1973 Cardiff City Council election

Local election in Cardiff, Wales November 2022 September 2022 The 1973 Cardiff City Council election was held on Thursday 10 May 1973 to elect councillors to the new Cardiff District Council'Carve out' claim smashed by Labour's win South Wales Echo 11 May 1973 18 (later to become known as Cardiff City Council) in Cardiff, Wales. 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. The previous all-Cardiff elections to the old Cardiff City Council took place in May 1972. Future elections would take place every three years, with the next election scheduled for 6 May 1976. The 1973 election saw the Labour Party win a significant majority on the Council. Background Previously a unitary authority from 1889, Cardiff's council was to become a second-tier district authority to South Glamorgan County Council from 1 April 1974. This followed local government reorganisation enacted by the Local Government Act 1972. The 1973 election was the first to the new local authority, with councillors acting in a shadow capacity until April 1974. The election to South Glamorgan County Council had taken place in April 1973, with many Cardiff councillors standing for election to this authority. Until 1973, elections to Cardiff City Council had been annual, with each of the three ward councillors standing down for election in rotation. In May 1973 all ward councillors were elected at the same election, to sit for three years. Wards The wards to the new council remained the same in 1973 as the previous Cardiff City Council, but with the addition of two new wards: Lisvane, Llanedeyrn and St Mellons (1 seat); and Radyr, St Fagans, Tongwynlais (2 seats). Fourteen of the wards continued to have three councillors, but five wards had their representation doubled to six councillors. The position of alderman was to be abolished, with all members of the new council being elected ward councillors. Results Contests took place in all except one of the wards at this election.Cardiff Welsh District Council Election Results 1973-1991 http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Cardiff-1973-1991.pdf The Elections Centre (Plymouth University) 5 September 2019The New District Councils - Election Results - S. Glam. - Cardiff South Wales Echo 11 May 1973 19 (a) Labour won control of the new council. Cardiff District Council election result 1973 Labour Party (UK) 42 42 N/A N/A 56.0 N/A Conservative Party (UK) 33 33 N/A N/A 44.0 N/A Liberal Party (UK) 0 0 N/A N/A 0.0 N/A Plaid Cymru 0 0 N/A N/A 0.0 5,566 N/A Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 N/A N/A 0.0 186 N/A Independent politician 0 0 N/A N/A 0.0 91 N/A |} Results by ward Adamsdown (3 seats) Adamsdown Labour Party (UK) D Evans + 1,139 74.2 N/A Labour Party (UK) John Iorwerth Jones o+ 1,102 Labour Party (UK) R Costley 1,046 Conservative Party (UK) E Canning 306 19.9 N/A Independent politician Thelma Mackie 91 5.9 N/A 25.3 N/A 6,071 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Canton (3 seats) Canton Labour Party (UK) N. Jenkins 1,343 50.4 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Bella Brown A+ 1,323 49.6 N/A Labour Party (UK) P. W. Thomas 1,299 Labour Party (UK) Patrick Kitson 1,283 Conservative Party (UK) Trevor Tyrell o+ 1,230 Conservative Party (UK) W. Adams 1,171 34.8 N/A 7,653 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Cathays (3 seats) Cathays Labour Party (UK) Derek Allinson o+ 1,721 44.6 N/A Labour Party (UK) John Charles Edwards o+ 1,581 Labour Party (UK) W. J. Davies 1,525 Conservative Party (UK) I. Jones 1,049 27.2 N/A Conservative Party (UK) J. G. Miles 891 Conservative Party (UK) M. P. Rivlin 851 Liberal Party (UK) H. C. Edwards 620 16.1 N/A Plaid Cymru G. ap Sion 466 12.1 N/A 39.5 N/A 9,752 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Central (3 seats) Central Labour Party (UK) William Herbert o+ 1,217 62.2 N/A Labour Party (UK) Gordon William Fish o+ 1,209 Labour Party (UK) David Seligman + 1,119 Conservative Party (UK) L. A. Walters 741 37.8 N/A 33.4 N/A 5,864 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Ely (6 seats) Ely Labour Party (UK) William Carling o+ 2,362 67.3 N/A Labour Party (UK) Albert Buttle o+ 2,314 Labour Party (UK) Reverend Robert H. Morgan + 2,243 Labour Party (UK) Charlie Gale 2,112 Labour Party (UK) J. Sloman 2,099 Labour Party (UK) Thomas Clifford Leeo+ 2,049 Conservative Party (UK) W. Clode 791 22.5 N/A Conservative Party (UK) A. Fitzpatrick 751 Conservative Party (UK) John F. C. Phillips 723 Conservative Party (UK) Joan Joshua 714 Conservative Party (UK) W. E. T. Jones 665 Conservative Party (UK) A. H. Hinder 654 Plaid Cymru G. Dowling 358 10.2 N/A Plaid Cymru P. Lane 325 Plaid Cymru Pedr McMullen 307 Plaid Cymru J. Storm 294 Plaid Cymru E. J. Maynard 201 24.2 N/A 14,526 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Gabalfa (3 seats) Gabalfa Labour Party (UK) Emrys Pride o+ 1,647 66.2 N/A Labour Party (UK) Michael Parry o+ 1,636 Labour Party (UK) Arthur Brown o+ 1,590 Conservative Party (UK) R. C. Oldridge 842 33.8 N/A 25.1 N/A 9,917 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Grangetown (3 seats) Grangetown Labour Party (UK) M. Matthewson o 1,299 52.0 N/A Labour Party (UK) Harold Bartlett o+ 1,273 Labour Party (UK) P. Owen 1,206 Conservative Party (UK) J. P. O'Reilly 1,198 48.0 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Gwendoline Judd 1,089 33.1 N/A 7,540 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Lisvane, Llanedeyrn and St Mellons (1 seat) Lisvane, Llanedeyrn and St Mellons Conservative Party (UK) T. H. Davies N/A 0 0.0 N/A 2,418 Conservative Party (UK) Llandaff (3 seats) Llandaff Conservative Party (UK) H. Ferguson-Jones A+ 1,834 59.0 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Keith Flynn o 1,759 Conservative Party (UK) Sir Charles S. Hallinan A 1,625 Labour Party (UK) Norma Maylin 650 20.9 N/A Labour Party (UK) A. Saunders 628 Plaid Cymru Anne-Marie Petty 623 20.1 N/A Labour Party (UK) J. D. Berridge 508 33.4 N/A 9,293 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Llanishen (6 seats) Llanishen Conservative Party (UK) Jeffrey Sainsbury o+ 2,475 36.5 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Lionel Pugh o+ 2,475 Conservative Party (UK) Ronald Watkiss A+ 2,396 Conservative Party (UK) N. Morgan 2,360 Conservative Party (UK) D. O'Neill 2,332 Conservative Party (UK) William Barraby o 2,299 Liberal Party (UK) Olive Langdon 1,862 27.5 N/A Labour Party (UK) Mary Beasley 1,723 25.4 N/A Labour Party (UK) E. Goodrun 1,642 Labour Party (UK) F. Beatson 1,633 Labour Party (UK) M. Powell-Davies 1,618 Labour Party (UK) L. Goodrun 1,605 Plaid Cymru R. Griffiths 723 10.7 N/A 49.7 N/A 13,635 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Penylan (6 seats) Penylan Conservative Party (UK) Stefan Terlezki o+ 3,866 50.0 N/A Conservative Party (UK) G. A. S. Turnbull Ao+ 3,628 Conservative Party (UK) L. Johnson 3,601 Conservative Party (UK) Cecil Rapport 3,540 Conservative Party (UK) A. Austin 3,490 Conservative Party (UK) A. Thomas 3,437 Liberal Party (UK) Joan Davies 2,573 33.3 N/A Liberal Party (UK) D. A. T. Thomas 2,510 Liberal Party (UK) M. Williams 2,450 Liberal Party (UK) Mary Jones 2,278 Liberal Party (UK) R. E. Westerman 2,193 Liberal Party (UK) A. Miranthis 2,190 Labour Party (UK) M. Davies 1,287 16.7 N/A Labour Party (UK) G. Jenkins 1,278 Labour Party (UK) R. Bent 1,255 Labour Party (UK) A. Jobbins 1,205 Labour Party (UK) B. Jones 1,174 Labour Party (UK) K. O'Brien 1,163 40.7 N/A 18,983 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Plasmawr (6 seats) Plasmawr Labour Party (UK) Hubert Harding o+ 1,983 57.4 N/A Labour Party (UK) Frederick Tyrrell o+ 1,886 Labour Party (UK) Albert Huish o+ 1,823 Labour Party (UK) H. Davies 1,777 Labour Party (UK) J. Leondr 1,717 Labour Party (UK) E. West 1,643 Conservative Party (UK) W. Hall 863 25.0 N/A Conservative Party (UK) D. Norman 820 Conservative Party (UK) F. J. Jones 819 Conservative Party (UK) V. Lloyd 798 Conservative Party (UK) P. Baynham 770 Plaid Cymru S. Quick 608 17.6 N/A Plaid Cymru S. S. Smith 573 Plaid Cymru R. C. Rowlands 560 Plaid Cymru G. Aaron 526 Plaid Cymru W. D. Wilson 513 Plaid Cymru B. Nicholson 479 24.8 N/A 13,951 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Plasnewydd (3 seats) Plasnewydd Conservative Party (UK) Olwen Watkin Ao+ 1,542 40.2 N/A Conservative Party (UK) S. James + 1,325 Conservative Party (UK) D. J. Evans 1,107 Labour Party (UK) P. Troy 986 25.7 N/A Labour Party (UK) A. Mills 924 Labour Party (UK) J. B. Cocks 879 Plaid Cymru Philip B. Richards 704 18.3 N/A Liberal Party (UK) R. Nott 605 15.8 Plaid Cymru Owen John Thomas 582 Plaid Cymru P. W. Riley 505 46.5 N/A 8,251 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Radyr, St Fagans, Tongwynlais (2 seats) Radyr, St Fagans, Tongwynlais Conservative Party (UK) L. B. Clarke 898 52.7 N/A Conservative Party (UK) G. W. Millard 838 Labour Party (UK) R. B. Hughes 806 47.3 N/A Labour Party (UK) G. Bailey 780 46.5 N/A 8,251 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Rhiwbina (3 seats) Rhiwbina Conservative Party (UK) William John A. Bain o+ 1,912 40.7 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Martin Davies o+ 1,877 Conservative Party (UK) G. Jones 1,785 Liberal Party (UK) H. J. O'Brien 1,519 32.3 N/A Liberal Party (UK) S. H. Cotsen 1,482 Liberal Party (UK) G. K. Davies 1,463 Plaid Cymru D. C. G. Davies 692 14.7 N/A Plaid Cymru Doris Hughes 652 Labour Party (UK) M. Mullins 577 12.3 N/A Labour Party (UK) B. Morris 556 Labour Party (UK) T. R. Morris 546 Plaid Cymru R. C. F. Williams 539 46.5 N/A 8,251 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Riverside (3 seats) Riverside Conservative Party (UK) K. Davies 1,530 47.7 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Alec Johnson o 1,323 Conservative Party (UK) S. Doxsey 1,235 Labour Party (UK) V. Jones 946 29.5 N/A Labour Party (UK) Dr. C. M. Hartnett 924 Labour Party (UK) V. A. White 858 Liberal Party (UK) E. Robinson 394 12.3 N/A Plaid Cymru R. A. Lee 337 10.5 N/A 42.4 N/A 7,571 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Roath (3 seats) Roath Conservative Party (UK) N. Lloyd-Edwards 1,811 49.0 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Gerald Brinks o 1,639 Conservative Party (UK) C. Hutchings 1,636 Liberal Party (UK) D. W. Wood 929 25.2 N/A Liberal Party (UK) J. Beauchamp 773 Liberal Party (UK) J. S. Davies 762 Labour Party (UK) T. O'Callaghan 633 17.1 N/A Plaid Cymru P. Cravos 320 8.7 N/A 35.8 N/A 10,317 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Rumney (6 seats) Rumney Labour Party (UK) Y. Bonar 2,653 52.7 N/A Labour Party (UK) David Myfr Evans o+ 2,626 Labour Party (UK) F. Yeomans 2,551 Labour Party (UK) Alun Michael 2,520 Labour Party (UK) John Randall Phillips o 2,503 Labour Party (UK) John Reynolds 2,483 Conservative Party (UK) S. Parker 1,643 32.7 N/A Conservative Party (UK) S. Brown 1,491 Conservative Party (UK) T. R. Laurie 1,450 Conservative Party (UK) D. Floyd 1,428 Conservative Party (UK) H. R. James 1,398 Plaid Cymru S. R. Trevarthen 735 14.6 N/A 26.7 N/A 18,837 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) South (3 seats) South Labour Party (UK) Frederick John Smith o+ 1,540 60.8 N/A Labour Party (UK) Philip Dunleavy o+ 1,537 Labour Party (UK) P. H. Bowen 1,347 Conservative Party (UK) Terence Roche o 994 39.2 N/A Conservative Party (UK) E. Williams 811 Conservative Party (UK) Frances M. Arnold 800 37.3 N/A 6,788 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Splott (3 seats) Splott Labour Party (UK) John Brooks o+ 1,830 65.9 N/A Labour Party (UK) V. Minton 1,786 Labour Party (UK) R. Ormonde o 1,780 Conservative Party (UK) D. O'Connell 761 27.4 N/A Conservative Party (UK) K. C. Lewis 698 Conservative Party (UK) J. Stark 692 Communist Party of Great Britain S. Garrett-Jones 186 6.7 N/A 32.5 N/A 8,553 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Whitchurch (3 seats) Whitchurch Conservative Party (UK) David Purnell A 2,672 50.3 N/A Labour Party (UK) Philip Norton o+ 2,641 49.7 N/A Conservative Party (UK) J. M. Davies 2,596 Conservative Party (UK) Victor Riley 2,533 Labour Party (UK) A. Doone 2,269 Labour Party (UK) D. Weeks 2,132 50.4 N/A 10,543 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) KEY o = sitting councillor on (pre-1974) Cardiff City Council Labour whoop for joy on poll triumph - How the voting went South Wales Echo 8 May 1970 13 All the S. Wales results South Wales Echo 14 May 1971 13 South Wales results in detail - Cardiff South Wales Echo 5 May 1972 6 A = sitting alderman on (pre 1974) Cardiff City Council Alderman ousted from city council South Wales Echo 22 May 1967 1 Elected for six years: E. C. Dolman, Sir Charles Hallinan, Lincoln Hallinan, W. J. Hartland, Dorothy Lewis, T. E. Merrells, H. Ferguson Jones, Winifred Mathias, Harvey Salter, Gerard Turnbull Echo Survey - On the Great Unknowns South Wales Echo 3 April 1973 6 Cardiff aldermen standing for election in South Glamorgan: Bella Brown, Hugh Ferguson Jones, Gordon Jones, David Purnell, Ron Richards, Gerard Turnbull, Olwen Watkin, Ron Watkiss + = elected as councillor to South Glamorgan County Council in April 1973 South Glamorgan County Council Election Results 1973-1993 http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/South-Glamorgan-County-1973-1993.pdf The Elections Centre (Plymouth University) 5 September 2019 References collapsed Cardiff Category:Council elections in Cardiff Category:Council elections in South Glamorgan Category:1970s in Cardiff