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    1973 handbook

    Wiltshire: 1973 local elections

    67 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1972)

    Not known.

    After (end of 1973) (79 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 39 · Labour 22 · Other 12 · The Liberal Party 6

    Ward results

    Amesbury No. 12 seats · turnout 32.6%
    T. HerrernenConservative1,675
    A. HallConservative1,622
    P. LumleyLabour1,228
    P. MatthewsLabour958
    Amesbury No. 21 seat · turnout 44.8%
    H. RichardsonConservative832
    S. RudkinLabour799
    A. WhateleyIndependent123
    Amesbury No. 31 seat · turnout 39.7%
    S. PeacockConservative1,155
    C. PudeLabour571
    Bedwyn1 seat
    C. Elliot-CohenConservative0 ✓
    Box1 seat · turnout 34.0%
    R. FudgeConservative978
    D. NewmanIndependent503
    Bradford1 seat · turnout 53.0%
    M. MisenLabour1,377
    P. BealeConservative1,119
    A. ThomasLIB667
    Bradford & Melksham No. 11 seat
    D. MaultonIndependent0 ✓
    Bradford & Melksham No. 21 seat
    W. EarleIndependent0 ✓
    Bremhill1 seat
    Earl OfShelburne Ind0 ✓
    Brinkworth1 seat
    P. ShuterConservative0 ✓
    Calne North1 seat · turnout 31.9%
    L. CarpenterLabour817
    E. HornbyLIB644
    Calne South1 seat · turnout 38.4%
    F. EleyLIB512
    M. JearyLabour340
    Cannings1 seat
    C. AntrobusConservative0 ✓
    Chippenham Park1 seat
    M. BurtonConservative0 ✓
    Chippenham Sheldon1 seat · turnout 46.4%
    H. WilliamsLabour1,076
    M. WhittleLIB921
    G. WebbConservative767
    Chippenham Town1 seat · turnout 51.8%
    Gillian JamiesonConservative711
    S. Du Plat-TaylorLIB708
    J. LawlessLabour379
    Collingbourne1 seat
    W. BartlettConservative0 ✓
    Corsham1 seat · turnout 37.8%
    B. FullerIndependent1,592
    H. ShawLabour1,065
    Cricklade1 seat · turnout 35.6%
    F. FreethConservative627
    C. TurnerIndependent581
    Devizes No. 1 (East)1 seat · turnout 41.0%
    F. KirbyLIB1,044
    Cox L.Conservative273
    Devizes No. 21 seat · turnout 43.6%
    M. RendallConservative1,025
    M. TaylorLabour731
    Downton1 seat
    N. AndersonConservative0 ✓
    Enford1 seat · turnout 44.1%
    G. WortIndependent992
    J. GoodallLabour425
    Fisherton1 seat · turnout 39.1%
    J. SmithConservative990
    H. Trevor-CoxLabour370
    Highworth No. 13 seats · turnout 33.9%
    A. MilesLabour3,475
    B. CookbillLabour3,265
    K. CoeLabour3,045
    G. ClasparConservative1,682
    A. StainerConservative1,606
    R. StainerConservative1,469
    Highworth No. 21 seat · turnout 50.7%
    W. McKanan-JonesConservative1,535
    E. GarrettLabour1,083
    Highworth No. 31 seat · turnout 38.5%
    D. CookeConservative1,085
    B. SchofieldLIB1,062
    Highworth No. 41 seat
    M. BranConservative0 ✓
    Highworth No. 51 seat
    R. BarnettConservative0 ✓
    Kington1 seat
    J. McCarthyConservative0 ✓
    Langley1 seat
    P. Featherstone-GodleyConservative0 ✓
    Lavington1 seat · turnout 49.5%
    J. SpencerIndependent935
    C. GillingtonIndependent732
    Malmesbury1 seat
    P. SturgisConservative0 ✓
    Marlborough1 seat · turnout 56.7%
    P. MauriceIndependent1,291
    A. GrayConservative978
    Melksham2 seats
    F. DayLabour1,831
    M. SalisburyLabour1,798
    W. DixonIndependent1,016
    Mere & Tisbury No. 1 (Donhead & Tis1 seat
    F. WillanConservative0 ✓
    Mere & Tisbury No. 2 (Mere)1 seat
    J. UnderwoodIndependent0 ✓
    New Sarum (Bemerton)1 seat · turnout 36.9%
    B. BrownLabour927
    D. ShergoldConservative533
    New Sarum (Fisherton)1 seat
    N. LocockConservative0 ✓
    New Sarum (St. Edmund)1 seat · turnout 39.5%
    R. TownsendConservative1,307
    R. PellyLabour1,048
    New Sarum (St. Mark)1 seat
    M. BensonConservative0 ✓
    New Sarum (St. Paul)1 seat · turnout 47.8%
    F. GrandfieldLabour808
    W. PorterConservative705
    New Sarum (St. Thomas)1 seat
    P. MullinsConservative0 ✓
    Pewsey1 seat · turnout 49.5%
    C. LampardIndependent1,336
    A. WrenLabour667
    Potterne1 seat · turnout 45.4%
    E. AwrdyIndependent1,142
    A. KiddConservative900
    Preshute1 seat
    J. AinslieLIB0 ✓
    Purton1 seat · turnout 41.8%
    T. RoweLIB958
    W. Witon-FitzgeraldConservative704
    Sherston1 seat
    A. TurnerConservative0 ✓
    Swindon (East)2 seats · turnout 28.2%
    T. GriffithsLabour1,504
    G. RogersLabour1,372
    D. BamptonConservative1,290
    A. MossConservative1,145
    Swindon (Kings)1 seat · turnout 39.9%
    M. MatthewsConservative581
    M. LaneLabour559
    R. ScarfeLIB509
    Swindon (North)3 seats · turnout 14.1%
    A. DurstonLabour1,871
    M. HarbarLabour1,832
    F. AllenLabour1,750
    F. AshplantConservative687
    W. ReevesCOMM323
    Swindon (Queens)1 seat · turnout 30.9%
    B. HorseburghLIB539
    W. WilksLabour531
    Swindon (South No. 1)2 seats · turnout 35.5%
    F. MortimerConservative1,886
    G. KeillerConservative1,842
    J. NewmanLIB1,043
    J. RichardsLIB1,019
    P. CunningtonLabour570
    A. RutsonLabour539
    Swindon (South No. 2)2 seats · turnout 19.4%
    L. Dowdall-MarshLabour1,232
    W. ParkinLabour1,194
    G. McMullenLIB744
    R. WalkerLIB654
    W. TurpinConservative299
    Swindon (West)3 seats · turnout 29.1%
    E. MillinLabour2,394
    P. PetersLabour2,247
    J. CordonLabour2,060
    R. SavageConservative1,785
    R. DoreConservative1,506
    J. PassConservative1,490
    M. PowellLIB667
    V. HorsburghLIB667
    I. GriggLIB624
    Trowbridge No. 11 seat · turnout 36.8%
    B. WaldenConservative543
    J. HungerfordLabour528
    A. ThomsonLIB447
    Trowbridge No. 21 seat · turnout 32.2%
    C. CannellLabour807
    A. PhillipsIndependent774
    Trowbridge No. 31 seat · turnout 39.8%
    G. ApplegateConservative821
    J. StevensLIB648
    J. MaddenLabour477
    Warminster2 seats · turnout 17.6%
    J. WallConservative1,530
    D. MainIndependent1,298
    E. ReesLIB944
    B. CottonLIB807
    P. MorrisonLabour790
    Warminster & Westbury No. 11 seat · turnout 42.7%
    M. Rosser-ReesConservative1,232
    J. ArkwrightLabour611
    Warminster & Westbury No. 21 seat · turnout 44.1%
    J. MorrisonConservative1,132
    W. VivashLabour819
    Warminster & Westbury No. 31 seat
    J. StrattonIndependent0 ✓
    Westbury1 seat · turnout 39.3%
    B. GrayLabour1,350
    C. BallLIB574
    Whiteparish1 seat
    Lady NyeConservative0 ✓
    Wilton1 seat · turnout 47.6%
    C. CooperLIB1,240
    L. GrayConservative711
    M. WoodwardIndependent319
    Wootton Bassett1 seat · turnout 36.3%
    H. HobbsConservative1,174
    B. FitzwilliamsLIB1,110
    J. ButcherLabour452
    Wylye1 seat
    J. JeansConservative0 ✓