1971 Easthampstead Rural District Council election

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.

  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.