1973 Gloucester City Council election

UK local election

The 1973 Gloucester City Council election took place on 5 May 1973 to elect members of Gloucester City Council in England.

Results

Gloucester City Council election, 1973^[1]
	Seats	Seats %
Conservative	21	63.6
Labour	12	36.4
Liberal	0	00.0

Ward results

Barnwood

Barnwood 1973 (3)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	K. Hyett	1,110	46.2
	Conservative	M. Smith	1,025
	Conservative	H. Phillips	1,023
	Labour	F. Gibbs	980	40.8
	Labour	C. Barnfield	977
	Labour	Ms. R. Layton	889
	Liberal	N. Drinan	313	13.0
Turnout				42.1
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Barton

Barton 1973 (3) ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	H. Worrall	892	47.0
	Labour	Ms. R. Layton	876
	Labour	R. Palmer	800
	Liberal	R. Best	558	29.4
	Liberal	R. Adlan	558
	Conservative	Newman C	446	23.5
	Democratic Liberal	A. Gee	434
Turnout			4,564	33.1
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Eastgate

Eastgate 1973 (3)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	G. Williams	989	41.3
	Labour	R. Dwyer	981	41.0
	Conservative	H. Harrison	965
	Conservative	J. Stanley	943
	Labour	Ms. M. Barber	913
	Labour	M. Layton	882
	Liberal	Ms. E. Sheppard	290	12.1
	Independent	E. Race	132	5.5
Turnout			6,095	39.5
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hucclecote

Hucclecote 1973 (3)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Ashley	1,295	45.4
	Conservative	T. Wathen	1,259
	Conservative	P. Arnold	1,246
	Labour	D. Ferguson	1,036	36.4
	Labour	F. Henderson	845
	Labour	G. Heath	785
	Liberal	D. Gibbard	519	18.2
	Liberal	L. Liddington	499
Turnout			7,484	43.8
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Kingsholm

Kingsholm 1973 (3)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	P. Robins	1,165	54.0
	Conservative	F. King	1,156
	Conservative	R. Langston	1,136
	Liberal	Ms. M. Harris	581	26.9
	Labour	F. Davenport	412	19.1
Turnout			4,450	33.5
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Linden

Linden 1973 (3)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	E. Davies	1,105	42.4
	Labour	C. Collins	1,101
	Conservative	L. Jones	1,011	38.8
	Labour	Ms. L. Steers	926
	Conservative	R. Readdie	923
	Conservative	Ms. L. Reeves	833
	Liberal	Ms. E. Drinan	492	18.9
Turnout			6,391	41.3
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Longlevens

Longlevens 1973 (3)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	N. Partridge	1,430	47.5
	Conservative	*G. Goodwin**	1,811
	Conservative	J. Robins	1,395
	Conservative	G. Goodwin	1,294
	Labour	F. Kelly	990	32.9
	Labour	J. Wilks	883
	Labour	D. Middlecote	817
	Liberal	P. Lukins	590	19.6
Turnout			7,399	44.9
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Matson

Matson 1973 (3)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. Goodenough	1,000	49.0
	Labour	A. Walters	984
	Labour	H. Morgan	980
	Conservative	S. Moreland	588	28.8
	Liberal	Ms. G. Halford	454	22.2
Turnout			4,006	29.6
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Podsmead

Podsmead 1973 (3)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. Harris	935	41.8
	Labour	W. Finch	928
	Labour	D. Toomey	871
	Liberal	D. Halford	813	36.4
	Liberal	R. Barber	679
	Liberal	D. Gardner	657
	Conservative	Ms. S. Lawless	488	21.8
	Conservative	D. Knight	485
	Conservative	F. Stephens	453
Turnout			6,309	37.9
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Tuffley

Tuffley 1973 (3)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	F. Price	1,215	41.8
	Conservative	R. Pitkin-Cocks	1,191
	Conservative	S. Smith	1,183
	Labour	E. Clayton	1,131	38.9
	Labour	B. Adlam	1,088
	Labour	T. Miles	1,013
	Liberal	J. Beard	564	19.4
	Liberal	Ms. D. Martin	441
Turnout			7,826	52.3
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Westgate

Westgate 1973 (3)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ms. F. Wilton	1,062	50.9
	Conservative	H. Fisher	1,057
	Conservative	P. Jones	974
	Labour	J. Paton	538	25.8
	Liberal	Ms. M. Warlow	485	23.3
	Labour	F. Stevens	473
Turnout			4,589	31.1
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

^ "Council compositions by year". Google Drive. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Gloucester City Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 6 June 2021.

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