1973 Wiltshire County Council election

1973 UK local government election March 2020 March 2020 May 2019 1973 Wiltshire County Council election England Local government no yes 1969 Wiltshire County Council election 1969 1977 Wiltshire County Council election 1977 All 79 seats of Wiltshire County Council 40 12 April 1973 Conservative Party (UK) 39 Labour Party (UK) 22 Independent (politician) 12 Liberal Party (UK) 6 Wiltshire UK locator map 2010.svg The County of Wiltshire within England Party Conservative Elections to Wiltshire County Council were held on Thursday, 12 April 1973. The whole council of seventy-nine members was up for election, and the Conservatives came within a whisker of taking formal control. The Chairman of the Council since 1969, Sir Henry Langton, did not stand for re-election, and at the annual meeting later in April was succeeded by Frank Willan, who continued for the whole four years of the council's term of office. Election result The Conservatives, with thirty-nine seats, took effective control of the county council. Labour ended with twenty-two county councillors, most of them in and around Swindon, while Independents ended the election with twelve seats and the Liberals six. The elections were not fiercely fought everywhere, with twenty-four of the sixty-seven divisions uncontested. Most of the uncontested seats, eighteen, went to Conservatives, five to Independents, and one to a Liberal, Jack Ainslie.Colin Rallings, Michael Thrasher, Wiltshire County Council election Results 1973–2005 at electionscentre.co.uk Result of Wiltshire County Council election, 1973 Conservative Party (UK) 39 49.4 Labour Party (UK) 22 27.8 Independent (politician) 12 15.2 Liberal Party (UK) 6 7.6 |} Results by divisions Amesbury No. 1 Amesbury No. 1 (two seats) Conservative Party (UK) T. H. J. Heffernan 1,675 57.7 Conservative Party (UK) A. Hall 1,622 Labour Party (UK) P. Lumley 1,228 42.3 Labour Party (UK) P. Matthews 958 447 Amesbury No. 2 Amesbury No. 2 Conservative Party (UK) H. E. Richardson 832 47.4 Labour Party (UK) S. Rudkin 799 45.6 Independent politician A. Whateley 123 7.0 33 Amesbury No. 3 Amesbury No. 3 Conservative Party (UK) S. Peacock 1,155 Labour Party (UK) C. Pude 571 584 Bedwyn Bedwyn Conservative Party (UK) C. E. Elliot-Cohen Unopposed n/a Box Box Conservative Party (UK) R. Fudge 978 66.0 Independent politician D. Newman 503 34.0 475 32.0 Bradford Bradford Labour Party (UK) Mrs M. Mizen 1,377 43.5 Conservative Party (UK) Captain P. S. Beale 1,119 35.4 Liberal Party (UK) A. Thomas 667 21.1 258 Bradford & Melksham No. 1 Bradford & Melksham No. 1 Independent politician Mrs D. L. Maulton Unopposed n/a Bradford & Melksham No. 2 Bradford & Melksham No. 2 Independent politician W. Earle Unopposed n/a Bremhill Bremhill Independent politician Earl of Shelburne Unopposed n/a Brinkworth Brinkworth Conservative Party (UK) P. Shuter Unopposed n/a Calne North Calne North Labour Party (UK) L. Carpenter 817 55.9 Liberal Party (UK) E. Hornby 644 44.1 173 Calne South Calne South Liberal Party (UK) F. C. Eley 512 60.1 Labour Party (UK) M. Jeary 340 39.9 172 20.2 Cannings Cannings Conservative Party (UK) Lt Col. C. H. Antrobus Unopposed n/a Chippenham Park Chippenham Park Conservative Party (UK) M. Burton Unopposed n/a Chippenham Sheldon Chippenham Sheldon Labour Party (UK) H. Williamson 1,076 38.9 Liberal Party (UK) M. Whittle 921 33.3 Conservative Party (UK) G. Webb 767 27.7 155 5.6 Chippenham Town Chippenham Town Conservative Party (UK) G. B. Jamieson 711 39.5 Liberal Party (UK) S. du Plat-Taylor 708 39.4 Labour Party (UK) J. Lawless 379 21.1 3 Collingbourne Collingbourne Conservative Party (UK) W. G. Bartlett Unopposed n/a Corsham Corsham Independent politician B. Fuller 1,592 59.9 Labour Party (UK) H. Shaw 1,065 49.1 527 10.8 Cricklade Cricklade Conservative Party (UK) F. Freeth 627 51.9 Independent politician C. Turner 581 48.1 46 3.8 Devizes No. 1 (East) Devizes No. 1 (East) Liberal Party (UK) F. Kirby 1,044 79.3 Conservative Party (UK) L. Coxon 273 20.7 771 58.6 Devizes No. 2 Devizes No. 2 Conservative Party (UK) M. Rendall 1,025 58.4 Labour Party (UK) Mrs M. Taylor 731 41.6 294 16.8 Downton Downton Conservative Party (UK) N. J. M. Anderson Unopposed n/a Enford Enford Independent politician Brigadier George Wort 992 70.0 Labour Party (UK) J. Goodall 425 30.0 567 40.0 Fisherton Fisherton Conservative Party (UK) Mrs J. E. M. Smith 990 72.8 Labour Party (UK) H. Trevor-Cox 370 27.2 620 45.6 Highworth No. 1 Highworth No. 1 (three seats) Labour Party (UK) A. Miles 3,475 Labour Party (UK) B. V. Cockbill 3,265 Labour Party (UK) K. R. Coello 3,045 Conservative Party (UK) G. Claspar 1,682 Conservative Party (UK) A. Stainer 1,606 Conservative Party (UK) R. Stainer 1,469 1,363 Highworth No. 2 Highworth No. 2 Conservative Party (UK) W. McKanan-Jones 1,535 58.6 Labour Party (UK) E. Garrett 1,083 41.4 452 17.2 Highworth No. 3 Highworth No. 3 Conservative Party (UK) D. G. W. Cooke 1,085 50.5 Liberal Party (UK) B. Schofield 1,062 49.5 23 1.0 Highworth No. 4 Highworth No. 4 Conservative Party (UK) M. J. Bran Unopposed n/a Highworth No. 5 Highworth No. 5 Conservative Party (UK) R. Barnett Unopposed n/a Kington Kington Conservative Party (UK) J. McCarthy Unopposed n/a Langley Langley Conservative Party (UK) P. Featherston-Godley Unopposed n/a Lavington Lavington Independent politician J. Spencer 935 56.1 Independent politician C. Gillington 732 43.9 203 12.2 Malmesbury Malmesbury Conservative Party (UK) Major P. Sturgis Unopposed n/a Marlborough Marlborough Independent politician P. Maurice 1,291 56.9 Conservative Party (UK) A. Gray 978 43.1 513 13.8 Melksham Melksham (two seats) Labour Party (UK) F. B. Day 1,831 64.3 Labour Party (UK) Mrs M. E. Salisbury 1,798 Independent politician W. Dixon 1,016 35.7 782 Mere & Tisbury No. 1 Mere & Tisbury No. 1 (Donhead & Tisbury) Conservative Party (UK) Group Captain F. A. Willan Unopposed n/a Mere & Tisbury No. 2 Mere & Tisbury No. 2 (Mere) Independent politician J. Underwood Unopposed n/a New Sarum Bemerton New Sarum (Bemerton) Labour Party (UK) Mrs B. D. Brown 927 63.5 Conservative Party (UK) D. Shergold 533 36.5 394 27.0 New Sarum Fisherton New Sarum (Fisherton) Conservative Party (UK) Mrs N. M. Locock Unopposed n/a New Sarum St Edmund New Sarum (St Edmund) Conservative Party (UK) R. C. A. Townsend 1,307 55.5 Labour Party (UK) R. Pelly 1,048 44.5 259 11.0 New Sarum St Mark New Sarum (St Mark) Conservative Party (UK) Mrs M. J. Benson Unopposed n/a New Sarum St Paul New Sarum (St Paul) Labour Party (UK) F. W. Grandfield 808 53.4 Conservative Party (UK) W. Porter 705 46.6 103 6.8 New Sarum St Thomas New Sarum (St Thomas) Conservative Party (UK) P. Mullins Unopposed n/a Pewsey Pewsey Independent politician C. Lampard 1,336 66.7 Labour Party (UK) A. Wren 667 33.3 669 33.4 Potterne Potterne Independent politician E. P. Awdry 1,142 55.9 Conservative Party (UK) A. Kidd 900 44.1 242 11.8 Preshute Preshute Liberal Party (UK) J. B. Ainslie Unopposed n/a Purton Purton Liberal Party (UK) T. Rowe 958 57.6 Conservative Party (UK) W. Wilton-Fitzgerald 704 42.4 254 15.2 Sherston Sherston Conservative Party (UK) A. Turner Unopposed n/a Swindon East Swindon East (two seats) Labour Party (UK) T. Griffiths 1,504 Labour Party (UK) G. Rogers 1,372 Conservative Party (UK) D. Bampton 1,290 Conservative Party (UK) A. Moss 1,145 82 Swindon Kings Swindon Kings Conservative Party (UK) Miss M. E. Matthews 581 35.2 Labour Party (UK) M. Lane 559 33.9 Liberal Party (UK) R. Scarfe 509 30.9 22 1.3 Swindon North Swindon North (three seats) Labour Party (UK) A. C. G. Durston 1,871 64.9 Labour Party (UK) M. Harbar 1,832 Labour Party (UK) F. Allen 1,750 Conservative Party (UK) F. Ashplant 687 23.8 Communist Party of Great Britain W. Reeves 323 11.2 1,063 Swindon Queens Swindon Queens Liberal Party (UK) Mrs B. A. Horsburgh 539 50.4 Labour Party (UK) W. Wilks 531 49.6 8 0.8 Swindon South No. 1 Swindon South No. 1 (two seats) Conservative Party (UK) Mrs F. E. Mortimer 1,886 Conservative Party (UK) G. Keiller 1,842 Liberal Party (UK) J. Newman 1,043 Liberal Party (UK) J. Richards 1,019 Labour Party (UK) P. Cunnington 570 Labour Party (UK) A. Rutson 539 799 Swindon South No. 2 Swindon South No. 2 (two seats) Labour Party (UK) L. Dowdall-Marsh 1,232 54.2 Labour Party (UK) W. Parkin 1,194 Liberal Party (UK) G. McMullen 744 32.7 Liberal Party (UK) R. Walker 654 Conservative Party (UK) W. Turpin 299 13.1 Swindon West Swindon West (three seats) Labour Party (UK) Miss E. C. M. Millin 2,394 49.4 Labour Party (UK) P. Peters 2,247 Labour Party (UK) J. Cordon 2,060 Conservative Party (UK) R. Savage 1,785 36.8 Conservative Party (UK) R. Dore 1,506 Conservative Party (UK) J. Pass 1,490 Liberal Party (UK) M. Powell 667 13.8 Liberal Party (UK) V. Horsburgh 667 Liberal Party (UK) I. Grigg 624 275 Trowbridge No. 1 Trowbridge No. 1 Conservative Party (UK) B. Walden 543 35.8 Labour Party (UK) J. Hungerford 528 34.8 Liberal Party (UK) A. Thomson 447 29.4 15 1.0 Trowbridge No. 2 Trowbridge No. 2 Labour Party (UK) Carmen Y. Cannell 807 51.0 Independent politician Anthony G. Phillips 774 49.0 33 2.0 Trowbridge No. 3 Trowbridge No. 3 Conservative Party (UK) George Applegate 821 42.2 Liberal Party (UK) J. Stevens 648 33.3 Labour Party (UK) J. Madden 477 24.5 173 8.9 Warminster Warminster (two seats) Conservative Party (UK) J. Wall 1,530 33.5 Independent politician Mrs D. J. Main 1,298 28.5 Liberal Party (UK) E. Rees 944 20.7 Liberal Party (UK) B. Cotton 807 Labour Party (UK) P. Morrison 790 17.3 Warminster & Westbury No. 1 Warminster & Westbury No. 1 Conservative Party (UK) Mrs M. L. Rosser-Rees 1,232 66.8 Labour Party (UK) J. Arkwright 611 33.2 621 33.6 Warminster & Westbury No. 2 Warminster & Westbury No. 2 Conservative Party (UK) Hon. James Morrison 1,132 58.0 Labour Party (UK) W. Vivash 819 42.0 313 16.0 Warminster & Westbury No. 3 Warminster & Westbury No. 3 Independent politician J. M. Stratton Unopposed n/a Westbury Westbury Labour Party (UK) Brian J. Gray 1,350 70.2 Liberal Party (UK) Caroline Ball 574 29.8 776 40.4 Whiteparish Whiteparish Conservative Party (UK) Lady Nye Unopposed n/a Wilton Wilton Liberal Party (UK) C. E. Cooper 1,240 54.6 Conservative Party (UK) L. Gray 711 31.3 Independent politician M. Woodward 319 14.1 529 23.3 Wootton Bassett Wootton Bassett Conservative Party (UK) H. G. Hobbs 1,174 42.9 Liberal Party (UK) B. Fitzwilliams 1,110 40.6 Labour Party (UK) J. Butcher 452 16.5 64 2.3 Wylye Wylye Conservative Party (UK) Lt Col. J. O. Jeans Unopposed n/a Notes See also Wiltshire County Council elections References The Municipal Year Book and Public Services Directory (1974) expanded 1973 Wiltshire Category:20th century in Wiltshire