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Elections to Wiltshire County Council were held on Thursday, 12 April 1973. The whole council of seventy-nine members was up for election, and the Conservatives came within a whisker of taking formal control.
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The Chairman of the Council since 1969, Sir Henry Langton, did not stand for re-election, and at the annual meeting later in April was succeeded by Frank Willan, who continued for the whole four years of the council's term of office.
Election result
editThe Conservatives, with thirty-nine seats, took effective control of the county council. Labour ended with twenty-two county councillors, most of them in and around Swindon, while Independents ended the election with twelve seats and the Liberals six. The elections were not fiercely fought everywhere, with twenty-four of the sixty-seven divisions uncontested. Most of the uncontested seats, eighteen, went to Conservatives, five to Independents, and one to a Liberal, Jack Ainslie.[1]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 39 | 49.4 | |||||||
Labour | 22 | 27.8 | |||||||
Independent | 12 | 15.2 | |||||||
Liberal | 6 | 7.6 |
Results by divisions
editAmesbury No. 1
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | T. H. J. Heffernan | 1,675 | 57.7 | ||
Conservative | A. Hall | 1,622 | |||
Labour | P. Lumley | 1,228 | 42.3 | ||
Labour | P. Matthews | 958 | |||
Majority | 447 |
Amesbury No. 2
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | H. E. Richardson | 832 | 47.4 | ||
Labour | S. Rudkin | 799 | 45.6 | ||
Independent | A. Whateley | 123 | 7.0 | ||
Majority | 33 |
Amesbury No. 3
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | S. Peacock | 1,155 | |||
Labour | C. Pude | 571 | |||
Majority | 584 |
Bedwyn
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | C. E. Elliot-Cohen | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Box
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | R. Fudge | 978 | 66.0 | ||
Independent | D. Newman | 503 | 34.0 | ||
Majority | 475 | 32.0 |
Bradford
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mrs M. Mizen | 1,377 | 43.5 | ||
Conservative | Captain P. S. Beale | 1,119 | 35.4 | ||
Liberal | A. Thomas | 667 | 21.1 | ||
Majority | 258 |
Bradford & Melksham No. 1
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Mrs D. L. Maulton | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Bradford & Melksham No. 2
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | W. Earle | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Bremhill
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Earl of Shelburne | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Brinkworth
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | P. Shuter | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Calne North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | L. Carpenter | 817 | 55.9 | ||
Liberal | E. Hornby | 644 | 44.1 | ||
Majority | 173 |
Calne South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | F. C. Eley | 512 | 60.1 | ||
Labour | M. Jeary | 340 | 39.9 | ||
Majority | 172 | 20.2 |
Cannings
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lt Col. C. H. Antrobus | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Chippenham Park
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | M. Burton | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Chippenham Sheldon
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | H. Williamson | 1,076 | 38.9 | ||
Liberal | M. Whittle | 921 | 33.3 | ||
Conservative | G. Webb | 767 | 27.7 | ||
Majority | 155 | 5.6 |
Chippenham Town
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | G. B. Jamieson | 711 | 39.5 | ||
Liberal | S. du Plat-Taylor | 708 | 39.4 | ||
Labour | J. Lawless | 379 | 21.1 | ||
Majority | 3 |
Collingbourne
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | W. G. Bartlett | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Corsham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | B. Fuller | 1,592 | 59.9 | ||
Labour | H. Shaw | 1,065 | 49.1 | ||
Majority | 527 | 10.8 |
Cricklade
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | F. Freeth | 627 | 51.9 | ||
Independent | C. Turner | 581 | 48.1 | ||
Majority | 46 | 3.8 |
Devizes No. 1 (East)
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | F. Kirby | 1,044 | 79.3 | ||
Conservative | L. Coxon | 273 | 20.7 | ||
Majority | 771 | 58.6 |
Devizes No. 2
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | M. Rendall | 1,025 | 58.4 | ||
Labour | Mrs M. Taylor | 731 | 41.6 | ||
Majority | 294 | 16.8 |
Downton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | N. J. M. Anderson | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Enford
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Brigadier George Wort | 992 | 70.0 | ||
Labour | J. Goodall | 425 | 30.0 | ||
Majority | 567 | 40.0 |
Fisherton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mrs J. E. M. Smith | 990 | 72.8 | ||
Labour | H. Trevor-Cox | 370 | 27.2 | ||
Majority | 620 | 45.6 |
Highworth No. 1
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. Miles | 3,475 | |||
Labour | B. V. Cockbill | 3,265 | |||
Labour | K. R. Coello | 3,045 | |||
Conservative | G. Claspar | 1,682 | |||
Conservative | A. Stainer | 1,606 | |||
Conservative | R. Stainer | 1,469 | |||
Majority | 1,363 |
Highworth No. 2
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | W. McKanan-Jones | 1,535 | 58.6 | ||
Labour | E. Garrett | 1,083 | 41.4 | ||
Majority | 452 | 17.2 |
Highworth No. 3
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | D. G. W. Cooke | 1,085 | 50.5 | ||
Liberal | B. Schofield | 1,062 | 49.5 | ||
Majority | 23 | 1.0 |
Highworth No. 4
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | M. J. Bran | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Highworth No. 5
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | R. Barnett | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Kington
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. McCarthy | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Langley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | P. Featherston-Godley | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Lavington
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J. Spencer | 935 | 56.1 | ||
Independent | C. Gillington | 732 | 43.9 | ||
Majority | 203 | 12.2 |
Malmesbury
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Major P. Sturgis | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Marlborough
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | P. Maurice | 1,291 | 56.9 | ||
Conservative | A. Gray | 978 | 43.1 | ||
Majority | 513 | 13.8 |
Melksham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | F. B. Day | 1,831 | 64.3 | ||
Labour | Mrs M. E. Salisbury | 1,798 | |||
Independent | W. Dixon | 1,016 | 35.7 | ||
Majority | 782 |
Mere & Tisbury No. 1
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Group Captain F. A. Willan | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Mere & Tisbury No. 2
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J. Underwood | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
New Sarum Bemerton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mrs B. D. Brown | 927 | 63.5 | ||
Conservative | D. Shergold | 533 | 36.5 | ||
Majority | 394 | 27.0 |
New Sarum Fisherton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mrs N. M. Locock | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
New Sarum St Edmund
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | R. C. A. Townsend | 1,307 | 55.5 | ||
Labour | R. Pelly | 1,048 | 44.5 | ||
Majority | 259 | 11.0 |
New Sarum St Mark
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mrs M. J. Benson | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
New Sarum St Paul
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | F. W. Grandfield | 808 | 53.4 | ||
Conservative | W. Porter | 705 | 46.6 | ||
Majority | 103 | 6.8 |
New Sarum St Thomas
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | P. Mullins | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Pewsey
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | C. Lampard | 1,336 | 66.7 | ||
Labour | A. Wren | 667 | 33.3 | ||
Majority | 669 | 33.4 |
Potterne
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | E. P. Awdry | 1,142 | 55.9 | ||
Conservative | A. Kidd | 900 | 44.1 | ||
Majority | 242 | 11.8 |
Preshute
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | J. B. Ainslie | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Purton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | T. Rowe | 958 | 57.6 | ||
Conservative | W. Wilton-Fitzgerald | 704 | 42.4 | ||
Majority | 254 | 15.2 |
Sherston
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | A. Turner | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Swindon East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | T. Griffiths | 1,504 | |||
Labour | G. Rogers | 1,372 | |||
Conservative | D. Bampton | 1,290 | |||
Conservative | A. Moss | 1,145 | |||
Majority | 82 |
Swindon Kings
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Miss M. E. Matthews | 581 | 35.2 | ||
Labour | M. Lane | 559 | 33.9 | ||
Liberal | R. Scarfe | 509 | 30.9 | ||
Majority | 22 | 1.3 |
Swindon North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. C. G. Durston | 1,871 | 64.9 | ||
Labour | M. Harbar | 1,832 | |||
Labour | F. Allen | 1,750 | |||
Conservative | F. Ashplant | 687 | 23.8 | ||
Communist | W. Reeves | 323 | 11.2 | ||
Majority | 1,063 |
Swindon Queens
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Mrs B. A. Horsburgh | 539 | 50.4 | ||
Labour | W. Wilks | 531 | 49.6 | ||
Majority | 8 | 0.8 |
Swindon South No. 1
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mrs F. E. Mortimer | 1,886 | |||
Conservative | G. Keiller | 1,842 | |||
Liberal | J. Newman | 1,043 | |||
Liberal | J. Richards | 1,019 | |||
Labour | P. Cunnington | 570 | |||
Labour | A. Rutson | 539 | |||
Majority | 799 |
Swindon South No. 2
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | L. Dowdall-Marsh | 1,232 | 54.2 | ||
Labour | W. Parkin | 1,194 | |||
Liberal | G. McMullen | 744 | 32.7 | ||
Liberal | R. Walker | 654 | |||
Conservative | W. Turpin | 299 | 13.1 | ||
Majority |
Swindon West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Miss E. C. M. Millin | 2,394 | 49.4 | ||
Labour | P. Peters | 2,247 | |||
Labour | J. Cordon | 2,060 | |||
Conservative | R. Savage | 1,785 | 36.8 | ||
Conservative | R. Dore | 1,506 | |||
Conservative | J. Pass | 1,490 | |||
Liberal | M. Powell | 667 | 13.8 | ||
Liberal | V. Horsburgh | 667 | |||
Liberal | I. Grigg | 624 | |||
Majority | 275 |
Trowbridge No. 1
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | B. Walden | 543 | 35.8 | ||
Labour | J. Hungerford | 528 | 34.8 | ||
Liberal | A. Thomson | 447 | 29.4 | ||
Majority | 15 | 1.0 |
Trowbridge No. 2
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Carmen Y. Cannell | 807 | 51.0 | ||
Independent | Anthony G. Phillips | 774 | 49.0 | ||
Majority | 33 | 2.0 |
Trowbridge No. 3
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Applegate | 821 | 42.2 | ||
Liberal | J. Stevens | 648 | 33.3 | ||
Labour | J. Madden | 477 | 24.5 | ||
Majority | 173 | 8.9 |
Warminster
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. Wall | 1,530 | 33.5 | ||
Independent | Mrs D. J. Main | 1,298 | 28.5 | ||
Liberal | E. Rees | 944 | 20.7 | ||
Liberal | B. Cotton | 807 | |||
Labour | P. Morrison | 790 | 17.3 | ||
Majority |
Warminster & Westbury No. 1
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mrs M. L. Rosser-Rees | 1,232 | 66.8 | ||
Labour | J. Arkwright | 611 | 33.2 | ||
Majority | 621 | 33.6 |
Warminster & Westbury No. 2
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hon. James Morrison | 1,132 | 58.0 | ||
Labour | W. Vivash | 819 | 42.0 | ||
Majority | 313 | 16.0 |
Warminster & Westbury No. 3
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J. M. Stratton | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Westbury
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian J. Gray | 1,350 | 70.2 | ||
Liberal | Caroline Ball | 574 | 29.8 | ||
Majority | 776 | 40.4 |
Whiteparish
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lady Nye | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Wilton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | C. E. Cooper | 1,240 | 54.6 | ||
Conservative | L. Gray | 711 | 31.3 | ||
Independent | M. Woodward | 319 | 14.1 | ||
Majority | 529 | 23.3 |
Wootton Bassett
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | H. G. Hobbs | 1,174 | 42.9 | ||
Liberal | B. Fitzwilliams | 1,110 | 40.6 | ||
Labour | J. Butcher | 452 | 16.5 | ||
Majority | 64 | 2.3 |
Wylye
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lt Col. J. O. Jeans | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Notes
edit- ^ a b c d e f Colin Rallings, Michael Thrasher, Wiltshire County Council election Results 1973–2005 at electionscentre.co.uk
See also
editReferences
edit- The Municipal Year Book and Public Services Directory (1974)