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All 63 seats to Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council 32 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Winner of each seat at the 1973 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
The Conservative Party won overall control of the council. [1]
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.
Party | Votes | Seats | |||
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 |
19 | 12 | 32 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Hoyle* | 1,265 | 53.7 | ||
Conservative | Kenneth Harrison* | 1,240 | 52.6 | ||
Conservative | Raymond Littler* | 1,150 | 48.8 | ||
Conservative | Albert Whitehurst | 1,140 | 48.4 | ||
Labour | George Harmer* | 1,102 | 46.8 | ||
Labour | Robert Crossman* | 1,075 | 45.6 | ||
Communist | John Brennan | 99 | 4.2 | ||
Majority | 10 | 0.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,357 | 36.4 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Davenport* | 1,748 | 43.3 | ||
Liberal | Michael Farnsworth* | 1,711 | 42.3 | ||
Liberal | Roy Richardson* | 1,700 | 42.1 | ||
Conservative | Peter Leigh | 1,504 | 37.3 | ||
Conservative | Paul Field | 1,435 | 35.6 | ||
Conservative | Michael Brown | 1,397 | 34.6 | ||
Labour | Paul Griffiths | 881 | 21.8 | ||
Labour | Robert Coulthard | 867 | 21.5 | ||
Labour | David Teasdale | 859 | 21.3 | ||
Majority | 196 | 4.9 | |||
Turnout | 4,034 | 42.2 | |||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ron Metcalf | 1,093 | 35.9 | ||
Conservative | David Stroud* | 1,070 | 35.2 | ||
Conservative | Olga Wilson | 1,054 | 34.6 | ||
Labour | Barry Jones | 1,040 | 34.2 | ||
Liberal | Eric Faulkner* | 1,020 | 33.5 | ||
Labour | John Webb* | 974 | 32.0 | ||
Liberal | Bartholomew Lynch* | 966 | 31.7 | ||
Labour | Winifred Oliver* | 952 | 31.3 | ||
Liberal | Roy Allen | 833 | 27.4 | ||
Communist | Emily Sheldon | 129 | 4.2 | ||
Majority | 14 | 0.5 | |||
Turnout | 3,044 | 45.7 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harry Wharton* | 1,283 | 38.9 | ||
Liberal | Raymond Bowker | 1,168 | 35.4 | ||
Labour | Vincent Collett* | 1,165 | 35.3 | ||
Conservative | Audrey Weedall* | 1,138 | 34.5 | ||
Conservative | Roy Hall | 1,076 | 32.6 | ||
Labour | Kathleen Warrington | 1,041 | 31.5 | ||
Liberal | Peter Beswick | 1,008 | 30.5 | ||
Liberal | Terence Ballard | 999 | 30.3 | ||
Conservative | Roy Alcock | 935 | 28.3 | ||
Communist | Les Whitney | 90 | 2.7 | ||
Majority | 27 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,301 | 43.7 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Brian Clancy* | 1,876 | 52.8 | ||
Conservative | Ivor Hurst* | 1,777 | 50.1 | ||
Conservative | Reginald Bannister* | 1,774 | 50.0 | ||
Liberal | Kenneth Humber* | 1,752 | 49.4 | ||
Liberal | Hilary Hughes | 1,736 | 48.9 | ||
Conservative | Joyce Parkins | 1,734 | 48.8 | ||
Majority | 22 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 3,550 | 39.9 | |||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael King | 2,178 | 55.6 | ||
Labour | William Munro* | 2,137 | 54.6 | ||
Conservative | Stanley Brownhill* | 2,029 | 51.8 | ||
Conservative | Geoffrey Rubenstein | 1,832 | 46.8 | ||
Labour | Eric Mellor* | 1,800 | 46.0 | ||
Labour | G. Naggs | 1,770 | 45.2 | ||
Majority | 197 | 5.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,915 | 37.0 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Mee* | 1,345 | 57.2 | ||
Labour | Winifred Phillips* | 1,344 | 57.2 | ||
Labour | Barry Brotherton* | 1,197 | 50.9 | ||
Conservative | John Hammond | 1,043 | 44.4 | ||
Conservative | Eric Scarborough | 1,028 | 43.7 | ||
Conservative | Geoffrey de Berry | 987 | 42.0 | ||
Communist | A. H. Burrage | 110 | 4.7 | ||
Majority | 154 | 6.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,351 | 35.1 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Phillipson* | 1,605 | 42.7 | ||
Liberal | John Golding* | 1,529 | 40.7 | ||
Liberal | Alan Thorpe | 1,475 | 39.2 | ||
Conservative | Eric Peet | 1,435 | 38.2 | ||
Conservative | Frank Seddon-Laughton* | 1,417 | 37.7 | ||
Conservative | John Sutton | 1,349 | 35.9 | ||
Labour | Kenneth Walton* | 856 | 22.8 | ||
Labour | Kenneth Tottle | 806 | 21.4 | ||
Labour | Thomas Packham | 705 | 18.8 | ||
Communist | David Hames | 102 | 2.7 | ||
Majority | 40 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 3,760 | 44.1 | |||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Cecil Fink* | 2,073 | 54.0 | ||
Liberal | Moira Horlock* | 2,027 | 52.8 | ||
Liberal | Sydney Evans | 1,905 | 49.6 | ||
Conservative | George Goodliffe* | 1,878 | 48.9 | ||
Conservative | J. L. Fergusson* | 1,796 | 46.8 | ||
Conservative | A. S. Long* | 1,723 | 44.9 | ||
Communist | Bernard Panter | 120 | 3.1 | ||
Majority | 27 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 3,841 | 43.4 | |||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Marland* | 1,755 | 65.3 | ||
Labour | Daniel Sullivan* | 1,715 | 63.8 | ||
Labour | Clifford Cronshaw* | 1,694 | 63.1 | ||
Conservative | John Schofield* | 956 | 35.6 | ||
Conservative | Florence Warbrick | 905 | 33.7 | ||
Conservative | G. D. Miles | 843 | 31.4 | ||
Communist | A. Ironmonger | 190 | 7.1 | ||
Majority | 738 | 27.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,686 | 30.1 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | H. Davies | 1,445 | 58.0 | ||
Labour | V. J. Wynne | 1,346 | 54.0 | ||
Labour | Raymond Tully | 1,295 | 52.0 | ||
Conservative | Roy Corke | 1,169 | 46.9 | ||
Conservative | Edward Kelson | 1,123 | 45.1 | ||
Conservative | K. J. Pulford | 1,095 | 44.0 | ||
Majority | 126 | 5.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,491 | 36.9 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Homer* | 1,859 | 54.0 | ||
Conservative | Olive Chandler* | 1,811 | 52.6 | ||
Conservative | Alexander Kelly | 1,711 | 49.7 | ||
Labour | Joan Bailey | 1,683 | 48.9 | ||
Labour | H. Pyper | 1,655 | 48.1 | ||
Labour | K. Silcock | 1,606 | 46.7 | ||
Majority | 28 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,442 | 35.4 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Margaret Hindley* | 1,583 | 68.7 | ||
Conservative | Colin Warbrick* | 1,493 | 64.8 | ||
Conservative | Harry Walker | 1,492 | 64.8 | ||
Labour | E. P. Wollaston | 789 | 34.3 | ||
Labour | Irene Gregory | 777 | 33.7 | ||
Labour | J. R. Haydock | 777 | 33.7 | ||
Majority | 703 | 30.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,303 | 39.0 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Shaw | 1,530 | 62.2 | ||
Labour | Herbert Pyper* | 1,503 | 61.1 | ||
Labour | James Haydock | 1,484 | 60.3 | ||
Conservative | William Matthews | 936 | 38.0 | ||
Conservative | Evans | 886 | 36.0 | ||
Conservative | Jaminson | 860 | 35.0 | ||
Communist | Jarrett | 181 | 7.4 | ||
Majority | 548 | 22.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,460 | 39.2 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jean Gill* | 2,442 | 73.4 | ||
Conservative | Barbara Sutton Hall* | 2,332 | 70.1 | ||
Conservative | John Humphreys* | 2,262 | 68.0 | ||
Liberal | Frances Vickery* | 1,213 | 36.5 | ||
Labour | Arthur Johnson* | 702 | 21.1 | ||
Labour | John Kill* | 543 | 16.3 | ||
Labour | A. R. Duxbury | 487 | 14.6 | ||
Majority | 1,049 | 31.5 | |||
Turnout | 3,327 | 47.2 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Marjorie Hinchcliffe* | 2,814 | 68.0 | ||
Conservative | Brian Adams | 2,734 | 66.0 | ||
Conservative | Roy Godwin* | 2,726 | 65.8 | ||
Liberal | Constance Ball* | 1,016 | 24.5 | ||
Liberal | Bernadette Judson | 941 | 22.7 | ||
Liberal | Rosemarie Rivera | 897 | 21.7 | ||
Labour | Joyce Cope | 508 | 12.3 | ||
Labour | E. S. Donnelly | 407 | 9.8 | ||
Labour | M. P. Green | 379 | 9.2 | ||
Majority | 1,710 | 41.3 | |||
Turnout | 4,140 | 44.9 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Holland* | 1,277 | 74.2 | ||
Labour | John Paul* | 1,228 | 71.3 | ||
Labour | Brian Nutter* | 1,151 | 66.8 | ||
Liberal | Albert Appleton* | 690 | 40.1 | ||
Independent | Mark Sharkey* | 621 | 36.1 | ||
Communist | Eileen Wilkinson | 199 | 11.6 | ||
Majority | 461 | 26.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,722 | 24.0 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Allan Coupe* | 1,323 | 40.2 | ||
Conservative | Ruth Royle-Higginson* | 1,270 | 38.6 | ||
Liberal | Gwen Davies | 1,262 | 38.3 | ||
Liberal | J. Tame | 1,261 | 38.3 | ||
Conservative | Anthony Platt* | 1,208 | 36.7 | ||
Liberal | A. Dickinson | 1,169 | 35.5 | ||
Labour | David O'Kelly* | 849 | 25.8 | ||
Labour | D. Watts | 772 | 23.4 | ||
Labour | W. J. Williams* | 769 | 23.3 | ||
Majority | 1 | 0.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,294 | 39.3 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Wroe* | 1,877 | 47.4 | ||
Conservative | Neil Fitzpatrick | 1,755 | 44.3 | ||
Conservative | Gordon Lumby | 1,737 | 43.9 | ||
Liberal | Norman Heywood | 1,539 | 38.9 | ||
Liberal | Margaret Willis | 1,431 | 36.2 | ||
Liberal | A. Hannett | 1,415 | 35.8 | ||
Labour | D. M. Hall | 735 | 18.6 | ||
Labour | R. P. Phillips | 727 | 18.4 | ||
Labour | Kathleen Barnes | 658 | 16.6 | ||
Majority | 198 | 5.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,958 | 43.1 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Carnall* | 1,964 | 56.5 | ||
Conservative | Albert Williams | 1,908 | 54.9 | ||
Conservative | H. P. Liddiard | 1,897 | 54.6 | ||
Labour | B. Elliott* | 1,636 | 47.1 | ||
Labour | A. Stringer* | 1,538 | 44.2 | ||
Labour | R. Taylor | 1,479 | 42.5 | ||
Majority | 261 | 7.5 | |||
Turnout | 3,476 | 37.6 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Raymond Haigh* | 1,158 | 64.4 | ||
Conservative | Frank Eadie* | 1,148 | 63.8 | ||
Conservative | Eric Crosbie | 1,122 | 62.4 | ||
Labour | B. Hall | 678 | 37.7 | ||
Labour | D. Stewart | 658 | 36.6 | ||
Labour | G. Scott | 629 | 35.0 | ||
Majority | 444 | 24.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,798 | 33.2 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Morgan Evans | 1,752 | 46.2 | −13.8 | |
Labour | Thomas Packham | 1,191 | 31.4 | ||
Liberal | Michael Wood | 849 | 22.4 | ||
Majority | 561 | 14.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,792 | 34.0 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
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