1973 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election

Local election in Stockport 1973 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council Council election England Coat of arms of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council.png parliamentary no 10 May 1973 1975 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election 1975 All 60 seats to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council 31 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwA-5RleSBydSFFOSXV6MXVQQlk/view Local Election Summaries 1973 The Elections Centre 28 November 2023 95x50px|Blank Walter Knight Conservative Party (UK) Heaton Moor & Heaton Chapel 27 100,943 38.8% 95x50px|Blank Brian Slack Labour Party (UK) Manor & Little Moor 16 57,905 22.3% 95x50px|Blank Ken Anstis Liberal Party (UK) Cheadle Hulme North & Adswood 13 90,774 34.9% 95x50px|Blank Robert Crook Heald Green Ratepayers Heald Green 3 5,711 2.2% 95x50px|Blank Robert Law Residents Association Cheadle Hulme South 1 3,876 1.5% Stockport 1973.png Winner of each seat at the 1973 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election Leader Leader after election Conservative Party (UK) Walter Knight The first elections to Stockport Council were held on Thursday, 10 May 1973.http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Stockport-1973-2012.pdf Metropolitan Borough of Stockport Election Results 1973-2012 (Pg. 1 and 2) The Elections Centre 28 November 2023 This was a new council created to replace Stockport County Borough, Bredbury and Romiley Urban District, Cheadle and Gatley Urban District, Hazel Grove and Bramhall Urban District, and Marple Urban District. This election would create the entire 60-member council, which would shadow its predecessor councils before taking over their functions on 1 April 1974, as specified in the Local Government Act 1972. Each 1st-placed candidate would serve a five-year term of office, expiring in 1978. Each 2nd-placed candidate would serve a three-year term of office, expiring in 1976. Each 3rd-placed candidate would serve a two-year term of office, expiring in 1975. The council went into no overall control. Election result PartyVotesSeatsConservative Party100,943 (38.8%)38.8 Conservative Party (UK)27 (45.0%)27 60 Conservative Party (UK)Labour Party57,905 (22.3%)22.3 Labour Party (UK)16 (26.7%)16 60 Labour Party (UK)Liberal Party90,774 (34.9%)34.9 Liberal Party (UK) 13 (21.7%)13 60 Liberal Party (UK)Heald Green Ratepayers5,711 (2.2%)2.2 Heald Green Ratepayers 3 (5.0%)3 60 Heald Green RatepayersResidents3,876 (1.5%)1.5 Residents Association 1 (1.7%)1 60 Residents AssociationCommunist751 (0.3%)0.3 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 (0.0%)0 60 Communist Party of Great Britain + ↓ 16 13 1 3 27 Council compositions https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwA-5RleSBydOS11WmRkNk9MSkE/view?pref=2&pli=1 The Elections Centre 28 November 2023 Ward results No.1 (Brinnington & Lancashire Hill) Brinnington & Lancashire Hill Labour Party (UK) K. Ford 2,128 60.4 Labour Party (UK) A. Bradbury 1,981 56.3 Labour Party (UK) D. T. Greene 1,922 54.6 Liberal Party (UK) J. D. Hunt 872 24.8 Conservative Party (UK) W. R. Thomson 750 21.3 Conservative Party (UK) R. Downs 740 21.0 Conservative Party (UK) D. Caldwell 725 20.6 Liberal Party (UK) J. Langrish 699 19.9 Liberal Party (UK) M. Clare 659 18.7 Communist Party of Great Britain I. Crawford 133 3.8 1,050 29.8 3,521 25.9 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) No.2 (Manor & Little Moor) Manor & Little Moor Labour Party (UK) E. Leah 1,323 42.0 Labour Party (UK) G. B. Slack 1,296 41.2 Labour Party (UK) K. Parkin 1,277 40.6 Conservative Party (UK) J. C. Crowther 1,126 35.8 Conservative Party (UK) D. E. Bath 1,068 33.9 Conservative Party (UK) M. Hamilton 915 29.1 Liberal Party (UK) J. Clarney 876 27.8 Liberal Party (UK) E. Fantom 798 25.3 Liberal Party (UK) G. F. Fletcher 768 24.4 151 4.8 3,149 33.6 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) No.3 (Vernon & Offerton) Vernon & Offerton Liberal Party (UK) C. J. Carter 1,212 39.8 Liberal Party (UK) R. Dearman 1,098 36.1 Labour Party (UK) M. Mendelson 1,085 35.6 Liberal Party (UK) V. Corner 1,060 34.8 Labour Party (UK) J. Vesey 1,013 33.3 Labour Party (UK) M. Marston 999 32.8 Conservative Party (UK) S. Brumat 892 29.3 Conservative Party (UK) A. Bennett 828 27.2 Conservative Party (UK) E. Williamson 812 26.7 Communist Party of Great Britain K. Marston 129 4.2 25 0.8 3,042 34.3 Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) No.4 (Heaviley & Davenport) Heaviley & Davenport Conservative Party (UK) L. Smith 2,046 50.7 Conservative Party (UK) H. Dodd 2,022 50.1 Conservative Party (UK) B. P. Howarth 1,956 48.5 Liberal Party (UK) J. S. Hosking 1,455 36.1 Liberal Party (UK) E. Prusmann 1,405 34.8 Liberal Party (UK) M. J. Holt 1,054 26.1 Labour Party (UK) A. J. Hodgson 759 18.8 Labour Party (UK) S. C. Rimmer 714 17.7 Labour Party (UK) P. G. Scott 693 17.2 502 12.4 4,036 39.3 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) No.5 (Adswood & Cale Green) Adswood & Cale Green Labour Party (UK) W. Cameron 1,907 48.2 Labour Party (UK) K. R. Brookes 1,857 46.9 Labour Party (UK) H. A. Walker 1,787 45.2 Conservative Party (UK) B. Haley 1,216 30.7 Conservative Party (UK) E. Howard 1,216 30.7 Conservative Party (UK) W. D. Holliday 1,212 30.6 Liberal Party (UK) A. Hodgson 954 24.1 Liberal Party (UK) J. Rees 869 22.0 Liberal Party (UK) B. Tuck 868 21.9 571 14.5 3,957 33.3 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) No.6 (Edgeley & Cheadle Heath) Edgeley & Cheadle Heath Labour Party (UK) V. Holland 1,934 51.6 Labour Party (UK) R. Heys 1,898 50.6 Labour Party (UK) F. W. Ollier 1,875 50.0 Conservative Party (UK) T. F. Earley 1,431 38.2 Conservative Party (UK) M. S. Burgoyne 1,387 37.0 Conservative Party (UK) A. Murray 1,338 35.7 Liberal Party (UK) A. S. Sinclair 445 11.9 Liberal Party (UK) M. Walmsley 432 11.5 Liberal Party (UK) S. Carter 420 11.2 Communist Party of Great Britain V. M. Ohren 98 2.6 444 11.8 3,750 31.5 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) No.7 (Heaton Mersey & Heaton Norris) Heaton Mersey & Heaton Norris Conservative Party (UK) J. H. Dickens 2,304 48.2 Conservative Party (UK) E. D. Foulkes 2,286 47.8 Conservative Party (UK) V. Burgon 2,284 47.8 Liberal Party (UK) C. R. Hicks 1,777 37.2 Liberal Party (UK) A. Cottam 1,301 27.2 Liberal Party (UK) W. R. Littlehales 1,086 22.7 Labour Party (UK) J. Boddy 1,085 22.7 Labour Party (UK) D. Robinson 1,039 21.7 Labour Party (UK) C. Orford 1,030 21.5 Communist Party of Great Britain B. Ainley 148 3.1 507 10.6 4,782 41.4 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) No.8 (Heaton Moor & Heaton Chapel) Heaton Moor & Heaton Chapel Conservative Party (UK) J. A. MacCarron 2,580 52.9 Conservative Party (UK) J. Lloyd 2,558 52.5 Conservative Party (UK) W. C. Knight 2,543 52.2 Labour Party (UK) A. J. Flood 1,484 30.4 Labour Party (UK) W. R. Fox 1,453 29.8 Labour Party (UK) E. Wood 1,384 28.4 Liberal Party (UK) M. Clark 912 18.7 Liberal Party (UK) E. Minns 805 16.5 Liberal Party (UK) W. R. Johnson 796 16.3 Communist Party of Great Britain J. Printy 123 2.5 1,059 21.7 4,876 40.6 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) No.9 (Reddish Green & Longford) Reddish Green & Longford Labour Party (UK) A. W. Verdeille 2,105 56.1 Labour Party (UK) C. A. Foster 2,038 54.3 Labour Party (UK) B. Bradbury 2,030 54.1 Conservative Party (UK) D. R. Willett 1,043 27.8 Conservative Party (UK) T. Thornley 1,036 27.6 Conservative Party (UK) A. A. Jones 980 26.1 Liberal Party (UK) E. Hunt 694 18.5 Liberal Party (UK) N. Fenton 634 16.9 Liberal Party (UK) P. A. Green 576 15.4 Communist Party of Great Britain N. Bourne 120 3.2 987 26.3 3,751 31.7 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) No.10 (Bredbury Goyt) Bredbury Goyt Conservative Party (UK) M. Greenwood 2,216 43.8 Conservative Party (UK) H. B. Whitehead 2,171 42.9 Conservative Party (UK) J. G. Howe 2,167 42.8 Liberal Party (UK) H. D. McKell 1,916 37.9 Liberal Party (UK) D. Guinnane 1,888 37.3 Liberal Party (UK) B. Beagley 1,860 36.8 Labour Party (UK) C. Ryder 1,035 20.5 Labour Party (UK) J. P. E. Howard 1,023 20.2 Labour Party (UK) R. Perringo 917 18.1 251 5.0 5,060 45.6 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) No.11 (Bredbury Tame) Bredbury Tame Conservative Party (UK) G. C. Stanway 1,729 38.2 Conservative Party (UK) R. E. Walker 1,673 37.0 Conservative Party (UK) K. H. Greenhough 1,661 36.7 Liberal Party (UK) S. Hall 1,553 34.3 Liberal Party (UK) M. Bird 1,479 32.7 Liberal Party (UK) M. Knight 1,440 31.8 Labour Party (UK) P. C. Snape 1,398 30.9 Labour Party (UK) B. Hughes 1,346 29.7 Labour Party (UK) H. D. Brown 1,307 28.9 108 2.4 4,527 44.0 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) No.12 (Heald Green) Heald Green Heald Green Ratepayers R. G. Crook 2,014 46.4 Heald Green Ratepayers R. Stenson 1,917 44.2 Heald Green Ratepayers N. Fields 1,780 41.0 Liberal Party (UK) O. Lawton 1,254 28.9 Liberal Party (UK) P. V. Porgess 1,248 28.8 Liberal Party (UK) J. Allan 1,233 28.4 Conservative Party (UK) E. A. Grinyer 830 19.1 Conservative Party (UK) M. Campbell 792 18.3 Conservative Party (UK) M. Grinyer 738 17.0 Labour Party (UK) J. Becker 456 10.5 Labour Party (UK) R. W. Seedhouse 376 8.7 Labour Party (UK) G. R. Knight 369 8.5 526 12.1 4,338 43.0 Heald Green Ratepayers Heald Green Ratepayers Heald Green Ratepayers No.13 (Cheadle & Gatley) Cheadle & Gatley Conservative Party (UK) B. Johnson 3,200 51.2 Conservative Party (UK) F. H. Bishop 3,021 48.3 Conservative Party (UK) L. I. Singer 2,901 46.4 Liberal Party (UK) L. E. Foulger 2,837 45.3 Liberal Party (UK) M. J. Anstey 2,714 43.4 Liberal Party (UK) J. B. Robins 2,648 42.3 Labour Party (UK) J. Lamerick 528 8.4 Labour Party (UK) M. Legg 494 7.9 Labour Party (UK) K. E. Worrall 434 6.9 64 1.1 6,256 46.9 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) No.14 (Cheadle Hulme South) Cheadle Hulme South Liberal Party (UK) A. B. Leah 1,358 36.0 Residents Association R. A. Law 1,331 35.3 Liberal Party (UK) P. Davis 1,318 34.9 Residents Association R. F. Dalton 1,296 34.3 Liberal Party (UK) J. A. Tovey 1,288 34.1 Residents Association C. D. Goode 1,249 33.1 Conservative Party (UK) V. C. James 992 26.3 Conservative Party (UK) E. D. Minshull 969 25.7 Conservative Party (UK) A. Ward 929 24.6 Labour Party (UK) H. Low 212 5.6 Labour Party (UK) C. Campbell 190 5.0 Labour Party (UK) H. Saunders 186 4.9 22 0.6 3,773 46.2 Liberal Party (UK) Residents Association Liberal Party (UK) No.15 (Cheadle Hulme North & Adswood) Cheadle Hulme North & Adswood Liberal Party (UK) K. G. Anstis 2,356 45.9 Conservative Party (UK) B. L. Thompson 2,182 42.6 Conservative Party (UK) A. Grisenthwaite 2,168 42.3 Conservative Party (UK) J. M. Walsh 2,161 42.1 Liberal Party (UK) M. Gowland 2,124 41.4 Liberal Party (UK) N. L. Hall 2,026 39.5 Labour Party (UK) N. Whittaker 867 16.9 Labour Party (UK) T. Willard 760 14.8 Labour Party (UK) A. Turner 756 14.7 7 0.2 5,128 43.5 Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) No.16 (Torkington & Norbury) Torkington & Norbury Liberal Party (UK) D. E. Box 3,026 58.2 Liberal Party (UK) M. Hendley 2,979 57.3 Liberal Party (UK) H. Burrows 2,962 57.0 Conservative Party (UK) T. Peace 1,874 36.1 Conservative Party (UK) M. Scott 1,811 34.9 Conservative Party (UK) D. Harrison 1,725 33.2 Labour Party (UK) E. Brindley 504 9.7 Labour Party (UK) R. McKnight 373 7.2 Labour Party (UK) W. Morris 340 6.5 1,088 20.9 5,196 44.0 Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) No.17 (Ladybrook) Ladybrook Liberal Party (UK) J. M. Ashworth 1,511 51.5 Conservative Party (UK) J. Timmins Fletcher 1,443 49.2 Conservative Party (UK) A. W. Chapman 1,405 47.9 Liberal Party (UK) J. L. Warrington 1,388 47.3 Liberal Party (UK) B. Massey 1,369 46.6 Conservative Party (UK) H. Gardiner 1,359 46.3 Labour Party (UK) B. Hodgson 122 4.2 Labour Party (UK) E. Pollard 113 3.9 Labour Party (UK) G. Scott 98 3.3 17 0.6 2,935 52.9 Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) No.18 (Park & Pownall) Park & Pownall Conservative Party (UK) J. B. Leck 2,917 50.3 Liberal Party (UK) P. N. Borrow 2,829 48.8 Conservative Party (UK) R. L. Peuleve 2,828 48.8 Liberal Party (UK) H. F. Ridley 2,807 48.4 Conservative Party (UK) R. H. Vincent 2,778 47.9 Liberal Party (UK) S. Langrish 2,712 46.8 Labour Party (UK) A. Everett 187 3.2 Labour Party (UK) G. E. Bingham 186 3.2 Labour Party (UK) J. C. Gidman 156 2.7 21 0.4 5,798 50.6 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) No.19 (Marple) Marple Liberal Party (UK) J. A. Crofton 2,206 48.9 Liberal Party (UK) J. Brady 2,205 48.9 Liberal Party (UK) G. Gribble 2,018 44.8 Conservative Party (UK) D. J. Headridge 1,878 41.7 Conservative Party (UK) R. J. Chronnell 1,689 37.5 Conservative Party (UK) D. Lomas 1,495 33.2 Labour Party (UK) J. E. Yarwood 785 17.4 Labour Party (UK) E. Daley 672 14.9 Labour Party (UK) D. A. Burke 590 13.1 140 3.1 4,509 51.5 Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) No.20 (Mellor & High Lane) Mellor & High Lane Conservative Party (UK) J. H. Cooke 2,009 47.4 Conservative Party (UK) C. F. Mason 1,969 46.5 Conservative Party (UK) A. W. Finnie 1,969 46.5 Liberal Party (UK) A. S. Bell 1,946 46.0 Liberal Party (UK) P. G. Reed 1,892 44.7 Liberal Party (UK) L. Arrandale 1,859 43.9 Labour Party (UK) R. Barstow 358 8.5 Labour Party (UK) H. J. Abrams 355 8.4 Labour Party (UK) W. J. Lloyd 350 8.2 23 0.5 4,235 49.0 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) References Category:1973 English local elections Category:20th century in Cheshire Category:1970s in Lancashire