1973 Adur District Council election

1973 Adur District Council election
All 37 seats to Adur District Council ; 19 seats needed for a majority
Majority party before election; No Overall Control;	Majority party after election; No Overall Control;

Last updated December 11, 2022

The first elections to the newly created Adur District Council established by the Local Government Act 1972 in England and Wales were held on 7 June 1973. Overall turnout was recorded at 46.6%.^[1]

Election result

Adur District Council Election Result 1973^[2]
	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Liberal	16	43.2	29.9	5,961	N/A
Conservative	13	35.1	43.0	8,589	N/A
Labour	5	13.5	20.4	4,072	N/A
Residents	2	5.4	3.3	653	N/A
Independent	1	2.7	3.5	688	N/A

This resulted in the following composition of the council:^[2]

Party		New council
	Liberal	16
	Conservative	13
	Labour	5
	Independent Residents	2
	Independent	1
Total		37
Working majority		-5

Ward results

Marine (2315)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	James P. Ms.	653	57.4	N/A
	Residents	Warner B. Ms.	648
	Conservative	Robbins W.	415	36.5	N/A
	Conservative	Moseley P.	378
	Labour	Harwood J. Ms.	70	6.2	N/A
Majority				20.9	N/A
Turnout				49.2	N/A
	Residents win (new seat)
	Residents win (new seat)

No. 1 (Shoreham: Buckingham) (2835)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elliott I.R.W.	592	54.8	N/A
	Conservative	Hurrell C.	563
	Liberal	Boustead T.	423	39.2	N/A
	Liberal	Brook D. Ms.	421
	Labour	Knee G.	65	6.0	N/A
Majority				15.6	N/A
Turnout				38.1	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

No. 2 (Shoreham: Kingston Buci) (2583)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colquhoun M. Ms.	698	67.4	N/A
	Labour	Mitchell C.	625
	Conservative	Ransom A.	338	32.6	N/A
	Conservative	Richings C.	321
Majority				34.8	N/A
Turnout				40.1	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

No. 3 (Shoreham: Kingston St.Julians) (2746)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carr G.	655	51.1	N/A
	Labour	White J.	627	48.9	N/A
	Conservative	Chipperfield K.	620
	Labour	Harwood R.	595
Majority				2.2	N/A
Turnout				46.7	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

No. 5 (Shoreham: St. Marys) (2128)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richards F. Ms.	521	49.8	N/A
	Conservative	Potter E.	439
	Liberal	Blackman G.	417	39.9	N/A
	Liberal	Swatheridge W.	408
	Labour	Watson A.	108	10.3	N/A
Majority				9.9	N/A
Turnout				49.2	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

No. 6 (Shoreham: St. Nicholas) (2288)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Page F.	516	48.3	N/A
	Conservative	Smith M.	502
	Liberal	Symonds A.	455	42.6	N/A
	Liberal	King M. Ms.	445
	Labour	Mitchell R. Ms.	98	9.2	N/A
Majority				5.7	N/A
Turnout				46.7	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

No. 7 (Southwick: Central) (1981)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wey G.	614	47.0	N/A
	Conservative	Coghlan J.	505
	Labour	Clark R.	347	26.6	N/A
	Independent	Divers B.	344	26.4	N/A
	Labour	Kenward E. Ms.	302
Majority				20.4	N/A
Turnout				65.9	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

No. 8 (Southwick: Fishergate) (1194)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sharman E.	344	56.7	N/A
	Conservative	Dunn R.	263	43.3	N/A
Majority				13.4	N/A
Turnout				50.8	N/A
	Independent win (new seat)

No. 9 (Southwick: North) (2463)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Moon K.	625	50.1	N/A
	Conservative	Newman J. Ms.	622	49.9	N/A
	Conservative	Joyce V. Ms.	617
	Labour	Boreham L.	566
Majority				0.2	N/A
Turnout				50.6	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

No. 10 (Southwick: South) (1051)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hobbis J.	379	64.5	N/A
	Conservative	Gristwood R.	209	35.5	N/A
Majority				28.9	N/A
Turnout				55.9	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

No. 11 (Southwick: West) (2486)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barber R.	782	62.5	N/A
	Conservative	Sweet I. Ms.	778
	Labour	Berry P.	469	37.5	N/A
	Labour	Moon J. Ms.	412
Majority				25.0	N/A
Turnout				50.3	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

No. 12 (Lancing: East) (4364)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bartram P.	1,178	55.5	N/A
	Liberal	Brooks J.	982
	Liberal	Sherlock M. Ms.	936
	Liberal	Hamblin C.	896
	Conservative	Wilkinson F.	763	35.9	N/A
	Conservative	Lane A. Ms.	681
	Conservative	Ball S.	663
	Labour	Waters R.	183	8.6	N/A
	Labour	Lichfield S.	181
Majority				19.5	N/A
Turnout				48.7	N/A
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

No. 13 (Lancing: West) (4422)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hills D.	833	44.5	N/A
	Conservative	Burley Y. Ms.	820	43.9	N/A
	Liberal	Baird D.	820
	Liberal	Burt R.	816
	Conservative	Trickey M. Ms.	815
	Liberal	Swadling M.	796
	Conservative	Snowdon R. Ms.	790
	Conservative	Collins M.	755
	Labour	Barnes B. Ms.	217	11.6	N/A
	Labour	Barnes C.	212
	Labour	Ford M.	199
Majority				0.7	N/A
Turnout				42.3	N/A
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

No. 14 (Lancing: North) (4493)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robinson C. Ms.	1,152	56.6	N/A
	Liberal	Robinson J.	1,149
	Liberal	Kimmins A.	1,067
	Liberal	Leeds J.	1,023
	Conservative	Passmore R.	697	34.3	N/A
	Conservative	Potter D.	634
	Conservative	Hussey D.	621
	Conservative	Plummer D. Ms.	598
	Labour	Gatland L. Ms.	186	9.1	N/A
	Labour	Gatland J.	183
	Labour	Kelly M. Ms.	174
	Labour	Kelly P.	156
Majority				22.4	N/A
Turnout				45.3	N/A
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

No. 15 (Sompting) (6373)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Burridge B.	1,503	65.8	N/A
	Liberal	Green B.	1,424
	Liberal	Charlton J.	1,415
	Liberal	Cheal J.	1,408
	Liberal	Nicholls B.	1,331
	Conservative	Sparkes E. Ms.	782	34.2	N/A
	Conservative	Beasley E. Ms.	757
	Conservative	Garnham R. Ms.	726
Majority				31.6	N/A
Turnout				35.9	N/A
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

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References

↑ Local elections in Britain: a statistical digest, edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. 2nd Edition 2003
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Elections Centre: Adur 1973-2012" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk/plymouth.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
↑ "Vote 2012: Adur". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2018.

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[1] Local elections in Britain: a statistical digest, edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. 2nd Edition 2003

[results-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Elections Centre: Adur 1973-2012" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk/plymouth.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2017.

[3] "Vote 2012: Adur". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2018.

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1973 Adur District Council election

Contents

Election result

Ward results

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