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.[1]
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.[2] 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.[3]
Results by Division
edit| Division | Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbey | Barry Ashmore* | DLP | |
| Bernard Rendall | Con | ||
| Cllr Mrs Pam Roussel | Lab | ||
| Boultham | Richard Lucas* | Con | |
| Tom Ward | Lab | ||
| Boston no. 1 | Cyril Valentine | Lib | |
| Boston no. 2 | Mrs Haf Towel | Con | 955 |
| John Addlesee | Lab | 946 | |
| Boston no. 3 | Martin Middlebrook | Ind | |
| Boston no. 4 | Alf Goodson | Lab | |
| 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 | |
| Bracebridge | Graham Judge* | DLP | |
| Cllr Bob Hodson | Lab | ||
| Peter Roe | Con | ||
| Caistor Rural no. 1 | Harry Key | Ind | |
| Caistor Rural no. 2 | William Hall | Ind | |
| Carholme | Ald. John Spence* | Con | |
| Cllr John Plant | Lab | ||
| Gilbert Blades | Ind | ||
| Castle | Ald. Frank Eccleshare* | Ind | |
| Cllr Miss Joyce Bennett | Lab | ||
| Cecil Robinson | Con | ||
| 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 | |
| Lincoln Ermine | Ron Barnes | DLP | 1,296 |
| Cllr Mrs Joyce Naftalin | Lab | 1,124 | |
| Cllr David Middleton | Lab | 1.059 | |
| F. Horn | Con | 729 | |
| A. Cowton | Con | 559 | |
| 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 | — |
| 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 | |
| Lincoln Hartsholme | Mrs Miriam Richardson | DLP | 1,082 |
| Cllr Laurie Valsey | Lab | 552 | |
| P. Rowley | Con | 353 | |
| T. Ginniff | Comm | 37 | |
| 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 | — |
| 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 | |
| Lincoln Minster | Ald. Mrs Mary Sockias | Con | 1,170 |
| Mrs Clodaga Wilkinson | DLP | 1,090 | |
| D. Miller | Lab | 559 | |
| Lincoln Moorland | Cllr Stan Robertson | Lab | 949 |
| Jim Richards | Con | 911 | |
| 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 | |
| Lincoln Park | Fred Allen* | DLP | 831 |
| Ald. Bill Herbert | Lab | 427 | |
| Jack Ruddock | Con | 392 | |
| Skegness North | Harold Fainlight | Lib | 1,262 |
| Joseph Elliorr | 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 | — |
| South Kesteven no. 3 | Mrs Jean Wootton | Con | 744 |
| Peter Hearn | Ind | 705 | |
| Harold Scarborough | Lab | 588 | |
| Spalding no. 1 | David Guttridge | Con | — |
| Spalding no. 2 | Jim King | Con | 654 |
| Thomas Addlesee | Lab | 560 | |
| Spalding no. 3 | Cyril Ford | Con | — |
| 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 | — |
| Spalding Rural no. 3 | G. Wray | Con | 1,242 |
| T. Kidd | Lab | 582 | |
| Spilsby no. 1 | Charles Leggott | Con | — |
| 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 |
Candidates suffixed by an asterisk (*) are the winners in their seats, but the exact results of the poll are not included in the sources below.
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.