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1973 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election
10 May 1973 1975 →
All 63 seats to Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority
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Leader Raymond Littler William Munro Cecil Fink
Party Conservative Labour Liberal
Leader's seat Altrincham South West St. Martin's Brooklands
Seats won 32 19 12
Popular vote 86,043 63,274 39,947
Percentage 45.0% 33.1% 20.9%
Winner of each seat at the 1973 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election
Leader after election

Raymond Littler
Conservative

The first elections to Trafford Council were held on Thursday, 10 May 1973. This was a new council created to replace the following authorities: the Municipal Borough of Altrincham, the Municipal Borough of Sale, the Municipal Borough of Stretford, Bowdon Urban District, Hale Urban District, Urmston Urban District, and parts of Bucklow Rural District. This election would create the entire 63-member council (3 councillors to each ward), which would shadow its predecessor councils before taking over their functions on 1 April 1974, as specified in the Local Government Act 1972. Each 1st-placed candidate would serve a five-year term of office, expiring in 1978. Each 2nd-placed candidate would serve a three-year term of office, expiring in 1976. Each 3rd-placed candidate would serve a two-year term of office, expiring in 1975.

The Conservative Party won overall control of the council.[1]

Election result

Party Votes Seats
Conservative Party 86,043 (45.0%)
32 (50.8%)
32 / 63
Labour Party 63,274 (33.1%)
19 (30.2%)
19 / 63
Liberal Party 39,974 (20.9%)
12 (19.0%)
12 / 63
Communist Party 1,220 (0.6%)
0 (0.0%)
0 / 63
Independent 621 (0.3%)
0 (0.0%)
0 / 63
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19 12 32

Ward results

No.1 (Altrincham South West)

Altrincham South West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Hoyle* 1,265 53.7
Conservative Kenneth Harrison* 1,240 52.6
Conservative Raymond Littler* 1,150 48.8
Conservative Albert Whitehurst 1,140 48.4
Labour George Harmer* 1,102 46.8
Labour Robert Crossman* 1,075 45.6
Communist John Brennan 99 4.2
Majority 10 0.4
Turnout 2,357 36.4
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

No.2 (Altrincham East)

Altrincham East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Davenport* 1,748 43.3
Liberal Michael Farnsworth* 1,711 42.3
Liberal Roy Richardson* 1,700 42.1
Conservative Peter Leigh 1,504 37.3
Conservative Paul Field 1,435 35.6
Conservative Michael Brown 1,397 34.6
Labour Paul Griffiths 881 21.8
Labour Robert Coulthard 867 21.5
Labour David Teasdale 859 21.3
Majority 196 4.9
Turnout 4,034 42.2
Liberal win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)

No.3 (Altrincham North)

Altrincham North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ron Metcalf 1,093 35.9
Conservative David Stroud* 1,070 35.2
Conservative Olga Wilson 1,054 34.6
Labour Barry Jones 1,040 34.2
Liberal Eric Faulkner* 1,020 33.5
Labour John Webb* 974 32.0
Liberal Bartholomew Lynch* 966 31.7
Labour Winifred Oliver* 952 31.3
Liberal Roy Allen 833 27.4
Communist Emily Sheldon 129 4.2
Majority 14 0.5
Turnout 3,044 45.7
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

No.4 (Timperley)

Timperley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harry Wharton* 1,283 38.9
Liberal Raymond Bowker 1,168 35.4
Labour Vincent Collett* 1,165 35.3
Conservative Audrey Weedall* 1,138 34.5
Conservative Roy Hall 1,076 32.6
Labour Kathleen Warrington 1,041 31.5
Liberal Peter Beswick 1,008 30.5
Liberal Terence Ballard 999 30.3
Conservative Roy Alcock 935 28.3
Communist Les Whitney 90 2.7
Majority 27 0.8
Turnout 3,301 43.7
Labour win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

No.5 (Mersey-St. Mary’s)

Mersey-St. Mary's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Brian Clancy* 1,876 52.8
Conservative Ivor Hurst* 1,777 50.1
Conservative Reginald Bannister* 1,774 50.0
Liberal Kenneth Humber* 1,752 49.4
Liberal Hilary Hughes 1,736 48.9
Conservative Joyce Parkins 1,734 48.8
Majority 22 0.6
Turnout 3,550 39.9
Liberal win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

No.6 (St. Martin’s)

St. Martin's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael King 2,178 55.6
Labour William Munro* 2,137 54.6
Conservative Stanley Brownhill* 2,029 51.8
Conservative Geoffrey Rubenstein 1,832 46.8
Labour Eric Mellor* 1,800 46.0
Labour G. Naggs 1,770 45.2
Majority 197 5.0
Turnout 3,915 37.0
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

No.7 (Sale Moor)

Sale Moor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Mee* 1,345 57.2
Labour Winifred Phillips* 1,344 57.2
Labour Barry Brotherton* 1,197 50.9
Conservative John Hammond 1,043 44.4
Conservative Eric Scarborough 1,028 43.7
Conservative Geoffrey de Berry 987 42.0
Communist A. H. Burrage 110 4.7
Majority 154 6.6
Turnout 2,351 35.1
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

No.8 (St. Anne’s)

St. Anne's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Phillipson* 1,605 42.7
Liberal John Golding* 1,529 40.7
Liberal Alan Thorpe 1,475 39.2
Conservative Eric Peet 1,435 38.2
Conservative Frank Seddon-Laughton* 1,417 37.7
Conservative John Sutton 1,349 35.9
Labour Kenneth Walton* 856 22.8
Labour Kenneth Tottle 806 21.4
Labour Thomas Packham 705 18.8
Communist David Hames 102 2.7
Majority 40 1.1
Turnout 3,760 44.1
Liberal win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)

No.9 (Brooklands)

Brooklands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Cecil Fink* 2,073 54.0
Liberal Moira Horlock* 2,027 52.8
Liberal Sydney Evans 1,905 49.6
Conservative George Goodliffe* 1,878 48.9
Conservative J. L. Fergusson* 1,796 46.8
Conservative A. S. Long* 1,723 44.9
Communist Bernard Panter 120 3.1
Majority 27 0.7
Turnout 3,841 43.4
Liberal win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)

No.10 (Talbot North)

Talbot North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Marland* 1,755 65.3
Labour Daniel Sullivan* 1,715 63.8
Labour Clifford Cronshaw* 1,694 63.1
Conservative John Schofield* 956 35.6
Conservative Florence Warbrick 905 33.7
Conservative G. D. Miles 843 31.4
Communist A. Ironmonger 190 7.1
Majority 738 27.5
Turnout 2,686 30.1
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

No.11 (Clifford)

Clifford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. Davies 1,445 58.0
Labour V. J. Wynne 1,346 54.0
Labour Raymond Tully 1,295 52.0
Conservative Roy Corke 1,169 46.9
Conservative Edward Kelson 1,123 45.1
Conservative K. J. Pulford 1,095 44.0
Majority 126 5.1
Turnout 2,491 36.9
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

No.12 (Longford)

Longford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Homer* 1,859 54.0
Conservative Olive Chandler* 1,811 52.6
Conservative Alexander Kelly 1,711 49.7
Labour Joan Bailey 1,683 48.9
Labour H. Pyper 1,655 48.1
Labour K. Silcock 1,606 46.7
Majority 28 0.8
Turnout 3,442 35.4
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

No.13 (Stretford)

Stretford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Margaret Hindley* 1,583 68.7
Conservative Colin Warbrick* 1,493 64.8
Conservative Harry Walker 1,492 64.8
Labour E. P. Wollaston 789 34.3
Labour Irene Gregory 777 33.7
Labour J. R. Haydock 777 33.7
Majority 703 30.5
Turnout 2,303 39.0
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

No.14 (Park)

Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Shaw 1,530 62.2
Labour Herbert Pyper* 1,503 61.1
Labour James Haydock 1,484 60.3
Conservative William Matthews 936 38.0
Conservative Evans 886 36.0
Conservative Jaminson 860 35.0
Communist Jarrett 181 7.4
Majority 548 22.3
Turnout 2,460 39.2
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

No.15 (Bowdon)

Bowdon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jean Gill* 2,442 73.4
Conservative Barbara Sutton Hall* 2,332 70.1
Conservative John Humphreys* 2,262 68.0
Liberal Frances Vickery* 1,213 36.5
Labour Arthur Johnson* 702 21.1
Labour John Kill* 543 16.3
Labour A. R. Duxbury 487 14.6
Majority 1,049 31.5
Turnout 3,327 47.2
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

No.16 (Hale)

Hale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Marjorie Hinchcliffe* 2,814 68.0
Conservative B. H. Adams 2,734 66.0
Conservative Roy Godwin* 2,726 65.8
Liberal Constance Ball* 1,016 24.5
Liberal Bernadette Judson 941 22.7
Liberal Rosemarie Rivera 897 21.7
Labour Joyce Cope 508 12.3
Labour E. S. Donnelly 407 9.8
Labour M. P. Green 379 9.2
Majority 1,710 41.3
Turnout 4,140 44.9
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

No.17 (Partington)

Partington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frank Holland* 1,277 74.2
Labour John Paul* 1,228 71.3
Labour Brian Nutter* 1,151 66.8
Liberal Albert Appleton* 690 40.1
Independent Mark Sharkey* 621 36.1
Communist E. Wilkinson 199 11.6
Majority 461 26.8
Turnout 1,722 24.0
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

No.18 (Urmston West East)

Urmston West East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Allan Coupe* 1,323 40.2
Conservative Ruth Royle-Higginson* 1,270 38.6
Liberal Gwen Davies 1,262 38.3
Liberal J. Tame 1,261 38.3
Conservative Anthony Platt* 1,208 36.7
Liberal A. Dickinson 1,169 35.5
Labour D. O'Kelly* 849 25.8
Labour D. Watts 772 23.4
Labour W. Williams 769 23.3
Majority 1 0.0
Turnout 3,294 39.3
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)

No.19 (Flixton East Central)

Flixton East Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Wroe* 1,877 47.4
Conservative Neil Fitzpatrick 1,755 44.3
Conservative Gordon Lumby 1,737 43.9
Liberal Norman Heywood 1,539 38.9
Liberal Margaret Willis 1,431 36.2
Liberal A. Hannett 1,415 35.8
Labour D. M. Hall 735 18.6
Labour R. P. Phillips 727 18.4
Labour Kathleen Barnes 658 16.6
Majority 198 5.0
Turnout 3,958 43.1
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

No.20 (Flixton West)

Flixton West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Carnall* 1,964 56.5
Conservative Albert Williams 1,908 54.9
Conservative H. P. Liddiard 1,897 54.6
Labour B. Elliot 1,636 47.1
Labour A. Stringer* 1,538 44.2
Labour R. Taylor 1,479 42.5
Majority 261 7.5
Turnout 3,476 37.6
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

No.21 (Davyhulme East)

Davyhulme East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Raymond Haigh* 1,158 64.4
Conservative Frank Eadie* 1,148 63.8
Conservative Eric Crosbie 1,122 62.4
Labour B. Hall 678 37.7
Labour D. Stewart 658 36.6
Labour G. Scott 629 35.0
Majority 444 24.7
Turnout 1,798 33.2
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

By-elections between 1973 and 1975

No.6 (St. Martin's) By-Election 18 July 1974
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Morgan Evans 1,752 46.2 -13.8
Labour Thomas Packham 1,191 31.4
Liberal Michael Wood 849 22.4
Majority 561 14.8
Turnout 3,792 34.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

References

  1. ^ "Trafford M. B. C. Election Results Sheet, 11 May 1973", Trafford M.B.C.(1973).
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