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    1973 handbook

    Darlington: 1973 local elections

    16 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1972)

    Not known.

    After (end of 1973) (49 seats, Elections Centre)

    Labour 28 · The Liberal Party 8 · Conservative 8 · Other 5

    Ward results

    Heighington1 seat · turnout 53.9%
    M. BurlinsonIndependent302
    F. RobsonLabour209
    E. ThompsonIndependent175
    Hurworth2 seats · turnout 43.0%
    G. PriestleyIndependent744
    E. Riley-LordIndependent660
    J. SmithLabour453
    G. HarbyIndependent287
    A. PalfremanIndependent233
    D. HodgsonIndependent135
    Middleton St George1 seat · turnout 31.2%
    J. IngledewIndependent210 ✓
    T. EmbletonIndependent160
    R. PallisterIndependent154
    B. BrogdenLabour89
    C. ParkIndependent87
    No. 1 (Harrowgate Hill)3 seats · turnout 23.3%
    J. WhelanLabour935
    J. MarshallLabour875
    N. CollinsonLabour861
    M. CampbellConservative451
    P. ShearwoodConservative351
    No. 10 (Lingfield)4 seats · turnout 21.6%
    G. RamsayLabour1,099
    J. CowgillLabour1,070
    J. BushLabour1,043
    I. ClarkLabour974
    A. BruceConservative621
    G. StainsbyConservative606
    No. 2 (North Road)3 seats · turnout 23.3%
    E. MeredithLabour768
    J. FrenchLabour640
    D. PontoneLabour618
    L. WoodLIB439
    B. CossinsLIB376
    No. 3 (Cockerton)5 seats · turnout 19.1%
    Colin HutchinsonLabour1,321
    C. BinneyLabour1,149
    K. FairerLabour1,135
    D. GoddardLabour1,068
    D. PendleburyLabour1,044
    M. MoorhouseT&R721
    No. 4 (Central & Northgate)4 seats · turnout 35.1%
    M. CarrLIB1,125
    M. NaymanLabour1,114
    A. RobinsonLabour1,063
    S. RobinsonLabour1,038
    P. SmythLIB993
    G. CowgillLabour983
    R. HodgsonLIB911
    R. DukeLIB884
    I. HamiltonConservative496
    E. HoggConservative452
    A. McCullochIndependent279
    No. 5 (Pierremont)4 seats
    B FiskeLIB1,384 ✓
    J BiagioniLIB1,306 ✓
    I BarnesLIB1,221 ✓
    G HerbertLIB1,036 ✓
    C MorleyConservative636
    J BatemanLabour436
    Isobel HartleyLabour354
    H. HallLabour329
    S IngersonLabour293
    No. 6 (Haughton)4 seats · turnout 21.8%
    J. McLoughlinLabour1,061
    D. LyonetteLabour915
    H. HannahLabour887
    O. O'BrienLabour869
    J. HaithwaiteConservative593
    W. CottonConservative559
    No. 7 (Eastbourne)6 seats · turnout 13.2%
    J. PatersonLabour1,193
    A. GillLabour1,041
    H. BrumbyLabour1,040
    L. ElliottLabour1,031
    J. AndersonLabour1,000
    J. SkinnerLabour985
    D. ImisonCOMM223
    No. 8 (West)6 seats · turnout 36.2%
    S. BrownConservative2,619
    W. NewtonConservative2,428
    F. RobinsonConservative2,266
    P. Stamford-BewlayConservative2,082
    D. WalkerConservative2,080
    J. StensonConservative1,935
    J. PageLIB1,696
    M. WynneLIB1,579
    I. FergusonLIB1,472
    M. DavisonInd Tory732
    No. 9 (South)4 seats · turnout 37.8%
    P. FreitagLIB1,655
    J. StottLIB1,233
    E. McMahonConservative1,115
    R. WoodLIB1,051
    B. LeeLIB1,035
    W. BradburnConservative922
    D. BlackConservative898
    G. DurhamLabour595
    L. BarnettLabour531
    D. LongLabour502
    W. MoreheadLabour461
    Park1 seat · turnout 38.7%
    J. HerbertConservative1,216
    A. ParkLabour815
    Sadberge1 seat · turnout 48.3%
    B. CuthbertsonIndependent394
    Kirkbride J.Independent124
    Whessoe1 seat · turnout 34.4%
    H. ShaftoConservative275 ✓
    R. RipponIndependent126
    W. CheethamLabour101
    R. DodsIndependent68