1971 Easthampstead Rural District Council election

1971 local election in Easthampstead Rural District January 2023 January 2023 1971 Easthampstead Rural District Council election parliamentary no 1971 05 11 y 1968 Easthampstead Rural District Council election 1968 1973 Bracknell District Council election 1973 (BDC) All 44 seats to Easthampstead Rural District Council 23 Con Conservative Party (UK) 21 Lab Labour Party (UK) 18 Independent politician Ind 3 Liberal Party (UK) Lib 2 Council control Council control after election Conservative No overall control The 1971 Easthampstead Rural District Council election, held on 11 May 1971, Bracknell Socialists to fight all seats Reading Evening Post 22 April 1971 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002471/19710422/120/0015 30 January 2023 was the last election to Easthampstead Rural District Council. The Conservative Party lost overall control, emerging narrowly as the largest party. Labour bid to oust Tory fails Reading Evening Post 29 May 1971 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002471/19710529/049/0004 30 January 2023 Concurrent with the changes wrought by the Local Government Act 1972, the council would transition to a new Bracknell District Council, the first election being held in 1973. Until 2023, this would be the last election for a Bracknell-based council where a majority of seats were outside Bracknell town. Bracknell election tension Bracknell Times 10 May 1973 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003584/19730510/005/0005 27 January 2023 This is also the last time an election for a Bracknell-based council has ended up in no overall control. Ward results Binfield Binfield (2) Conservative Party (UK) Ann Springman 393 80.4 Conservative Party (UK) Evelyn Hide 318 Labour Party (UK) David Excell 96 19.6 Labour Party (UK) Bernard White 68 Garth Garth (3) Labour Party (UK) William Lindop 549 64.9 Labour Party (UK) James Pocknee 537 Labour Party (UK) Arthur Wort 510 Conservative Party (UK) Gordon Rimes 297 35.1 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Harris 296 Great Hollands-Wildridings Great Hollands-Wildridings (3) Labour Party (UK) Jeananne Shillcock 878 60.1 Labour Party (UK) Anthony Mahoney 818 Labour Party (UK) Alan Everett 815 Conservative Party (UK) David Lamb 583 39.9 Conservative Party (UK) Margaret Deacock 491 Conservative Party (UK) Herbert Clarke 459 Old Bracknell Old Bracknell (3) Labour Party (UK) William Harvey 622 57.0 Labour Party (UK) Stanley Mason 622 Labour Party (UK) Patrick Hoey 608 Conservative Party (UK) Bride Kempton 470 43.0 Conservative Party (UK) Selwyn Radcliffe 418 Conservative Party (UK) Archie Matthews 398 References Easthampstead Rural District Council election Easthampstead Rural District Council election