1973_West_Dorset_District_Council_election
The 1973 West Dorset District Council election was held on Thursday 10 May 1973 to elect councillors to the new West Dorset District Council in England. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in the United Kingdom.
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These were the first elections to the new district council, which would come into effect on 1 April 1974. Future elections would take place every three years, with the next election scheduled for 6 May 1976.
The 1973 election saw Independent councillors take a significant majority on the Council.
Beaminster
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | A. Hudson | 654 | – | N/A | |
Independent | R. Bugler | 488 | – | N/A | |
Independent | C. Coole | 456 | – | N/A | |
Independent | S. Chaffey | 391 | – | N/A | |
Turnout | 29.2 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 2,239 | ||||
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Bothenhampton
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | O. Aburrow | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,197 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) |
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Bradford Abbas
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | M. Winder | 269 | 50.9 | N/A | |
Independent | P. Bagnall | 259 | 49.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 10 | 1.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 42.4 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,244 | ||||
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Bradpole
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | M. West | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,137 | ||||
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Bridport
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | H. Smith | 1,430 | – | N/A | |
Independent | P. Norfolk | 946 | – | N/A | |
Liberal | A. Tiltman | 840 | 27.3 | N/A | |
Labour | L. Dibden | 812 | 26.3 | N/A | |
Labour | H. Skevington | 721 | – | N/A | |
Independent | C. Samways | 701 | – | N/A | |
Independent | A. Cummins | 676 | – | N/A | |
Independent | T. Storrs | 469 | – | N/A | |
Independent | G. Fitzgerald | 385 | – | N/A | |
Turnout | 59.6 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 5,169 | ||||
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Broadmayne
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | W. White | 197 | 56.1 | N/A | |
Independent | H. Ross-Skinner | 154 | 43.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 43 | 12.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 30.8 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,139 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) |
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Broadwindsor
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | C. Coate | 282 | 68.6 | N/A | |
Independent | R. Biggs | 129 | 31.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 153 | 37.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 39.8 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,032 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) |
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Burton Bradstock
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | G. Cheney | 392 | 59.6 | N/A | |
Independent | J. Mallinson | 266 | 40.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 126 | 19.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 61.6 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,068 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) |
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Caundle Vale
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | N. White | 181 | 37.6 | N/A | |
Liberal | E. Chant | 161 | 33.5 | N/A | |
Independent | D. Randolph | 139 | 28.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 20 | 4.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 50.0 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 962 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) |
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Cerne Valley
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | W. Best | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 928 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) |
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Charminster
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | E. Hanford | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,269 | ||||
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Charmouth
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | R. Fouger | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,146 | ||||
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Chesil Bank
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | M. Pengelly | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 993 | ||||
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Chickerell
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | L. Bennett | 384 | – | N/A | |
Independent | W. McCarthy | 336 | – | N/A | |
Independent | M. Groves | 290 | – | N/A | |
Turnout | 15.6 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 2,461 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
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Dorchester Central
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | L. Phillips | 368 | 62.3 | N/A | |
Independent | W. Bowering | 164 | 27.7 | N/A | |
Labour | A. Beards | 59 | 10.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 204 | 34.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 57.4 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,029 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) |
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Dorchester East
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | R. Collins | 1,205 | – | N/A | |
Independent | J. Parsons | 1,029 | – | N/A | |
Liberal | Enid Stella Jones | 977 | 32.8 | N/A | |
Liberal | R. Brissenden | 963 | – | N/A | |
Independent | A. Woodroffe | 921 | – | N/A | |
Independent | J. Matthews | 894 | – | N/A | |
Liberal | P. Lucas | 823 | – | N/A | |
Labour | F. Holme | 793 | 26.7 | N/A | |
Labour | J. Brown | 530 | – | N/A | |
Labour | G. Megson | 529 | – | N/A | |
Labour | P. Gregory | 529 | – | N/A | |
Turnout | 68.3 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 4,354 | ||||
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Dorchester West
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | G. Powell | 1,399 | – | N/A | |
Independent | H. Durrant | 1,152 | – | N/A | |
Liberal | M. Bird | 1,116 | 33.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | David Trevor Jones | 1,101 | – | N/A | |
Liberal | D. Anderson | 1,048 | – | N/A | |
Labour | G. Standfeild | 775 | 23.6 | N/A | |
Labour | S. Balistrari | 759 | – | N/A | |
Labour | A. Yelling | 704 | – | N/A | |
Labour | A. Waldron | 697 | – | N/A | |
Labour | M. Murray | 661 | – | N/A | |
Turnout | 71.2 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 4,622 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
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Frome Valley
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | B. Bryant | 282 | 58.0 | N/A | |
Independent | I. Collins | 204 | 42.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 78 | 16.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 49.5 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 982 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) |
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Halstock
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | T. Frost | 299 | 67.3 | N/A | |
Independent | S. Hammick | 145 | 32.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 154 | 34.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 39.7 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,117 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) |
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Holnest
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | M. Cockburn | 211 | 47.0 | N/A | |
Independent | J. Gray | 121 | 26.9 | N/A | |
Independent | A. Hill | 117 | 26.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 90 | 20.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 43.7 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,028 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) |
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Loders
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | E. Golding | 399 | 76.7 | N/A | |
Independent | C. Lucas | 121 | 23.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 278 | 53.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 62.4 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 833 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) |
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Lyme Regis
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | J. Broom | 627 | – | N/A | |
Independent | E. Hallett | 580 | – | N/A | |
Independent | V. Homyer | 529 | – | N/A | |
Independent | G. Upjohn | 311 | – | N/A | |
Independent | R. Hill | 229 | – | N/A | |
Turnout | 22.7 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 2,761 | ||||
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Maiden Newton
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | H. Haward | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 959 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) |
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Netherbury
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | P. Tiarks | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,216 | ||||
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Owermoigne
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | D. Baldwin | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,010 | ||||
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Piddle Valley
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | C. Green | 379 | 89.6 | N/A | |
Independent | S. Clear | 44 | 10.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 335 | 79.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 40.1 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,054 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) |
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Puddletown
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | E. Bown | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 894 | ||||
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Queen Thorne
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | J. Brewer | 290 | 64.3 | N/A | |
Independent | P. Thornton-Wood | 161 | 35.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 129 | 28.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 44.6 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,011 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) |
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Sherborne
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | E. King | 1,400 | – | N/A | |
Liberal | M. Matson | 1,228 | 46.7 | N/A | |
Independent | A. Sweet | 1,217 | – | N/A | |
Independent | E. Dyke | 1,100 | – | N/A | |
Independent | R. Farrant | 1,030 | – | N/A | |
Liberal | J. Barker | 996 | – | N/A | |
Liberal | W. Vincent | 978 | – | N/A | |
Independent | A. Lugg | 917 | – | N/A | |
Liberal | V. Quick | 854 | – | N/A | |
Turnout | 46.7 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 5,629 | ||||
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Stinsford
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | E. Williams | 334 | 63.6 | N/A | |
Independent | W. Wakely | 191 | 36.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 143 | 27.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 64.7 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 812 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) |
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Symondsbury
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | R. Forbes | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,032 | ||||
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Thorncombe
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | P. Atyeo | 112 | 66.3 | N/A | |
Independent | M. Saunders | 57 | 33.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 55 | 32.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 17.2 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 962 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) |
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Tolpuddle
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | M. Kraft | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 722 | ||||
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Whitchurch Canonicorum
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | W. Fowell | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,083 | ||||
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Winterborne St Martin
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | R. Childs | 239 | 51.6 | N/A | |
Independent | R. Hyde | 224 | 48.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 15 | 3.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 49.8 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 930 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) |
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Yetminster
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | F. Lawrence | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,071 | ||||
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- "West Dorset District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 21 April 2020.