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    1973 handbook

    Blyth Valley: 1973 local elections

    9 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1972)

    Not known.

    After (end of 1973) (48 seats, Elections Centre)

    Labour 29 · The Liberal Party 12 · Conservative 5 · Other 2

    Ward results

    No. 1 (Blyth: Croft)5 seats
    J DonoghueLabour968 ✓
    D MackinLIB883 ✓
    R CampbellLabour844 ✓
    H PearsonLIB831 ✓
    C LongLabour830 ✓
    George CairnsLabour779
    P MortakisLabour711
    R MordueLabour621
    E TolhurstLabour599
    M MacdonaldLabour582
    W WoolfreyLabour565
    M WattsLabour530
    G BoydLIB210
    No. 2 (Blyth: Bebside) (E.P. 24.6.76)5 seats · turnout 16.5%
    R. MordueLabour621 ✓
    E. TolhurstLabour599 ✓
    M. MacdonaldLabour582 ✓
    W. WoolfreyLabour565 ✓
    M. WattsLabour530 ✓
    G. BoydThe Liberal Party210
    No. 3 (Blyth: Plessey)5 seats · turnout 20.0%
    E. HowesLabour833
    R. MilburnLabour827
    A. HancockLabour806
    G. BarkerLabour785
    N. BatchelorLabour764
    P. KennedyLIB354
    J. SummerlyLIB269
    No. 4 (Blyth: Ridley)6 seats
    M McGilvrayConservative954 ✓
    J TateConservative931 ✓
    V McIverConservative818 ✓
    V CrosbyConservative806 ✓
    R GallonIndependent797 ✓
    Amanda HallConservative761 ✓
    N JacksonIndependent748
    T ElderLabour720
    Tony DeanLabour699
    A GilhespyIndependent680
    J KulkeConservative678
    E McGuckinLabour676
    E PollockIndependent673
    F MarshallIndependent652
    E BreadinLabour637
    A BosworthLabour630
    W WestLabour599
    G FergusonIndependent591
    S BaxterLIB265
    A RomerLIB247
    No. 5 (Blyth: Waterloo)6 seats
    J ReidLIB1,263 ✓
    E BoltonLIB1,241 ✓
    D LeesLIB1,215 ✓
    J CooperLIB1,202 ✓
    D ChampionLIB1,201 ✓
    F ArkwrightLIB1,162 ✓
    Iain Scott HamiltonLabour1,140
    B ChandlerLabour1,073
    J NicholsonLIB1,051
    Anne GrahamLabour1,046
    Tessa Tyler ToddLabour1,019
    D MilneLIB1,015
    W InceLabour1,008
    W YellowleyLabour998
    M HamptonLabour991
    F SmithLabour986
    J BetonLIB962
    A ArmstrongLIB958
    M SouthernLIB950
    Mary McGuckinLabour937
    J HudspithLabour914
    E WellingtonLabour897
    L LeightleyInd Lab352
    No. 6 (Cramlington West & Hartford)5 seats · turnout 46.5%
    I. HamiltonLabour1,140 ✓
    B. ChandlerLabour1,073 ✓
    J. NicholsonThe Liberal Party1,051 ✓
    A. GrahamLabour1,046 ✓
    T. ToddLabour1,019 ✓
    D. MilneThe Liberal Party1,015
    M. HamptonLabour991
    J. BetonThe Liberal Party962
    A. ArmstrongThe Liberal Party958
    M. SouthernThe Liberal Party950
    L. LeightleyOther352
    No. 7 (Cramlington East)6 seats · turnout 36.4%
    A. HutchinsonLabour1,266
    B. ThomasLIB1,265
    N. HughesLabour1,261
    I. CooperLIB1,260
    E. MunroLIB1,257
    J. BradshawLabour1,252
    D. McGeeLIB1,240
    J. MordueLabour1,234
    G. SumnerLabour1,234
    R. ThompsonLIB1,213
    B. CobbLabour1,210
    M. WardLIB1,185
    No. 8 (Seaton Delaval)8 seats · turnout 30.3%
    J. PattersonLabour2,087
    J. CollierLabour1,833
    J. AtkinsonLabour1,750
    L. HendersonLabour1,728
    H. DawsonLabour1,721
    R. CloughLabour1,693
    L. McManusIndependent1,634
    G. AdamsLabour1,625
    M. FrenchLabour1,552
    K. BarryLIB722
    A. ChampionLIB685
    R. TurnbullLIB664
    A. BriggsLIB592
    No. 9 (Hartley)2 seats · turnout 59.4%
    T. EarnshawLabour678
    B. BurtLabour600
    J. RomerLIB362
    P. AlexanderLIB255