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    1973 handbook

    Wear Valley: 1973 local elections

    20 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1972)

    Not known.

    After (end of 1973) (41 seats, Elections Centre)

    Labour 21 · Other 11 · The Liberal Party 9 · Conservative 0

    Ward results

    Bishop Auckland Town3 seats · turnout 39.1%
    D. HarburnLabour616
    D. ReesLIB555
    G. HillIndependent522
    S DentLabour516
    M. HarburnLabour481
    L. BlackettLIB460
    S. SnowballIndependent453
    H. HarrisonInd Lab271
    Coundon3 seats · turnout 38.8%
    M. GoddardLIB760
    J. GordonLabour690
    W. ArcherLabour598
    L. BlackettLIB592
    G. LiddellLIB512
    T. ConlonIndependent464
    J. FlynnLabour428
    M. DoddsIndependent263
    Escomb1 seat · turnout 36.4%
    G. YorkIndependent227
    C. BellLabour126
    Howden Le Wear1 seat · turnout 46.6%
    M. TarrenLIB301
    M. FosterLabour264
    I. WoodIndependent217
    Hunwick1 seat · turnout 58.0%
    D. WhiteInd Lab491
    M. LittleLabour266
    No. 10 (Crook North)1 seat · turnout 58.2%
    Trevor Graham HallLabour356
    J. ThomsonIndependent289
    M. ScarlettCOMM30
    No. 11 (Crook South)2 seats · turnout 51.9%
    A. BrooksbankLabour669
    T. MoraleeLabour662
    T. LauderLIB452
    J. LauderLIB410
    No. 2 (Cockton Hill)4 seats · turnout 30.6%
    H. FawcettLIB1,033
    M. PreshousLIB964
    C. WoodLIB952
    E. RobinsonLIB938
    M. HurstConservative741
    H. GuthrieLabour398
    R. DobsonLabour311
    E. DobsonLabour301
    L. DennisLabour270
    No. 3 (Woodhouse Close)3 seats · turnout 24.0%
    F. FosterLabour795
    J. BryanLabour783
    A. GrahamLabour757
    C. MarleyLIB357
    G. HaykinTA146
    E. RowlandsCOMM69
    A. MillsCOMM44
    No. 4 (St. Helens & West Auckland)3 seats · turnout 18.7%
    J. MakinsonLabour633
    A. NyeLIB631
    G. SteadmanLabour612
    W. StobbsLabour520
    No. 7 (West Auckland & Coundon Grange)3 seats · turnout 48.3%
    J. CallaghanIndependent596
    V. CooperLabour531
    J. DixonLIB443
    R. HindmarchLabour415
    T. ScorerIndependent358
    B. JohnsonIndependent354
    F. DawsonLabour323
    D. BurnLIB314
    B. TreddenickLIB293
    No. 9 (Crook East)1 seat · turnout 65.4%
    O. BrownPeople Rep319 ✓
    V. CrooksLabour196
    I. WeighillLIB123
    L. BarnettIndependent72
    St. Johns Chapel1 seat · turnout 55.5%
    K. PattinsonIndependent296
    W. PeartIndependent295
    Stanhope2 seats · turnout 51.5%
    G. HogarthIndependent953
    O'Dell A.Labour616
    T. SparkLabour613
    Stanley1 seat · turnout 56.8%
    R. MasonLabour474
    H. JohnsonIndependent391
    Tow Law2 seats · turnout 32.8%
    F. RobinsonLabour532
    J. BarrettLabour422
    J. JonesIndependent280
    Wheatbottom and Helmington Row2 seats · turnout 54.5%
    R. PendleburyLabour856
    E. WraggLabour781
    A. RhymerInd Lab660
    G. ElliottLIB264
    Willington East3 seats · turnout 57.2%
    J. RichardsonLabour1,407
    K. ReedLabour1,194
    A. SeddonLabour1,169
    P. ReadshawIndependent805
    J. CampbellIndependent451
    G. UrsellCOMM138
    Willington West2 seats · turnout 52.0%
    B. WilkinsonIndependent628
    J. SmithIndependent591
    W. CottleLabour532
    A. EdwardsLabour488
    Wolsingham2 seats · turnout 36.8%
    J. HumbleIndependent578
    J. RichmondIndependent441
    D. ProudLabour392
    A. GregoryLabour373
    T. DowsonIndependent181