1973 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election

1973 UK local government election thumb|200px|The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton shown within England. The first elections to Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council were held on Thursday, 10 May 1973, with the entirety of the 69 seat council - three seats for each of the 23 wards - up for vote. It was the first council election as the newly formed metropolitan borough under a new constitution. The Local Government Act 1972 stipulated that the elected members were to shadow and eventually take over from the County Borough of Bolton, the Municipal Borough of Farnworth, the Urban Districts of Blackrod, Horwich, Kearsley, Little Lever, and Westhoughton, and the southern part of Turton Urban District on 1 April 1974. The order in which the councillors were elected dictated their term serving, with third-place candidates serving two years and up for re-election in 1975, second-placed three years expiring in 1976 and 1st-placed five years until 1978. The Conservative Party took control of the new Council by a majority of 1. The Leader of the council was Councillor John Hanscomb, who held this position until Labour took control in 1980. Election result Bolton local election result 1973 Conservative Party (UK) 35 44.7 84,702 Labour Party (UK) 31 44.2 83,729 Liberal Party (UK) 2 8.9 16,916 Other parties 1 2.1 3,940 Ward results Astley Bridge ward Astley Bridge ward (3) Conservative Party (UK) D Shepherd 2,171 23.4 Conservative Party (UK) F Waterworth 2,087 22.5 Conservative Party (UK) A Hibbert 1,986 21.4 Labour Party (UK) J Walker 1,082 11.7 Labour Party (UK) N Lee 1,007 10.9 Labour Party (UK) D Jones 938 10.1 9,721 34.0 Bradshaw North and South ward Bradshaw North and South ward (3) Conservative Party (UK) B Furlong 1,090 15.1 Conservative Party (UK) T Greenhalgh 1,077 15.0 Conservative Party (UK) K Howarth 1,073 14.9 Liberal Party (UK) A Winstanley 1,054 14.6 Liberal Party (UK) J Webster 1,037 14.4 Liberal Party (UK) M Batth 1,012 14.1 Labour Party (UK) A Brigg 300 4.2 Labour Party (UK) J Riley 285 4.0 Labour Party (UK) C Benjamin 270 3.8 7,198 40.5 Bradford ward Bradford ward (3) Labour Party (UK) J Foster 1,119 27.1 Labour Party (UK) T McEwan 1,046 25.1 Labour Party (UK) C Skull 1,011 24.5 Conservative Party (UK) D Hall 329 8.0 Conservative Party (UK) C Gregory 325 7.9 Conservative Party (UK) D Harris 294 7.1 4,124 31.0 Bromley Cross, Eagley and Egerton ward Bromley Cross, Eagley and Egerton ward (3) Conservative Party (UK) D Carr 1,456 15.5 Conservative Party (UK) A Poulson 1,421 15.1 Conservative Party (UK) H Bennett 1,412 15.0 Liberal Party (UK) P O'Connor 1,175 12.5 Liberal Party (UK) T Williams 1,124 12.0 Liberal Party (UK) D Charlton 1,095 11.7 Labour Party (UK) H Haslam 670 7.1 Labour Party (UK) S Chadwick 542 5.8 Labour Party (UK) A Uttley 489 5.2 9,384 41.3 Church East and North ward Church East and North ward (3) Conservative Party (UK) R Halliwell 1,790 20.7 Conservative Party (UK) E Crook 1,711 19.8 Conservative Party (UK) A O'Neil 1,641 19.0 Labour Party (UK) M Johnson 1,290 14.9 Labour Party (UK) J Knight 1,140 13.2 Labour Party (UK) B Turner 1,081 12.5 8,653 41.0 Darcy Lever cum Breightmet ward Darcy Lever cum Breightmet ward (3) Labour Party (UK) D Dingwall 2,064 18.6 Labour Party (UK) K McIvor 1,913 17.3 Labour Party (UK) P Johnson 1,895 17.1 Conservative Party (UK) A Chadbond 1,820 16.4 Conservative Party (UK) M Walsh 1,699 15.4 Conservative Party (UK) P Eckersley 1,677 15.2 11,068 31.0 Deane cum Lostock ward Deane cum Lostock ward (3) Conservative Party (UK) D Berry 1,406 25.3 Conservative Party (UK) F Rushton 1,359 24.4 Conservative Party (UK) R Ward 1,351 24.3 Labour Party (UK) S Harrison 506 9.1 Labour Party (UK) J Brown 483 8.7 Labour Party (UK) S Hill 454 8.2 5,559 30.0 Derby ward Derby ward (3) Labour Party (UK) W Simpson 1,159 23.8 Labour Party (UK) J Taylor 1,143 23.5 Labour Party (UK) S Walsh 1,030 21.2 Conservative Party (UK) John Walsh 598 12.5 Conservative Party (UK) J Laycock 533 11.0 Conservative Party (UK) M Bleakley 468 9.6 4,866 29.0 Farnworth North ward Farnworth North ward (3) Labour Party (UK) L Cunliffe 2,010 22.6 Labour Party (UK) R Neary 1,904 21.4 Labour Party (UK) G Brown 1,842 20.7 Conservative Party (UK) A Royse 1,243 14.0 Conservative Party (UK) T Rothwell 955 10.7 Conservative Party (UK) L Sharples 937 10.5 8,891 32.0 Farnworth South ward Farnworth South ward (3) Labour Party (UK) J Wild 1,757 25.1 Labour Party (UK) W Hardman 1,712 24.5 Labour Party (UK) D Gilligan 1,633 23.4 Conservative Party (UK) C Shaw 653 9.3 Conservative Party (UK) G Waterson 632 9.0 Conservative Party (UK) I Torkington 604 8.6 6,991 27.0 Great Lever ward Great Lever ward (3) Conservative Party (UK) J Shore 1,526 17.3 Labour Party (UK) V Urmston 1,492 16.9 Labour Party (UK) A Perry 1,471 16.7 Conservative Party (UK) G Woosey 1,456 16.5 Labour Party (UK) P Lowe 1,444 16.4 Conservative Party (UK) L Huyton 1,442 16.3 8,831 29.0 Halliwell ward Halliwell ward (3) Labour Party (UK) E Hamer 1,533 18.6 Labour Party (UK) R Johnson 1,485 18.0 Labour Party (UK) G Riley 1,444 17.5 Conservative Party (UK) W Hall 1,280 15.5 Conservative Party (UK) R Stones 1,252 15.2 Conservative Party (UK) J Morris 1,248 15.1 8,242 27.0 Heaton ward Heaton ward (3) Conservative Party (UK) B Allanson 1,598 30.2 Conservative Party (UK) J Hanscomb 1,524 28.8 Conservative Party (UK) B Hurst 1,504 28.4 Labour Party (UK) P Cunliffe 258 4.9 Labour Party (UK) N Morlidge 208 3.9 Labour Party (UK) T Hill 201 3.8 5,293 42.0 Horwich North, Central and East ward Horwich North, Central and East ward (3) Labour Party (UK) A Oakley 1,947 16.6 Labour Party (UK) J McBurnie 1,680 14.3 Labour Party (UK) E Dobson 1,665 14.2 Conservative Party (UK) G Hind 1,377 11.8 Liberal Party (UK) E Kay 1,314 11.2 Conservative Party (UK) R Winstanley 1,076 9.2 Liberal Party (UK) A Ratcliffe 1,033 8.8 Conservative Party (UK) J Foster 942 8.0 Communist Party of Great Britain J Kay 676 5.8 11,710 42.0 Horwich South and Blackrod ward Horwich South and Blackrod ward (3) Independent (politician) L Fearnhead 1,395 14.1 Conservative Party (UK) C Everin 1,200 12.1 Labour Party (UK) G Gardiner 1,173 11.8 Labour Party (UK) D Smith 1,017 10.2 Conservative Party (UK) J Jolley 964 9.7 Labour Party (UK) E Bracegirdle 926 9.3 Independent (politician) F Isherwood 891 9.0 Independent Labour L Watkinson 856 8.6 Liberal Party (UK) G Farrington 797 8.0 Conservative Party (UK) M Carrie 705 7.1 9,924 58.0 Hulton and Rumworth ward Hulton and Rumworth ward (3) Conservative Party (UK) J Parkinson 1,991 20.3 Conservative Party (UK) A Gledhill 1,880 19.2 Conservative Party (UK) R Carr 1,872 19.1 Labour Party (UK) D Vause 1,362 13.9 Labour Party (UK) H Glynn 1,313 13.4 Labour Party (UK) T Regan 1,250 12.8 Socialist Party of Great Britain J O'Hara 122 1.2 9,790 35.0 Kearsley ward Kearsley ward (3) Liberal Party (UK) J Rothwell 1,926 19.1 Liberal Party (UK) E Bell 1,700 16.9 Labour Party (UK) R Cornthwaite 1,668 16.5 Liberal Party (UK) K Holt 1,647 16.3 Labour Party (UK) B Molyneux 1,578 15.7 Labour Party (UK) T Lewis 1,564 15.5 10,083 40.6 Little Lever ward Little Lever ward (3) Conservative Party (UK) K Hornby 1,111 14.6 Conservative Party (UK) J Lees 993 13.0 Conservative Party (UK) A Lawton 991 13.0 Labour Party (UK) J Robinson 938 12.3 Liberal Party (UK) N Narayan 886 11.6 Labour Party (UK) W Worthington 842 11.0 Labour Party (UK) C Lucas 752 9.9 Liberal Party (UK) J Waites 600 7.9 Liberal Party (UK) R Pemberton 516 6.8 7,629 39.0 Smithills ward Smithills ward (3) Conservative Party (UK) D Priestly 2,209 24.5 Conservative Party (UK) M Howarth 2,204 24.4 Conservative Party (UK) S Collier 2,154 23.9 Labour Party (UK) T Hall 845 9.4 Labour Party (UK) N Spencer 816 9.0 Labour Party (UK) B Corless 799 8.9 9,027 28.0 Tonge ward Tonge ward (3) Conservative Party (UK) S Harrison 2,129 19.4 Conservative Party (UK) K Knowles 1,950 17.8 Conservative Party (UK) J Rigby 1,929 17.6 Labour Party (UK) A Hooton 1,689 15.4 Labour Party (UK) A Grime 1,637 14.9 Labour Party (UK) Rigby 1,637 14.9 10,971 34.0 West ward West ward (3) Labour Party (UK) R Howarth 1,376 21.6 Labour Party (UK) D Clarke 1,358 21.3 Labour Party (UK) H Devonish 1,341 21.0 Conservative Party (UK) M Foster 802 12.6 Conservative Party (UK) E Smith 756 11.9 Conservative Party (UK) J Wrench 741 11.6 6,374 Westhoughton East and Hulton ward Westhoughton East and Hulton ward (3) Conservative Party (UK) G Smith 1,775 21.3 Conservative Party (UK) A Glover 1,750 21.0 Conservative Party (UK) J Smith 1,744 20.9 Labour Party (UK) P Jones 1,075 12.9 Labour Party (UK) C Knowles 1,015 12.2 Labour Party (UK) A Fairhurst 971 11.7 8,330 48.4 Westhoughton North, Central and South ward Westhoughton North, Central and South ward (3) Labour Party (UK) W Kettle 2,273 23.2 Labour Party (UK) K Brown 1,971 20.1 Labour Party (UK) P Woodcock 1,940 19.8 Independent (politician) T Riley 1,465 15.0 Conservative Party (UK) J Roden 1,131 11.6 Conservative Party (UK) P Smith 1,009 10.3 9,789 49.7 References http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Bolton-1973-2012.pdf Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council Election Results 1973–2012 Rallings Colin Thrasher Michael The Elections Centre The Elections Centre, Plymouth University 12 July 2016 July 2014 1973 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1973