1973 Bassetlaw District Council election

The 1973 Bassetlaw District Council election took place on 7 June 1973, to elect all 51 members of Bassetlaw District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The election resulted in the Labour Party winning a majority of seats on the council.

1973 Bassetlaw District Council election

7 June 1973
All 51 seats to Bassetlaw District Council 26 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Lab Con Ind Party Labour Conservative Independent Seats won 29 11 11
Map of the results of the election. Colours denote the party achieving the highest number of votes in each ward.
Council control before election New Council control after election Labour

This was the first election to elect members of the new district council for Bassetlaw following its creation by the Local Government Act 1972. The council acted as a shadow authority until 1 April 1974, when it gained control over local government functions from its predecessor authorities; the East Retford Rural District, the Municipal Borough of East Retford, the Municipal Borough of Worksop and the Worksop Rural District councils.

Result

Bassetlaw District Council election, 1973

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	29
	Conservative	11
	Independent	11

Ward results

Blyth (1)

Blyth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A. Buchanan	331	49.9%	N/A
	Labour	K. Muskett	173	26.1%	N/A
	Independent	C. Moxon	159	24.0%	N/A
Turnout				51.9%

Carlton

Carlton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J. Lacey	828	43.2%	N/A
	Independent	C. Dodd	564	29.4%	N/A
	Labour	L. Russon	524	27.3%	N/A
	Labour	J. Connolly	511
	Labour	L. Hince	479
Turnout				47.9%

East Retford West

East Retford West (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Mitchell	1,114	54.5%	N/A
	Labour	W. Cooper	1,052
	Labour	H. Pulford	947
	Conservative	Richard Alexander	929	45.5%	N/A
	Conservative	D. Pitts	850
	Conservative	N. Myers	789
Turnout				47.1%