1973_Barnsley_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election

1973 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
All 60 seats to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council; 31 seats needed for a majority
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1973 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

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The first elections to the newly created Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 10 May 1973, with the entirety of the 60 seat council - three seats for each of the 20 wards - up for vote. 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 their term serving, with third-place candidates serving two years and up for re-election in 1975, second-placed three years expiring in 1976 and 1st-placed five years until 1978.^[1]

Quick Facts All 60 seats to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council 31 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

The election resulted in Labour gaining control of the council.^[1]

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"Elections Centre: Barnsley 1973-2012" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk/plymouth.ac.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 July 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.

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	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	57	95.0	52.5	32,319	N/A
Independent	1	1.7	7.7	4,727	N/A
Democratic Labour	1	1.7	6.0	3,687	N/A
Independent Labour	1	1.7	5.0	3,062	N/A
Conservative	0	0.0	9.7	5,977	N/A
Liberal	0	0.0	9.2	5,679	N/A
Citizens	0	0.0	3.4	2,090	N/A
Residents	0	0.0	2.2	1,329	N/A
Independent Socialist	0	0.0	1.4	850	N/A
Socialist (GB)	0	0.0	1.6	978	N/A
Communist	0	0.0	1.4	844	N/A

Party		New council
	Labour	57
	Democratic Labour	1
	Independent	1
	Independent Labour	1
Total		60
Working majority		54

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Varley B.	1,305	78.5	N/A
	Labour	Galvin T.	1,281
	Labour	Burns J.	1,188
	Democratic Labour	Wilkinson G.	358	21.5	N/A
Majority			947	56.9	N/A
Turnout			1,663	23.1	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brain H.	1,670	75.8	N/A
	Labour	Bright G.	1,545
	Labour	Dancer H.	1,347
	Communist	Greenfield N.	269	12.2	N/A
	Conservative	Carrington J.	264	12.0	N/A
Majority			1,401	63.6	N/A
Turnout			2,203	21.7	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Williams A.	1,833	59.0	N/A
	Labour	Kaye F.	1,779
	Labour	Fisher R.	1,772
	Citizens	Williams R.	879	28.3	N/A
	Citizens	Acklam T.	801
	Citizens	Ware D.	728
	Conservative	Walker G.	393	12.7	N/A
	Conservative	Jones R.	391
Majority			954	30.7	N/A
Turnout			3,105	35.4	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lunn F.	2,339	60.1	N/A
	Labour	Warden R.	2,015
	Labour	Borrett K.	1,928
	Liberal	Dossett J.	1,260	32.4	N/A
	Liberal	Jepson G.	1,214
	Liberal	Copley M.	1,176
	Conservative	Mallison S.	290	7.5	N/A
Majority			1,079	27.7	N/A
Turnout			3,889	39.7	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lindley T.	1,623	51.7	N/A
	Labour	Sinfield W.	1,566
	Labour	Butler A.	1,484
	Citizens	Blackburne E.	1,211	38.6	N/A
	Citizens	Shaw K.	1,151
	Citizens	Gibson M.	1,066
	Conservative	Oldfield H.	304	9.7	N/A
	Conservative	England G.	291
	Conservative	Winter S.	221
Majority			412	13.1	N/A
Turnout			3,138	39.3	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tracey M.	1,604	72.2	N/A
	Labour	Whyke G.	1,530
	Labour	Wilkie B.	1,461
	Conservative	Strange T.	363	16.3	N/A
	Independent Socialist	Cooke L.	255	11.5	N/A
Majority			1,241	55.9	N/A
Turnout			2,222	22.1	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Bateman B.	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Labour	Glover M.	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Labour	Rigby R.	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Key B.	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Labour	Brookes W.	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Labour	Goddard B.	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mason G.	1,762	61.1	N/A
	Labour	Brown D.	1,677
	Labour	Woffenden J.	1,666
	Liberal	Crosby J.	1,121	38.9	N/A
	Liberal	Hodnett M.	991
Majority			641	22.2	N/A
Turnout			2,883	45.0	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Booth D.	1,457	38.2	N/A
	Labour	Bretton W.	1,411
	Labour	Turner C.	1,266
	Independent	Skelton G.	719	18.8	N/A
	Independent Labour	Ledger V.	662	17.3	N/A
	Conservative	Bower J.	590	15.5	N/A
	Democratic Labour	Hesford K.	390	10.2	N/A
Majority			738	19.3	N/A
Turnout			3,818	44.8	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bedford J.	2,227	69.5	N/A
	Labour	Grayson J.	2,164
	Labour	Stanley J.	2,038
	Socialist (GB)	Doyle P.	978	30.5	N/A
Majority			1,249	39.0	N/A
Turnout			3,205	32.6	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Oldham J.	1,648	57.9	N/A
	Labour	Lloyd D.	1,520
	Labour	Young K.	1,334
	Communist	Riley P.	575	20.2	N/A
	Residents	Lamplough J.	441	15.5	N/A
	Residents	Imisson P.	288
	Residents	Wood H.	198
	Conservative	Crofts G.	181	6.4	N/A
Majority			1,073	37.7	N/A
Turnout			2,845	37.2	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic Labour	Eadon D.	2,939	41.1	N/A
	Labour	McKay A.	2,535	35.4	N/A
	Labour	Ashmore J.	2,270
	Labour	Smith H.	1,913
	Independent Labour	Levitt L.	1,677	23.5	N/A
Majority			404	5.6	N/A
Turnout			7,151	62.4	N/A
	Democratic Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gledhill W.	1,476	40.4	N/A
	Labour	Murphy W.	1,225	33.5	N/A
	Labour	Ashton F.	1,078
	Labour	Fielding A.	969
	Conservative	Hincliffe T.	955	26.1	N/A
	Conservative	Atkinson J.	840
	Independent	Smythe R.	831
	Conservative	White A.	721
Majority			251	6.9	N/A
Turnout			3,656	59.1	N/A
	Independent win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ball T.	1,527	31.8	N/A
	Labour	Rispin K.	1,348
	Independent Labour	Parkes E.	1,289	26.9	N/A
	Labour	Moon F.	1,102
	Liberal	Whitehead E.	1,092	22.8	N/A
	Residents	Hawkes L.	888	18.5	N/A
Majority			238	5.0	N/A
Turnout			4,796	75.6	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Independent Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fellows B.	735	66.0	N/A
	Labour	Jones C.	711
	Labour	Storey A.	682
	Independent Labour	Rose R.	378	34.0	N/A
	Independent Labour	Buckley R.	329
	Independent Labour	Shepherd C.	273
Majority			357	32.0	N/A
Turnout			1,113	21.0	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wake J.	1,699	69.9	N/A
	Labour	Brookes H.	1,627
	Labour	Naylor T.	1,548
	Independent Labour	Wilkinson H.	733	30.1	N/A
	Independent Labour	McNally J.	495
	Independent Labour	Sanders J.	424
Majority			966	39.8	N/A
Turnout			2,432	31.2	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bland J.	3,183	63.7	N/A
	Labour	Scholfield A.	3,140
	Labour	Smith W.	3,127
	Liberal	Vallance J.	1,081	21.6	N/A
	Conservative	Wigglesworth E.	733	14.7	N/A
Majority			2,102	42.1	N/A
Turnout			4,997	44.5	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nettleton H.	2,336	52.7	N/A
	Labour	Stacey N.	2,282
	Labour	Baines D.	2,137
	Independent	Newsome C.	855	19.3	N/A
	Conservative	Gardner W.	650	14.7	N/A
	Independent Socialist	Short J.	595	13.4	N/A
	Independent Socialist	Turner R.	524
Majority			1,481	33.4	N/A
Turnout			4,436	49.1	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fish H.	1,611	40.4	N/A
	Labour	Ellis W.	1,487
	Labour	Hirst E.	1,378
	Conservative	Beever L.	1,254	31.4	N/A
	Liberal	Lees J.	1,125	28.2	N/A
	Conservative	Wade J.	1,068
	Liberal	Warburton J.	1,035
	Conservative	Harrison C.	1,035
	Liberal	Illingworth F.	844
Majority			357	8.9	N/A
Turnout			3,990	55.3	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)