1979 Horsham District Council election

The 1979 Horsham District Council election took place on 3 May 1979 to elect members of Horsham District Council in England.^[1] It was held on the same day as other local elections and the 1979 United Kingdom general election. The Conservatives retained control of the council with 33 seats, a majority of 12. The Independents had eight councillors elected, a decrease of three from last time. The Liberals gained a seat in Bramber & Upper Beeding and the Residents' association held on to their Henfield seat.

1979 Horsham District Council election

← 1976 7 May 1979 1983 →
All 43 seats to Horsham District Council 22 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Independent Liberal Seats won 33 8 1 Seat change 3 4 1   Fourth party   Party RA Seats won 1 Seat change

Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:

↓

30	12	1
Con	Ind	RA

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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33	8	1	1
Con	Ind	Lib	RA

1979 Horsham District Council election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	33			3	76.7	60.6	46,817	+6.4
	Independent	8			4	18.6	11.5	8,899	-8.8
	Liberal	1			1	2.3	5.3	4,087	+0.5
	RA	1				2.3	2.9	2,246	+0.5
	Labour	0				0.0	17.9	13,862	-0.1
	Other	0				0.0	1.7	1,368	-

Billingshurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Linney C.	Unopposed
	Independent	Griffin C.	Unopposed
Turnout				N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Bramber & Upper Beeding

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Campbell J. Ms.	1,658	42.1	+24.2
	Independent	Sanford L.	1,218	30.9	−5.0
	Conservative	Goss P. Ms.	1,061	26.9	−19.3
	Conservative	Wright C.	1,007
Turnout				77.4
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Broadbridge Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	McGregor R.	762	59.3
	Labour	Lamb H. Ms.	522	40.7
Turnout				80.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chanctonbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brazier F.	Unopposed
	Conservative	Jenkins E.	Unopposed
Turnout				N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Cowfold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Fowler S.	Unopposed
Turnout				N/A
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Fowler S. was elected unopposed in Cowfold as an Independent in 1976, when this seat was last contested.

Denne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pinion G.	2,022	62.2
	Conservative	Windrum A.	2,013
	Conservative	Berkley P. Ms.	2,008
	Labour	Lyons J.	1,231	37.8
Turnout				79.9
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Forest

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Miller E.	2,507	61.5
	Conservative	Taylor J.	2,416
	Conservative	Sheppard A.	2,269
	Labour	Battersby R.	1,572	38.5
	Labour	Lamb P.	1,473
	Labour	Nevins R.	1,404
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Henfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RA	Jones K.	2,246	45.5	+14.8
	Independent	Corp G.	1,517	30.7	+30.7
	Conservative	Jones T.	1,173	23.8	−6.2
Turnout				74.7
	RA hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Corp G. was elected in Henfield as a Conservative in 1976, when this seat was last contested.

Itchingfield & Shipley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keen D.	Unopposed
Turnout				N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

Keen D. was elected unopposed in Shipley as an Independent in 1976.

Nuthurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mackenzie J.	Unopposed
Turnout				N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pulborough & Coldwatham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cousins B.	2,080	73.7
	Conservative	Gocher H.	2,022
		Bodman A.	742	26.3
		Doyle M.	626
Turnout				77.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Riverside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Watson B.	2,614	57.1
	Conservative	Mauchel E. Ms.	2,401
	Conservative	Roberts W.	2,399
	Labour	Clements R.	1,964	42.9
Turnout				77.7
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Roffey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bosanquet D.	2,336	42.2	−36.4
	Conservative	Houghton I. Ms.	2,051
	Independent	Gue P. Ms.	1,949	35.2	+35.2
	Conservative	Chick D.	1,850
	Labour	McMillan A.	1,255	22.7	+1.3
	Labour	Ivatts J.	1,200
Turnout				79.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent win (new seat)

Rudgwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Henderson P. Ms.	882	65.1
	Conservative	Taylor E. Ms.	473	34.9
Turnout				79.6
	Independent hold		Swing

Rusper

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Calvert H.	Unopposed
	Conservative	Phelps A. Ms.	Unopposed
Turnout				N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative win (new seat)

Slinfold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maydwell R.	520	62.9
	Independent	Shields N.	307	37.1
Turnout				80.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Southwater

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Albrecht R.	Unopposed
	Conservative	Charman M. Ms.	Unopposed
Turnout				N/A
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Charman M. Ms. was elected unopposed as an Independent in 1976, when this seat was last contested.

Steyning

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Honeywood M. Ms.	1,193	36.3	+14.6
	Independent	Mimmack J.	1,190	36.2	+8.9
	Conservative	Scott J.	929
	Liberal	Campbell J.	905	27.5	+17.1
Turnout				76.3
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Storrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shepherd F.	1,813	64.4	+14.8
	Conservative	Tunnell R.	1,567
	Liberal	Wigg R.	1,003	35.6	+13.4
Turnout				74.4
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sullington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Armour-Milne J.	715	57.8	−1.0
	Liberal	Dean P.	521	42.2	+1.0
Turnout				76.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Trafalgar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walters J.	2,081	41.0
	Conservative	West H. Ms.	1,871
	Independent	Parsons W.	1,836	36.2
	Labour	Evenden R.	1,155	22.8
	Labour	Thurston J. Ms.	906
	Labour	Shopland E.	744
Turnout				82.2
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Warnham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hodgson A.	664	60.4	−10.1
	Labour	Ward G.	436	39.6	+10.1
Turnout				79.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Chiltington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dolphin C.	Unopposed
Turnout				N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Grinstead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Scragg J.	Unopposed
Turnout				N/A
	Independent hold		Swing