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    1973 handbook

    Gravesham: 1973 local elections

    17 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1972)

    Not known.

    After (end of 1973) (44 seats, Elections Centre)

    Labour 28 · Conservative 15 · Other 1 · The Liberal Party 0

    Ward results

    Higham2 seats
    F. GibsonConservative680 ✓
    P. DykeConservative676 ✓
    H. DoddLabour459
    F. WatsonLabour397
    A. CoveneyLIB237
    No. 11 (Northfleet: Watling)4 seats
    E RouseLabour1,769 ✓
    J JenkinsLabour1,765 ✓
    P JoyceLabour1,680 ✓
    R SmithLabour1,657 ✓
    L LockLIB302
    G HawkinsConservative299
    J ClarkeConservative290
    V Peck-WalkerLIB270
    No. 12 (Northfleet: Istead)2 seats · turnout 37.0%
    J. ReesConservative757 ✓
    K. WindiateConservative707 ✓
    R. LongLabour324
    T. HigginbottomLabour308
    D. StottLIB190
    No. 13 (Shorne)2 seats · turnout 41.8%
    E. BakerConservative1,082 ✓
    J. RobertsConservative1,066 ✓
    R. DickenLabour279
    H. GurrLabour258
    No. 15 (Meopham: Central)1 seat · turnout 51.3%
    H. GillespieConservative216 ✓
    W. RichardsonRES208
    D. FreereLIB113
    R. FairheadLabour39
    No. 16 (Meopham: North)2 seats
    D JamesConservative471 ✓
    J PalfremanRES462 ✓
    R BensonRES409
    C MonaghanConservative406
    S SkeffingtonLabour174
    D MillsLabour120
    No. 17 (Meopham: South)1 seat · turnout 26.8%
    R. GawlerConservative361 ✓
    E. DonovanLabour192
    No. 3 (Gravesend: Riverside)3 seats
    G BatsonLabour955 ✓
    E PercyLabour862 ✓
    T TissimanLabour831 ✓
    N HowellLIB289
    N GillettConservative216
    Christian StevensConservative209
    A GrahamCOMM68
    No. 4 (Gravesend: Central)3 seats · turnout 42.0%
    F. KingLabour760 ✓
    R. EasterbyLabour725 ✓
    E. MastinLabour721 ✓
    V. GardnerConservative705
    C. SlitorConservative700
    F. WetherellLabour663
    J. HowellLIB227
    P. ThynneLIB195
    No. 6 (Gravesend: Chalk)3 seats · turnout 25.4%
    L. BaxterLabour794 ✓
    E. BrookLabour784 ✓
    A. ColesLabour779 ✓
    W. SutherlandConservative420
    C. HoganConservative417
    T. CookeConservative413
    A. MoulesLIB236
    Northfleet East3 seats
    S BennettLabour1,477 ✓
    D GillisLabour1,461 ✓
    P RouseLabour1,399 ✓
    Helen SkellornConservative461
    Harold CraskeConservative457
    Adrian WarburtonConservative422
    S TillerLIB386
    R TillerLIB282
    Northfleet West3 seats
    Cooksey W.Labour1,489 ✓
    H. AlstonLabour1,436 ✓
    J. EvansLabour1,424 ✓
    V. HammondRES675
    J. CowplandRES669
    B. GayRES622
    Pelham3 seats
    L. HardyConservative929 ✓
    C. WhitesideConservative881 ✓
    F. MarvenConservative862 ✓
    G. WasuLabour752
    H. LeeLabour673
    K. LeeLabour666
    S. GulsinLIB314
    D. MannLIB268
    R. EadieLIB245
    Riverview3 seats
    M. FitzsimonsLabour890 ✓
    J. LittleLabour796 ✓
    M. PayneLabour769 ✓
    R. GooderhamConservative764
    K. WilsonConservative736
    A. MontagueConservative725
    C. IsaacLIB315
    W. YoungLIB310
    Singlewell3 seats
    J. BookerLabour1,217 ✓
    D. McMillanLabour1,181 ✓
    I. HoptonLabour1,111 ✓
    R. ShieldsConservative308
    C. VidlerConservative297
    B. MitchellConservative289
    A. WaiteLIB182
    Whitehill3 seats
    D. ManleyLabour1,076 ✓
    M. WhiteLabour1,019 ✓
    D. WaringLabour980 ✓
    J. ClarkeConservative908
    E. HuxleyConservative895
    T. HighamConservative866
    G. GoodwinLIB364
    Woodlands3 seats
    F. ShieldsConservative1,211 ✓
    D. NewallConservative1,209 ✓
    W. DykeConservative1,177 ✓
    G. KnowlesLabour527
    I. PoveyLabour509
    G. LaingLabour461
    B. IsaacLIB308
    J. HakemanLIB282
    K. BroadleyLIB281