1973 Lincolnshire County Council election

1973 UK local government election March 2020 March 2020 Lincolnshire County Council is a non-metropolitan county in the East Midlands of England. It was formed when the Local Government Act 1972 merged the counties of Holland, Kesteven and Lindsey, and held its first election on 12 April 1973.Cook, Chris; Ramsden, John (1997). By-Elections and British Politics. London: Routledge. p. 206 The Conservatives were the largest party, gaining 34 of the 74 seats. 22 independent candidates were returned, along with 10 Labour councillors, 5 Democratic-Labour nominees and 3 Liberals."The new Lincs Council". Lincolnshire Echo. 13 April 1973. p. 9 The Democratic Labour seats were all won in Lincoln, where six weeks earlier the MP Dick Taverne had triggered a by-election by breaking away from Labour and forming the DLP; they comprised 5 of the 6 city seats, representing a swing from Labour, who had won all of the seats at the last local elections."Five of Six Taverne supporters elected". The Times. 13 April 1973. p. 4 Results by Division Division Candidate Party Votes Boston no. 1 Cyril Valentine Lib (uncontested) Boston no. 2 Mrs Haf Towel Con 955 John Addlesee Lab 946 Boston no. 3 Martin Middlebrook Ind (uncontested) Boston no. 4 Alf Goodson Lab (uncontested) Boston Rural no. 1 Reginald West Ind 963 David Chambers Ind 655 Samuel Woods Con 407 Boston Rural no. 2 Brian Farrow Con 932 Arthur White Lab 696 Joseph Winter Ind 689 Boston Rural no. 3 Richard Upsall Con 1,464 Ambrose Newsom Lab 444 Bourne Raymond Cliffe Con (uncontested) Caistor Rural no. 1 Harry Key Ind (uncontested) Caistor Rural no. 2 William Hall Ind (uncontested) East Elloe no. 1 Ivor Howes Ind 786 Arnold Broughton Lab 638 Robert Christian Con 628 Fred White Ind 368 East Elloe no. 2 Ernest Weaver Lab 477 Fred Hoyles Ind 136 East Elloe no. 3 Mrs Alison Hunter Con 1,573 Mrs Doris King Lab 808 East Kesteven no. 1 Eric Fairchild Con 1,162 Sydney King Lab 1,132 East Kesteven no. 2 Jack Mountain Ind 865 Henry Kelway Con 576 East Kesteven no. 3 Thomas Hall Con 1,338 Euan Robertson Ind 762 Lionel Dawson Lab 198 Gainsborough Market Edgar Salisbury Lab 725 Mrs Marjorie Renshaw Con 361 Kenny Hethershaw Lib 284 Gainsborough North John Stanley Lib 915 Michael Noble Lab 673 Frank Land Con 596 Gainsborough South Leslie Rainsforth Lab 1,036 Miss Charlotte Dordery Con 594 Raymond Greenwood Lib 449 Brian Page DLP 114 Gainsborough Rural no. 1 Harry Plowright Ind (uncontested) Gainsborough Rural no. 2 Harry Kitchinson Ind 1,322 John Sandars Con 968 Grantham no. 1 Frank Speechley Con 987 Fred Chambers Lab 984 Grantham no. 2 Mrs Elsie Davies Lab 875 William Harrison Con 599 Grantham no. 3 Ian Gordon Con 1,272 Mrs Louise Dickinson Lab 742 Grantham no. 4 Charles Burrows Lab 1,491 Kathleen Porter Con 784 Horncastle Mrs Lesley Sanderson Ind 1,034 Mrs Doris Cook Con 477 Horncastle Rural no. 1 John Smithson Ind 1,348 George Daubney Ind 942 John Harris Lib 805 Horncastle Rural no. 2 John Harvey Con (uncontested)Lincoln AbbeyBarry AshmoreDLP860Bernard RendallCon702Cllr Mrs Pam RousselLab605Lincoln BoulthamRichard LucasCon630Tom WardLab594Lincoln BracebridgeGraham JudgeDLP1,067Cllr Bob HodsonLab663Peter RoeCon351Lincoln CarholmeAld. John SpenceCon827Cllr John PlantLab778Gilbert BladesInd381Lincoln CastleAld. Frank EccleshareInd924Cllr Miss Joyce BennettLab580Cecil RobinsonCon466Lincoln ErmineRon BarnesDLP1,296Cllr Mrs Joyce NaftalinLab1,124Cllr David MiddletonLab1.059F. HornCon729A. CowtonCon559Lincoln HartsholmeMrs Miriam RichardsonDLP1,082Cllr Laurie ValseyLab552P. RowleyCon353T. GinniffComm37Lincoln MinsterAld. Mrs Mary SockiasCon1,170Mrs Clodaga WilkinsonDLP1,090D. MillerLab559Lincoln MoorlandCllr Stan RobertsonLab949Jim RichardsCon911Lincoln ParkFred Allen*DLP831Ald. Bill HerbertLab427Jack RuddockCon392 Louth North Christopher Bennett Ind 1,258 Francis MacDonald Ind 505 Louth South Mrs Irene Wilkinson Ind 814 Mrs Catherine Stubbs Con 678 Louth Rural no. 1 Rupert Dixon Ind 827 Hewson Silvester Ind 502 Louth Rural no. 2 Sam Spendlow Ind 1,327 John Codkin Con 587 Louth Rural no. 3 Donald Webb Con 782 Miss Mary Taylor Ind 722 Durwood Russell Lab 539 Mablethorpe and Sutton Peter Poynton Con 1,203 Nelly Spink Ind 871 North Kesteven no. 1 William Wyrill Con 792 Mrs Elsie Mawer Ind 711 North Kesteven no. 2 Mrs Margery Falla Con 1,576 William Rawson Lab 1,083 North Kesteven no. 3 Frank Marshall Ind 1,060 William Heele Con 1,056 Maurice Thompson Lab 498 North Kesteven no. 4 Reg Brealey Con 1,335 Charles Marshall Ind 1,002 North Kesteven no. 5 Mrs Mary Large Lab 2,123 William Taylor Con 1,139 North Kesteven no. 6 Herbert Johnson Con 799 Keith Ford D-Lab 440 Mrs Maureen Lynn Lab 233 Skegness North Harold Fainlight Lib 1,262 Joseph Elliott Con 893 Thomas Senior Lab 631 Skegness South Vivian Sheehan-Hunt Con 1,204 Eric Wright Lab 540 Sleaford Miss Grace Nowell Con 1,670 Peter Haysum Lab 1,320 South Kesteven no. 1 James Cave Ind 931 Mrs Elizabeth Opperman Con 799 South Kesteven no. 2 John Hedley Lewis Con (uncontested) South Kesteven no. 3 Mrs Jean Wootton Con 744 Peter Hearn Ind 705 Harold Scarborough Lab 588 Spalding no. 1 David Guttridge Con (uncontested) Spalding no. 2 Jim King Con 654 Thomas Addlesee Lab 560 Spalding no. 3 Cyril Ford Con (uncontested) Spalding Rural no. 1 Jim Speechley Con 1,177 Alfred Witherington Lab 1,056 Mrs Lillian Hardy Ind 789 Spalding Rural no. 2 Harold Chappell Con (uncontested)Spalding Rural no. 3G. WrayCon1,242T. KiddLab582 Spilsby no. 1 Charles Leggott Con (uncontested) Spilsby no. 2 Charles Rawlinson Ind 1,140 Frank Clow Con 883 Spilsby no. 3 Harry Simpson Con 987 Frank Smith Lib? 813 Spilsby no. 4 Francis Lapage Ind 1,221 Frederick Hepworth Con 1,066 Stamford no. 1 Ian Allen Con 1,291 William Turner Lab 481 Stamford no. 2 Derek Gladman Lab 869 Anthony Gray Con 686 Welton no. 1 Edwin Bramley Ind 977 William Holland Ind 830 Walter Sternfeld Lab 789 Welton no. 2 Dorothy Richards Con 1,058 George Herrington Ind 807 Brian Fox Lab 608 Royston Hutson Ind 72 Welton no. 3 Reginald Gaul Ind 746 William Camm Ind 613 George Coles Con 540 Walter Hill Ind 395 West Kesteven no. 1 Philip Newton Ind 907 Joan Hayes Con 738 West Kesteven no. 2 Horace Brownlow Con 1,598 Ivan Dawson Lab 618 West Kesteven no. 3 Capt Sir Anthony Thorold Con 1,093 Terry Bradley Lab 587 Robert Simpson Ind 583 Source: "Lincoln keeps up its Taverne revolution" and "The new Lincs Council". Lincolnshire Echo. 13 April 1973. p. 9; "Lincolnshire County Election Results 1973–2009". Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 2 October 2016. References 1973 Category:1973 English local elections Category:1970s in Lincolnshire