1973 Basildon District Council election

1973 UK local government election March 2020 March 2020 1973 Basildon District Council electionhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwA-5RleSBydOS11WmRkNk9MSkE/view Council compositions by year The Elections Centrehttps://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwA-5RleSBydSFFOSXV6MXVQQlk/view Local Election Summaries 1973 The Elections Centre England Parliamentary no yes 1976 Basildon District Council election 1976 All 46 seats to Basildon District Council 24 7 June 1973 Labour Party (UK) 31 12,043 45.0% Conservative Party (UK) 9 9,458 35.3% Residents Association 6 3,659 13.7% Council control Council control after election Labour The 1973 Basildon Borough Council election were the first elections to the newly created Basildon District Council and took place on 7 June 1973. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Local Government Act 1972 stipulated that the elected members were to shadow and eventually take over from the predecessor corporation on 1 April 1974. The election resulted in Labour gaining control of the council. Overall results 1973 Basildon District Council Election Labour Party (UK) 31 48.1 14,730 Conservative Party (UK) 9 33.8 10,348 Residents Association 6 12.0 3,659 Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1972) 0 3.1 957 Liberal Party (UK) 0 1.8 543 Independent (politician) 0 0.8 233 Communist Party (UK) 0 0.4 117 Independent Labour Party 0 0.2 73 |-bgcolor=#F6F6F6 | colspan=2 style="text-align: right; margin-right: 1em" | Total | style="text-align: right;" | 46 | colspan=5 | | style="text-align: right;" | 30,607 | style="text-align: right;" | |- |colspan="11" style="color:inherit;background:Labour Party (UK)"| |- | style="color:inherit;background:Labour Party (UK)"| | colspan="10"| Labour win Ward results Barstable (3 seats) Barstable (3)http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Basildon-1973-2012.pdf Basildon District Council Election Results 1973-2012 Elections Centre 3 August 2019 Labour Party (UK) D. Hicks 902 Labour Party (UK) E. Gelder 888 Labour Party (UK) C. Sweeney 765 Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1972) M. Crew 589 Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1972) J. Morgan 560 Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1972) W. Jeans 421 Conservative Party (UK) C. Walker 220 Conservative Party (UK) M. Rowley 217 Conservative Party (UK) D. Williams 213 28.4% Billericay (3 seats) Billericay (3) Conservative Party (UK) D. Greenfield 1,166 Conservative Party (UK) T. Dove 1,149 Conservative Party (UK) H. Quirk 1,135 Residents Association M. Cooke 1,058 Residents Association D. Walster 984 Residents Association J. Turner 979 Labour Party (UK) A. Bone 253 Labour Party (UK) L. Dore 251 Labour Party (UK) F. Lane 251 41.4% Burstead (3 seats) Burstead (3) Residents Association C. Jones 1,046 Residents Association B. Hooks 1,040 Residents Association F. Young 963 Conservative Party (UK) B. Bartlett 498 Conservative Party (UK) P. Kemp 472 Conservative Party (UK) C. Wilson 458 Liberal Party (UK) E. Fortune 452 Liberal Party (UK) M. Howard 378 Liberal Party (UK) V. Wood 362 Labour Party (UK) I. Harlow 271 Labour Party (UK) R. Prattle 254 Labour Party (UK) R. Allen 252 36.5% Buttsbury (3 seats) Buttsbury (3) Residents Association M. Horton 1,555 Residents Association H. Wilkins 1,498 Residents Association J. Openshaw 1,491 Conservative Party (UK) J. Heath 1,191 Conservative Party (UK) D. Crosland 1,116 Conservative Party (UK) D. Lovey 1,080 Labour Party (UK) E. Rowlands 182 Labour Party (UK) E. Hamilton 180 Labour Party (UK) D. Lane 151 42.2% Castleton (4 seats) Castleton (4) Conservative Party (UK) C. Ball 1,515 Conservative Party (UK) G. Jones 1,493 Conservative Party (UK) T. Taylor 1,493 Conservative Party (UK) C. Mills 1,474 Labour Party (UK) J. Edwards 674 Labour Party (UK) R. Green 658 Labour Party (UK) R. Oliver 650 Labour Party (UK) W. Walsh 621 28.3% Central (3 seats) Central (3) Labour Party (UK) P. Davey 1,112 Labour Party (UK) S. Hughes 1,068 Labour Party (UK) D. Harrison 1,029 Conservative Party (UK) D. Hull 402 Conservative Party (UK) A. Featherstone 372 Conservative Party (UK) T. Featherstone 366 Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1972) F. Crow 264 Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1972) P. Curtis 209 31.3% Fryerns East (3 seats) Fryerns East (3) Labour Party (UK) A. Dove 740 Labour Party (UK) J. Potter 621 Labour Party (UK) A. Sykes 616 Conservative Party (UK) J. Hopkins 263 Conservative Party (UK) H. Dixon 230 17.3% Fryerns West (3 seats) Fryerns West (3) Labour Party (UK) P. Ballard 737 Labour Party (UK) C. O'Brien 723 Labour Party (UK) R. Walker 720 Conservative Party (UK) D. Tuckett 127 Conservative Party (UK) N. Tuckett 109 Independent Labour Party R. Chaplin 73 Independent Labour Party B. Chaplin 61 Independent Labour Party G. Coster 43 20.3% Laindon (4 seats) Laindon (4) Labour Party (UK) C. Lynch 1,195 Labour Party (UK) G. Ward 1,159 Labour Party (UK) H. Woodman 1,150 Labour Party (UK) V. Ganesan 1,096 Conservative Party (UK) G. Harris 780 Conservative Party (UK) E. Lane 771 Conservative Party (UK) F. Trudgett 742 Conservative Party (UK) S. Wilson 726 21.1% Langdon Hills (3 seats) Langdon Hills (3) Labour Party (UK) M. Lynch 696 Labour Party (UK) G. Krejzl 691 Conservative Party (UK) P. Cole 607 Labour Party (UK) H. Witzer 594 Conservative Party (UK) R. Britnell 550 Conservative Party (UK) C. Cordery 547 Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1972) B. Simmons 104 Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1972) A. Damm 63 29.1% Lee Chapel North (3 seats) Lee Chapel North (3) Labour Party (UK) J. Costello 1,406 Labour Party (UK) D. Harkness 1,309 Labour Party (UK) S. Woods 1,296 Conservative Party (UK) D. Jones 248 Conservative Party (UK) B. Pennell 245 Conservative Party (UK) B. Owen 241 Communist Party (UK) B. Denny 117 32.4% Pitsea (3 seats) Pitsea (3) Labour Party (UK) J. Amey 990 Labour Party (UK) H. Tinworth 914 Labour Party (UK) D. Kelland 905 Conservative Party (UK) B. Laine 641 Conservative Party (UK) J. Lyon 627 Conservative Party (UK) P. Laine 589 29.0% Vange (4 seats) Vange (4) Labour Party (UK) R. Austin 1,284 Labour Party (UK) D. Austin 1,224 Labour Party (UK) R. Farndon 1,199 Labour Party (UK) L. Harris 1,198 Conservative Party (UK) W. Burles 338 Conservative Party (UK) R. Pennell 296 Conservative Party (UK) L. Jones 286 Conservative Party (UK) T. Murphy 278 24.6% Wickford (4 seats) Wickford (4) Labour Party (UK) R. Taylor 1,601 Labour Party (UK) B. Edwards 1,505 Labour Party (UK) D. Lock 1,469 Conservative Party (UK) R. Ridley 1,462 Labour Party (UK) D. Jones 1,460 Conservative Party (UK) J. Tonkinson 1,399 Conservative Party (UK) L. Yorke 1,393 Conservative Party (UK) H. Brady 1,346 40.7% References 1973 Category:1973 English local elections Category:1970s in Essex