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    1973 handbook

    Fenland: 1973 local elections

    18 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1972)

    Not known.

    After (end of 1973) (40 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 20 · Other 12 · Labour 8 · The Liberal Party 0

    Ward results

    Benwick & Doddington1 seat · turnout 54.0%
    R. DunhamIndependent334
    H. MillerLabour280
    L. RichardsConservative158
    Elm2 seats · turnout 41.4%
    R. CurstonIndependent810
    A. IngleIndependent714
    V. NeaveLabour190
    Leverington2 seats · turnout 28.5%
    J. SalterConservative606
    R. WallaceConservative532
    J. HawkinsLabour272
    Manea1 seat · turnout 40.5%
    D. MorrisConservative231
    S. RutterfordIndependent148
    Newton & Tydd St. Giles1 seat
    A. CaterIndependent181
    T. DykesIndependent114
    No. 1 (Wisbech East)4 seats · turnout 33.0%
    Matthew John OsbornConservative992
    M. OsbornConservative992 ✓
    R LakeConservative967
    R. LakeConservative967 ✓
    P GreenConservative860 ✓
    B. PettsConservative846 ✓
    B PettsConservative846
    W PomeroyLabour617
    W. PomeroyLabour617
    N. OgdenLabour563
    N OgdenLabour563
    Lillian BowdenLabour541
    L. BowdenLabour541
    H. ClarkeLabour535
    H ClarkeLabour535
    No. 10 (Whittlesey - Ponders Bridge & Kingsmoor)3 seats · turnout 34.1%
    A. HanningtonLabour595 ✓
    D. HintonConservative594 ✓
    J. LeeLabour511 ✓
    J. FrenchConservative507
    A. BatesConservative495
    V. CopemanLabour449
    No. 2 (Wisbech North)3 seats · turnout 34.0%
    G. GibbsIndependent1,383
    D. PerryLabour607
    K. WilliamsLabour567
    B. DrewConservative547
    K. BrennanLabour434
    O. AldermanIndependent336
    No. 3 (Wisbech South & West)3 seats · turnout 34.5%
    L. RandsConservative757
    H. PigottConservative695
    N. GibsonConservative676
    H. PotterLabour652
    T. ColemanIndependent611
    M. UsherLabour422
    No. 4 (Chatteris)4 seats · turnout 27.8%
    R. HeadingConservative1,380
    H. OakeyIndependent969
    R. GoodgerIndependent956
    S. BarrettIndependent885
    J. OldfieldLabour613
    No. 5 (March Western)4 seats · turnout 70.6%
    C. SpoonerIndependent1,445 ✓
    C SpoonerIndependent1,445
    P SkouldingIndependent1,288
    P. SkouldingIndependent1,288 ✓
    F. GroundsConservative1,205 ✓
    F GroundsConservative1,205
    D. FlemingConservative1,123 ✓
    D FlemingConservative1,123
    G MortonConservative1,108
    G. MortonConservative1,108
    W FordhamLabour832
    W. FordhamLabour832
    O. DriverLabour809
    O DriverLabour809
    M BoonLabour723
    M. BoonLabour723
    Stephen Noel ManleyConservative650
    S. ManleyConservative650
    P MulgrewLabour568
    No. 6 (March Eastern)5 seats · turnout 35.1%
    F. ClarkLabour1,975
    G. CampbellLabour1,818
    D. DaglessLabour1,743
    D. CherryLabour1,345
    V. AvelingConservative1,325
    A. FahyLabour1,268
    J. ColemanConservative1,232
    No. 7 (Whittlesey - East Central)1 seat · turnout 46.1%
    M. Dixon-SpainConservative488
    L. WallaceLabour168
    No. 8 (Whittlesey - West Central)1 seat · turnout 32.1%
    H. LilleyConservative364
    H. CocksedgeLabour241
    No. 9 (Whittlesey - Coates)1 seat · turnout 69.1%
    D. MarstonConservative303
    A. ClarkLabour81
    Outwell & Upwell1 seat
    D. EdgsonConservative0 ✓
    Parson Drove & Wisbech St Mary2 seats · turnout 38.0%
    P. BarnesIndependent583
    N. PayneIndependent565
    R. AvelingConservative492
    C. EdwardsConservative196
    E. UsherLabour152
    Wimblington1 seat · turnout 48.2%
    E. MorrisConservative388
    P. MillerIndependent118