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    1973 handbook

    Castle Morpeth: 1973 local elections

    16 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1972)

    Not known.

    After (end of 1973) (34 seats, Elections Centre)

    Other 14 · Conservative 11 · Labour 7 · The Liberal Party 2

    Ward results

    Hartburn1 seat
    G. CormackIndependent0 ✓
    Hebron, Hepscott and Mitford1 seat · turnout 58.1%
    J. BrownIndependent467
    R. CuttingLIB91
    Heddon-on-the-Wall1 seat · turnout 49.6%
    A. LunnLIB303
    W. BlackhamConservative249
    C. CurryIndependent90
    Lynemouth2 seats · turnout 32.0%
    S. CoweyLabour462
    F. DixonLabour431
    I. GibbonIndependent256
    No. 1 (Morpeth: 1 To 3)4 seats · turnout 35.0%
    I. SmailIndependent1,088
    A. ApplebyIndependent1,022
    W. MitchellIndependent936
    G. BrownIndependent793
    R. AndersonRES701
    A. DaggLabour258
    B. DevereuxLIB248
    No. 11 (Longhorsley)1 seat · turnout 52.7%
    R. ErringtonIndependent364
    L. PargeterLIB80
    No. 13 (Ulgham)2 seats · turnout 41.9%
    W. LoughIndependent484
    J. BrownIndependent456
    G. GreenIndependent365
    J. ParksLabour195
    W. ShellLabour146
    No. 14 (Ellington)1 seat · turnout 68.2%
    M. BellIndependent334
    J. HerdmanIndependent251
    I. HowieLabour240
    No. 16 (East Chevington)2 seats · turnout 34.4%
    M. SmithLabour670
    J. SmithLabour547
    H. BellIndependent318
    No. 2 (Morpeth: 4 To 8)6 seats · turnout 33.9%
    W. HillIndependent1,522
    D. McBrydeRES1,351
    M. RoweIndependent1,345
    D. GarryLabour1,312
    R. DevereuxLIB1,141
    C. BerrymanIndependent1,087
    S. RobsonIndependent1,077
    N. CassidyIndependent1,015
    I. HunterLabour809
    E. MollLIB771
    P. MintoLabour599
    A. SmithLabour554
    No. 6 (Ponteland: 1 & 3)4 seats
    J. WaldyIndependent0 ✓
    F. WilcockIndependent0 ✓
    C. FallowesConservative0 ✓
    D. AdamsIndependent0 ✓
    No. 7 (Ponteland: 2)4 seats
    W. LeatherlandConservative0 ✓
    B. DunnConservative0 ✓
    I. McConnell-WoodConservative0 ✓
    J. EastwoodConservative0 ✓
    Pegswood2 seats · turnout 38.9%
    J. TurnbullLabour661
    K. WatsonLabour391
    T. ThompsonIndependent282
    J. MooreIndependent272
    Stamfordham1 seat · turnout 55.2%
    M. BellConservative274
    F. ParkinsonIndependent262
    Stannington1 seat
    C. DungaitConservative0 ✓
    Whalton1 seat · turnout 60.0%
    J. HutchinsonConservative337
    C. PinderIndependent109