1973 Babergh District Council election

1973 Babergh District Council election
10 May 1973 1976 →
All 38 seats to Babergh District Council; 20 seats needed for a majority
	Control after election ; ; No overall control

The 1973 Babergh District Council election took place on 10 May 1973 to elect members of Babergh District Council in Suffolk, England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

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This was the inaugural election to the council following its creation by the Local Government Act 1972.

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1973 Babergh District Council election^[2]
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Independent	37	19	N/A	N/A	N/A	50.0	35.8	10,893	N/A
	Labour	22	11	N/A	N/A	N/A	28.9	36.9	11,229	N/A
	Conservative	15	8	N/A	N/A	N/A	21.1	27.3	8,308	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Cook	226	53.8
	Independent	M. Cooper	194	46.2
Majority			32	7.6
Turnout			420	37.8
Registered electors			1,112
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	E. Pollard	372	78.5
	Labour	M. Fox Ms.	102	21.5
Majority			270	57.0
Turnout			474	36.6
Registered electors			1,294
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	O. Simpson	245	60.6
	Independent	E. Turney	159	39.4
Majority			86	21.2
Turnout			404	34.2
Registered electors			1,182
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	T. Clarke	400	66.9
	Conservative	T. Stedman	198	33.1
Majority			202	33.8
Turnout			598	43.7
Registered electors			1,367
	Independent win (new seat)

1973 Babergh District Council election

Summary

Election result

Ward results

Alton

Berners

Bildeston

Boxford

Brantham

Brett Vale

Brookvale

Bures St. Mary

Capel & Wenham

Chadacre

Copdock

Dodnash

Elmsett

Glemsford

Great Cornard North

Great Cornard South

Hadleigh

Holbrook

Lavenham

Leavenheath

Long Melford

Nayland

No. 1 (Sudbury)

North Cosford

Polstead & Layham

Shotley

Waldingfield

West Samford

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Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	H. Manning	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,272
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	D. Arthey	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,195
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J. Baxter	222	58.6
	Independent	J. Gray	157	41.4
Majority			65	17.2
Turnout			379	26.5
Registered electors			1,430
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	H. Engleheart	298	66.1
	Independent	G. Ardley	153	33.9
Majority			145	32.2
Turnout			451	42.5
Registered electors			1,062
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Pearce	369	56.2
	Conservative	H. Hawkins	288	43.8
Majority			81	12.3
Turnout			657	45.5
Registered electors			1,443
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	G. Ince	299	61.9
	Independent	G. Hatchett	183	37.9
Majority			116	24.0
Turnout			483	34.3
Registered electors			1,407
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	R. Moore	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,194
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	T. Goodchild	594	60.2
	Independent	C. Wake-Walker	582	59.0
	Labour	N. Grimsey	393	39.9
Turnout			~986	37.1
Registered electors			2,658
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	W. Crockatt	265	38.9
	Independent	L. Sharpe	239	35.1
	Independent	N. Lewis	177	26.0
Majority			26	3.8
Turnout			681	60.4
Registered electors			1,127
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	F. Shinn	460	59.9
	Independent	J. Piper	308	40.1
Majority			152	19.8
Turnout			768	52.0
Registered electors			1,477
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. Aldworth	396	71.0
	Labour	S. Langton	384	68.9
	Conservative	B. Lewery	162	29.0
Turnout			~558	26.6
Registered electors			2,098
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Chaplin	439	50.2
	Conservative	A. Eady	437	49.9
	Labour	M. Caschere	398	45.5
	Conservative	G. Baldwin	379	43.3
Turnout			~875	36.9
Registered electors			2,371
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	S. Brown	871	60.0
	Labour	B. Shuttlewood	759	52.3
	Labour	J. Whitehead	581	40.0
	Independent	J. Osborne	578	39.8
	Independent	M. Crabtree	521	35.9
	Independent	J. Catterall	443	30.5
Turnout			~1,451	38.1
Registered electors			3,808
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J. Godley	458	79.1
	Labour	R. Levick	121	20.9
Majority			337	58.2
Turnout			579	47.8
Registered electors			1,211
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	L. Spraggins	338	56.1
	Independent	A. Neynell	264	43.9
Majority			74	12.3
Turnout			602	50.3
Registered electors			1,197
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	E. York	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,234
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	C. Kingston	539	48.1
	Independent	R. Kemp	529	47.2
	Labour	R. Oakman	290	25.9
	Conservative	P. Stone	290	25.9
	Independent	C. Edmunds	147	13.1
Turnout			~1,120	45.8
Registered electors			2,445
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	P. Hetherington	238	50.3
	Independent	J. Mitchell	235	49.7
Majority			3	0.6
Turnout			473	51.0
Registered electors			928
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	W. Barker	1,443	41.2
	Conservative	R. Playford	1,282	36.6
	Labour	H. Banham	1,130	32.2
	Labour	P. Moulton	1,048	29.9
	Conservative	E. Hoare	1,045	29.8
	Conservative	G. Parker	1,008	28.8
	Labour	S. Gargiulo	995	28.4
	Labour	A. Fenwick	961	27.4
	Labour	H. Taylor	958	27.3
	Independent	R. Burn	930	26.5
	Conservative	H. Singh	781	22.3
Turnout			~3,506	53.7
Registered electors			6,528
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	D. Hodge	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,105
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	F. Gales	361	77.3
	Labour	R. Cook	106	22.7
Majority			255	54.6
Turnout			467	50.2
Registered electors			931
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	T. Lloyd	180	35.2
	Independent	J. Green	177	34.6
	Labour	E. Norton	85	16.6
	Independent	J. Watson	70	13.7
Majority			3	0.6
Turnout			512	40.7
Registered electors			1,259
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	R. Herbert	424	73.0
	Labour	D. King	157	27.0
Majority			267	46.0
Turnout			581	35.1
Registered electors			1,655
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D. Wedgwood	336	55.2
	Independent	R. Dunningham	273	44.8
Majority			63	10.4
Turnout			609	58.1
Registered electors			1,048
	Conservative win (new seat)