# 1973 Lincolnshire County Council election

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.
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 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.

## Results by Division

| Division | Candidate | Party | Votes |
| Boston no. 1 | Cyril Valentine | Lib | (uncontested) |
| Boston no. 2 | Mrs Haf Towel | Con | 955 |
| Boston no. 2 | 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 |
| Boston Rural no. 1 | David Chambers | Ind | 655 |
| Boston Rural no. 1 | Samuel Woods | Con | 407 |
| Boston Rural no. 2 | Brian Farrow | Con | 932 |
| Boston Rural no. 2 | Arthur White | Lab | 696 |
| Boston Rural no. 2 | Joseph Winter | Ind | 689 |
| Boston Rural no. 3 | Richard Upsall | Con | 1,464 |
| Boston Rural no. 3 | 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 |
| East Elloe no. 1 | Arnold Broughton | Lab | 638 |
| East Elloe no. 1 | Robert Christian | Con | 628 |
| East Elloe no. 1 | Fred White | Ind | 368 |
| East Elloe no. 2 | Ernest Weaver | Lab | 477 |
| East Elloe no. 2 | Fred Hoyles | Ind | 136 |
| East Elloe no. 3 | Mrs Alison Hunter | Con | 1,573 |
| East Elloe no. 3 | Mrs Doris King | Lab | 808 |
| East Kesteven no. 1 | Eric Fairchild | Con | 1,162 |
| East Kesteven no. 1 | Sydney King | Lab | 1,132 |
| East Kesteven no. 2 | Jack Mountain | Ind | 865 |
| East Kesteven no. 2 | Henry Kelway | Con | 576 |
| East Kesteven no. 3 | Thomas Hall | Con | 1,338 |
| East Kesteven no. 3 | Euan Robertson | Ind | 762 |
| East Kesteven no. 3 | Lionel Dawson | Lab | 198 |
| Gainsborough Market | Edgar Salisbury | Lab | 725 |
| Gainsborough Market | Mrs Marjorie Renshaw | Con | 361 |
| Gainsborough Market | Kenny Hethershaw | Lib | 284 |
| Gainsborough North | John Stanley | Lib | 915 |
| Gainsborough North | Michael Noble | Lab | 673 |
| Gainsborough North | Frank Land | Con | 596 |
| Gainsborough South | Leslie Rainsforth | Lab | 1,036 |
| Gainsborough South | Miss Charlotte Dordery | Con | 594 |
| Gainsborough South | Raymond Greenwood | Lib | 449 |
| Gainsborough South | Brian Page | DLP | 114 |
| Gainsborough Rural no. 1 | Harry Plowright | Ind | (uncontested) |
| Gainsborough Rural no. 2 | Harry Kitchinson | Ind | 1,322 |
| Gainsborough Rural no. 2 | John Sandars | Con | 968 |
| Grantham no. 1 | Frank Speechley | Con | 987 |
| Grantham no. 1 | Fred Chambers | Lab | 984 |
| Grantham no. 2 | Mrs Elsie Davies | Lab | 875 |
| Grantham no. 2 | William Harrison | Con | 599 |
| Grantham no. 3 | Ian Gordon | Con | 1,272 |
| Grantham no. 3 | Mrs Louise Dickinson | Lab | 742 |
| Grantham no. 4 | Charles Burrows | Lab | 1,491 |
| Grantham no. 4 | Kathleen Porter | Con | 784 |
| Horncastle | Mrs Lesley Sanderson | Ind | 1,034 |
| Horncastle | Mrs Doris Cook | Con | 477 |
| Horncastle Rural no. 1 | John Smithson | Ind | 1,348 |
| Horncastle Rural no. 1 | George Daubney | Ind | 942 |
| Horncastle Rural no. 1 | John Harris | Lib | 805 |
| Horncastle Rural no. 2 | John Harvey | Con | (uncontested) |
| Lincoln Abbey | Barry Ashmore | DLP | 860 |
| Lincoln Abbey | Bernard Rendall | Con | 702 |
| Lincoln Abbey | Cllr Mrs Pam Roussel | Lab | 605 |
| Lincoln Boultham | Richard Lucas | Con | 630 |
| Lincoln Boultham | Tom Ward | Lab | 594 |
| Lincoln Bracebridge | Graham Judge | DLP | 1,067 |
| Lincoln Bracebridge | Cllr Bob Hodson | Lab | 663 |
| Lincoln Bracebridge | Peter Roe | Con | 351 |
| Lincoln Carholme | Ald. John Spence | Con | 827 |
| Lincoln Carholme | Cllr John Plant | Lab | 778 |
| Lincoln Carholme | Gilbert Blades | Ind | 381 |
| Lincoln Castle | Ald. Frank Eccleshare | Ind | 924 |
| Lincoln Castle | Cllr Miss Joyce Bennett | Lab | 580 |
| Lincoln Castle | Cecil Robinson | Con | 466 |
| Lincoln Ermine | Ron Barnes | DLP | 1,296 |
| Lincoln Ermine | Cllr Mrs Joyce Naftalin | Lab | 1,124 |
| Lincoln Ermine | Cllr David Middleton | Lab | 1.059 |
| Lincoln Ermine | F. Horn | Con | 729 |
| Lincoln Ermine | A. Cowton | Con | 559 |
| Lincoln Hartsholme | Mrs Miriam Richardson | DLP | 1,082 |
| Lincoln Hartsholme | Cllr Laurie Valsey | Lab | 552 |
| Lincoln Hartsholme | P. Rowley | Con | 353 |
| Lincoln Hartsholme | T. Ginniff | Comm | 37 |
| Lincoln Minster | Ald. Mrs Mary Sockias | Con | 1,170 |
| Lincoln Minster | Mrs Clodaga Wilkinson | DLP | 1,090 |
| Lincoln Minster | D. Miller | Lab | 559 |
| Lincoln Moorland | Cllr Stan Robertson | Lab | 949 |
| Lincoln Moorland | Jim Richards | Con | 911 |
| Lincoln Park | Fred Allen* | DLP | 831 |
| Lincoln Park | Ald. Bill Herbert | Lab | 427 |
| Lincoln Park | Jack Ruddock | Con | 392 |
| Louth North | Christopher Bennett | Ind | 1,258 |
| Louth North | Francis MacDonald | Ind | 505 |
| Louth South | Mrs Irene Wilkinson | Ind | 814 |
| Louth South | Mrs Catherine Stubbs | Con | 678 |
| Louth Rural no. 1 | Rupert Dixon | Ind | 827 |
| Louth Rural no. 1 | Hewson Silvester | Ind | 502 |
| Louth Rural no. 2 | Sam Spendlow | Ind | 1,327 |
| Louth Rural no. 2 | John Codkin | Con | 587 |
| Louth Rural no. 3 | Donald Webb | Con | 782 |
| Louth Rural no. 3 | Miss Mary Taylor | Ind | 722 |
| Louth Rural no. 3 | Durwood Russell | Lab | 539 |
| Mablethorpe and Sutton | Peter Poynton | Con | 1,203 |
| Mablethorpe and Sutton | Nelly Spink | Ind | 871 |
| North Kesteven no. 1 | William Wyrill | Con | 792 |
| North Kesteven no. 1 | Mrs Elsie Mawer | Ind | 711 |
| North Kesteven no. 2 | Mrs Margery Falla | Con | 1,576 |
| North Kesteven no. 2 | William Rawson | Lab | 1,083 |
| North Kesteven no. 3 | Frank Marshall | Ind | 1,060 |
| North Kesteven no. 3 | William Heele | Con | 1,056 |
| North Kesteven no. 3 | Maurice Thompson | Lab | 498 |
| North Kesteven no. 4 | Reg Brealey | Con | 1,335 |
| North Kesteven no. 4 | Charles Marshall | Ind | 1,002 |
| North Kesteven no. 5 | Mrs Mary Large | Lab | 2,123 |
| North Kesteven no. 5 | William Taylor | Con | 1,139 |
| North Kesteven no. 6 | Herbert Johnson | Con | 799 |
| North Kesteven no. 6 | Keith Ford | D-Lab | 440 |
| North Kesteven no. 6 | Mrs Maureen Lynn | Lab | 233 |
| Skegness North | Harold Fainlight | Lib | 1,262 |
| Skegness North | Joseph Elliott | Con | 893 |
| Skegness North | Thomas Senior | Lab | 631 |
| Skegness South | Vivian Sheehan-Hunt | Con | 1,204 |
| Skegness South | Eric Wright | Lab | 540 |
| Sleaford | Miss Grace Nowell | Con | 1,670 |
| Sleaford | Peter Haysum | Lab | 1,320 |
| South Kesteven no. 1 | James Cave | Ind | 931 |
| South Kesteven no. 1 | Mrs Elizabeth Opperman | Con | 799 |
| South Kesteven no. 2 | John Hedley Lewis | Con | (uncontested) |
| South Kesteven no. 3 | Mrs Jean Wootton | Con | 744 |
| South Kesteven no. 3 | Peter Hearn | Ind | 705 |
| South Kesteven no. 3 | Harold Scarborough | Lab | 588 |
| Spalding no. 1 | David Guttridge | Con | (uncontested) |
| Spalding no. 2 | Jim King | Con | 654 |
| Spalding no. 2 | Thomas Addlesee | Lab | 560 |
| Spalding no. 3 | Cyril Ford | Con | (uncontested) |
| Spalding Rural no. 1 | Jim Speechley | Con | 1,177 |
| Spalding Rural no. 1 | Alfred Witherington | Lab | 1,056 |
| Spalding Rural no. 1 | Mrs Lillian Hardy | Ind | 789 |
| Spalding Rural no. 2 | Harold Chappell | Con | (uncontested) |
| Spalding Rural no. 3 | G. Wray | Con | 1,242 |
| Spalding Rural no. 3 | T. Kidd | Lab | 582 |
| Spilsby no. 1 | Charles Leggott | Con | (uncontested) |
| Spilsby no. 2 | Charles Rawlinson | Ind | 1,140 |
| Spilsby no. 2 | Frank Clow | Con | 883 |
| Spilsby no. 3 | Harry Simpson | Con | 987 |
| Spilsby no. 3 | Frank Smith | Lib? | 813 |
| Spilsby no. 4 | Francis Lapage | Ind | 1,221 |
| Spilsby no. 4 | Frederick Hepworth | Con | 1,066 |
| Stamford no. 1 | Ian Allen | Con | 1,291 |
| Stamford no. 1 | William Turner | Lab | 481 |
| Stamford no. 2 | Derek Gladman | Lab | 869 |
| Stamford no. 2 | Anthony Gray | Con | 686 |
| Welton no. 1 | Edwin Bramley | Ind | 977 |
| Welton no. 1 | William Holland | Ind | 830 |
| Welton no. 1 | Walter Sternfeld | Lab | 789 |
| Welton no. 2 | Dorothy Richards | Con | 1,058 |
| Welton no. 2 | George Herrington | Ind | 807 |
| Welton no. 2 | Brian Fox | Lab | 608 |
| Welton no. 2 | Royston Hutson | Ind | 72 |
| Welton no. 3 | Reginald Gaul | Ind | 746 |
| Welton no. 3 | William Camm | Ind | 613 |
| Welton no. 3 | George Coles | Con | 540 |
| Welton no. 3 | Walter Hill | Ind | 395 |
| West Kesteven no. 1 | Philip Newton | Ind | 907 |
| West Kesteven no. 1 | Joan Hayes | Con | 738 |
| West Kesteven no. 2 | Horace Brownlow | Con | 1,598 |
| West Kesteven no. 2 | Ivan Dawson | Lab | 618 |
| West Kesteven no. 3 | Capt Sir Anthony Thorold | Con | 1,093 |
| West Kesteven no. 3 | Terry Bradley | Lab | 587 |
| West Kesteven no. 3 | 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.