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    1973 handbook

    High Peak: 1973 local elections

    25 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1972)

    Not known.

    After (end of 1973) (46 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 23 · Labour 11 · Other 10 · The Liberal Party 2

    Ward results

    Barmoor1 seat
    O. MilnerIndependent0 ✓
    Barms2 seats · turnout 48.7%
    A. HitchingsLabour844
    N. RatcliffeLabour718
    C. PedlowConservative411
    M. WoodConservative370
    Blackbrook2 seats · turnout 46.3%
    G. WhiteLIB869
    K. HolfordIndependent609
    G. SharpConservative439
    W. AyresConservative277
    Central1 seat · turnout 45.4%
    D. WalterConservative371
    C. ScoularLabour151
    S. DunlevyLIB109
    Chapel East1 seat · turnout 50.0%
    A. PhillipsIndependent385
    W. HutchinsonConservative192
    D. GrundyLIB89
    Chapel West2 seats · turnout 46.0%
    M. BradburyConservative644
    K. BradwellConservative589
    M. WrightLabour438
    A. Ross-SharpLIB404
    E. FoxLabour354
    College2 seats
    E. AllenConservative0 ✓
    R. KennettIndependent0 ✓
    Corbar2 seats · turnout 38.0%
    M. MillicanConservative679
    A. AllmanConservative618
    E. BriggsLIB384
    Cote Heath2 seats · turnout 37.4%
    T. GillLabour768
    W. MorleyLabour728
    J. PontinConservative329
    J. AllwrightConservative325
    Hayfield1 seat · turnout 52.1%
    E. HoughtonConservative735
    J. CowleyLabour185
    Ladybower1 seat
    C. BedfordConservative0 ✓
    Limestone Peak1 seat · turnout 60.6%
    E. TomlinsonConservative448
    E. WalleyIndependent305
    New Mills North3 seats · turnout 51.2%
    F. KitchenConservative908
    L. TownsendConservative872
    W. FergusonLabour809
    D. LivesleyConservative798
    J. LawtonLIB639
    F. RobertsLabour627
    J. De MierreLabour598
    E. LavinLIB461
    New Mills South3 seats · turnout 48.7%
    P. ShawLabour732
    F. BulloughIndependent727
    J. AxonLabour721
    H. BurfootLIB708
    J. MartinLabour587
    D. BrownLIB552
    T. ShepleyLIB499
    No. 12 (Whaley Bridge: Fernilee)1 seat · turnout 54.8%
    F. WoodwardIndependent364
    C. HarlowLabour211
    No. 13 (Whaley Bridge: Furness Vale)1 seat · turnout 60.5%
    H. LittlewoodIndependent323
    M. DaviesLabour136
    C. MealorIndependent73
    No. 14 (Whaley Bridge: Taxal)1 seat · turnout 64.9%
    R. HartleyIndependent343
    E. WinfieldLabour240
    No. 15 (Whaley Bridge: Yeardsley)1 seat · turnout 64.1%
    R. PlumleyConservative235 ✓
    J. PritchardIndependent194
    C. SmithLIB190
    G. BrownLabour182
    No. 16 (Charlesworth)1 seat · turnout 72.5%
    B. TetlowConservative572
    J. BamforthLIB238
    D. BowmanLabour87
    No. 7 (Glossop: All Saints)3 seats · turnout 41.7%
    G. ChattertonRES927 ✓
    P. MatthewsRES690 ✓
    E. MountainConservative591 ✓
    R. PocklingtonLabour554
    R. GrillsLabour479
    K. BracewellLabour458
    W. CowinConservative432
    T. MittamConservative399
    K. HillLIB343
    G. MachanConserv230
    No. 8 (Glossop: St. James)4 seats · turnout 33.8%
    R. PartridgeConservative1,063
    A. LeneyConservative1,055
    D. JohnsonLIB994
    K. DickinsonConservative944
    W. DunnConservative937
    H. DunkerleyLabour690
    L. FowlerLabour573
    No. 9 (Glossop: Hadfield)6 seats · turnout 31.0%
    W. CampbellLabour1,577
    K. HoyLabour1,508
    G. DaviesConservative1,361
    S. DuncanConservative1,331
    D. TooleConservative1,326
    M. JacksonConservative1,319
    P. KeelanLabour1,316
    F. StubbsLabour1,305
    E. ReadLabour1,274
    J. ByfordLabour1,238
    I. WaltonLIB1,215
    R. HealdCOMM221
    Peveril1 seat · turnout 61.6%
    C. LewisConservative548
    E. MarplesIndependent246
    J. PowellLabour122
    Stone Bench2 seats · turnout 31.2%
    W. PoulterLabour943
    J. PoultonLabour744
    R. RogersIndependent234
    Tintwistle1 seat · turnout 66.6%
    T. QuayleConservative453
    B. BennettLabour266