1973 South Ribble Borough Council election

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]

Composition of the Borough Council after the 1973 election

Main article: South Ribble Borough Council elections

Election result
South Ribble Local Election Result 1973
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 30 N/A N/A N/A 61.2 56.1 37,249 N/A
  Labour 16 N/A N/A N/A 32.5 32.5 21,585 N/A
  Liberal 2 N/A N/A N/A 4.1 8.2 5,424 N/A
  Independent 1 N/A N/A N/A 2.0 3.2 2,157 N/A

Ward Results
All Saints
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative M. Rhodes 885 27.9
Conservative R. Knowles 869 27.4
Conservative R. Welhmam 840 26.5
Labour K. Lloyd 573 18.1
Bamber Bridge Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative F. Cooper 965 14.8
Labour G. Davies 940 14.5
Labour F. Walsh 939 14.4
Conservative G. Woods 916 14.1
Conservative R. Dixon 865 13.3
Labour G. Nicholson 841 12.9
Liberal J. Bundy 391 6.0
Liberal W. Parker 333 5.1
Liberal A. Hodges 311 4.8
Farington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P. Ward 736 18.5
Conservative J. Littler 731 18.4
Conservative L. Craven 722 18.1
Conservative R. Robinson 621 15.6
Labour E. Martin 605 15.2
Labour S. Turton 567 14.2
Hutton & New Longton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent V. Peacock 1,081 35.6
Conservative M. Robinson 877 28.9
Conservative W. Eccles 826 27.2
Labour K. Eastham 255 8.4
Little Hoole & Much Hoole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. Knowles 250 76.9
Labour J. Nicholson 75 23.1
Longton Central & West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A. Burden 893 32.9
Conservative A. Ashburner 838 30.9
Conservative D.Protheroe 740 27.3
Labour B. White 241 8.9
No.1 (Leyland St.Ambrose)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. Dawson 479 20.9
Labour J. Crossley 427 18.6
Conservative W. Jackson 390 17.0
Liberal M. Kirkham 353 15.4
Conservative R. Kelley 348 15.2
Liberal B. Newby 299 13.0
No. 16 (Penwortham Middleforth)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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. Stoker 784 9.8
Conservative R. Caunce 769 9.6
Conservative J. Thompson 764 9.6
Liberal H. Goodier 650 8.1
Independent A. Johnson 640 8.0
No. 17 (Penwortham St. Marys)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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. Harknett 643 7.0
No. 3 (Leyland St. James)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. Bamber 894 18.5
Labour C. Dawber 877 18.1
Labour A. Kelly 802 16.6
Conservative J. Hall 747 15.4
Conservative D. Kidd 574 11.9
Conservative L. Jackson 543 11.2
Liberal D. Marston 405 8.4
No. 4 (Leyland St. Johns)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour L. Hocking 1,071 28.0
Labour F. Stingfellow 1,045 27.4
Labour M. Walsh 925 24.2
Liberal R. Caunce-Peacock 435 11.4
Conservative G. Eland 344 9.0
No. 5 (Leyland St. Marys)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. Marsden 597 23.4
Liberal A. Nelson 568 22.2
Conservative B. Pickup 556 21.8
Liberal L. Lloyd 423 16.5
Labour A. Brown 412 16.1
No. 6 (Leyland Wesley)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. Wilkinson 455 64.4
Liberal V. Barnes 251 35.6
Samlesbury & Cuerdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative F. Barton 239 74.2
Labour D. Eastham 83 25.8


St. Andrews
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal N. Orrel 666 28.7
Conservative N. Greenwood 507 21.8
Conservative S. Kelley 448 19.3
Labour E. Walsh 362 15.6
Liberal J. Knowles 339 14.6


St. Leonards
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. Coupe 911 31.1
Conservative J. Lawson 888 30.3
Conservative K. Palmer 861 29.4
Labour N. Kosickis 270 9.2


Walton-Le-Dale South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative H. Kerfoot 855 16.5
Labour T. Bayes 829 16.0
Conservative P. Smith 789 15.2
Conservative W. Towers 770 14.9
Labour G. Woodcock 770 14.5
Labour W. Corney 747 14.4
Independent F. Hudson 436 8.4
Walton-Le-Dale West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative R. Smith 819 17.9
Conservative J. Ratcliffe 786 17.2
Labour A. White 782 17.1
Conservative J. Bell 772 16.9
Labour T. Baldwin 736 16.1
Labour T. Machell 680 14.9

Notes

    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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