1973 Lancashire County Council election

1973 English local election December 2023 July 2015 July 2015 1973 Lancashire County Council Election Lancashire parliamentary 1973 4 12 y 1977 Lancashire County Council election 1977 All 96 seats on Lancashire County Council 48 95x50px|Blank Conservative Party (UK) 52 46.2% 95x50px|Blank Labour Party (UK) 33 39.8% 95x50px|Blank Liberal Party (UK) 7 9.2% Leader Conservative Party (UK) Following its reconstitution under the Local Government Act 1972, elections were held for Lancashire County Council on 12 April 1973. All 94 wards were up for election and all wards returned one councillor by FPTP, with the exception of Preston No. 1 and Preston No. 4, which returned two councillors each by plurality block voting. A Conservative majority was returned. Results Summary 1973 Lancashire County Council election Conservative Party (UK) 52 N/A 54.2 52 54.2 186,414 46.2 N/A Labour Party (UK) 33 N/A 34.4 33 34.4 160,277 39.8 N/A Liberal Party (UK) 7 N/A 7.3 7 7.3 36,917 9.2 N/A Independent politician 3 N/A 3.1 3 3.1 11,374 2.8 N/A Residents Association 1 N/A 1.04 1 1.04 3,268 0.8 N/A People Rep 0 N/A 0.0 0 0.0 1,817 0.5 N/A National Front (UK) 0 N/A 0.0 0 0.0 1,710 0.4 N/A Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1972) 0 N/A 0.0 0 0.0 1,198 0.3 N/A Ward results Accrington No. 1 Labour Party (UK) W. Wallwork 2156 57.1 Conservative Party (UK) M. Martin 1620 42.9 536 14.2 Accrington No. 2 Labour Party (UK) W. Haines 2346 65.2 Conservative Party (UK) W. Stanton 1251 34.8 1095 30.4 Accrington No. 3 Conservative Party (UK) R. Webster 2000 55.2 Labour Party (UK) J. Madden 1624 44.8 376 10.4 Bacup Conservative Party (UK) D. Wood 2173 55.4 Labour Party (UK) F. Haworth 1741 44.6 422 10.8 Barnoldswick Labour Party (UK) R. Hill 2413 38.1 Liberal Party (UK) D. Robinson 1539 24.3 Conservative Party (UK) T. Moss 1407 22.2 Independent conservative G. Preston 969 15.3 874 13.8 Blackburn No. 1 Residents Association M. Rigby 2409 47.2 Conservative Party (UK) F. Lewis 1915 37.6 Labour Party (UK) A. Brookfield 775 15.2 494 9.7 Blackburn No. 2 Labour Party (UK) E. Smith 2167 72.3 Conservative Party (UK) J. Jones 830 27.7 1337 44.6 Blackburn No. 3 Labour Party (UK) L. Proos 2078 49.4 Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1972) M. Mcnamee 1198 28.5 Conservative Party (UK) P. Shillitoe 934 22.2 880 20.9 Blackburn No. 4 Labour Party (UK) H. White 1453 37.6 Liberal Party (UK) F. Beetham 1378 35.7 National Front (UK) V. Hopwood 649 16.8 Conservative Party (UK) A. Jobson 382 9.9 75 1.9 Blackburn No. 5 Conservative Party (UK) D. Murray 2613 58.1 Liberal Party (UK) D. Adams 1339 29.8 Labour Party (UK) M. Dickinson 543 21.2 1274 28.3 Blackburn No. 6 Labour Party (UK) J. Mason 2056 54.5 Conservative Party (UK) A. Hutchinson 1717 45.5 339 9.0 Blackburn No. 7 Labour Party (UK) J. Bury 1925 41.7 Conservative Party (UK) R. Wood 1626 35.3 National Front (UK) F. Mitton 1061 23.0 299 6.5 Blackburn Rural Conservative Party (UK) G. Nickson 3330 62.2 Liberal Party (UK) A. Perry 1124 21.0 Labour Party (UK) T. Rowe 897 16.8 2206 41.2 Blackpool No. 1 Conservative Party (UK) H. Jackson 2845 64.3 Labour Party (UK) R. Amor 1580 35.7 1265 28.6 Blackpool No. 2 Conservative Party (UK) T. Percival 2722 55.4 Labour Party (UK) T. McKellar 2188 44.6 534 10.9 Blackpool No. 3 Conservative Party (UK) L. Broughton 2159 52.3 Liberal Party (UK) J. Hessey 1068 25.9 Labour Party (UK) R. Mills 898 21.8 1091 26.4 Blackpool No. 4 Conservative Party (UK) H. Mitchell 2091 37.0 Labour Party (UK) Taylor I. 1794 31.7 Liberal Party (UK) M. Riddle 1767 31.3 297 5.3 Blackpool No. 5 Conservative Party (UK) J. Battersby 2312 55.4 Labour Party (UK) E. Kirton 1859 44.6 453 10.9 Blackpool No. 6 Conservative Party (UK) R. Jacobs 1342 37.9 Labour Party (UK) D. Courtney 1282 36.2 Liberal Party (UK) F. Butcher 918 25.9 60 1.7 Blackpool No. 7 Conservative Party (UK) R. Dewhirst 1968 41.2 Liberal Party (UK) M. Barnes 1551 32.5 Labour Party (UK) L. Cousins 1257 26.3 417 8.7 Blackpool No. 8 Conservative Party (UK) J. Richardson 2425 58.0 Labour Party (UK) W. Dugdale 1755 42.0 670 16.0 Blackpool No. 9 Conservative Party (UK) J. Cox 2808 61.0 Labour Party (UK) C. Law 1798 39.8 1010 21.9 Blackpool No. 10 Independent politician E. Wynne 3643 51.3 Conservative Party (UK) J. Walsh 2136 30.1 Labour Party (UK) P. Hall 1324 18.6 1507 21.2 Blackpool No. 11 Labour Party (UK) M. Riley 2368 64.3 Conservative Party (UK) F. Lovatt 1315 35.7 1053 28.6 Brierfield Conservative Party (UK) K. Sumner-Clough 2890 41.5 Liberal Party (UK) K. Highton 2221 31.9 Labour Party (UK) R. Rawlinson 1860 26.7 669 9.6 Burnley No. 1 Labour Party (UK) T. Gallagher 2113 43.6 Conservative Party (UK) F. Brown 1684 34.8 Liberal Party (UK) J. Hipwell 1049 21.6 429 9.6 Burnley No. 2 Labour Party (UK) W. Roberts 2059 50.3 Conservative Party (UK) S. Blackston 1053 25.7 Liberal Party (UK) G. Brownbill 983 24.0 1006 24.6 Burnley No. 3 Labour Party (UK) J. Entwislte 2450 52.9 Conservative Party (UK) M. Durkin 1365 29.5 Liberal Party (UK) E. Roberts 818 17.7 1085 23.4 Burnley No. 4 Labour Party (UK) C. Platt 2877 63.0 Conservative Party (UK) M. Tate 1693 37.0 1184 25.9 Burnley No. 5 Labour Party (UK) J. Keller 2547 58.6 Conservative Party (UK) E. Lyle 941 21.6 Residents Association L. Salisbury 859 19.8 1606 36.9 Burnley Rural Conservative Party (UK) J. Wyld 2114 65.9 Labour Party (UK) J. Bradshaw 1096 34.1 1018 31.7 Chorley North East Labour Party (UK) D. Dunn 2188 49.4 Conservative Party (UK) M. Beechey 1380 31.2 Liberal Party (UK) F. Wilson 861 19.4 808 18.2 Chorley Rural No. 1 Labour Party (UK) J. Meadows 2866 61.7 Conservative Party (UK) J. Marginson 1776 38.3 1090 23.5 Chorley Rural No. 2 Conservative Party (UK) A. Ambrose 2948 71.8 Labour Party (UK) J. Holme 1156 28.2 1792 43.7 Chorley Rural No. 3 Conservative Party (UK) H. Carrington 2691 48.2 Labour Party (UK) C. Sheppard 1741 31.2 Liberal Party (UK) C. Felton 1155 20.7 950 17.0 Chorley South West Labour Party (UK) P. Keane 2420 43.6 Conservative Party (UK) T. Jackson 2194 39.5 Liberal Party (UK) E. Power 937 16.9 226 4.1 Clayton-Le-Moors Conservative Party (UK) P. Galbraith 2000 50.2 Labour Party (UK) F. Parkinson 1983 49.8 17 0.4 Clitheroe Conservative Party (UK) H. Eastwood 2075 43.0 Labour Party (UK) E. Penny 1378 28.6 Liberal Party (UK) J. Aspden 1369 28.4 697 14.5 Colne No. 1 Liberal Party (UK) S. Smithson 1712 43.0 Conservative Party (UK) D. Crabtree 1311 32.9 Labour Party (UK) R. Smith 961 24.1 401 10.1 Colne No. 2 Liberal Party (UK) A. Greaves 1892 49.2 Labour Party (UK) E. Turbitt 1119 29.1 Conservative Party (UK) A. Seed 833 21.7 773 20.1 Darwen No. 1 Liberal Party (UK) C. Grills 1767 42.5 Conservative Party (UK) C. Halliday 1343 32.3 Labour Party (UK) N. Davis 1046 25.2 424 10.2 Darwen No. 2 Labour Party (UK) C. Jones 1526 44.8 Conservative Party (UK) R. Wiggans 1259 37.0 Liberal Party (UK) D. Davidson 621 18.2 167 7.8 Darwen No. 3 Liberal Party (UK) A. Bland 1711 42.3 Conservative Party (UK) P. Worth 1359 33.6 Labour Party (UK) D. Alder 972 24.0 352 8.7 Fleetwood North Conservative Party (UK) W. Brown 1747 54.8 Labour Party (UK) W. Potts 1439 45.2 308 9.7 Fleetwood South Conservative Party (UK) E. Funk 1655 56.7 Labour Party (UK) W. Denny 1262 43.3 393 13.5 Fulwood No. 1 Conservative Party (UK) T. Croft 2570 78.9 Labour Party (UK) R. Tait 689 21.1 1881 57.7 Fulwood No. 2 Conservative Party (UK) M. Horam 2428 78.2 Labour Party (UK) H. Bodfish 678 21.8 1750 56.3 Fylde No. 1 Independent politician R. Spender 1907 40.6 Conservative Party (UK) P. Hall 1882 40.2 Labour Party (UK) H. Garth 903 19.2 22 0.5 Fylde No. 2 Conservative Party (UK) P. Boothman 2004 50.4 Liberal Party (UK) M. Gilbert 1344 33.8 Labour Party (UK) P. Greenfield 627 15.8 660 16.6 Garstang No. 1 Conservative Party (UK) D. Elletson Unopposed N/A N/A Garstang No. 2 Conservative Party (UK) M. Fitzherbert-Brockholes Unopposed N/A N/A Great Harwood Conservative Party (UK) F. Worsley 3410 56.9 Labour Party (UK) J. Hocking 2583 34.1 827 13.8 Haslingden Conservative Party (UK) G. Woodcock 3120 55.3 Labour Party (UK) G. Hatton 2523 44.7 597 10.6 Lancaster No. 1 Labour Party (UK) E. Jones 2540 53.5 Conservative Party (UK) W. Sweeney 1737 36.6 Independent politician E. Gardner 469 9.9 803 16.9 Lancaster No. 2 Labour Party (UK) M. Cantley 2757 52.0 Conservative Party (UK) M. Lovett-Horn 1847 34.9 Independent politician T. Shingler 694 13.1 910 17.2 Lancaster No. 3 Conservative Party (UK) T. Hayton 2727 58.6 Labour Party (UK) J. Wall 1926 41.4 801 17.2 Lancaster Rural No. 1 Conservative Party (UK) M. Bates 2441 65.1 Labour Party (UK) J. Stackhouse 1308 34.9 1133 30.2 Lancaster Rural No. 2 Conservative Party (UK) G. Bowring 3295 78.1 Labour Party (UK) L. Callan 922 21.9 2373 56.3 Lancaster Rural No. 3 Conservative Party (UK) C. Pickard 2237 70.0 Labour Party (UK) J. Yates 957 30.0 1280 40.1 Leyland No. 1 Liberal Party (UK) N. Orrell 1768 38.1 Labour Party (UK) I. Roberts 1662 35.8 Conservative Party (UK) G. Eland 1216 26.2 106 2.3 Leyland No. 2 Labour Party (UK) J. Haigh 1996 64.6 Liberal Party (UK) R. Caunce-Peacock 1095 35.4 901 29.1 Longridge Independent conservative D. Coulston 2680 52.0 Conservative Party (UK) B. Greenwood 2470 48.0 210 4.1 Lytham St. Annes No. 1 Conservative Party (UK) J. Gouldbourne 2710 70.8 Labour Party (UK) F. Rooney 1120 29.2 1590 41.5 Lytham St. Annes No. 2 Conservative Party (UK) T. Carter 3466 74.8 Labour Party (UK) N. Horridge 1165 25.2 2301 49.7 Lytham St. Annes No. 3 Conservative Party (UK) J. Finn 4056 67.3 Labour Party (UK) W. Callon 1974 32.7 2082 34.5 Morecambe & Heysham No. 1 Conservative Party (UK) J. Finn Unopposed N/A N/A Morecambe & Heysham No. 2 Conservative Party (UK) J. Elliott 2684 52.5 Labour Party (UK) D. Stanley 2426 47.5 258 5.0 Morecambe & Heysham No. 3 Conservative Party (UK) R. Quick Unopposed N/A N/A Nelson North Labour Party (UK) J. Helmn 2107 49.2 Liberal Party (UK) P. Sagar 1326 31.0 Conservative Party (UK) M. Sutcliff 851 19.9 781 18.2 Nelson South Labour Party (UK) N. Taylor 3168 62.3 Conservative Party (UK) J. Fletcher 1918 37.7 1250 24.6 Ormskirk No. 1 Conservative Party (UK) J. Aspinwall 2860 54.0 Labour Party (UK) M. Rees 2438 46.0 422 8.0 Ormskirk No. 2 Conservative Party (UK) H. Ballance 2371 51.6 Labour Party (UK) A. Hibbert 2227 48.4 144 3.1 Oswaldtwistle Conservative Party (UK) W. Finch 2233 54.8 Labour Party (UK) T. Bramley 1840 45.2 393 9.6 Padiham Labour Party (UK) K. Broadley 1987 60.4 Conservative Party (UK) D. Hanson 1302 39.6 685 20.8 Poulton-Le-Fylde Conservative Party (UK) F. Lofthouse 3914 73.0 Labour Party (UK) E. Johnson 1445 27.0 2469 46.1 Preston No. 1 Labour Party (UK) E. Bunker 4132 54.9 Labour Party (UK) H. Riley 3848 Conservative Party (UK) J. Ainscough 3392 45.1 Conservative Party (UK) J. Humphreys 3369 1219 9.8 Preston No. 2 Liberal Party (UK) G. Payne 1646 38.3 Labour Party (UK) K. Bodfish 1643 38.2 Independent politician T. Dewhurst 1012 23.5 3 0.1 Preston No. 3 Labour Party (UK) J. Lund 2532 65.2 Conservative Party (UK) K. Peet 1643 34.8 889 30.3 Preston No. 4 Labour Party (UK) H. Parker 4573 63.5 Labour Party (UK) C. Sharples 4380 Conservative Party (UK) R. Ainscough 2631 36.5 Conservative Party (UK) R. Ainscough 2546 3776 27.0 Preston No. 5 Labour Party (UK) R. Butcher 2539 77.4 Conservative Party (UK) P. Mileham 742 22.6 1797 54.8 Preston Rural No. 1 Conservative Party (UK) M. Ryan 3027 74.0 Labour Party (UK) T. Yates 1064 26.0 1963 48.0 Preston Rural No. 2 Conservative Party (UK) W. Winn 3595 65.7 Labour Party (UK) M. Lyons 1875 34.3 1720 31.4 Preston Rural No. 3 Conservative Party (UK) A. Ashburner 2535 46.2 People Rep V. Peacock 1817 33.1 Labour Party (UK) R. Turton 1138 20.7 718 13.1 Rawtenstall No. 1 Labour Party (UK) I. Bishop 2455 53.9 Conservative Party (UK) H. Ashworth 2099 46.1 356 7.8 Rawtenstall No. 2 Conservative Party (UK) W. Nuttall 1899 51.0 Labour Party (UK) E. Harvey 1828 49.0 71 1.9 Skelmersdale & Holland No. 1 Labour Party (UK) J. Prunty Unopposed Skelmersdale & Holland No. 2 Labour Party (UK) L. Ellman Unopposed Thornton Cleveleys No. 1 Conservative Party (UK) C. Ashworth 2504 66.5 Labour Party (UK) G. Wright 1264 33.5 1240 32.9 Thornton Cleveleys No. 2 Conservative Party (UK) F. Townend 2956 69.3 Labour Party (UK) A. Davies 1311 30.7 1645 38.6 Walton-Le-Dale No. 1 Conservative Party (UK) R. Welham 2377 59.9 Labour Party (UK) A. White 1591 40.1 786 19.8 Walton-Le-Dale No. 2 Conservative Party (UK) G. Woods 1566 44.4 Labour Party (UK) G. Davies 1524 43.2 Liberal Party (UK) J. Bundy 437 12.4 42 1.2 West Lancashire No. 1 Conservative Party (UK) J. Ashton 1989 76.6 Labour Party (UK) I. Coman 608 23.4 1381 53.2 West Lancashire No. 2 Conservative Party (UK) R. Phillips 2709 72.9 Labour Party (UK) M. Cheetham 1008 27.1 1701 45.8 Whitworth Liberal Party (UK) J. Clegg 1521 57.1 Conservative Party (UK) H. Tenny 1144 42.9 377 14.1 References The Elections Centre, Lancashire County Council Election Results 1973-2009 (PDF) External links Lancashire Council Lancashire 1973