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;

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.

Overall results

1973 Plymouth City Council Election
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

Ward results

Compton (3 seats)

Compton (3 seats)
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)

Crownhill (3 seats)

Crownhill (3 seats)
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)

Drake (3 seats)

Drake (3 seats)
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)

Efford (3 seats)

Efford (3 seats)
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)

Ernesettle (3 seats)

Ernesettle (3 seats)
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)

Ford (3 seats)

Ford (3 seats)
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)

Honicknowle (3 seats)

Honicknowle (3 seats)
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)

Mount Gould (3 seats)

Mount Gould (3 seats)
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)

Pennycross (3 seats)

Pennycross (3 seats)
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)

Plympton Erle (3 seats)

Plympton Erle (3 seats)
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)

Plympton St Mary (3 seats)

Plympton St Mary (3 seats)
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)

Plymstock Dunstone (3 seats)

Plymstock Dunstone (3 seats)
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)

Plymstock Radford (3 seats)

Plymstock Radford (3 seats)
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)

St Andrew (3 seats)

St Andrew (3 seats)
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)

St Aubyn (3 seats)

St Aubyn (3 seats)
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)

St Budeax (3 seats)

St Budeax (3 seats)
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)

St Peter (3 seats)

St Peter (3 seats)
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)

Stoke (3 seats)

Stoke (3 seats)
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)

Sutton (3 seats)

Sutton (3 seats)
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)

Tamerton (3 seats)

Tamerton (3 seats)
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)

Trelawny (3 seats)

Trelawny (3 seats)
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)

Whitleigh (3 seats)

Whitleigh (3 seats)
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)

References

^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1973. Plymouth University, Plymouth, UK: The Elections Centre. p. 16.
^ "Local Election Summaries 1973". The Elections Centre.
^ "Local Elections Handbook 1973". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 10 April 2016.

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

[2] "Local Election Summaries 1973". The Elections Centre.

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

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