1971 Easthampstead Rural District Council election
11 May 1971 (1971-05-11)
All 44 seats to Easthampstead Rural District Council
23 seats needed for a majority
  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

  1. ↑ "Bracknell Socialists to fight all seats". Reading Evening Post. 22 April 1971. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "Labour bid to oust Tory fails". Reading Evening Post. 29 May 1971. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  3. ↑ "Bracknell election tension". Bracknell Times. 10 May 1973. Retrieved 27 January 2023.


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