1973 South Ribble Borough Council election

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The first elections to South Ribble Borough Council were held in June 1973. The elected Borough Council, newly created by the Local Government Act 1972, would act as a shadow authority before coming into its powers later in 1973. [1] The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party won a majority. [2]

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Composition of the Borough Council after the 1973 election

Election result

South Ribble Local Election Result 1973
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 30N/AN/AN/A61.256.137,249N/A
  Labour 16N/AN/AN/A32.532.521,585N/A
  Liberal 2N/AN/AN/A4.18.25,424N/A
  Independent 1N/AN/AN/A2.03.22,157N/A

Ward Results

All Saints
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative M. Rhodes 885 27.9
Conservative R. Knowles 869 27.4
Conservative R. Welhmam 840 26.5
Labour K. Lloyd57318.1
Bamber Bridge Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative F. Cooper 965 14.8
Labour G. Davies 940 14.5
Labour F. Walsh 939 14.4
Conservative G. Woods91614.1
Conservative R. Dixon86513.3
Labour G. Nicholson84112.9
Liberal J. Bundy3916.0
Liberal W. Parker3335.1
Liberal A. Hodges3114.8
Farington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour P. Ward 736 18.5
Conservative J. Littler 731 18.4
Conservative L. Craven 722 18.1
Conservative R. Robinson62115.6
Labour E. Martin60515.2
Labour S. Turton56714.2
Hutton & New Longton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent V. Peacock 1,081 35.6
Conservative M. Robinson 877 28.9
Conservative W. Eccles 826 27.2
Labour K. Eastham2558.4
Little Hoole & Much Hoole
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. Knowles 250 76.9
Labour J. Nicholson7523.1
Longton Central & West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative A. Burden 893 32.9
Conservative A. Ashburner 838 30.9
Conservative D.Protheroe 740 27.3
Labour B. White2418.9
No.1 (Leyland St.Ambrose)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour A. Dawson 479 20.9
Labour J. Crossley 427 18.6
Conservative W. Jackson39017.0
Liberal M. Kirkham35315.4
Conservative R. Kelley34815.2
Liberal B. Newby29913.0
No. 16 (Penwortham Middleforth)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour M. Lyons 961 12.0
Conservative A. Roskell 912 11.4
Conservative V. Rhodes 912 11.4
Conservative R. Richardson 808 10.1
Labour H. Whitson 797 10.0
Labour J. Stoker7849.8
Conservative R. Caunce7699.6
Conservative J. Thompson7649.6
Liberal H. Goodier6508.1
Independent A. Johnson6408.0
No. 17 (Penwortham St. Marys)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative D. Stewart 1,802 19.7
Conservative H. Smith 1,735 19.0
Conservative S. Allison 1,675 18.3
Conservative W. Valentine 1,647 18.0
Conservative J. Rickards 1,643 18.0
Labour P. Harknett6437.0
No. 3 (Leyland St. James)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour A. Bamber 894 18.5
Labour C. Dawber 877 18.1
Labour A. Kelly 802 16.6
Conservative J. Hall74715.4
Conservative D. Kidd57411.9
Conservative L. Jackson54311.2
Liberal D. Marston4058.4
No. 4 (Leyland St. Johns)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour L. Hocking 1,071 28.0
Labour F. Stingfellow 1,045 27.4
Labour M. Walsh 925 24.2
Liberal R. Caunce-Peacock43511.4
Conservative G. Eland3449.0
No. 5 (Leyland St. Marys)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. Marsden 597 23.4
Liberal A. Nelson 568 22.2
Conservative B. Pickup55621.8
Liberal L. Lloyd42316.5
Labour A. Brown41216.1
No. 6 (Leyland Wesley)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour R. Wilkinson 455 64.4
Liberal V. Barnes25135.6
Samlesbury & Cuerdale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative F. Barton 239 74.2
Labour D. Eastham8325.8


St. Andrews
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal N. Orrel 666 28.7
Conservative N. Greenwood 507 21.8
Conservative S. Kelley44819.3
Labour E. Walsh36215.6
Liberal J. Knowles33914.6


St. Leonards
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. Coupe 911 31.1
Conservative J. Lawson 888 30.3
Conservative K. Palmer 861 29.4
Labour N. Kosickis2709.2


Walton-Le-Dale South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative H. Kerfoot 855 16.5
Labour T. Bayes 829 16.0
Conservative P. Smith 789 15.2
Conservative W. Towers77014.9
Labour G. Woodcock77014.5
Labour W. Corney74714.4
Independent F. Hudson4368.4
Walton-Le-Dale West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative R. Smith 819 17.9
Conservative J. Ratcliffe 786 17.2
Labour A. White 782 17.1
Conservative J. Bell77216.9
Labour T. Baldwin73616.1
Labour T. Machell68014.9

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    References

    1. ↑ "Councils offered five more months before changes". The Times . 18 February 1972.
    2. ↑ "South Ribble". BBC News Online . Retrieved 16 December 2022.


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