1973_Plymouth_City_Council_election

1973 Plymouth City Council election^[1]^[2]
All 66 seats in the Plymouth City Council; 34 seats needed for a majority
	Council control after election ; Conservative;

1973 Plymouth City Council election

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The 1973 Plymouth City Council election took place on 7 June 1973 to elect members of Plymouth City Council in England.^[3] This was on the same day as other local elections. Voting took place across 22 wards, each electing 3 Councillors. Following the Local Government Act 1972, this was the first election to the new non-metropolitan district council for Plymouth, which came into being on 1 April the following year. The Conservative Party took control of the Council after winning a majority of seats.

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Ward results

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[handbook-1] [1]
Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1973. Plymouth University, Plymouth, UK: The Elections Centre. p. 16.

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"Local Election Summaries 1973". The Elections Centre.

[3] [3]
"Local Elections Handbook 1973". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 10 April 2016.

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Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	37	n/a	n/a	n/a	56.1	47.9	28,943	n/a
	Labour	29	n/a	n/a	n/a	43.9	45.9	27,721	n/a
	Liberal	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	0.0	6.2	3,760	n/a
Total		66						60,424

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	G. Creber	2,055
	Conservative	F. Milligan	2,031
	Conservative	R. Ray	1,998
	Labour	P. Lovell	531
	Labour	J. Jones	501
	Labour	T. Saunders	481
Turnout				32.8%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Pascoe	2,139
	Conservative	R. Morrell	2,128
	Conservative	J. Dobell	2,126
	Labour	F. Gould	1,163
	Labour	H. Trevan	1,103
	Labour	W. Payne	1,035
Turnout				34.1%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D. Mitchell	1,878
	Conservative	T. Savery	1,789
	Conservative	N. Pengelly	1,734
	Labour	F. Young	835
	Labour	F. Dent	802
	Labour	K. Cheffers	773
Turnout				35.8%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	F. Stott	1,881
	Labour	R. King	1,792
	Labour	G. Draper	1,784
	Conservative	D. Macmillan	802
	Conservative	E. Richardson	786
	Conservative	R. Brown	739
	Liberal	J. Snell	535
Turnout				44.1%
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

1973_Plymouth_City_Council_election

1973 Plymouth City Council election

Overall results

Ward results

Compton (3 seats)

Crownhill (3 seats)

Drake (3 seats)

Efford (3 seats)

Ernesettle (3 seats)

Ford (3 seats)

Honicknowle (3 seats)

Mount Gould (3 seats)

Pennycross (3 seats)

Plympton Erle (3 seats)

Plympton St Mary (3 seats)

Plymstock Dunstone (3 seats)

Plymstock Radford (3 seats)

St Andrew (3 seats)

St Aubyn (3 seats)

St Budeax (3 seats)

St Peter (3 seats)

Stoke (3 seats)

Sutton (3 seats)

Tamerton (3 seats)

Trelawny (3 seats)

Whitleigh (3 seats)

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Roberts	1,481
	Labour	D. Drake	1,321
	Labour	C. Brimblecombe	1,259
	Conservative	J. Small	1,056
	Conservative	M. Coyte	1,031
	Conservative	J. Inglesby	1,013
Turnout				%
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	B. Batchelor	1,553
	Conservative	H. Fox	1,435
	Labour	B. Furzeman	1,409
	Labour	V. Venn	1,348
	Conservative	G. Blades	1,347
	Conservative	E. Willcock	1,264
Turnout				40.7%
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. Whitfield	2,102
	Labour	W. Nicholson	2,002
	Labour	H. Dolley	1,997
	Conservative	H. Washbrook	692
	Conservative	W. Rowe	692
	Conservative	G. Switzer	687
Turnout				35.2%
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	E. Thornton	1,525
	Conservative	J. Courtney	1,525
	Conservative	R. Thornton	1,521
	Labour	D. Knott	1,183
	Labour	R. Bulland	1,151
	Labour	K. Pierce	1,148
	Liberal	G. Gladwell	631
Turnout				42.4%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Floyd	2,123
	Labour	W. Glanville	1,969
	Labour	I. Flett	1,829
	Conservative	K. Gardiner	1,154
	Conservative	R. Goodall	1,121
	Conservative	D. Chapman	1,024
Turnout				42.2%
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Mills	949
	Conservative	J. Richards	881
	Conservative	A. Wright	870
	Labour	J. Fildew	603
	Labour	E. Carn	508
	Labour	K. Strang	463
Turnout				25.7%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	C. Smith	1,334
	Conservative	W. Tregenna-Piggott	1,258
	Conservative	R. Radmore	1,230
	Labour	J. Beresford	832
	Labour	W. Gross	812
	Labour	A. De Launey	805
Turnout				31.0%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A. Everett	1,703
	Conservative	I. Langdon	1,684
	Conservative	D. Dicker	1,635
	Liberal	R. Snell	1,014
	Labour	B. Hills	445
	Labour	R. Fraser	380
	Labour	M. Browning	307
Turnout				40.8%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Easton	1,430
	Conservative	R. Easton	1,367
	Conservative	D. Thompson	1,219
	Labour	E. Hill	753
	Liberal	N. Williams	685
	Labour	W. Williamson	590
	Labour	J. Leppard	552
Turnout				40.2%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A. Glinn	1,568
	Conservative	P. Bond	1,495
	Conservative	W. Turner	1,465
	Labour	L. Hill	1,254
	Labour	M. Telford	1,219
	Labour	P. Knight	1,192
Turnout				38.5%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	F. Long	1,319
	Labour	D. Yeates	1,313
	Labour	L. Goldstone	1,254
	Conservative	W. Wilks	881
	Conservative	J. Ashford	784
	Conservative	W. Harris	772
Turnout				29.4%
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	G. Tucker	2,168
	Labour	R. Hockey	2,054
	Labour	R. Bishop	2,020
	Conservative	M. Hoblin	1,300
	Conservative	J. Lee	1,224
	Conservative	J. Rennie	1,152
Turnout				44.7%
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	I. Lowe	1,657
	Labour	J. Luce	1,641
	Labour	R. Blank	1,578
	Conservative	R. Baker	622
	Conservative	J. Munton	616
	Conservative	P. Duigman	608
Turnout				33.3%
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	P. Washbourn	1,538
	Conservative	C. Wilbraham	1,522
	Conservative	W. Howe	1,462
	Labour	J. Cock	1,055
	Labour	H. Williams	1,027
	Labour	P. May	973
Turnout				36.1%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. Piper	1,486
	Labour	H. Lobb	1,443
	Labour	F. Johnson	1,403
	Liberal	R. Hawke	895
	Conservative	C. Ryall	665
	Conservative	C. Flay	551
	Conservative	J. Corrigan	514
Turnout				40.5%
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. Evans	1,402
	Labour	R. Scott	1,376
	Labour	J. Jones	1,337
	Conservative	A. Williams	922
	Conservative	P. Birrell	888
	Conservative	T. Docking	835
Turnout				28.0%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	G. Jinks	1,975
	Conservative	A. Parish	1,958
	Conservative	W. Thompson	1,911
	Labour	B. Mills	773
	Labour	K. Glanville	749
	Labour	R. Oliver	723
Turnout				35.3%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	T. Johnson	1,320
	Conservative	S. Blane	1,201
	Conservative	T. Jones	1,200
	Labour	H. Luscombe	1,122
	Labour	E. Thomas	1,106
	Labour	H. Welch	956
Turnout				28.9%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)