1973 Penwith District Council election

12 April 1973

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All 40 seats of Penwith District Council
21 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Independent	Labour	Liberal
Seats before	N/A	N/A	N/A
Seats won	37	1	1
Seats after	37	1	1
Popular vote	42,275	1,348	1,176
Percentage	93.6%	3.0%	2.6%

	Fourth party

Party	RA
Seats before	N/A
Seats won	1
Seats after	1
Popular vote	351
Percentage	0.8%

Council control before election

N/A

Council control after election

Independent

Elections to Penwith District Council were held for the first time in 1973. All 40 seats were contested. Independent candidates won an overwhelming majority, gaining 37 seats. The Labour Party, the Liberal Party, and a Residents' Association candidate each won one seat.

Results summary

Penwith District Council election, 1973
	Seats	Gains	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Independent	37	37	N/A	92.5	93.6	42,275	N/A
Labour	1	1	N/A	2.5	3.0	1,348	N/A
Liberal	1	1	N/A	2.5	2.6	1,176	N/A
Residents' association	1	1	N/A	2.5	0.8	351	N/A

Ward results

Hayle

Hayle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	W. Cock	1,244	17.9
	Independent	J. Sleeman	787	11.3
	Independent	T. Laity	772	11.1
	Independent	F. Harwood	763	11.0
	Independent	H. Johns	717	10.3
	Independent	F. Ponting	452	6.5
	Independent	R. Peller	432	6.2
	Independent	E. Kewell	392	5.6
	Independent	W. Garnish	383	5.5
	Independent	S. Stock	339	4.9
	Independent	L. Capper	299	4.3
	Independent	S. Goff	204	2.9
	Independent	J. Evans	156	2.2
Total ballots			6940
Turnout				42.2
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Lelant and Carbis Bay

Lelant and Carbis Bay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	A. Hosking	491	29.0
	RA	J. Macdonald Clarke	351	20.7
	Independent	K. Slocombe	304	17.9
	Independent	S. Stoneman	238	14.0
	Independent	A. Hill	179	10.6
	Independent	A. Olds	131	7.7
Total ballots			1694
Turnout				51.0
	Independent win (new seat)
	RA win (new seat)

Ludgvan

Ludgvan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	H. Lutey	722	21.4
	Independent	H. Monk	710	21.0
	Independent	R. Hall	641	19.0
	Independent	J. Trevenen	556	16.5
	Independent	W. Bolitho	294	8.7
	Independent	R. Burns	249	7.4
	Independent	H. Wills	207	6.1
Total ballots			3379
Turnout				54.7
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Marazion

Marazion
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	P. Badcock	669	16.0
	Independent	C. Bryant	562	13.5
	Independent	S. Gibson	543	13.0
	Independent	E. Laity	531	12.7
	Independent	R. Taylor	505	12.1
	Independent	W. Miners	397	9.5
	Independent	T. Bryant	364	8.7
	Independent	F. James	254	6.1
	Independent	L. Lanigan	174	4.2
	Independent	A. Seagrove	171	4.1
Total ballots			4170
Turnout				55.8
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Penzance Central

Penzance Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J. Laity	1,075	20.4
	Independent	J. Batten	1,025	19.5
	Independent	F. Peak	959	18.2
	Independent	R. Allbright	845	16.0
	Independent	H. Martin	700	13.3
	Independent	J. Mann	661	12.6
Total ballots			5265
Turnout				38.1
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Penzance East

Penzance East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	R. Berryman	851	20.4
	Independent	D. Pooley	731	17.5
	Independent	J. Owner	719	17.2
	Independent	H. Richardson	567	13.6
	Independent	C. Harvey	479	11.5
	Labour	E. Eddy	435	10.4
	Independent	C. Hope-Smith	393	9.4
Total ballots			4175
Turnout				40.9
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Penzance North

Penzance North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J. Richards	754	36.1
	Independent	C. Symons	479	22.9
	Independent	R. Dibb	420	20.1
	Independent	R. Burstow	307	14.7
	Independent	W. Macdonald Murray	130	6.2
Total ballots			2090
Turnout				50.4
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Penzance South

Penzance South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	G. Cocks	818	22.7
	Independent	M. Beckerleg	729	20.3
	Independent	C. Ash	656	18.2
	Independent	E. Palmer	539	15.0
	Independent	L. Spargo	523	14.5
	Independent	H. Matthews	333	9.3
Total ballots			3598
Turnout				47.7
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

St Buryan

St Buryan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	D. Trewern	822	30.6
	Independent	T. Hicks	722	26.9
	Independent	J. Daniel	630	23.5
	Independent	L. Oates	238	8.9
	Independent	R. Nicholls	151	5.6
	Independent	A. Whent	123	4.6
Total ballots			2686
Turnout				68.5
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

St Ives

St Ives
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	G. Tonkin	1,176	14.3
	Independent	M. Peters	1,022	12.5
	Independent	H. Franklin	978	11.9
	Labour	T. Harvey	913	11.1
	Independent	J. Thomas	894	10.9
	Independent	D. Jones	880	10.7
	Independent	T. Trevorrow	859	10.5
	Independent	O. Eddy	697	8.5
	Independent	E. Noall	660	8.0
	Independent	W. Rawson	124	1.5
Total ballots			8203
Turnout				50.0
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

St Just

St Just
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	M. Derrington	959	32.5
	Independent	D. Woolcock	688	23.3
	Independent	T. McFadden	668	22.6
	Independent	R. Rowe	370	12.5
	Independent	S. Hancock	265	9.0
Total ballots			2950
Turnout				56.0
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

References

Penwith District Council Election Results 1973-2007

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