1973 Bassetlaw District Council election

1973 UK local government election January 2020 April 2015 1973 Bassetlaw District Council election Nottinghamshire parliamentary no 7 June 1973 1976 Bassetlaw District Council election 1976 All 51 seats to Bassetlaw District Council 26 Labour Party (UK) Lab 29 Conservative Party (UK) Con 11 Independent (politician) Ind 11 Bassetlaw Council Election 1973.svg 400px Map of the results of the election. Colours denote the party achieving the highest number of votes in each ward. Council control Council control after election New Labour The 1973 Bassetlaw District Council election took place on 7 June 1973, to elect all 51 members of Bassetlaw District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The election resulted in the Labour Party winning a majority of seats on the council.Bassetlaw Election Results 1973-2012 https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Bassetlaw-1973-2012.pdf Elections Centre 2 June 2020 This was the first election to elect members of the new district council for Bassetlaw following its creation by the Local Government Act 1972. The council acted as a shadow authority until 1 April 1974, when it gained control over local government functions from its predecessor authorities; the East Retford Rural District, the Municipal Borough of East Retford, the Municipal Borough of Worksop and the Worksop Rural District councils.F A Youngs Jr., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol II: Northern England, London, 1991 Result Bassetlaw District Council election, 1973 Labour Party (UK) 29 Conservative Party (UK) 11 Independent (politician) 11 Ward results Blyth (1) Blyth Independent (politician) A. Buchanan 331 49.9% N/A Labour Party (UK) K. Muskett 173 26.1% N/A Independent (politician) C. Moxon 159 24.0% N/A 51.9% Carlton Carlton (3) Independent (politician) J. Lacey 828 43.2% N/A Independent (politician) C. Dodd 564 29.4% N/A Labour Party (UK) L. Russon 524 27.3% N/A Labour Party (UK) J. Connolly 511 Labour Party (UK) L. Hince 479 47.9% East Retford West East Retford West (3) Labour Party (UK) E. Mitchell 1,114 54.5% N/A Labour Party (UK) W. Cooper 1,052 Labour Party (UK) H. Pulford 947 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Alexander 929 45.5% N/A Conservative Party (UK) D. Pitts 850 Conservative Party (UK) N. Myers 789 47.1% References Category:1973 English local elections 1973