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    1973 handbook

    South Shropshire: 1973 local elections

    21 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1972)

    Not known.

    After (end of 1973) (36 seats, Elections Centre)

    Other 35 · The Liberal Party 1 · Conservative 0 · Labour 0

    Ward results

    Apedale1 seat
    F. BullIndependent0 ✓
    Ashford1 seat
    J. MeredithIndependent0 ✓
    Chirbury1 seat
    D. BrookIndependent0 ✓
    Clun1 seat · turnout 48.6%
    D. BreretonIndependent188
    A. PeppeIndependent136
    Diddlebury1 seat · turnout 56.6%
    A. McBarnettIndependent203
    A. WrigleyIndependent189
    Munslow1 seat
    T. MarstonIndependent0 ✓
    Newcastle1 seat
    K. WhateleyIndependent0 ✓
    No. 10 (Church Stretton)3 seats · turnout 58.1%
    E. GreenIndependent913 ✓
    R. SwainIndependent600 ✓
    J. JonesIndependent483 ✓
    W. WrightIndependent441
    E. BromleyIndependent437
    R. SpeechleyIndependent433
    J. TyldesleyIndependent411
    T. WoolleyIndependent382
    P. EatonIndependent362
    H. BrownIndependent257
    No. 12 (Stokesay)3 seats · turnout 31.0%
    L. BreretonIndependent677
    E. ReidIndependent462
    H. ThompsonIndependent432
    P. Magnus-AllcroftIndependent218
    No. 13 (Ludlow)6 seats · turnout 22.1%
    W. HydeIndependent1,125
    G. PorterIndependent1,116
    R. GreenIndependent1,030
    F. PhillipsIndependent873
    F. ActonIndependent819
    M. SpeightIndependent808
    J. WentIndependent733
    A. GarnerIndependent639
    J. BatemanIndependent543
    No. 19 (Bitterley)3 seats · turnout 31.7%
    A. ColesIndependent607
    M. PowellIndependent511
    J. LumsdenIndependent454
    W. GreenhouseIndependent183
    No. 20 (Burford)1 seat · turnout 39.3%
    E. StrongIndependent208
    R. JonesIndependent91
    No. 21 (Cleobury Mortimer)3 seats · turnout 48.4%
    R. JonesIndependent706
    T. PainIndependent643
    M. EvansIndependent570
    S. AllenLabour375
    S. EnglandLabour187
    I. LloydLabour154
    No. 4 (Bishops Castle)2 seats · turnout 59.7%
    W. SykesIndependent492
    G. BennettIndependent486
    L. GwilliamIndependent225
    V. HowellIndependent202
    No. 5 (Lydbury North)1 seat
    K. HabershonIndependent0 ✓
    No. 8 (Bucknell)1 seat
    J. Wynne-JonesIndependent0 ✓
    No. 9 (Clunbury)1 seat
    R. CroxtonIndependent0 ✓
    Stanton Lacy1 seat · turnout 42.0%
    R. ClareLIB158
    J. ParkerIndependent58
    Stoke St. Milborough1 seat
    A. PillingIndependent0 ✓
    Wentnor1 seat
    H. CorfieldIndependent0 ✓
    Worthen2 seats
    J. SherryIndependent0 ✓
    W. TrowIndependent0 ✓