1973 Lancashire County Council Election
12 April 1973 (1973-04-12)
All 96 seats on Lancashire County Council
48 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Party Conservative Labour Liberal
Seats after 52 33 7
Percentage 46.2 % 39.8 % 9.2 %
Elected Leader


Conservative

Following its reconstitution under the Local Government Act 1972, elections were held for Lancashire County Council on 12 April 1973. All 94 wards were up for election and all wards returned one councillor by FPTP, with the exception of Preston No. 1 and Preston No. 4, which returned two councillors each by plurality block voting. A Conservative majority was returned.

Results

1973 Lancashire County Council
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Conservative 52 N/A 54.2 52 54.2 186,414 46.2 N/A
  Labour 33 N/A 34.4 33 34.4 160,277 39.8 N/A
  Liberal 7 N/A 7.3 7 7.3 36,917 9.2 N/A
  Independent 3 N/A 3.1 3 3.1 11,374 2.8 N/A
  Residents 1 N/A 1.04 1 1.04 3,268 0.8 N/A
  People Rep 0 N/A 0.0 0 0.0 1,817 0.5 N/A
  National Front 0 N/A 0.0 0 0.0 1,710 0.4 N/A
  Democratic Labour 0 N/A 0.0 0 0.0 1,198 0.3 N/A

Ward Results

Accrington No. 1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. Wallwork 2,156 57.1
Conservative M. Martin 1620 42.9
Majority 536 14.2
Accrington No. 2
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. Haines 2,346 65.2
Conservative W. Stanton 1251 34.8
Majority 1095 30.4
Accrington No. 3
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative R. Webster 2,000 55.2
Labour J. Madden 1624 44.8
Majority 376 10.4
Bacup
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative D. Wood 2,173 55.4
Labour F. Haworth 1741 44.6
Majority 422 10.8
Barnoldswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. Hill 2,413 38.1
Liberal D. Robinson 1539 24.3
Conservative T. Moss 1407 22.2
Independent conservative G. Preston 969 15.3
Majority 874 13.8
Blackburn No. 1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Residents M. Rigby 2,409 47.2
Conservative F. Lewis 1915 37.6
Labour A. Brookfield 775 15.2
Majority 494 9.7


Blackburn No. 2
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. Smith 2,167 72.3
Conservative J. Jones 830 27.7
Majority 1337 44.6


Blackburn No. 3
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour L. Proos 2,078 49.4
Democratic Labour M. Mcnamee 1198 28.5
Conservative P. Shillitoe 934 22.2
Majority 880 20.9
Blackburn No. 4
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. White 1,453 37.6
Liberal F. Beetham 1378 35.7
National Front V. Hopwood 649 16.8
Conservative A. Jobson 382 9.9
Majority 75 1.9


Blackburn No. 5
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative D. Murray 2,613 58.1
Liberal D. Adams 1339 29.8
Labour M. Dickinson 543 21.2
Majority 1274 28.3
Blackburn No. 6
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Mason 2,056 54.5
Conservative A. Hutchinson 1717 45.5
Majority 339 9.0
Blackburn No. 7
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Bury 1,925 41.7
Conservative R. Wood 1626 35.3
National Front F. Mitton 1061 23.0
Majority 299 6.5


Blackburn Rural
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative G. Nickson 3,330 62.2
Liberal A. Perry 1124 21.0
Labour T. Rowe 897 16.8
Majority 2206 41.2
Blackpool No. 1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative H. Jackson 2,845 64.3
Labour R. Amor 1580 35.7
Majority 1265 28.6
Blackpool No. 2
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative T. Percival 2,722 55.4
Labour T. McKellar 2188 44.6
Majority 534 10.9
Blackpool No. 3
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative L. Broughton 2,159 52.3
Liberal J. Hessey 1068 25.9
Labour R. Mills 898 21.8
Majority 1091 26.4
Blackpool No. 4
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative H. Mitchell 2,091 37.0
Labour Taylor I. 1794 31.7
Liberal M. Riddle 1767 31.3
Majority 297 5.3
Blackpool No. 5
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. Battersby 2,312 55.4
Labour E. Kirton 1859 44.6
Majority 453 10.9
Blackpool No. 6
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative R. Jacobs 1,342 37.9
Labour D. Courtney 1282 36.2
Liberal F. Butcher 918 25.9
Majority 60 1.7
Blackpool No. 7
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative R. Dewhirst 1,968 41.2
Liberal M. Barnes 1551 32.5
Labour L. Cousins 1257 26.3
Majority 417 8.7
Blackpool No. 8
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. Richardson 2,425 58.0
Labour W. Dugdale 1755 42.0
Majority 670 16.0
Blackpool No. 9
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. Cox 2,808 61.0
Labour C. Law 1798 39.8
Majority 1010 21.9
Blackpool No. 10
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent E. Wynne 3,643 51.3
Conservative J. Walsh 2136 30.1
Labour P. Hall 1324 18.6
Majority 1507 21.2
Blackpool No. 11
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. Riley 2,368 64.3
Conservative F. Lovatt 1315 35.7
Majority 1053 28.6
Brierfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative K. Sumner-Clough 2,890 41.5
Liberal K. Highton 2221 31.9
Labour R. Rawlinson 1860 26.7
Majority 669 9.6
Burnley No. 1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T. Gallagher 2,113 43.6
Conservative F. Brown 1684 34.8
Liberal J. Hipwell 1049 21.6
Majority 429 9.6
Burnley No. 2
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. Roberts 2,059 50.3
Conservative S. Blackston 1053 25.7
Liberal G. Brownbill 983 24.0
Majority 1006 24.6
Burnley No. 3
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Entwislte 2,450 52.9
Conservative M. Durkin 1365 29.5
Liberal E. Roberts 818 17.7
Majority 1085 23.4
Burnley No. 4
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour C. Platt 2,877 63.0
Conservative M. Tate 1693 37.0
Majority 1184 25.9
Burnley No. 5
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Keller 2,547 58.6
Conservative E. Lyle 941 21.6
Residents L. Salisbury 859 19.8
Majority 1606 36.9
Burnley Rural
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. Wyld 2,114 65.9
Labour J. Bradshaw 1096 34.1
Majority 1018 31.7
Chorley North East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D. Dunn 2,188 49.4
Conservative M. Beechey 1380 31.2
Liberal F. Wilson 861 19.4
Majority 808 18.2
Chorley Rural No. 1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Meadows 2,866 61.7
Conservative J. Marginson 1776 38.3
Majority 1090 23.5


Chorley Rural No. 2
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A. Ambrose 2,948 71.8
Labour J. Holme 1156 28.2
Majority 1792 43.7


Chorley Rural No. 3
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative H. Carrington 2,691 48.2
Labour C. Sheppard 1741 31.2
Liberal C. Felton 1155 20.7
Majority 950 17.0
Chorley South West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P. Keane 2,420 43.6
Conservative T. Jackson 2194 39.5
Liberal E. Power 937 16.9
Majority 226 4.1


Clayton-Le-Moors
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative P. Galbraith 2,000 50.2
Labour F. Parkinson 1983 49.8
Majority 17 0.4
Clitheroe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative H. Eastwood 2,075 43.0
Labour E. Penny 1378 28.6
Liberal J. Aspden 1369 28.4
Majority 697 14.5
Colne No. 1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal S. Smithson 1,712 43.0
Conservative D. Crabtree 1311 32.9
Labour R. Smith 961 24.1
Majority 401 10.1
Colne No. 2
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal A. Greaves 1,892 49.2
Labour E. Turbitt 1119 29.1
Conservative A. Seed 833 21.7
Majority 773 20.1
Darwen No. 1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal C. Grills 1,767 42.5
Conservative C. Halliday 1343 32.3
Labour N. Davis 1046 25.2
Majority 424 10.2
Darwen No. 2
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour C. Jones 1,526 44.8
Conservative R. Wiggans 1259 37.0
Liberal D. Davidson 621 18.2
Majority 167 7.8


Darwen No. 3
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal A. Bland 1,711 42.3
Conservative P. Worth 1359 33.6
Labour D. Alder 972 24.0
Majority 352 8.7
Fleetwood North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative W. Brown 1,747 54.8
Labour W. Potts 1439 45.2
Majority 308 9.7
Fleetwood South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative E. Funk 1,655 56.7
Labour W. Denny 1262 43.3
Majority 393 13.5
Fulwood No. 1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative T. Croft 2,570 78.9
Labour R. Tait 689 21.1
Majority 1881 57.7
Fulwood No. 2
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative M. Horam 2,428 78.2
Labour H. Bodfish 678 21.8
Majority 1750 56.3
Fylde No. 1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent R. Spender 1,907 40.6
Conservative P. Hall 1882 40.2
Labour H. Garth 903 19.2
Majority 22 0.5
Fylde No. 2
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative P. Boothman 2,004 50.4
Liberal M. Gilbert 1344 33.8
Labour P. Greenfield 627 15.8
Majority 660 16.6
Garstang No. 1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative D. Elletson Unopposed
Majority N/A N/A
Garstang No. 2
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative M. Fitzherbert-Brockholes Unopposed
Majority N/A N/A
Great Harwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative F. Worsley 3,410 56.9
Labour J. Hocking 2583 34.1
Majority 827 13.8
Haslingden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative G. Woodcock 3,120 55.3
Labour G. Hatton 2523 44.7
Majority 597 10.6
Lancaster No. 1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. Jones 2,540 53.5
Conservative W. Sweeney 1737 36.6
Independent E. Gardner 469 9.9
Majority 803 16.9
Lancaster No. 2
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. Cantley 2,757 52.0
Conservative M. Lovett-Horn 1847 34.9
Independent T. Shingler 694 13.1
Majority 910 17.2
Lancaster No. 3
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative T. Hayton 2,727 58.6
Labour J. Wall 1926 41.4
Majority 801 17.2
Lancaster Rural No. 1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative M. Bates 2,441 65.1
Labour J. Stackhouse 1308 34.9
Majority 1133 30.2


Lancaster Rural No. 2
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative G. Bowring 3,295 78.1
Labour L. Callan 922 21.9
Majority 2373 56.3
Lancaster Rural No. 3
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative C. Pickard 2,237 70.0
Labour J. Yates 957 30.0
Majority 1280 40.1
Leyland No. 1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal N. Orrell 1,768 38.1
Labour I. Roberts 1662 35.8
Conservative G. Eland 1216 26.2
Majority 106 2.3
Leyland No. 2
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Haigh 1,996 64.6
Liberal R. Caunce-Peacock 1095 35.4
Majority 901 29.1
Longridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent conservative D. Coulston 2,680 52.0
Conservative B. Greenwood 2470 48.0
Majority 210 4.1
Lytham St. Annes No. 1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. Gouldbourne 2,710 70.8
Labour F. Rooney 1120 29.2
Majority 1590 41.5
Lytham St. Annes No. 2
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative T. Carter 3,466 74.8
Labour N. Horridge 1165 25.2
Majority 2301 49.7
Lytham St. Annes No. 3
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. Finn 4,056 67.3
Labour W. Callon 1974 32.7
Majority 2082 34.5
Morecambe & Heysham No. 1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. Finn Unopposed
Majority N/A N/A
Morecambe & Heysham No. 2
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. Elliott 2,684 52.5
Labour D. Stanley 2426 47.5
Majority 258 5.0
Morecambe & Heysham No. 3
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative R. Quick Unopposed
Majority 258 5.0
Nelson North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Helmn 2,107 49.2
Liberal P. Sagar 1326 31.0
Conservative M. Sutcliff 851 19.9
Majority 781 18.2
Nelson South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour N. Taylor 3,168 62.3
Conservative J. Fletcher 1918 37.7
Majority 1250 24.6
Ormskirk No. 1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. Aspinwall 2,860 54.0
Labour M. Rees 2438 46.0
Majority 422 8.0


Ormskirk No. 2
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative H. Ballance 2,371 51.6
Labour A. Hibbert 2227 48.4
Majority 144 3.1
Oswaldtwistle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative W. Finch 2,233 54.8
Labour T. Bramley 1840 45.2
Majority 393 9.6


Padiham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour K. Broadley 1,987 60.4
Conservative D. Hanson 1302 39.6
Majority 685 20.8


Poulton-Le-Fylde
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative F. Lofthouse 3,914 73.0
Labour E. Johnson 1445 27.0
Majority 2469 46.1
Preston No. 1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. Bunker 4,132 54.9
Labour H. Riley 3,848
Conservative J. Ainscough 3392 45.1
Conservative J. Humphreys 3369
Majority 1219 9.8
Preston No. 2
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal G. Payne 1,646 38.3
Labour K. Bodfish 1643 38.2
Independent T. Dewhurst 1012 23.5
Majority 3 0.1
Preston No. 3
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Lund 2,532 65.2
Conservative K. Peet 1643 34.8
Majority 889 30.3
Preston No. 4
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. Parker 4,573 63.5
Labour C. Sharples 4,380
Conservative R. Ainscough 2631 36.5
Conservative R. Ainscough 2546
Majority 3776 27.0


Preston No. 5
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. Butcher 2,539 77.4
Conservative P. Mileham 742 22.6
Majority 1797 54.8
Preston Rural No. 1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative M. Ryan 3,027 74.0
Labour T. Yates 1064 26.0
Majority 1963 48.0
Preston Rural No. 2
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative W. Winn 3,595 65.7
Labour M. Lyons 1875 34.3
Majority 1720 31.4
Preston Rural No. 3
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A. Ashburner 2,535 46.2
People Rep V. Peacock 1817 33.1
Labour R. Turton 1138 20.7
Majority 718 13.1


Rawtenstall No. 1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour I. Bishop 2,455 53.9
Conservative H. Ashworth 2099 46.1
Majority 356 7.8
Rawtenstall No. 2
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative W. Nuttall 1,899 51.0
Labour E. Harvey 1828 49.0
Majority 71 1.9
Skelmersdale & Holland No. 1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Prunty Unopposed
Majority
Skelmersdale & Holland No. 2
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour L. Ellman Unopposed
Majority


Thornton Cleveleys No. 1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative C. Ashworth 2,504 66.5
Labour G. Wright 1264 33.5
Majority 1240 32.9


Thornton Cleveleys No. 2
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative F. Townend 2,956 69.3
Labour A. Davies 1311 30.7
Majority 1645 38.6


Walton-Le-Dale No. 1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative R. Welham 2,377 59.9
Labour A. White 1591 40.1
Majority 786 19.8


Walton-Le-Dale No. 2
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative G. Woods 1,566 44.4
Labour G. Davies 1524 43.2
Liberal J. Bundy 437 12.4
Majority 42 1.2
West Lancashire No. 1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. Ashton 1,989 76.6
Labour I. Coman 608 23.4
Majority 1381 53.2
West Lancashire No. 2
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative R. Phillips 2,709 72.9
Labour M. Cheetham 1008 27.1
Majority 1701 45.8
Whitworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal J. Clegg 1,521 57.1
Conservative H. Tenny 1144 42.9
Majority 377 14.1

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