1973 Runnymede District Council election

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

1973 Runnymede District Council election
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
		1	0				0.0	0.1	119

Ward results

Addlestone (8)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	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
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Chertsey (6)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	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
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Englefield Green (4)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	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
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Foxhills (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	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
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hythe (4)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	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
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

New Haw (5)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	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
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Thorpe (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
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
	Residents Association win (new seat)
	Residents Association win (new seat)

Town (4)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	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
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Virginia Water (4)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	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
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

• http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Runnymede-1973-2012.pdf

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