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    1973 handbook

    West Dorset: 1973 local elections

    38 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1972)

    Not known.

    After (end of 1973) (55 seats, Elections Centre)

    Other 43 · The Liberal Party 10 · Labour 2 · Conservative 0

    Ward results

    Bothenhampton1 seat
    O. AburrowIndependent0 ✓
    Bradford Abbas1 seat · turnout 42.4%
    M. WinderLIB269
    P. BagnallIndependent259
    Bradpole1 seat
    M. WestLIB0 ✓
    Broadwindsor1 seat · turnout 39.8%
    C. CoateIndependent282
    R. BiggsIndependent129
    Burton Bradstock1 seat · turnout 61.6%
    G. CheneyIndependent392
    J. MallinsonIndependent266
    Caundle Vale1 seat · turnout 50.0%
    N. WhiteIndependent181
    E. ChantLIB161
    D. RandolphIndependent139
    Cerne Valley1 seat
    W. BestIndependent0 ✓
    Charminister1 seat
    E. HansfordIndependent0 ✓
    Charmouth1 seat
    R. FougerIndependent0 ✓
    Frome Valley1 seat · turnout 49.5%
    V. BryantIndependent282
    I. CollinsIndependent204
    Halstock1 seat · turnout 39.8%
    T. FrostIndependent299
    S. HammickIndependent145
    Holnest1 seat · turnout 43.7%
    M. CockIndependent211
    Gray J.Independent121
    A. HillIndependent117
    Loders1 seat · turnout 62.4%
    E. GoldingIndependent399
    C. LucasIndependent121
    Lyme Regis3 seats · turnout 27.5%
    H. BroomIndependent627
    E. HallettIndependent580
    V. HomyerIndependent529
    G. UpjohnIndependent311
    R. HillIndependent229
    Maiden Newton1 seat
    H. HawardIndependent0 ✓
    Netherbury1 seat
    P. TiarksIndependent0 ✓
    No. 1 (Bridport)5 seats · turnout 27.0%
    H. SmithIndependent1,430
    P. NorfolkIndependent946
    A. TiltmanLIB840
    L. DibdenLabour812
    H. SkevingtonLabour721
    C. SamwaysIndependent701
    A. CumminsIndependent676
    T. StorrsIndependent469
    G. FitzgeraldIndependent385
    No. 10 (Netherbury)1 seat
    P. TiarksIndependent0 ✓
    No. 19 (Chesil Bank)1 seat
    M. PengelleyIndependent0 ✓
    No. 2 (Dorchester Central)1 seat · turnout 57.4%
    L. PhillipsIndependent368
    W. BoweringIndependent164
    A. BeardsLabour59
    No. 20 (Winterbourne St. Martin)1 seat · turnout 49.8%
    R. ChildsIndependent239
    R. HydeIndependent224
    No. 21 (Owermoigne)1 seat
    D. BaldwinIndependent0 ✓
    No. 28 (Puddletown)1 seat
    E. BownIndependent0 ✓
    No. 29 (Stinsford)1 seat · turnout 64.7%
    E. WilliamsIndependent334
    W. WakelyIndependent191
    No. 3 (Dorchester East)4 seats · turnout 52.8%
    R. CollinsIndependent1,205
    C. ParsonsIndependent1,029
    E. JonesLIB977
    R. BrissendenLIB963
    A. WoodroffeIndependent921
    J. MatthewsIndependent894
    P. LucasLIB823
    F. HolmeLabour793
    J. BrownLabour530
    G. MegsonLabour529
    P. GregoryLabour529
    No. 30 (Broadmayne)1 seat · turnout 30.8%
    W. WhiteIndependent197
    H. Ross SkinnerIndependent154
    No. 31 (Chickerell)2 seats · turnout 20.5%
    L. BennettIndependent384
    W. McCarthyIndependent336
    M. GrovesIndependent290
    No. 4 (Dorchester West)5 seats · turnout 40.7%
    G. PowellIndependent1,399
    H. DurrantIndependent1,152
    M. BirdLIB1,116
    D. JonesLIB1,101
    D. AndersonLIB1,048
    G. StandfeildLabour775
    S. BalistrariLabour759
    A. YellingLabour704
    A. WaldronLabour697
    M. MurrayLabour661
    No. 6 (Sherborne)5 seats · turnout 34.5%
    E. KingIndependent1,400
    M. MatsonLIB1,228
    A. SweetIndependent1,217
    E. DykeIndependent1,100
    R. FarrantIndependent1,030
    J. BarkerLIB996
    W. VincentLIB978
    A. LuggIndependent917
    V. QuickLIB854
    No. 7 (Beaminster)2 seats · turnout 44.4%
    A. HudsonIndependent654
    R. BuglerIndependent488
    C. CooleIndependent456
    S. ChaffeyIndependent391
    Piddle Valley1 seat · turnout 40.1%
    C. GreenIndependent379
    S. ClearIndependent44
    Puddletown1 seat
    E. BownIndependent0 ✓
    Queen Thorne1 seat · turnout 44.6%
    J. BrewerIndependent290
    P. WoodIndependent161
    Symondsbury1 seat
    R. ForbesIndependent0 ✓
    Thorncombe1 seat · turnout 17.2%
    P. AtyeoIndependent112
    M. SaundersIndependent57
    Tolpuddle1 seat
    M. KraftIndependent0 ✓
    Whitchurch Canonicorum1 seat
    W. FowellIndependent0 ✓
    Yetminster1 seat
    F. LawrenceIndependent0 ✓