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ready off to a flying start before electors cast their votes last Thursday. Eleven of their candidates were returned unopposed. The pattern of Conser­


Independents in Grammar .School and one from


Labour in St James’s. The Conservatives went


as a tribute to national Conservative policies • and hard work by the candi: dates and their helpers.


on to gain five seats over­ all, including four from Independents, to 'add to their 24 seats from the previous council. They also picked up the


vative dominance was set when the first results — Clitheroe’s — were an­ nounced by the returning o f f ic e r Mr Michael


didn’t have it all their own way, as Independent John Cowgill and Labour’s Bert Jones •topped the poll in Ribbles- dale and Edisford respec­


Jackson. Though the Tories


tively.


But the Tories gained two seats — one from the


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uncontested SDP seat in Sabden and the Indepen­ dent berth at Whalley, as well as gaining the vacant seat at Bowland, Newton and Slaidburn. The new council line-up


retiring councillors re­ tained their places on the 38-member council. The man toppled was Coun. Fred Ellis (Ind) who lost his seat at Billington to Mr George Nickson (Con), a county councillor. It means the Conserva­


All bar one of the 13


is: Conservatives 32, In­ dependents 3, Labour 2 and SDP-Lib Alliance 1, with the Tory majority rising from 12 to 26. This surpasses the majority of 22 the Conservatives held before the 1979 elections when the Independents made strong inroads and the Tory majority was cut in half.Clitheroe’s Conserva­ tive agent Miss Mary. Dutton hailed the result


near as high as four years ago when there was a General Election on the same day. Nearly 52 per cent of the electorate went to the polls this time, compared with 79.6 per cent in 1979. The results proved a


disappointment for both Labour and the SDP-Lib Alliance, which fielded seven candidates.


tives have now regained all three seats, reversing the setback they suffered in the 'Independent elec­ tion coup at Billington four years ago. ' Former Ribble Valley Mayor Edward Newhouse (Con), who lost his Bow- land, Newton and Slaid­ burn seat in a shock defeat in 1979, is back — as a co uncillor for Clitheroe St James’s. He' topped the poll there. There-was a high turn­


out of voters in Ribble Valley, though nowhere


Valley SDP, Coun. Howel Jones said: “They polled reasonably well, but I am naturally disappointed that they did not gain seats.” But contact with the community had been established, providing something to build on for the future, he said. Local Labour Party


Chairman of Ribble


get our people out.” He felt Labour had put for­


“It’s just that we didn’t


ward the most positive policies, but needed to im­ prove its organisation for elections ' in the Ribble Valley..


that and hopefully getting it right before the genera election,” he said.


“We will be working on


Coun. John Cowgill, whose victory was the clearest cut of any poll- topper in Clitheroe, felt townsfolk thought the In­ dependent voice remained important.


Clitheroe Independent


chairman Coun. Bert Jones felt Labour could have done better, though he believed it had not lost any ground. “If you anal­ yse the wards the Tory vote has not gone up.


that over the years, more independents will come forward, because I am still a very firm believer in having less politics in local government.”


He said: “I am hopeful


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*B. JONES (Lab)................. 744 J. NUTTALL (Con)..............677 L. McENTEE (Ind)..............644


Mrs D. Forbes (Con)........... 604 D. Butterworth (SDP-Lib).. 514 Roland Penny (Lab)..............423 R. Langhome (Lab)..............373 Percentage poll 47.4.


No change.


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the home of Brian, and • Two hundred pounds . A L ~ -


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*H. JONES (SDP-Lib)..........883 ♦LEO WELLS (Con).............881 MRS P. HALL (Con).............829 P. Chatbum (Con)............... 753 Robert Penny (Lab)..............265 Percentage poll 54. Con gain from Ind.


Kibblcsdalc (two scats)


♦J. COWGILL (Ind)..............726 *E. BRACEWELL (Con)... 551


R. Baker (Con).......................295 Mrs E. Penny (Lab)...............268 Percentage poll 51.4


No change Ribchcster (one scat)


♦A. JACKSON (Con).............575 M. Maliam (SDP-Lib)........... 210 Percentage poll 58.1.


No change.


Grindleton, West Bradford (one seat)


L. NEVETT (Con)................512 W. Maunders (Lab)..............76 Percentage poll 51.8


No change


Longridgc, Alston (two seats)


J. CLIFF (Con)..................... 736 *B. THORNTON (Con).........724 E. Metcalf (SDP-Lib).............348 D. Balding (Lab)....................23} G. Murry (Lab).......................211 Percentage poll 49.3


No change


Longridge, Dilworth (three scats)


MRSK. HODKINSON (Con).... 871


♦MISS A. MELLING (Con). 821 W. HOLDEN (Con)..............800 J. Dewhurst (Lab)................. 498 M. Pearson (SDP-Lib)..........452 Percentage poll 59.2. Con gain from Ind.


*W. FLEMING (Con).......... 806 G. NICKSON (Con)..............741 ♦J. CARR (Con)....................737 F. Ellis (Ind).......................... 479 Percentage poll 39.2


Con gain two from Ind. Read (one scat)


♦J. RIETCHEL (Con)..........474


No change Mellor (three scats)


T. Farrell (Lab)......................142 Percentage poll 52.4


♦J. WALMSLEY (Con).......1100 C. WARKMAN (Con)..........1082 K. CROOK (Con)................. 1052 Mrs K. Lancaster (Ind).........459 Percentage poll 53.5.


No change READ VISIT TO HARRY RAMSDEN’S No change Chipping (one scat)


W. BOWKER (Con).............. 339 I J. Moon (Ind)...........................J59 H. Gomall (Ind)......................105 | Percentage poll 60.5


♦MRS J. LILBURN (Con)... 263


Bolton-by-Bowland (one seat)


F. Dyson (SDP-Lib)..............67 I Percentage poll 57.4


No change St James's (two scats)


E. NEWHOUSE (Con).........3171 J. McGHIE (Lab)...................300 Mrs I. Oxford (Con)...............286 R. Valovin (Lab)....................2461 A. Daniels (SDP-Lib)............ 2021 Percentage poll 41.3. Con gain from Lab.


Medal for her service


A GISBURN woman has been awarded the Impe­ rial Service medal.


Parkinson, of Cranberry Cottage, received the medal at HM Borstal I Lowdham Grange, near | Nottingham.


Miss Dorothy Jennet I Available framed or unframed


born at Root Farm, Dunsop Bridge. When her mother left the farm after the death of her husband, Miss Parkinson became a | borstal farms’ officer.


chippy, the party tucked into a supper of fish and chips, with bread and cups of tea.


On a r r iv a l a t the


by chairman Mrs Christ­ ine Caladine. and commit­ tee member Miss Alice Dyson.


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She eventually became


Borstal. ■ : Her career in the prison


service spans some 25 years..


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