1973 Braintree District Council election

Braintree District Council election December 2022 1973 Braintree District Council election Essex parliamentary 1973 6 7 y 1976 Braintree District Council election 1976 All 58 seats to Braintree District Council 30 47.8% 95x50px|Blank Labour Party (UK) 22 25,332 39.2% 95x50px|Blank Conservative Party (UK) 15 19,498 30.2% 95x50px|Blank Independent politician 15 11,349 17.6% 95x50px|Blank Liberal Party (UK) 3 6,319 9.8% 95x50px|Blank Independent Conservative 2 613 0.9% 95x50px|Blank Residents Association 1 1,137 1.8% Council control Council control after election No overall control The 1973 Braintree District Council election took place on 7 June 1973 to elect members of Braintree District Council in England.http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Braintree-1973-2011.pdf Braintree District Council Election Results 1973 to 2011 Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher www.electionscentre.co.uk 30 December 2022 9 June 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200609173537/http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Braintree-1973-2011.pdf live This was on the same day as other local elections. This was the inaugural election of Braintree District Council. Summary Election result 1973 Braintree District Council election Labour Party (UK) 22 N/A N/A N/A 37.9 39.2 25,332 N/A Conservative Party (UK) 15 N/A N/A N/A 25.9 30.2 19,498 N/A Independent politician 15 N/A N/A N/A 25.9 17.6 11,349 N/A Liberal Party (UK) 3 N/A N/A N/A 5.2 9.8 6,319 N/A Independent Conservative 2 N/A N/A N/A 3.4 0.9 613 N/A Residents Association 1 N/A N/A N/A 1.7 1.8 1,137 N/A Communist Party of Great Britain 0 N/A N/A N/A 0.0 0.6 411 N/A |} Ward results Black Notley Black Notley Conservative Party (UK) E. Mills 269 57.0 Labour Party (UK) B. Burden 142 30.1 Independent politician T. Ward 61 12.9 127 26.9 472 39.7 1,188 Conservative Party (UK) Bumpstead Bumpstead Independent politician S. Drapkin 381 77.9 Labour Party (UK) M. Watson 63 12.9 Independent politician G. King 45 9.2 318 65.0 489 39.8 1,228 Independent politician Castle Headingham Castle Headingham Labour Party (UK) J. Lynch 302 51.1 Independent politician L. Barrington 289 48.9 13 2.2 591 50.0 1,183 Labour Party (UK) Coggeshall Coggeshall Independent politician C. Sansom 660 Liberal Party (UK) W. Onions 614 Independent politician W. Drake 469 Independent politician W. McMillan 403 Independent politician C. Potter 402 Independent politician L. Brough 398 Labour Party (UK) F. Dearman 378 Labour Party (UK) R. Miles 375 Independent politician R. Few 246 1,653 44.5 3,715 Independent politician Liberal Party (UK) Independent politician Colne Engaine & Greenstead Green Colne Engaine & Greenstead Green Independent Conservative G. Courtauld 344 58.7 Independent politician E. Wilson 161 27.5 Labour Party (UK) J. Plumb 81 13.8 183 31.2 586 45.3 1,295 Independent Conservative Cressing Cressing Independent politician A. Allen 194 54.3 Conservative Party (UK) P. Ratcliffe 163 45.7 31 8.7 357 29.8 1,199 Independent politician Earls Colne Earls Colne Independent politician P. Taylor 557 53.0 Independent politician L. Dearsley 492 46.9 Conservative Party (UK) M. Walker 375 35.7 Labour Party (UK) D. Lock 118 11.2 1,050 50.9 2,062 Independent politician Independent politician Gosfield Gosfield Independent politician G. Seymour 207 51.8 Independent politician D. Marlow 193 48.3 14 3.5 400 38.0 1,054 Independent politician Halstead Holy Trinity Halstead Holy Trinity Labour Party (UK) J. Cutting 889 56.0 Labour Party (UK) R. Dixey 772 48.6 Labour Party (UK) N. Bugbee 740 46.6 Liberal Party (UK) R. Graham 699 44.0 1,587 49.2 3,225 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Halstead St. Andrew's Halstead St. Andrew's Residents Association E. McDowell 646 39.4 Conservative Party (UK) O. Joyce 584 35.6 Conservative Party (UK) R. Starling 528 32.2 Residents Association M. Gage 491 30.0 Labour Party (UK) R. Mayes 408 24.9 Labour Party (UK) K. Jones 407 24.8 1,639 58.6 2,796 Residents Association Conservative Party (UK) Hatfield Peverel Hatfield Peverel Conservative Party (UK) C. Leicester 657 56.9 Conservative Party (UK) D. Claydon 578 50.1 Labour Party (UK) J. Gilbert 497 43.1 Labour Party (UK) A. Deane 489 42.4 1,154 43.1 2,677 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Kelvedon Kelvedon Conservative Party (UK) B. Andrews 761 46.7 Independent politician J. De Denne Yule 613 37.6 Independent politician B. Kentish 488 29.9 Conservative Party (UK) M. Edwards 346 21.2 Conservative Party (UK) C. Crowe 325 19.9 Labour Party (UK) E. Hatton 257 15.8 Labour Party (UK) J. Reekie 251 15.4 Labour Party (UK) H. Young 250 15.3 1,631 53.1 3,072 Conservative Party (UK) Independent politician Independent politician No. 1 (Braintree: East) No. 1 (Braintree: East) Labour Party (UK) G. Warren 877 42.7 Labour Party (UK) H. Warren 829 40.4 Labour Party (UK) W. Clarke 789 38.4 Labour Party (UK) T. Dearman 771 37.6 Conservative Party (UK) A. Lobb 569 27.7 Conservative Party (UK) M. Hammond 517 25.2 Conservative Party (UK) R. Tyrell 515 25.1 Liberal Party (UK) L. Brown 507 24.7 Conservative Party (UK) M. Vernon 478 23.3 Communist Party of Great Britain B. O'Hare 102 5.0 2,053 41.0 5,008 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) No. 2 (Braintree: West) No. 2 (Braintree: West) Liberal Party (UK) J. Ross 1,257 42.0 Liberal Party (UK) M. Collins 1,071 35.8 Conservative Party (UK) S. Harper 1,030 34.4 Conservative Party (UK) D. Legg 949 31.7 Conservative Party (UK) H. Everitt 805 26.9 Labour Party (UK) P. Kent 706 23.6 Conservative Party (UK) D. Church 694 23.2 Labour Party (UK) L. Baker 584 19.5 Labour Party (UK) B. Hearn 535 17.9 Labour Party (UK) J. Pryke 512 17.1 2,991 61.6 4,855 Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) No. 3 (Bocking: North) No. 3 (Bocking: North) Labour Party (UK) A. Everard 853 59.1 Labour Party (UK) S. Hounsell 778 53.9 Labour Party (UK) A. Millam 715 49.5 Conservative Party (UK) M. Lewis 592 41.0 Conservative Party (UK) M. Illingworth 590 40.9 Conservative Party (UK) A. Wyatt 553 38.3 1,444 40.9 3,530 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) No. 4 (Bocking: South) No. 4 (Bocking: South) Labour Party (UK) G. Warne 1,403 45.3 Labour Party (UK) R. Suckling 1,205 38.9 Labour Party (UK) R. Watson 1,116 36.1 Labour Party (UK) A. Mackenzie 1,031 33.3 Liberal Party (UK) L. Goddard 889 28.7 Liberal Party (UK) W. Margetts 839 27.1 Conservative Party (UK) A. Comfort 804 26.0 Conservative Party (UK) J. Ireson 638 20.6 Conservative Party (UK) J. Overfield 612 19.8 Conservative Party (UK) C. Murcott 602 19.5 3,095 55.6 5,566 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) No. 7 (Witham: West) No. 7 (Witham: West) Independent politician I. Kinloch 488 38.7 Independent politician W. Shortridge 416 33.0 Labour Party (UK) D. Clampin 324 25.7 Labour Party (UK) J. Keeling 310 24.6 Conservative Party (UK) D. Willetts 210 16.7 Conservative Party (UK) M. Lager 195 15.5 Liberal Party (UK) M. Sadler 137 10.9 Communist Party of Great Britain F. Brown 101 8.0 1,260 38.9 3,238 Independent politician Independent politician No. 8 (Witham: North) No. 8 (Witham: North) Labour Party (UK) S. Smith 574 44.5 Labour Party (UK) A. Bentley 568 44.1 Independent politician J. Sweeting 335 26.0 Conservative Party (UK) G. Gibbs 206 16.0 Independent politician I. Sullivan 173 13.4 Conservative Party (UK) P. Gibbs 161 12.5 Independent politician B. Lowry 159 12.3 1,289 35.5 3,631 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) No. 9 (Witham: Rivenhall North) No. 9 (Witham: Rivenhall North) Labour Party (UK) R. Bartlett 526 54.0 Labour Party (UK) J. Lyon 484 49.7 Conservative Party (UK) N. Wallace 448 46.0 Conservative Party (UK) P. Cutmore 339 34.8 974 50.9 1,913 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) No. 10 (Witham: Rivenhall South) No. 10 (Witham: Rivenhall South) Labour Party (UK) D. Wicks 271 38.7 Labour Party (UK) C. Edwards 233 33.2 Independent politician J. Valentine 195 27.8 Liberal Party (UK) D. Sibley 140 20.0 Independent politician P. Bond 95 13.6 Independent politician S. Jones 93 13.3 701 41.9 1,672 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) No. 11 (Witham: Central) No. 11 (Witham: Central) Independent politician H. Pitchforth 242 46.3 Conservative Party (UK) K. Richards 217 41.5 Liberal Party (UK) D. Cudmore 37 7.1 Labour Party (UK) D. Franklin 27 5.2 25 4.8 523 52.8 991 Independent politician No. 12 (Witham: South) No. 12 (Witham: South) Labour Party (UK) J. Howe 372 55.2 Independent politician M. Cooper-Cocks 302 44.8 70 10.4 674 46.6 1,445 Labour Party (UK) Panfield Panfield Conservative Party (UK) R. Chandler 282 52.4 Labour Party (UK) R. Budge 256 47.6 26 4.8 538 46.1 1,167 Conservative Party (UK) Rayne Rayne Independent politician R. Carder 261 64.0 Labour Party (UK) K. Locke 147 36.0 114 27.9 408 32.0 1,274 Independent politician Sible Headingham Sible Headingham Independent politician G. Tanner 544 36.5 Conservative Party (UK) P. Belither 518 34.8 Labour Party (UK) J. Waldron 428 28.7 Labour Party (UK) E. Snarey 217 14.6 1,489 61.7 2,413 Independent politician Conservative Party (UK) Stour Valley Central Stour Valley Central Conservative Party (UK) K. Nott 375 71.4 Labour Party (UK) L. Tolliday 150 28.6 225 42.9 525 46.7 1,123 Conservative Party (UK) Stour Valley North Stour Valley North Independent politician E. Powell 365 75.6 Labour Party (UK) P. Ellis 118 24.4 247 51.1 483 43.6 1,107 Independent politician Stour Valley South Stour Valley South Conservative Party (UK) J. Abinger 338 47.9 Independent politician G. Nott 335 47.5 Labour Party (UK) M. Andrews 32 4.5 3 0.4 705 53.2 1,326 Conservative Party (UK) Terling Terling Conservative Party (UK) G. Isted 364 64.5 Labour Party (UK) C. Foy 200 35.5 164 29.1 564 45.2 1,248 Conservative Party (UK) Three Fields Three Fields Conservative Party (UK) R. Hawkins 443 39.4 Conservative Party (UK) O. Sebag-Monteflore 357 31.8 Independent politician J. Nottage 354 31.5 Independent politician W. Crossman 342 30.5 Labour Party (UK) E. Gray 327 29.1 Independent politician E. Cox 231 20.6 Labour Party (UK) C. Westwood 221 19.7 Independent politician J. Bowen Roberts 162 14.4 1,123 46.4 2,420 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Upper Colne Upper Colne Conservative Party (UK) D. Johnson 511 67.1 Labour Party (UK) G. Watson 250 32.9 261 34.3 761 61.5 1,238 Conservative Party (UK) Yeldham Yeldham Independent Conservative P. Innes 269 34.5 Communist Party of Great Britain J. Cohen 208 26.7 Labour Party (UK) W. Elliott 174 22.3 Liberal Party (UK) R. Wilson 129 16.5 61 7.8 780 63.7 1,225 Independent Conservative References Category:Braintree District Council elections Braintree Category:1970s in Essex