1973 Nottinghamshire County Council election

1973 Nottinghamshire County Council election
12 April 1973
All 89 seats to Nottinghamshire County Council
45 seats needed for a majority
Turnout39.4%
  First party Second party
 
Party Labour Conservative
Seats won 54 35
Popular vote 121,230 113,977
Percentage 49.1% 46.1%
Map of the results of the election in each division. Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.
Council control after election

Labour

The 1973 Nottinghamshire County Council election was held on Thursday, 12 April 1973. The election resulted in the Labour Party winning an overall majority of seats on the council.[1][2]

The election was the first held for the new non-metropolitan county council of Nottinghamshire, created under the Local Government Act 1972 as part of the reorganisation of local government in England and Wales. The new council initially operated as a shadow authority before formally taking over on 1 April 1974 from the previous county council, which had been established under the Local Government Act 1888.[3]

The reorganisation brought the independent county borough of Nottingham into the administrative county of Nottinghamshire for the first time.[4][5] It later regained independent local government status in 1998, when it became a unitary authority.[6]

Results by division

Each electoral division returned either one, two or three county councillors.[2]

Ashfield

Basford No. 4 (Selston)

Basford No. 4 (Selston)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Beatrice Sharrard Unopposed
Turnout N/A N/A N/A

Hucknall East

Hucknall East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bernard Simms 2,362 71.5
Conservative J. Corden 940 28.5
Turnout 3,302 39.8
Registered electors 8,291

Hucknall North

Hucknall North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Phyllis Watson 2,757 55.3
Conservative C. Morley 2,227 44.7
Turnout 4,984 44.0%
Registered electors 11,340

Kirkby in Ashfield East

Kirkby in Ashfield East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sylvia Booler Unopposed
Turnout N/A N/A N/A

Kirkby in Ashfield West

Kirkby in Ashfield West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edward Ashley Unopposed
Turnout N/A N/A N/A

Sutton in Ashfield East

Sutton in Ashfield East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arthur Bennett Unopposed
Turnout N/A N/A N/A

Sutton in Ashfield North

Sutton in Ashfield North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dick Anthony 1,114 62.8
Independent W. Wright 661 37.2
Turnout 1,775 25.3
Registered electors 7,011

Sutton in Ashfield South

Sutton in Ashfield South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ewart Lincoln 1,521 71.2
Independent K. Holland 616 28.8
Turnout 2,137 23.2
Registered electors 9,203

Sutton in Ashfield West

Sutton in Ashfield West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Malcolm Lee 1,249 75.7
Independent W. Gascoyne 400 24.3
Turnout 1,649 28.4
Registered electors 5,810

Bassetlaw

East Retford Rural No. 1 (Tuxford)

East Retford Rural No. 1 (Tuxford)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Cecil Hempsall 1,805 65.5
Labour F. Byard 950 34.5
Turnout 2,755 45.5
Registered electors 6,051

East Retford Rural No. 2 (Misterton)

East Retford Rural No. 2 (Misterton)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Fred Rudder 2,644 56.9
Labour R. Baddiley 2,004 43.1
Turnout 4,648 46.6
Registered electors 9,982

Retford North

Retford North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ernest Davidson 1,413 54.5
Conservative I. Dixon 1,178 45.5
Turnout 2,591 39.6
Registered electors 6,548

Retford South

Retford South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Clifford Grove 1,500 52.9
Conservative R. Alexander 1,338 47.1
Turnout 2,838 40.4
Registered electors 7,017

Worksop No. 1 (East)

Worksop No. 1 (East)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Reginald Rabbitt 2,843 67.8
Conservative F. Toop 1,350 32.2
Turnout 4,193 36.8
Registered electors 11,406

Worksop No. 2 (North)

Worksop No. 2 (North)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alfred Burton Unopposed
Turnout N/A N/A N/A

Worksop No. 3 (South)

Worksop No. 3 (South)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Miller 1,638 54.1
Conservative J. Turner 1,387 45.9
Turnout 3,025 37.9
Registered electors 7,990

Worksop Rural No. 1 (Blyth)

Worksop Rural No. 1 (Blyth)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Connolly 1,354 41.3
Independent C. Dodd 1,151 35.1
Conservative S. Brown 773 23.6
Turnout 3,278 47.3
Registered electors 6,923

Worksop Rural No. 2 (Harworth)

Worksop Rural No. 2 (Harworth)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles Stringer Unopposed
Turnout N/A N/A N/A

Broxtowe

Basford No. 1 (Newthorpe)

Basford No. 1 (Newthorpe)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Caroline Minkley 2,656 50.4
Labour E. Carter 2,619 49.6
Turnout 5,275 50.1
Registered electors 10,535

Basford No. 2 (Kimberley)

Basford No. 2 (Kimberley)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anthony Rutherford 2,139 59.5
Independent B. Clarke 1,457 40.5
Turnout 3,596 48.2
Registered electors 7,453

Beeston & Stapleford (Bramcote)

Beeston & Stapleford (Bramcote)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Cyril Cooper 2,343 57.4
Labour T. Martin 1,737 42.6
Turnout 4,080 50.1
Registered electors 8,149

Beeston & Stapleford (Chilwell)

Beeston & Stapleford (Chilwell)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ray Hudson 2,408 54.1
Labour V. Bell 2,043 45.9
Turnout 4,451 50.7
Registered electors 8,772

Beeston & Stapleford (Beeston North)

Beeston & Stapleford (Beeston North)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Cox 1,784 54.7
Labour G. Watson 1,478 45.3
Turnout 3,262 47.5
Registered electors 6,867

Beeston & Stapleford (Beeston South)

Beeston & Stapleford (Beeston South)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Orton 2,273 57.6
Conservative M. Wright 1,671 42.4
Turnout 3,944 47.6
Registered electors 8,284

Beeston & Stapleford (Stapleford)

Beeston & Stapleford (Stapleford)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Plowman 2,421 59.4
Conservative F. Woodward 1,655 40.6
Turnout 4,076 46.1
Registered electors 8,833

Beeston & Stapleford (Toton and Attenborough)

Beeston & Stapleford (Toton and Attenborough)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gertrude Bottomley 1,914 60.2
Labour A. Kent 1,268 39.8
Turnout 3,182 46.7
Registered electors 6,819

Eastwood

Eastwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harry Walker 1,412 47.6
Conservative H. Elliott 878 29.6
Independent H. Roberts 678 22.8
Turnout 2,968 37.8
Registered electors 7,852

Gedling

Arnold East

Arnold East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ernest Lester 2,078 51.8
Conservative J. Clarke 1,932 48.2
Turnout 4,010 45.3
Registered electors 8,851

Arnold South

Arnold South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Lester 2,924 73.0
Labour T. Price 1,080 27.0
Turnout 4,004 41.3
Registered electors 9,684

Arnold West

Arnold West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ronald Griffin 1,853 55.1
Labour George Cornes 1,512 44.9
Turnout 3,365 51.4
Registered electors 6,549

Basford No. 6 (Calverton)

Basford No. 6 (Calverton)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Sheldon 3,424 54.4
Conservative George Ayton 3,283 52.2
Labour W. Crewe 2,943 46.8
Labour G. Reader 2,939 46.7
Turnout 6,294 48.9
Registered electors 12,862

Carlton No. 1

Carlton No. 1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alfred Roth 4,095 59.4
Conservative William Edwards 4,033 58.5
Labour H. Ball 2,908 42.2
Labour Fay Reilly 2,757 40.0
Turnout 6,896 42.5
Registered electors 16,218

Carlton No. 2

Carlton No. 2 (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ronald Stanley 3,706 50.1
Conservative Daniel Shirt 3,705
Labour A. Palmer 3,701 49.9
Labour K. Fleet 3,358

Mansfield

Mansfield No. 1 (East)

Mansfield No. 1 (East)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frank Warsop 1,220 62.5
Conservative T. Martin 669 34.3
Communist S. Hackett 63 3.2
Turnout 1,952 33.8
Registered electors 5,782

Mansfield No. 2 (South East)

Mansfield No. 2 (South East)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gordon Foster 1,725 61.3
Conservative Patricia Caley 1,090 38.7
Turnout 2,815 33.1
Registered electors 8,515

Mansfield No. 3 (South)

Mansfield No. 3 (South)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Brown 2,200 58.3
Labour M. Morley 1,576 41.7
Turnout 3,776 37.1
Registered electors 10,187

Mansfield No. 4 (North & North East)

Mansfield No. 4 (North & North East)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Morris 3,702 89.2
Labour M. Gallagher 3,632
Communist I. Hackett 447 10.8
Turnout 7,781 42.6
Registered electors 18,279

Mansfield Woodhouse

Mansfield Woodhouse
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frank Haynes Unopposed
Labour Bertie Whitelaw Unopposed
Turnout N/A N/A N/A

Warsop

Warsop
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Cairns Unopposed
Turnout N/A N/A N/A

Newark and Sherwood

Balderton

Balderton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Jenkins 1,829 51.5
Labour D. Essex 1,722 48.5
Turnout 3,551 45.5
Registered electors 7,805

Collingham

Collingham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edith Yates 1,504 78.9
Labour G. Davis 402 21.1
Turnout 1,906 45.9
Registered electors 4,149

Newark No. 1 (South)

Newark No. 1 (South)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Moore 1,631 55.0
Conservative I. Smith 1,335 45.0
Turnout 2,966 36.5
Registered electors 8,119

Newark No. 2 (North and East)

Newark No. 2 (North and East)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sean Woods 1,708 46.3
Conservative Vince Dobson 1,530 41.5
Liberal A. Boggie 450 12.2
Turnout 3,688 38.3
Registered electors 9,627

Southwell No. 1 (Southwell)

Southwell No. 1 (Southwell)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brendan Haigh 3,669 75.2
Labour P. Tempest 1,212 24.8
Turnout 4,881 51.9
Registered electors 9,397

Southwell No. 2 (Norwell & Bilsthorpe)

Southwell No. 2 (Norwell & Bilsthorpe)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Boddy 2,367 55.5
Labour H. Tuck 1,898 44.5
Turnout 4,265 61.0
Registered electors 6,996

Southwell No. 3 (Ollerton)

Southwell No. 3 (Ollerton)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael DeLacy 2,526 71.4
Conservative J. Methley 1,014 28.6
Turnout 3,540 45.4
Registered electors 7,802

Southwell No. 4 (Blidworth)

Southwell No. 4 (Blidworth)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ernest Farr 3,062 64.1
Conservative J. Daniel 1,715 35.9
Turnout 4,777 51.6
Registered electors 9,258

Southwell No. 5 (Rufford)

Southwell No. 5 (Rufford)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Miriam Beardsley Unopposed
Turnout N/A N/A N/A

City of Nottingham

Nottingham No. 1 (Bridge & Trent)

Nottingham No. 1 (Bridge & Trent)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G. Daft 3,793 61.0
Labour Joan Fennell 3,690 59.3
Labour Colin Worthington 3,552 57.1
Conservative F. Johnson 2,705 43.5
Conservative J. Pearson 2,495 40.1
Conservative D. Brooke 2,427 39.0
Turnout 6,220 25.4
Registered electors 24,472

Nottingham No. 2 (Lenton)

Nottingham No. 2 (Lenton)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mairi Yuill 2,327 51.1
Conservative Brenda Borrett 2,320 50.9
Conservative Martin Suthers 2,238 49.1
Labour T. Arnold 2,223 48.8
Turnout 4,554 33.5
Registered electors 13,614

Nottingham No. 3 (Manvers & St. Ann's)

Nottingham No. 3 (Manvers & St. Ann's)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frank Higgin 2,239 56.7
Labour John Carroll 2,202 55.7
Conservative S. Rushton 1,738 44.0
Conservative R. Rolling 1,724 43.6
Turnout 3,951 33.9
Registered electors 11,648

Nottingham No. 4 (Market)

Nottingham No. 4 (Market)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Cattermole 1,147 59.5
Conservative H. Whitehead 782 40.5
Turnout 1,929 27.7
Registered electors 6,966

Nottingham No. 5 (Byron & St. Albans)

Nottingham No. 5 (Byron & St. Albans)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ivy Matthews 5,891 77.2
Labour John Scoffings 5,011 65.6
Labour Richard Wilson 4,991 65.4
Conservative W. Smith 2,004 26.3
Conservative R. Tressider 1,864 24.4
Conservative J. Lymbury 1,693 22.2
Communist John Peck 1,450 19.0
Turnout 7,634 28.0
Registered electors 27,240

Nottingham No. 6 (Forest & Mapperley)

Nottingham No. 6 (Forest & Mapperley)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Fraser 4,579 55.7
Conservative Ernest Chambers 4,463 54.3
Conservative Eric Baker 4,113 50.1
Labour E. Bullingham 2,216 27.0
Labour J. Rowland 2,184 26.6
Labour H. James 2,154 26.2
Liberal M. Whittaker 1,796 21.9
Liberal D. Sales 1,606 19.5
Liberal E. Rowan 1,537 18.7
Turnout 8,216 32.8
Registered electors 25,026

Nottingham No. 7 (Portland & Radford)

Nottingham No. 7 (Portland & Radford)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jess Burton 4,505 59.4
Labour Leonard Maynard 4,491 59.2
Labour Thomas Strickson 4,221 55.6
Conservative H. Markson 3,271 43.1
Conservative D. Poole 3,161 41.7
Conservative D. Woodroffe 3,107 41.0
Turnout 7,585 32.6
Registered electors 23,283

Nottingham No. 8 (Abbey & University)

Nottingham No. 8 (Abbey & University)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gordon Cragg 6,152 64.6
Conservative Madge Whittaker 6,105 64.1
Conservative Michael Spungin 6,081 63.8
Labour F. Dennett 3,632 38.1
Labour D. Bush 3,380 35.5
Labour B. Kirk 3,228 33.9
Turnout 9,526 37.5
Registered electors 25,401

Nottingham No. 9 (Clifton)

Nottingham No. 9 (Clifton)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Dobson 3,264 87.9
Labour Samuel Gibbons 2,807 75.6
Conservative N. Hapgood 735 19.8
Conservative B. Kirsch 621 16.7
Turnout 3,713 26.9
Registered electors 13,783

Nottingham No. 10 (Robin Hood & Broxtowe)

Nottingham No. 10 (Robin Hood & Broxtowe)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eric Foster 4,451 62.8
Labour Joan Case 4,135 58.3
Labour T. Harby 3,991 56.3
Independent E. Walker 3,330 47.0
Conservative B. Marshall 1,914 27.0
Conservative P. Le Bosquet 1,743 24.6
Conservative S. Freeman 1,701 24.0
Turnout 7,088 30.0
Registered electors 23,640

Nottingham No. 11 (Wollaton)

Nottingham No. 11 (Wollaton)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bert Littlewood 3,505 71.1
Labour Michael Cowan 2,864 58.1
Conservative A. Ellis 1,833 37.2
Conservative B. Vinerd 1,653 33.5
Turnout 4,927 31.9
Registered electors 15,444

Rushcliffe

Basford No. 3 (East Leake & Gotham)

Basford No. 3 (East Leake & Gotham)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ronald Strutt, 4th Baron Belper 1,821 43.5
Labour P. Jacques 1,540 36.8
Liberal J. Hamilton 827 19.7
Turnout 4,188 60.1
Registered electors 6,974

Basford No. 5 (Ruddington)

Basford No. 5 (Ruddington)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Dickson 2,278 68.2
Labour T. Bamfield 1,060 31.8
Turnout 3,338 50.2
Registered electors 6,653

Bingham No. 1 (Bingham)

Bingham No. 1 (Bingham)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gertrude Wade 2,629 71.4
Labour P. Thompson 1,055 28.6
Turnout 3,684 52.0
Registered electors 7,082

Bingham No. 2 (Radcliffe)

Bingham No. 2 (Radcliffe)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Montague Appleby 1,926 64.1
Labour D. Butterworth 1,080 35.9
Turnout 3,006 45.4
Registered electors 6,620

Bingham No. 3 (Cotgrave & Cropwell)

Bingham No. 3 (Cotgrave & Cropwell)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Victor Lloyd 1,687 51.1
Conservative Anthony Shipstone 1,614 48.9
Turnout 3,301 51.6
Registered electors 6,395

Bingham No. 4 (Keyworth)

Bingham No. 4 (Keyworth)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stewart Pattinson 2,979 81.0
Labour E. Bullimore 697 19.0
Turnout 3,676 48.4
Registered electors 7,588

West Bridgford North

West Bridgford North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frank Worwood 1,542 67.4
Labour H. Robinson 747 32.6
Turnout 2,289 39.7
Registered electors 5,770

West Bridgford South

West Bridgford South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Wright 2,522 76.5
Labour L. Burch 776 23.5
Turnout 3,298 47.1
Registered electors 6,999

West Bridgford West

West Bridgford West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frank Whitson 2,826 75.5
Labour J. Dunford 917 24.5
Turnout 3,743 38.8
Registered electors 9,635

References

  1. ↑ "Election Results". Nottinghamshire County Council. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Nottinghamshire County Council Election Results 1973-2009" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  3. ↑ Local Government Act 1972. 1972 c.70. The Stationery Office Ltd. 1997. ISBN 0-10-547072-4.
  4. ↑ F A Youngs Jr., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol II: Northern England, London, 1991
  5. ↑ The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972 (SI 1972/2039)
  6. ↑ "The Nottinghamshire (City of Nottingham) (Structural Change) Order 1996". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
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