1979 Braintree District Council election

1979 Braintree District Council election

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All 58 seats to Braintree District Council 30 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	77.6% (28.3%)
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Independent Last election 39 seats, 48.0% 8 seats, 34.0% 8 seats, 9.0% Seats won 28 17 7 Seat change 11 9 1 Popular vote 54,148 42,436 6,068 Percentage 46.5% 36.5% 5.2% Swing 1.5% 2.5% 3.8%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Liberal Residents Ind. Conservative Last election 1 seat, 6.2% 1 seat, 2.4% 1 seat, 0.0% Seats won 3 2 1 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 9,855 2,797 408 Percentage 8.5% 2.4% 0.4% Swing 2.3% 0.0% N/A
Winner of each seat at the 1979 Braintree District Council election
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election No overall control

The 1979 Braintree District Council election took place on 3 May 1979 to elect members of Braintree District Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as the 1979 UK general election and other local elections across the United Kingdom.

At the election, the Conservatives lost control of the council to no overall control despite remaining the largest party.

1979 Braintree District Council election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	28	1	2	11	48.3	46.5	54,148	–1.5
	Labour	17	0	0	9	29.3	36.5	42,436	+2.5
	Independent	7	0	1	1	12.1	5.2	6,068	–3.8
	Liberal	3	1	0	2	5.2	8.5	9,855	+2.3
	Residents	2	1	0	1	3.4	2.4	2,797	±0.0
	Ind. Conservative	1	0	0		1.7	0.4	408	N/A
	Independent Liberal	0	0	0		0.0	0.4	484	+0.2
	Communist	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	173	–0.1

Black Notley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Mills	821	75.3	+1.1
	Labour	D. Beardwell	270	24.7	–1.1
Majority			551	50.5	+2.0
Turnout			1,091	75.8	+32.8
Registered electors			1,412
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.1

Castle Headingham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Schwier	592	54.6	+9.2
	Labour	J. Lynch	493	45.4	+8.7
Majority			99	9.1	+0.4
Turnout			1,085	79.6	+13.8
Registered electors			1,334
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.3

No Independent Liberal candidate as previous (17.9%).

No Labour candidate as previous (21.7%).

No Independent candidate as previous (38.9%).

No Independent (Andrews, Kentish) candidates as previous (54.6%, 36.0%).

Panfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Chandler	735	74.8	+15.5
	Labour	B. Burden	247	25.2	–15.5
Majority			488	49.7	+31.1
Turnout			982	82.0	+22.3
Registered electors			1,205
	Conservative hold		Swing	15.5

Rayne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Crossman	1,017	74.2	+8.8
	Labour	E. Hall	353	25.8	+11.2
Majority			664	48.5	+3.1
Turnout			1,370	79.4	+26.3
Registered electors			1,707
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.2

No Liberal candidate as previous (20.0%).

Terling

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Isted	720	73.8	–4.2
	Labour	J. Ness	255	26.2	+4.2
Majority			465	47.7	–8.3
Turnout			975	76.7	+36.2
Registered electors			1,243
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.2