1973 Nottinghamshire County Council election

1973 Nottinghamshire County Council election
← 1970 12 April 1973 1977 →
All 89 seats to Nottinghamshire County Council; 45 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	39.4%
	Map of the results of the election in each division. Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.
	Council control after election ; Labour;

The 1973 Nottinghamshire County Council election was held on Thursday, 12 April 1973. The election resulted in the Labour Party winning an overall majority of seats on the council.^[1]^[2]

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The election was the first held for the new non-metropolitan county council of Nottinghamshire, created under the Local Government Act 1972 as part of the reorganisation of local government in England and Wales. The new council initially operated as a shadow authority before formally taking over on 1 April 1974 from the previous county council, which had been established under the Local Government Act 1888.^[3]

The reorganisation brought the independent county borough of Nottingham into the administrative county of Nottinghamshire for the first time.^[4]^[5] It later regained independent local government status in 1998, when it became a unitary authority.^[6]

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Beatrice Sharrard	Unopposed
Turnout			N/A	N/A	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bernard Simms	2,362	71.5
	Conservative	J. Corden	940	28.5
Turnout			3,302	39.8
Registered electors			8,291

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Phyllis Watson	2,757	55.3
	Conservative	C. Morley	2,227	44.7
Turnout			4,984	44.0%
Registered electors			11,340

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sylvia Booler	Unopposed
Turnout			N/A	N/A	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Ashley	Unopposed
Turnout			N/A	N/A	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Bennett	Unopposed
Turnout			N/A	N/A	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Dick Anthony	1,114	62.8
	Independent	W. Wright	661	37.2
Turnout			1,775	25.3
Registered electors			7,011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ewart Lincoln	1,521	71.2
	Independent	K. Holland	616	28.8
Turnout			2,137	23.2
Registered electors			9,203

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Malcolm Lee	1,249	75.7
	Independent	W. Gascoyne	400	24.3
Turnout			1,649	28.4
Registered electors			5,810

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Cecil Hempsall	1,805	65.5
	Labour	F. Byard	950	34.5
Turnout			2,755	45.5
Registered electors			6,051

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Fred Rudder	2,644	56.9
	Labour	R. Baddiley	2,004	43.1
Turnout			4,648	46.6
Registered electors			9,982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ernest Davidson	1,413	54.5
	Conservative	I. Dixon	1,178	45.5
Turnout			2,591	39.6
Registered electors			6,548

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Clifford Grove	1,500	52.9
	Conservative	R. Alexander	1,338	47.1
Turnout			2,838	40.4
Registered electors			7,017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Reginald Rabbitt	2,843	67.8
	Conservative	F. Toop	1,350	32.2
Turnout			4,193	36.8
Registered electors			11,406

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alfred Burton	Unopposed
Turnout			N/A	N/A	N/A

Worksop No. 3 (South)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Peter Miller	1,638	54.1
	Conservative	J. Turner	1,387	45.9
Turnout			3,025	37.9
Registered electors			7,990

Worksop Rural No. 1 (Blyth)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James Connolly	1,354	41.3
	Independent	C. Dodd	1,151	35.1
	Conservative	S. Brown	773	23.6
Turnout			3,278	47.3
Registered electors			6,923

Basford No. 1 (Newthorpe)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Caroline Minkley	2,656	50.4
	Labour	E. Carter	2,619	49.6
Turnout			5,275	50.1
Registered electors			10,535

Basford No. 2 (Kimberley)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anthony Rutherford	2,139	59.5
	Independent	B. Clarke	1,457	40.5
Turnout			3,596	48.2
Registered electors			7,453

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Stringer	Unopposed
Turnout			N/A	N/A	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Cyril Cooper	2,343	57.4
	Labour	T. Martin	1,737	42.6
Turnout			4,080	50.1
Registered electors			8,149

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ray Hudson	2,408	54.1
	Labour	V. Bell	2,043	45.9
Turnout			4,451	50.7
Registered electors			8,772

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Cox	1,784	54.7
	Labour	G. Watson	1,478	45.3
Turnout			3,262	47.5
Registered electors			6,867

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Orton	2,273	57.6
	Conservative	M. Wright	1,671	42.4
Turnout			3,944	47.6
Registered electors			8,284

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	William Plowman	2,421	59.4
	Conservative	F. Woodward	1,655	40.6
Turnout			4,076	46.1
Registered electors			8,833

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gertrude Bottomley	1,914	60.2
	Labour	A. Kent	1,268	39.8
Turnout			3,182	46.7
Registered electors			6,819

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Harry Walker	1,412	47.6
	Conservative	H. Elliott	878	29.6
	Independent	H. Roberts	678	22.8
Turnout			2,968	37.8
Registered electors			7,852

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ernest Lester	2,078	51.8
	Conservative	J. Clarke	1,932	48.2
Turnout			4,010	45.3
Registered electors			8,851

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Lester	2,924	73.0
	Labour	T. Price	1,080	27.0
Turnout			4,004	41.3
Registered electors			9,684

Ashfield

Basford No. 4 (Selston)

Hucknall East

Hucknall North

Kirkby in Ashfield East

Kirkby in Ashfield West

Sutton in Ashfield East

Sutton in Ashfield North

Sutton in Ashfield South

Sutton in Ashfield West

Bassetlaw

East Retford Rural No. 1 (Tuxford)

East Retford Rural No. 2 (Misterton)

Retford North

Retford South

Worksop No. 1 (East)

Worksop No. 2 (North)

Worksop No. 3 (South)

Worksop Rural No. 1 (Blyth)

Worksop Rural No. 2 (Harworth)

Broxtowe

Basford No. 1 (Newthorpe)

Basford No. 2 (Kimberley)

Beeston & Stapleford (Bramcote)

Beeston & Stapleford (Chilwell)

Beeston & Stapleford (Beeston North)

Beeston & Stapleford (Beeston South)

Beeston & Stapleford (Stapleford)

Beeston & Stapleford (Toton and Attenborough)

Eastwood

Gedling

Arnold East

Arnold South

Arnold West

Basford No. 6 (Calverton)

Carlton No. 1

Carlton No. 2

Mansfield

Mansfield No. 1 (East)

Mansfield No. 2 (South East)

Mansfield No. 3 (South)

Mansfield No. 4 (North & North East)

Mansfield Woodhouse

Warsop

Newark and Sherwood

Balderton

Collingham

Newark No. 1 (South)

Newark No. 2 (North and East)

Southwell No. 1 (Southwell)

Southwell No. 2 (Norwell & Bilsthorpe)

Southwell No. 3 (Ollerton)

Southwell No. 4 (Blidworth)

Southwell No. 5 (Rufford)

City of Nottingham

Nottingham No. 1 (Bridge & Trent)

Nottingham No. 2 (Lenton)

Nottingham No. 3 (Manvers & St. Ann's)

Nottingham No. 4 (Market)

Nottingham No. 5 (Byron & St. Albans)

Nottingham No. 6 (Forest & Mapperley)

Nottingham No. 7 (Portland & Radford)

Nottingham No. 8 (Abbey & University)

Nottingham No. 9 (Clifton)

Nottingham No. 10 (Robin Hood & Broxtowe)

Nottingham No. 11 (Wollaton)

Rushcliffe

Basford No. 3 (East Leake & Gotham)

Basford No. 5 (Ruddington)

Bingham No. 1 (Bingham)

Bingham No. 2 (Radcliffe)

Bingham No. 3 (Cotgrave & Cropwell)

Bingham No. 4 (Keyworth)

West Bridgford North

West Bridgford South

West Bridgford West

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ronald Griffin	1,853	55.1
	Labour	George Cornes	1,512	44.9
Turnout			3,365	51.4
Registered electors			6,549

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Sheldon	3,424	54.4
	Conservative	George Ayton	3,283	52.2
	Labour	W. Crewe	2,943	46.8
	Labour	G. Reader	2,939	46.7
Turnout			6,294	48.9
Registered electors			12,862

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alfred Roth	4,095	59.4
	Conservative	William Edwards	4,033	58.5
	Labour	H. Ball	2,908	42.2
	Labour	Fay Reilly	2,757	40.0
Turnout			6,896	42.5
Registered electors			16,218

	Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	Ronald Stanley	3,706	50.1
Conservative	Daniel Shirt	3,705
Labour	A. Palmer	3,701	49.9
Labour	K. Fleet	3,358

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Frank Warsop	1,220	62.5
	Conservative	T. Martin	669	34.3
	Communist	S. Hackett	63	3.2
Turnout			1,952	33.8
Registered electors			5,782

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Gordon Foster	1,725	61.3
	Conservative	Patricia Caley	1,090	38.7
Turnout			2,815	33.1
Registered electors			8,515

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Brown	2,200	58.3
	Labour	M. Morley	1,576	41.7
Turnout			3,776	37.1
Registered electors			10,187

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	William Morris	3,702	89.2
	Labour	M. Gallagher	3,632
	Communist	I. Hackett	447	10.8
Turnout			7,781	42.6
Registered electors			18,279

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Haynes	Unopposed
	Labour	Bertie Whitelaw	Unopposed
Turnout			N/A	N/A	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Cairns	Unopposed
Turnout			N/A	N/A	N/A