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Post by hullenedge on Mar 19, 2017 12:07:49 GMT
i.e after local government reorganisation. (Part) 1996 onwards is already online in other places.
This may be the first local government election held on the same day as a General Election - 28th February 1974.
Headingley, Leeds CC
Ald. Alan Pedley Con 3463
John Coates Lib 3135
Cllr. Irene Levy Lab 2864
Turnout 60%
Alan Pedley was an alderman on the soon to be abolished Leeds CB and Mrs Levy was a councillor hence the designations.
There's a brief mention of the by-election on the uploaded YouTube clip:-
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Post by finsobruce on Mar 19, 2017 12:15:29 GMT
i.e after local government reorganisation. (Part) 1996 onwards is already online in other places. This may be the first local government election held on the same day as a General Election - 28th February 1974. Headingley, Leeds CC Ald. Alan Pedley Con 3463 John Coates Lib 3135 Cllr. Irene Levy Lab 2864 Turnout 60% Alan Pedley was an alderman on the soon to be abolished Leeds CB and Mrs Levy was a councillor hence the designations. There's a brief mention of the by-election on the uploaded YouTube clip:- Worth watching for (among other things) the Liberal candidate in Carshalton and Wallington, Mrs Hester Smallbone around 9 minutes in. |
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Post by hullenedge on Mar 20, 2017 12:28:57 GMT
I think that Hester Smallbone would have approved of this all-female contest (although not cared for the outcome).
15th September 1988, Odsal ward, Bradford MDC:-
Elaine Byrom Con 2665
Linda Woodward Lab 2154
Jean Micklethwaite SLD 271
Dorothy Hartley SDP 93
Con gain from Lab.
The vacancy had been caused by the resignation of Cllr. Edward Johnson. Before his resignation he had defected to the Conservatives then, rather promptly, returned to the Labour benches.
The constitution of the council now stood at Con 45, Lab 43 and 2 SLD. The mayor, Cllr. Smith Midgley (Con, Worth Valley), cast two votes in the chamber to break any deadlock and therefore the Conservatives assumed control of Bradford MDC. The new council leader was...Eric Pickles...and the rest is 'history'...
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Post by hullenedge on Mar 20, 2017 17:34:50 GMT
Just checked the handbook and 13,000 electors in Odsal for 1988. Still a v.good turnout for a by-election. A finely balanced council and the rates increases led to some fierce fights.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Mar 20, 2017 19:57:01 GMT
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Post by hullenedge on Mar 21, 2017 18:10:48 GMT
Thanks for the lists...I have a pile of papers to go through and a few trips...
Two Leeds by-elections in Burley ward:-
21st November 1974
C. Buttery Lab 1269
Ms M. Sexton Con 909
J. Wright Lib 396
S. Walker Comm 54
Lab gain from Con (sitting councillor disqualified under six month rule)
Wednesday 8th January 1975
T. Donohoe Lab 999
D. Ramsden Con 609
J. Wright Lib 164
J. Duckenfield NF 138
Lab hold (by-election caused by death of Cllr Mrs Donohoe)
Composition of Leeds CC - Lab 45, Con 37 and Lib 14.
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Post by hullenedge on Mar 24, 2017 14:56:03 GMT
14th June 1984
Leeds No. 4 - Chapel Allerton & Scott Hall - a West Yorkshire CC by-election following the resignation of County Cllr Robert Wilson:-
Marie Stinson Lab 3509
Richard Barker Con 3185
Carol Smith Lib/All 1908
no change
Wakefield East - caused by the death of Cllr Jack Howarth:-
David Atkinson Lab 2421
Angela Holwell Con 1045
Eric Wilkinson SDP/All 505
no change
27th September 1984
Beeston - Michael McGowan resigned upon being elected as an MEP:-
Jon Trickett Lab 1784
John Birch Con 909
Terence Ayres SDP/All 519
no change
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Post by hullenedge on Mar 27, 2017 11:39:58 GMT
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Post by Zardoz on Mar 28, 2017 21:57:03 GMT
I think that Hester Smallbone would have approved of this all-female contest (although not cared for the outcome). 15th September 1988, Odsal ward, Bradford MDC:- Elaine Byrom Con 2665 Linda Woodward Lab 2154 Jean Micklethwaite SLD 271 Dorothy Hartley SDP 93 Con gain from Lab. The vacancy had been caused by the resignation of Cllr. Edward Johnson. Before his resignation he had defected to the Conservatives then, rather promptly, returned to the Labour benches. The constitution of the council now stood at Con 45, Lab 43 and 2 SLD. The mayor, Cllr. Smith Midgley (Con, Worth Valley), cast two votes in the chamber to break any deadlock and therefore the Conservatives assumed control of Bradford MDC. The new council leader was...Eric Pickles...and the rest is 'history'... I went leafleting for Jean Micklethwaite in that by-election - seems like yesterday! |
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Post by Zardoz on Mar 28, 2017 22:02:05 GMT
14th June 1984 Leeds No. 4 - Chapel Allerton & Scott Hall - a West Yorkshire CC by-election following the resignation of County Cllr Robert Wilson:- Marie Stinson Lab 3509 Richard Barker Con 3185 Carol Smith Lib/All 1908 no change Wakefield East - caused by the death of Cllr Jack Howarth:- David Atkinson Lab 2421 Angela Holwell Con 1045 Eric Wilkinson SDP/All 505 no change 27th September 1984 Beeston - Michael McGowan resigned upon being elected as an MEP:- Jon Trickett Lab 1784 John Birch Con 909 Terence Ayres SDP/All 519 no change I went leafleting for Carol Smith in that by-election as well. Didn't go to Beeston, but the SDP/All slimeball later defected to Labour. I was proud to be the Election Agent for the Lib Dem candidate that defeated him the one and only time he stood for Labour - in Burmantofts ward in May 1992. The successful candidate in Beeston is now the Labour MP for Hemsworth and Jeremy Corbyn's 'right hand man'. He rose to be Leader of Leeds City Council quite quickly after this by-election - about five years, I recall. |
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Post by Alan Willis on May 29, 2018 20:53:38 GMT
Having posted the Merseyside by-election results for the period 1973-198,5 I will endeavour to post similar results for other counties in this period starting with Avon. Hope these will prove useful.
1973-1977
28.3.74 - Kingswood No.1 - Macrae (Lab)2196, Lewton (Residents)1371, Alderwick (Lib)681
6.3.75 - Bristol (Bishopsworth) - Smith (Lab)1501, Taylor (Con)701, Dowler (Nat. Front)92
29.5.75 - Mangotsfield No.2 - Williams (Con)1828, Maggs (Lab)732, Priddy (Ind)645, Overton (Residents)593, May (Lib)289
1.4.76 - Weston Super Mare No.3 - Thomas (Con)2102, Blackwell (Lib)630, Heath (Lab)577
6.5.76 - Keynsham West- Miles (Con)1990, Bye (Lab) 1646
1977-1981
1.12.77 - Bristol Knowle - Lippitt (Con)1390, Hammond (Lab)490, Gibbs (Nat.Fr)68
1.12.77 - Bristol District- Bosdet (Con)1025, Wood (Lab)862, Carter (Lib)311, Andrews (Nat.Fr)99
25.5.78 - Sodbury No.4 - Foxall-Powell (Con)1414, Gregg (Lab)582, Prior (Ind)401, Baker (Ind)133
26.10.78 - Sodbury No.5 - Radnedge (Con)1204, McGurk (Lab)637, Conrad (Lib)548, Carey (Ind)189, Tily (Ind)136
21.6.79 - Weston Super Mare No.1 - Driver (Con)1265, Hartland (Lab)196
5.7.79 - Bristol Bishopsworth - Chalmers (Lab)1417, Hodges (Con) 368
20.9.79 - Bathavon No.1 - Williams (Con)920, Flenley (Ind)590
6.12.79 - Bristol Brislington - Roach (Lab)1830, Marriott (Con)819
25.9.80 - Bristol Westbury on Trym - Moore (Con)4566, Massey (Lab)616, Scott (Ecology Pty)320
(Wanted to post 1981-85 but seemed to have misfiled them. These will appear when thy turn up. If anyone requires a specific county please let me know)
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Post by Alan Willis on May 30, 2018 14:55:55 GMT
Bedfordshire County Council By-Elections 1973-1981
1973-1977
8.11.73 - Luton (Lewsey) - King (Lab)1797, Dolling (Lib) 1545, Dodd (Con) 357
3.4.74 - Biggleswade Rural No.5 - Humphreys (Con)691, Wathen (Lab)649, Walker (Lib)572, Dennis (Ind)211
3.6.74 - Luton Rural No.5 - Merry (Con)805. Obrist (Lib)784, Lane (Lab)654
17.9.74 - Bedford No.4 - Holman (Lab)756, Ryan (Con)489, Jones (Lib)377
17.9.74 - Luton Rural No3 - Brewer (Con)964, Tarrant (Lab)607, Brown (Ind)561, Cruttwell (Lib)546
20.9.74 - Bedford No.9 - Gibbons (Lib)650, Wooton (Con)592. Wildman (Lab)288
8.4.75 - Amptill Rural No.6 - Vernon (Lib)1057, Rolls (Lab)558
8.5.75 - Dunstable North - Ball (Con)1374, Lane (Lab)1110, Hunt (Lib)246
22.5.75 - Luton (Icknield) - Longden (Con)2286, Franks (Lib)1177, Judge (Lab)626
1977-1981
2.3.78 - Luton Rural No.2 - Kinchella (Lab)1599, Stew (Con)1275, Cupper (Lib)215
27.7.78 - Amptill Rural No.1 - Soskin (Con)871, Rolls (Lab)239, Low (Lib) 146
3.8.78 - Biggleswade Rural No.4 - Heard (Con)983, Costley (Lab)503, Bowry (Lib)139
14.12.78 - Leighton Linslade No.2 - Priggen (Con)619, Moloney (Lab)309, Martin (Lib)283
24.5.79 - Kempston - Grugeon (Lab)1366, Greenard (Con)1163, Ellis (Lib)280
4.9.79 - Amptill Rural No.1 - Sollars (Con)599, Idle (Lib)471, Wood (Lab)211
13.9.79 - Luton (Crawley) - Adams (Lab)875, Rose (Lib)840, Manley (Con)558
22.11.79 - Bedford No.4 - Farley (Lab)540, Skeats (Con)457, Jones (Lib)291
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Post by Crimson King on May 30, 2018 15:35:28 GMT
I think that Hester Smallbone would have approved of this all-female contest (although not cared for the outcome). 15th September 1988, Odsal ward, Bradford MDC:- Elaine Byrom Con 2665 Linda Woodward Lab 2154 Jean Micklethwaite SLD 271 Dorothy Hartley SDP 93 Con gain from Lab. The vacancy had been caused by the resignation of Cllr. Edward Johnson. Before his resignation he had defected to the Conservatives then, rather promptly, returned to the Labour benches. The constitution of the council now stood at Con 45, Lab 43 and 2 SLD. The mayor, Cllr. Smith Midgley (Con, Worth Valley), cast two votes in the chamber to break any deadlock and therefore the Conservatives assumed control of Bradford MDC. The new council leader was...Eric Pickles...and the rest is 'history'... I went leafleting for Jean Micklethwaite in that by-election - seems like yesterday! So did I. The posters were fun - we had to use a tiny font to get Micklethwaite on the diamonds |
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Post by swanarcadian on May 30, 2018 16:26:55 GMT
Thank you to Alan Willis for sharing these by-election results. Are you one and the same as the co-author of Twentieth Century Local Elections Results? |
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Post by Alan Willis on May 30, 2018 20:51:36 GMT
Yes - Guilty as Charged!
I have collected local election results from the 60's having been frustrated by the total lack of official recorded elections results outside of London.
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Post by Alan Willis on May 30, 2018 21:19:35 GMT
Results for Berkshire County Council by-elections 1973-85
1973-1977
20.2.74 - Slough No.6 (Farnham North) - Rayner (Lab)1261, Norcott (Lib)744, Brooker (Con)550, Henderson (A.D)18
20.6.74 - Hurley - Ward (Con)683, Bohanna (Lib)470, Singer (Lab)178
5.9.74 - Easthampstead No.4 Binfield - Lees (Con)676, Stewart (Lab)224, Kremer (Lib)121
20.2.75 - Wokingham Rural No.3 - Ellis (Lib)1118, Gimblett (Con)670, Silverman (Lab)574
27.2.75 - Lambourn - Osmond (Ind)626, Allen (Con)431, Paskin (Lib)340, Miemczyk (Lab)70
20.3.75 - Old Windsor - Reynolds (Con)733, Hearn (Res.A)610, Rowe (Lib)328, Proctor (Ind)194
24.7.75 - Maidenhead (Oldfield) - Brown (Con)723, McNichol (Lib)394, Allen (Lab)308
23.9.76 - Easthampstead No.7 (Bracknell Bullbrook) - Blake (Con)916, Stewart (Lab)727, Knight (Lib)177
1977-1981
16.2.78 - Newbury West - Wood (Con)976, Reid (Lib)596, Barnett (Lab)256
11.9.79 - Slough No.8 (Langley) - Hewitt (Lab)1816, Bloom (Con)1087, Brooker (N.B)520, Bilbrough (Lib)192, Mundy (Nat.Fr)39
25.10.79 - Wokingham Rural No.2 - Painter (Lib)566, Kirby (Con)336, Jones (Lab)241
1.11.79 - Cookham - Elly (Con)850, Donnelly (Lib)588, Jones (Lab)325
15.11.79 - Aldermaston - Hilliard (Con)596, Gater (Lib)412, Wheeler (Lab)155
15.11.79 - Slough No.8 (Langley) - Eales (Con)1765, Mack (Lab)1689, Palin (Lib)108, Kincaid (N.B)107
15.11.79 - Theale - Clifford (Lib)575, Fenton (Con)449, Hartney (Lab)246
13.3.80 - Easthampstead No.2 - Cohen (Con)634, Rout (Lib)433, Allen (Lab)298
17.7.80 - Slough No.4 - Park (Lab)1106, Murphy (Con)510, Bilbrough (Lib)338, Brooker (N.B)79
1981-1985
June 82 - Theale - Slater (Con)2874, Brown (Lib All)1366, Hartney (Lab)344
June 83 - Wokingham Rural No.2 - Turner (Con)1086, Palmer (Lib/SDP)771, Hayes (Lab)87
Nov 83 - Easthampstead No.4 - Bryan (Con)784, Ellison (Lib/SDP)379, Shrimpton (Lab)156
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on May 30, 2018 21:28:38 GMT
Yes - Guilty as Charged! I have collected local election results from the 60's having been frustrated by the total lack of official recorded elections results outside of London. You wouldn't by any chance happen to have the result for the Haringey byelection in High Cross ward on 15 June 1967? I know everything about this byelection (candidates, electorate, total number of votes cast) save for how the votes were distributed. Only mention this one because it's the only London borough council election result since 1964 that I don't have. |
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Post by yellowperil on May 31, 2018 7:01:17 GMT
Yes - Guilty as Charged! I have collected local election results from the 60's having been frustrated by the total lack of official recorded elections results outside of London. You wouldn't by any chance happen to have the result for the Haringey byelection in High Cross ward on 15 June 1967? I know everything about this byelection (candidates, electorate, total number of votes cast) save for how the votes were distributed. Only mention this one because it's the only London borough council election result since 1964 that I don't have. I am quite interested in knowing about that by-election too, not for any psephological reason in this case but for personal and family reasons.My in-laws lived on High Cross Road which I assume may have been in High Cross ward (I really ought to to know better than to make that assumption with any certainty). My father-in-law died in November 1965, so my mother-in-law was living there alone in 1966, so my wife and I would have spent quite a lot of time up in High Cross Road keeping her company, but have no recollection of a by-election in 1967. At some time after that and I have no recollection now as to whether that was a matter of months or years nearly all of High Cross Rd was pulled down and has never been replaced- Monument Way now covers up much of that- and my mother-in-law was rehoused in a block of flats very close to the Spurs ground. I am wondering whether the demolition process was in progress at the time of the election? I went back to look at the area again a year or two ago -got into High Cross church where Eileen & I were married in December 1961- and only one house now remains in the area I used to know, a big Georgian property known as The Big House in my day (but not said like that- more like the Big'Ass!) |
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Post by Alan Willis on May 31, 2018 12:51:25 GMT
Sorry - can't help you with this by-election result. I did collect London results in those days but concentrated on London Borough/County full council election results.
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Post by Alan Willis on May 31, 2018 13:21:07 GMT
Buckinghamshire County Council by-elections 1973-1985
1973-1977
27.6.74 - Bletchley East - Wilkinson (Con)1216, Thomas (Lab)1049, Lassman (Lib)507
16.10.75 - Aylesbury Rural No.1 (Aston Clinton) - Openshaw (Con) Unop
5.2.76 - Aylesbury North - Stonell (Con)568, Winfield (Lab)559, Benton (Lib)196
30.9.76 - Wycombe No.4 (Risborough) - Anderson (Con)1759, Church (Ind) 602, Howell (Lab)168
28.10.76 - Newport Pagnell - Sheddon (Con)713, Hamlet (Ind)577, Evans (Lab)546
1977-1981
15.12.77 - Penn & Amersham Town - Corns (Con)1121, Tench (Lab)166, Beckley (Lib)114
6.4.78 - Great Missenden - Bambrough (Con)2348, Head (Lib)300, Grig (Lab)274
1.3.79 - Great Missenden - Robinson (Con)2277, Peerman (Lib)241, Brown (Lab)226
27.9.79 - High Wycombe (West Central) - Moore (Con)1362, Gale (Lab)1178, Alexander (Lib)236
4.10.79 - Buckingham Rural North - Cozens (Ind)517, Embleton (Con)388, Bradley (Lab)90
21.2.80 - Wycombe No.1 (Chepping Wycombe) - Ross (Con)1808, Bromley (Lab)540, Rundle (Lib)301
24.7.80 - Wycombe No.4 (Risborough) - Hart (Con)1037, Scott (Ind Con)528
4.9.80 - Wycombe No.2 (Hambleden & Lane End) - Ing-Simmons (Con)941, Plumridge (Lib)742, Handford (Lab)346
1981-1985
25.3.82 - Burnham - Pepler (Con)1851, Smith (SDP/Lib)1220, Walsh (Lab)527
24.6.82 - Amersham on the Hill & Little Chalfont - Longley (Con)2139, Bailey (Lib All)1335, Mills (Lab)189
4.11.82 - Chalfont St. Peter - Jackson (Con)1987, Darby (Ind)1211, Kaye (Lab)294
5.5.83 - Eton No.3 (Gerrards Cross) - Hill (Con) Unop
20.10.83 - Aylesbury Northern - Walsh (SDP/Lib)704, Milnson (Lab)692, Holman (Con)466
10.11.83 - High Wycombe (East Central) - Goulbourn (Con)1022, Alexander (SDP/Lib)817, Panayi (Lab)743
18.3.84 - Beaconsfield - Feasey (Con)1533, Newman (Ind Rpa)1110, Mallender (Lib/SDP)785
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