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    1973 handbook

    Staffordshire Moorlands: 1973 local elections

    29 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1972)

    Not known.

    After (end of 1973) (54 seats, Elections Centre)

    Other 25 · Labour 15 · Conservative 12 · The Liberal Party 2

    Ward results

    Alton1 seat · turnout 49.9%
    P. ClowesIndependent504
    C. HowarthIndependent168
    Biddulph East3 seats · turnout 22.8%
    A. SimmsLabour693
    K. MossLabour620
    E. JohnsonLabour620
    F. HydeIndependent119
    R. YoxallIndependent101
    Biddulph Moor1 seat · turnout 33.8%
    J. BreezeIndependent278
    M. BaileyLabour165
    Biddulph North2 seats · turnout 42.4%
    J. DixonIndependent915
    D HallIndependent851
    S. SimmsLabour334
    D. TurnerRES316
    D. BaileyLabour293
    Biddulph South2 seats · turnout 42.2%
    G. HumphriesLabour695
    F. HancockLabour632
    J. QuinnIndependent627
    D. JonesIndependent468
    T. SwettenhamIndependent270
    Biddulph West2 seats · turnout 40.1%
    L. JacksonLabour506
    S. WinkleLabour433
    D. MachinIndependent407
    G. BrownIndependent306
    Brown Edge1 seat · turnout 60.9%
    J. RushtonIndependent587
    H. BourneIndependent497
    Caverswall1 seat · turnout 48.6%
    S. RatcliffeIndependent351
    H. GilbertIndependent284
    Cheadle South East3 seats · turnout 24.1%
    G AllenIndependent373
    J. HaldenIndependent343
    E. BruntLabour334
    F. BruntLabour333
    P. BurtonLabour294
    H. WheatLIB180
    S. AlcockLIB144
    A. ElkesIndependent80
    Cheadle West2 seats · turnout 23.6%
    E. PerryConservative452
    R. CarrIndependent305
    G. WoodroffeLabour218
    P. DolphinIndependent206
    G. BullockLIB125
    Checkley3 seats · turnout 23.1%
    D. PearceConservative757
    H. GardnerIndependent574
    J. WilcoxIndependent530
    D. SmithLabour367
    Cheddleton2 seats · turnout 22.5%
    J. SimcockIndependent461
    A. JacksonIndependent346
    J. BerresfordConservative232
    T. BlakemanIndependent189
    Endon & Stanley3 seats · turnout 24.0%
    H. MearIndependent733
    W. WilliamsIndependent665
    W. CruxtonIndependent540
    H. HammondIndependent455
    Forsbrook3 seats
    F. HilditchIndependent781
    J. LoweIndependent641
    F. DaviesIndependent614
    J. HambletonConservative539
    Horton1 seat · turnout 46.7%
    H. HarrisonConservative490
    H. BrassingtonIndependent162
    Ipstones1 seat · turnout 60.3%
    S. AlexanderIndependent326
    P. ClowesIndependent275
    Leek North East4 seats · turnout 37.3%
    E. MurfinLabour1,378 ✓
    Eileen MurfinLabour1,378
    N WoodLabour1,091
    N. WoodLabour1,091 ✓
    J PlantLabour1,067
    J. PlantLabour1,067 ✓
    R DaviesLabour942
    R. DaviesLabour942 ✓
    Allan GrahamConservative655
    M HeathConservative624
    Leek North West2 seats · turnout 21.6%
    L. NightingaleIndependent389
    H. BraddellIndependent350
    A. ChadwickLIB136
    D. BentonLIB118
    Leek South East3 seats · turnout 45.3%
    J. LevittLabour829
    H. HoodConservative796
    K. RushtonConservative782
    S. NewallConservative762
    W. WrigleyLabour660
    F BurtonLabour462
    Leek South West3 seats · turnout 27.1%
    A. PoveyConservative979
    E. WoodsConservative870
    J. HeathConservative854
    C. WhittinghamLabour582
    Leekfrith1 seat · turnout 53.6%
    T. HineIndependent304
    G. WoodIndependent240
    Longnor1 seat · turnout 67.6%
    J. KiddIndependent331
    F. TunnicliffeIndependent229
    A. MellorIndependent199
    No. 11 (Wetley Rocks)1 seat · turnout 22.5%
    V. BeechConservative224
    A. BoggesIndependent85
    No. 15 (Ash Hall)1 seat · turnout 33.1%
    A. MountfordIndependent326
    A. DulsonLabour78
    R. JohnsonConservative76
    No. 16 (Werrington Windmill)2 seats · turnout 36.5%
    J. FulljamesLIB393
    R. AlcockLIB329
    J. ShirleyConservative325
    J. PriceConservative235
    N. UnwinIndependent168
    N. WoolleyLabour162
    No. 17 (Kingsley)1 seat · turnout 55.4%
    H. RichardsonIndependent515
    T. JohnsonIndependent461
    No. 19 (Cheadle: North East)2 seats · turnout 36.7%
    T. WillisLabour632
    A. Makeig-JonesConservative468
    J. KeatesLabour397
    S. KerseyIndependent323
    Warslow1 seat · turnout 67.2%
    F. SmithIndependent389
    C. MycockIndependent331
    Waterhouses1 seat · turnout 68.7%
    J. SmithIndependent312
    R. JonesIndependent162
    J. BrassingtonIndependent104