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1979 United Kingdom local elections

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Field	Value
election_name	1979 United Kingdom local elections
country	United Kingdom
type	legislative
previous_election	1978 United Kingdom local elections
previous_year	1978
next_election	1980 United Kingdom local elections
next_year	1980
seats_for_election	All 36 metropolitan boroughs, all 296 English districts and all 37 Welsh districts
election_date	3 May 1979
1blank	Councils
2blank	Councils +/-
3blank	Councillors
4blank	Councillors +/-
image1	[[File:Margaret Thatcher (1983).jpg	150x150px]]
leader1	Margaret Thatcher
leader_since1	11 February 1975
party1	Conservative Party (UK)
2data1	6
3data1	12,222
4data1	423
image2	[[File:James Callaghan ppmsca.53218 (cropped).tif	150x150px]]
leader2	James Callaghan
leader_since2	5 April 1976
party2	Labour Party (UK)
2data2	12
3data2	7,410
4data2	766
image3	[[File:DavidSteel1987 cropped.jpg	150x150px]]
leader3	David Steel
leader_since3	7 July 1976
party3	Liberal Party (UK)
2data3	1
3data3	1,059
4data3	136
map_caption	Map showing results of English local elections. Black represents No Overall Control, white represents areas that did not hold an election, blue represents the Conservative Party, red represents the Labour Party and gold represents the Liberals. Areas shown in grey are not part of England.

Local elections were held in the United Kingdom on 3 May 1979 (the same day as the general election). The results provided some source of comfort to the Labour Party, who recovered some lost ground from local election reversals in previous years, despite losing the general election to the Conservative Party on the same day. The Liberals also gained councillors and a council.

Labour gained 766 seats, bringing their number of councillors to 7,410.

The Conservatives lost 423 seats, leaving them with 12,222 councillors.

The Liberal Party gained 136 seats and finished with 1,059 councillors.

Changes in council control were as follows;

Labour gain from no overall control: Bassetlaw, Carlisle, Hartlepool, Newcastle-under-Lyme, South Tyneside

Labour gain from Conservative: Barrow-in-Furness, Coventry, Derby, Ipswich, Nottingham, Sandwell, Tameside, Welwyn Hatfield

Labour lose to no overall control: Thurrock

Conservative lose to no overall control: Birmingham, Cambridge, Cheltenham, Kirklees, Leeds, Pendle, Rochdale, Rugby, Warrington, Wyre Forest

Conservative gain from no overall control: Adur, Stratford-on-Avon

Conservative gain from Independent: Hart

Conservative gain from Democratic Labour: Lincoln

Liberal gain from no overall control: Medina

Independent lose to no overall control: South Lakeland, West Lindsey

England

Metropolitan boroughs

Whole council

In 6 metropolitan boroughs the whole council was up for election, due to new ward boundaries, following electoral boundary reviews by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England.

Council	Previous control	Result	Details	Barnsley ‡	Bury ‡	Oldham ‡	Sandwell ‡	Sefton ‡	Solihull ‡
	hold	[Details](1979-barnsley-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-bury-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-oldham-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-sandwell-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-sefton-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-solihull-metropolitan-borough-council-election)

‡ New ward boundaries

Third of council

30 metropolitan borough councils had one third of their seats up for election.

Council	Previous control	Result	Details	Birmingham	Bolton	Bradford	Calderdale	Coventry	Doncaster	Dudley	Gateshead	Kirklees	Knowsley	Leeds	Liverpool	Manchester	Newcastle upon Tyne	North Tyneside	Rochdale	Rotherham	Salford	Sheffield	South Tyneside	St Helens	Stockport	Sunderland	Tameside	Trafford	Wakefield	Walsall	Wigan	Wirral	Wolverhampton
	gain	[Details](1979-birmingham-city-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-bolton-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-city-of-bradford-metropolitan-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-calderdale-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-coventry-city-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-doncaster-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-dudley-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-gateshead-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-kirklees-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-knowsley-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-leeds-city-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-liverpool-city-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-manchester-city-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-newcastle-city-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-north-tyneside-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-rochdale-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-rotherham-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-salford-city-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-sheffield-city-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-south-tyneside-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-st-helens-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-stockport-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-sunderland-city-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-tameside-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-trafford-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-wakefield-metropolitan-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-walsall-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-wigan-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-wirral-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-wolverhampton-metropolitan-borough-council-election)

District councils

Whole council

In 252 districts the whole council was up for election.

In 153 districts there were new ward boundaries, following electoral boundary reviews by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England.

Council	Previous control	Result	Details	Adur ‡	Allerdale ‡	Alnwick ‡	Amber Valley ‡	Arun	Ashfield	Ashford	Aylesbury Vale	Babergh ‡	Barrow-in-Furness ‡	Basildon ‡	Bassetlaw ‡	Beaconsfield	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Beverley ‡	Blaby	Blackburn ‡	Blackpool	Blyth Valley ‡	Bolsover ‡	Boothferry	Boston ‡	Bournemouth ‡	Bracknell ‡	Braintree ‡	Breckland ‡	Bridgnorth ‡	Brighton	Bristol	Broadland ‡	Bromsgrove ‡	Broxtowe	Canterbury ‡	Caradon	Carlisle	Carrick ‡	Castle Morpeth	Castle Point ‡	Charnwood	Chelmsford	Cheltenham	Cherwell ‡	Chester ‡	Chesterfield ‡	Chester-le-Street ‡	Chichester ‡	Chiltern	Christchurch ‡	Cleethorpes ‡	Copeland ‡	Corby	Cotswold ‡	Craven ‡	Crawley ‡	Crewe and Nantwich ‡	Dacorum ‡	Darlington ‡	Dartford	Daventry ‡	Derby ‡	Derwentside ‡	Dover ‡	Durham ‡	Easington ‡	East Cambridgeshire	East Devon ‡	East Hampshire ‡	East Hertfordshire ‡	East Lindsey	East Northamptonshire ‡	East Staffordshire ‡	Eden ‡	Epping Forest ‡	Epsom and Ewell	Erewash ‡	Exeter	Fenland	Forest Heath ‡	Forest of Dean	Fylde	Gedling	Gillingham ‡	Glanford ‡	Gloucester ‡	Gosport ‡	Gravesham ‡	Great Yarmouth	Grimsby ‡	Guildford	Hambleton ‡	Harborough	Hart	Hartlepool	Hastings ‡	Hereford ‡	High Peak ‡	Hinckley and Bosworth	Holderness	Horsham ‡	Hove ‡	Hyndburn ‡	Ipswich ‡	Kennet	Kerrier ‡	Kettering ‡	Kingston upon Hull	Kingswood	Lancaster ‡	Langbaurgh	Leicester	Leominster ‡	Lewes	Lichfield ‡	Lincoln ‡	Luton	Macclesfield ‡	Maidstone ‡	Maldon ‡	Malvern Hills ‡	Mansfield ‡	Medina ‡	Medway ‡	Melton ‡	Mendip ‡	Mid Bedfordshire ‡	Mid Devon ‡	Mid Suffolk ‡	Mid Sussex	Middlesbrough ‡	New Forest	Newark and Sherwood ‡	Newbury	Newcastle-under-Lyme ‡	North Bedfordshire	North Cornwall ‡	North Devon	North Dorset	North East Derbyshire ‡	North Hertfordshire ‡	North Kesteven ‡	North Norfolk ‡	North Shropshire	North Warwickshire ‡	North West Leicestershire	North Wiltshire	North Wolds	Northampton ‡	Northavon	Norwich ‡	Nottingham	Nuneaton ‡	Oadby and Wigston ‡	Oswestry	Oxford ‡	Penwith ‡	Plymouth ‡	Poole	Portsmouth	Purbeck ‡	Reading	Redditch	Reigate and Banstead ‡	Restormel	Ribble Valley	Richmondshire ‡	Rother	Rugby ‡	Rushcliffe	Rushmoor ‡	Rutland ‡	Ryedale	Salisbury	Scarborough ‡	Scunthorpe ‡	Sedgefield	Sedgemoor ‡	Selby ‡	Sevenoaks ‡	Shepway ‡	Slough	South Derbyshire ‡	South Hams ‡	South Herefordshire ‡	South Holland ‡	South Kesteven ‡	South Lakeland ‡	South Norfolk ‡	South Northamptonshire	South Oxfordshire	South Ribble	South Shropshire	South Staffordshire ‡	South Wight ‡	Southampton ‡	Spelthorne ‡	St Albans ‡	St Edmundsbury ‡	Stafford ‡	Staffordshire Moorlands	Stevenage ‡	Stockton-on-Tees ‡	Stoke-on-Trent ‡	Stratford-on-Avon ‡	Stroud	Suffolk Coastal	Surrey Heath	Swale ‡	Taunton Deane ‡	Teesdale	Teignbridge ‡	Tendring	Test Valley	Tewkesbury	Thanet ‡	The Wrekin ‡	Thurrock ‡	Tonbridge and Malling ‡	Torbay	Torridge ‡	Tynedale	Uttlesford	Vale of White Horse ‡	Vale Royal	Wansbeck	Wansdyke	Warrington ‡	Warwick	Waveney	Waverley	Wealden	Wear Valley	Wellingborough	West Derbyshire ‡	West Devon ‡	West Dorset	West Lindsey ‡	West Norfolk	West Oxfordshire ‡	West Somerset ‡	West Wiltshire	Weymouth and Portland ‡	Wimborne	Windsor and Maidenhead	Wokingham ‡	Woodspring ‡	Worcester ‡	Worthing	Wychavon ‡	Wycombe	Wyre ‡	Wyre Forest ‡	Yeovil	York ‡
	gain	[Details](1979-adur-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-allerdale-borough-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-alnwick-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-amber-valley-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-arun-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-ashfield-district-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-ashford-borough-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-aylesbury-vale-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-babergh-district-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-barrow-in-furness-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-basildon-district-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-bassetlaw-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-beaconsfield-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-berwick-upon-tweed-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-beverley-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-blaby-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-blackburn-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-blackpool-borough-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-blyth-valley-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-bolsover-district-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-boothferry-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-boston-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-bournemouth-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-bracknell-district-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-braintree-district-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-breckland-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-bridgnorth-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-brighton-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-bristol-city-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-broadland-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-bromsgrove-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-broxtowe-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-canterbury-city-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-caradon-district-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-carlisle-city-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-carrick-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-castle-morpeth-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-castle-point-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-charnwood-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-chelmsford-borough-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-cheltenham-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-cherwell-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-chester-city-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-chesterfield-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-chester-le-street-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-chichester-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-chiltern-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-christchurch-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-cleethorpes-district-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-copeland-borough-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-corby-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-cotswold-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-craven-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-crawley-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-crewe-and-nantwich-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-dacorum-district-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-darlington-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-dartford-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-daventry-district-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-derby-city-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-derwentside-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-dover-district-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-durham-city-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-easington-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-east-cambridgeshire-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-east-devon-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-east-hampshire-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-east-hertfordshire-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-east-lindsey-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-east-northamptonshire-district-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-east-staffordshire-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-eden-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-epping-forest-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-epsom-and-ewell-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-erewash-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-exeter-city-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-fenland-district-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-forest-heath-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-forest-of-dean-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-fylde-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-gedling-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-gillingham-borough-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-glanford-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-gloucester-city-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-gosport-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-gravesham-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-great-yarmouth-borough-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-grimsby-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-guildford-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-hambleton-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-harborough-district-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-hart-district-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-hartlepool-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-hastings-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-hereford-city-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-high-peak-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-hinckley-and-bosworth-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-holderness-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-horsham-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-hove-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-hyndburn-borough-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-ipswich-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-kennet-district-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-kerrier-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-kettering-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-hull-city-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-kingswood-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-lancaster-city-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-langbaurgh-borough-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-leicester-city-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-leominster-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-lewes-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-lichfield-district-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-city-of-lincoln-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-luton-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-macclesfield-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-maidstone-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-maldon-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-malvern-hills-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-mansfield-district-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-medina-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-medway-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-melton-borough-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-mendip-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-mid-bedfordshire-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-mid-devon-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-mid-suffolk-district-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-mid-sussex-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-middlesbrough-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-new-forest-district-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-newark-and-sherwood-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-newbury-district-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-newcastle-under-lyme-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-north-bedfordshire-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-north-cornwall-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-north-devon-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-north-dorset-district-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-north-east-derbyshire-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-north-hertfordshire-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-north-kesteven-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-north-norfolk-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-north-shropshire-district-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-north-warwickshire-borough-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-north-west-leicestershire-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-north-wiltshire-district-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-north-wolds-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-northampton-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-northavon-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-norwich-city-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-nottingham-city-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-nuneaton-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-oadby-and-wigston-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-oswestry-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-oxford-city-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-penwith-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-plymouth-city-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-poole-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-portsmouth-city-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-purbeck-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-reading-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-redditch-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-reigate-and-banstead-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-restormel-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-ribble-valley-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-richmondshire-district-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-rother-district-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-rugby-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-rushcliffe-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-rushmoor-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-rutland-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-ryedale-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-salisbury-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-scarborough-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-scunthorpe-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-sedgefield-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-sedgemoor-district-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-selby-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-sevenoaks-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-shepway-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-slough-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-south-derbyshire-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-south-hams-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-south-herefordshire-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-south-holland-district-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-south-kesteven-district-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-south-lakeland-district-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-south-norfolk-district-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-south-northamptonshire-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-south-oxfordshire-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-south-ribble-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-south-shropshire-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-south-staffordshire-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-south-wight-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-southampton-city-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-spelthorne-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-st-albans-city-and-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-st-edmundsbury-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-stafford-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-staffordshire-moorlands-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-stevenage-borough-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-stockton-on-tees-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-stoke-on-trent-city-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-stratford-on-avon-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-stroud-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-suffolk-coastal-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-surrey-heath-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-swale-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-taunton-deane-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-teesdale-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-teignbridge-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-tendring-district-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-test-valley-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-tewkesbury-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-thanet-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-the-wrekin-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-thurrock-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-tonbridge-and-malling-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-torbay-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-torridge-district-council-election)
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	hold	[Details](1979-uttlesford-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-vale-of-white-horse-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-vale-royal-district-council-election)
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	hold	[Details](1979-warwick-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-waveney-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-waverley-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-wealden-district-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-wear-valley-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-wellingborough-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-west-derbyshire-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-west-devon-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-west-dorset-district-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-west-lindsey-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-west-norfolk-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-west-oxfordshire-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-west-somerset-district-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-west-wiltshire-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-weymouth-and-portland-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-wimborne-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-windsor-and-maidenhead-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-wokingham-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-woodspring-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-worcester-city-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-worthing-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-wychavon-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-wycombe-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-wyre-borough-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-wyre-forest-district-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-yeovil-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-york-city-council-election)

‡ New ward boundaries

Third of council

In 44 districts one third of the council was up for election.

Council	Previous control	Result	Details	Basingstoke and Deane	Bath	Brentwood	Broxbourne	Burnley	Cambridge	Cannock Chase	Chorley	Colchester	Congleton	Eastbourne	Eastleigh	Ellesmere Port and Neston	Elmbridge	Fareham	Halton	Harlow	Harrogate	Havant	Hertsmere	Huntingdon	Milton Keynes	Mole Valley	Pendle	Peterborough	Preston	Rochford	Rossendale	Runnymede	Shrewsbury and Atcham	South Bedfordshire	South Cambridgeshire	Southend-on-Sea	Tamworth	Tandridge	Thamesdown	Three Rivers	Tunbridge Wells	Watford	Welwyn Hatfield	West Lancashire	Winchester	Woking
	hold	[Details](1979-basingstoke-and-deane-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-bath-city-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-brentwood-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-broxbourne-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-burnley-borough-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-cambridge-city-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-cannock-chase-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-chorley-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-colchester-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-congleton-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-eastbourne-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-eastleigh-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-ellesmere-port-and-neston-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-elmbridge-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-fareham-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-halton-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-harlow-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-harrogate-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-havant-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-hertsmere-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-huntingdon-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-milton-keynes-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-mole-valley-district-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-pendle-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-peterborough-city-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-preston-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-rochford-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-rossendale-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-runnymede-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-shrewsbury-and-atcham-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-south-bedfordshire-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-south-cambridgeshire-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-southend-on-sea-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-tamworth-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-tandridge-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-thamesdown-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-three-rivers-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-tunbridge-wells-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-watford-borough-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-welwyn-hatfield-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-west-lancashire-district-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-winchester-city-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-woking-borough-council-election)

Wales

District councils

Council	Previous control	Result	Details	Aberconwy	Afan	Alyn and Deeside	Anglesey - Ynys Môn	Arfon	Blaenau Gwent	Brecknock	Cardiff	Carmarthen	Ceredigion	Colwyn	Cynon Valley	Delyn	Dinefwr	Dwyfor	Glyndŵr	Islwyn	Llanelli	Lliw Valley	Meirionnydd	Merthyr Tydfil	Monmouth	Montgomery	Neath	Newport	Ogwr	Preseli	Radnor	Rhondda	Rhuddlan	Rhymney Valley	South Pembrokeshire	Swansea	Taff-Ely	Torfaen	Vale of Glamorgan	Wrexham Maelor
	hold	[Details](1979-aberconwy-borough-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-afan-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-alyn-and-deeside-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-anglesey-ynys-mon-borough-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-arfon-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-blaenau-gwent-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-brecknock-borough-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-cardiff-city-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-carmarthen-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-ceredigion-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-colwyn-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-cynon-valley-borough-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-delyn-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-dinefwr-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-dwyfor-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-glyndwr-district-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-islwyn-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-llanelli-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-lliw-valley-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-meirionnydd-district-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-merthyr-tydfil-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-monmouth-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-montgomery-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-neath-borough-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-newport-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-ogwr-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-preseli-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-radnor-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-rhondda-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-rhuddlan-borough-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-rhymney-valley-district-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-south-pembrokeshire-district-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-swansea-city-council-election)
	gain	[Details](1979-taff-ely-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-torfaen-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-vale-of-glamorgan-borough-council-election)
	hold	[Details](1979-wrexham-maelor-borough-council-election)

References

"Local Elections Handbook 1979". The Elections Centre.
"Council compositions".

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