Lincolnshire County Council is a non-metropolitan county in the East Midlands of England. It was formed when the Local Government Act 1972 merged the counties of Holland, Kesteven and Lindsey, and held its first election on 12 April 1973.Cook, Chris; Ramsden, John (1997). By-Elections and British Politics. London: Routledge. p. 206
The Conservatives were the largest party, gaining 34 of the 74 seats. 22 independent candidates were returned, along with 10 Labour councillors, 5 Democratic-Labour nominees and 3 Liberals."The new Lincs Council". Lincolnshire Echo. 13 April 1973. p. 9 The Democratic Labour seats were all won in Lincoln, where six weeks earlier the MP Dick Taverne had triggered a by-election by breaking away from Labour and forming the DLP; they comprised 5 of the 6 city seats, representing a swing from Labour, who had won all of the seats at the last local elections."Five of Six Taverne supporters elected". The Times. 13 April 1973. p. 4
Results by Division Division Candidate Party Votes Boston no. 1 Cyril Valentine Lib (uncontested) Boston no. 2 Mrs Haf Towel Con 955
John Addlesee Lab 946
Boston no. 3 Martin Middlebrook Ind (uncontested) Boston no. 4 Alf Goodson Lab (uncontested) Boston Rural no. 1 Reginald West Ind 963
David Chambers Ind 655
Samuel Woods Con 407
Boston Rural no. 2 Brian Farrow Con 932
Arthur White Lab 696
Joseph Winter Ind 689
Boston Rural no. 3 Richard Upsall Con 1,464
Ambrose Newsom Lab 444
Bourne Raymond Cliffe Con (uncontested) Caistor Rural no. 1 Harry Key Ind (uncontested) Caistor Rural no. 2 William Hall Ind (uncontested) East Elloe no. 1 Ivor Howes Ind 786
Arnold Broughton Lab 638
Robert Christian Con 628
Fred White Ind 368
East Elloe no. 2 Ernest Weaver Lab 477
Fred Hoyles Ind 136
East Elloe no. 3 Mrs Alison Hunter Con 1,573
Mrs Doris King Lab 808
East Kesteven no. 1 Eric Fairchild Con 1,162
Sydney King Lab 1,132
East Kesteven no. 2 Jack Mountain Ind 865
Henry Kelway Con 576
East Kesteven no. 3 Thomas Hall Con 1,338
Euan Robertson Ind 762
Lionel Dawson Lab 198 Gainsborough Market Edgar Salisbury Lab 725
Mrs Marjorie Renshaw Con 361
Kenny Hethershaw Lib 284
Gainsborough North John Stanley Lib 915
Michael Noble Lab 673
Frank Land Con 596
Gainsborough South Leslie Rainsforth Lab 1,036
Miss Charlotte Dordery Con 594
Raymond Greenwood Lib 449
Brian Page DLP 114
Gainsborough Rural no. 1 Harry Plowright Ind (uncontested) Gainsborough Rural no. 2 Harry Kitchinson Ind 1,322
John Sandars Con 968
Grantham no. 1 Frank Speechley Con 987
Fred Chambers Lab 984
Grantham no. 2 Mrs Elsie Davies Lab 875
William Harrison Con 599
Grantham no. 3 Ian Gordon Con 1,272
Mrs Louise Dickinson Lab 742
Grantham no. 4 Charles Burrows Lab 1,491
Kathleen Porter Con 784 Horncastle Mrs Lesley Sanderson Ind 1,034
Mrs Doris Cook Con 477
Horncastle Rural no. 1 John Smithson Ind 1,348
George Daubney Ind 942
John Harris Lib 805
Horncastle Rural no. 2 John Harvey Con (uncontested)Lincoln AbbeyBarry AshmoreDLP860Bernard RendallCon702Cllr Mrs Pam RousselLab605Lincoln BoulthamRichard LucasCon630Tom WardLab594Lincoln BracebridgeGraham JudgeDLP1,067Cllr Bob HodsonLab663Peter RoeCon351Lincoln CarholmeAld. John SpenceCon827Cllr John PlantLab778Gilbert BladesInd381Lincoln CastleAld. Frank EccleshareInd924Cllr Miss Joyce BennettLab580Cecil RobinsonCon466Lincoln ErmineRon BarnesDLP1,296Cllr Mrs Joyce NaftalinLab1,124Cllr David MiddletonLab1.059F. HornCon729A. CowtonCon559Lincoln HartsholmeMrs Miriam RichardsonDLP1,082Cllr Laurie ValseyLab552P. RowleyCon353T. GinniffComm37Lincoln MinsterAld. Mrs Mary SockiasCon1,170Mrs Clodaga WilkinsonDLP1,090D. MillerLab559Lincoln MoorlandCllr Stan RobertsonLab949Jim RichardsCon911Lincoln ParkFred Allen*DLP831Ald. Bill HerbertLab427Jack RuddockCon392 Louth North Christopher Bennett Ind 1,258
Francis MacDonald Ind 505
Louth South Mrs Irene Wilkinson Ind 814
Mrs Catherine Stubbs Con 678
Louth Rural no. 1 Rupert Dixon Ind 827
Hewson Silvester Ind 502
Louth Rural no. 2 Sam Spendlow Ind 1,327
John Codkin Con 587
Louth Rural no. 3 Donald Webb Con 782
Miss Mary Taylor Ind 722
Durwood Russell Lab 539
Mablethorpe and Sutton Peter Poynton Con 1,203
Nelly Spink Ind 871 North Kesteven no. 1 William Wyrill Con 792
Mrs Elsie Mawer Ind 711
North Kesteven no. 2 Mrs Margery Falla Con 1,576
William Rawson Lab 1,083
North Kesteven no. 3 Frank Marshall Ind 1,060
William Heele Con 1,056
Maurice Thompson Lab 498
North Kesteven no. 4 Reg Brealey Con 1,335
Charles Marshall Ind 1,002
North Kesteven no. 5 Mrs Mary Large Lab 2,123
William Taylor Con 1,139
North Kesteven no. 6 Herbert Johnson Con 799
Keith Ford D-Lab 440
Mrs Maureen Lynn Lab 233 Skegness North Harold Fainlight Lib 1,262
Joseph Elliott Con 893
Thomas Senior Lab 631
Skegness South Vivian Sheehan-Hunt Con 1,204
Eric Wright Lab 540
Sleaford Miss Grace Nowell Con 1,670
Peter Haysum Lab 1,320
South Kesteven no. 1 James Cave Ind 931
Mrs Elizabeth Opperman Con 799
South Kesteven no. 2 John Hedley Lewis Con (uncontested) South Kesteven no. 3 Mrs Jean Wootton Con 744
Peter Hearn Ind 705
Harold Scarborough Lab 588
Spalding no. 1 David Guttridge Con (uncontested) Spalding no. 2 Jim King Con 654
Thomas Addlesee Lab 560
Spalding no. 3 Cyril Ford Con (uncontested) Spalding Rural no. 1 Jim Speechley Con 1,177
Alfred Witherington Lab 1,056
Mrs Lillian Hardy Ind 789
Spalding Rural no. 2 Harold Chappell Con (uncontested)Spalding Rural no. 3G. WrayCon1,242T. KiddLab582 Spilsby no. 1 Charles Leggott Con (uncontested) Spilsby no. 2 Charles Rawlinson Ind 1,140
Frank Clow Con 883
Spilsby no. 3 Harry Simpson Con 987
Frank Smith Lib? 813
Spilsby no. 4 Francis Lapage Ind 1,221
Frederick Hepworth Con 1,066
Stamford no. 1 Ian Allen Con 1,291
William Turner Lab 481
Stamford no. 2 Derek Gladman Lab 869
Anthony Gray Con 686
Welton no. 1 Edwin Bramley Ind 977
William Holland Ind 830
Walter Sternfeld Lab 789
Welton no. 2 Dorothy Richards Con 1,058
George Herrington Ind 807
Brian Fox Lab 608
Royston Hutson Ind 72
Welton no. 3 Reginald Gaul Ind 746
William Camm Ind 613
George Coles Con 540
Walter Hill Ind 395
West Kesteven no. 1 Philip Newton Ind 907
Joan Hayes Con 738
West Kesteven no. 2 Horace Brownlow Con 1,598
Ivan Dawson Lab 618
West Kesteven no. 3 Capt Sir Anthony Thorold Con 1,093
Terry Bradley Lab 587
Robert Simpson Ind 583
Source: "Lincoln keeps up its Taverne revolution" and "The new Lincs Council". Lincolnshire Echo. 13 April 1973. p. 9; "Lincolnshire County Election Results 1973–2009". Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 2 October 2016.
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