1973_Bath_City_Council_election
The 1973 Bath City Council election was held on Thursday 10 May 1973 to elect councillors to the new Bath City Council in England. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in the United Kingdom.
Quick Facts All 45 seats to Bath City Council 23 seats needed for a majority, First party ...
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These were the first elections to the new district council, which would come into effect on 1 April 1974. Future elections would take place every three years, with the next election scheduled for 6 May 1976.
The 1973 election saw no party take overall control of the council, with the Conservatives being the largest party.
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Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % | |||||||
Conservative | 29 | 19 | – | – | – | 42.2% | 31.1% | 15,777 | N/A | ||||||
Labour | 24 | 17 | – | – | – | 37.8% | 33.5% | 16,901 | N/A | ||||||
Liberal | 24 | 9 | – | – | – | 20% | 33.3% | 16,882 | N/A | ||||||
Residents | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 0% | 2.1% | 1,053 | N/A |
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Abbey
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Laurence John Harris Coombs | 618 | 48.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Elgar Spencer Jenkins | 551 | – | ||
Conservative | Jeffrey William Higgins | 499 | – | ||
Residents | W. Evans | 411 | 32.4 | N/A | |
Residents | S. Farr | 397 | – | ||
Residents | H. Bland | 245 | – | ||
Liberal | M. Wall | 240 | 18.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | Adrian Pegg | 229 | – | ||
Liberal | A. Bailey | 190 | – | ||
Turnout | 44.4 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 2,857 | ||||
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Bathwick
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | P. Gees | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Conservative | Kenneth John Holloway | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Conservative | Mary Elizabeth Rawlings | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 3,944 | ||||
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Bloomfield
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Samuel Leslie Jane | 846 | 59.4 | N/A | |
Labour | G. Yates | 692 | – | ||
Labour | T. Challis | 658 | – | ||
Conservative | J. Jones | 579 | 40.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | P. Dillon | 568 | – | ||
Conservative | A. Dilley | 536 | – | ||
Turnout | 39.6 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 3,602 | ||||
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Combe Down
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ian Charles Dewey | 910 | 52.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | W. Podger | 882 | – | ||
Conservative | J. Attwood | 876 | – | ||
Liberal | R. Wardle | 840 | 48.0 | N/A | |
Liberal | G. Pyle | 757 | – | ||
Liberal | W. Brown | 732 | – | ||
Turnout | 47.1 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 3,713 | ||||
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Kingsmead
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | M. Pepper | 937 | 51.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | George Durant Kersley | 873 | 48.2 | N/A | |
Labour | Hilary Fraser | 816 | – | ||
Labour | J. Halpin | 737 | – | ||
Conservative | P. Lunn | 702 | – | ||
Conservative | F. Beresford-Smith | 653 | – | ||
Turnout | 43.1 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 4,197 | ||||
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Lambridge
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anthony John Rhymes | 1,104 | 45.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | H. Underhay | 873 | – | ||
Liberal | G. Mower | 760 | 31.0 | N/A | |
Liberal | A. Hanham | 618 | – | ||
Labour | R. Cambourne | 586 | 23.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | W. Logan | 560 | – | ||
Labour | P. Cave | 505 | – | ||
Labour | R. Eades | 504 | – | ||
Liberal | G. Whiteley | 467 | – | ||
Turnout | 57.8 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 4,242 | ||||
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Lansdown
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Walter Gower Huggett | 1,480 | 60.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | Marianna Clark | 1,451 | – | ||
Liberal | H. Brake | 1,200 | – | ||
Conservative | R. Smith | 949 | 39.1 | N/A | |
Turnout | 46.6 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 5,208 | ||||
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Lyncombe
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Brian James Hamlen | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Conservative | Thomas John Cornish | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Conservative | H. Crallan | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 4,911 | ||||
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Newbridge
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Peter Downey | 1,054 | 56.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | L. Corner | 891 | – | ||
Liberal | D. Lincoln | 815 | – | ||
Conservative | G. Hughes | 799 | 43.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | J. Hale | 748 | – | ||
Turnout | 44.7 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 4,143 | ||||
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Oldfield
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | L. Ashman | 982 | 64.3 | N/A | |
Labour | Roy Gordon Hiscocks | 972 | – | ||
Labour | F. Gilbert | 934 | – | ||
Liberal | R. Brake | 545 | 35.7 | N/A | |
Turnout | 38.9 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 3,928 | ||||
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Twerton East
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William Percy Johns | 1,091 | 66.0 | N/A | |
Labour | F. Hobbs | 918 | – | ||
Labour | Leslie Albert William Ridd | 913 | – | ||
Liberal | H. Nash | 563 | 34.0 | N/A | |
Turnout | 35.5 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 4,657 | ||||
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Twerton West
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alec Louis Ricketts | 1,022 | 61.9 | N/A | |
Labour | E. Hobbs | 1,018 | – | ||
Labour | J. Lyons | 1,012 | – | ||
Liberal | B. Potter | 628 | 38.1 | N/A | |
Liberal | G. Lambert | 563 | – | ||
Liberal | R. Ferris | 545 | – | ||
Turnout | 30.0 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 5,504 | ||||
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Walcot
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Humphrey Lyons | 966 | 38.6 | N/A | |
Liberal | G. Plumbridge | 893 | 35.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | M. Cheek | 822 | – | ||
Liberal | J. Ruff | 803 | – | ||
Conservative | L. Hughes | 709 | – | ||
Labour | M. Baber | 646 | 25.8 | N/A | |
Liberal | B. Hill | 618 | – | ||
Labour | R. Vince | 594 | – | ||
Labour | D. Holley | 578 | – | ||
Turnout | 48.2 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 5,197 | ||||
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Westmoreland
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Raymond Charles Rosewarn | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Labour | R. Padfield | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Labour | T. Street | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 3,641 | ||||
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Widcombe
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Cicely Margaret Edmunds | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Conservative | Jeannette Farley Hole | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Conservative | D. Elliott | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 3,367 | ||||
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- "Bath City Council Election Results 1973-1994" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 28 April 2020.