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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 edit
The 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 edit
Amesbury No. 1 edit
Party | 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 edit
Party | 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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | S. Peacock | 1,155 | |||
Labour | C. Pude | 571 | |||
Majority | 584 |
Bedwyn edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | C. E. Elliot-Cohen | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Box edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | R. Fudge | 978 | 66.0 | ||
Independent | D. Newman | 503 | 34.0 | ||
Majority | 475 | 32.0 |
Bradford edit
Party | 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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Mrs D. L. Maulton | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Bradford & Melksham No. 2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | W. Earle | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Bremhill edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Earl of Shelburne | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Brinkworth edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | P. Shuter | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Calne North edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | L. Carpenter | 817 | 55.9 | ||
Liberal | E. Hornby | 644 | 44.1 | ||
Majority | 173 |
Calne South edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | F. C. Eley | 512 | 60.1 | ||
Labour | M. Jeary | 340 | 39.9 | ||
Majority | 172 | 20.2 |
Cannings edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lt Col. C. H. Antrobus | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Chippenham Park edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | M. Burton | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Chippenham Sheldon edit
Party | 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 edit
Party | 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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | W. G. Bartlett | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Corsham edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | B. Fuller | 1,592 | 59.9 | ||
Labour | H. Shaw | 1,065 | 49.1 | ||
Majority | 527 | 10.8 |
Cricklade edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | F. Freeth | 627 | 51.9 | ||
Independent | C. Turner | 581 | 48.1 | ||
Majority | 46 | 3.8 |
Devizes No. 1 (East) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | F. Kirby | 1,044 | 79.3 | ||
Conservative | L. Coxon | 273 | 20.7 | ||
Majority | 771 | 58.6 |
Devizes No. 2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | M. Rendall | 1,025 | 58.4 | ||
Labour | Mrs M. Taylor | 731 | 41.6 | ||
Majority | 294 | 16.8 |
Downton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | N. J. M. Anderson | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Enford edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Brigadier George Wort | 992 | 70.0 | ||
Labour | J. Goodall | 425 | 30.0 | ||
Majority | 567 | 40.0 |
Fisherton edit
Party | 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 edit
Party | 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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | W. McKanan-Jones | 1,535 | 58.6 | ||
Labour | E. Garrett | 1,083 | 41.4 | ||
Majority | 452 | 17.2 |
Highworth No. 3 edit
Party | 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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | M. J. Bran | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Highworth No. 5 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | R. Barnett | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Kington edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. McCarthy | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Langley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | P. Featherston-Godley | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Lavington edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J. Spencer | 935 | 56.1 | ||
Independent | C. Gillington | 732 | 43.9 | ||
Majority | 203 | 12.2 |
Malmesbury edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Major P. Sturgis | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Marlborough edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | P. Maurice | 1,291 | 56.9 | ||
Conservative | A. Gray | 978 | 43.1 | ||
Majority | 513 | 13.8 |
Melksham edit
Party | 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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Group Captain F. A. Willan | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Mere & Tisbury No. 2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J. Underwood | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
New Sarum Bemerton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mrs B. D. Brown | 927 | 63.5 | ||
Conservative | D. Shergold | 533 | 36.5 | ||
Majority | 394 | 27.0 |
New Sarum Fisherton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mrs N. M. Locock | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
New Sarum St Edmund edit
Party | 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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mrs M. J. Benson | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
New Sarum St Paul edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | F. W. Grandfield | 808 | 53.4 | ||
Conservative | W. Porter | 705 | 46.6 | ||
Majority | 103 | 6.8 |
New Sarum St Thomas edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | P. Mullins | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Pewsey edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | C. Lampard | 1,336 | 66.7 | ||
Labour | A. Wren | 667 | 33.3 | ||
Majority | 669 | 33.4 |
Potterne edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | E. P. Awdry | 1,142 | 55.9 | ||
Conservative | A. Kidd | 900 | 44.1 | ||
Majority | 242 | 11.8 |
Preshute edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | J. B. Ainslie | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Purton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | T. Rowe | 958 | 57.6 | ||
Conservative | W. Wilton-Fitzgerald | 704 | 42.4 | ||
Majority | 254 | 15.2 |
Sherston edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | A. Turner | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Swindon East edit
Party | 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 edit
Party | 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 edit
Party | 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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Mrs B. A. Horsburgh | 539 | 50.4 | ||
Labour | W. Wilks | 531 | 49.6 | ||
Majority | 8 | 0.8 |
Swindon South No. 1 edit
Party | 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 edit
Party | 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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Miss E. C. M. Millin | 2,394 | |||
Labour | P. Peters | 2,247 | 49.4 | ||
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 edit
Party | 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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Carmen Y. Cannell | 807 | 51.0 | ||
Independent | Anthony G. Phillips | 774 | 49.0 | ||
Majority | 33 | 2.0 |
Trowbridge No. 3 edit
Party | 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 edit
Party | 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 edit
Party | 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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hon. James Morrison | 1,132 | 58.0 | ||
Labour | W. Vivash | 819 | 42.0 | ||
Majority | 313 | 16.0 |
Warminster & Westbury No. 3 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | J. M. Stratton | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Westbury edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian J. Gray | 1,350 | 70.2 | ||
Liberal | Caroline Ball | 574 | 29.8 | ||
Majority | 776 | 40.4 |
Whiteparish edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lady Nye | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Wilton edit
Party | 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 edit
Party | 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 edit
Party | 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 edit
References edit
- The Municipal Year Book and Public Services Directory (1974)