# 1973 Bath City Council election

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

Bath City Council election, 1973 :
| Party | Party | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Votes | Votes | Votes |
| Party | Party | Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % |
| | Conservative | 29 | 19 | – | – | – | 42.2% | 31.1% | 15,777 | N/A |
| | Labour | 24 | 17 | – | – | – | 37.8% | 33.5% | 16,901 | N/A |
| | Liberal | 24 | 9 | – | – | – | 20% | 33.3% | 16,882 | N/A |
| | Residents | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 0% | 2.1% | 1,053 | N/A |

## Ward results
### Abbey

Abbey (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Laurence John Harris Coombs | 618 | 48.7 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Elgar Spencer Jenkins | 551 | – | |
| | Conservative | Jeffrey William Higgins | 499 | – | |
| | Residents | W. Evans | 411 | 32.4 | N/A |
| | Residents | S. Farr | 397 | – | |
| | Residents | H. Bland | 245 | – | |
| | Liberal | M. Wall | 240 | 18.9 | N/A |
| | Liberal | Adrian Pegg | 229 | – | |
| | Liberal | A. Bailey | 190 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 44.4 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,857 | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
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### Bathwick

Bathwick (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | P. Gees | unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Conservative | Kenneth John Holloway | unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Conservative | Mary Elizabeth Rawlings | unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,944 | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
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### Bloomfield

Bloomfield (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Samuel Leslie Jane | 846 | 59.4 | N/A |
| | Labour | G. Yates | 692 | – | |
| | Labour | T. Challis | 658 | – | |
| | Conservative | J. Jones | 579 | 40.6 | N/A |
| | Conservative | P. Dillon | 568 | – | |
| | Conservative | A. Dilley | 536 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 39.6 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,602 | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
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### Combe Down

Combe Down (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ian Charles Dewey | 910 | 52.0 | N/A |
| | Conservative | W. Podger | 882 | – | |
| | Conservative | J. Attwood | 876 | – | |
| | Liberal | R. Wardle | 840 | 48.0 | N/A |
| | Liberal | G. Pyle | 757 | – | |
| | Liberal | W. Brown | 732 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 47.1 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,713 | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
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### Kingsmead

Kingsmead (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | M. Pepper | 937 | 51.8 | N/A |
| | Conservative | George Durant Kersley | 873 | 48.2 | N/A |
| | Labour | Hilary Fraser | 816 | – | |
| | Labour | J. Halpin | 737 | – | |
| | Conservative | P. Lunn | 702 | – | |
| | Conservative | F. Beresford-Smith | 653 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 43.1 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,197 | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
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### Lambridge

Lambridge (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Anthony John Rhymes | 1,104 | 45.1 | N/A |
| | Conservative | H. Underhay | 873 | – | |
| | Liberal | G. Mower | 760 | 31.0 | N/A |
| | Liberal | A. Hanham | 618 | – | |
| | Labour | R. Cambourne | 586 | 23.9 | N/A |
| | Conservative | W. Logan | 560 | – | |
| | Labour | P. Cave | 505 | – | |
| | Labour | R. Eades | 504 | – | |
| | Liberal | G. Whiteley | 467 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 57.8 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,242 | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
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### Lansdown

Lansdown (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Walter Gower Huggett | 1,480 | 60.9 | N/A |
| | Liberal | Marianna Clark | 1,451 | – | |
| | Liberal | H. Brake | 1,200 | – | |
| | Conservative | R. Smith | 949 | 39.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 46.6 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,208 | | |
| | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) |
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### Lyncombe

Lyncombe (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Brian James Hamlen | unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Conservative | Thomas John Cornish | unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Conservative | H. Crallan | unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,911 | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
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### Newbridge

Newbridge (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Peter Downey | 1,054 | 56.9 | N/A |
| | Liberal | L. Corner | 891 | – | |
| | Liberal | D. Lincoln | 815 | – | |
| | Conservative | G. Hughes | 799 | 43.1 | N/A |
| | Conservative | J. Hale | 748 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 44.7 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,143 | | |
| | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) |
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### Oldfield

Oldfield (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | L. Ashman | 982 | 64.3 | N/A |
| | Labour | Roy Gordon Hiscocks | 972 | – | |
| | Labour | F. Gilbert | 934 | – | |
| | Liberal | R. Brake | 545 | 35.7 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 38.9 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,928 | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
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### Twerton East

Twerton East (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | William Percy Johns | 1,091 | 66.0 | N/A |
| | Labour | F. Hobbs | 918 | – | |
| | Labour | Leslie Albert William Ridd | 913 | – | |
| | Liberal | H. Nash | 563 | 34.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 35.5 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,657 | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
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### Twerton West

Twerton West (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alec Louis Ricketts | 1,022 | 61.9 | N/A |
| | Labour | E. Hobbs | 1,018 | – | |
| | Labour | J. Lyons | 1,012 | – | |
| | Liberal | B. Potter | 628 | 38.1 | N/A |
| | Liberal | G. Lambert | 563 | – | |
| | Liberal | R. Ferris | 545 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 30.0 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,504 | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
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### Walcot

Walcot (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Humphrey Lyons | 966 | 38.6 | N/A |
| | Liberal | G. Plumbridge | 893 | 35.6 | N/A |
| | Conservative | M. Cheek | 822 | – | |
| | Liberal | J. Ruff | 803 | – | |
| | Conservative | L. Hughes | 709 | – | |
| | Labour | M. Baber | 646 | 25.8 | N/A |
| | Liberal | B. Hill | 618 | – | |
| | Labour | R. Vince | 594 | – | |
| | Labour | D. Holley | 578 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 48.2 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,197 | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
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### Westmoreland

Westmoreland (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Raymond Charles Rosewarn | unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Labour | R. Padfield | unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Labour | T. Street | unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,641 | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
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### Widcombe

Widcombe (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Cicely Margaret Edmunds | unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Conservative | Jeannette Farley Hole | unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Conservative | D. Elliott | unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,367 | | |
| | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
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