1971 Bromley London Borough Council election

The 1971 Bromley Council election took place on 13 May 1971 to elect members of Bromley London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]

Background

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Election result

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Ward results

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Beckenham

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Anerley (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mrs M I F Harvey 68.0 +27.0
Labour Christopher Richard Gaster 1,727
Conservative Mrs M M Blackburn* 741 28.3 −19.9
Conservative J Burnip
Liberal P J Dover 3.7 −7.0
Liberal Charles S Vassie
Majority 39.6
Turnout 35.6
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +23.5
Clock House (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mrs. Olga L. Roberts
Labour D C Carter
Conservative C R E Kember
Conservative R F Newson
Liberal Paul David A Nash
Liberal Mrs E B George
Majority
Turnout
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Copers Cope (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative H J Palmer*
Conservative Charles George Priest
Labour B R Kidson
Labour H E Smith
Liberal Jeremy V. Cope
Liberal E W T Gilbert
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Eden Park (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Maurice J Mason
Conservative R J Kellaway
Liberal Mrs R Dale
Liberal G B Swinyard
Labour Mrs B J Roberts
Labour Mrs J I Ambrose
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Lawrie Park & Kent House (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A. G. F. Mitchell* 51.9 −20.6
Conservative Richard D. Foister*
Labour J H O'Keefe 13.8 +29.0
Labour S W Mayne
Liberal Heather Isabel Donovan 5.3 −8.4
Liberal B E Burbage
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Manor House (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative M E Forster* 1,501
Conservative D W Giffin 1,482
Liberal David Edward Aubrey Crowe 1,344
Liberal Ian Phillips 1,343
Labour Mrs C A Hughes 634
Labour M A Keenoy 600
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Penge (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. J. F Harvey
Labour Barbara Pedley
Conservative C J W Bunn
Conservative R C Carter
Liberal R J Payne
Liberal R I Thompson
Turnout
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Shortlands (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A E Read*
Conservative Bernard E G Davis*
Labour Mrs H Lawton
Labour Ian William Wrigglesworth
Liberal P A Upson
Liberal John R Canvin
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
West Wickham North (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative E. R. Smithers*
Conservative Montague I Blasey*
Liberal Peter A. Dodsworth
Liberal T D Eastop
Labour Miss E M Ridgeway
Labour N J Sharp
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
West Wickham South (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kenneth V. Crask*
Conservative St J E F Ward
Liberal Mrs L M Hudson
Liberal J E Jewell
Labour R Richards
Labour Mrs L H Vandelt
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Bromley

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Bromley Common (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mrs. Naomi V. Carter
Conservative Simon J C Randall*
Conservative M G Law*
Labour A. W Wright
Labour H H R Shortlands
Conservative Clive A L Brangwin*
Liberal Terence Frank Clark
Liberal T J Gillespie
Liberal M J Edney
Independent Mrs A Gully
Turnout
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Keston & Hayes (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Horace Walter Haden*
Conservative James F. David*
Conservative Ernest Dennis Barkway*
Liberal Brian Harry Taylor
Liberal Mrs D E Richmond
Liberal Richard D Hawes
Labour L Bishop
Labour Mrs D M Wright
Labour E Corbett
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Martins Hill & Town (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative W F D Walker
Conservative W H Stephenson*
Conservative Anthony Millar Wilkinson*
Labour Mrs P A Freedman
Labour R B Freedman
Labour Gordon Thomas Yates
Liberal P E Dewdney
Liberal Mrs M M Coulson
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Plaistow & Sundridge (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative D. J. W. Eves*
Conservative A E Friday
Conservative Joan Kathleen Wykes
Labour Richard Henry Redden
Labour R Goss
Labour D R Roberts
Liberal K L Page
Liberal D C Pike
Liberal M J Sartin
Independent K L Bailey
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Chislehurst

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Bickley (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Maurice Bentley Kenward*
Conservative J Smith*
Conservative A E Cox*
Labour Mrs J Wood
Labour Walter K Mansfield
Labour D G Chiles
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Chislehurst (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A F Parkinson*
Conservative Charles Christopher Seward Reeves*
Conservative Joan Bryant
Labour Harold Taylor
Labour Mrs L J Courtneidge
Labour J McHendry
Liberal J Dulieu
Liberal Mrs J M Minter
Liberal M A Minter
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Mottingham (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alistair Huistean Macdonald
Labour Ronald William Huzzard*
Conservative J D Thomas
Conservative G F Haines
Communist D N Goss
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
St Paul's Cray (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Raymond Alexander Sanderson*
Labour Edgar C H Smith
Labour D W Edwards*
Conservative Albert E. Stayte
Conservative Geoffrey H. Fennell
Conservative Mrs V C Hammond
Liberal Mrs A M Parfitt
Liberal J J Hart
Liberal T J Potter
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Orpington

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Biggin Hill (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Derek E. Saunders*
Conservative Mrs. Marjorie C. McClure*
Liberal Philip Alan Golding
Liberal B A Beard
Labour R E Hodsdon
Labour E J (Jack) Townsend
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Chelsfield (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Patrick McNally* 1,972
Conservative Jean Tatham* 1,910
Liberal Mrs E B Luthwaite 1,805
Conservative D E Johnson 1,801
Labour J O McKeown
Labour Mrs G R McKeown
Turnout
Liberal hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Darwin (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Alexander Knox-Johnston 989
Liberal R P Townsend 758
Labour G. A. Cox 103
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Farnborough (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mrs Sheila M Stead*
Conservative R J Inniss
Conservative K A Pawsey*
Liberal Philip F Dearle
Liberal Keith O M Challis
Liberal Mrs Kathleen E C Tarbolton
Labour J Fowler
Labour Mrs M J E Healy
Labour M J Tallantine
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Goddington (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Mrs E M Hart 3,017
Liberal O K Williams 2,969
Liberal M G C Anderson 2,796
Conservative D A Heron* 2,644
Conservative Mrs M L Kent
Conservative A R Hammonds
Labour I F H Low
Labour J H Lohmann
Labour W East
Turnout
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing
Petts Wood (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative F. J. Packer*
Conservative Joan Hatcher
Conservative Don D S Adams*
Liberal P A Gooch
Liberal J G Bungay
Liberal R W Sutton
Labour Mrs B M E Cox
Labour R E C Harris
Labour S T Lack
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
St Mary Cray (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Francis Spellar* 2,517
Labour Doris Partridge 2,439
Labour Mrs M A Goffe 2,349
Liberal Roy Edey* 1,418
Liberal Michael Edwards-Evans 1,317
Conservative J A Collins 1,298
Liberal Mrs F J Clark 1,295
Conservative R G Westcombe 1,265
Conservative G S Edwards 1,257
Turnout
Labour gain from Liberal Swing

References

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  1. ^ "London Borough Council Elections 13 May 1971" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 29 March 2015.