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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.
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.
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 |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | H. E. Richardson | 832 | 47.4 | ||
Labour | S. Rudkin | 799 | 45.6 | ||
Independent | A. Whateley | 123 | 7.0 | ||
Majority | 33 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | S. Peacock | 1,155 | |||
Labour | C. Pude | 571 | |||
Majority | 584 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | C. E. Elliot-Cohen | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | R. Fudge | 978 | 66.0 | ||
Independent | D. Newman | 503 | 34.0 | ||
Majority | 475 | 32.0 |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Mrs D. L. Maulton | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | W. Earle | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Earl of Shelburne | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | P. Shuter | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | L. Carpenter | 817 | 55.9 | ||
Liberal | E. Hornby | 644 | 44.1 | ||
Majority | 173 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | F. C. Eley | 512 | 60.1 | ||
Labour | M. Jeary | 340 | 39.9 | ||
Majority | 172 | 20.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lt Col. C. H. Antrobus | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | M. Burton | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
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 |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | W. G. Bartlett | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | B. Fuller | 1,592 | 59.9 | ||
Labour | H. Shaw | 1,065 | 49.1 | ||
Majority | 527 | 10.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | F. Freeth | 627 | 51.9 | ||
Independent | C. Turner | 581 | 48.1 | ||
Majority | 46 | 3.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | F. Kirby | 1,044 | 79.3 | ||
Conservative | L. Coxon | 273 | 20.7 | ||
Majority | 771 | 58.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | M. Rendall | 1,025 | 58.4 | ||
Labour | Mrs M. Taylor | 731 | 41.6 | ||
Majority | 294 | 16.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | N. J. M. Anderson | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Brigadier George Wort | 992 | 70.0 | ||
Labour | J. Goodall | 425 | 30.0 | ||
Majority | 567 | 40.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mrs J. E. M. Smith | 990 | 72.8 | ||
Labour | H. Trevor-Cox | 370 | 27.2 | ||
Majority | 620 | 45.6 |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | W. McKanan-Jones | 1,535 | 58.6 | ||
Labour | E. Garrett | 1,083 | 41.4 | ||
Majority | 452 | 17.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | D. G. W. Cooke | 1,085 | 50.5 | ||
Liberal | B. Schofield | 1,062 | 49.5 | ||
Majority | 23 | 1.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | M. J. Bran | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | R. Barnett | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. McCarthy | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | P. Featherston-Godley | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J. Spencer | 935 | 56.1 | ||
Independent | C. Gillington | 732 | 43.9 | ||
Majority | 203 | 12.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Major P. Sturgis | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | P. Maurice | 1,291 | 56.9 | ||
Conservative | A. Gray | 978 | 43.1 | ||
Majority | 513 | 13.8 |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Group Captain F. A. Willan | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J. Underwood | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mrs B. D. Brown | 927 | 63.5 | ||
Conservative | D. Shergold | 533 | 36.5 | ||
Majority | 394 | 27.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mrs N. M. Locock | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | R. C. A. Townsend | 1,307 | 55.5 | ||
Labour | R. Pelly | 1,048 | 44.5 | ||
Majority | 259 | 11.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mrs M. J. Benson | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | F. W. Grandfield | 808 | 53.4 | ||
Conservative | W. Porter | 705 | 46.6 | ||
Majority | 103 | 6.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | P. Mullins | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | C. Lampard | 1,336 | 66.7 | ||
Labour | A. Wren | 667 | 33.3 | ||
Majority | 669 | 33.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | E. P. Awdry | 1,142 | 55.9 | ||
Conservative | A. Kidd | 900 | 44.1 | ||
Majority | 242 | 11.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | J. B. Ainslie | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | T. Rowe | 958 | 57.6 | ||
Conservative | W. Wilton-Fitzgerald | 704 | 42.4 | ||
Majority | 254 | 15.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | A. Turner | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Mrs B. A. Horsburgh | 539 | 50.4 | ||
Labour | W. Wilks | 531 | 49.6 | ||
Majority | 8 | 0.8 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Carmen Y. Cannell | 807 | 51.0 | ||
Independent | Anthony G. Phillips | 774 | 49.0 | ||
Majority | 33 | 2.0 |
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 |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mrs M. L. Rosser-Rees | 1,232 | 66.8 | ||
Labour | J. Arkwright | 611 | 33.2 | ||
Majority | 621 | 33.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hon. James Morrison | 1,132 | 58.0 | ||
Labour | W. Vivash | 819 | 42.0 | ||
Majority | 313 | 16.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J. M. Stratton | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian J. Gray | 1,350 | 70.2 | ||
Liberal | Caroline Ball | 574 | 29.8 | ||
Majority | 776 | 40.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lady Nye | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |
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 |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lt Col. J. O. Jeans | Unopposed | |||
Majority | n/a |