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    1973 handbook

    Ashfield: 1973 local elections

    14 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1972)

    Not known.

    After (end of 1973) (55 seats, Elections Centre)

    Labour 53 · Other 2 · The Liberal Party 0 · Conservative 0

    Ward results

    Hucknall East1 seat
    R. BullockLabour1,240 ✓
    B. MeeLabour1,166 ✓
    H. TilfordLabour1,089 ✓
    J. FieldLabour1,082 ✓
    R. OrmeOther190
    No. 1 (Hucknall: East)4 seats · turnout 21.8%
    R. BullockLabour1,240
    B. MeeLabour1,166
    H. TilfordLabour1,089
    J. FieldLabour1,082
    R. OrmeCOMM190
    No. 10 (Sutton-In-Ashfield: West)7 seats · turnout 21.5%
    W. CheethamLabour1,643
    F. WhiteLabour1,334
    D. HagueLabour1,260
    J. GraingerLabour1,238
    W. ShawLabour1,217
    T. ChandranIndependent1,197
    M. LaneLabour1,196
    K. GregoryRES1,130
    W. KirkLIB1,085
    G. LeachLabour1,080
    J. SwainLIB1,045
    G. BirkinLIB1,028
    N. EllisIndependent944
    H. BentleyRES750
    K. HollandInd Lab741
    No. 11 (Annesley & Felley)1 seat
    K. ElkingtonLabour0 ✓
    No. 12 (Selston)5 seats
    D FlynnLabour1,919
    J SharrardLabour1,612
    G YoungLabour1,549
    J MannLabour1,547
    R CookeLabour1,525
    W KnightonConservative1,044
    J WoodConservative893
    R JusticeConservative862
    J JusticeConservative856
    J GardinerConservative852
    No. 2 (Hucknall: North)4 seats · turnout 29.1%
    E. HamiltonLabour1,052
    S. GraingerLabour1,036
    H. SeagraveLabour953
    E. CowieLabour898
    A. HamiltonIndependent722
    S. HamiltonIndependent683
    D. LoweIndependent674
    No. 3 (Hucknall: West)6 seats · turnout 19.1%
    R. KingLabour1,721
    G. BarrowLabour1,651
    J. BarkerLabour1,627
    B. ThornelowLabour1,579
    E. MorleyIndependent1,570
    G. PeachLabour1,555
    No. 4 (Kirkby-In-Ashfield: East)5 seats
    J. BoolerLabour0 ✓
    J. MarshallLabour0 ✓
    W. CoxLabour0 ✓
    E. GodberLabour0 ✓
    R. ChamberlainLabour0 ✓
    No. 5 (Kirkby-In-Ashfield: South)3 seats
    M. GreenLabour0 ✓
    A. ShephardLabour0 ✓
    G. EggleshawLabour0 ✓
    No. 6 (Kirkby-In-Ashfield: West)5 seats · turnout 24.0%
    A. TurnerLabour1,202
    A. ButlerLabour1,137
    R. HutchinsonLabour1,111
    K. GreenLabour1,101
    A. RickettLabour1,076
    J. GriceConservative851
    S. MartinConservative735
    No. 7 (Sutton-In-Ashfield: East)7 seats · turnout 17.4%
    C. HollandLabour1,423
    B. BoothLabour1,379
    F. HollandLabour1,345
    A. AdkinLabour1,333
    V. MorleyLabour1,297
    R. MarriottLabour1,273
    J. VarleyLabour1,145
    L. TaggRES1,015
    H. WhiteConservative977
    No. 8 (Sutton-In-Ashfield: Huthwaite)3 seats · turnout 23.2%
    J. DobbLabour707
    R. ElliottLabour704
    T. MayLabour563
    J. MarshallInd LIB160
    L. CheethamInd Lab152
    No. 9 (Sutton-In-Ashfield: Skegby)5 seats · turnout 20.7%
    T. StimpsonLabour1,029
    R. GilbertLabour869
    J. HurstLabour782
    D. WardLabour747
    J. JonesLabour723
    E. RedfernInd Lab567
    W. LoweInd Lab457
    W. WrightInd Lab437
    M. RadfordRES431
    W. GascoyneInd Lab349
    Selston5 seats
    D. FlynnLabour1,919 ✓
    J. SharrardLabour1,612 ✓
    G. YoungLabour1,549 ✓
    J. MannLabour1,547 ✓
    R. CookeLabour1,525 ✓
    W. KnightonConservative1,044
    J. WoodConservative893
    R. JusticeConservative862
    J. JusticeConservative856
    John GardinerConservative852