1973 Bath City Council election#Combe Down
{{Short description|1973 UK local government election}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1973 Bath City Council election
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| election_date = {{Start date|1973|05|10|df=y}}
| next_election = 1976 Bath City Council election
| next_year = 1976
| seats_for_election= All 45 seats to Bath City Council
| majority_seats = 23
| image1 =
| party1 = Conservative Party (UK)
| seats1 = 19
| popular_vote1 = 15,777
| percentage1 = 31.1%
| image2 =
| party2 = Labour Party (UK)
| seats2 = 17
| popular_vote2 = 16,961
| percentage2 = 33.5%
| image3 =
| party3 = Liberal Party (UK)
| seats3 = 9
| popular_vote3 = 16,882
| percentage3 = 33.3%
| map_image =
| map_caption =
| title = Council control
| posttitle = Council control after election
| 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
{{Election summary begin with candidates|title=Bath City Council election, 1973}}
{{Election summary party with candidates|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidates = 29
|seats = 19
|gain = –
|loss = –
|net = –
|seats % = {{#expr: 100*19/45 round 1}}%
|votes % = 31.1%
|votes = 15,777
|plus/minus = N/A
}}
{{Election summary party with candidates|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidates = 24
|seats = 17
|gain = –
|loss = –
|net = –
|seats % = {{#expr: 100*17/45 round 1}}%
|votes % = 33.5%
|votes = 16,901
|plus/minus = N/A
}}
{{Election summary party with candidates|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidates = 24
|seats = 9
|gain = –
|loss = –
|net = –
|seats % = {{#expr: 100*9/45 round 1}}%
|votes % = 33.3%
|votes = 16,882
|plus/minus = N/A
}}
{{Election summary party with candidates|
|party = Residents Association
|candidates = 3
|seats = 0
|gain = –
|loss = –
|net = –
|seats % = 0%
|votes % = 2.1%
|votes = 1,053
|plus/minus = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
Ward results
=Abbey=
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Laurence John Harris Coombs
|votes = 618
|percentage = 48.7
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Elgar Spencer Jenkins
|votes = 551
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Jeffrey William Higgins
|votes = 499
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Residents Association
|candidate = W. Evans
|votes = 411
|percentage = 32.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Residents Association
|candidate = S. Farr
|votes = 397
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Residents Association
|candidate = H. Bland
|votes = 245
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = M. Wall
|votes = 240
|percentage = 18.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Adrian Pegg
|votes = 229
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = A. Bailey
|votes = 190
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 44.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 2,857
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Bathwick=
{{Election box begin | title=Bathwick (3 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = P. Gees
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Kenneth John Holloway
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Mary Elizabeth Rawlings
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,944
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Bloomfield=
{{Election box begin | title=Bloomfield (3 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Samuel Leslie Jane
|votes = 846
|percentage = 59.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = G. Yates
|votes = 692
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = T. Challis
|votes = 658
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = J. Jones
|votes = 579
|percentage = 40.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = P. Dillon
|votes = 568
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = A. Dilley
|votes = 536
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 39.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,602
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Combe Down=
{{Election box begin | title=Combe Down (3 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Ian Charles Dewey
|votes = 910
|percentage = 52.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = W. Podger
|votes = 882
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = J. Attwood
|votes = 876
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = R. Wardle
|votes = 840
|percentage = 48.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = G. Pyle
|votes = 757
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = W. Brown
|votes = 732
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 47.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,713
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Kingsmead=
{{Election box begin | title=Kingsmead (3 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = M. Pepper
|votes = 937
|percentage = 51.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = George Durant Kersley
|votes = 873
|percentage = 48.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Hilary Fraser
|votes = 816
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = J. Halpin
|votes = 737
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = P. Lunn
|votes = 702
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = F. Beresford-Smith
|votes = 653
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 43.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 4,197
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Lambridge=
{{Election box begin | title=Lambridge (3 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Anthony John Rhymes
|votes = 1,104
|percentage = 45.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = H. Underhay
|votes = 873
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = G. Mower
|votes = 760
|percentage = 31.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = A. Hanham
|votes = 618
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = R. Cambourne
|votes = 586
|percentage = 23.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = W. Logan
|votes = 560
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = P. Cave
|votes = 505
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = R. Eades
|votes = 504
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = G. Whiteley
|votes = 467
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 57.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 4,242
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Lansdown=
{{Election box begin | title=Lansdown (3 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Walter Gower Huggett
|votes = 1,480
|percentage = 60.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Marianna Clark
|votes = 1,451
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = H. Brake
|votes = 1,200
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = R. Smith
|votes = 949
|percentage = 39.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 46.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 5,208
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Lyncombe=
{{Election box begin | title=Lyncombe (3 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Brian James Hamlen
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas John Cornish
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = H. Crallan
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 4,911
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Newbridge=
{{Election box begin | title=Newbridge (3 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter Downey
|votes = 1,054
|percentage = 56.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = L. Corner
|votes = 891
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = D. Lincoln
|votes = 815
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = G. Hughes
|votes = 799
|percentage = 43.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = J. Hale
|votes = 748
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 44.7
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 4,143
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Oldfield=
{{Election box begin | title=Oldfield (3 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = L. Ashman
|votes = 982
|percentage = 64.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Roy Gordon Hiscocks
|votes = 972
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = F. Gilbert
|votes = 934
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = R. Brake
|votes = 545
|percentage = 35.7
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 38.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,928
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Twerton East=
{{Election box begin | title=Twerton East (3 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = William Percy Johns
|votes = 1,091
|percentage = 66.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = F. Hobbs
|votes = 918
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Leslie Albert William Ridd
|votes = 913
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = H. Nash
|votes = 563
|percentage = 34.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 35.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 4,657
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Twerton West=
{{Election box begin | title=Twerton West (3 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Alec Louis Ricketts
|votes = 1,022
|percentage = 61.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = E. Hobbs
|votes = 1,018
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = J. Lyons
|votes = 1,012
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = B. Potter
|votes = 628
|percentage = 38.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = G. Lambert
|votes = 563
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = R. Ferris
|votes = 545
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 30.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 5,504
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Walcot=
{{Election box begin | title=Walcot (3 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Humphrey Lyons
|votes = 966
|percentage = 38.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = G. Plumbridge
|votes = 893
|percentage = 35.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = M. Cheek
|votes = 822
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = J. Ruff
|votes = 803
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = L. Hughes
|votes = 709
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = M. Baber
|votes = 646
|percentage = 25.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = B. Hill
|votes = 618
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = R. Vince
|votes = 594
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = D. Holley
|votes = 578
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 48.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 5,197
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Westmoreland=
{{Election box begin | title=Westmoreland (3 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Raymond Charles Rosewarn
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = R. Padfield
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = T. Street
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,641
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Widcombe=
{{Election box begin | title=Widcombe (3 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Cicely Margaret Edmunds
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Jeannette Farley Hole
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = D. Elliott
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,367
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}