1973 Nottinghamshire County Council election
12 April 1973
All 89 seats to Nottinghamshire County Council
45 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Labour Conservative
Seats won 54 35
Popular vote 121,230 111,750
Percentage 48.78% 44.96%
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 to take place to the new non-metropolitan county council of Nottinghamshire as defined by the Local Government Act 1972, which had reformed local government in England and Wales. The council acted as a "shadow authority" until 1 April 1974, when it gained control from its predecessor county council, which had been established by the Local Government Act 1888.[3]

Whilst previously the City of Nottingham was an independent county borough and therefore not included within the administrative county of Nottinghamshire or involved in the election of county councillors, the new administrative county included Nottingham for the first time as a non-metropolitan district.[4][5] Nottingham would subsequently regain independent control over its affairs when it became a unitary authority in 1998.[6]

Results by division

Each electoral division returned either one, two or three county councillors. The candidate elected to the council in each electoral division is shown in the table below. "Unopposed" indicates that the councillor was elected unopposed.[2]

Electoral division Party Councillor Votes
Arnold East Labour A. Lester 2,078
Arnold South Conservative J. Lester 2,924
Arnold West Conservative R. Griffin 1,853
Balderton Conservative R. Jenkins 1,829
Basford No. 1 (Newthorpe) Conservative C. Minkley 2,656
Basford No. 2 Labour A. Rutherford 2,139
Basford No. 3 Conservative A. Belper 1,821
Basford No. 4 Labour B. Sharrard Unopposed
Basford No. 5 Conservative R. Dickson 2,278
Basford No. 6 Conservative J. Sheldon 3,424
Conservative G. Ayton 3,283
Beeston & Stapleford (Bramcote) Conservative C. Cooper 2,343
Beeston & Stapleford (Chilwell) Conservative E. Hudson 2,408
Beeston & Stapleford North Conservative R. Cox 1,784
Beeston & Stapleford South Labour R. Orton 2,273
Beeston & Stapleford (Stapleford) Labour J. Plowan 2,421
Beeston & Stapleford (Toton and Attenborough) Conservative G. Bottomley 1,914
Bingham No. 1 Conservative G. Wade 2,629
Bingham No. 2 Conservative M. Appleby 1,926
Bingham No. 3 Labour V. Lloyd 1,687
Bingham No. 4 Conservative S. Pattison 2,979
Bridgford North Conservative F. Worwood 1,542
Bridgford South Conservative P. Wright 2,522
Bridgford West Conservative F. Whitson 2,826
Carlton No. 1 Conservative A. Roth 4,095
Conservative W. Edwards 4,033
Carlton No. 2 Conservative H. Stanley 3,706
Conservative D. Shirt 3,705
Collingham Conservative E. Yates 1,504
East Retford Rural No. 1 Conservative C. Hempsall 1,805
East Retford Rural No. 2 Conservative F. Rudder 2,644
Eastwood Labour H. Walker 1,412
Hucknall East Labour B. Simms 2,362
Hucknall North Labour P. Watson 2,757
Kirkby-in-Ashfield East Labour S. Booler Unopposed
Kirkby-in-Ashfield West Labour E. Ashley Unopposed
Mansfield No. 1 (East) Labour F. Warsop 1,220
Mansfield No. 2 (South East) Labour G. Foster 1,725
Mansfield No. 3 (South) Conservative W. Brown 2,200
Mansfield No. 4 Labour W. Morris 3,702
Labour M. Gallagher 3,632
Mansfield Woodhouse Labour D. Haynes Unopposed
Labour B. Whitelaw Unopposed
Newark No. 1 (South) Labour F. Moore 1,631
Newark No. 2 Labour J. Woods 1,708
Nottingham No. 1 (Bridge & Trent) Labour G. Daft 3,793
Labour J. Fernell 3,690
Labour C. Worthington 3,552
Nottingham No. 2 (Lenton) Labour M. Yuil 2,327
Conservative B. Borrett 2,320
Nottingham No. 3 (Manvers & St. Anns) Labour F. Higgins 2,239
Labour J. Carroll 2,202
Nottingham No. 4 (Market) Labour J. Cattermole 1,147
Nottingham No. 5 (Byron & St. Alban) Labour I. Matthews 5,891
Labour J. Scoffings 5,011
Labour R. Wilson 4,991
Nottingham No. 6 (Forest & Mapperley) Conservative H. Fraser 4,579
Conservative E. Chambers 4,463
Conservative E. Baker 4,113
Nottingham No. 7 (Portland & Radford) Labour J. Burton 4,505
Labour L. Maynard 4,491
Labour T. Strickson 4,221
Nottingham No. 8 (Abbey & University) Conservative G. Cragg 6,152
Conservative M. Whittaker 6,105
Conservative M. Spungin 6,081
Nottingham No. 9 (Clifton) Labour G. Dobson 3,264
Labour S. Gibbons 2,807
Nottingham No. 10 (Robin Hood & Broxtowe) Labour E. Foster 4,451
Labour W. Case 4,135
Labour T. Harby 3,991
Nottingham No. 11 (Woolaton) Labour B. Littlewood 3,505
Labour M. Cowan 2,864
Retford North Labour E. Davidson 1,413
Retford South Labour C. Grove 1,500
Southwell No. 1 Conservative B. Haigh 3,669
Southwell No. 2 Conservative P. Boddy 2,367
Southwell No. 3 (Ollerton) Labour M. Delacy 2,526
Southwell No. 4 Labour E. Farr 3,062
Southwell No. 5 Labour M. Beardsley Unopposed
Sutton-in-Ashfield East Labour A. Bennett Unopposed
Sutton-in-Ashfield North Labour J. Anthony 1,114
Sutton-in-Ashfield South Labour E. Lincoln 1,521
Sutton-in-Ashfield West Labour M. Lee 1,249
Warsop Labour W. Cairns Unopposed
Worksop No. 1 (East) Labour R. Rabbitt 2,843
Worksop No. 2 (North) Labour A. Burton Unopposed
Worksop No. 3 Labour P. Miller 1,638
Worksop Rural No. 1 (Blyth) Labour J. Connolly 1,354
Worksop Rural No. 2 Labour C. Stringer Unopposed

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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