1973 Bath City Council election

1973 UK local government election April 2022 1973 Bath City Council election parliamentary no 1973 05 10 y 1976 Bath City Council election 1976 All 45 seats to Bath City Council 23 Con Conservative Party (UK) 19 15,777 31.1% Lab Labour Party (UK) 17 16,961 33.5% Lib Liberal Party (UK) 9 16,882 33.3% Council control Council control after election No overall control 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. 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. Election results Bath City Council election, 1973 Conservative Party (UK) 29 19 – – – % 31.1% 15,777 N/A Labour Party (UK) 24 17 – – – % 33.5% 16,901 N/A Liberal Party (UK) 24 9 – – – % 33.3% 16,882 N/A Residents Association 3 0 – – – 0% 2.1% 1,053 N/A Ward results Abbey Abbey (3 seats)Bath City Council Election Results 1973-1994 http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Bath-1973-1994.pdf The Elections Centre (Plymouth University) 28 April 2020 Conservative Party (UK) Laurence John Harris Coombs 618 48.7 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Elgar Spencer Jenkins 551 – Conservative Party (UK) Jeffrey William Higgins 499 – Residents Association W. Evans 411 32.4 N/A Residents Association S. Farr 397 – Residents Association H. Bland 245 – Liberal Party (UK) M. Wall 240 18.9 N/A Liberal Party (UK) Adrian Pegg 229 – Liberal Party (UK) A. Bailey 190 – 44.4 N/A 2,857 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Bathwick Bathwick (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) P. Gees unopposed N/A N/A Conservative Party (UK) Kenneth John Holloway unopposed N/A N/A Conservative Party (UK) Mary Elizabeth Rawlings unopposed N/A N/A 3,944 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Bloomfield Bloomfield (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) Samuel Leslie Jane 846 59.4 N/A Labour Party (UK) G. Yates 692 – Labour Party (UK) T. Challis 658 – Conservative Party (UK) J. Jones 579 40.6 N/A Conservative Party (UK) P. Dillon 568 – Conservative Party (UK) A. Dilley 536 – 39.6 N/A 3,602 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Combe Down Combe Down (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Ian Charles Dewey 910 52.0 N/A Conservative Party (UK) W. Podger 882 – Conservative Party (UK) J. Attwood 876 – Liberal Party (UK) R. Wardle 840 48.0 N/A Liberal Party (UK) G. Pyle 757 – Liberal Party (UK) W. Brown 732 – 47.1 N/A 3,713 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Kingsmead Kingsmead (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) M. Pepper 937 51.8 N/A Conservative Party (UK) George Durant Kersley 873 48.2 N/A Labour Party (UK) Hilary Fraser 816 – Labour Party (UK) J. Halpin 737 – Conservative Party (UK) P. Lunn 702 – Conservative Party (UK) F. Beresford-Smith 653 – 43.1 N/A 4,197 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Lambridge Lambridge (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Anthony John Rhymes 1,104 45.1 N/A Conservative Party (UK) H. Underhay 873 – Liberal Party (UK) G. Mower 760 31.0 N/A Liberal Party (UK) A. Hanham 618 – Labour Party (UK) R. Cambourne 586 23.9 N/A Conservative Party (UK) W. Logan 560 – Labour Party (UK) P. Cave 505 – Labour Party (UK) R. Eades 504 – Liberal Party (UK) G. Whiteley 467 – 57.8 N/A 4,242 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Lansdown Lansdown (3 seats) Liberal Party (UK) Walter Gower Huggett 1,480 60.9 N/A Liberal Party (UK) Marianna Clark 1,451 – Liberal Party (UK) H. Brake 1,200 – Conservative Party (UK) R. Smith 949 39.1 N/A 46.6 N/A 5,208 Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Lyncombe Lyncombe (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Brian James Hamlen unopposed N/A N/A Conservative Party (UK) Thomas John Cornish unopposed N/A N/A Conservative Party (UK) H. Crallan unopposed N/A N/A 4,911 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Newbridge Newbridge (3 seats) Liberal Party (UK) Peter Downey 1,054 56.9 N/A Liberal Party (UK) L. Corner 891 – Liberal Party (UK) D. Lincoln 815 – Conservative Party (UK) G. Hughes 799 43.1 N/A Conservative Party (UK) J. Hale 748 – 44.7 N/A 4,143 Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Oldfield Oldfield (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) L. Ashman 982 64.3 N/A Labour Party (UK) Roy Gordon Hiscocks 972 – Labour Party (UK) F. Gilbert 934 – Liberal Party (UK) R. Brake 545 35.7 N/A 38.9 N/A 3,928 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Twerton East Twerton East (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) William Percy Johns 1,091 66.0 N/A Labour Party (UK) F. Hobbs 918 – Labour Party (UK) Leslie Albert William Ridd 913 – Liberal Party (UK) H. Nash 563 34.0 N/A 35.5 N/A 4,657 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Twerton West Twerton West (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) Alec Louis Ricketts 1,022 61.9 N/A Labour Party (UK) E. Hobbs 1,018 – Labour Party (UK) J. Lyons 1,012 – Liberal Party (UK) B. Potter 628 38.1 N/A Liberal Party (UK) G. Lambert 563 – Liberal Party (UK) R. Ferris 545 – 30.0 N/A 5,504 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Walcot Walcot (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) John Humphrey Lyons 966 38.6 N/A Liberal Party (UK) G. Plumbridge 893 35.6 N/A Conservative Party (UK) M. Cheek 822 – Liberal Party (UK) J. Ruff 803 – Conservative Party (UK) L. Hughes 709 – Labour Party (UK) M. Baber 646 25.8 N/A Liberal Party (UK) B. Hill 618 – Labour Party (UK) R. Vince 594 – Labour Party (UK) D. Holley 578 – 48.2 N/A 5,197 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Westmoreland Westmoreland (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) Raymond Charles Rosewarn unopposed N/A N/A Labour Party (UK) R. Padfield unopposed N/A N/A Labour Party (UK) T. Street unopposed N/A N/A 3,641 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Widcombe Widcombe (3 seats) Liberal Party (UK) Cicely Margaret Edmunds unopposed N/A N/A Conservative Party (UK) Jeannette Farley Hole unopposed N/A N/A Conservative Party (UK) D. Elliott unopposed N/A N/A 3,367 Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) References Bath 1973