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    1973 handbook

    Oldham: 1973 local elections

    12 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1972)

    Not known.

    After (end of 1973) (57 seats, Elections Centre)

    Labour 42 · The Liberal Party 8 · Conservative 6 · Other 1

    Ward results

    Chadderton Central3 seats
    W. FishLabour1,009
    F. HallLabour975
    F. YatesLabour962
    R. DeardenConservative805
    D. BerryConservative773
    H. TravisConservative735
    Failsworth West3 seats
    C. TuckerLabour1,395
    B. AmesLabour1,304
    G. BancroftLabour1,279
    I. MitchellConservative954
    L. TetlowConservative946
    L. HiltonConservative929
    P. WiddallCOMM187
    No. 10 (Chadderton North)3 seats · turnout 26.8%
    H ShanleyConservative1,216
    H. ShanleyConservative1,216 ✓
    S JacobsLabour1,099
    S. JacobsLabour1,099 ✓
    A WilliamsonConservative1,053
    A. WilliamsonConservative1,053 ✓
    J. SpiveyConservative1,046
    James SpiveyConservative1,046
    E. WrightLabour1,015
    E WrightLabour1,015
    J. SavageLabour993
    John SavageLabour993
    No. 12 (Crompton North-East-South)3 seats · turnout 41.1%
    G ReadLabour2,109
    G. ReadLabour2,109 ✓
    M. RileyLabour1,928 ✓
    M RileyLabour1,928
    C. ButterworthLabour1,823 ✓
    C ButterworthLabour1,823
    H BennettConservative1,451
    H. BennettConservative1,451
    W MayConservative1,284
    W. MayConservative1,284
    E. CoyneConservative1,205
    E CoyneConservative1,205
    No. 16 (Failsworth East & South)3 seats
    J. FaheyLabour1,287
    J. MitchellConservative1,222
    J. RileyConservative1,194
    T. GarlickConservative1,110
    A. LeesLabour1,022
    C. WrightLabour1,011
    F. PlattLIB719
    E. CrawfordCOMM109
    No. 2 (St. Peters-Bardsley-St. Pauls)6 seats · turnout 36.2%
    H BrierleyLabour2,664
    H. BrierleyLabour2,664 ✓
    F BaxterLabour2,543
    F. BaxterLabour2,543 ✓
    Alison Ruth ClarkeLabour2,461
    A. ClarkeLabour2,461 ✓
    G. HughesLabour2,308 ✓
    G HughesLabour2,308
    F LilesLabour2,268
    F. LilesLabour2,268 ✓
    J. PassLabour2,268 ✓
    J PassLabour2,268
    A GartsideConservative2,244
    A. GartsideConservative2,244
    W. LeesConservative2,183
    Walter LeesConservative2,183
    Vivian Thomas Chavasse HallConservative2,163
    V. HallConservative2,163
    A JowettConservative2,117
    A. JowettConservative2,117
    E. LeeksConservative2,110
    G. WebbConservative2,110
    Georgie WebbConservative2,110
    E. BennettIndependent871
    F. StansfieldOther244
    F StansfieldCOMM244
    No. 3 (Clarksfield)3 seats · turnout 27.8%
    V. ConnellLabour1,520 ✓
    V. ConnellLabour1,520
    J. BattyeLabour1,462 ✓
    J. BattyeLabour1,462
    H. SlackLabour1,401
    H. SlackLabour1,401 ✓
    J. CampbellConservative1,207
    J. CampbellConservative1,207
    D. SmithConservative1,072
    D. SmithConservative1,072
    J. SlaterConservative1,046
    J. SlaterConservative1,046
    No. 5 (St. James)3 seats
    J. CrowtherLabour1,176
    H. AlbinsonLabour1,133
    A. McConnellLabour1,124
    J. BannisterConservative600
    J. ChadwickConservative545
    B. QuinnConservative537
    K. PlattCOMM119
    No. 7 (Coldhurst & Westwood)3 seats
    E. KenneyLabour1,095
    C. McCallLabour1,042
    S. WorfolkLabour1,004
    R. KnowlesLIB557
    V. KnowlesLIB557
    R. TongeLIB529
    L. HartIndependent335
    No. 8 (Hartford & Werneth)3 seats
    E. BrierleyLabour1,488 ✓
    Barnett C.Labour1,342 ✓
    J. WarrenerLabour1,342 ✓
    E. BoonConservative1,139
    H. MartinConservative1,030
    J. RuddlesdenConservative947
    M. PendleburyLIB532
    G. HalliwellIndependent470
    D. HartLIB448
    P. CookeLIB410
    Saddleworth East3 seats
    G. LordLIB2,485
    W. GoodwinLIB1,864
    F. ChadwickLIB1,768
    B. ColsonConservative1,602
    A. SpencerConservative1,482
    F. HoosonConservative1,345
    S. JohnsonLabour982
    I. HiltonLabour956
    R. KeoghLabour865
    Saddleworth West3 seats
    E. WindleLIB1,458
    P. BagleyLIB1,411
    E. ShawLIB1,316
    J. ThompsonConservative1,126
    E. KilroyLabour955
    K. ByronConservative949
    K. WalkerLabour910
    S. ClaytonLabour900
    J. MooreConservative882