1973 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election

Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council Elections, 1973
10 May 1973 1975 →
Whole council (51) to Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council; 26 seats needed for a majority
	Council control after election ; Labour;

The first elections to the newly created Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 10 May 1973, with the entirety of the 51 seat council — three seats for each of the 17 wards — up for election. The Local Government Act 1972 stipulated that the elected members were to shadow and eventually take over from the predecessor corporation on 1 April 1974. The order in which the councillors were elected dictated how long each served for, with third-place candidates serving two years and up for re-election in 1975, second-placed three years expiring in 1976, and first-placed serving five years until 1978.

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As well as replacing the County Borough of Halifax, the new council included:

The election resulted in Labour gaining control.

In May 1974 a by-election for the Brighouse ward occurred to replace the Conservative councillor G. Wood. The by-election was won by the Labour candidate M. Cunningham.

Calderdale Borough Council election 1973^[1]^[2]

Party		Candidates						Votes
Party		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Labour	49	28	-	-	-	54.9	40.0	65,232	-
	Conservative	51	18	-	-	-	35.3	38.9	63,428	-
	Liberal	31	5	-	-	-	9.8	18.5	30,147	-
	Independent	3	0	-	-	-	0.0	1.5	2,479	-
	Socialist	1	0	-	-	-	0.0	0.7	1,122	-
	Ind. Conservative	1	0	-	-	-	0.0	0.3	482	-

28	18	5
Labour	Conservative	Liberal

Party		New council
	Labour	28
	Conservative	18
	Liberal	5
Total		51

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Mitchell	2,325	46.8	−
	Labour	S. Womersley	1,984		−
	Conservative	G. Wood	1,519	30.6	−
	Conservative	B. Newton	1,511		−
	Labour	M. Cunningham	1,473		−
	Conservative	C. Tinker	1,450		−
	Socialist	S. Williams	1,122	22.6	−
Turnout				61.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. Cawdry	1,355	35.4	−
	Liberal	W. Ramsden	1,295	33.8	−
	Labour	A. Nutton	1,178	30.8	−
	Conservative	S. Taylor	998		−
	Liberal	H. Fox	996		−
	Liberal	D. Rabone	953		−
	Labour	B. Firth	939		−
	Labour	J. Heathcote	861		−
	Conservative	G. Astwood	852		−
Turnout				51.8

1973 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election

Council results

Council Composition

Ward results

Brighouse ward

Elland ward

Greetland and Stainland ward

Hebden Bridge ward

Illingworth ward

Lightcliffe ward

Mixenden ward

Northowram and Shelf ward

Ovenden ward

Rastrick ward

Ryburn ward

Skircoat ward

Sowerby North ward

St. John's ward

Todmorden ward

Town ward

Warley ward

By-elections between 1973 and 1975

Brighouse ward, 1974

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	D. Shutt	1,358	45.3	−
	Liberal	H. Howe	1,302		−
	Liberal	N. Kemp	1,240		−
	Labour	A. Lane	846	28.2	−
	Conservative	M. Jones	797	26.6	−
	Conservative	H. Tetlaw	730		−
	Labour	K. Stacey	680		−
	Labour	E. Bland	647		−
	Conservative	E. Challenger	569		−
Turnout				51.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F. Barker	2,379	39.2	−
	Labour	G. Bryant	1,443		−
	Labour	S. Leach	1,189		−
	Conservative	M. Fisher	1,184	19.5	−
	Liberal	D. Flethcer	1,178	19.4	−
	Liberal	S. Yorke	1,149		−
	Conservative	R. Helliwell	1,106		−
	Liberal	T. Doyle	881		−
	Independent	M. Sutherland	850	14.0	−
	Independent	H. Knowles	812		−
	Conservative	J. Price	736		−
	Ind. Conservative	A. Stromberg	482	7.9	−
Turnout				63.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	I. Jones	996	46.0	−
	Labour	W. Higgins	920		−
	Labour	K. Lord	872		−
	Conservative	C. Rooks	719	33.2	−
	Conservative	M. Jagger	510		−
	Conservative	G. Shaw	506		−
	Liberal	F. Withey	451	20.8	−
	Liberal	C. Guy	288		−
	Liberal	R. Binns	250		−
Turnout				31.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Sharp	2,333	60.6	−
	Conservative	R. Sunderland	2,309		−
	Conservative	D. Crinall	2,244		−
	Labour	W. Tankard	1,520	39.4	−
	Labour	F. Stapleford	1,487		−
	Labour	D. Wood	1,404		−
Turnout				40.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Hall	978	65.5	−
	Labour	D. Thompson	961		−
	Labour	J. Thompson	906		−
	Conservative	F. Mitchell	515	34.5	−
	Conservative	T. Riddlesden	448		−
	Conservative	M. Andrews	415		−
Turnout				23.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Bradley	1,473	42.9	−
	Conservative	R. Conway	1,360		−
	Conservative	C. Farrar	1,221		−
	Liberal	S. Brownridge	1,146	33.3	−
	Liberal	W. Stansfield	976		−
	Liberal	R. Shaw	832		−
	Labour	H. Thompson	818	23.8	−
	Labour	D. Walters	663		−
	Labour	W. Stubbings	663		−
Turnout				48.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Jeffreys	1,685	60.1	−
	Labour	J. Tolan	1,528		−
	Labour	J. Thelwell	1,495		−
	Conservative	T. Enderby	1,117	39.9	−
	Conservative	H. Gresham	1,020		−
	Conservative	E. Cavanagh	994		−
Turnout				29.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Hions	1,763	51.3	−
	Conservative	L. Hanson	1,672	48.7	−
	Labour	F. Moss	1,670		−
	Conservative	W. Furness	1,624		−
	Labour	F. Clayton	1,558		−
	Conservative	L. Hunt	1,557		−
Turnout				39.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Midgley	1,582	41.9	−
	Conservative	D. Wood	1,308		−
	Labour	A. Benbow	1,303	34.5	−
	Conservative	J. Benson	1,232		−
	Labour	E. Godfrey	990		−
	Labour	J. Sutcliffe	938		−
	Liberal	B. Glendinning	889	23.6	−
	Liberal	R. Thompson	789		−
	Liberal	J. Kafel	480		−
Turnout				45.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Waddington	2,009	42.5	−
	Conservative	J. Tidswell	1,953		−
	Conservative	J. Schofield	1,928		−
	Liberal	P. Haley	1,375	29.1	−
	Labour	L. Mitchell	1,345	28.4	−
	Liberal	G. Binns	1,281		−
	Liberal	A. Templeton	1,156		−
Turnout				49.5

Brighouse By-Election 22 May 1974^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Cunningham	1,428	41.6	−5.2
	Conservative	J. Lockwood	1,322	38.5	+7.9
	Liberal	S. Williams	684	19.9	+19.9
Majority			106	3.1
Turnout			3,434
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Pettengell	1,595	49.5	−
	Labour	L. Sleigh	1,397		−
	Labour	J. Fairhurst	1,389		−
	Conservative	P. Dyson	1,021	31.7	−
	Conservative	M. Andrew	967		−
	Conservative	C. Beverley	901		−
	Liberal	R. Holmes	607	18.8	−
	Liberal	S. Pragnall	578		−
	Liberal	C. Hemmingway	498		−
Turnout				47.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. Mann	1,819	49.4	−
	Labour	R. Deadman	1,647		−
	Labour	R. Metcalfe	1,373		−
	Conservative	A. Culpan	990	26.9	−
	Liberal	D. Carlin	873	23.7	−
	Conservative	J. Clarke	833		−
	Conservative	R. Wade	818		−
Turnout				39.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Wilson	2,071	32.8	−
	Conservative	H. Tootell	2,014	31.9	−
	Conservative	E. Dennett	1,925		−
	Labour	A. Marshall	1,749		−
	Labour	C. Parkinson	1,574		−
	Conservative	F. Mills	1,525		−
	Liberal	M. Holmstedt	1,415	22.4	−
	Liberal	M. Taylor	1,413		−
	Liberal	K. Bunn	1,144		−
	Independent	R. Wild	817	12.9	−
Turnout				56.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Berry	2,104	60.1	−
	Labour	W. Tate	1,926		−
	Labour	L. Warn	1,917		−
	Conservative	G. Webb	1,398	39.9	−
	Conservative	R. Farrar	1,330		−
	Conservative	R. Slocombe	1,280		−
Turnout				35.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Smith	1,519	41.1	−
	Liberal	A. Clegg	1,348	36.5	−
	Conservative	B. Wildsmith	1,313		−
	Liberal	J. Driver	1,160		−
	Conservative	J. Ford	1,066		−
	Liberal	E. Helliwell	846		−
	Labour	P. Jagger	825	22.3	−
	Labour	J. Thorley	783		−
	Labour	M. Panko	656		−
Turnout				43.7