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    1973 handbook

    Ashford: 1973 local elections

    23 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1972)

    Not known.

    After (end of 1973) (44 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 22 · The Liberal Party 10 · Labour 8 · Other 4

    Ward results

    Aldington1 seat
    P. BouldenConservative0 ✓
    Biddenden1 seat · turnout 43.2%
    T. RichardsIndependent438
    L. HomewoodConservative244
    Boughton Aluph1 seat
    G. OliverConservative0 ✓
    Brabourne1 seat
    T. JeanesIndependent0 ✓
    Charing1 seat · turnout 53.0%
    J. WinnifrithIndependent602 ✓
    D. BertramConservative525 ✓
    J. WilliamsConservative430
    F. LaverockLabour128
    L. KnightLabour95
    Chilham1 seat
    J. SmithConservative0 ✓
    Hamstreet1 seat · turnout 48.5%
    M. TuckerConservative397
    J. KissIndependent332
    Hothfield1 seat · turnout 33.2%
    E. HollisConservative237
    R. PyeIndependent202
    Kingsnorth1 seat · turnout 53.3%
    W. CottonConservative453
    R. HarringtonLIB354
    Mersham1 seat
    G. FortescueConservative0 ✓
    No. 1 (Tenterden)4 seats · turnout 45.0%
    H RobertsConservative1,297 ✓
    P EdmondConservative1,151
    P. EdmondConservative1,151 ✓
    R. MorganConservative1,075 ✓
    R MorganConservative1,075
    H. WattsConservative988 ✓
    Harry WattsConservative988
    D CrisfieldIndependent827
    D. CrisfieldIndependent827
    W OvensIndependent605
    C RossonLIB401
    C. RossonThe Liberal Party401
    P. RossonThe Liberal Party398
    P RossonLIB398
    A WalshLIB357
    J. BlakeyThe Liberal Party244
    J BlakeyLIB244
    A CoomesLabour216
    A MaybourneLabour179
    A. MaybourneLabour179
    No. 14 (Appledore-High Halden-Woodchurch)2 seats
    A. NunburnholmeConservative0 ✓
    H. AppsConservative0 ✓
    No. 2 (Ashford: Central)2 seats · turnout 24.9%
    W. GowerConservative376
    S. FordConservative333
    W. StanleyLabour240
    R. DeanLabour216
    C. Ross-StewardIndependent182
    No. 22 (Bethersden & Great Chart)1 seat · turnout 50.8%
    A. TapsellConservative581
    W. SwafferIndependent291
    No. 3 (Ashford: North)6 seats · turnout 38.8%
    V DockeryLIB1,505
    V. DockeryThe Liberal Party1,505 ✓
    T ByrnesLIB1,482
    T. ByrnesThe Liberal Party1,482 ✓
    R. BurtonThe Liberal Party1,469 ✓
    R BurtonLIB1,469
    C GillLIB1,467
    C. GillThe Liberal Party1,467 ✓
    B MoormanConservative1,433 ✓
    T PictonLIB1,427 ✓
    R ColleyConservative1,379
    A WhittakerLIB1,378
    A. WhittakerThe Liberal Party1,378
    G. LangridgeConservative1,370
    G LangridgeConservative1,370
    A. RussellConservative1,320
    A RussellConservative1,320
    M. SmithConservative1,279
    Michael Drummond Moverley SmithConservative1,279
    R GrovesConservative1,187
    B ArmonIndependent459
    No. 4 (Ashford: South)6 seats · turnout 18.8%
    E. MayhewLabour1,311 ✓
    Edwyn Dominic MayhewLabour1,311
    C ThomasLabour1,198
    C. ThomasLabour1,198 ✓
    Walter WilliamsLabour1,120 ✓
    M. WigginsLabour1,102 ✓
    Maureen WigginsLabour1,102
    F SmithLabour1,070
    F. SmithLabour1,070 ✓
    M MahoneyLabour1,048
    M. MahoneyLabour1,048 ✓
    V WraightConservative408
    F WoodConservative397
    F. WoodConservative397
    No. 5 (Ashford: South East)5 seats · turnout 27.4%
    B. PrebbleLIB1,496
    G. TurnerLIB1,449
    P. BunceLIB1,416
    C. DennisLIB1,394
    E. TredwellLIB1,391
    C. BouldenConservative464
    F. CrippsConservative446
    E. DarwentConservative435
    K. KatzConservative410
    Pluckley1 seat · turnout 55.0%
    P. Edgson WrightConservative311
    F. WenbanIndependent205
    Rolvenden1 seat
    N. SumnerConservative0 ✓
    Stanhope1 seat · turnout 30.0%
    M. BucknerLabour446 ✓
    B. PawseyLabour383 ✓
    B. FarrowIndependent288
    P. RocheCOMM116
    Weald North1 seat
    A. PalmerConservative0 ✓
    Wittersham1 seat · turnout 58.1%
    A. CookeIndependent438
    J. GaleConservative201
    Wye1 seat
    N. SpearmanConservative0 ✓