1971 local election in Easthampstead Rural District
1971 Easthampstead Rural District Council election |
All 44 seats to Easthampstead Rural District Council 23 seats needed for a majority |
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| First party | Second party | Third party | | Con | Lab | Ind | Party | Conservative | Labour | Independent | Seats won | 21 | 18 | 3 | | | Fourth party | | | Lib | | Party | Liberal | | Seats won | 2 | | |
Council control before election Conservative | Council control after election No overall control | |
The 1971 Easthampstead Rural District Council election, held on 11 May 1971,[1] was the last election to Easthampstead Rural District Council. The Conservative Party lost overall control, emerging narrowly as the largest party.[2] Concurrent with the changes wrought by the Local Government Act 1972, the council would transition to a new Bracknell District Council, the first election being held in 1973. Until 2023, this would be the last election for a Bracknell-based council where a majority of seats were outside Bracknell town.[3] This is also the last time an election for a Bracknell-based council has ended up in no overall control.
Ward results
Binfield
Binfield (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Ann Springman | 393 | 80.4 | |
| Conservative | Evelyn Hide | 318 | | |
| Labour | David Excell | 96 | 19.6 | |
| Labour | Bernard White | 68 | | |
Garth
Garth (3) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | William Lindop | 549 | 64.9 | |
| Labour | James Pocknee | 537 | | |
| Labour | Arthur Wort | 510 | | |
| Conservative | Gordon Rimes | 297 | 35.1 | |
| Conservative | Peter Harris | 296 | | |
Great Hollands-Wildridings
Great Hollands-Wildridings (3) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Jeananne Shillcock | 878 | 60.1 | |
| Labour | Anthony Mahoney | 818 | | |
| Labour | Alan Everett | 815 | | |
| Conservative | David Lamb | 583 | 39.9 | |
| Conservative | Margaret Deacock | 491 | | |
| Conservative | Herbert Clarke | 459 | | |
Old Bracknell
Old Bracknell (3) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | William Harvey | 622 | 57.0 | |
| Labour | Stanley Mason | 622 | | |
| Labour | Patrick Hoey | 608 | | |
| Conservative | Bride Kempton | 470 | 43.0 | |
| Conservative | Selwyn Radcliffe | 418 | | |
| Conservative | Archie Matthews | 398 | | |
References
- ^ "Bracknell Socialists to fight all seats". Reading Evening Post. 22 April 1971. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
- ^ "Labour bid to oust Tory fails". Reading Evening Post. 29 May 1971. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
- ^ "Bracknell election tension". Bracknell Times. 10 May 1973. Retrieved 27 January 2023.