1973 Nottinghamshire County Council election
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The 1973 Nottinghamshire County Council election was held on Thursday, 12 April 1973. The election resulted in the Labour Party winning an overall majority of seats on the council.[1][2]
The election was the first to take place to the new non-metropolitan county council of Nottinghamshire as defined by the Local Government Act 1972, which had reformed local government in England and Wales. The council acted as a "shadow authority" until 1 April 1974, when it gained control from its predecessor county council, which had been established by the Local Government Act 1888.[3]
Whilst previously the City of Nottingham was an independent county borough and therefore not included within the administrative county of Nottinghamshire or involved in the election of county councillors, the new administrative county included Nottingham for the first time as a non-metropolitan district.[4][5] Nottingham would subsequently regain independent control over its affairs when it became a unitary authority in 1998.[6]
Results by division
Each electoral division returned either one, two or three county councillors. The candidate elected to the council in each electoral division is shown in the table below. "Unopposed" indicates that the councillor was elected unopposed.[2]
| Electoral Division | Party | Councillor | Votes | |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Arnold East | Labour | A. Lester | 2,078 |
| bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Arnold South | Conservative | J. Lester | 2,924 |
| bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Arnold West | Conservative | R. Griffin | 1,853 |
| bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Balderton | Conservative | R. Jenkins | 1,829 |
| bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Basford No. 1 (Newthorpe) | Conservative | C. Minkley | 2,656 |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Basford No. 2 | Labour | A. Rutherford | 2,139 |
| bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Basford No. 3 | Conservative | A. Belper | 1,821 |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Basford No. 4 | Labour | B. Sharrard | Unopposed |
| bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Basford No. 5 | Conservative | R. Dickson | 2,278 |
| bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Basford No. 6 | Conservative | J. Sheldon | 3,424 |
| bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | G. Ayton | 3,283 | |
| bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Beeston & Stapleford (Bramcote) | Conservative | C. Cooper | 2,343 |
| bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Beeston & Stapleford (Chilwell) | Conservative | E. Hudson | 2,408 |
| bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Beeston & Stapleford North | Conservative | R. Cox | 1,784 |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Beeston & Stapleford South | Labour | R. Orton | 2,273 |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Beeston & Stapleford (Stapleford) | Labour | J. Plowan | 2,421 |
| bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Beeston & Stapleford (Toton and Attenborough) | Conservative | G. Bottomley | 1,914 |
| bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Bingham No. 1 | Conservative | G. Wade | 2,629 |
| bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Bingham No. 2 | Conservative | M. Appleby | 1,926 |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Bingham No. 3 | Labour | V. Lloyd | 1,687 |
| bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Bingham No. 4 | Conservative | S. Pattison | 2,979 |
| bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Bridgford North | Conservative | F. Worwood | 1,542 |
| bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Bridgford South | Conservative | P. Wright | 2,522 |
| bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Bridgford West | Conservative | F. Whitson | 2,826 |
| bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Carlton No. 1 | Conservative | A. Roth | 4,095 |
| bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | W. Edwards | 4,033 | |
| bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Carlton No. 2 | Conservative | H. Stanley | 3,706 |
| bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | D. Shirt | 3,705 | |
| bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Collingham | Conservative | E. Yates | 1,504 |
| bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | East Retford Rural No. 1 | Conservative | C. Hempsall | 1,805 |
| bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | East Retford Rural No. 2 | Conservative | F. Rudder | 2,644 |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Eastwood | Labour | H. Walker | 1,412 |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Hucknall East | Labour | B. Simms | 2,362 |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Hucknall North | Labour | P. Watson | 2,757 |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Kirkby-in-Ashfield East | Labour | S. Booler | Unopposed |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Kirkby-in-Ashfield West | Labour | E. Ashley | Unopposed |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Mansfield No. 1 (East) | Labour | F. Warsop | 1,220 |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Mansfield No. 2 (South East) | Labour | G. Foster | 1,725 |
| bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Mansfield No. 3 (South) | Conservative | W. Brown | 2,200 |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Mansfield No. 4 | Labour | W. Morris | 3,702 |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Labour | M. Gallagher | 3,632 | |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Mansfield Woodhouse | Labour | D. Haynes | Unopposed |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Labour | B. Whitelaw | Unopposed | |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Newark No. 1 (South) | Labour | F. Moore | 1,631 |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Newark No. 2 | Labour | J. Woods | 1,708 |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Nottingham No. 1 (Bridge & Trent) | Labour | G. Daft | 3,793 |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Labour | J. Fernell | 3,690 | |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Labour | C. Worthington | 3,552 | |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Nottingham No. 2 (Lenton) | Labour | M. Yuil | 2,327 |
| bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | B. Borrett | 2,320 | |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Nottingham No. 3 (Manvers & St. Anns) | Labour | F. Higgins | 2,239 |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Labour | J. Carroll | 2,202 | |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Nottingham No. 4 (Market) | Labour | J. Cattermole | 1,147 |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Nottingham No. 5 (Byron & St. Alban) | Labour | I. Matthews | 5,891 |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Labour | J. Scoffings | 5,011 | |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Labour | R. Wilson | 4,991 | |
| bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Nottingham No. 6 (Forest & Mapperley) | Conservative | H. Fraser | 4,579 |
| bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | E. Chambers | 4,463 | |
| bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | E. Baker | 4,113 | |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Nottingham No. 7 (Portland & Radford) | Labour | J. Burton | 4,505 |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Labour | L. Maynard | 4,491 | |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Labour | T. Strickson | 4,221 | |
| bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Nottingham No. 8 (Abbey & University) | Conservative | G. Cragg | 6,152 |
| bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | M. Whittaker | 6,105 | |
| bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | M. Spungin | 6,081 | |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Nottingham No. 9 (Clifton) | Labour | G. Dobson | 3,264 |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Labour | S. Gibbons | 2,807 | |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Nottingham No. 10 (Robin Hood & Broxtowe) | Labour | E. Foster | 4,451 |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Labour | W. Case | 4,135 | |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Labour | T. Harby | 3,991 | |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Nottingham No. 11 (Woolaton) | Labour | B. Littlewood | 3,505 |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Labour | M. Cowan | 2,864 | |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Retford North | Labour | E. Davidson | 1,413 |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Retford South | Labour | C. Grove | 1,500 |
| bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Southwell No. 1 | Conservative | B. Haigh | 3,669 |
| bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Southwell No. 2 | Conservative | P. Boddy | 2,367 |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Southwell No. 3 (Ollerton) | Labour | M. Delacy | 2,526 |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Southwell No. 4 | Labour | E. Farr | 3,062 |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Southwell No. 5 | Labour | M. Beardsley | Unopposed |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Sutton-in-Ashfield East | Labour | A. Bennett | Unopposed |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Sutton-in-Ashfield North | Labour | J. Anthony | 1,114 |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Sutton-in-Ashfield South | Labour | E. Lincoln | 1,521 |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Sutton-in-Ashfield West | Labour | M. Lee | 1,249 |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Warsop | Labour | W. Cairns | Unopposed |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Worksop No. 1 (East) | Labour | R. Rabbitt | 2,843 |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Worksop No. 2 (North) | Labour | A. Burton | Unopposed |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Worksop No. 3 | Labour | P. Miller | 1,638 |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Worksop Rural No. 1 (Blyth) | Labour | J. Connolly | 1,354 |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Worksop Rural No. 2 | Labour | C. Stringer | Unopposed |
References
- ^ "Election Results". Nottinghamshire County Council. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Nottinghamshire County Council Election Results 1973-2009" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ^ Local Government Act 1972. 1972 c.70. The Stationery Office Ltd. 1997. ISBN 0-10-547072-4.
- ^ F A Youngs Jr., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol II: Northern England, London, 1991
- ^ The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972 (SI 1972/2039)
- ^ "The Nottinghamshire (City of Nottingham) (Structural Change) Order 1996". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
