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    1973 handbook

    Allerdale: 1973 local elections

    28 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1972)

    Not known.

    After (end of 1973) (56 seats, Elections Centre)

    Labour 26 · Other 24 · Conservative 6 · The Liberal Party 0

    Ward results

    Aspatria2 seats · turnout 90.9%
    IndLabour90
    E. ScaifeLabour0 ✓
    J. BlairLabour0 ✓
    Binsey1 seat
    L. GardinerIndependent0 ✓
    Boltons1 seat · turnout 39.1%
    J. WatsonIndependent392
    J. HodgsonLabour165
    Broughton1 seat
    P. BermanLabour0 ✓
    Clifton1 seat · turnout 63.3%
    S. ArmstrongLabour766
    C. WallaceInd Lab90
    Crummock1 seat
    T. TaylorIndependent0 ✓
    Dalton1 seat · turnout 28.5%
    W. McKnight BellIndependent218
    R. ChattertonIndependent113
    Dearham1 seat · turnout 64.1%
    M. SmithLabour479
    T. TweddleIndependent319
    Ellen1 seat · turnout 51.7%
    T. OsborneIndependent551
    J. TigheLabour229
    Ellenborough2 seats · turnout 42.5%
    T. BrownLabour702
    J. ArmstrongLabour643
    A. TannerIndependent600
    Ewanrigg2 seats · turnout 47.2%
    A. RobinsonLabour696
    J. McCarronInd Lab531
    R. EasterbrookLabour507
    P. MooreInd Lab460
    T. FergusonIndependent279
    Flimby1 seat · turnout 55.8%
    J. RenneyIndependent550
    R. BroadbentLabour243
    Keswick3 seats
    C. FergusonIndependent1,091 ✓
    B. RobinsonConservative827 ✓
    S. HogarthConservative751 ✓
    C. BraithwaiteConservative538
    W. SlingerLabour534
    E. GrahamLabour512
    P. ButtleLabour501
    R. DixonIndependent493
    Marsh1 seat
    J. HollidayIndependent0 ✓
    No. 1 (Workington: St. Michaels & Seaton)5 seats
    W. AskewLabour0 ✓
    J. FryerLabour0 ✓
    J. AskewLabour0 ✓
    G. ShortLabour0 ✓
    W WhalleyLabour0 ✓
    No. 2 (Workington: South)6 seats
    E. KayLabour0 ✓
    W. ConnorLabour0 ✓
    W. CollinsLabour0 ✓
    A. FindleyLabour0 ✓
    S. BromleyLabour0 ✓
    J. MillerLabour0 ✓
    No. 3 (Workington: St. Johns)4 seats · turnout 27.7%
    J. JacksonConservative1,285
    P. BentleyConservative1,260
    A. CarigietConservative1,248
    J. SinclairRES1,160
    C. GregoryLabour852
    No. 4 (Workington: Harrington)2 seats · turnout 56.9%
    R. SpeddingIndependent848
    T. HeronLabour741
    J. DawsonIndependent732
    J. MartinLabour613
    No. 5 (Cockermouth)4 seats
    R WilliamsonConservative1,200 ✓
    C PottsIndependent1,179 ✓
    R HannahLabour1,072 ✓
    R StewardsonLabour969 ✓
    J LargeConservative889
    T SmithConservative761
    F RushtonConservative743
    J McGuffieLabour703
    M KingLabour632
    No. 7 (Maryport: South)1 seat · turnout 63.0%
    C. HughesLabour291
    H. JacksonIndependent225
    R. McManusIndependent138
    No. 8 (Maryport: North)1 seat · turnout 59.6%
    E. GilbertsonIndependent343
    K. MulgrewLabour304
    Seaton Moor3 seats · turnout 39.3%
    J. MusgraveLabour1,039
    J. BarnettLabour1,022
    C. FletcherLabour836
    W. MansellIndependent543
    V. NutterIndependent521
    M. CowenIndependent413
    Silloth2 seats
    T. JohnstonIndependent519
    J. SaulIndependent480
    D. TunstallLabour262
    W. TinnionIndependent184
    St. Bridgets1 seat · turnout 48.9%
    M. HodgsonIndependent433
    D. ThompsonLabour195
    Tarns1 seat
    W. RelphIndependent0 ✓
    Warnell1 seat · turnout 44.2%
    L. JeffersonIndependent435
    R. RayIndependent114
    Waver1 seat
    G. FergusonIndependent0 ✓
    Wigton3 seats · turnout 35.6%
    R. BlackburnIndependent955
    F. RoutledgeIndependent843
    N. FellIndependent755
    B. GormanLabour549
    D. FrithLabour454
    M. GalLabour293