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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Sept 13, 2014 20:17:03 GMT
Here we are in 1968, and the Municipal Yearbook has updated the party compositions. County council elections in 1967 have seen Labour's strength severely knocked; Labour only controls Durham. The Conservatives have also taken over several County Boroughs. Barrow-in-Furness is an apparent misprint - the Conservatives have 14 not 4 seats. |
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Post by J.G.Harston on Sept 13, 2014 22:19:55 GMT
Here we are in 1968,... County council elections in 1967 have seen Labour's strength severely knocked; One year away from Labour losing Sheffield! |
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Post by neilm on Sept 15, 2014 8:46:00 GMT
Many thanks for doing this David, it's much appreciated.
Where are you finding the images/copies?
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Sept 15, 2014 21:46:53 GMT
And now the Municipal Yearbook for 1969 party compositions. The 1968 elections were horrifically bad for Labour; in the county boroughs only 13 remain with a Labour majority. Even in Harold Wilson's own Huyton-with-Roby UDC, Labour is reliant on the Chairman's casting vote. (For what it's worth, I photocopied the pages from a library with an almost complete run, and then I scan them in.) |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2014 23:01:35 GMT
And now the Municipal Yearbook for 1969 party compositions. The 1968 elections were horrifically bad for Labour; in the county boroughs only 13 remain with a Labour majority. Even in Harold Wilson's own Huyton-with-Roby UDC, Labour is reliant on the Chairman's casting vote. Inverness with a Communist councillor following that election. |
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Post by hullenedge on Sept 20, 2014 19:17:21 GMT
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Post by The Bishop on Oct 6, 2014 21:52:38 GMT
Any chance of continuing this series, David B?
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Oct 25, 2014 20:49:19 GMT
In 1970 the Municipal Year Book underwent a complete redesign, including changing its font. And the great news was that they changed it to the best font ever, Univers by Adrian Frutiger. So here are the compositions from the 1970 edition. Labour has recovered some ground but is still very weak in local government. |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Oct 30, 2014 20:51:21 GMT
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Oct 31, 2014 21:47:51 GMT
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Post by neilm on Nov 1, 2014 3:46:17 GMT
I'd forgotten that Huntingdonshire and Peterborough was a county. 1965-1974 I think? |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Nov 1, 2014 10:39:38 GMT
I'd forgotten that Huntingdonshire and Peterborough was a county. 1965-1974 I think? It was one of the few reforms of the Local Government Commission for England, set up in 1958. It was supposed to reform local government progressively, taking each area in turn, so avoiding the problems which had beset the Local Government Boundary Commission of the late 1940s. The story of it is written up well here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Government_Commission_for_England_(1958–1967)Their reforms to East Anglia involved merging Huntingdonshire and Peterborough, and also Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely. But it was controversial in many aspects - see House of Commons debate here: hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1964/mar/09/local-government-east-midlandsIn the end the Commission's glacial pace led Richard Crossman (Minister of Housing and Local Government) to suddenly announce at the annual conference of the Association of Municipal Corporations that a major, country-wide review was a good idea. He hadn't cleared it with any other ministers but George Brown took it up and agreed, and Harold Wilson was brought on board. That led to the Redcliff-Maud report (the chairman being Wilson's suggestion - he had known him in pre-war Oxford). |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Nov 1, 2014 10:46:23 GMT
Not once has Hertfordshire county council released its figures to this publication
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Post by East Anglian Lefty on Nov 2, 2014 12:58:05 GMT
Nor Cambridgeshire? Anybody have pre-1974 figures for that? From 1964 the results for the county council from Cambridge itself are on Colin Rosenstiel's website, but not the rest of the county - which was probably more competitive then that it is now.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Nov 2, 2014 14:18:47 GMT
From press reports.
1961 Cambridgeshire: Ind 29, C 13, Lab 10.
1961 Isle of Ely: Ind 33, Lab 9, C 4, L 1.
1961 Hertfordshire: C 32, Ind 19, Lab 15.
1961 Huntingdonshire: Ind 33, L 7, Lab 2.
1961 Soke of Peterborough: C 21, Lab 10, Ind 3.
11/4/64 Hertfordshire: Lab 30, C 26, Ind 10.
1967 Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely: Ind 39, Lab 18, C 11, L 2. (Old council said to be Ind 40, Lab 20, C 10.)
1967 Hertfordshire: C 51, Lab 9, Ind 6.
1967 Huntingdonshire and Peterborough: C 29, Ind 20, Lab 12, L 3. (Old council said to be C 25, Ind 23, Lab 13, L 3.)
1970 Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely: Ind 40, Lab 16, C 13, L 1.
1970 Hertfordshire: C 53, Lab 13, Ind 3.
1970 Huntingdonshire and Peterborough: C 33, Ind 19, Lab 10, L 1, one vacancy.
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Nov 2, 2014 14:26:44 GMT
The 64 result for Hertfordshire looks familiar ( I recall being affronted by the Labour plurality). I think I saw it in the Keesing's diaries. Thanks for the others
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Nov 3, 2014 21:38:59 GMT
Here is the compositions chapter from the 1973 Municipal Year Book. This was the last time the pre-reform councils were included in England and Wales. |
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Post by neilm on Nov 5, 2014 22:01:58 GMT
I repeatedly forget that Lincolnshire was in three ridings (or whatever they called them there).
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Nov 5, 2014 22:03:54 GMT
Lincolnshire came in three Parts. One of the parts, Lindsey, had three Ridings.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Dec 22, 2014 13:33:16 GMT
Here's the final file, from the 1974 Municipal Yearbook, showing the state of Scotland's local authorities immediately before reform. Here's the file. |
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