1974 Bromley London Borough Council election

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The 1974 Bromley Council election took place on 2 May 1974 to elect members of Bromley London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. [1]

Contents

Background

Election result

Ward results

Beckenham

Anerley (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mrs M I F Harvey*
Labour Christopher Richard Gaster*
Conservative D S Fryer
Conservative Miss B E V Willmott
Liberal Nicholas J Gardner
Liberal S B Keen
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing +
Clock House (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mrs Olga L Roberts*
Labour R G West 1,222
Conservative A R Milne1,129
Conservative Michael John B Tickner
Liberal Mrs S M Tatham
Liberal C J Harte
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Copers Cope (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John L Pritchard
Conservative Charles George Priest* 1,631
Independent C Pym790
Liberal Jeremy V Cope499
Liberal Mrs K R Chapman
Labour Mrs Pauline M Jones
Labour Eric H Turner
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Eden Park (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Maurice J Mason*
Conservative Francis J D Cooke
Liberal Derek G Brent
Liberal Mrs Leslie E Brent
Labour Richard Richards
Labour R V H Mirkellian
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Lawrie Park & Kent House (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard D Foister*
Conservative A G F Mitchell*
Labour Miss Janet I Ambrose36.1+
Labour R H Mapstone
Liberal William Alan Macdonald MacCormick
Liberal Mrs J Sanders
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Manor House (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal David Edward Aubrey Crowe 1,407 43.2 +4.6
Liberal Heather Isabel Donovan 1,337
Conservative H J Palmer1,25138.4−4.7
Conservative R C Carter1,246
Labour Michael A Keenoy59818.4+0.2
Labour B J Sweeney512
Majority4.89.3
Turnout 44.3−2.4
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +4.6
Penge (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur J Mansfield
Labour Barbara Pedley*
Conservative J P Lawson
Conservative G Aczel
Liberal Henry A Verlander
Liberal P F Khan-Panni
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Shortlands (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative A E Read*
Conservative Bernard E G Davis*
Liberal Ian Phillips
Liberal R F Lloyd
Labour Ian M Haig
Labour Gareth B Matthewson
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Chislehurst

Bickley (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Maurice Bentley Kenward*
Conservative Hector McDonald
Conservative Simon J C Randall*
Liberal M B Goodwin
Labour Walter Kenneth Mansfield
Liberal Paul David A Nash
Labour Mrs Gwendoline I Mansfield
Liberal Mrs C B Cama
Labour R P Spencer
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Chislehurst (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative A F Parkinson*
Conservative Joan Bryant
Conservative Charles Christopher Seward Reeves*
Labour Mrs L J Courtneidge
Labour Harold Taylor
Labour J McHendry
Liberal Mrs M Corderoy
Liberal Stephen R Walls
Liberal D K Grove
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Mottingham (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alistair Huistean Macdonald*
Labour Ronald William Huzzard*
Conservative M P Dean
Conservative T P Dabrowski
Liberal R S Weedon
Liberal J Dulieu
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Plaistow & Sundridge (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joan Kathleen Wykes*
Conservative Richard B Jackson
Conservative Arthur J Wilkinson
Labour S G Tennant
Labour Richard Henry Redden
Labour Mrs Judith E Armstrong
Liberal John R Hassall
Liberal Ivor W Fyfe
Liberal Peter Alan Janikoun
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
St Paul's Cray (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour D Sanderson
Labour D W Edwards*
Labour Edgar C H Smith*
Conservative Geoffrey H Fennell
Conservative Mrs Violet C Hammond
Conservative Albert E Stayte
Liberal George H Watson
Liberal Mrs V K Day
Liberal Nicholas J Rowden
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Orpington

Biggin Hill (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mrs Marjorie C McClure*
Conservative Derek E Saunders* 1,505
Liberal C Deans1,017
Liberal Mrs H M Heatley
Labour Roy E Hodsdon
Labour Mrs D M Hodsdon
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Chelsfield (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jean Tatham*
Conservative D E Johnson
Liberal J W Cook
Liberal W J Ashworth
Labour K R Pike
Labour Mrs G R McKeown
Turnout
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing
Darwin (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Alexander Knox-Johnston* 989
Liberal Derek J Goldsmith589
Labour John E Goffe153
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Farnborough (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mrs Sheila M Stead*
Conservative Richard J Inniss*
Conservative K A Pawsey*
Liberal Keith O M Challis
Liberal Philip F Dearle
Liberal C Robert Rayner
Labour Philip R Edwards
Labour David I Grant
Labour C E Longley
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Goddington (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative D A Heron
Conservative Joseph T Heath
Conservative J T Taylor
Liberal Mrs M Brasher
Liberal G G Peiser
Liberal R Bentley
Labour J Draper
Labour Mrs Catherine Spillane
Labour Keith S C Good
Turnout
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing
Petts Wood (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joan Hatcher*
Conservative F J Packer*
Conservative Don D S Adams*
Liberal Edward Babbs
Liberal Christopher S Wilson
Liberal P W F Martin-Lawrence
Labour Mrs J E Woodhead
Labour Mrs E A Pindar
Labour G W Loveday
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
St Mary Cray (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Doris Partridge*
Labour Peter John Tozer
Labour E W White
Conservative Mrs J J Jordon
Conservative F C Vallender
Conservative J A Collins
Liberal A A Parfitt
Liberal M C Jackson
Liberal N F Kinchen
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Ravensbourne

Bromley Common (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative A R Dix 1,605
Conservative R E Hiskey 1,584
Conservative R C Gent 1,570
Labour Mrs Naomi V Carter*1,566
Labour John Richard Holbrook1,561
Labour A W Wright1,529
Liberal D L Crawford1,072
Liberal W Deakin1,037
Liberal R W Timms1,012
Turnout
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Keston & Hayes (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Horace Walter Haden*
Conservative James F David*
Conservative Ernest Dennis Barkway* 2,578
Liberal William Ivor Shipley1,776
Liberal Brian Harry Taylor
Liberal Mrs Patricia D Ebden
Labour Peter W Rance
Labour L Bishop
Labour J A Cook
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Martins Hill & Town (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William F D Walker*
Conservative Anthony Millar Wilkinson*
Conservative R J Atkins
Labour Gordon Thomas Yates
Labour Mrs K Lusty
Labour Mrs H Hill
Liberal Mrs M M Coulson
Liberal M F D'Souza
Liberal Philip E Dewdney
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
West Wickham North (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Montague I Blasey*
Conservative P C Read
Liberal Peter A Dodsworth
Liberal Mrs Susan A Taylor
Labour Robert Armstrong
Labour Mrs Celia Nortcliff
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
West Wickham South (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative B G Cope
Conservative Kenneth V Crask*
Liberal W E Radcliffe
Liberal Alan G Sewell
Labour R A Lusty
Labour M J J Regan
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

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References

  1. "London Borough Council Elections 2 May 1974" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 29 March 2015.