1973 Lancashire County Council election

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1973 Lancashire County Council Election
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12 April 1973 (1973-04-12) 1977  →
All 96 seats on Lancashire County Council
48 seats needed for a majority
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Party Conservative Labour Liberal
Seats after52337
Percentage46.2%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.

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Results Summary

1973 Lancashire County Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Conservative 52N/A54.25254.2186,41446.2N/A
  Labour 33N/A34.43334.4160,27739.8N/A
  Liberal 7N/A7.377.336,9179.2N/A
  Independent 3N/A3.133.111,3742.8N/A
  Residents 1N/A1.0411.043,2680.8N/A
  People Rep 0N/A0.000.01,8170.5N/A
  National Front 0N/A0.000.01,7100.4N/A
  Democratic Labour 0N/A0.000.01,1980.3N/A

Ward results

Accrington No. 1
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour W. Wallwork 2,156 57.1
Conservative M. Martin162042.9
Majority 53614.2
Accrington No. 2
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour W. Haines 2,346 65.2
Conservative W. Stanton125134.8
Majority 109530.4
Accrington No. 3
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative R. Webster 2,000 55.2
Labour J. Madden162444.8
Majority 37610.4
Bacup
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative D. Wood 2,173 55.4
Labour F. Haworth174144.6
Majority 42210.8
Barnoldswick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour R. Hill 2,413 38.1
Liberal D. Robinson153924.3
Conservative T. Moss140722.2
Independent conservative G. Preston96915.3
Majority 87413.8
Blackburn No. 1
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Residents M. Rigby 2,409 47.2
Conservative F. Lewis191537.6
Labour A. Brookfield77515.2
Majority 4949.7


Blackburn No. 2
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour E. Smith 2,167 72.3
Conservative J. Jones83027.7
Majority 133744.6


Blackburn No. 3
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour L. Proos 2,078 49.4
Democratic Labour M. Mcnamee119828.5
Conservative P. Shillitoe93422.2
Majority 88020.9
Blackburn No. 4
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour H. White 1,453 37.6
Liberal F. Beetham137835.7
National Front V. Hopwood64916.8
Conservative A. Jobson3829.9
Majority 751.9


Blackburn No. 5
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative D. Murray 2,613 58.1
Liberal D. Adams133929.8
Labour M. Dickinson54321.2
Majority 127428.3
Blackburn No. 6
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Mason 2,056 54.5
Conservative A. Hutchinson171745.5
Majority 3399.0
Blackburn No. 7
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Bury 1,925 41.7
Conservative R. Wood162635.3
National Front F. Mitton106123.0
Majority 2996.5


Blackburn Rural
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative G. Nickson 3,330 62.2
Liberal A. Perry112421.0
Labour T. Rowe89716.8
Majority 220641.2
Blackpool No. 1
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative H. Jackson 2,845 64.3
Labour R. Amor158035.7
Majority 126528.6
Blackpool No. 2
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative T. Percival 2,722 55.4
Labour T. McKellar218844.6
Majority 53410.9
Blackpool No. 3
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative L. Broughton 2,159 52.3
Liberal J. Hessey106825.9
Labour R. Mills89821.8
Majority 109126.4
Blackpool No. 4
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative H. Mitchell 2,091 37.0
Labour Taylor I.179431.7
Liberal M. Riddle176731.3
Majority 2975.3
Blackpool No. 5
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. Battersby 2,312 55.4
Labour E. Kirton185944.6
Majority 45310.9
Blackpool No. 6
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative R. Jacobs 1,342 37.9
Labour D. Courtney128236.2
Liberal F. Butcher91825.9
Majority 601.7
Blackpool No. 7
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative R. Dewhirst 1,968 41.2
Liberal M. Barnes155132.5
Labour L. Cousins125726.3
Majority 4178.7
Blackpool No. 8
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. Richardson 2,425 58.0
Labour W. Dugdale175542.0
Majority 67016.0
Blackpool No. 9
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. Cox 2,808 61.0
Labour C. Law179839.8
Majority 101021.9
Blackpool No. 10
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent E. Wynne 3,643 51.3
Conservative J. Walsh213630.1
Labour P. Hall132418.6
Majority 150721.2
Blackpool No. 11
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour M. Riley 2,368 64.3
Conservative F. Lovatt131535.7
Majority 105328.6
Brierfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative K. Sumner-Clough 2,890 41.5
Liberal K. Highton222131.9
Labour R. Rawlinson186026.7
Majority 6699.6
Burnley No. 1
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour T. Gallagher 2,113 43.6
Conservative F. Brown168434.8
Liberal J. Hipwell104921.6
Majority 4299.6
Burnley No. 2
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour W. Roberts 2,059 50.3
Conservative S. Blackston105325.7
Liberal G. Brownbill98324.0
Majority 100624.6
Burnley No. 3
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Entwislte 2,450 52.9
Conservative M. Durkin136529.5
Liberal E. Roberts81817.7
Majority 108523.4
Burnley No. 4
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour C. Platt 2,877 63.0
Conservative M. Tate169337.0
Majority 118425.9
Burnley No. 5
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Keller 2,547 58.6
Conservative E. Lyle94121.6
Residents L. Salisbury85919.8
Majority 160636.9
Burnley Rural
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. Wyld 2,114 65.9
Labour J. Bradshaw109634.1
Majority 101831.7
Chorley North East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour D. Dunn 2,188 49.4
Conservative M. Beechey138031.2
Liberal F. Wilson86119.4
Majority 80818.2
Chorley Rural No. 1
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Meadows 2,866 61.7
Conservative J. Marginson177638.3
Majority 109023.5


Chorley Rural No. 2
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative A. Ambrose 2,948 71.8
Labour J. Holme115628.2
Majority 179243.7


Chorley Rural No. 3
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative H. Carrington 2,691 48.2
Labour C. Sheppard174131.2
Liberal C. Felton115520.7
Majority 95017.0
Chorley South West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour P. Keane 2,420 43.6
Conservative T. Jackson219439.5
Liberal E. Power93716.9
Majority 2264.1


Clayton-Le-Moors
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative P. Galbraith 2,000 50.2
Labour F. Parkinson198349.8
Majority 170.4
Clitheroe
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative H. Eastwood 2,075 43.0
Labour E. Penny137828.6
Liberal J. Aspden136928.4
Majority 69714.5
Colne No. 1
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal S. Smithson 1,712 43.0
Conservative D. Crabtree131132.9
Labour R. Smith96124.1
Majority 40110.1
Colne No. 2
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal A. Greaves 1,892 49.2
Labour E. Turbitt111929.1
Conservative A. Seed83321.7
Majority 77320.1
Darwen No. 1
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal C. Grills 1,767 42.5
Conservative C. Halliday134332.3
Labour N. Davis104625.2
Majority 42410.2
Darwen No. 2
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour C. Jones 1,526 44.8
Conservative R. Wiggans125937.0
Liberal D. Davidson62118.2
Majority 1677.8


Darwen No. 3
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal A. Bland 1,711 42.3
Conservative P. Worth135933.6
Labour D. Alder97224.0
Majority 3528.7
Fleetwood North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative W. Brown 1,747 54.8
Labour W. Potts143945.2
Majority 3089.7
Fleetwood South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative E. Funk 1,655 56.7
Labour W. Denny126243.3
Majority 39313.5
Fulwood No. 1
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative T. Croft 2,570 78.9
Labour R. Tait68921.1
Majority 188157.7
Fulwood No. 2
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative M. Horam 2,428 78.2
Labour H. Bodfish67821.8
Majority 175056.3
Fylde No. 1
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent R. Spender 1,907 40.6
Conservative P. Hall188240.2
Labour H. Garth90319.2
Majority 220.5
Fylde No. 2
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative P. Boothman 2,004 50.4
Liberal M. Gilbert134433.8
Labour P. Greenfield62715.8
Majority 66016.6
Garstang No. 1
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative D. Elletson Unopposed
Majority N/AN/A
Garstang No. 2
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative M. Fitzherbert-Brockholes Unopposed
Majority N/AN/A
Great Harwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative F. Worsley 3,410 56.9
Labour J. Hocking258334.1
Majority 82713.8
Haslingden
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative G. Woodcock 3,120 55.3
Labour G. Hatton252344.7
Majority 59710.6
Lancaster No. 1
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour E. Jones 2,540 53.5
Conservative W. Sweeney173736.6
Independent E. Gardner4699.9
Majority 80316.9
Lancaster No. 2
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour M. Cantley 2,757 52.0
Conservative M. Lovett-Horn184734.9
Independent T. Shingler69413.1
Majority 91017.2
Lancaster No. 3
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative T. Hayton 2,727 58.6
Labour J. Wall192641.4
Majority 80117.2
Lancaster Rural No. 1
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative M. Bates 2,441 65.1
Labour J. Stackhouse130834.9
Majority 113330.2


Lancaster Rural No. 2
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative G. Bowring 3,295 78.1
Labour L. Callan92221.9
Majority 237356.3
Lancaster Rural No. 3
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative C. Pickard 2,237 70.0
Labour J. Yates95730.0
Majority 128040.1
Leyland No. 1
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal N. Orrell 1,768 38.1
Labour I. Roberts166235.8
Conservative G. Eland121626.2
Majority 1062.3
Leyland No. 2
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Haigh 1,996 64.6
Liberal R. Caunce-Peacock109535.4
Majority 90129.1
Longridge
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent conservative D. Coulston 2,680 52.0
Conservative B. Greenwood247048.0
Majority 2104.1
Lytham St. Annes No. 1
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. Gouldbourne 2,710 70.8
Labour F. Rooney112029.2
Majority 159041.5
Lytham St. Annes No. 2
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative T. Carter 3,466 74.8
Labour N. Horridge116525.2
Majority 230149.7
Lytham St. Annes No. 3
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. Finn 4,056 67.3
Labour W. Callon197432.7
Majority 208234.5
Morecambe & Heysham No. 1
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. Finn Unopposed
Majority N/AN/A
Morecambe & Heysham No. 2
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. Elliott 2,684 52.5
Labour D. Stanley242647.5
Majority 2585.0
Morecambe & Heysham No. 3
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative R. Quick Unopposed N/AN/A
Majority
Nelson North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Helmn 2,107 49.2
Liberal P. Sagar132631.0
Conservative M. Sutcliff85119.9
Majority 78118.2
Nelson South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour N. Taylor 3,168 62.3
Conservative J. Fletcher191837.7
Majority 125024.6
Ormskirk No. 1
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. Aspinwall 2,860 54.0
Labour M. Rees243846.0
Majority 4228.0


Ormskirk No. 2
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative H. Ballance 2,371 51.6
Labour A. Hibbert222748.4
Majority 1443.1
Oswaldtwistle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative W. Finch 2,233 54.8
Labour T. Bramley184045.2
Majority 3939.6


Padiham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour K. Broadley 1,987 60.4
Conservative D. Hanson130239.6
Majority 68520.8


Poulton-Le-Fylde
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative F. Lofthouse 3,914 73.0
Labour E. Johnson144527.0
Majority 246946.1
Preston No. 1
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour E. Bunker 4,132 54.9
Labour H. Riley 3,848
Conservative J. Ainscough339245.1
Conservative J. Humphreys3369
Majority 12199.8
Preston No. 2
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal G. Payne 1,646 38.3
Labour K. Bodfish164338.2
Independent T. Dewhurst101223.5
Majority 30.1
Preston No. 3
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Lund 2,532 65.2
Conservative K. Peet164334.8
Majority 88930.3
Preston No. 4
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour H. Parker 4,573 63.5
Labour C. Sharples 4,380
Conservative R. Ainscough263136.5
Conservative R. Ainscough2546
Majority 377627.0


Preston No. 5
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour R. Butcher 2,539 77.4
Conservative P. Mileham74222.6
Majority 179754.8
Preston Rural No. 1
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative M. Ryan 3,027 74.0
Labour T. Yates106426.0
Majority 196348.0
Preston Rural No. 2
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative W. Winn 3,595 65.7
Labour M. Lyons187534.3
Majority 172031.4
Preston Rural No. 3
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative A. Ashburner 2,535 46.2
People Rep V. Peacock181733.1
Labour R. Turton113820.7
Majority 71813.1


Rawtenstall No. 1
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour I. Bishop 2,455 53.9
Conservative H. Ashworth209946.1
Majority 3567.8
Rawtenstall No. 2
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative W. Nuttall 1,899 51.0
Labour E. Harvey182849.0
Majority 711.9
Skelmersdale & Holland No. 1
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Prunty Unopposed
Majority
Skelmersdale & Holland No. 2
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour L. Ellman Unopposed
Majority


Thornton Cleveleys No. 1
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative C. Ashworth 2,504 66.5
Labour G. Wright126433.5
Majority 124032.9


Thornton Cleveleys No. 2
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative F. Townend 2,956 69.3
Labour A. Davies131130.7
Majority 164538.6


Walton-Le-Dale No. 1
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative R. Welham 2,377 59.9
Labour A. White159140.1
Majority 78619.8


Walton-Le-Dale No. 2
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative G. Woods 1,566 44.4
Labour G. Davies152443.2
Liberal J. Bundy43712.4
Majority 421.2
West Lancashire No. 1
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. Ashton 1,989 76.6
Labour I. Coman60823.4
Majority 138153.2
West Lancashire No. 2
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative R. Phillips 2,709 72.9
Labour M. Cheetham100827.1
Majority 170145.8
Whitworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal J. Clegg 1,521 57.1
Conservative H. Tenny114442.9
Majority 37714.1

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