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    1973 handbook

    Somerset: 1973 local elections

    60 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1972)

    Not known.

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

    Conservative 34 · Other 12 · Labour 8 · The Liberal Party 2

    Ward results

    Axbridge No. 11 seat · turnout 32.4%
    H. Leonard-WilliamsConservative1,391
    C. RoseIndependent590
    A. LaneIndependent397
    Axbridge No. 21 seat
    P. JohnsonConservative0 ✓
    Bridgwater (Central)1 seat · turnout 45.7%
    I. TesterLabour1,542
    M. ReesConservative1,366
    Bridgwater (Eastover)1 seat · turnout 28.5%
    A. SouterLabour1,330
    G. AnsteyConservative496
    Bridgwater (Westover)1 seat · turnout 40.3%
    R. DonaldsonConservative1,140
    J. MosleyLabour945
    P. JohnstoneLIB513
    Bridgwater Rural No. 11 seat · turnout 39.3%
    W. KnowlesConservative1,099
    A. PatersonLIB778
    J. BlackmoreLabour556
    Bridgwater Rural No. 2 (Cannington)1 seat · turnout 39.7%
    M. HillConservative1,786
    J. SearleLabour605
    Bridgwater Rural No. 3 (North Pethe1 seat · turnout 23.0%
    R. AddicottIndependent1,023 ✓
    P. PaintonLabour513
    Burnham-On-Sea No. 11 seat · turnout 37.6%
    J. DownesConservative653
    R. DaffinLabour614
    M. PerriamLIB558
    Burnham-On-Sea No. 21 seat · turnout 32.3%
    A. AshfordConservative1,143
    C. SarsonLIB725
    M. ClissoldLabour242
    Castle Cary1 seat · turnout 42.3%
    G. YeabsleyConservative1,223
    P. HansfordLabour483
    Chard1 seat · turnout 42.7%
    J. HarrimanLabour1,976
    R. FarrowConservative1,507
    Coker1 seat · turnout 39.1%
    J. VincentIndependent1,138
    S. OakesLIB669
    A. BallLabour501
    Crewkerne1 seat
    P. WilkinsonConservative0 ✓
    Curry Rivel1 seat
    A. MounterIndependent0 ✓
    Dowlish Wake1 seat
    D. JessemanConservative0 ✓
    Dulverton1 seat · turnout 45.0%
    M. Waley-CohenIndependent868
    M. BallLabour494
    Dunster1 seat · turnout 36.9%
    G. WyndhamConservative1,179
    C. MilneLabour299
    Frome North1 seat
    Ingleby-MackenzieOther0 ✓
    Frome South1 seat · turnout 17.6%
    H. ScottConservative512
    J. EamesLabour485
    Glastonbury1 seat · turnout 52.9%
    E. Jackson-StevensIndependent1,280
    S. MorlandLabour662
    N JamesConservative537
    Ilchester2 seats · turnout 32.3%
    J. BentleyConservative1,882
    H. HolmanConservative1,880
    S. HawkinsLabour898
    A. HillLabour863
    Ilminster1 seat · turnout 28.5%
    G. MorganConservative1,395
    E. ScrivenIndependent395
    Kilmersdon1 seat · turnout 48.0%
    A. YoungConservative1,084
    T. HughesLabour1,026
    Langport1 seat
    R. JotchamConservative0 ✓
    Martock1 seat · turnout 40.2%
    D. GreenConservative1,191
    B. LewisInd Con654
    C. WarryDem Lab598
    Milborne Port1 seat · turnout 26.3%
    P. GambierIndependent805 ✓
    J. CourtLabour279
    Milverton1 seat · turnout 47.3%
    F. AtyeoConservative623
    R. CannifordIndependent582
    J. SkeggsIndependent412
    Minehead1 seat · turnout 44.1%
    J. MayConservative1,269
    J. HookLIB1,194
    G. WickesIndependent491
    North Curry1 seat
    G. ClarkIndependent0 ✓
    Nunney1 seat · turnout 24.0%
    J. Bonham-ChristieConservative668
    P. LuardIndependent556
    Shepton Mallet1 seat · turnout 45.4%
    J. GilhamLabour988
    E. CazenoveConservative884
    Shepton Mallet Rural No. 11 seat · turnout 42.0%
    J. LuffConservative1,040
    C. DenningLabour650
    Shepton Mallet Rural No. 2 (Evercre1 seat · turnout 29.6%
    D. TurnerIndependent870 ✓
    D. GilhamLabour217
    Somerton1 seat · turnout 53.9%
    J. AttwellIndependent1,590
    M. HicklingConservative1,138
    South Petherton1 seat
    E. WillyIndependent0 ✓
    Stogursey1 seat · turnout 35.9%
    T. Trollope-BellewConservative816
    G. MooreLabour500
    Street1 seat · turnout 25.8%
    J. ClarkIndependent1,242
    B. PerryRES242
    Taunton (North)1 seat
    B. BaileyLabour0 ✓
    Taunton (Trinity)1 seat · turnout 49.9%
    T. SmithLabour1,096
    Care S.Conservative995
    Taunton (West)1 seat
    R. WinckworthConservative0 ✓
    Taunton (Wilton)1 seat
    P. PhillipsConservative0 ✓
    Taunton East1 seat · turnout 33.8%
    A. SneddonLabour1,319
    E. TunstellConservative439
    Taunton Halcon3 seats · turnout 25.3%
    R. NewmanLabour920
    P. SmithLabour825
    J. StokesLabour797
    D. PerkinConservative356
    Taunton North1 seat
    B. BaileyLabour0 ✓
    Taunton Rural No. 11 seat · turnout 36.4%
    P. Lewin-HarrisConservative988
    A. ThorneIndependent534
    Taunton Rural No. 21 seat · turnout 35.3%
    J. BentleyConservative1,430
    W. SimmonsLabour474
    Taunton Rural No. 31 seat · turnout 42.7%
    C. GopshillConservative858
    E. BakendaleLabour688
    P. BakerLIB615
    Taunton Rural No. 41 seat
    R. RyanConservative0 ✓
    Taunton West1 seat
    R. WinckworthConservative0 ✓
    Wellington1 seat · turnout 21.1%
    L. BakerIndependent846
    W. ParkerLabour645
    Wells1 seat · turnout 32.1%
    W. PinchingLIB1,119
    G. AlgarConservative527
    J. DuncanIndependent405
    Wells Rural No. 11 seat
    R. SwayneConservative0 ✓
    Wells Rural No. 2 (Meare)1 seat
    A. WhiteIndependent0 ✓
    Williton1 seat · turnout 52.3%
    A. CourtLIB913 ✓
    F. HughesLabour856
    J. OliveConservative837
    F. NewtonIndependent216
    Wincanton1 seat
    R. BensonConservative0 ✓
    Wiveliscombe1 seat
    A. MorantIndependent0 ✓
    Yeovil North & East1 seat · turnout 32.9%
    I. PhillipsLabour1,488
    G. RobertsonConservative758
    Yeovil South & Central1 seat · turnout 39.5%
    C. HeathConservative1,381
    W. BenjafieldLabour947
    Yeovil West & Preston1 seat · turnout 37.0%
    D. YoungConservative1,592
    S. WilshawLabour876