1973 Bracknell District Council election

The 1973 Bracknell District Council election was the first election to the newly formed Bracknell District Council in England, taking place on 7 June 1973 alongside other local elections as part of the 1973 United Kingdom local elections. Its predecessor council was Easthampstead Rural District. For the first time at a local level, the Labour Party gained control. The party benefitted from a reapportionment of seats for Bracknell town - at Easthampstead Rural District's last election in 1971, 21 of the 44 councillors represented Bracknell wards, but this now changed to 17 of 31. With just 29% of the seats, it remained the worst performance for the Conservatives in a Bracknell District or Bracknell Forest election until 2023.

1973 Bracknell District Council election

7 June 1973 (1973-06-07)
All 31 seats to Bracknell District Council 16 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Lab Con Res Leader Bill Lindop Party Labour Conservative Residents Seats won 17 9 3 Popular vote 6,395 5,560 704 Percentage 47.6% 41.3% 5.2%   Fourth party Fifth party   Lib Ind Party Liberal Independent Seats won 1 1 Popular vote 615 0 Percentage 4.6% 0.0%
Council control before election Council created Council control after election Labour

Summary

1973 Bracknell District Council election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	17				54.8	47.6	6,395
	Conservative	9				29.0	41.3	5,560
	Residents	3				9.7	5.2	704
	Liberal	1				3.2	4.6	615
	Independent	1				3.2	0.0	0
	Independent Labour	0				0.0	1.3	173

Ward results

Ascot

Ascot (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Benwell M. Ms.	727	64.3
	Conservative	Dolan J.	710
	Conservative	Wright C.	679
	Labour	Day J.	403	35.7
	Labour	Holloway A.	396
	Labour	Holloway J. Ms.	389
Turnout				28.6
Registered electors			3,955
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Binfield

Binfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Springman A. Ms.	366	73.2
	Labour	Green P.	134	26.8
Turnout				26.0
Registered electors			1,924
	Conservative win (new seat)

Bracknell (Great Hollands)

Bracknell (Great Hollands) (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shillcock J. Ms.	935	61.9
	Labour	Laing J. Ms.	925
	Labour	Pettitt W.	875
	Conservative	Clarke H.	402	26.6
	Conservative	Clarke D. Ms.	392
	Conservative	Corley M.	374
	Independent Labour	Everett A.	173	11.5
Turnout				32.1
Registered electors			4,697
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Bracknell (Old Bracknell)

Bracknell (Old Bracknell) (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dhillon R.	788	46.7
	Labour	McShane D.	788
	Labour	Pearce T.	757
	Conservative	Kempton D. Ms.	544	32.2
	Conservative	Hasted W.	524
	Conservative	Rugman C.	489
	Liberal	Hoskins K.	355	21.0
Turnout				43.7
Registered electors			3,862
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Bullbrook

Bullbrook (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Delbridge J.	1,078	56.7
	Labour	Walsh M.	1,022
	Labour	Checkley A.	991
	Conservative	Coombs M. Ms.	822	43.3
	Conservative	Strong P. Ms.	822
	Conservative	Thompson E.	782
Turnout				39.6
Registered electors			4,793
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

College Town

College Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Marshall J.	Unopposed	N/A
Turnout				N/A
Registered electors			1,696
	Independent win (new seat)

Cranbourne

Cranbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Creech F.	284	62.8
	Labour	Turiccki M. Ms.	168	37.2
Turnout				34.7
Registered electors			1,301
	Conservative win (new seat)

Crowthorne & Easthampstead

Crowthorne & Easthampstead (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Brown W.	Unopposed	N/A
	Conservative	Offord J.	Unopposed	N/A
	Conservative	Worrall D.	Unopposed
Turnout				N/A
Registered electors			4,203
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Garth

Garth (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Moylan C.	564	63.4
	Labour	Pocknee J.	517
	Conservative	Harbor P. Ms.	325	36.6
Turnout				33.9
Registered electors			2,620
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Harmanswater

Harmanswater (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pinder W.	471	42.4
	Labour	Lavender G.	456
	Conservative	Underwood R.	380	34.2
	Conservative	Wood T.	367
	Liberal	Banks M. Ms.	260	23.4
	Liberal	White P.	249
Turnout				38.4
Registered electors			2,896
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Little Sandhurst

Little Sandhurst (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Carruthers G.	405	44.1
	Residents	Yearsden J.	372
	Conservative	Steele A.	340	37.0
	Conservative	Rimes G.	202
	Labour	Crew R.	174	18.9
	Labour	Kinsella J.	98
Turnout				35.5
Registered electors			2,586
	Residents win (new seat)
	Residents win (new seat)

Priestwood

Priestwood (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cain F.	564	58.4
	Labour	Mountjoy T.	541
	Conservative	Clark-Lowes F.	401	41.6
	Conservative	Mosses R.	370
Turnout				32.6
Registered electors			2,963
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Sandhurst

Sandhurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Harris K.	299	42.3
	Labour	Dancy K. Ms.	269	38.0
	Conservative	Pierce J.	139	19.7
Turnout				37.8
Registered electors			1,872
	Residents win (new seat)

St. Marys

St. Marys

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rose P.	265	60.0
	Labour	Treffry R.	177	40.0
Turnout				45.2
Registered electors			978
	Conservative win (new seat)

Warfield

Warfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kay J. Ms.	316	69.6
	Labour	Stewart D.	138	30.4
Turnout				35.6
Registered electors			1,277
	Conservative win (new seat)

Wildridings

Wildridings (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lindop W.	532	68.1
	Labour	Mihell D.	512
	Conservative	Read B.	249	31.9
	Conservative	Toomey J.	246
Turnout				38.4
Registered electors			2,036
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)