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A metropolitan borough is a type of local government district in England, and is a subdivision of a metropolitan county. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972, metropolitan boroughs are defined in English law as metropolitan districts. However, all of them have been granted or regranted royal charters to give them borough status. Metropolitan boroughs have been effectively unitary authority areas since the abolition of the metropolitan county councils by the Local Government Act 1985. However, metropolitan boroughs pool much of their authority in joint boards and other arrangements that cover whole metropolitan counties, such as combined authorities.
The Local Government Act 1972 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974.
Labour won an overwhelming majority of sixty six seats to the Conservative's five and one Independent. Nine seats - for wards 13, 17 and 21 collectively - went unopposed and overall turnout was 34.5%. [1]
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91.7 | 60.5 | 40,000 | N/A | |
Conservative | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 | 28.4 | 18,793 | N/A | |
Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 8.1 | 5,363 | N/A | |
Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 942 | N/A | |
Own Occ. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 862 | N/A | |
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 141 | N/A | |
his result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
Party | New council | |
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Labour | 66 | |
Conservatives | 5 | |
Independent | 1 | |
Total | 72 | |
Working majority | 60 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | F. Connolly | 2,570 | 73.6 | N/A | |
Labour | A. Coyle | 2,568 | |||
Labour | M. Pratt | 2,381 | |||
Conservative | C. Giles | 921 | 26.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | R. Stockley | 775 | |||
Conservative | J. Lawson | 732 | |||
Majority | 1,460 | 47.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,491 | 38.6 | N/A | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | W. Brogan | 2,149 | 81.6 | N/A | |
Labour | H. Milligan | 1,898 | |||
Labour | S. Townley | 1,873 | |||
Conservative | P. Harrison | 485 | 18.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,664 | 63.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,634 | 27.5 | N/A | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | H. Dowling | 2,765 | 59.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | G. Lewthwaite | 2,687 | |||
Conservative | W. Somers | 2,686 | |||
Labour | E. Maloney | 1,867 | 40.3 | N/A | |
Labour | R. Baker | 1,840 | |||
Labour | H. Barker | 1,820 | |||
Majority | 898 | 19.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,632 | 39.4 | N/A | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | J. Presst | 2,393 | 80.5 | N/A | |
Labour | E. Naylor | 2,380 | |||
Labour | J. Eckersley | 2,373 | |||
Conservative | W. France | 580 | 19.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,813 | 61.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,973 | 31.5 | N/A | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | G. Barlow | 1,982 | 68.1 | N/A | |
Labour | E. Maddocks | 1,961 | |||
Labour | J. Smith | 1,848 | |||
Conservative | J. Gaskell | 930 | 31.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | L. Low | 817 | |||
Conservative | C. Boyle | 706 | |||
Majority | 1,052 | 36.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,912 | 30.6 | N/A | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | A. Peet | 1,806 | 81.6 | N/A | |
Labour | J. Bridge | 1,710 | |||
Labour | M. Mulligan | 1,662 | |||
Conservative | J. Whittle | 407 | 18.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,399 | 63.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,213 | 25.3 | N/A | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | A. Roberts | 1,444 | 56.6 | N/A | |
Labour | T. Hourigan | 1,423 | |||
Labour | J. Jones | 1,322 | |||
Conservative | J. Sinai | 1,108 | 43.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | R. Goodwin | 1,085 | |||
Conservative | D. Angell | 1,011 | |||
Majority | 336 | 13.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,552 | 36.6 | N/A | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | G. Macdonald | 1,387 | 74.5 | N/A | |
Labour | P. Hull | 1,368 | |||
Labour | G. Bridge | 1,259 | |||
Conservative | M. Price | 333 | 17.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | R. Boardman | 324 | |||
Conservative | D. Blyth | 267 | |||
Communist | J. Blackburn | 141 | 7.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,054 | 56.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,861 | 21.8 | N/A | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | E. Moore | 1,538 | 60.7 | N/A | |
Labour | J. Riley | 1,522 | |||
Labour | W. Derbyshire | 1,455 | |||
Conservative | M. Howcroft | 994 | 39.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | S. Simm | 972 | |||
Conservative | S. Johnson | 905 | |||
Majority | 544 | 21.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,532 | 27.0 | N/A | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | H. Smith | 1,727 | 53.2 | N/A | |
Labour | J. Murray | 1,714 | |||
Labour | J. Prytharch | 1,594 | |||
Conservative | M. Wood | 1,518 | 46.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | H. Yates | 1,477 | |||
Conservative | K. Price | 1,459 | |||
Majority | 209 | 6.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,245 | 35.8 | N/A | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | N. Holt | 2,918 | 73.7 | N/A | |
Labour | T. Morgan | 2,852 | |||
Labour | E. Roberts | 2,826 | |||
Conservative | T. Thompson | 1,040 | 26.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | D. Fryer | 979 | |||
Conservative | W. Kearns | 968 | |||
Majority | 1,878 | 47.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,958 | 39.4 | N/A | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | J. Hilton | 2,272 | 74.2 | N/A | |
Labour | E. Houghton | 2,183 | |||
Labour | A. Miller | 2,104 | |||
Independent | B. Doubledam | 788 | 25.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,484 | 48.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,060 | 34.8 | N/A | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | G. Lockett | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Labour | R. Lyons | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Labour | A. Heckles | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | S. Lea | 1,561 | 70.3 | N/A | |
Labour | T. Jones | 1,492 | |||
Labour | G. Fairhurst | 1,475 | |||
Conservative | C. Kinrade | 658 | 29.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 903 | 40.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,219 | 27.8 | N/A | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | G. Meadows | 1,780 | 33.3 | N/A | |
Labour | J. Healey | 1,674 | |||
Independent | G. Dewhurst | 1,553 | 29.1 | N/A | |
Labour | E. Garner | 1,503 | |||
Conservative | B. Maccarthy | 1,067 | 20.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | F. Wareing | 1,038 | |||
Independent Labour | I. Cropper | 942 | 17.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 227 | 4.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,342 | 50.9 | N/A | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | A. Singer | 2,526 | 64.6 | N/A | |
Labour | W. Mason | 2,452 | |||
Labour | H. Lowe | 2,397 | |||
Conservative | J. Blackledge | 1,387 | 35.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | D. Pardey | 1,381 | |||
Conservative | A. Turner | 1,189 | |||
Majority | 1,139 | 29.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,913 | 39.1 | N/A | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | L. Sumner | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Labour | J. Clarke | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Labour | D. Skitt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | J. Sumner | 1,230 | 46.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | M. Williams | 1,000 | 38.0 | N/A | |
Labour | G. Horrabin | 920 | |||
Conservative | H. Sharland | 919 | |||
Labour | L. Seddon | 880 | |||
Conservative | E. Sweeney | 827 | |||
Independent | V. France | 400 | 15.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 230 | 8.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,630 | 39.8 | N/A | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | C. Priestley | 2,022 | 76.0 | N/A | |
Labour | T. Isherwood | 2,011 | |||
Labour | A. Robinson | 1,895 | |||
Conservative | K. Dempsey | 637 | 24.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,385 | 52.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,659 | 33.5 | N/A | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | G. Harrison | 1,834 | 63.5 | N/A | |
Labour | B. McAllister | 1,749 | |||
Labour | S. Hardy | 1,712 | |||
Conservative | J. Culshaw | 1,053 | 36.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 781 | 27.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,887 | 29.2 | N/A | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | R. Taylor | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Labour | A. Rowlandson | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Labour | A. Banks | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | J. Whittle | 2,155 | 38.1 | N/A | |
Labour | S. Waring | 1,931 | |||
Conservative | J. Simpkin | 1,910 | 33.8 | N/A | |
Labour | L. Grime | 1,818 | |||
Conservative | F. Fairbairn | 1,705 | |||
Independent | A. Atherton | 1,587 | 28.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 245 | 4.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,652 | 44.6 | N/A | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | S. Little | 1,616 | 70.8 | N/A | |
Labour | M. Devlin | 1,559 | |||
Labour | A. Wright | 1,509 | |||
Independent | J. Barnes | 666 | 29.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 950 | 41.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,282 | 28.6 | N/A | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | R. Rawson | 1,223 | 49.8 | N/A | |
Labour | F. Walker | 1,219 | |||
Labour | F. Hampson | 1,151 | |||
Own Occ. | F. Valentine | 862 | 35.1 | N/A | |
Own Occ. | H. Pawsey | 853 | |||
Own Occ. | E. Myers | 742 | |||
Independent | J. Parry | 369 | 15.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 361 | 14.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,454 | 34.3 | N/A | ||
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