1973 Stevenage Borough Council election

1973 UK local government election March 2020 March 2020 1973 Stevenage Borough Council election Parliamentary no yes 1976 Stevenage Borough Council election 1976 All 35 seats to Stevenage Borough Council 18 7 June 1973 Lab Brian Hall Labour Party (UK) 32 8,643 55.9% Con James Boyd Conservative Party (UK) 3 3,935 25.5% Leader Leader after election Brian Hall Labour Party (UK) The 1973 Stevenage Borough Council election were the first elections to the newly created Stevenage Borough Council and took place on 7 June 1973 . This was on the same day as other local elections. The Local Government Act 1972 stipulated that the elected members were to shadow and eventually take over from the predecessor urban district council on 1 April 1974. The election resulted in Labour gaining control of the council, which it has held continuously to the present day.https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwA-5RleSBydOS11WmRkNk9MSkE/view Council compositions by year The Elections Centrehttps://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwA-5RleSBydSFFOSXV6MXVQQlk/view Local Election Summaries 1973 The Elections Centre The new council was awarded borough status when it came into its powers on 1 April 1974, allowing the chairman to take the title of mayor.https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1974/mar/28/district-councils-and-boroughs#S5CV0871P0_19740328_CWA_145 District Councils and Boroughs 28 March 1974 Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) 15 April 2023 The first mayor was Labour councillor Jim Cockerton.New chapter in the history of Stevenage Letchworth and Baldock Citizen Gazette 18 April 1974 13 Overall results 1973 Stevenage Borough Council Election Labour Party (UK) 32 n/a n/a n/a 91.4% 55.9% 8,643 n/a Conservative Party (UK) 3 n/a n/a n/a 8.6% 25.5% 3,935 n/a Liberal Party (UK) 0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0% 18.6% 2,880 n/a |-bgcolor=#F6F6F6 | colspan=2 style="text-align: right; margin-right: 1em" | Total | style="text-align: right;" | 35 | colspan=5 | | style="text-align: right;" | 15,458 | style="text-align: right;" | |- |colspan="11" style="color:inherit;background:Labour Party (UK)"| |- | style="color:inherit;background:Labour Party (UK)"| | colspan="10"| Labour win Ward results Bedwell (5 seats) Bedwell (5 seats) Labour Party (UK) K. Hopkins 1,290 Labour Party (UK) R. Fowler 1,270 Labour Party (UK) B. Underwood 1,260 Labour Party (UK) L. Cummins 1,239 Labour Party (UK) D. Wiltshire 1,185 Conservative Party (UK) F. Haine 522 Conservative Party (UK) A. Flanagan 518 Conservative Party (UK) M. Henry 499 Conservative Party (UK) M. Richardson 485 Conservative Party (UK) E. Trillo 415 Liberal Party (UK) A. Robbins 399 37.3% Broadwater (5 seats) Broadwater (5 seats)http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Stevenage-1973-2012.pdf Stevenage Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012 11 July 2019 Labour Party (UK) J. Cockerton 1,266 Labour Party (UK) S. Munden 1,203 Labour Party (UK) W. Lawrence 1,200 Labour Party (UK) N. Wilson 1,166 Labour Party (UK) R. Vogel 1,160 Liberal Party (UK) S. Booth 670 Liberal Party (UK) E. Brook 669 Liberal Party (UK) M. Faraday 662 Liberal Party (UK) T. Smallwood 622 Liberal Party (UK) N. Smith 612 Conservative Party (UK) F. Mumford 367 Conservative Party (UK) J. Marsden 361 Conservative Party (UK) F. Waitt 334 Conservative Party (UK) H. Silberstein 317 33.5% Chells (5 seats) Chells (5 seats) Labour Party (UK) J. Clarke 1,203 Labour Party (UK) P. Metcalfe 1,203 Labour Party (UK) M. Cotter 1,194 Labour Party (UK) M. Palmer 1,178 Labour Party (UK) K. Vale 1,175 Conservative Party (UK) M. Britton 336 Conservative Party (UK) A. Wilson 327 Conservative Party (UK) C. Barker 324 Conservative Party (UK) K. McMullen 319 Conservative Party (UK) E. Olley 306 23.8% Old Stevenage (6 seats) Old Stevenage (6 seats) Labour Party (UK) H. Morris 1,327 Conservative Party (UK) J. Boyd 1,311 Conservative Party (UK) W. Boyd 1,291 Labour Party (UK) R. Green 1,261 Conservative Party (UK) A. Lines 1,193 Labour Party (UK) B. Shea 1,129 Labour Party (UK) V. Folbigg 1,116 Labour Party (UK) F. Schofield 1,107 Conservative Party (UK) K. Stutley 1,043 Labour Party (UK) G. Balderstone 1,041 Conservative Party (UK) A. Hale 1,007 Liberal Party (UK) A. Curling 499 Liberal Party (UK) M. Dawson 498 43.8% Pin Green (8 seats) Pin Green (8 seats) Labour Party (UK) R. Clark 2,170 Labour Party (UK) G. Colston 2,139 Labour Party (UK) G. Mannall 2,105 Labour Party (UK) A. Corner 2,103 Labour Party (UK) K. Taylor 2,086 Labour Party (UK) T. Morgan 2,057 Labour Party (UK) E. Musgrove 2,037 Labour Party (UK) D. Rice 2,025 Conservative Party (UK) B. Goble 1,194 Conservative Party (UK) C. Aylin 1,030 Conservative Party (UK) K. Meller 1,019 Conservative Party (UK) L. Smith 981 Conservative Party (UK) P. McPartland 981 Conservative Party (UK) P. Hagger 978 Conservative Party (UK) P. Johnson 965 Conservative Party (UK) S. Woods 925 Liberal Party (UK) M. McDonough 903 Liberal Party (UK) I. Hargreaves 878 Liberal Party (UK) W. Price 852 Liberal Party (UK) R. Abbott 832 Liberal Party (UK) L. McDonough 826 35.0% Shephall (6 seats) Shephall (6 seats) Labour Party (UK) J. Pickersgill 1,387 Labour Party (UK) B. Hall 1,370 Labour Party (UK) D. Burr 1,356 Labour Party (UK) S. Greenfield 1,345 Labour Party (UK) I. Johnson 1,340 Labour Party (UK) R. Linford 1,316 Liberal Party (UK) R. Green 409 Liberal Party (UK) G. Robbins 388 Conservative Party (UK) D. Sear 205 Conservative Party (UK) A. Gibbs 204 Conservative Party (UK) M. Gibbs 199 Conservative Party (UK) P. Sear 190 Conservative Party (UK) P. Goble 169 25.3% References 1973 Category:1973 English local elections Category:1970s in Hertfordshire