The first elections to Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council were held on Thursday, 10 May 1973, with the entirety of the 69 seat council - three seats for each of the 23 wards - up for vote. It was the first council election as the newly formed metropolitan borough under a new constitution. The Local Government Act 1972 stipulated that the elected members were to shadow and eventually take over from the County Borough of Bolton, the Municipal Borough of Farnworth, the Urban Districts of Blackrod, Horwich, Kearsley, Little Lever, and Westhoughton, and the southern part of Turton Urban District on 1 April 1974. The order in which the councillors were elected dictated their term serving, with third-place candidates serving two years and up for re-election in 1975, second-placed three years expiring in 1976 and 1st-placed five years until 1978.
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Bolton was, from 1838 to 1974, a local government district in the northwest of England, conterminate with the town of Bolton.
The Conservative Party took control of the new Council by a majority of 1. The Leader of the Council was Councillor John Hanscomb, who held this position until Labour took control in 1980.
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John Collins Hanscomb C.B.E., M.A. is a retired Conservative politician from the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England.
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Conservative | 35 | 44.7 | 84,702 | ||||||
Labour | 31 | 44.2 | 83,729 | ||||||
Liberal | 2 | 8.9 | 16,916 | ||||||
Other parties | 1 | 2.1 | 3,940 | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | D Shepherd | 2,171 | 23.4 | ||
Conservative | F Waterworth | 2,087 | 22.5 | ||
Conservative | A Hibbert | 1,986 | 21.4 | ||
Labour | J Walker | 1,082 | 11.7 | ||
Labour | N Lee | 1,007 | 10.9 | ||
Labour | D Jones | 938 | 10.1 | ||
Turnout | 9,721 | 34.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | B Furlong | 1,090 | 15.1 | ||
Conservative | T Greenhalgh | 1,077 | 15.0 | ||
Conservative | K Howarth | 1,073 | 14.9 | ||
Liberal | A Winstanley | 1,054 | 14.6 | ||
Liberal | J Webster | 1,037 | 14.4 | ||
Liberal | M Batth | 1,012 | 14.1 | ||
Labour | A Brigg | 300 | 4.2 | ||
Labour | J Riley | 285 | 4.0 | ||
Labour | C Benjamin | 270 | 3.8 | ||
Turnout | 7,198 | 40.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J Foster | 1,119 | 27.1 | ||
Labour | T McEwan | 1,046 | 25.1 | ||
Labour | C Skull | 1,011 | 24.5 | ||
Conservative | D Hall | 329 | 8.0 | ||
Conservative | C Gregory | 325 | 7.9 | ||
Conservative | D Harris | 294 | 7.1 | ||
Turnout | 4,124 | 31.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | D Carr | 1,456 | 15.5 | ||
Conservative | A Poulson | 1,421 | 15.1 | ||
Conservative | H Bennett | 1,412 | 15.0 | ||
Liberal | P O'Connor | 1,175 | 12.5 | ||
Liberal | T Williams | 1,124 | 12.0 | ||
Liberal | D Charlton | 1,095 | 11.7 | ||
Labour | H Haslam | 670 | 7.1 | ||
Labour | S Chadwick | 542 | 5.8 | ||
Labour | A Uttley | 489 | 5.2 | ||
Turnout | 9,384 | 41.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | R Halliwell | 1,790 | 20.7 | ||
Conservative | E Crook | 1,711 | 19.8 | ||
Conservative | A O'Neil | 1,641 | 19.0 | ||
Labour | M Johnson | 1,290 | 14.9 | ||
Labour | J Knight | 1,140 | 13.2 | ||
Labour | B Turner | 1,081 | 12.5 | ||
Turnout | 8,653 | 41.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D Dingwall | 2,064 | 18.6 | ||
Labour | K McIvor | 1,913 | 17.3 | ||
Labour | P Johnson | 1,895 | 17.1 | ||
Conservative | A Chadbond | 1,820 | 16.4 | ||
Conservative | M Walsh | 1,699 | 15.4 | ||
Conservative | P Eckersley | 1,677 | 15.2 | ||
Turnout | 11,068 | 31.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | D Berry | 1,406 | 25.3 | ||
Conservative | F Rushton | 1,359 | 24.4 | ||
Conservative | R Ward | 1,351 | 24.3 | ||
Labour | S Harrison | 506 | 9.1 | ||
Labour | J Brown | 483 | 8.7 | ||
Labour | S Hill | 454 | 8.2 | ||
Turnout | 5,559 | 30.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W Simpson | 1,159 | 23.8 | ||
Labour | J Taylor | 1,143 | 23.5 | ||
Labour | S Walsh | 1,030 | 21.2 | ||
Conservative | J Laycock | 533 | 11.0 | ||
Conservative | A Laycock | 533 | 11.0 | ||
Conservative | M Bleakley | 468 | 9.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,866 | 29.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | L Cunliffe | 2,010 | 22.6 | ||
Labour | R Neary | 1,904 | 21.4 | ||
Labour | G Brown | 1,842 | 20.7 | ||
Conservative | A Royse | 1,243 | 14.0 | ||
Conservative | T Rothwell | 955 | 10.7 | ||
Conservative | L Sharples | 937 | 10.5 | ||
Turnout | 8,891 | 32.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J Wild | 1,757 | 25.1 | ||
Labour | W Hardman | 1,712 | 24.5 | ||
Labour | D Gilligan | 1,633 | 23.4 | ||
Conservative | C Shaw | 653 | 9.3 | ||
Conservative | G Waterson | 632 | 9.0 | ||
Conservative | I Torkington | 604 | 8.6 | ||
Turnout | 6,991 | 27.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J Shore | 1,526 | 17.3 | ||
Labour | V Urmston | 1,492 | 16.9 | ||
Labour | A Perry | 1,471 | 16.7 | ||
Conservative | G Woosey | 1,456 | 16.5 | ||
Labour | P Lowe | 1,444 | 16.4 | ||
Conservative | L Huyton | 1,442 | 16.3 | ||
Turnout | 8,831 | 29.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | E Hamer | 1,533 | 18.6 | ||
Labour | R Johnson | 1,485 | 18.0 | ||
Labour | G Riley | 1,444 | 17.5 | ||
Conservative | W Hall | 1,280 | 15.5 | ||
Conservative | R Stones | 1,252 | 15.2 | ||
Conservative | J Morris | 1,248 | 15.1 | ||
Turnout | 8,242 | 27.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | B Allanson | 1,598 | 30.2 | ||
Conservative | J Hanscomb | 1,524 | 28.8 | ||
Conservative | B Hurst | 1,504 | 28.4 | ||
Labour | P Cunliffe | 258 | 4.9 | ||
Labour | N Morlidge | 208 | 3.9 | ||
Labour | T Hill | 201 | 3.8 | ||
Turnout | 5,293 | 42.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A Oakley | 1,947 | 16.6 | ||
Labour | J McBurnie | 1,680 | 14.3 | ||
Labour | E Dobson | 1,665 | 14.2 | ||
Conservative | G Hind | 1,377 | 11.8 | ||
Liberal | E Kay | 1,314 | 11.2 | ||
Conservative | R Winstanley | 1,076 | 9.2 | ||
Liberal | A Ratcliffe | 1,033 | 8.8 | ||
Conservative | J Foster | 942 | 8.0 | ||
Communist | J Kay | 676 | 5.8 | ||
Turnout | 11,710 | 42.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | L Fearnhead | 1,395 | 14.1 | ||
Conservative | C Everin | 1,200 | 12.1 | ||
Labour | G Gardiner | 1,173 | 11.8 | ||
Labour | D Smith | 1,017 | 10.2 | ||
Conservative | J Jolley | 964 | 9.7 | ||
Labour | E Bracegirdle | 926 | 9.3 | ||
Independent | F Isherwood | 891 | 9.0 | ||
Independent Labour | L Watkinson | 856 | 8.6 | ||
Liberal | G Farrington | 797 | 8.0 | ||
Conservative | M Carrie | 705 | 7.1 | ||
Turnout | 9,924 | 58.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J Parkinson | 1,991 | 20.3 | ||
Conservative | A Gledhill | 1,880 | 19.2 | ||
Conservative | R Carr | 1,872 | 19.1 | ||
Labour | D Vause | 1,362 | 13.9 | ||
Labour | H Glynn | 1,313 | 13.4 | ||
Labour | T Regan | 1,250 | 12.8 | ||
Socialist (GB) | J O'Hara | 122 | 1.2 | ||
Turnout | 9,790 | 35.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | J Rothwell | 1,926 | 19.1 | ||
Liberal | E Bell | 1,700 | 16.9 | ||
Labour | R Cornthwaite | 1,668 | 16.5 | ||
Liberal | K Holt | 1,647 | 16.3 | ||
Labour | B Molyneux | 1,578 | 15.7 | ||
Labour | T Lewis | 1,564 | 15.5 | ||
Turnout | 10,083 | 40.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | K Hornby | 1,111 | 14.6 | ||
Conservative | J Lees | 993 | 13.0 | ||
Conservative | A Lawton | 991 | 13.0 | ||
Labour | J Robinson | 938 | 12.3 | ||
Liberal | N Narayan | 886 | 11.6 | ||
Labour | W Worthington | 842 | 11.0 | ||
Labour | C Lucas | 752 | 9.9 | ||
Liberal | J Waites | 600 | 7.9 | ||
Liberal | R Pemberton | 516 | 6.8 | ||
Turnout | 7,629 | 39.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | D Priestly | 2,209 | 24.5 | ||
Conservative | M Howarth | 2,204 | 24.4 | ||
Conservative | S Collier | 2,154 | 23.9 | ||
Labour | T Hall | 845 | 9.4 | ||
Labour | N Spencer | 816 | 9.0 | ||
Labour | B Corless | 799 | 8.9 | ||
Turnout | 9,027 | 28.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | S Harrison | 2,129 | 19.4 | ||
Conservative | K Knowles | 1,950 | 17.8 | ||
Conservative | J Rigby | 1,929 | 17.6 | ||
Labour | A Hooton | 1,689 | 15.4 | ||
Labour | A Grime | 1,637 | 14.9 | ||
Labour | Rigby | 1,637 | 14.9 | ||
Turnout | 10,971 | 34.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R Howarth | 1,376 | 21.6 | ||
Labour | D Clarke | 1,358 | 21.3 | ||
Labour | H Devonish | 1,341 | 21.0 | ||
Conservative | M Foster | 802 | 12.6 | ||
Conservative | E Smith | 756 | 11.9 | ||
Conservative | J Wrench | 741 | 11.6 | ||
Turnout | 6,374 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | G Smith | 1,775 | 21.3 | ||
Conservative | A Glover | 1,750 | 21.0 | ||
Conservative | J Smith | 1,744 | 20.9 | ||
Labour | P Jones | 1,075 | 12.9 | ||
Labour | C Knowles | 1,015 | 12.2 | ||
Labour | A Fairhurst | 971 | 11.7 | ||
Turnout | 8,330 | 48.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W Kettle | 2,273 | 23.2 | ||
Labour | K Brown | 1,971 | 20.1 | ||
Labour | P Woodcock | 1,940 | 19.8 | ||
Independent | T Riley | 1,465 | 15.0 | ||
Conservative | J Roden | 1,131 | 11.6 | ||
Conservative | P Smith | 1,009 | 10.3 | ||
Turnout | 9,789 | 49.7 | |||
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