1973 Hertsmere District Council election

1973 English local election 1973 Hertsmere District Council election Hertfordshire parliamentary 1973 5 10 y 1976 Hertsmere District Council election 1976 All 55 seats to Hertsmere District Council 28 95x50px|Blank Conservative Party (UK) 26 44,185 42.4% 95x50px|Blank Labour Party (UK) 17 27,073 26.0% 95x50px|Blank Liberal Party (UK) 12 20,248 19.5% Control Control after election No overall control The 1973 Hertsmere District Council election took place on 10 May 1973 to elect members of Hertsmere District Council in Hertfordshire, England.https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Hertsmere-1973-2012.pdf Hertsmere District Council Election Results 1973-2012 10 January 2026 Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher The Elections Centre, Plymouth University This was on the same day as other local elections. This was the inaugural election to the council following its creation by the Local Government Act 1972. Summary Election result 1973 Hertsmere District Council electionhttps://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/composition_calc.html Composition calculator 5 January 2026 Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher The Elections Centre, Plymouth University Conservative Party (UK) 51 26 N/A N/A N/A 47.3 44,185 42.4 N/A Labour Party (UK) 41 17 N/A N/A N/A 30.9 27,073 26.0 N/A Liberal Party (UK) 26 12 N/A N/A N/A 21.8 20,248 19.5 N/A Independent politician 18 0 N/A N/A N/A 0.0 12,591 12.1 N/A Ward results Mill Mill (3 seats) Liberal Party (UK) M. Colne 814 44.8 Liberal Party (UK) P. Gurney 751 41.3 Liberal Party (UK) C. Mallach 709 39.0 Labour Party (UK) P. Wyatt 588 32.3 Labour Party (UK) J. Squires 536 29.5 Labour Party (UK) J. Ding 534 29.4 Conservative Party (UK) E. West 417 22.9 Conservative Party (UK) I. Harding 390 21.5 Conservative Party (UK) F. Axworthy 376 20.7 ~1,818 49.7 3,657 Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) No. 2 (Bushey: St. James) No. 2 (Bushey: St. James) (5 seats) Liberal Party (UK) D. Rebak 1,600 54.2 Liberal Party (UK) M. Colin 1,521 51.5 Liberal Party (UK) C. Hawkswell 1,510 51.2 Liberal Party (UK) H. Hughes 1,424 48.2 Liberal Party (UK) L. Brass 1,420 48.1 Conservative Party (UK) J. Carter 1,125 38.1 Conservative Party (UK) J. Peskin 1,123 38.0 Conservative Party (UK) R. Ings 1,116 37.8 Conservative Party (UK) S. Wall 1,074 36.4 Conservative Party (UK) J. Warrilow 1,061 35.9 Labour Party (UK) P. Howfield 229 7.8 Labour Party (UK) W. Pickin 225 7.6 Labour Party (UK) U. Wadey 215 7.3 Labour Party (UK) P. Slavin 209 7.1 Labour Party (UK) M. Pountney 207 7.0 ~2,952 49.2 6,000 Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) No. 3 (Bushey: Heath) No. 3 (Bushey: Heath) (6 seats) Conservative Party (UK) H. Franklin 1,384 33.0 Conservative Party (UK) K. Baker 1,350 32.2 Conservative Party (UK) G. Farr 1,335 31.8 Conservative Party (UK) J. Tigue 1,324 31.5 Conservative Party (UK) L. Jones 1,305 31.1 Liberal Party (UK) H. Coombes 1,282 30.5 Independent politician E. Crampton 1,274 30.3 Independent politician G. Wilson 1,272 30.3 Independent politician D. Ewington 1,256 29.9 Independent politician P. Horner 1,210 28.8 Independent politician J. Ramsden 1,209 28.8 Independent politician M. Galan 1,198 28.5 Labour Party (UK) M. Rubin 257 6.1 Labour Party (UK) M. Mijovic 256 6.1 Labour Party (UK) B. Lewis 252 6.0 Labour Party (UK) J. Shepherd 247 5.9 Labour Party (UK) R. Whitehouse 233 5.5 Labour Party (UK) P. Sanders 223 5.3 ~4,198 55.5 7,564 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) No. 4 (Potters Bar: East) No. 4 (Potters Bar: East) (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) E. Sharpe 939 55.8 Conservative Party (UK) A. Watson 902 53.6 Conservative Party (UK) C. Silver 899 53.4 Labour Party (UK) T. Clarke 745 44.3 Labour Party (UK) M. Bailey 667 39.6 Labour Party (UK) A. Driver 660 39.2 ~1,683 39.3 4,282 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) No. 5 (Potters Bar: North) No. 5 (Potters Bar: North) (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) W. Stock 1,027 69.1 Conservative Party (UK) K. Birch 1,022 68.7 Conservative Party (UK) C. De Lisle 1,014 68.2 Liberal Party (UK) R. Stranks 369 24.8 Liberal Party (UK) G. Pearce 350 23.5 Liberal Party (UK) G. Thornton 325 21.9 Independent politician S. Heath 92 6.2 ~1,487 39.1 3,802 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) No. 6 (Potters Bar: South) No. 6 (Potters Bar: South) (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) I. Fielding 833 62.6 Conservative Party (UK) C. Bullen 806 60.6 Conservative Party (UK) M. Watts 714 53.6 Independent politician C. King 497 37.3 Independent politician A. Springall 481 36.1 Independent politician J. Clyne 399 30.0 Independent politician E. English 337 25.3 ~1,331 33.8 3,939 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) No. 7 (Potters Bar: Central) No. 7 (Potters Bar: Central) (3 seats) Liberal Party (UK) J. Hurd 970 59.0 Liberal Party (UK) A. Nelmes 763 46.4 Liberal Party (UK) P. Shannon 763 46.4 Independent politician A. Brice 675 41.1 Independent politician E. Coltman 654 39.8 Independent politician R. Jandron 584 35.5 Independent politician P. Vaughan 177 10.8 ~1,644 50.9 3,230 Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) No. 8 (Potters Bar: West) No. 8 (Potters Bar: West) (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) J. Griffin 678 37.9 Conservative Party (UK) V. Law 640 35.8 Conservative Party (UK) E. Muddle 632 35.3 Liberal Party (UK) J. Hurd 590 33.0 Independent politician J. Marshall 522 29.2 Independent politician W. Ramage 452 25.3 Independent politician V. Vessey 302 16.9 ~1,789 49.5 3,615 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) No. 9 (Elstree: Brookmeadow) No. 9 (Elstree: Brookmeadow) (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) D. Button 1,103 91.8 Labour Party (UK) I. Castle 1,093 91.0 Labour Party (UK) A. Whitby 1,085 90.3 Conservative Party (UK) B. Doidge 99 8.2 Conservative Party (UK) M. Lockwood 97 8.1 Conservative Party (UK) J. Olliff 83 6.9 ~1,201 33.1 3,627 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) No. 10 (Elstree: Cowley) No. 10 (Elstree: Cowley) (4 seats) Labour Party (UK) J. Kentish 986 76.3 Labour Party (UK) A. Rosier 966 74.7 Labour Party (UK) J. Nolan 966 74.7 Labour Party (UK) V. Urquhart 932 72.1 Conservative Party (UK) G. Ruddock 305 23.6 Conservative Party (UK) C. Edwards 290 22.4 Conservative Party (UK) C. Woolf 283 21.9 Conservative Party (UK) P. Tunstill 267 20.6 ~1,293 26.4 4,898 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) No. 11 (Elstree: Elstree) No. 11 (Elstree: Elstree) (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) C. Watts 528 56.5 Conservative Party (UK) A. Brooks 493 52.8 Liberal Party (UK) A. Woolf 405 43.4 Liberal Party (UK) V. Collins 382 40.9 ~934 46.9 1,991 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) No. 12 (Elstree: Furzehill) No. 12 (Elstree: Furzehill) (5 seats) Labour Party (UK) B. Coe 1,086 42.4 Labour Party (UK) A. Nash 1,068 41.7 Labour Party (UK) L. Marks 1,049 40.9 Labour Party (UK) P. Rose 1,040 40.6 Labour Party (UK) D. Serota 1,030 40.2 Conservative Party (UK) E. Fox 934 36.5 Conservative Party (UK) D. Dover 889 34.7 Conservative Party (UK) A. Keating 877 34.2 Conservative Party (UK) F. Thomas 867 33.8 Conservative Party (UK) D. Stevens 862 33.6 Liberal Party (UK) D. Burr 540 21.1 Liberal Party (UK) W. Cole 531 20.7 Liberal Party (UK) P. Crombie 485 18.9 Liberal Party (UK) A. Mackay 482 18.8 Liberal Party (UK) I. Grant 481 18.8 ~2,563 41.8 6,131 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) No. 13 (Elstree: Manor) No. 13 (Elstree: Manor) (4 seats) Labour Party (UK) A. Armstrong 1,310 76.0 Labour Party (UK) R. Atkinson 1,258 73.0 Labour Party (UK) F. Murray 1,251 72.6 Labour Party (UK) J. Rogers 1,231 71.4 Conservative Party (UK) A. Mead 415 24.1 Conservative Party (UK) S. Latter 403 23.4 Conservative Party (UK) V. Sharpe 397 23.0 Conservative Party (UK) G. Silver 393 22.8 ~1,723 31.4 5,488 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) No. 15 (Aldenham) No. 15 (Aldenham) (6 seats) Conservative Party (UK) F. Jordan 1,961 64.5 Conservative Party (UK) A. Glass 1,929 63.5 Conservative Party (UK) F. Watson 1,904 62.7 Conservative Party (UK) D. Nelson 1,877 61.8 Conservative Party (UK) C. Page 1,868 61.5 Conservative Party (UK) A. Payne 1,843 60.6 Liberal Party (UK) G. Luffman 615 20.2 Liberal Party (UK) R. Culnane 585 19.3 Liberal Party (UK) D. Knight 581 19.1 Labour Party (UK) G. Hawkins 462 15.2 Labour Party (UK) N. Bush 455 15.0 Labour Party (UK) J. Cartledge 438 14.4 Labour Party (UK) R. Ransley 379 12.5 Labour Party (UK) B. Vincent 372 12.2 Labour Party (UK) R. Holland 347 11.4 ~3,039 43.6 6,970 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Shenley Shenley (2 seats) Labour Party (UK) E. Broadley 463 51.6 Conservative Party (UK) G. Woolf 434 48.4 Labour Party (UK) K. Murray 420 46.8 Conservative Party (UK) J. Grierson-Hill 401 44.7 ~897 53.9 1,664 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) References Category:Hertsmere Borough Council elections Hertsmere Category:May 1973 in the United Kingdom Category:1970s in Hertfordshire