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    1973 handbook

    Purbeck: 1973 local elections

    11 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1972)

    Not known.

    After (end of 1973) (21 seats, Elections Centre)

    Other 13 · Conservative 5 · Labour 3 · The Liberal Party 0

    Ward results

    Bere Regis1 seat · turnout 39.8%
    M. HouseIndependent220
    M. Kircher-SmithIndependent214
    A. DayLabour98
    Castle2 seats · turnout 40.9%
    D. RyderIndependent318 ✓
    M. MortonIndependent263 ✓
    T. HawIndependent237
    R. HamiltonInd Con201
    H. ThorneIndependent186
    Langton1 seat · turnout 38.3%
    E. SuttleIndependent247
    W. WallaceIndependent222
    Lytchett Matravers1 seat
    A. McDonaldIndependent0 ✓
    Lytchett Minster3 seats · turnout 20.8%
    M. TatchellIndependent538
    D. HumphryIndependent478
    M. FurnellIndependent444
    J. HollandLIB411
    M. DawsonLIB407
    P. JinksIndependent164
    St Martin1 seat · turnout 46.6%
    W. BartlettLabour540
    M. PearceIndependent428
    Swanage5 seats · turnout 30.3%
    W. SmithConservative1,689
    R. BrownConservative1,427
    C. RobinsonConservative1,423
    M. MedringtonConservative1,417
    B. HancockConservative1,310
    A. HardyLabour1,226
    W. StrongLabour781
    Wareham3 seats · turnout 28.4%
    J. SpillerIndependent731
    S. LeeIndependent576
    G. WorsdaleIndependent458
    E. BarronIndependent426
    R. AndersonIndependent395
    H. BroughtonIndependent314
    West Purbeck1 seat
    C. BondIndependent0 ✓
    Winfrith1 seat
    M. DebenhamIndependent0 ✓
    Wool2 seats · turnout 33.5%
    S ShinnLabour364
    A. VoegeliLabour359
    R. MorrisIndependent357
    E. WilliamsIndependent324
    E. ButtIndependent314
    S. LordIndependent63