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    1975 handbook

    Gateshead: 1975 local elections

    5 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1974) (78 seats, Elections Centre)

    Labour 71 · Conservative 6 · Other 1 · The Liberal Party 0

    After (end of 1975) (78 seats, Elections Centre)

    Labour 65 · Conservative 10 · The Liberal Party 2 · Other 1

    Ward results

    Birtley2 seats · turnout 28.6%
    S. PotterLabour2,114
    M. RobsonLabour1,912
    S. KingLIB1,613
    DawsonLIB1,429
    No. 10 (Blaydon)1 seat
    WatsonLabour0 ✓
    No. 14 (Felling: North & Central)1 seat · turnout 36.3%
    B. WhittakerLabour1,142
    A. ClaytonRES1,141
    No. 2 (Gateshead: Bensham Claremont & Chandles)2 seats · turnout 22.7%
    F. WoodLabour1,148 ✓
    P. ConatyLabour1,129 ✓
    M. SmithConservative781
    WilsonConservative741
    WelchNational Front166
    No. 7 (Gateshead: Shipcote)1 seat · turnout 32.9%
    A. RidleyConservative1,068
    B. RobsonLabour684