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    1973 handbook

    Babergh: 1973 local elections

    28 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1972)

    Not known.

    After (end of 1973) (38 seats, Elections Centre)

    Other 19 · Labour 11 · Conservative 8 · The Liberal Party 0

    Ward results

    Alton1 seat · turnout 37.8%
    R. CookLabour226
    M. CooperIndependent194
    Berners1 seat · turnout 36.6%
    E. PollardIndependent372
    M. FoxLabour102
    Bildeston1 seat · turnout 34.2%
    O. SimpsonIndependent245
    E. TurneyIndependent159
    Boxford1 seat · turnout 43.8%
    T. ClarkeIndependent400
    T. StedmanConservative198
    Brantham1 seat
    H. ManningIndependent0 ✓
    Brett Vale1 seat
    D. ArtheyIndependent0 ✓
    Brookvale1 seat · turnout 26.5%
    J. BaxterIndependent222
    J. GrayIndependent157
    Bures St Mary1 seat · turnout 42.5%
    H. EngleheartConservative298
    G. ArdleyIndependent153
    Capel & Wenham1 seat · turnout 45.5%
    R. PearceLabour369
    H. HawkinsConservative288
    Chadacre1 seat · turnout 34.3%
    G. InceIndependent299
    G. HatchettIndependent183
    Copdock1 seat
    R. MooreIndependent0 ✓
    Dodnash2 seats · turnout 29.5%
    T. GoodchildIndependent594
    C. Wake-WalkerIndependent582
    N. GrimseyLabour393
    Elmsett1 seat · turnout 60.4%
    W. CrockattIndependent265
    L. SharpeIndependent239
    N. LewisIndependent177
    Glemsford1 seat · turnout 52.0%
    F. ShinnLabour460
    J. PiperIndependent308
    Great Cornard North2 seats · turnout 22.4%
    W. AldworthLabour396
    S. LangtonLabour384
    B. LeweryConservative162
    Great Cornard South2 seats · turnout 55.6%
    R. ChaplinLabour439 ✓
    A. EadyConservative437 ✓
    M. CaschereLabour398
    G. BaldwinConservative379
    Hadleigh3 seats · turnout 32.9%
    S. BrownLabour871
    B. ShuttlewoodLabour759
    J. WhiteLabour581
    J. OsborneIndependent578
    M. CrabtreeIndependent521
    J. CatterallIndependent443
    Holbrook1 seat · turnout 47.8%
    J. GodleyIndependent458
    R. LevickLabour121
    Lavenham1 seat · turnout 50.3%
    L. SpragginsIndependent338
    A. NeynellIndependent264
    Leavenheath1 seat
    E. YorkConservative0 ✓
    Long Melford2 seats · turnout 36.7%
    C. KingstonIndependent539
    Robert David KempIndependent529
    P. StoneConservative290
    R. OakmanLabour290
    C. EdmundsIndependent147
    Nayland1 seat · turnout 51.0%
    P. HetheringtonIndependent238
    J. MitchellIndependent235
    No. 1 (Sudbury)5 seats · turnout 53.7%
    W. BarkerConservative1,443 ✓
    Wendy BarkerConservative1,443
    R PlayfordConservative1,282
    R. PlayfordConservative1,282 ✓
    H. BanhamLabour1,130 ✓
    H BanhamLabour1,130
    P MoultonLabour1,048
    P. MoultonLabour1,048 ✓
    E HoareConservative1,045
    E. HoareConservative1,045 ✓
    G. ParkerConservative1,008
    G ParkerConservative1,008
    S. GargiuloLabour995
    S GargiuloLabour995
    A FenwickLabour961
    H. TaylorLabour958
    Helen TaylorLabour958
    R BurnIndependent930
    H. SinghConservative781
    H SinghConservative781
    North Cosford1 seat
    D. HodgeIndependent0 ✓
    Polstead & Layham1 seat · turnout 50.2%
    F. GalesConservative361
    R. CookLabour106
    Shotley1 seat · turnout 40.7%
    T. LloydIndependent180 ✓
    J. GreenIndependent177
    E. NortonLabour85
    J. WatsonIndependent70
    Waldingfield1 seat · turnout 35.1%
    R. HerbertIndependent424
    D. KingLabour157
    West Samford1 seat · turnout 58.1%
    D. WedgwoodConservative336
    R. DunninghamIndependent273