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The 1973 North Hertfordshire District Council election was held on 7 June 1973. It was the first election to North Hertfordshire District Council, and was held at the same time as other local elections across England for the new non-metropolitan district councils that were created under the Local Government Act 1972. The elected councillors initially formed a shadow authority to oversee the transition to the new system, operating alongside the five outgoing district councils until 1 April 1974 when the new district formally came into being. [1]
The election saw the Conservatives form the largest party on the council, albeit falling a couple of seats short of having a majority, leaving the council under no overall control. The Conservatives formed a minority administration, with their group leader, Bob Flatman, becoming the first leader of the council. [2]
The overall results were as follows: [3]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Conservative | 23 | 47.9 | 42.7 | 14,958 | |||||
Labour | 17 | 35.4 | 32.8 | 11,492 | |||||
Independent | 7 | 14.6 | 19.6 | 6,862 | |||||
Ratepayers | 1 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 1,099 | |||||
Liberal | 0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 616 |
The new district was divided into 18 numbered wards, electing between one and four councillors each to give a total of 48 councillors: [4]
The results for each ward were as follows: [3] [5] [6] [7]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Nora M. Burgess | 1,212 | 40.4 | ||
Labour | George A. York | 813 | 27.1 | ||
Conservative | John Barton | 769 | 25.6 | ||
Labour | Stanley Watson | 687 | |||
Labour | Roger McFall | 639 | |||
Conservative | Richard E. Harrison | 605 | |||
Liberal | John C. Whelan | 207 | 6.9 | ||
Turnout | 62.7 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,785 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Audrey Carss | 683 | 52.8 | ||
Labour | James Reilly (Jim Reilly) | 666 | |||
Labour | Charles Rowe (Jim Rowe) | 624 | |||
Conservative | John Parfitt | 338 | 26.1 | ||
Independent | Tony Elliott | 272 | 21.0 | ||
Turnout | 27.1 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,094 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Ballantyne | 949 | 57.0 | ||
Conservative | Dorothy Jenkinson | 917 | |||
Labour | Andrew McQuillan | 716 | 43.0 | ||
Labour | John Seabrook | 705 | |||
Turnout | 46.2 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,682 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Stanley Flatman (Bob Flatman) | 1,013 | 59.6 | ||
Conservative | Keith Crook | 989 | |||
Conservative | Derek Doel | 960 | |||
Liberal | Bill Williams | 409 | 24.0 | ||
Labour | Derek Massey | 279 | 16.4 | ||
Labour | Jean Gentle | 267 | |||
Labour | Athelstan Herbert | 253 | |||
Turnout | 33.7 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,469 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Goldsmith | 880 | 36.7 | ||
Labour | Peter Clarke | 833 | |||
Ratepayers | Ken Logan | 769 | 32.1 | ||
Conservative | David Ingram | 750 | 31.3 | ||
Ratepayers | Ted Morton | 720 | |||
Labour | Crystal Toleman | 708 | |||
Turnout | 46.3 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,023 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Ratepayers win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Beryl Wearmouth | 1,152 | 53.3 | ||
Conservative | Les Ford | 988 | |||
Conservative | Michael Hillman | 891 | |||
Independent | Don Bache | 748 | 34.6 | ||
Independent | Ron Hartless | 447 | |||
Independent | George Jackson | 387 | |||
Labour | Walter Patrick Guymer | 261 | 12.1 | ||
Labour | David Wilson | 230 | |||
Labour | Doris Reilly | 223 | |||
Independent | Peter Hull | 159 | |||
Turnout | 45.7 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,211 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William Miller (Bill Miller) | 1,513 | 62.9 | ||
Labour | Christopher D. Stockwell (Chris Stockwell) | 1,396 | |||
Labour | Gerard Devlin (Gerry Devlin) | 1,384 | |||
Labour | Edith Badstevener | 1,309 | |||
Conservative | James McGinlay | 894 | 37.1 | ||
Conservative | Brian J. Down | 866 | |||
Turnout | 37.0 | ||||
Registered electors | 6,285 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David A. Griffiths | 1,178 | 75.3 | ||
Labour | Reginald S. Hall (Reg Hall) | 1,163 | |||
Labour | Ernest M. Brown (Ernie Brown) | 1,149 | |||
Conservative | William Charles Bifield (Charles Bifield) | 387 | 24.7 | ||
Turnout | 32.9 | ||||
Registered electors | 5,057 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Gallard | 1,144 | 59.5 | ||
Labour | Mary B. Briercliffe (Mamie Briercliffe) | 1,107 | |||
Labour | Ian Mantle | 1,102 | |||
Conservative | John Cole | 779 | 40.5 | ||
Conservative | Barry C. Jackson | 755 | |||
Turnout | 47.0 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,243 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Clifford J. Marshall (Cliff Marshall) | 832 | 54.5 | ||
Conservative | John G. McKenna | 782 | |||
Labour | Donald Kitchiner (Don Kitchiner) | 696 | 45.5 | ||
Labour | Edna Patricia Watson-Blake (Pat Watson-Blake) | 679 | |||
Turnout | 62.2 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,519 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Saunders (Bob Saunders) | 962 | 59.9 | ||
Conservative | Margaret Gavin Jones | 941 | |||
Independent | Douglas C. Squirrell | 417 | 26.0 | ||
Labour | Florence Wiggs | 226 | 14.1 | ||
Labour | Leslie Pulham (Les Pulham) | 165 | |||
Turnout | 40.7 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,574 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | George William Stevens | 1,559 | 42.7 | ||
Independent | Patricia Alison Rule | 1,544 | |||
Conservative | Francis John Smith (John Smith) | 1,336 | 36.6 | ||
Independent | Philip Leslie Gray | 1,298 | |||
Conservative | Christopher McMichael | 852 | |||
Labour | Robert Douglas Beckwith | 760 | 20.8 | ||
Labour | Brian William Cavanagh | 673 | |||
Labour | Alan Evans | 666 | |||
Labour | Anthony Clive Pettit | 600 | |||
Turnout | 58.2 | ||||
Registered electors | 6,279 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Eric James Gurney | 971 | 51.5 | ||
Conservative | Peter Robert Evans | 649 | 34.4 | ||
Conservative | Nellie Laura Thompson | 642 | |||
Labour | William Watson | 266 | 14.1 | ||
Labour | Willie Page | 243 | |||
Turnout | 67.4 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,800 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Esther Mary Brookes | 710 | 55.5 | ||
Conservative | Ian Smith Rose | 558 | |||
Independent | John Joseph Crumpholt | 414 | 32.4 | ||
Labour | Pamela Marjorie Toorchen | 155 | 12.1 | ||
Labour | Brian Douglas Miller | 118 | |||
Turnout | 55.5 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,304 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ivan Wren | 1,457 | 77.5 | ||
Conservative | Margaret Jane McMurtrie (Jane McMurtrie) | 1,383 | |||
Conservative | John Raffell | 1,312 | |||
Labour | David Kendall | 422 | 22.5 | ||
Labour | Christina Evans | 405 | |||
Labour | Philip Leslie Dicks | 348 | |||
Turnout | 42.6 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,547 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Denis Winch | 614 | 71.8 | ||
Labour | Anthony Gentle | 241 | 28.2 | ||
Turnout | 43.2 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,986 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Gordon Dumelow | 659 | 40.1 | ||
Conservative | Alfred Grosse | 555 | |||
Labour | Martin Lisles | 355 | 21.6 | ||
Ratepayers | Dennis Bols | 330 | 20.1 | ||
Independent | Ernest Grosse | 298 | 18.1 | ||
Turnout | 46.5 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,675 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Ron Lodge | 971 | 37.6 | ||
Labour | Gilbert Kendall | 904 | 35.0 | ||
Independent | David Stedman | 894 | |||
Independent | James Holden | 847 | |||
Labour | Ronald Hawkes (Ron Hawkes) | 770 | |||
Labour | Raymond Cousins (Ray Cousins) | 742 | |||
Conservative | Howard Swann | 708 | 27.4 | ||
Conservative | Arthur Baines | 679 | |||
Conservative | Ian Little | 638 | |||
Turnout | 52.7 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,736 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
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