1973 Corby District Council election

1973 UK local government election

1973 Corby District Council election^[1] ^[2]

7 June 1973

1976 →

All 33 seats in the Corby District Council
17 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

42.4%

	First party	Second party

Party	Labour	Independent
Seats won	29	2
Popular vote	6,118	1,386
Percentage	52.0%	11.8%

	Third party	Fourth party

Party	Conservative	Independent Socialist
Seats won	1	1
Popular vote	2,642	676
Percentage	22.4%

Council control after election

Labour

The 1973 Corby District Council election were the first elections to the newly created Corby District Council took place on 7 June 1973 . This was on the same day as other local elections. 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 election resulted in Labour gaining control of the council.^[1]

Ward-by-Ward Results

Beanfield East Ward (3 seats)

Corby District Council Elections 1973: Beanfield East^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	K. Glendenning	462
	Labour	W. Mawdsley	361
	Labour	P. McGowan	361
	Communist	J. Reilly	109
Turnout				20.6%
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Beanfield West Ward (6 seats)

Corby District Council Elections 1973: Beanfield West Ward^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Forshaw	725
	Labour	C. Binley	712
	Labour	J. Wallace	704
	Labour	E. Donald	686
	Labour	C. Russell	685
	Labour	C. Keeney	665
	Conservative	D. Worrall	561
Turnout				19.9%
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Forest Gate Ward (3 seats)

Corby District Council Elections 1973: Forest Gate^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	E. Wright	910
	Labour	J. Sullivan	778
	Labour	A. Portman	775
	Conservative	M. Perkins	718
	Conservative	R. Gillett	575
	Conservative	J. Campbell	569
Turnout				54.6%
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Gretton Ward (1 seat)

Corby District Council Elections 1973: Gretton^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Ogilvie	233
	Independent	J. Canning	197
	Conservative	A. Campbell	119
Turnout				64.4%
	Labour win (new seat)

Lodge Park Ward (3 seats)

Corby District Council Elections 1973: Lodge Park^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. Floody	661
	Labour	W. Stewart	550
	Labour	F. Smyth	491
	Liberal	W. Welford	442
	Conservative	M. Swinburn	389
Turnout				34.4%
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Old Town Ward (3 seats)

Corby District Council Elections 1973: Old Town^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent Socialist	T. Sykes	676
	Labour	B. Taylor	563
	Labour	P. Huckle	541
	Labour	K. O'Neill	529
Turnout				39.1%
	Independent win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Pen Green Ward (2 seats)

Corby District Council Elections 1973: Pen Green^[3]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	B. Wright	654
Labour	J. Carr	649
Conservative	D. Ashburner	319
Conservative	V. Wilkinson	281

Rural West Ward (1 seat)

Corby District Council Elections 1973: Rural West^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Webster	212
	Independent	F. Glover	169
	VIC	M. York	125
	Labour	G. Bingley	95
Turnout				61.3%
	Conservative win (new seat)

Stanion Ward (1 seat)

Corby District Council Elections 1973: Stanion^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J. Lloyd	153
	Independent	J. Hopkins	138
	Labour	M. Perkins	79
Turnout				57.5%
	Independent win (new seat)

Studfall Ward (6 seats)

Corby District Council Elections 1973: Studfall^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Kane	1,133
	Labour	D. Moon	1,002
	Labour	C. Stewart	967
	Labour	E. Stewart	885
	Labour	G. McCart	855
	Labour	J. Cowling	800
	Communist	I. Reid	274
	Communist	H. Burry	236
Turnout				24.1%
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Town Centre (3 seats)

Corby District Council Elections 1973: Town Centre^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	T. Bayliffe	553
	Labour	H. Dobbs	487
	Labour	J. Gray	477
	Conservative	C. Lear	324
	Conservative	E. Barclay	309
	Conservative	I. McBride	253
	Independent	K. Farnham	143
Turnout				29.1%
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Weldon Ward (1 seat)

Corby District Council Elections 1973: Weldon^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J. Perrett	293
	Independent	G. Reed	214
	Labour	J. Copeland	129
Turnout				58.1%
	Independent win (new seat)

References

^ ^a ^b Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1973. Plymouth University, Plymouth, UK: The Elections Centre. p. 12.
^ "Local Election Summaries 1973". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "Corby Borough Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). Elections Centre.

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