1973 Eastbourne Borough Council election

1973 UK local government election The first elections to the new local authorities established by the Local Government Act 1972 in England and Wales and the new Northern Ireland district councils created by the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 took place in 1973.Rallings Colin Thrasher Michael Local Elections Handbook 1973 The Elections Centre https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0V1MW1lr1Z3Q2FhRG0xV3hSYXM/view?pref=2&pli=1 3 May 2016 The whole of Eastbourne Borough Council was up for election. Borough result It was a good result for the Liberal party. They won 19 of the 33 seats, giving them an overall majority of 5. The Liberals took control on 1 April 1974 of the new non-metropolitan district as a consequence. The Conservatives became the official opposition after winning 10 seats. Labour won 4 seats. Ward results Member of the old borough council denoted by * Cavendish Cavendish (3) Liberal Party (UK) T W Ward* 1,290 54.2 Liberal Party (UK) E D Ward* 1,165 Liberal Party (UK) Leslie Jack Leach 1,108 Labour Party (UK) Percy George Wood* 522 21.9 Conservative Party (UK) J Macdonald 487 20.5 Labour Party (UK) J Cross 482 Conservative Party (UK) L Staples 431 Conservative Party (UK) M Lowton 425 Labour Party (UK) G Watson 415 Independent (politician) R Armstrong 81 3.4 32.3 55.4 Liberal Party (UK) Central Central (3) Liberal Party (UK) A A Maryan 1,047 56.5 Liberal Party (UK) Charles George Piper 986 Liberal Party (UK) S G Ward 973 Conservative Party (UK) M E Tunwell 806 43.5 Conservative Party (UK) Reginald Poynter* 800 Conservative Party (UK) Neil Fergus Nicholson* 800 13.0 45.9 Liberal Party (UK) Devonshire Devonshire (3) Liberal Party (UK) J Healey 969 46.8 Conservative Party (UK) Charles Edward Dobell* 949 45.8 Liberal Party (UK) Anthony L Boswall 936 Liberal Party (UK) W Creffield 920 Conservative Party (UK) Eric Hugh Bowdler* 905 Conservative Party (UK) D Charlton 883 Labour Party (UK) J Howse 152 7.3 1.0 46.0 Liberal Party (UK) Downside Downside (3) Liberal Party (UK) Maurice Skilton* 1,547 59.2 Liberal Party (UK) E M Edwards* 1,410 Liberal Party (UK) H Goodchild 1,374 Conservative Party (UK) Joseph Angelman* 1,068 40.8 Conservative Party (UK) M Charlton 897 Conservative Party (UK) C Elsey 888 18.3 59.0 Liberal Party (UK) Hampden Park Hampden Park (4) Liberal Party (UK) Peter Francis Jackson* 1,903 48.9 Liberal Party (UK) Charles Henry Lacey* 1,768 Liberal Party (UK) L Mason 1,694 Liberal Party (UK) Douglas D Carn 1,650 Labour Party (UK) Roland James Hutchinson* 1,548 39.8 Labour Party (UK) George Alan Bosley* 1,492 Labour Party (UK) P Chantler 1,309 Labour Party (UK) L Elphick 1,291 Conservative Party (UK) C Young 440 11.3 Conservative Party (UK) J Tunwell 436 Conservative Party (UK) A Cumming 435 Conservative Party (UK) C Anscombe 407 9.1 46.5 Liberal Party (UK) Langney Langney (4) Labour Party (UK) Leonard James Caine* 1,745 Labour Party (UK) Frederick Charles Solly* 1,580 Labour Party (UK) Roland Arthur Baker 1,538 Labour Party (UK) D M Salmon 1,514 Conservative Party (UK) J E Anscombe 1,154 Conservative Party (UK) M Bare 1,109 Conservative Party (UK) I Greenfield 1,088 Conservative Party (UK) C Porter 1,079 Liberal Party (UK) J Thomas 842 Labour Party (UK) Meads Meads (3) Conservative Party (UK) Leslie Aubrey Vickers* 1,345 Conservative Party (UK) Kathleen Ethel Raven* 1,345 Conservative Party (UK) Percy Stanley Brockwell* 1,297 Liberal Party (UK) E Pettigrew 919 Liberal Party (UK) M Hanlon 880 Liberal Party (UK) R Rees 878 Labour Party (UK) I Harris 118 Conservative Party (UK) Ratton Ratton (4) Liberal Party (UK) R H Dingwall 1,802 Conservative Party (UK) Winifred Emily Ouzman* 1,746 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Scott Phipp* 1,698 Conservative Party (UK) D P Cullen 1,698 Liberal Party (UK) L Frere 1,650 Liberal Party (UK) W Charlton 1,636 Conservative Party (UK) J Toop 1,597 Liberal Party (UK) E French 1,575 Labour Party (UK) A Ticehurst 510 Labour Party (UK) K Booth 474 Labour Party (UK) D Evans 467 Labour Party (UK) P Sorrell 455 Conservative Party (UK) Roselands Roselands (3) Liberal Party (UK) Charles Vivian Horridge* 1,319 Liberal Party (UK) William John Evenden* 1,244 Liberal Party (UK) Clifford Grahame Scott* 1,228 Conservative Party (UK) J Riley 680 Conservative Party (UK) J C Wakeford 607 Conservative Party (UK) M White 589 Labour Party (UK) P Richardson 370 Liberal Party (UK) Upperton Upperton (4) Conservative Party (UK) Una Eagle Goldie Gardner* 1,414 62.4 Conservative Party (UK) Tony James Aukett* 1,359 Conservative Party (UK) Charles W Aldous 1,285 Liberal Party (UK) M Perrin 851 37.6 Liberal Party (UK) D Parsons 828 Liberal Party (UK) N Frere 740 24.9 45.1 Conservative Party (UK) References 1973 Category:Council elections in East Sussex Category:District council elections in England Category:1973 English local elections