1973 Lancashire County Council election

1973 Lancashire County Council Election

12 April 1973 (1973-04-12)
All 96 seats on Lancashire County Council 48 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Liberal Seats after 52 33 7 Percentage 46.2 % 39.8 % 9.2 %
Elected Leader Conservative

Following its reconstitution under the Local Government Act 1972, elections were held for Lancashire County Council on 12 April 1973. All 94 wards were up for election and all wards returned one councillor by FPTP, with the exception of Preston No. 1 and Preston No. 4, which returned two councillors each by plurality block voting. A Conservative majority was returned.

Results

1973 Lancashire County Council
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	52	N/A	54.2		52	54.2	186,414	46.2	N/A
	Labour	33	N/A	34.4		33	34.4	160,277	39.8	N/A
	Liberal	7	N/A	7.3		7	7.3	36,917	9.2	N/A
	Independent	3	N/A	3.1		3	3.1	11,374	2.8	N/A
style="width: 3px; background-color: Template:Residents Association/meta/color;" |	[[Residents Association|Template:Residents Association/meta/shortname]]	1	N/A	1.04		1	1.04	3,268	0.8	N/A
style="width: 3px; background-color: Template:People Rep/meta/color;" |	[[People Rep|Template:People Rep/meta/shortname]]	0	N/A	0.0		0	0.0	1,817	0.5	N/A
	National Front	0	N/A	0.0		0	0.0	1,710	0.4	N/A
style="width: 3px; background-color: Template:Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1972)/meta/color;" |	[[Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1972)|Template:Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1972)/meta/shortname]]	0	N/A	0.0		0	0.0	1,198	0.3	N/A

Ward Results

Accrington No. 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	W. Wallwork	2156	57.1
	Conservative	M. Martin	1620	42.9
Majority			536	14.2

Accrington No. 2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	W. Haines	2346	65.2
	Conservative	W. Stanton	1251	34.8
Majority			1095	30.4

Accrington No. 3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	R. Webster	2000	55.2
	Labour	J. Madden	1624	44.8
Majority			376	10.4

Bacup

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	D. Wood	2173	55.4
	Labour	F. Haworth	1741	44.6
Majority			422	10.8

Barnoldswick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	R. Hill	2413	38.1
	Liberal	D. Robinson	1539	24.3
	Conservative	T. Moss	1407	22.2
style="background-color: Template:Independent conservative/meta/color; width: 5px;" |	[[Independent conservative|Template:Independent conservative/meta/shortname]]	G. Preston	969	15.3
Majority			874	13.8

Blackburn No. 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
style="background-color: Template:Residents Association/meta/color; width: 5px;" |	[[Residents Association|Template:Residents Association/meta/shortname]]	M. Rigby	2409	47.2
	Conservative	F. Lewis	1915	37.6
	Labour	A. Brookfield	775	15.2
Majority			494	9.7

Blackburn No. 2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	E. Smith	2167	72.3
	Conservative	J. Jones	830	27.7
Majority			1337	44.6

Blackburn No. 3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	L. Proos	2078	49.4
style="background-color: Template:Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1972)/meta/color; width: 5px;" |	[[Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1972)|Template:Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1972)/meta/shortname]]	M. Mcnamee	1198	28.5
	Conservative	P. Shillitoe	934	22.2
Majority			880	20.9

Blackburn No. 4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	H. White	1453	37.6
	Liberal	F. Beetham	1378	35.7
	National Front	V. Hopwood	649	16.8
	Conservative	A. Jobson	382	9.9
Majority			75	1.9

Blackburn No. 5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	D. Murray	2613	58.1
	Liberal	D. Adams	1339	29.8
	Labour	M. Dickinson	543	21.2
Majority			1274	28.3

Blackburn No. 6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	J. Mason	2056	54.5
	Conservative	A. Hutchinson	1717	45.5
Majority			339	9.0

Blackburn No. 7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	J. Bury	1925	41.7
	Conservative	R. Wood	1626	35.3
	National Front	F. Mitton	1061	23.0
Majority			299	6.5

Blackburn Rural

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	G. Nickson	3330	62.2
	Liberal	A. Perry	1124	21.0
	Labour	T. Rowe	897	16.8
Majority			2206	41.2

Blackpool No. 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	H. Jackson	2845	64.3
	Labour	R. Amor	1580	35.7
Majority			1265	28.6

Blackpool No. 2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	T. Percival	2722	55.4
	Labour	T. McKellar	2188	44.6
Majority			534	10.9

Blackpool No. 3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	L. Broughton	2159	52.3
	Liberal	J. Hessey	1068	25.9
	Labour	R. Mills	898	21.8
Majority			1091	26.4

Blackpool No. 4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	H. Mitchell	2091	37.0
	Labour	Taylor I.	1794	31.7
	Liberal	M. Riddle	1767	31.3
Majority			297	5.3

Blackpool No. 5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	J. Battersby	2312	55.4
	Labour	E. Kirton	1859	44.6
Majority			453	10.9

Blackpool No. 6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	R. Jacobs	1342	37.9
	Labour	D. Courtney	1282	36.2
	Liberal	F. Butcher	918	25.9
Majority			60	1.7

Blackpool No. 7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	R. Dewhirst	1968	41.2
	Liberal	M. Barnes	1551	32.5
	Labour	L. Cousins	1257	26.3
Majority			417	8.7

Blackpool No. 8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	J. Richardson	2425	58.0
	Labour	W. Dugdale	1755	42.0
Majority			670	16.0

Blackpool No. 9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	J. Cox	2808	61.0
	Labour	C. Law	1798	39.8
Majority			1010	21.9

Blackpool No. 10

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	E. Wynne	3643	51.3
	Conservative	J. Walsh	2136	30.1
	Labour	P. Hall	1324	18.6
Majority			1507	21.2

Blackpool No. 11

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	M. Riley	2368	64.3
	Conservative	F. Lovatt	1315	35.7
Majority			1053	28.6

Brierfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	K. Sumner-Clough	2890	41.5
	Liberal	K. Highton	2221	31.9
	Labour	R. Rawlinson	1860	26.7
Majority			669	9.6

Burnley No. 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	T. Gallagher	2113	43.6
	Conservative	F. Brown	1684	34.8
	Liberal	J. Hipwell	1049	21.6
Majority			429	9.6

Burnley No. 2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	W. Roberts	2059	50.3
	Conservative	S. Blackston	1053	25.7
	Liberal	G. Brownbill	983	24.0
Majority			1006	24.6

Burnley No. 3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	J. Entwislte	2450	52.9
	Conservative	M. Durkin	1365	29.5
	Liberal	E. Roberts	818	17.7
Majority			1085	23.4

Burnley No. 4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	C. Platt	2877	63.0
	Conservative	M. Tate	1693	37.0
Majority			1184	25.9

Burnley No. 5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	J. Keller	2547	58.6
	Conservative	E. Lyle	941	21.6
style="background-color: Template:Residents Association/meta/color; width: 5px;" |	[[Residents Association|Template:Residents Association/meta/shortname]]	L. Salisbury	859	19.8
Majority			1606	36.9

Burnley Rural

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	J. Wyld	2114	65.9
	Labour	J. Bradshaw	1096	34.1
Majority			1018	31.7

Chorley North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	D. Dunn	2188	49.4
	Conservative	M. Beechey	1380	31.2
	Liberal	F. Wilson	861	19.4
Majority			808	18.2

Chorley Rural No. 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	J. Meadows	2866	61.7
	Conservative	J. Marginson	1776	38.3
Majority			1090	23.5

Chorley Rural No. 2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	A. Ambrose	2948	71.8
	Labour	J. Holme	1156	28.2
Majority			1792	43.7

Chorley Rural No. 3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	H. Carrington	2691	48.2
	Labour	C. Sheppard	1741	31.2
	Liberal	C. Felton	1155	20.7
Majority			950	17.0

Chorley South West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	P. Keane	2420	43.6
	Conservative	T. Jackson	2194	39.5
	Liberal	E. Power	937	16.9
Majority			226	4.1

Clayton-Le-Moors

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	P. Galbraith	2000	50.2
	Labour	F. Parkinson	1983	49.8
Majority			17	0.4

Clitheroe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	H. Eastwood	2075	43.0
	Labour	E. Penny	1378	28.6
	Liberal	J. Aspden	1369	28.4
Majority			697	14.5

Colne No. 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	S. Smithson	1712	43.0
	Conservative	D. Crabtree	1311	32.9
	Labour	R. Smith	961	24.1
Majority			401	10.1

Colne No. 2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	A. Greaves	1892	49.2
	Labour	E. Turbitt	1119	29.1
	Conservative	A. Seed	833	21.7
Majority			773	20.1

Darwen No. 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	C. Grills	1767	42.5
	Conservative	C. Halliday	1343	32.3
	Labour	N. Davis	1046	25.2
Majority			424	10.2

Darwen No. 2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	C. Jones	1526	44.8
	Conservative	R. Wiggans	1259	37.0
	Liberal	D. Davidson	621	18.2
Majority			167	7.8

Darwen No. 3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	A. Bland	1711	42.3
	Conservative	P. Worth	1359	33.6
	Labour	D. Alder	972	24.0
Majority			352	8.7

Fleetwood North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	W. Brown	1747	54.8
	Labour	W. Potts	1439	45.2
Majority			308	9.7

Fleetwood South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	E. Funk	1655	56.7
	Labour	W. Denny	1262	43.3
Majority			393	13.5

Fulwood No. 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	T. Croft	2570	78.9
	Labour	R. Tait	689	21.1
Majority			1881	57.7

Fulwood No. 2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	M. Horam	2428	78.2
	Labour	H. Bodfish	678	21.8
Majority			1750	56.3

Fylde No. 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	R. Spender	1907	40.6
	Conservative	P. Hall	1882	40.2
	Labour	H. Garth	903	19.2
Majority			22	0.5

Fylde No. 2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	P. Boothman	2004	50.4
	Liberal	M. Gilbert	1344	33.8
	Labour	P. Greenfield	627	15.8
Majority			660	16.6

Garstang No. 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	D. Elletson	Unopposed
Majority			N/A	N/A

Garstang No. 2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	M. Fitzherbert-Brockholes	Unopposed
Majority			N/A	N/A

Great Harwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	F. Worsley	3410	56.9
	Labour	J. Hocking	2583	34.1
Majority			827	13.8

Haslingden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	G. Woodcock	3120	55.3
	Labour	G. Hatton	2523	44.7
Majority			597	10.6

Lancaster No. 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	E. Jones	2540	53.5
	Conservative	W. Sweeney	1737	36.6
	Independent	E. Gardner	469	9.9
Majority			803	16.9

Lancaster No. 2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	M. Cantley	2757	52.0
	Conservative	M. Lovett-Horn	1847	34.9
	Independent	T. Shingler	694	13.1
Majority			910	17.2

Lancaster No. 3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	T. Hayton	2727	58.6
	Labour	J. Wall	1926	41.4
Majority			801	17.2

Lancaster Rural No. 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	M. Bates	2441	65.1
	Labour	J. Stackhouse	1308	34.9
Majority			1133	30.2

Lancaster Rural No. 2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	G. Bowring	3295	78.1
	Labour	L. Callan	922	21.9
Majority			2373	56.3

Lancaster Rural No. 3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	C. Pickard	2237	70.0
	Labour	J. Yates	957	30.0
Majority			1280	40.1

Leyland No. 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	N. Orrell	1768	38.1
	Labour	I. Roberts	1662	35.8
	Conservative	G. Eland	1216	26.2
Majority			106	2.3

Leyland No. 2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	J. Haigh	1996	64.6
	Liberal	R. Caunce-Peacock	1095	35.4
Majority			901	29.1

Longridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
style="background-color: Template:Independent conservative/meta/color; width: 5px;" |	[[Independent conservative|Template:Independent conservative/meta/shortname]]	D. Coulston	2680	52.0
	Conservative	B. Greenwood	2470	48.0
Majority			210	4.1

Lytham St. Annes No. 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	J. Gouldbourne	2710	70.8
	Labour	F. Rooney	1120	29.2
Majority			1590	41.5

Lytham St. Annes No. 2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	T. Carter	3466	74.8
	Labour	N. Horridge	1165	25.2
Majority			2301	49.7

Lytham St. Annes No. 3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	J. Finn	4056	67.3
	Labour	W. Callon	1974	32.7
Majority			2082	34.5

Morecambe & Heysham No. 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	J. Finn	Unopposed
Majority			N/A	N/A

Morecambe & Heysham No. 2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	J. Elliott	2684	52.5
	Labour	D. Stanley	2426	47.5
Majority			258	5.0

Morecambe & Heysham No. 3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	R. Quick	Unopposed
Majority			258	5.0

Nelson North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	J. Helmn	2107	49.2
	Liberal	P. Sagar	1326	31.0
	Conservative	M. Sutcliff	851	19.9
Majority			781	18.2

Nelson South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	N. Taylor	3168	62.3
	Conservative	J. Fletcher	1918	37.7
Majority			1250	24.6

Ormskirk No. 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	J. Aspinwall	2860	54.0
	Labour	M. Rees	2438	46.0
Majority			422	8.0

Ormskirk No. 2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	H. Ballance	2371	51.6
	Labour	A. Hibbert	2227	48.4
Majority			144	3.1

Oswaldtwistle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	W. Finch	2233	54.8
	Labour	T. Bramley	1840	45.2
Majority			393	9.6

Padiham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	K. Broadley	1987	60.4
	Conservative	D. Hanson	1302	39.6
Majority			685	20.8

Poulton-Le-Fylde

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	F. Lofthouse	3914	73.0
	Labour	E. Johnson	1445	27.0
Majority			2469	46.1

Preston No. 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	E. Bunker	4132	54.9
	Labour	H. Riley	3848
	Conservative	J. Ainscough	3392	45.1
	Conservative	J. Humphreys	3369
Majority			1219	9.8

Preston No. 2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	G. Payne	1646	38.3
	Labour	K. Bodfish	1643	38.2
	Independent	T. Dewhurst	1012	23.5
Majority			3	0.1

Preston No. 3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	J. Lund	2532	65.2
	Conservative	K. Peet	1643	34.8
Majority			889	30.3

Preston No. 4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	H. Parker	4573	63.5
	Labour	C. Sharples	4380
	Conservative	R. Ainscough	2631	36.5
	Conservative	R. Ainscough	2546
Majority			3776	27.0

Preston No. 5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	R. Butcher	2539	77.4
	Conservative	P. Mileham	742	22.6
Majority			1797	54.8

Preston Rural No. 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	M. Ryan	3027	74.0
	Labour	T. Yates	1064	26.0
Majority			1963	48.0

Preston Rural No. 2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	W. Winn	3595	65.7
	Labour	M. Lyons	1875	34.3
Majority			1720	31.4

Preston Rural No. 3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	A. Ashburner	2535	46.2
style="background-color: Template:People Rep/meta/color; width: 5px;" |	[[People Rep|Template:People Rep/meta/shortname]]	V. Peacock	1817	33.1
	Labour	R. Turton	1138	20.7
Majority			718	13.1

Rawtenstall No. 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	I. Bishop	2455	53.9
	Conservative	H. Ashworth	2099	46.1
Majority			356	7.8

Rawtenstall No. 2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	W. Nuttall	1899	51.0
	Labour	E. Harvey	1828	49.0
Majority			71	1.9

Skelmersdale & Holland No. 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	J. Prunty	Unopposed
Majority

Skelmersdale & Holland No. 2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	L. Ellman	Unopposed
Majority

Thornton Cleveleys No. 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	C. Ashworth	2504	66.5
	Labour	G. Wright	1264	33.5
Majority			1240	32.9

Thornton Cleveleys No. 2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	F. Townend	2956	69.3
	Labour	A. Davies	1311	30.7
Majority			1645	38.6

Walton-Le-Dale No. 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	R. Welham	2377	59.9
	Labour	A. White	1591	40.1
Majority			786	19.8

Walton-Le-Dale No. 2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	G. Woods	1566	44.4
	Labour	G. Davies	1524	43.2
	Liberal	J. Bundy	437	12.4
Majority			42	1.2

West Lancashire No. 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	J. Ashton	1989	76.6
	Labour	I. Coman	608	23.4
Majority			1381	53.2

West Lancashire No. 2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	R. Phillips	2709	72.9
	Labour	M. Cheetham	1008	27.1
Majority			1701	45.8

Whitworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	J. Clegg	1521	57.1
	Conservative	H. Tenny	1144	42.9
Majority			377	14.1

References

• The Elections Centre, Lancashire County Council Election Results 1973-2009 (PDF)

External links

• Lancashire Council

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