1973 Lincolnshire County Council election

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Lincolnshire County Council is a non-metropolitan county in the East Midlands of England. It was formed when the Local Government Act 1972 merged the counties of Holland, Kesteven and Lindsey, and held its first election on 12 April 1973. [1]

The Conservatives were the largest party, gaining 34 of the 74 seats. 22 independent candidates were returned, along with 10 Labour councillors, 5 Democratic-Labour nominees and 3 Liberals. [2] The Democratic Labour seats were all won in Lincoln, where six weeks earlier the MP Dick Taverne had triggered a by-election by breaking away from Labour and forming the DLP; they comprised 5 of the 6 city seats, representing a swing from Labour, who had won all of the seats at the last local elections. [3]

Results by Division

Division Candidate Party Votes
AbbeyBarry Ashmore*DLP
Bernard RendallCon
Cllr Mrs Pam RousselLab
BoulthamRichard Lucas*Con
Tom WardLab
Boston no. 1 Cyril Valentine Lib
Boston no. 2 Mrs Haf Towel Con 955
John Addlesee Lab 946
Boston no. 3 Martin Middlebrook Ind
Boston no. 4 Alf Goodson Lab
Boston Rural no. 1 Reginald West Ind 963
David Chambers Ind 655
Samuel Woods Con 407
Boston Rural no. 2 Brian Farrow Con 932
Arthur White Lab 696
Joseph Winter Ind 689
Boston Rural no. 3 Richard Upsall Con 1,464
Ambrose Newsom Lab 444
Bourne Raymond Cliffe Con
BracebridgeGraham Judge*DLP
Cllr Bob HodsonLab
Peter RoeCon
Caistor Rural no. 1 Harry Key Ind
Caistor Rural no. 2 William Hall Ind
CarholmeAld. John Spence*Con
Cllr John PlantLab
Gilbert BladesInd
CastleAld. Frank Eccleshare*Ind
Cllr Miss Joyce BennettLab
Cecil RobinsonCon
East Elloe no. 1 Ivor HowesInd786
Arnold Broughton Lab 638
Robert Christian Con 628
Fred White Ind 368
East Elloe no. 2 Ernest WeaverLab477
Fred Hoyles Ind 136
East Elloe no. 3 Mrs Alison HunterCon1,573
Mrs Doris King Lab 808
East Kesteven no. 1 Eric FairchildCon1,162
Sydney King Lab 1,132
East Kesteven no. 2 Jack MountainInd865
Henry Kelway Con 576
East Kesteven no. 3 Thomas HallCon1,338
Euan Robertson Ind 762
Lionel Dawson Lab 198
Lincoln ErmineRon BarnesDLP1,296
Cllr Mrs Joyce NaftalinLab1,124
Cllr David MiddletonLab1.059
F. HornCon729
A. CowtonCon559
Gainsborough Market Edgar SalisburyLab725
Mrs Marjorie Renshaw Con 361
Kenny Hethershaw Lib 284
Gainsborough North John StanleyLib915
Michael Noble Lab 673
Frank Land Con 596
Gainsborough South Leslie RainsforthLab1,036
Miss Charlotte Dordery Con 594
Raymond Greenwood Lib 449
Brian Page DLP 114
Gainsborough Rural no. 1 Harry PlowrightInd—
Gainsborough Rural no. 2 Harry KitchinsonInd1,322
John Sandars Con 968
Grantham no. 1 Frank SpeechleyCon987
Fred Chambers Lab 984
Grantham no. 2 Mrs Elsie DaviesLab875
William Harrison Con 599
Grantham no. 3 Ian GordonCon1,272
Mrs Louise Dickinson Lab 742
Grantham no. 4 Charles BurrowsLab1,491
Kathleen Porter Con 784
Lincoln HartsholmeMrs Miriam RichardsonDLP1,082
Cllr Laurie ValseyLab552
P. RowleyCon353
T. GinniffComm37
Horncastle Mrs Lesley SandersonInd1,034
Mrs Doris Cook Con 477
Horncastle Rural no. 1 John SmithsonInd1,348
George Daubney Ind 942
John Harris Lib 805
Horncastle Rural no. 2 John HarveyCon—
Louth North Christopher BennettInd1,258
Francis MacDonald Ind 505
Louth South Mrs Irene WilkinsonInd814
Mrs Catherine Stubbs Con 678
Louth Rural no. 1 Rupert DixonInd827
Hewson Silvester Ind 502
Louth Rural no. 2 Sam SpendlowInd1,327
John Codkin Con 587
Louth Rural no. 3 Donald WebbCon782
Miss Mary Taylor Ind 722
Durwood Russell Lab 539
Mablethorpe and Sutton Peter PoyntonCon1,203
Nelly Spink Ind 871
Lincoln MinsterAld. Mrs Mary SockiasCon1,170
Mrs Clodaga WilkinsonDLP1,090
D. MillerLab559
Lincoln MoorlandCllr Stan RobertsonLab949
Jim RichardsCon911
North Kesteven no. 1 William WyrillCon792
Mrs Elsie Mawer Ind 711
North Kesteven no. 2 Mrs Margery FallaCon1,576
William Rawson Lab 1,083
North Kesteven no. 3 Frank MarshallInd1,060
William Heele Con 1,056
Maurice Thompson Lab 498
North Kesteven no. 4 Reg BrealeyCon1,335
Charles Marshall Ind 1,002
North Kesteven no. 5 Mrs Mary LargeLab2,123
William Taylor Con 1,139
North Kesteven no. 6 Herbert JohnsonCon799
Keith Ford D-Lab 440
Mrs Maureen Lynn Lab 233
Lincoln ParkFred Allen*DLP831
Ald. Bill HerbertLab427
Jack RuddockCon392
Skegness North Harold FainlightLib1,262
Joseph Elliorr Con 893
Thomas Senior Lab 631
Skegness South Vivian Sheehan-HuntCon1,204
Eric Wright Lab 540
Sleaford Miss Grace NowellCon1,670
Peter Haysum Lab 1,320
South Kesteven no. 1 James CaveInd931
Mrs Elizabeth Opperman Con 799
South Kesteven no. 2 John Hedley Lewis Con—
South Kesteven no. 3 Mrs Jean WoottonCon744
Peter Hearn Ind 705
Harold Scarborough Lab 588
Spalding no. 1 David GuttridgeCon—
Spalding no. 2 Jim KingCon654
Thomas Addlesee Lab 560
Spalding no. 3 Cyril FordCon—
Spalding Rural no. 1 Jim Speechley Con1,177
Alfred Witherington Lab 1,056
Mrs Lillian Hardy Ind 789
Spalding Rural no. 2 Harold ChappellCon—
Spalding Rural no. 3G. WrayCon1,242
T. KiddLab582
Spilsby no. 1 Charles LeggottCon—
Spilsby no. 2 Charles RawlinsonInd1,140
Frank Clow Con 883
Spilsby no. 3 Harry SimpsonCon987
Frank Smith Lib? 813
Spilsby no. 4 Francis LapageInd1,221
Frederick Hepworth Con 1,066
Stamford no. 1 Ian AllenCon1,291
William Turner Lab 481
Stamford no. 2 Derek GladmanLab869
Anthony Gray Con 686
Welton no. 1 Edwin BramleyInd977
William Holland Ind 830
Walter Sternfeld Lab 789
Welton no. 2 Dorothy RichardsCon1,058
George Herrington Ind 807
Brian Fox Lab 608
Royston Hutson Ind 72
Welton no. 3 Reginald GaulInd746
William Camm Ind 613
George Coles Con 540
Walter Hill Ind 395
West Kesteven no. 1 Philip NewtonInd907
Joan Hayes Con 738
West Kesteven no. 2 Horace BrownlowCon1,598
Ivan Dawson Lab 618
West Kesteven no. 3 Capt Sir Anthony ThoroldCon1,093
Terry Bradley Lab 587
Robert Simpson Ind 583

Candidates suffixed by an asterisk (*) are the winners in their seats, but the exact results of the poll are not included in the sources below.

Source: "Lincoln keeps up its Taverne revolution" and "The new Lincs Council". Lincolnshire Echo. 13 April 1973. p. 9; "Lincolnshire County Election Results 1973–2009". Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 2 October 2016.

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References

  1. ↑ Cook, Chris; Ramsden, John (1997). By-Elections and British Politics. London: Routledge. p. 206
  2. ↑ "The new Lincs Council". Lincolnshire Echo. 13 April 1973. p. 9
  3. ↑ "Five of Six Taverne supporters elected". The Times. 13 April 1973. p. 4
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