1973 Lincolnshire County Council election

1973 UK local government election

Lincolnshire County Council is a non-metropolitan county in the East Midlands of England. It was formed when the Local Government Act 1972 merged the counties of Holland, Kesteven and Lindsey, and held its first election on 12 April 1973.[1]

The Conservatives were the largest party, gaining 34 of the 74 seats. 22 independent candidates were returned, along with 10 Labour councillors, 5 Democratic-Labour nominees and 3 Liberals.[2] The Democratic Labour seats were all won in Lincoln, where six weeks earlier the MP Dick Taverne had triggered a by-election by breaking away from Labour and forming the DLP; they comprised 5 of the 6 city seats, representing a swing from Labour, who had won all of the seats at the last local elections.[3]

## Results by Division

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Division  | Candidate  | Party  | Votes

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Boston no. 1  | Cyril Valentine | Lib | (uncontested)
Boston no. 2  | Mrs Haf Towel | Con | 955
John Addlesee  | Lab  | 946
Boston no. 3  | Martin Middlebrook | Ind | (uncontested)
Boston no. 4  | Alf Goodson | Lab | (uncontested)
Boston Rural no. 1  | Reginald West | Ind | 963
David Chambers  | Ind  | 655
Samuel Woods  | Con  | 407
Boston Rural no. 2  | Brian Farrow | Con | 932
Arthur White  | Lab  | 696
Joseph Winter  | Ind  | 689
Boston Rural no. 3  | Richard Upsall | Con | 1,464
Ambrose Newsom  | Lab  | 444
Bourne  | Raymond Cliffe | Con | (uncontested)
Caistor Rural no. 1  | Harry Key | Ind | (uncontested)
Caistor Rural no. 2  | William Hall | Ind | (uncontested)
East Elloe no. 1  | Ivor Howes | Ind | 786
Arnold Broughton  | Lab  | 638
Robert Christian  | Con  | 628
Fred White  | Ind  | 368
East Elloe no. 2  | Ernest Weaver | Lab | 477
Fred Hoyles  | Ind  | 136
East Elloe no. 3  | Mrs Alison Hunter | Con | 1,573
Mrs Doris King  | Lab  | 808
East Kesteven no. 1  | Eric Fairchild | Con | 1,162
Sydney King  | Lab  | 1,132
East Kesteven no. 2  | Jack Mountain | Ind | 865
Henry Kelway  | Con  | 576
East Kesteven no. 3  | Thomas Hall | Con | 1,338
Euan Robertson  | Ind  | 762
Lionel Dawson  | Lab  | 198
Gainsborough Market  | Edgar Salisbury | Lab | 725
Mrs Marjorie Renshaw  | Con  | 361
Kenny Hethershaw  | Lib  | 284
Gainsborough North  | John Stanley | Lib | 915
Michael Noble  | Lab  | 673
Frank Land  | Con  | 596
Gainsborough South  | Leslie Rainsforth | Lab | 1,036
Miss Charlotte Dordery  | Con  | 594
Raymond Greenwood  | Lib  | 449
Brian Page  | DLP  | 114
Gainsborough Rural no. 1  | Harry Plowright | Ind | (uncontested)
Gainsborough Rural no. 2  | Harry Kitchinson | Ind | 1,322
John Sandars  | Con  | 968
Grantham no. 1  | Frank Speechley | Con | 987
Fred Chambers  | Lab  | 984
Grantham no. 2  | Mrs Elsie Davies | Lab | 875
William Harrison  | Con  | 599
Grantham no. 3  | Ian Gordon | Con | 1,272
Mrs Louise Dickinson  | Lab  | 742
Grantham no. 4  | Charles Burrows | Lab | 1,491
Kathleen Porter  | Con  | 784
Horncastle  | Mrs Lesley Sanderson | Ind | 1,034
Mrs Doris Cook  | Con  | 477
Horncastle Rural no. 1  | John Smithson | Ind | 1,348
George Daubney  | Ind  | 942
John Harris  | Lib  | 805
Horncastle Rural no. 2  | John Harvey | Con | (uncontested)
Lincoln Abbey  | Barry Ashmore | DLP | 860
Bernard Rendall  | Con  | 702
Cllr Mrs Pam Roussel  | Lab  | 605
Lincoln Boultham  | Richard Lucas | Con | 630
Tom Ward  | Lab  | 594
Lincoln Bracebridge  | Graham Judge | DLP | 1,067
Cllr Bob Hodson  | Lab  | 663
Peter Roe  | Con  | 351
Lincoln Carholme  | Ald. John Spence | Con | 827
Cllr John Plant  | Lab  | 778
Gilbert Blades  | Ind  | 381
Lincoln Castle  | Ald. Frank Eccleshare | Ind | 924
Cllr Miss Joyce Bennett  | Lab  | 580
Cecil Robinson  | Con  | 466
Lincoln Ermine  | Ron Barnes | DLP | 1,296
Cllr Mrs Joyce Naftalin | Lab | 1,124
Cllr David Middleton  | Lab  | 1.059
F. Horn  | Con  | 729
A. Cowton  | Con  | 559
Lincoln Hartsholme  | Mrs Miriam Richardson | DLP | 1,082
Cllr Laurie Valsey  | Lab  | 552
P. Rowley  | Con  | 353
T. Ginniff  | Comm  | 37
Lincoln Minster  | Ald. Mrs Mary Sockias | Con | 1,170
Mrs Clodaga Wilkinson  | DLP  | 1,090
D. Miller  | Lab  | 559
Lincoln Moorland  | Cllr Stan Robertson | Lab | 949
Jim Richards  | Con  | 911
Lincoln Park  | Fred Allen* | DLP | 831
Ald. Bill Herbert  | Lab  | 427
Jack Ruddock  | Con  | 392
Louth North  | Christopher Bennett | Ind | 1,258
Francis MacDonald  | Ind  | 505
Louth South  | Mrs Irene Wilkinson | Ind | 814
Mrs Catherine Stubbs  | Con  | 678
Louth Rural no. 1  | Rupert Dixon | Ind | 827
Hewson Silvester  | Ind  | 502
Louth Rural no. 2  | Sam Spendlow | Ind | 1,327
John Codkin  | Con  | 587
Louth Rural no. 3  | Donald Webb | Con | 782
Miss Mary Taylor  | Ind  | 722
Durwood Russell  | Lab  | 539
Mablethorpe and Sutton  | Peter Poynton | Con | 1,203
Nelly Spink  | Ind  | 871
North Kesteven no. 1  | William Wyrill | Con | 792
Mrs Elsie Mawer  | Ind  | 711
North Kesteven no. 2  | Mrs Margery Falla | Con | 1,576
William Rawson  | Lab  | 1,083
North Kesteven no. 3  | Frank Marshall | Ind | 1,060
William Heele  | Con  | 1,056
Maurice Thompson  | Lab  | 498
North Kesteven no. 4  | Reg Brealey | Con | 1,335
Charles Marshall  | Ind  | 1,002
North Kesteven no. 5  | Mrs Mary Large | Lab | 2,123
William Taylor  | Con  | 1,139
North Kesteven no. 6  | Herbert Johnson | Con | 799
Keith Ford  | D-Lab  | 440
Mrs Maureen Lynn  | Lab  | 233
Skegness North  | Harold Fainlight | Lib | 1,262
Joseph Elliott  | Con  | 893
Thomas Senior  | Lab  | 631
Skegness South  | Vivian Sheehan-Hunt | Con | 1,204
Eric Wright  | Lab  | 540
Sleaford  | Miss Grace Nowell | Con | 1,670
Peter Haysum  | Lab  | 1,320
South Kesteven no. 1  | James Cave | Ind | 931
Mrs Elizabeth Opperman  | Con  | 799
South Kesteven no. 2  | John Hedley Lewis | Con | (uncontested)
South Kesteven no. 3  | Mrs Jean Wootton | Con | 744
Peter Hearn  | Ind  | 705
Harold Scarborough  | Lab  | 588
Spalding no. 1  | David Guttridge | Con | (uncontested)
Spalding no. 2  | Jim King | Con | 654
Thomas Addlesee  | Lab  | 560
Spalding no. 3  | Cyril Ford | Con | (uncontested)
Spalding Rural no. 1  | Jim Speechley | Con | 1,177
Alfred Witherington  | Lab  | 1,056
Mrs Lillian Hardy  | Ind  | 789
Spalding Rural no. 2  | Harold Chappell | Con | (uncontested)
Spalding Rural no. 3  | G. Wray | Con | 1,242
T. Kidd  | Lab  | 582
Spilsby no. 1  | Charles Leggott | Con | (uncontested)
Spilsby no. 2  | Charles Rawlinson | Ind | 1,140
Frank Clow  | Con  | 883
Spilsby no. 3  | Harry Simpson | Con | 987
Frank Smith  | Lib?  | 813
Spilsby no. 4  | Francis Lapage | Ind | 1,221
Frederick Hepworth  | Con  | 1,066
Stamford no. 1  | Ian Allen | Con | 1,291
William Turner  | Lab  | 481
Stamford no. 2  | Derek Gladman | Lab | 869
Anthony Gray  | Con  | 686
Welton no. 1  | Edwin Bramley | Ind | 977
William Holland  | Ind  | 830
Walter Sternfeld  | Lab  | 789
Welton no. 2  | Dorothy Richards | Con | 1,058
George Herrington  | Ind  | 807
Brian Fox  | Lab  | 608
Royston Hutson  | Ind  | 72
Welton no. 3  | Reginald Gaul | Ind | 746
William Camm  | Ind  | 613
George Coles  | Con  | 540
Walter Hill  | Ind  | 395
West Kesteven no. 1  | Philip Newton | Ind | 907
Joan Hayes  | Con  | 738
West Kesteven no. 2  | Horace Brownlow | Con | 1,598
Ivan Dawson  | Lab  | 618
West Kesteven no. 3  | Capt Sir Anthony Thorold | Con | 1,093
Terry Bradley  | Lab  | 587
Robert Simpson  | Ind  | 583

Source: "Lincoln keeps up its Taverne revolution" and "The new Lincs Council". Lincolnshire Echo. 13 April 1973. p. 9; "Lincolnshire County Election Results 1973–2009". Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 2 October 2016.

## References

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1. ^ Cook, Chris; Ramsden, John (1997). By-Elections and British Politics. London: Routledge. p. 206
2. ^ "The new Lincs Council". Lincolnshire Echo. 13 April 1973. p. 9
3. ^ "Five of Six Taverne supporters elected". The Times. 13 April 1973. p. 4

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