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All 63 seats to Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council 32 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Winner of each seat at the 1973 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The first elections to Trafford Council were held on Thursday, 10 May 1973. This was a new council created to replace the following authorities: the Municipal Borough of Altrincham, the Municipal Borough of Sale, the Municipal Borough of Stretford, Bowdon Urban District, Hale Urban District, Urmston Urban District, and parts of Bucklow Rural District. This election would create the entire 63-member council (3 councillors to each ward), which would shadow its predecessor councils before taking over their functions on 1 April 1974, as specified in the Local Government Act 1972. Each 1st-placed candidate would serve a five-year term of office, expiring in 1978. Each 2nd-placed candidate would serve a three-year term of office, expiring in 1976. Each 3rd-placed candidate would serve a two-year term of office, expiring in 1975.
The Conservative Party won overall control of the council. [1]
Election result
| Party | Votes | Seats | |||
| Conservative Party | 86,043 (45.0%) | 32 (50.8%) | 32 / 63
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| Labour Party | 63,274 (33.1%) | 19 (30.2%) | 19 / 63
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| Liberal Party | 39,974 (20.9%) | 12 (19.0%) | 12 / 63
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| Communist Party | 1,220 (0.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 63
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| Independent | 621 (0.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 63
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| 19 | 12 | 32 |
Ward results
No.1 (Altrincham South West)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | George Hoyle* | 1,265 | 53.7 | ||
| Conservative | Kenneth Harrison* | 1,240 | 52.6 | ||
| Conservative | Raymond Littler* | 1,150 | 48.8 | ||
| Conservative | Albert Whitehurst | 1,140 | 48.4 | ||
| Labour | George Harmer* | 1,102 | 46.8 | ||
| Labour | Robert Crossman* | 1,075 | 45.6 | ||
| Communist | John Brennan | 99 | 4.2 | ||
| Majority | 10 | 0.4 | |||
| Turnout | 2,357 | 36.4 | |||
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No.2 (Altrincham East)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | John Davenport* | 1,748 | 43.3 | ||
| Liberal | Michael Farnsworth* | 1,711 | 42.3 | ||
| Liberal | Roy Richardson* | 1,700 | 42.1 | ||
| Conservative | Peter Leigh | 1,504 | 37.3 | ||
| Conservative | Paul Field | 1,435 | 35.6 | ||
| Conservative | Michael Brown | 1,397 | 34.6 | ||
| Labour | Paul Griffiths | 881 | 21.8 | ||
| Labour | Robert Coulthard | 867 | 21.5 | ||
| Labour | David Teasdale | 859 | 21.3 | ||
| Majority | 196 | 4.9 | |||
| Turnout | 4,034 | 42.2 | |||
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No.3 (Altrincham North)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Ron Metcalf | 1,093 | 35.9 | ||
| Conservative | David Stroud* | 1,070 | 35.2 | ||
| Conservative | Olga Wilson | 1,054 | 34.6 | ||
| Labour | Barry Jones | 1,040 | 34.2 | ||
| Liberal | Eric Faulkner* | 1,020 | 33.5 | ||
| Labour | John Webb* | 974 | 32.0 | ||
| Liberal | Bartholomew Lynch* | 966 | 31.7 | ||
| Labour | Winifred Oliver* | 952 | 31.3 | ||
| Liberal | Roy Allen | 833 | 27.4 | ||
| Communist | Emily Sheldon | 129 | 4.2 | ||
| Majority | 14 | 0.5 | |||
| Turnout | 3,044 | 45.7 | |||
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No.4 (Timperley)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Harry Wharton* | 1,283 | 38.9 | ||
| Liberal | Raymond Bowker | 1,168 | 35.4 | ||
| Labour | Vincent Collett* | 1,165 | 35.3 | ||
| Conservative | Audrey Weedall* | 1,138 | 34.5 | ||
| Conservative | Roy Hall | 1,076 | 32.6 | ||
| Labour | Kathleen Warrington | 1,041 | 31.5 | ||
| Liberal | Peter Beswick | 1,008 | 30.5 | ||
| Liberal | Terence Ballard | 999 | 30.3 | ||
| Conservative | Roy Alcock | 935 | 28.3 | ||
| Communist | Les Whitney | 90 | 2.7 | ||
| Majority | 27 | 0.8 | |||
| Turnout | 3,301 | 43.7 | |||
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No.5 (Mersey-St. Mary’s)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | Brian Clancy* | 1,876 | 52.8 | ||
| Conservative | Ivor Hurst* | 1,777 | 50.1 | ||
| Conservative | Reginald Bannister* | 1,774 | 50.0 | ||
| Liberal | Kenneth Humber* | 1,752 | 49.4 | ||
| Liberal | Hilary Hughes | 1,736 | 48.9 | ||
| Conservative | Joyce Parkins | 1,734 | 48.8 | ||
| Majority | 22 | 0.6 | |||
| Turnout | 3,550 | 39.9 | |||
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No.6 (St. Martin’s)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Michael King | 2,178 | 55.6 | ||
| Labour | William Munro* | 2,137 | 54.6 | ||
| Conservative | Stanley Brownhill* | 2,029 | 51.8 | ||
| Conservative | Geoffrey Rubenstein | 1,832 | 46.8 | ||
| Labour | Eric Mellor* | 1,800 | 46.0 | ||
| Labour | G. Naggs | 1,770 | 45.2 | ||
| Majority | 197 | 5.0 | |||
| Turnout | 3,915 | 37.0 | |||
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No.7 (Sale Moor)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Richard Mee* | 1,345 | 57.2 | ||
| Labour | Winifred Phillips* | 1,344 | 57.2 | ||
| Labour | Barry Brotherton* | 1,197 | 50.9 | ||
| Conservative | John Hammond | 1,043 | 44.4 | ||
| Conservative | Eric Scarborough | 1,028 | 43.7 | ||
| Conservative | Geoffrey de Berry | 987 | 42.0 | ||
| Communist | A. H. Burrage | 110 | 4.7 | ||
| Majority | 154 | 6.6 | |||
| Turnout | 2,351 | 35.1 | |||
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No.8 (St. Anne’s)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | John Phillipson* | 1,605 | 42.7 | ||
| Liberal | John Golding* | 1,529 | 40.7 | ||
| Liberal | Alan Thorpe | 1,475 | 39.2 | ||
| Conservative | Eric Peet | 1,435 | 38.2 | ||
| Conservative | Frank Seddon-Laughton* | 1,417 | 37.7 | ||
| Conservative | John Sutton | 1,349 | 35.9 | ||
| Labour | Kenneth Walton* | 856 | 22.8 | ||
| Labour | Kenneth Tottle | 806 | 21.4 | ||
| Labour | Thomas Packham | 705 | 18.8 | ||
| Communist | David Hames | 102 | 2.7 | ||
| Majority | 40 | 1.1 | |||
| Turnout | 3,760 | 44.1 | |||
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No.9 (Brooklands)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | Cecil Fink* | 2,073 | 54.0 | ||
| Liberal | Moira Horlock* | 2,027 | 52.8 | ||
| Liberal | Sydney Evans | 1,905 | 49.6 | ||
| Conservative | George Goodliffe* | 1,878 | 48.9 | ||
| Conservative | J. L. Fergusson* | 1,796 | 46.8 | ||
| Conservative | A. S. Long* | 1,723 | 44.9 | ||
| Communist | Bernard Panter | 120 | 3.1 | ||
| Majority | 27 | 0.7 | |||
| Turnout | 3,841 | 43.4 | |||
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No.10 (Talbot North)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | George Marland* | 1,755 | 65.3 | ||
| Labour | Daniel Sullivan* | 1,715 | 63.8 | ||
| Labour | Clifford Cronshaw* | 1,694 | 63.1 | ||
| Conservative | John Schofield* | 956 | 35.6 | ||
| Conservative | Florence Warbrick | 905 | 33.7 | ||
| Conservative | G. D. Miles | 843 | 31.4 | ||
| Communist | A. Ironmonger | 190 | 7.1 | ||
| Majority | 738 | 27.5 | |||
| Turnout | 2,686 | 30.1 | |||
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No.11 (Clifford)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | H. Davies | 1,445 | 58.0 | ||
| Labour | V. J. Wynne | 1,346 | 54.0 | ||
| Labour | Raymond Tully | 1,295 | 52.0 | ||
| Conservative | Roy Corke | 1,169 | 46.9 | ||
| Conservative | Edward Kelson | 1,123 | 45.1 | ||
| Conservative | K. J. Pulford | 1,095 | 44.0 | ||
| Majority | 126 | 5.1 | |||
| Turnout | 2,491 | 36.9 | |||
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No.12 (Longford)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | David Homer* | 1,859 | 54.0 | ||
| Conservative | Olive Chandler* | 1,811 | 52.6 | ||
| Conservative | Alexander Kelly | 1,711 | 49.7 | ||
| Labour | Joan Bailey | 1,683 | 48.9 | ||
| Labour | H. Pyper | 1,655 | 48.1 | ||
| Labour | K. Silcock | 1,606 | 46.7 | ||
| Majority | 28 | 0.8 | |||
| Turnout | 3,442 | 35.4 | |||
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No.13 (Stretford)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Margaret Hindley* | 1,583 | 68.7 | ||
| Conservative | Colin Warbrick* | 1,493 | 64.8 | ||
| Conservative | Harry Walker | 1,492 | 64.8 | ||
| Labour | E. P. Wollaston | 789 | 34.3 | ||
| Labour | Irene Gregory | 777 | 33.7 | ||
| Labour | J. R. Haydock | 777 | 33.7 | ||
| Majority | 703 | 30.5 | |||
| Turnout | 2,303 | 39.0 | |||
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No.14 (Park)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | J. Shaw | 1,530 | 62.2 | ||
| Labour | Herbert Pyper* | 1,503 | 61.1 | ||
| Labour | James Haydock | 1,484 | 60.3 | ||
| Conservative | William Matthews | 936 | 38.0 | ||
| Conservative | Evans | 886 | 36.0 | ||
| Conservative | Jaminson | 860 | 35.0 | ||
| Communist | Jarrett | 181 | 7.4 | ||
| Majority | 548 | 22.3 | |||
| Turnout | 2,460 | 39.2 | |||
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No.15 (Bowdon)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jean Gill* | 2,442 | 73.4 | ||
| Conservative | Barbara Sutton Hall* | 2,332 | 70.1 | ||
| Conservative | John Humphreys* | 2,262 | 68.0 | ||
| Liberal | Frances Vickery* | 1,213 | 36.5 | ||
| Labour | Arthur Johnson* | 702 | 21.1 | ||
| Labour | John Kill* | 543 | 16.3 | ||
| Labour | A. R. Duxbury | 487 | 14.6 | ||
| Majority | 1,049 | 31.5 | |||
| Turnout | 3,327 | 47.2 | |||
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No.16 (Hale)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Marjorie Hinchcliffe* | 2,814 | 68.0 | ||
| Conservative | B. H. Adams | 2,734 | 66.0 | ||
| Conservative | Roy Godwin* | 2,726 | 65.8 | ||
| Liberal | Constance Ball* | 1,016 | 24.5 | ||
| Liberal | Bernadette Judson | 941 | 22.7 | ||
| Liberal | Rosemarie Rivera | 897 | 21.7 | ||
| Labour | Joyce Cope | 508 | 12.3 | ||
| Labour | E. S. Donnelly | 407 | 9.8 | ||
| Labour | M. P. Green | 379 | 9.2 | ||
| Majority | 1,710 | 41.3 | |||
| Turnout | 4,140 | 44.9 | |||
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No.17 (Partington)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Frank Holland* | 1,277 | 74.2 | ||
| Labour | John Paul* | 1,228 | 71.3 | ||
| Labour | Brian Nutter* | 1,151 | 66.8 | ||
| Liberal | Albert Appleton* | 690 | 40.1 | ||
| Independent | Mark Sharkey* | 621 | 36.1 | ||
| Communist | E. Wilkinson | 199 | 11.6 | ||
| Majority | 461 | 26.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,722 | 24.0 | |||
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No.18 (Urmston West East)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Allan Coupe* | 1,323 | 40.2 | ||
| Conservative | Ruth Royle-Higginson* | 1,270 | 38.6 | ||
| Liberal | Gwen Davies | 1,262 | 38.3 | ||
| Liberal | J. Tame | 1,261 | 38.3 | ||
| Conservative | Anthony Platt* | 1,208 | 36.7 | ||
| Liberal | A. Dickinson | 1,169 | 35.5 | ||
| Labour | D. O'Kelly* | 849 | 25.8 | ||
| Labour | D. Watts | 772 | 23.4 | ||
| Labour | W. Williams | 769 | 23.3 | ||
| Majority | 1 | 0.0 | |||
| Turnout | 3,294 | 39.3 | |||
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No.19 (Flixton East Central)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | William Wroe* | 1,877 | 47.4 | ||
| Conservative | Neil Fitzpatrick | 1,755 | 44.3 | ||
| Conservative | Gordon Lumby | 1,737 | 43.9 | ||
| Liberal | Norman Heywood | 1,539 | 38.9 | ||
| Liberal | Margaret Willis | 1,431 | 36.2 | ||
| Liberal | A. Hannett | 1,415 | 35.8 | ||
| Labour | D. M. Hall | 735 | 18.6 | ||
| Labour | R. P. Phillips | 727 | 18.4 | ||
| Labour | Kathleen Barnes | 658 | 16.6 | ||
| Majority | 198 | 5.0 | |||
| Turnout | 3,958 | 43.1 | |||
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No.20 (Flixton West)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | George Carnall* | 1,964 | 56.5 | ||
| Conservative | Albert Williams | 1,908 | 54.9 | ||
| Conservative | H. P. Liddiard | 1,897 | 54.6 | ||
| Labour | B. Elliot | 1,636 | 47.1 | ||
| Labour | A. Stringer* | 1,538 | 44.2 | ||
| Labour | R. Taylor | 1,479 | 42.5 | ||
| Majority | 261 | 7.5 | |||
| Turnout | 3,476 | 37.6 | |||
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No.21 (Davyhulme East)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Raymond Haigh* | 1,158 | 64.4 | ||
| Conservative | Frank Eadie* | 1,148 | 63.8 | ||
| Conservative | Eric Crosbie | 1,122 | 62.4 | ||
| Labour | B. Hall | 678 | 37.7 | ||
| Labour | D. Stewart | 658 | 36.6 | ||
| Labour | G. Scott | 629 | 35.0 | ||
| Majority | 444 | 24.7 | |||
| Turnout | 1,798 | 33.2 | |||
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By-elections between 1973 and 1975
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Peter Morgan Evans | 1,752 | 46.2 | -13.8 | |
| Labour | Thomas Packham | 1,191 | 31.4 | ||
| Liberal | Michael Wood | 849 | 22.4 | ||
| Majority | 561 | 14.8 | |||
| Turnout | 3,792 | 34.0 | |||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
References
- ^ "Trafford M. B. C. Election Results Sheet, 11 May 1973", Trafford M.B.C.(1973).
