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    1973 handbook

    East Devon: 1973 local elections

    35 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1972)

    Not known.

    After (end of 1973) (60 seats, Elections Centre)

    Other 41 · Conservative 15 · The Liberal Party 3 · Labour 1

    Ward results

    Axminster Hamlets1 seat · turnout 46.9%
    A. PickeringIndependent460
    A. DarbyIndependent56
    Axminster Town2 seats · turnout 24.2%
    E. RidgewayIndependent335
    L. DukeIndependent269
    A. HillerIndependent215
    D. CaponIndependent201
    D. Dale-SmithIndependent153
    Beer1 seat · turnout 38.3%
    A. WhiteIndependent267
    C. ChappleIndependent179
    Budleigh Salterton1 seat · turnout 52.7%
    R. BrockmanConservative2,372
    G. PyneLIB1,144
    M. O'CallaghanLabour209
    Budleigh Salterton3 seats · turnout 42.9%
    C. ThompsonConservative1,486
    A. De WintonConservative1,280
    E. TurnerConservative1,158
    G. PyneLIB819
    Clyst Valley1 seat
    J. ReedConservative0 ✓
    Clystbeare1 seat
    C. ToozeIndependent0 ✓
    Colyton1 seat
    D. BakerIndependent0 ✓
    Exe Valley1 seat
    J. AlfordIndependent0 ✓
    Lympstone1 seat · turnout 39.1%
    D. AtkinsIndependent241
    C. PidsleyIndependent227
    P. WearnIndependent69
    Newbridges1 seat · turnout 38.4%
    F. GardnerIndependent285
    R. BowyerIndependent277
    Newton Poppleford & Harpford1 seat
    A. RobertsIndependent0 ✓
    No. 10 (Upottery)1 seat
    J. WilsonIndependent0 ✓
    No. 11 (Awliscombe)1 seat · turnout 32.2%
    P. LuscombeIndependent315
    C. CrossleyIndependent44
    No. 12 (Offwell)1 seat · turnout 58.9%
    E. HurfordIndependent362
    W. ReesIndependent205
    F. AdlamIndependent199
    No. 13 (Feniton)1 seat
    W. GibbonsIndependent0 ✓
    No. 16 (Sidmouth)5 seats · turnout 41.8%
    A. SkinnerIndependent2,199
    J. GovierIndependent1,685
    C. FryerIndependent1,669
    E. WhittonIndependent1,661
    A. SpencerIndependent1,480
    S. BakerLabour1,348
    P. DwerryhouseIndependent1,120
    P. DavidgeIndependent1,085
    R. MurchIndependent585
    No. 17 (Honiton)3 seats · turnout 31.9%
    F. TuckerIndependent1,090
    A. SummersIndependent794
    A. GlanvillIndependent755
    R. GiggIndependent515
    V. HaymanIndependent457
    H. BlackIndependent449
    No. 19 (Tipton St. John)2 seats
    W. HansfordIndependent0 ✓
    F. ManleyIndependent0 ✓
    No. 2 (Stockland)1 seat
    R. LongIndependent0 ✓
    No. 23 (Whimple)1 seat · turnout 50.5%
    W. TrumpConservative302
    W. RutterIndependent127
    F. LewisIndependent93
    No. 24 (Broadclyst)2 seats · turnout 23.7%
    C. CottrellIndependent335
    J. GuscottIndependent282
    W. BesleyIndependent149
    A. WorsleyIndependent142
    No. 30 (Exmouth: Halsdon)3 seats · turnout 33.2%
    W. FaulknerConservative1,089
    F. NewportConservative1,024
    D. ShentonConservative948
    N. ThomasLIB910
    No. 31 (Exmouth: Littleham Rural)3 seats · turnout 35.7%
    J. ParsonsConservative852
    T. BuckinghamConservative791
    D. GibbonsConservative649
    A. BunnIndependent616
    C. RobertsLIB576
    No. 32 (Exmouth: Littleham Urban)3 seats · turnout 35.3%
    J. GorfinIndependent923
    H. GravesConservative851
    G. AveryConservative804
    J. RickConservative605
    E. ThomasLIB507
    No. 33 (Exmouth: Withycombe Raleigh)3 seats · turnout 24.7%
    D. DrayConservative1,224
    D. DixonConservative1,192
    R. JelfsLIB1,141
    H. PengellyConservative1,050
    No. 34 (Exmouth: Withycombe Urban)3 seats · turnout 34.5%
    F. MorganLIB694
    M. PalmerLabour694
    M. MitchellLIB669
    G. AlexanderConservative493
    N. DaveyLabour419
    E. SmithLabour361
    Ottery St. Mary Town2 seats
    A. TurnerIndependent0 ✓
    B. RiseIndependent0 ✓
    Raleigh1 seat · turnout 55.6%
    L. DrakeIndependent682
    A. GoodConservative240
    Seaton3 seats · turnout 36.1%
    G. ClareIndependent784
    H. DavisIndependent669
    R. ChappleIndependent607
    M. WilliamsonIndependent514
    W. MeadIndependent500
    D. IsgroveIndependent459
    W. WollardIndependent361
    Sidmouth Rural3 seats · turnout 43.0%
    F. PinneyIndependent1,563
    R. WebbIndependent1,481
    P. SpencerIndependent1,296
    Joanne HarveyIndependent743
    Tale Vale1 seat
    E. LawrenceIndependent0 ✓
    Trinity1 seat · turnout 41.5%
    W. HowlettIndependent274
    J. MartynIndependent237
    H. GodfreyIndependent180
    Upper Axe1 seat · turnout 52.4%
    A. LarcombeIndependent531
    E. WatkinsIndependent145
    Woodbury1 seat · turnout 48.5%
    W. HallettIndependent590
    A. CorkeryIndependent308