1973 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election

1973 UK local government election March 2020 March 2020 March 2020 1973 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election England Coat_of_arms_of_Trafford_Metropolitan_Borough_Council.png parliamentary no 10 May 1973 1975 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election 1975 All 63 seats to Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council 32 95x50px|Blank Raymond Littler Conservative Party (UK) Altrincham South West 32 86,043 45.0% 95x50px|Blank Bert Pyper Labour Party (UK) Park 19 63,274 33.1% 95x50px|Blank Cecil Fink Liberal Party (UK) Brooklands 12 39,947 20.9% Trafford 73.png Winner of each seat at the 1973 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election Leader Leader after election Conservative Party (UK) Raymond Littler The first elections to Trafford Council were held on Thursday, 10 May 1973. This was a new council created to replace the following authorities: the Municipal Borough of Altrincham, the Municipal Borough of Sale, the Municipal Borough of Stretford, Bowdon Urban District, Hale Urban District, Urmston Urban District, and parts of Bucklow Rural District. This election would create the entire 63-member council (3 councillors to each ward), 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 Conservative Party won overall control of the council."Trafford M. B. C. Election Results Sheet, 11 May 1973", Trafford M.B.C.(1973). Previous elections The last elections to take place in Trafford's predecessor councils occurred in the first week of May 1972. Thursday, 4 May 1972. 1972 Altrincham Municipal Borough Council election 1972 Sale Municipal Borough Council election 1972 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election 1972 Urmston Urban District Council election Saturday, 6 May 1972. 1972 Bowdon Urban District Council election 1972 Hale Urban District Council election Election result PartyVotesSeatsConservative Party86,043 (45.0%)45.0 Conservative Party (UK)32 (50.8%)32 63 Conservative Party (UK)Labour Party63,274 (33.1%)33.1 Labour Party (UK)19 (30.2%)19 63 Labour Party (UK)Liberal Party39,974 (20.9%)20.9 Liberal Party (UK) 12 (19.0%)12 63 Liberal Party (UK)Communist Party1,220 (0.6%)0.6 Communist Party (UK) 0 (0.0%)0 63 Communist Party (UK)Independent621 (0.3%)0.3 Independent (politician) 0 (0.0%)0 63 Independent (politician) + ↓ 19 12 32 Ward results No.1 (Altrincham South West) Altrincham South West Labour Party (UK) George Hoyle* 1,265 53.7 Conservative Party (UK) Kenneth Harrison* 1,240 52.6 Conservative Party (UK) Raymond Littler* 1,150 48.8 Conservative Party (UK) Albert Whitehurst 1,140 48.4 Labour Party (UK) George Harmer* 1,102 46.8 Labour Party (UK) Robert Crossman* 1,075 45.6 Communist Party of Britain John Brennan 99 4.2 10 0.4 2,357 36.4 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) No.2 (Altrincham East) Altrincham East Liberal Party (UK) John Davenport* 1,748 43.3 Liberal Party (UK) Michael Farnsworth* 1,711 42.3 Liberal Party (UK) Roy Richardson* 1,700 42.1 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Leigh 1,504 37.3 Conservative Party (UK) Paul Field 1,435 35.6 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Brown 1,397 34.6 Labour Party (UK) Paul Griffiths 881 21.8 Labour Party (UK) Robert Coulthard 867 21.5 Labour Party (UK) David Teasdale 859 21.3 196 4.9 4,034 42.2 Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) No.3 (Altrincham North) Altrincham North Conservative Party (UK) Ron Metcalf 1,093 35.9 Conservative Party (UK) David Stroud* 1,070 35.2 Conservative Party (UK) Olga Wilson 1,054 34.6 Labour Party (UK) Barry Jones 1,040 34.2 Liberal Party (UK) Eric Faulkner* 1,020 33.5 Labour Party (UK) John Webb* 974 32.0 Liberal Party (UK) Bartholomew Lynch* 966 31.7 Labour Party (UK) Winifred Oliver* 952 31.3 Liberal Party (UK) Roy Allen 833 27.4 Communist Party of Britain Emily Sheldon 129 4.2 14 0.5 3,044 45.7 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) No.4 (Timperley) Timperley Labour Party (UK) Harry Wharton* 1,283 38.9 Liberal Party (UK) Raymond Bowker 1,168 35.4 Labour Party (UK) Vincent Collett* 1,165 35.3 Conservative Party (UK) Audrey Weedall* 1,138 34.5 Conservative Party (UK) Roy Hall 1,076 32.6 Labour Party (UK) Kathleen Warrington 1,041 31.5 Liberal Party (UK) Peter Beswick 1,008 30.5 Liberal Party (UK) Terence Ballard 999 30.3 Conservative Party (UK) Roy Alcock 935 28.3 Communist Party of Britain Les Whitney 90 2.7 27 0.8 3,301 43.7 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) No.5 (Mersey-St. Mary’s) Mersey-St. Mary's Liberal Party (UK) Brian Clancy* 1,876 52.8 Conservative Party (UK) Ivor Hurst* 1,777 50.1 Conservative Party (UK) Reginald Bannister* 1,774 50.0 Liberal Party (UK) Kenneth Humber* 1,752 49.4 Liberal Party (UK) Hilary Hughes 1,736 48.9 Conservative Party (UK) Joyce Parkins 1,734 48.8 22 0.6 3,550 39.9 Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) No.6 (St. Martin’s) St. Martin's Conservative Party (UK) Michael King 2,178 55.6 Labour Party (UK) William Munro* 2,137 54.6 Conservative Party (UK) Stanley Brownhill* 2,029 51.8 Conservative Party (UK) Geoffrey Rubenstein 1,832 46.8 Labour Party (UK) Eric Mellor* 1,800 46.0 Labour Party (UK) G. Naggs 1,770 45.2 197 5.0 3,915 37.0 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) No.7 (Sale Moor) Sale Moor Labour Party (UK) Richard Mee* 1,345 57.2 Labour Party (UK) Winifred Phillips* 1,344 57.2 Labour Party (UK) Barry Brotherton* 1,197 50.9 Conservative Party (UK) John Hammond 1,043 44.4 Conservative Party (UK) Eric Scarborough 1,028 43.7 Conservative Party (UK) Geoffrey de Berry 987 42.0 Communist Party of Britain A. H. Burrage 110 4.7 154 6.6 2,351 35.1 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) No.8 (St. Anne’s) St. Anne's Liberal Party (UK) John Phillipson* 1,605 42.7 Liberal Party (UK) John Golding* 1,529 40.7 Liberal Party (UK) Alan Thorpe 1,475 39.2 Conservative Party (UK) Eric Peet 1,435 38.2 Conservative Party (UK) Frank Seddon-Laughton* 1,417 37.7 Conservative Party (UK) John Sutton 1,349 35.9 Labour Party (UK) Kenneth Walton* 856 22.8 Labour Party (UK) Kenneth Tottle 806 21.4 Labour Party (UK) Thomas Packham 705 18.8 Communist Party of Britain David Hames 102 2.7 40 1.1 3,760 44.1 Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) No.9 (Brooklands) Brooklands Liberal Party (UK) Cecil Fink* 2,073 54.0 Liberal Party (UK) Moira Horlock* 2,027 52.8 Liberal Party (UK) Sydney Evans 1,905 49.6 Conservative Party (UK) George Goodliffe* 1,878 48.9 Conservative Party (UK) J. L. Fergusson* 1,796 46.8 Conservative Party (UK) A. S. Long* 1,723 44.9 Communist Party of Britain Bernard Panter 120 3.1 27 0.7 3,841 43.4 Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) No.10 (Talbot North) Talbot North Labour Party (UK) George Marland* 1,755 65.3 Labour Party (UK) Daniel Sullivan* 1,715 63.8 Labour Party (UK) Clifford Cronshaw* 1,694 63.1 Conservative Party (UK) John Schofield* 956 35.6 Conservative Party (UK) Florence Warbrick 905 33.7 Conservative Party (UK) G. D. Miles 843 31.4 Communist Party of Britain A. Ironmonger 190 7.1 738 27.5 2,686 30.1 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) No.11 (Clifford) Clifford Labour Party (UK) H. Davies 1,445 58.0 Labour Party (UK) V. J. Wynne 1,346 54.0 Labour Party (UK) Raymond Tully 1,295 52.0 Conservative Party (UK) Roy Corke 1,169 46.9 Conservative Party (UK) Edward Kelson 1,123 45.1 Conservative Party (UK) K. J. Pulford 1,095 44.0 126 5.1 2,491 36.9 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) No.12 (Longford) Longford Conservative Party (UK) David Homer* 1,859 54.0 Conservative Party (UK) Olive Chandler* 1,811 52.6 Conservative Party (UK) Alexander Kelly 1,711 49.7 Labour Party (UK) Joan Bailey 1,683 48.9 Labour Party (UK) H. Pyper 1,655 48.1 Labour Party (UK) K. Silcock 1,606 46.7 28 0.8 3,442 35.4 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) No.13 (Stretford) Stretford Conservative Party (UK) Margaret Hindley* 1,583 68.7 Conservative Party (UK) Colin Warbrick* 1,493 64.8 Conservative Party (UK) Harry Walker 1,492 64.8 Labour Party (UK) E. P. Wollaston 789 34.3 Labour Party (UK) Irene Gregory 777 33.7 Labour Party (UK) J. R. Haydock 777 33.7 703 30.5 2,303 39.0 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) No.14 (Park) Park Labour Party (UK) J. Shaw 1,530 62.2 Labour Party (UK) Herbert Pyper* 1,503 61.1 Labour Party (UK) James Haydock 1,484 60.3 Conservative Party (UK) William Matthews 936 38.0 Conservative Party (UK) Evans 886 36.0 Conservative Party (UK) Jaminson 860 35.0 Communist Party of Britain Jarrett 181 7.4 548 22.3 2,460 39.2 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) No.15 (Bowdon) Bowdon Conservative Party (UK) Jean Gill* 2,442 73.4 Conservative Party (UK) Barbara Sutton Hall* 2,332 70.1 Conservative Party (UK) John Humphreys* 2,262 68.0 Liberal Party (UK) Frances Vickery* 1,213 36.5 Labour Party (UK) Arthur Johnson* 702 21.1 Labour Party (UK) John Kill* 543 16.3 Labour Party (UK) A. R. Duxbury 487 14.6 1,049 31.5 3,327 47.2 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) No.16 (Hale) Hale Conservative Party (UK) Marjorie Hinchcliffe* 2,814 68.0 Conservative Party (UK) Brian Adams 2,734 66.0 Conservative Party (UK) Roy Godwin* 2,726 65.8 Liberal Party (UK) Constance Ball* 1,016 24.5 Liberal Party (UK) Bernadette Judson 941 22.7 Liberal Party (UK) Rosemarie Rivera 897 21.7 Labour Party (UK) Joyce Cope 508 12.3 Labour Party (UK) E. S. Donnelly 407 9.8 Labour Party (UK) M. P. Green 379 9.2 1,710 41.3 4,140 44.9 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) No.17 (Partington) Partington Labour Party (UK) Frank Holland* 1,277 74.2 Labour Party (UK) John Paul* 1,228 71.3 Labour Party (UK) Brian Nutter* 1,151 66.8 Liberal Party (UK) Albert Appleton* 690 40.1 Independent (politician) Mark Sharkey* 621 36.1 Communist Party of Britain Eileen Wilkinson 199 11.6 461 26.8 1,722 24.0 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) No.18 (Urmston West East) Urmston West East Conservative Party (UK) Allan Coupe* 1,323 40.2 Conservative Party (UK) Ruth Royle-Higginson* 1,270 38.6 Liberal Party (UK) Gwen Davies 1,262 38.3 Liberal Party (UK) J. Tame 1,261 38.3 Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Platt* 1,208 36.7 Liberal Party (UK) A. Dickinson 1,169 35.5 Labour Party (UK) David O'Kelly* 849 25.8 Labour Party (UK) D. Watts 772 23.4 Labour Party (UK) W. J. Williams* 769 23.3 1 0.0 3,294 39.3 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) No.19 (Flixton East Central) Flixton East Central Conservative Party (UK) William Wroe* 1,877 47.4 Conservative Party (UK) Neil Fitzpatrick 1,755 44.3 Conservative Party (UK) Gordon Lumby 1,737 43.9 Liberal Party (UK) Norman Heywood 1,539 38.9 Liberal Party (UK) Margaret Willis 1,431 36.2 Liberal Party (UK) A. Hannett 1,415 35.8 Labour Party (UK) D. M. Hall 735 18.6 Labour Party (UK) R. P. Phillips 727 18.4 Labour Party (UK) Kathleen Barnes 658 16.6 198 5.0 3,958 43.1 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) No.20 (Flixton West) Flixton West Conservative Party (UK) George Carnall* 1,964 56.5 Conservative Party (UK) Albert Williams 1,908 54.9 Conservative Party (UK) H. P. Liddiard 1,897 54.6 Labour Party (UK) B. Elliott* 1,636 47.1 Labour Party (UK) A. Stringer* 1,538 44.2 Labour Party (UK) R. Taylor 1,479 42.5 261 7.5 3,476 37.6 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) No.21 (Davyhulme East) Davyhulme East Conservative Party (UK) Raymond Haigh* 1,158 64.4 Conservative Party (UK) Frank Eadie* 1,148 63.8 Conservative Party (UK) Eric Crosbie 1,122 62.4 Labour Party (UK) B. Hall 678 37.7 Labour Party (UK) D. Stewart 658 36.6 Labour Party (UK) G. Scott 629 35.0 444 24.7 1,798 33.2 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) By-elections between 1973 and 1975 No.6 (St. Martin's) By-Election 18 July 1974 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Morgan Evans 1,752 46.2 -13.8 Labour Party (UK) Thomas Packham 1,191 31.4 Liberal Party (UK) Michael Wood 849 22.4 561 14.8 3,792 34.0 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) References expanded Category:1973 English local elections 1973 Category:20th century in Cheshire Category:1970s in Lancashire