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1971 Easthampstead Rural District Council election

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1971 Easthampstead Rural District Council election
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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

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Binfield

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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

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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

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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

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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

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  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.