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    1997 handbook

    Blackpool: 1997 local elections

    22 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1996) (44 seats, Elections Centre)

    Labour 39 · Liberal Democrats 3 · Conservative 2 · Other 0

    After (end of 1997) (44 seats, Elections Centre)

    Labour 34 · Conservative 7 · Liberal Democrats 3 · Other 0

    Ward results

    Alexandra2 seats
    D FerrisLabour1,683 ✓
    E CollettLabour1,666 ✓
    M BellConservative1,098
    Anchorsholme2 seats · turnout 69.7%
    B. HillLiberal Democrats1,946
    N. HoldenLabour1,488
    J. BamboroughLiberal Democrats1,484
    Kath RowsonLabour1,230
    J. BarnardConservative927
    D MacnaughtonConservative875
    Bispham2 seats · turnout 67.3%
    D. ClaphamConservative1,980
    H. MitchellConservative1,838
    D. NeishLabour1,829
    B. RigbyLabour1,586
    Brunswick2 seats · turnout 52.5%
    M. CresswellLabour2,059
    G. BancroftLabour2,013
    D HansonConservative1,069
    P. IslesSOC LAB217
    Claremont2 seats · turnout 57.1%
    I. TaylorLabour2,238
    Sylvia TaylorLabour2,119
    D. Assheton-SmithConservative938
    C. FoeConservative888
    G. WillisSOC LAB128
    Clifton2 seats
    J. GreenhalghLabour2,187 ✓
    M. CarrLabour1,940 ✓
    J EastwoodConservative986
    Foxhall2 seats · turnout 54.0%
    D. SloanLabour1,590
    F. SmithLabour1,571
    D. HoltLiberal Democrats1,138
    J. PalmerConservative789
    Greenlands2 seats
    E. AllcockLabour1,922 ✓
    S. HillLabour1,902 ✓
    J. DixonConservative1,268
    M. LayeConservative1,153
    C. BarnesLiberal Democrats638
    J. JonesSOC LAB398
    Hawes Side2 seats · turnout 50.7%
    P. CarringtonLabour2,355
    Valerie HaynesLabour2,066
    A GoslingConservative1,118
    Highfield2 seats · turnout 67.1%
    Pauline JacksonLabour2,069
    C MatthewsLabour1,915
    Lockwood D.Conservative1,706
    M. KayConservative1,481
    Ingthorpe2 seats · turnout 65.9%
    A. DrinkwaterLabour2,352
    R. LewisLabour2,255
    S JamesConservative1,463
    A. VincentConservative1,233
    Layton2 seats · turnout 33.6%
    S. WrightLabour2,171
    P. LittleConservative1,363
    Marton2 seats · turnout 72.5%
    N GradwellLabour2,059
    A. BoughtonLabour2,024
    W. BurgessConservative1,885
    M. CallowConservative1,846
    Norbreck2 seats · turnout 68.0%
    P. CallowConservative1,884
    I DoddConservative1,749
    S GreavesLabour1,426
    D. O'HaraLabour1,305
    I ReynoldsLiberal Democrats771
    Park2 seats · turnout 49.8%
    L. KershLabour2,183
    M SidfordLabour1,892
    Ms.Conservative837
    M. JonesSOC LAB261
    Squires Gate2 seats
    E WynneLiberal Democrats1,676 ✓
    R. WynneLiberal Democrats1,638 ✓
    L. HendersonConservative1,220
    L. TaylorLabour886
    L. CalvertLabour865
    Stanley2 seats · turnout 52.5%
    G. HeapConservative1,950
    Paul WoodLabour1,755
    V LundLabour1,737
    Talbot2 seats · turnout 53.6%
    Dunne P.Labour1,574
    R. HutchinsonLabour1,538
    C. WolfConservative1,027
    T WoodmanConservative961
    Tyldesley2 seats · turnout 63.0%
    A. MatthewsLabour2,037
    N. HardyLabour1,926
    R BrownhillConservative1,304
    M HameedConservative995
    Victoria2 seats · turnout 51.0%
    F. JacksonLabour2,089
    D. OwenLabour1,916
    R. LinghamConservative999
    Warbreck2 seats · turnout 62.0%
    B CresswellLabour1,581
    E. DixonConservative1,219
    W. GranthamConservative1,181
    J CroysdillLabour1,171
    Anne HeyworthLiberal Democrats758
    K BenfoldLiberal Democrats740
    Waterloo2 seats · turnout 60.9%
    J. WoolleyConservative1,324
    S. RigbyLabour1,290
    I. FowlerConservative1,233
    J SorahLabour1,113
    P RoscoeLiberal Democrats828