1973 Runnymede District Council election
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Script error: No such module "AfC submission catcheck". Elections to the newly created Runnymede District Council were held on 7 June 1973 alongside other 1973 United Kingdom local elections. The Conservative party won control of the council by winning a majority of 23 out of the 40 seats.
After the election, the composition of the council was
- Conservative - 23 seats
- Labour - 15 seats
- Thorpe Residents Association - 2 seats
Election result[edit]
| 1973 Runnymede District Council election | ||||||||||
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| Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
| Conservative Party (UK) | 40 | 23 | 57.5 | 46.1 | 44,405 | |||||
| Labour Party (UK) | 32 | 15 | 37.5 | 36.9 | 35,534 | |||||
| Residents Association | 2 | 2 | 5.0 | 1.4 | 1,373 | |||||
| Liberal Party (UK) | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 15.0 | 14,431 | |||||
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 435 | |||||
| Script error: No such module "political party". | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 119 | |||||
Ward results[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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| Labour | C. Farrant | 1401 | 35.0 | New | |
| Conservative | P. Dennis | 1379 | 34.4 | New | |
| Labour | G. Tucker | 1373 | |||
| Conservative | D. Genet | 1340 | |||
| Conservative | E. Shaw | 1333 | |||
| Conservative | C. Hamel-Cooke | 1318 | |||
| Labour | J. Keene | 1314 | |||
| Labour | L. Taylor | 1296 | |||
| Labour | C. Watts | 1,295 | |||
| Conservative | S. Jones | 1,281 | |||
| Labour | G. Honeyball | 1,272 | |||
| Conservative | G. Skipper | 1,270 | |||
| Conservative | P. Vergette | 1,262 | |||
| Conservative | D. Tuckwood | 1,255 | |||
| Labour | G. Rees | 1,242 | |||
| Labour | J. Webb | 1,235 | |||
| Liberal | K. Lloyd | 1,228 | 30.6 | New | |
| Liberal | A. Brentnall | 1,134 | |||
| Liberal | B. Cain | 1,000 | |||
| Liberal | A. Shore | 993 | |||
| Liberal | J. Harmsworth | 986 | |||
| Liberal | Geoffrey Pyle | 973 | |||
| Majority | 22 | 0.5 | |||
| Turnout | 38.4 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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| Labour | Ray Lowther | 2233 | 49.0 | New | |
| Labour | D. Leach | 1729 | |||
| Labour | D. Light | 1682 | |||
| Labour | A. Kemp | 1677 | |||
| Labour | R. Palmer | 1584 | |||
| Labour | A. Anderson | 1524 | |||
| Conservative | W. Collett | 1,382 | 30.4 | New | |
| Conservative | R. Taylor | 1,340 | |||
| Conservative | G. Chase Paris | 1,254 | |||
| Conservative | S. Gardener | 1,205 | |||
| Conservative | L. Stark | 1,178 | |||
| Conservative | M. Wise | 1,147 | |||
| Liberal | J. Elfer | 938 | 20.6 | New | |
| Liberal | K. Joy | 704 | |||
| Liberal | M. Wainoff | 654 | |||
| Majority | 851 | 18.7 | |||
| Turnout | 50.5 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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| Conservative | P. Barry | 1480 | 37.3 | New | |
| Labour | C. Slater | 1460 | 36.8 | New | |
| Conservative | G. Hinton-Lever | 1405 | |||
| Conservative | D. Head | 1394 | |||
| Conservative | P. Godwin | 1,372 | |||
| Labour | H. Gunns | 1,302 | |||
| Labour | L. Carey | 1,250 | |||
| Labour | J. Holder | 1,150 | |||
| Liberal | E. Bates | 906 | 22.8 | New | |
| [[Independent|Template:Independent/meta/shortname]] | W. Whithear | 119 | 3.0 | New | |
| Majority | 20 | 0.5 | |||
| Turnout | 62.3 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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| Conservative | B. Jarvis | 873 | 57.6 | New | |
| Conservative | G. Tollett | 817 | |||
| Conservative | J. Walbridge | 773 | |||
| Liberal | C. Boyde | 399 | 26.3 | New | |
| Labour | Sylvia Heal | 243 | 16.0 | New | |
| Labour | J. Pierce | 180 | |||
| Majority | 474 | 31.3 | |||
| Turnout | 43.1 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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| Labour | E. Austin | 1135 | 50.9 | New | |
| Labour | D. Baker | 1076 | |||
| Labour | K. Capper | 1061 | |||
| Labour | K. Thompson | 845 | |||
| Liberal | N. Smithers | 580 | 26.0 | New | |
| Conservative | D. Cox | 516 | 35.3 | New | |
| Conservative | E. Kelham | 419 | |||
| Conservative | S. McQuown | 413 | |||
| Conservative | S. Munday | 393 | |||
| Majority | 555 | 24.9 | |||
| Turnout | 41.5 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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| Conservative | A. Blowers | 1670 | 43.8 | New | |
| Conservative | P. Clark | 1479 | |||
| Conservative | E. Hargreaves | 1426 | |||
| Conservative | R. Button | 1414 | |||
| Conservative | F. Todd | 1379 | |||
| Liberal | R. Norrall | 1,044 | 27.4 | New | |
| Liberal | D. Peet | 1,034 | |||
| Liberal | P. Robson | 975 | |||
| Labour | J. Taylor | 873 | 22.9 | New | |
| Labour | J. Hassard | 837 | |||
| Communist | E. Lavender | 223 | 5.9 | New | |
| Communist | K. Ruddock | 212 | |||
| Majority | 626 | 16.4 | |||
| Turnout | 51.5 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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| style="background-color: Template:Residents Association/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[Residents Association|Template:Residents Association/meta/shortname]] | J. Smith | 712 | 69.1 | New |
| style="background-color: Template:Residents Association/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[Residents Association|Template:Residents Association/meta/shortname]] | L. Uncles | 661 | ||
| Conservative | J. Hargrave-Wright | 319 | 30.9 | New | |
| Conservative | C. Clarke | 309 | |||
| Majority | 393 | 32.6 | |||
| Turnout | 39.1 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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| Conservative | R. Elliott | 1238 | 50.6 | New | |
| Conservative | A. Collins | 1102 | |||
| Conservative | R. Try | 1055 | |||
| Conservative | A. Maude | 1036 | |||
| Labour | J. Capper | 763 | 31.2 | New | |
| Labour | Keith Heal | 746 | |||
| Labour | D. Keen | 746 | |||
| Labour | M. Thompson | 663 | |||
| Liberal | J. Smith | 446 | 18.2 | New | |
| Majority | 475 | 19.4 | |||
| Turnout | 53.2 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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| Conservative | L. Cook | 1076 | 63.7 | New | |
| Conservative | D. Morris | 1053 | |||
| Conservative | K. Spring | 1039 | |||
| Conservative | R. Hervey | 1011 | |||
| Liberal | A. Landmann | 437 | 25.9 | New | |
| Labour | A. Sandey | 175 | 10.4 | New | |
| Labour | A. Coleman | 172 | |||
| Majority | 639 | 37.9 | |||
| Turnout | 38.0 | ||||
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