1973 Erewash District Council election

Elections to Erewash District Council were held on 10 May 1973 as part of nationwide local elections. The new district was formed by the merger of the Borough of Ilkeston, the Long Eaton urban district and the parishes of Breadsall, Breaston, Dale Abbey, Draycott and Church Wilne, Hopwell, Little Eaton, Morley, Ockbrook, Risley, Sandiacre, Stanley, Stanton by Dale and West Hallam from the South East Derbyshire Rural District. The new council became a shadow authority before taking over from the existing local authorities on 1 April 1974. The election saw the Labour Party gain control of the Council. Erewash District Council was granted Borough Status in 1975 and from thereon became known as Erewash Borough Council.

1973 Erewash District Council election

10 May 1973
All 54 seats to Erewash District Council 28 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Conservative Liberal Seats won 36 9 5   Fourth party   Party Independent Seats won 4

Overall results

Erewash District 1973 Election Results

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	36
	Conservative	9
	Liberal	5
	Independent	4

Erewash Borough Council - Results by Ward

Source:

Breadsall and Morley

Breadsall and Morley (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Crowther B. (E)	276
	Labour	Render J.	210
	Independent	Marshall S.	184
Turnout				62.8

Breaston

Breaston (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Parkinson R. (E)	798
	Conservative	Gill H. (E)	779
	Conservative	Pemberton H. (E)	749
	Labour	Fox M.	533
	Labour	Roberts H.	501
	Labour	Torr A. Ms.	471
Turnout				40.4

Dale Abbey

Dale Abbey (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Cresswell P. (E)	521
	Conservative	Johnstone R. (E)	438
	Labour	Cope B.	207
	Labour	Read I. Ms.	183
Turnout				58.4
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Draycott

Draycott (1 Seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Boyland R. (E)	526
	Conservative	Rayner K.	318
Turnout				49.9

Ilkeston Granby

Ilkeston Granby (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Turner A. (E)	592
	Labour	Winter G. Ms. (E)	434
	Conservative	Goulton D.	245
Turnout				38.9

Ilkeston Market

Ilkeston Market (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Cook R. (E)	740
	Labour	Barnes J. (E)	707
	Labour	Campion M.	671
Turnout				41.6

Ilkeston North

Ilkeston North (4 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Hawkins I. (E)	1311
	Labour	Fletcher R. Ms. (E)	1293
	Independent	Gunn J. Ms. (E)	1163
	Labour	Beecham J. (E)	1122
	Labour	Smith K.	1120
	Independent	Cooke A.	1116
	Independent	Cooper G.	1115
	Labour	Compton J.	924
Turnout				46.4
	Independent hold		Swing

Ilkeston South

Ilkeston South (6 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Taylor E. (E)	1808
	Labour	Littleproud K. (E)	1510
	Liberal	Spencer E. (E)	1486
	Liberal	Butcher D. (E)	1474
	Labour	Bassett P. (E)	1460
	Liberal	Goacher L. (E)	1406
	Liberal	Clarke M. Ms.	1403
	Liberal	Bradley G. Ms.	1345
	Labour	Woodward H.	1196
	Labour	Badder M.	1155
	Labour	Hatton S.	1112
	Labour	Jones L.	1056
Turnout				42.8

Ilkeston Victoria

Ilkeston Victoria (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Meachem F. (E)	823
	Conservative	Evans W. (E)	765
	Labour	Nash A.	615
	Labour	Moon E.	571
Turnout				43.1

Little Eaton

Little Eaton (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Currey J. (E)	485
	Labour	Stokes M.	102
Turnout				41.6
	Independent hold		Swing

Long Eaton Derby Road

Long Eaton Derby Road (6 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bramley J. (E)	2005
	Labour	Marshall J. Ms. (E)	1889
	Labour	Taylor T. (E)	1816
	Labour	Wildey D. (E)	1740
	Labour	Pratt L. (E)	1736
	Labour	Decker R. (E)	1734
	Conservative	Broadbelt C.	1224
	Conservative	Maltby J.	1187
	Conservative	Stevenson A.	1173
	Conservative	Wilkinson A.	1169
	Conservative	Crawford-Grundy F.	1158
	Conservative	Robinson D.	1112
Turnout				39.2

Long Eaton New Sawley

Long Eaton New Sawley (6 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Camm W. (E)	1959
	Labour	Walsh P. (E)	1534
	Labour	Woolley J. (E)	1519
	Labour	Wells T. Ms. (E)	1515
	Labour	Riley A. (E)	1488
	Labour	Welford T. (E)	1393
	Conservative	Chalk V.	1052
	Conservative	Craggs M.	1015
	Conservative	Woodward B.	1002
	Conservative	Webb R.	968
	Conservative	Holmes W.	966
	Conservative	Carswill D.	947
Turnout				36.8

Long Eaton Nottingham Road and Sawley Road

Nottingham Road (6 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	White B. Ms. (E)	1317
	Labour	Allsop C. (E)	1258
	Labour	Brown D. (E)	1258
	Labour	Buckley G. (E)	1227
	Labour	Wright C. (E)	1154
	Conservative	Byrne D (E)	1125
	Labour	Murphy E.	1116
	Conservative	Gough R.	1106
	Conservative	Graham R.	1055
	Conservative	Guest A.	1006
	Conservative	Hickton F. Ms.	976
	Conservative	McCaig D.	970
	Liberal	Barnes W.	741
	Liberal	Barnes J.	605
	Liberal	Matusewicz V. Ms.	609
Turnout				40.7

Ockbrook and Borrowash

Ockbrook and Borrowash (4 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	West A. (E)	1480
	Labour	Kennedy A. (E)	1344
	Labour	Highton E. (E)	1199
	Labour	Ball P. (E)	1158
	Conservative	Archer J.	1113
	Conservative	Seeley R.	1017
	Conservative	Coates R.	997
	Conservative	Thompson D.	977
Turnout				50.5

Old Park

Old Park (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Poole J. (E)	669
	Labour	Pestell L Ms. (E)	613
	Conservative	Gough G.	265
Turnout				31.9

Sandiacre

Sandiacre (4 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hart W. (E)	1485
	Labour	Jowett J. Ms. (E)	1183
	Labour	Arbon C. (E)	920
	Labour	Kirkland J. Ms. (E)	910
	Conservative	Clements J.	859
	Conservative	Uren D.	838
	Independent	Lungley H.	619
	Conservative	Ross-Clyne R.	584
	Conservative	Jones P.	575
	Independent	Goode F.	381
	Independent	Harding S	220
	Independent	Judson C.	201
Turnout				51.9

Stanley

Stanley (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hurst D. (E)	486
	Conservative	Smith J.	349
Turnout				52.5

West Hallam

West Hallam (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Heathcote L. (E)	668
	Labour	Morley B.	281
Turnout				53.8