1973 Bristol City Council election

1973 Bristol City Council election
All 84 seats to Bristol City Council; 43 seats needed for a majority
	Council control after election ; Labour Party (UK);

The 1973 Bristol City Council election took place on 7 June 1973 to elect members of Bristol City Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. Voting took place across 28 wards, each electing 3 Councillors. Following the Local Government Act 1972, this was the first election to the new non-metropolitan district council for Bristol, which came into being on 1 April the following year. Labour took control of the Council after winning a comfortable majority of seats.

The National Front stood in four wards in this election^[2]

Ward results

Avon

Avon
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	V Pople	2,786
	Labour	J Ellis	2,684
	Labour	J Britton	2,459
	Conservative	R Banfield	1,025
	Conservative	J Henley	961
	Conservative	J Taylor	948
	Communist	D Pratt	266
Majority
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Bedminster

Bedminster
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	A Hillman	1,322
	Labour	J Wood	1,174
	Labour	H McKay	1,120
	Independent	M Bidgood	996
	Conservative	I Gillard	652
	Conservative	C Taylor	636
	Conservative	I Dawson	620
	Independent	J Rowe	459
	Independent	N Juliff	453
	National Front	D Hales	266
Majority
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Bishopston

Bishopston
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	D Topham	1,626
	Conservative	T Clarke	1,525
	Conservative	M Withers	1,518
	Liberal	K Tucker	723
	Liberal	A Cook	658
	Labour	S Cullard	613
	Labour	P McLaren	606
	Liberal	D Burrows	602
	Labour	M Wood	565
Majority
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Bishopsworth

Bishopsworth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	L Smith	1,938
	Labour	R Morris	1,872
	Labour	A Munroe	1,842
	Independent	D Street	855
	Independent	R Rowe	819
	Independent	S Juliffe	733
	Communist	B Poole	153
	Communist	D Watson	128
Majority
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Brislington

Brislington
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	K Legg	1,919
	Labour	H Skeates	1,781
	Labour	G Holmes	1,779
	Conservative	O Scantlebury	1,604
	Conservative	T Bray	1,593
	Conservative	P Elliott	1,465
Majority
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Cabot

Cabot
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	G Ferguson	1,075
	Liberal	W Watts-Miller	1,036
	Liberal	G Beedell	1,034
	Labour	F Brown	883
	Conservative	P Maggs	834
	Conservative	P Patemoster	792
	Conservative	G Woodhouse	756
	Labour	A Kimpton	703
	Labour	E Malos	696
Majority
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

Clifton

Clifton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	J Lloyd-Kirk	1,623
	Conservative	T Girling	1,601
	Conservative	H Lawson	1,571
	Liberal	A Hodges	716
	Liberal	M Perkins	689
	Labour	F Inglis	684
	Labour	J Donovan	643
	Labour	M Thomas	511
	Communist	M Beardon	184
Majority
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

District

District
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	F Apperley	1,462
	Conservative	J Bosdet	1,456
	Conservative	R Trench	1,447
	Labour	J Malos	1,094
	Labour	P Phillips	1,087
	Labour	G Micklewright	1,063
Majority
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Durdham

Durdham
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	G Palmer	2,650
	Conservative	G Browne	2,525
	Conservative	P Berrill	2,473
	Liberal	G Beddoes	958
	Liberal	E Mallett	876
	Labour	D Blackman	591
	Labour	E Holland	575
	Labour	M Smith	526
Majority
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Easton

Easton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	J Jones	1,205
	Labour	G Maggs	1,183
	Labour	W Jenkins	1,076
	Conservative	S Russell	341
	Communist	N Carey	135
Majority
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Eastville

Eastville
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	E Fothergill	1,561
	Labour	W Williams	1,560
	Labour	B Ross	1,451
	Conservative	E Macdonald	918
	Conservative	A Thomas	905
	Conservative	M Bessant	857
	Liberal	A Chalmers	807
	Liberal	S Clements	618
	Liberal	B Payton	572
Majority
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Henbury

Henbury
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	J Fisk	2,989
	Labour	D Large	2,762
	Labour	G Brass	2,664
	Conservative	D Evans	2,480
	Conservative	W Lippiatt	2,456
	Conservative	R Biggs	2,396
Majority
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Hengrove

Hengrove
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	W Graves	1,950
	Labour	A Abrams	1,774
	Labour	M Houlihan	1,510
	Conservative	G Bridcut	619
Majority
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Hillfields

Hillfields
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	C Draper	1,985
	Labour	F Vyvyan-Jones	1,915
	Labour	R Thomas	1,871
	Conservative	D Thompson	1,032
	Conservative	C Baker	996
	Conservative	P Haines	983
Majority
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Horfield

Horfield
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	C Merrett	2,467
	Labour	R Edwards	2,400
	Labour	R Hewlett	2,360
	Conservative	B Topham	2,063
	Conservative	D Macduff	1,893
	Conservative	R Wookey	1,762
Majority
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Knowle

Knowle
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	G Sprackling	1,800
	Conservative	E Wright	1,685
	Conservative	F Lawrence	1,556
	Labour	G Sheppard	973
	Labour	G England	953
	Labour	G Cole	912
	Liberal	D Beaven	590
Majority
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Redland

Redland
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	C Hebblethwaite	1,528
	Conservative	G Keeley	1,516
	Conservative	G Hebblethwaite	1,506
	Liberal	J Ord	849
	Liberal	C Sara	840
	Liberal	C Ord	816
	Labour	M Merrett	450
	Labour	C Langham	448
	Labour	R Langley	421
Majority
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Somerset

Somerset
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	H Willcox	1,465
	Labour	D Jackson	1,366
	Labour	J Comerford	1,149
	Conservative	V Goodland	722
	Conservative	J Finnimore	562
	National Front	P Thomas	424
Majority
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Southmead

Southmead
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	J Hole	1,987
	Conservative	F McGough	1,931
	Labour	S Grace	1,848
	Labour	R Bridle	1,801
	Conservative	T Wetherall	1,779
	Conservative	I Hamilton	1,779
	Ind. Conservative	G Chappell	900
Majority
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Southville

Southville
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	F Smith	1,336
	Labour	F Pidgeon	1,260
	Labour	M Young	1,202
	Conservative	W Blackmore	1,061
	Conservative	L White	907
	Conservative	P Barnwell	876
Majority
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

St George East

St George East
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	H Bloom	1,855
	Labour	L Rexworthy	1,798
	Labour	D Beer	1,779
	Conservative	K Mountstephen	1,143
	Conservative	E Cockrell	1,109
	Conservative	F Stockham	1,027
Majority
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

St George West

St George West
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	I Rogers	1,128
	Labour	J McLaren	1,111
	Labour	M Rea	1,088
	Liberal	V Hales	591
	Liberal	A Chalmers	515
	Conservative	I Beddoe	475
	Liberal	D Seymour	468
	National Front	A Nelmes	238
Majority
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

St Paul

St Paul
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	D McLaren	1,045
	Labour	G Fowler	995
	Labour	A Norton	989
	Conservative	T Mort-Williams	507
Majority
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

St Philip & Jacob

St Philip & Jacob
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	I Knight	766
	Labour	L Lane	759
	Labour	A Pegler	754
	Conservative	J Douglas-Green	292
Majority
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Stapleton

Stapleton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	P Brook	2,530
	Conservative	T Whiteley	2,444
	Conservative	H Williams	2,397
	Labour	G Bee	2,080
	Labour	E Skuse	2,015
	Labour	R Denyer	1,980
Majority
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Stockwood

Stockwood
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	G Easton	2,888
	Labour	V Bath	2,796
	Labour	D Poole	2,757
	Conservative	G Barrow	2,558
	Conservative	J Howe	2,525
	Conservative	R Huxham	2,300
	Liberal	J Phillips	778
Majority
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Westbury-on-Trym

Westbury-on-Trym
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	R Wall	3,995
	Conservative	D Poole	3,950
	Conservative	C Alderson	3,813
	Liberal	C Everett	1,878
	Liberal	E David	1,749
	Liberal	N Fern	1,520
	Labour	M Waddington	631
	Labour	G Waddington	627
	Labour	R Willis	614
Majority
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Windmill Hill

Windmill Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	B Richards	1,136
	Labour	C Roberston	1,022
	Labour	R Wilmott	1,009
	Conservative	D Watkins	537
	Conservative	R Douglas-Green	491
	National Front	R Bale	326
Majority
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

References

^ "Local Elections Handbook 1973". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
^ Thomas, Colin (8 January 2020). "40 years ago, the far right in Bristol was faced down with music, pickets and ballots". The Bristol Cable. Retrieved 31 January 2020.

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

[2] Thomas, Colin (8 January 2020). "40 years ago, the far right in Bristol was faced down with music, pickets and ballots". The Bristol Cable. Retrieved 31 January 2020.

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