1973 Breckland District Council election

1973 Breckland District Council election
10 May 1973 1976 →
All 51 seats to Breckland District Council; 26 seats needed for a majority
	Control after election ; ; No overall control

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

This was the inaugural election of Breckland District Council following its creation by the Local Government Act 1972.

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1973 Breckland District Council election^[2]
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	34	20	N/A	N/A	N/A	39.2	39.6	16,002	N/A
	Independent	34	20	N/A	N/A	N/A	41.2	24.6	9,963	N/A
	Labour	31	10	N/A	N/A	N/A	19.6	34.5	13,954	N/A
	Ind. Conservative	1	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.0	0.8	318	N/A
	Residents	1	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.0	0.3	107	N/A
	Liberal	1	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.0	0.2	92	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	A. Harvey	374	61.6
	Labour	F. Towell	232	38.3
Majority			142	23.3
Turnout			607	49.9
Registered electors			1,214
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	I. Howard	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,093
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Ind. Conservative	E. Macro	318	70.7
	Labour	R. Phillips	132	29.3
Majority			186	41.4
Turnout			450	45.6
Registered electors			986
	Ind. Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	W. Emms	269	55.0
	Independent	H. Lawrence	220	45.0
Majority			49	10.0
Turnout			489	41.5
Registered electors			1,178
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	G. Aldridge	199	46.8
	Independent	F. Riches	110	25.9
	Labour	M. Goatcher	93	21.9
	Independent	S. Robinson	23	5.4
Majority			89	20.9
Turnout			425	40.9
Registered electors			1,039
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	J. Hatley	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,012
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	H. Wells-Cole	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,242
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	R. Kemp	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,156
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	R. Musker	Unopposed
Registered electors			982
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Birkbeck	244	71.3
	Labour	E. Whitmore	98	28.7
Majority			146	42.6
Turnout			342	30.0
Registered electors			1,139
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	R. Butler-Stoney	Unopposed
Registered electors			985
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	C. Knight	282	55.8
	Independent	E. James	223	44.2
Majority			59	11.7
Turnout			505	34.4
Registered electors			1,466
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	S. Steward	303	62.1
	Labour	S. Brundle	185	37.9
Majority			118	24.2
Turnout			488	50.7
Registered electors			962
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Boddy	358	58.3
	Independent	A. Fountaine	256	41.7
Majority			102	16.6
Turnout			614	43.9
Registered electors			1,400
	Labour win (new seat)

Thetford Guildhall (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	B. Culey	504	44.3
	Independent	T. Lamb	385	33.8
	Labour	C. Armes	324	28.5
	Conservative	G. Kybird	310	27.3
	Labour	W. Nunn	265	23.3
	Conservative	L. Broadhurst	246	21.6
Turnout			~1,139	49.2
Registered electors			2,315
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	L. Bengeyfield	391	62.3
	Labour	A. Arthures	237	37.7
Majority			154	24.5
Turnout			628	63.8
Registered electors			985
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	H. Underwood	539	41.0
	Independent	E. West	478	36.4
	Conservative	G. Alston	435	33.1
	Conservative	E. Hornegold	341	26.0
	Labour	G. Gillan	234	17.8
	Labour	H. Wilson	209	15.9
	Residents	A. Lake	107	8.1
Turnout			~1,314	36.1
Registered electors			3,639
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	L. Floering	1,615	51.9
	Labour	L. Potter	1,495	48.1
	Conservative	O. Jarvis	1,472	47.4
	Conservative	C. Wright	1,452	46.7
	Conservative	J. Duigan	1,397	44.9
	Conservative	M. Duigan	1,366	43.9
	Conservative	R. Shelton	1,290	41.5
	Conservative	G. Whitworth	1,162	37.4
	Labour	J. Walpole	1,108	35.6
	Labour	R. Potter	1,095	35.2
	Labour	A. Harvey	877	28.2
	Labour	E. Guymer	861	27.7
	Labour	J. Beales	847	27.3
	Labour	A. Eve	840	27.0
Turnout			~3,109	41.4
Registered electors			7,508
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	H. Baker	299	62.9
	Conservative	D. Trappes-Lomax	176	37.1
Majority			123	25.9
Turnout			475	41.1
Registered electors			1,155
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Jesson	313	45.0
	Labour	J. Edwards	197	28.3
	Independent	E. Adcock	185	26.6
Majority			116	16.7
Turnout			695	44.5
Registered electors			1,562
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Wright	282	55.8
	Independent	E. James	223	44.2
Majority			59	11.7
Turnout			505	45.4
Registered electors			1,113
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J. Ison	849	42.5
	Labour	B. Marjoram	734	36.7
	Independent	J. Sampson	732	36.6
	Independent	T. Wilding	627	31.4
	Conservative	D. Eldridge	414	20.7
	Conservative	C. Phillips	365	18.3
Turnout			~1,998	60.9
Registered electors			3,280
	Independent win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	J. Johnson	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,079
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A. Spinks	218	55.8
	Independent	E. Stangroom	173	44.2
Majority			45	11.6
Turnout			391	39.6
Registered electors			988
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	A. Askew	233	68.3
	Labour	L. Howe	108	31.7
Majority			125	36.6
Turnout			341	42.2
Registered electors			808
	Independent win (new seat)

All Saints

Beetley & Gressenhall

Buckenham

Conifer

East Guiltcross

Eynsford

Haggard De Toni

Harling

Heathlands

Hermitage

Launditch

Mattishall

Mid Forest

Nar Valley

Necton

No. 26 (Attleborough)

No. 5 (East Dereham)

Peddars Way

Shipworth

Springvale

Swaffham

Swanton Morley

Taverner

Templar

Thetford Abbey

Thetford Barnham Cross

Thetford Guildhall

Thetford Saxon

Two Rivers

Upper Wensum

Upper Yare

Watton

Wayland

Weeting

West Guiltcross

Wissey

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	H. Crampton	327	61.0
	Labour	J. Woolgar	316	59.0
	Conservative	A. Smith	209	39.0
	Conservative	T. Fanthorpe	167	31.2
Turnout			~536	26.0
Registered electors			2,060
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	K. Grant	484	74.3
	Labour	D. Hillier	473	72.6
	Conservative	K. Balaam	167	25.7
	Conservative	D. Perkins	146	22.5
Turnout			~652	26.3
Registered electors			2,480
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	F. Room	605	67.9
	Labour	J. Sweeney	570	64.0
	Conservative	M. Sutherland	286	32.1
	Conservative	W. Soper	249	27.9
Turnout			~890	34.5
Registered electors			2,579
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	G. Dann	245	53.4
	Independent	P. Musk	214	46.6
Majority			31	6.8
Turnout			459	40.5
Registered electors			1,134
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	G. Kerrison	462	64.0
	Conservative	E. Barrett	191	26.5
	Labour	G. Barnard	69	9.6
Majority			271	37.5
Turnout			722	56.2
Registered electors			1,285
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	L. Brown	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,242
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	G. Mitchell	721	59.0
	Independent	M. Parker	468	38.3
	Conservative	D. Bishop	292	23.9
	Labour	C. Cadman	209	17.1
	Labour	J. Take	192	15.7
	Independent	A. Neaves	110	9.0
Turnout			~1,223	46.9
Registered electors			2,607
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	G. Bailey	180	51.3
	Independent	D. Thornhill	171	48.7
Majority			9	2.6
Turnout			351	36.2
Registered electors			970
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	N. Parrott	366	79.9
	Liberal	R. Green	92	20.1
Majority			274	59.8
Turnout			458	47.2
Registered electors			971
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	M. Mansbridge	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,234
	Independent win (new seat)