,718
|percentage = 31.5
|change = +0.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = P. Pollard
|votes = 1,680
|percentage = 30.8
|change = 0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 360
|percentage = 6.6
|change = -24.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,449
|percentage = 65.7
|change = +34.5
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=No.5 (Mersey-St. Mary’s)=
{{Election box begin | title=Mersey-St. Mary's}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Reginald Bannister*
|votes = 3,873
|percentage = 54.4
|change = -5.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = E. Critchlow
|votes = 2,055
|percentage = 28.9
|change = +2.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = C. Younghusband
|votes = 1,186
|percentage = 16.7
|change = +2.3
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,818
|percentage = 25.6
|change = -7.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 7,114
|percentage = 78.6
|change = +37.6
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=No.6 (St. Martin’s)=
{{Election box begin | title=St. Martin's}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Stanley Brownhill*
|votes = 4,198
|percentage = 47.3
|change = -15.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = G. Woodburn
|votes = 2,554
|percentage = 28.8
|change = +7.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = G. C. Kinsey
|votes = 2,127
|percentage = 24.0
|change = +10.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,644
|percentage = 18.5
|change = -23.2
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 8,879
|percentage = 75.0
|change = +39.7
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=No.7 (Sale Moor)=
{{Election box begin | title=Sale Moor}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Cicely Merry
|votes = 2,319
|percentage = 46.4
|change = -6.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Anthony Rhodes*
|votes = 1,935
|percentage = 38.7
|change = -8.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = J. S. Green
|votes = 743
|percentage = 14.9
|change = +14.9
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 384
|percentage = 7.7
|change = +2.7
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,997
|percentage = 75.2
|change = +34.3
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=No.8 (St. Anne’s)=
{{Election box begin | title=St. Anne's}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John Phillipson
|votes = 2,657
|percentage = 41.7
|change = +4.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = A. D. Barker
|votes = 2,486
|percentage = 39.0
|change = -8.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = H. Pollard
|votes = 1,228
|percentage = 19.3
|change = +3.6
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 171
|percentage = 2.7
|change = -8.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 6,371
|percentage = 75.3
|change = +34.9
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=No.9 (Brooklands)=
{{Election box begin | title=Brooklands}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Jonathan Taylor*
|votes = uncontested
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=No.10 (Talbot North)=
{{Election box begin | title=Talbot North}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Clifford Cronshaw*
|votes = 3,339
|percentage = 56.5
|change = -5.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = J. R. Gregory
|votes = 2,065
|percentage = 34.9
|change = -3.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = W. A. Munden
|votes = 509
|percentage = 8.6
|change = +8.6
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,274
|percentage = 21.5
|change = -1.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,913
|percentage = 69.0
|change = +35.7
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=No.11 (Clifford)=
{{Election box begin | title=Clifford (2 vacancies)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = John Maher
|votes = 2,129
|percentage = 52.1
|change = +2.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Tony Lloyd
|votes = 2,066
|percentage = 50.5
|change = +0.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Roy Corke*
|votes = 1,809
|percentage = 44.2
|change = -5.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = M. Shafi
|votes = 1,154
|percentage = 28.2
|change = -21.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = D. A. Curley
|votes = 563
|percentage = 13.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = A. Scanlon
|votes = 451
|percentage = 11.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 257
|percentage = 6.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,089
|percentage = 60.1
|change = +20.5
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=No.12 (Longford)=
{{Election box begin | title=Longford}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Alexander Kelly*
|votes = 3,091
|percentage = 44.5
|change = -9.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Maureen Cottam
|votes = 2,852
|percentage = 41.1
|change = +4.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = H. D. Locksley
|votes = 1,002
|percentage = 14.4
|change = +4.6
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 239
|percentage = 3.4
|change = -13.7
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 6,945
|percentage = 72.7
|change = +38.3
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=No.13 (Stretford)=
{{Election box begin | title=Stretford}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Harry Walker*
|votes = 2,480
|percentage = 53.8
|change = -14.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = C. Reid
|votes = 1,608
|percentage = 34.9
|change = +3.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = R. J. Allan
|votes = 521
|percentage = 11.3
|change = +11.3
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 872
|percentage = 18.9
|change = -18.1
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,609
|percentage = 78.0
|change = +38.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=No.14 (Park)=
{{Election box begin | title=Park}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = A. R. Davies
|votes = 2,198
|percentage = 51.7
|change = +1.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Schofield*
|votes = 1,659
|percentage = 39.0
|change = -9.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = C. R. Hedley
|votes = 354
|percentage = 8.3
|change = +8.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of Great Britain
|candidate = E. H. Hook
|votes = 41
|percentage = 1.0
|change = -1.1
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 539
|percentage = 12.7
|change = +10.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,252
|percentage = 75.2
|change = +36.1
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=No.15 (Bowdon)=
{{Election box begin | title=Bowdon}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Humphreys*
|votes = 3,721
|percentage = 64.7
|change = -12.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = J. A. Willmott
|votes = 1,250
|percentage = 21.7
|change = +9.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Arthur Johnson
|votes = 782
|percentage = 13.6
|change = +3.5
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,471
|percentage = 43.0
|change = -22.3
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,753
|percentage = 76.9
|change = +32.2
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=No.16 (Hale)=
{{Election box begin | title=Hale}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Norman Barrett*
|votes = 5,098
|percentage = 69.3
|change = -6.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = J. S. Whittingham
|votes = 1,361
|percentage = 18.5
|change = +5.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = O. J. Spencer
|votes = 897
|percentage = 12.2
|change = +1.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,737
|percentage = 50.8
|change = -11.4
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 7,356
|percentage = 78.8
|change = +38.9
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=No.17 (Partington)=
{{Election box begin | title=Partington}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Kenneth Rogers
|votes = 3,402
|percentage = 61.7
|change = +1.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael Barltrop*
|votes = 2,112
|percentage = 38.3
|change = -1.7
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,290
|percentage = 23.4
|change = +3.4
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,514
|percentage = 70.3
|change = +36.9
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=No.18 (Urmston West East)=
{{Election box begin | title=Urmston West East}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Anthony Platt*
|votes = 3,381
|percentage = 50.8
|change = -8.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = D. Horner
|votes = 1,801
|percentage = 27.1
|change = -1.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = D. E. Unwin
|votes = 1,469
|percentage = 22.1
|change = +9.6
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,580
|percentage = 23.8
|change = -6.3
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 6,651
|percentage = 77.7
|change = +43.1
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=No.19 (Flixton East Central)=
{{Election box begin | title=Flixton East Central}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Gordon Lumby*
|votes = 4,023
|percentage = 53.3
|change = -18.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = J. D. Brown
|votes = 2,295
|percentage = 30.4
|change = +2.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = R. K. Sangster
|votes = 1,226
|percentage = 16.3
|change = +16.3
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,728
|percentage = 22.9
|change = -21.3
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 7,544
|percentage = 80.9
|change = +47.7
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=No.20 (Flixton West)=
{{Election box begin | title=Flixton West}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Susan Hodgson
|votes = 4,748
|percentage = 60.7
|change = +60.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Raymond Tully
|votes = 3,071
|percentage = 39.3
|change = +1.9
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,677
|percentage = 21.4
|change = -3.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 7,819
|percentage = 75.0
|change = +39.2
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=No.21 (Davyhulme East)=
{{Election box begin | title=Davyhulme East}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Eric Crosbie*
|votes = 2,194
|percentage = 50.7
|change = -11.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = G. R. Scott
|votes = 1,415
|percentage = 32.7
|change = +11.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = T. M. Owen
|votes = 722
|percentage = 16.7
|change = -0.7
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 779
|percentage = 18.0
|change = -22.9
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,331
|percentage = 79.6
|change = +42.9
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
By-elections between 1979 and 1980
{{Election box begin | title=No.12 (Longford) By-Election 30 August 1979}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Maureen Cottam
|votes = 1,187
|percentage = 42.7
|change = +1.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Schofield
|votes = 1,127
|percentage = 40.5
|change = -4.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = H. D. Locksley
|votes = 466
|percentage = 16.8
|change = +2.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 60
|percentage = 2.2
|change = -1.2
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,780
|percentage = 29.1
|change = -43.6
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=No.20 (Flixton West) By-Election 13 December 1979}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = David Harding
|votes = 858
|percentage = 41.3
|change = +41.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = A. Stringer
|votes = 752
|percentage = 36.2
|change = +3.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = L. O'Rourke
|votes = 466
|percentage = 22.4
|change = -38.3
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 106
|percentage = 5.1
|change = -16.3
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,076
|percentage = 20.0
|change = -55.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{United Kingdom local elections, 1979 |state=expanded}}
{{Greater Manchester elections}}