1973 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election

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1973 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election
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10 May 1973 1975  

All 63 seats to Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority
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LeaderRaymond LittlerBert PyperCecil Fink
Party Conservative Labour Liberal
Leader's seat Altrincham South West Park Brooklands
Seats won321912
Popular vote86,04363,27439,947
Percentage45.0%33.1%20.9%

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Winner of each seat at the 1973 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election

Leader after election

Raymond Littler
Conservative

The first elections to Trafford Council were held on Thursday, 10 May 1973. This was a new council created to replace the following authorities: the Municipal Borough of Altrincham, the Municipal Borough of Sale, the Municipal Borough of Stretford, Bowdon Urban District, Hale Urban District, Urmston Urban District, and parts of Bucklow Rural District. This election would create the entire 63-member council (3 councillors to each ward), which would shadow its predecessor councils before taking over their functions on 1 April 1974, as specified in the Local Government Act 1972. Each 1st-placed candidate would serve a five-year term of office, expiring in 1978. Each 2nd-placed candidate would serve a three-year term of office, expiring in 1976. Each 3rd-placed candidate would serve a two-year term of office, expiring in 1975.

Contents

The Conservative Party won overall control of the council. [1]

Previous elections

The last elections to take place in Trafford's predecessor councils occurred in the first week of May 1972.

Thursday, 4 May 1972.

Saturday, 6 May 1972.

Election result

PartyVotesSeats
Conservative Party 86,043 (45.0%)
32 (50.8%)
32 / 63
Labour Party 63,274 (33.1%)
19 (30.2%)
19 / 63
Liberal Party 39,974 (20.9%)
12 (19.0%)
12 / 63
Communist Party 1,220 (0.6%)
0 (0.0%)
0 / 63
Independent 621 (0.3%)
0 (0.0%)
0 / 63
191232

Ward results

No.1 (Altrincham South West)

Altrincham South West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Hoyle*1,26553.7
Conservative Kenneth Harrison*1,24052.6
Conservative Raymond Littler*1,15048.8
Conservative Albert Whitehurst1,14048.4
Labour George Harmer*1,10246.8
Labour Robert Crossman*1,07545.6
Communist John Brennan994.2
Majority 100.4
Turnout 2,35736.4
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

No.2 (Altrincham East)

Altrincham East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Davenport*1,74843.3
Liberal Michael Farnsworth*1,71142.3
Liberal Roy Richardson*1,70042.1
Conservative Peter Leigh1,50437.3
Conservative Paul Field1,43535.6
Conservative Michael Brown1,39734.6
Labour Paul Griffiths88121.8
Labour Robert Coulthard86721.5
Labour David Teasdale85921.3
Majority 1964.9
Turnout 4,03442.2
Liberal win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)

No.3 (Altrincham North)

Altrincham North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ron Metcalf1,09335.9
Conservative David Stroud*1,07035.2
Conservative Olga Wilson1,05434.6
Labour Barry Jones1,04034.2
Liberal Eric Faulkner*1,02033.5
Labour John Webb*97432.0
Liberal Bartholomew Lynch*96631.7
Labour Winifred Oliver*95231.3
Liberal Roy Allen83327.4
Communist Emily Sheldon1294.2
Majority 140.5
Turnout 3,04445.7
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

No.4 (Timperley)

Timperley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harry Wharton*1,28338.9
Liberal Raymond Bowker1,16835.4
Labour Vincent Collett*1,16535.3
Conservative Audrey Weedall*1,13834.5
Conservative Roy Hall1,07632.6
Labour Kathleen Warrington1,04131.5
Liberal Peter Beswick1,00830.5
Liberal Terence Ballard99930.3
Conservative Roy Alcock93528.3
Communist Les Whitney902.7
Majority 270.8
Turnout 3,30143.7
Labour win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

No.5 (Mersey-St. Mary’s)

Mersey-St. Mary's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Brian Clancy*1,87652.8
Conservative Ivor Hurst*1,77750.1
Conservative Reginald Bannister*1,77450.0
Liberal Kenneth Humber*1,75249.4
Liberal Hilary Hughes1,73648.9
Conservative Joyce Parkins1,73448.8
Majority 220.6
Turnout 3,55039.9
Liberal win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

No.6 (St. Martin’s)

St. Martin's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael King2,17855.6
Labour William Munro*2,13754.6
Conservative Stanley Brownhill*2,02951.8
Conservative Geoffrey Rubenstein1,83246.8
Labour Eric Mellor*1,80046.0
Labour G. Naggs1,77045.2
Majority 1975.0
Turnout 3,91537.0
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

No.7 (Sale Moor)

Sale Moor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Mee*1,34557.2
Labour Winifred Phillips*1,34457.2
Labour Barry Brotherton*1,19750.9
Conservative John Hammond1,04344.4
Conservative Eric Scarborough1,02843.7
Conservative Geoffrey de Berry98742.0
Communist A. H. Burrage1104.7
Majority 1546.6
Turnout 2,35135.1
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

No.8 (St. Anne’s)

St. Anne's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Phillipson*1,60542.7
Liberal John Golding*1,52940.7
Liberal Alan Thorpe1,47539.2
Conservative Eric Peet1,43538.2
Conservative Frank Seddon-Laughton*1,41737.7
Conservative John Sutton1,34935.9
Labour Kenneth Walton*85622.8
Labour Kenneth Tottle80621.4
Labour Thomas Packham70518.8
Communist David Hames1022.7
Majority 401.1
Turnout 3,76044.1
Liberal win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)

No.9 (Brooklands)

Brooklands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Cecil Fink*2,07354.0
Liberal Moira Horlock*2,02752.8
Liberal Sydney Evans1,90549.6
Conservative George Goodliffe*1,87848.9
Conservative J. L. Fergusson*1,79646.8
Conservative A. S. Long*1,72344.9
Communist Bernard Panter1203.1
Majority 270.7
Turnout 3,84143.4
Liberal win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)

No.10 (Talbot North)

Talbot North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Marland*1,75565.3
Labour Daniel Sullivan*1,71563.8
Labour Clifford Cronshaw*1,69463.1
Conservative John Schofield*95635.6
Conservative Florence Warbrick90533.7
Conservative G. D. Miles84331.4
Communist A. Ironmonger1907.1
Majority 73827.5
Turnout 2,68630.1
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

No.11 (Clifford)

Clifford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour H. Davies1,44558.0
Labour V. J. Wynne1,34654.0
Labour Raymond Tully1,29552.0
Conservative Roy Corke1,16946.9
Conservative Edward Kelson1,12345.1
Conservative K. J. Pulford1,09544.0
Majority 1265.1
Turnout 2,49136.9
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

No.12 (Longford)

Longford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Homer*1,85954.0
Conservative Olive Chandler*1,81152.6
Conservative Alexander Kelly1,71149.7
Labour Joan Bailey1,68348.9
Labour H. Pyper1,65548.1
Labour K. Silcock1,60646.7
Majority 280.8
Turnout 3,44235.4
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

No.13 (Stretford)

Stretford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Margaret Hindley*1,58368.7
Conservative Colin Warbrick*1,49364.8
Conservative Harry Walker1,49264.8
Labour E. P. Wollaston78934.3
Labour Irene Gregory77733.7
Labour J. R. Haydock77733.7
Majority 70330.5
Turnout 2,30339.0
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

No.14 (Park)

Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Shaw1,53062.2
Labour Herbert Pyper*1,50361.1
Labour James Haydock1,48460.3
Conservative William Matthews93638.0
Conservative Evans88636.0
Conservative Jaminson86035.0
Communist Jarrett1817.4
Majority 54822.3
Turnout 2,46039.2
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

No.15 (Bowdon)

Bowdon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jean Gill*2,44273.4
Conservative Barbara Sutton Hall*2,33270.1
Conservative John Humphreys*2,26268.0
Liberal Frances Vickery*1,21336.5
Labour Arthur Johnson*70221.1
Labour John Kill*54316.3
Labour A. R. Duxbury48714.6
Majority 1,04931.5
Turnout 3,32747.2
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

No.16 (Hale)

Hale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Marjorie Hinchcliffe*2,81468.0
Conservative Brian Adams2,73466.0
Conservative Roy Godwin*2,72665.8
Liberal Constance Ball*1,01624.5
Liberal Bernadette Judson94122.7
Liberal Rosemarie Rivera89721.7
Labour Joyce Cope50812.3
Labour E. S. Donnelly4079.8
Labour M. P. Green3799.2
Majority 1,71041.3
Turnout 4,14044.9
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

No.17 (Partington)

Partington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Holland*1,27774.2
Labour John Paul*1,22871.3
Labour Brian Nutter*1,15166.8
Liberal Albert Appleton*69040.1
Independent Mark Sharkey*62136.1
Communist Eileen Wilkinson19911.6
Majority 46126.8
Turnout 1,72224.0
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

No.18 (Urmston West East)

Urmston West East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Allan Coupe*1,32340.2
Conservative Ruth Royle-Higginson*1,27038.6
Liberal Gwen Davies1,26238.3
Liberal J. Tame1,26138.3
Conservative Anthony Platt*1,20836.7
Liberal A. Dickinson1,16935.5
Labour David O'Kelly*84925.8
Labour D. Watts77223.4
Labour W. J. Williams*76923.3
Majority 10.0
Turnout 3,29439.3
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)

No.19 (Flixton East Central)

Flixton East Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Wroe*1,87747.4
Conservative Neil Fitzpatrick1,75544.3
Conservative Gordon Lumby1,73743.9
Liberal Norman Heywood1,53938.9
Liberal Margaret Willis1,43136.2
Liberal A. Hannett1,41535.8
Labour D. M. Hall73518.6
Labour R. P. Phillips72718.4
Labour Kathleen Barnes65816.6
Majority 1985.0
Turnout 3,95843.1
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

No.20 (Flixton West)

Flixton West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Carnall*1,96456.5
Conservative Albert Williams1,90854.9
Conservative H. P. Liddiard1,89754.6
Labour B. Elliott*1,63647.1
Labour A. Stringer*1,53844.2
Labour R. Taylor1,47942.5
Majority 2617.5
Turnout 3,47637.6
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

No.21 (Davyhulme East)

Davyhulme East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Raymond Haigh*1,15864.4
Conservative Frank Eadie*1,14863.8
Conservative Eric Crosbie1,12262.4
Labour B. Hall67837.7
Labour D. Stewart65836.6
Labour G. Scott62935.0
Majority 44424.7
Turnout 1,79833.2
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

By-elections between 1973 and 1975

No.6 (St. Martin's) By-Election 18 July 1974
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Morgan Evans1,75246.2−13.8
Labour Thomas Packham1,19131.4
Liberal Michael Wood84922.4
Majority 56114.8
Turnout 3,79234.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

References

  1. "Trafford M. B. C. Election Results Sheet, 11 May 1973", Trafford M.B.C.(1973).