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    1973 handbook

    Oxfordshire: 1973 local elections

    70 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1972)

    Not known.

    After (end of 1973) (70 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 37 · Labour 21 · Other 9 · The Liberal Party 3

    Ward results

    Abingdon No. 1 (Caldecott)1 seat · turnout 62.5%
    K. CarterLabour1,049
    L. StegglesConservative568
    Abingdon No. 21 seat · turnout 35.2%
    A. WestallConservative1,266
    J. WessonLabour500
    Abingdon No. 31 seat · turnout 42.6%
    D. MettrickConservative1,056
    A. DysonLabour1,023
    Banbury No. 11 seat · turnout 43.4%
    A. GreenmanLabour1,076
    D. JelfsConservative895
    Banbury No. 21 seat · turnout 48.1%
    G. BlackLabour1,501
    W. FoxConservative1,188
    Banbury No. 3 (Neithrop)1 seat · turnout 42.3%
    Williamson A.Labour1,010
    G. SteerConservative720
    B. RobsonLIB241
    Banbury No. 4 (Ruscote)1 seat · turnout 39.3%
    A. BoothLabour1,379
    G. FisherLIB783
    Banbury Rural No. 11 seat · turnout 44.3%
    J. GardinerConservative862
    D. CairnsIndependent841
    J. MarshallLabour348
    Banbury Rural No. 21 seat · turnout 41.0%
    H. CliftonConservative1,326
    R. DudmanLabour483
    Banbury Rural No. 31 seat · turnout 37.5%
    P. MulleyConservative1,146
    N. TaylorLIB740
    Benson1 seat · turnout 44.5%
    B. DeedIndependent1,435
    C. YarwoodConservative904
    Bicester1 seat · turnout 52.9%
    J. HollisIndependent1,842
    R. PowLabour1,725
    Chinnor & Tetsworth1 seat · turnout 45.2%
    C. BarlowConservative1,175
    D. TuckerLabour994
    Chipping Norton1 seat · turnout 43.5%
    J. HannisIndependent1,023
    H. LatchamLabour912
    Chipping Norton Rural No. 11 seat · turnout 49.0%
    J. BanburyConservative1,558
    R. PomfretLabour990
    Chipping Norton Rural No. 21 seat · turnout 49.0%
    E. JulerIndependent1,617
    P. NorrisLabour812
    Chipping Norton Rural No. 31 seat · turnout 50.4%
    O. ColstonConservative1,583
    J. DuncanLabour601
    Cumnor1 seat · turnout 46.4%
    P. SinclairConservative1,506
    M. HopeLabour806
    Didcot Manor1 seat · turnout 45.6%
    L. HitchcockLabour1,320
    A. ClewesConservative1,261
    Didcot Mereland1 seat · turnout 40.7%
    B. DugganLabour1,100
    O. DaukesConservative498
    Dorchester1 seat · turnout 41.2%
    H. FarrantConservative1,142
    B. TregearLabour808
    Drayton1 seat · turnout 56.1%
    C. NormanConservative1,359
    N. PriceLabour1,052
    Faringdon No. 11 seat · turnout 51.9%
    N. DouglassConservative1,440
    S. TerryLabour1,041
    Faringdon No. 21 seat · turnout 42.3%
    E. BondConservative1,476
    E. MurphyLabour573
    Peterson J.Independent203
    Great Milton & Wheatley1 seat · turnout 46.2%
    P Audley-MillerConservative1,602
    T. CooperLabour1,344
    Henley North1 seat
    R. SadlerProg I0 ✓
    Henley Rural No. 1 (Mapledurham)1 seat · turnout 38.6%
    F. DarlowConservative1,226
    Denton A.Labour259
    Henley Rural No. 21 seat · turnout 41.3%
    A. CrookConservative1,202
    B. StonehamLabour362
    E. ThompsonIndependent346
    Henley Rural No. 31 seat · turnout 50.9%
    F. DenningLIB1,440
    J. GoldsmidConservative586
    H. CooperLabour119
    Henley Rural No. 41 seat · turnout 56.7%
    H. HorneConservative1,347
    M. WinterLIB945
    C. MayLabour371
    Henley Rural No. 51 seat · turnout 50.2%
    J. RileyLIB1,539
    V. ParkerConservative573
    Henley South1 seat · turnout 55.5%
    J. ChalcraftConservative1,016
    E. CherringtonLIB705
    B. BoultonLabour570
    Hinksey1 seat · turnout 39.5%
    J. BrogdenConservative1,067
    P. InmanLabour590
    Hormer1 seat · turnout 49.0%
    J. FrancisConservative1,409
    D. HallLabour1,232
    Littlemore1 seat · turnout 43.2%
    B. LedgerLabour1,678
    J. ToddConservative815
    P. JohnsonLIB254
    Marcham1 seat · turnout 41.2%
    B. HookConservative1,469
    P. NewtonLabour599
    Moreton1 seat · turnout 45.1%
    G. CrossConservative1,892
    R. SkinnerLabour1,036
    Oxford (Blackbird Leys)1 seat · turnout 34.0%
    A. GilliansLabour1,306
    R. WilsonConservative543
    Oxford (Donnington)1 seat · turnout 47.9%
    Williamson A.Labour1,189
    T. CaveConservative592
    Oxford (Headlington)1 seat · turnout 42.6%
    F. PickstockLabour1,008
    K. EllisConservative930
    L. WigneyLIB351
    Oxford (Iffley)1 seat · turnout 53.4%
    J. ParkerLabour1,331
    P. YardleyConservative1,052
    Oxford (Marston)1 seat · turnout 41.6%
    D. CarrLabour1,225
    R. PrattConservative610
    O. ElphickLIB298
    Oxford (Quarry)1 seat · turnout 38.1%
    Q. HamiltonConservative978
    N. EllisLabour644
    M. ForbesLIB291
    Oxford (St. Clements)1 seat · turnout 39.5%
    A. RamseyLabour849 ✓
    T. MeadowsConservative665
    F. FryLIB373
    A. PanesCOMM146
    Oxford (Temple Cowley)1 seat · turnout 46.4%
    H. NimmoLabour1,142
    F. IngramConservative1,056
    J. RamLIB182
    Oxford (Wolvercote)1 seat · turnout 49.2%
    A. SpokesConservative1,174
    J. VaughanLabour594
    I. DaviesLIB552
    Oxford (Wood Farm)1 seat · turnout 40.2%
    R. WalshLabour1,101
    A. CantwellConservative637
    G. SquiresLIB213
    Oxford Cherwell1 seat · turnout 49.2%
    W. SimpsonConservative1,112
    G. WardLabour695
    F. StangerLIB579
    Oxford East1 seat · turnout 47.9%
    M. ButlerLIB1,016
    P. DunbarLabour721
    F. KaneConservative689
    Oxford North1 seat · turnout 30.5%
    J. HatchConservative898
    R OpieLabour755
    D. RoafLIB697
    Oxford South1 seat · turnout 40.3%
    J. Howard-JohnstonLabour907
    R. Hawkes-BaylissLIB588
    G. WoodwardConservative543
    Oxford West1 seat · turnout 44.1%
    O. GibbsLabour1,320
    R. Stanton-KingConservative550
    J. HannonLIB323
    Ploughley No. 11 seat · turnout 45.5%
    R. GrovesLabour1,300
    P. WyattConservative859
    Ploughley No. 21 seat · turnout 51.4%
    E. RatcliffeConservative1,531
    M. PulestonLabour1,413
    Ploughley No. 31 seat · turnout 47.3%
    R. JonesConservative992
    Hedges J.Labour638
    C. CooperLIB571
    Ploughley No. 41 seat · turnout 51.9%
    G. KeeysLabour1,376
    R. WhiteleyConservative1,016
    Stanton St. John1 seat · turnout 44.4%
    R. WeirConservative1,568
    D. SuttonLabour1,291
    Thame1 seat · turnout 33.1%
    L. GadgeIndependent727
    T. BarclayConservative664
    Wallingford1 seat · turnout 38.3%
    A. WoolleyConservative898
    I. BrookeLabour747
    Wantage1 seat · turnout 49.3%
    A. SpurwayLabour1,272
    H. RobinsonConservative1,102
    H. BrewIndependent336
    Wantage Rural No. 11 seat · turnout 56.4%
    C. MayneConservative1,778
    J. CrowLabour1,282
    Wantage Rural No. 21 seat · turnout 53.4%
    W. BurrellsConservative1,586
    K. SmithLabour1,465
    Watlington1 seat · turnout 47.2%
    Montgomery A.Conservative570 ✓
    B. MoseleyLabour337
    R. SparrowLIB320
    R. KeenInd Con174
    Witney North1 seat · turnout 49.8%
    J. RedwoodConservative668
    E. MulraneyLabour615
    W. PrestonIndependent223
    Witney Rural No. 1 (Eynsham & Stand1 seat · turnout 40.0%
    J. BuryIndependent1,164 ✓
    P. TimmsLabour667
    Witney Rural No. 21 seat · turnout 53.3%
    V. BogdanorConservative1,027
    A. HuntLabour773
    W. BushbyIndependent698
    Witney Rural No. 31 seat · turnout 37.0%
    D. ThomsonIndependent1,144
    K. MullisLabour448
    Witney Rural No. 41 seat · turnout 31.9%
    R. StreatfieldConservative994
    R. LiddleLabour472
    Witney Rural No. 51 seat · turnout 45.5%
    J. ThomsonConservative1,372
    M. OakeshottLabour767
    Witney South1 seat · turnout 39.0%
    H. KittoIndependent1,212
    E. CooperLabour1,023