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1973 Bedford District Council election
The 1973 Bedford District Council election took place on 10 May 1973 to elect members of Bedford District Council in England. This was the same day as other local elections.
The 1973 Bedford District Council election took place on 10 May 1973 to elect members of Bedford District Council in England. This was the same day as other local elections .
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
22 0 0 0 39.3 34.9 11,468 0 20 0 0 0 35.7 33.5 11,017 0 11 0 0 0 19.6 19.6 6,430 0 2 0 0 0 3.6 10.0 3,289 0 1 0 0 0 1.8 0.8 262 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 252 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 74 0
A total of 32,885 valid votes were cast.
The turnout was 37.8%
After the election the composition of the council was:
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
22 2 11 1 20 Labour Liberal Independent Ind Con Conservative
Party Candidate Votes % .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
Labour 1,301 74.7 Labour 1,254 72.0 Labour 1,208 69.4 Labour 1,167 67.0 Conservative 440 25.3 Conservative 279 16.0 861 49.5 1,741 31.2
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 1,673 47.3 Conservative 1,671 47.2 Conservative 1,650 46.6 Conservative 1,649 46.6 Conservative 1,546 43.7 Conservative 1,482 41.9 Liberal 1,139 32.2 Liberal 1,103 31.2 Liberal 1,100 31.1 Liberal 974 27.5 Liberal 881 24.9 Liberal 854 24.1 Labour 726 20.5 Labour 715 20.2 Labour 715 20.2 Labour 684 19.3 Labour 681 19.2 Labour 663 18.7 534 15.1 3,538 37.9
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal 1,475 37.0 Labour 1,435 36.0 Labour 1,427 35.8 Labour 1,350 33.8 Liberal 1,346 33.7 Labour 1,311 32.9 Labour 1,303 32.7 Labour 1,302 32.6 Liberal 1,270 31.8 Liberal 1,250 31.3 Liberal 1,215 30.5 Conservative 1,080 27.1 Conservative 1,025 25.7 Conservative 1,007 25.2 Conservative 986 24.7 Conservative 944 23.7 Conservative 943 23.6 40 1.0 3,990 40.9
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 1,672 44.3 Independent 1,524 40.4 Independent 1,264 33.5 Labour 840 22.3 Labour 823 21.8 Labour 808 21.4 Labour 789 20.9 Labour 712 18.9 Conservative 542 14.4 Conservative 540 14.3 Conservative 539 14.3 Liberal 515 13.6 Liberal 502 13.3 Liberal 483 12.8 Liberal 406 10.8 Liberal 378 10.0 Residents 206 5.5 832 22.0 3,775 50.7
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 1,340 79.8 Labour 1,266 75.4 Labour 1,242 74.0 Labour 1,192 71.0 Conservative 265 15.8 Conservative 244 14.5 Communist 74 4.4 1,075 64.0 1,679 29.7
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 1,352 62.1 Conservative 1,323 60.8 Conservative 1,244 57.2 Conservative 1,240 57.0 Labour 824 37.9 Labour 783 36.0 Labour 765 35.2 Labour 724 33.3 528 24.3 2,176 32.2
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 1,453 51.1 Labour 1,388 48.9 Conservative 1,154 40.6 Labour 1,131 39.8 Conservative 1,059 37.3 Labour 1,040 36.6 65 2.3 2,841 60.8
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 842 84.5 Conservative 804 80.7 Labour 154 15.5 Labour 144 14.5 688 69.1 996 31.3
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 438 60.7 Liberal 160 22.2 Labour 123 17.1 278 38.6 721 40.2
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 562 61.3 Independent 227 24.8 Labour 109 11.9 Independent 19 2.1 335 36.5 917 50.6
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 383 58.5 Independent 272 41.5 111 16.9 655 36.5
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. Conservative 262 45.2 Independent 217 37.4 Labour 101 17.4 45 7.8 580 44.5
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 296 50.1 Conservative 295 49.9 1 0.2 591 36.1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 520 60.0 Labour 347 40.0 173 20.0 867 49.1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 597 61.7 Labour 370 38.3 227 23.5 967 44.4
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 443 64.1 Independent 248 35.9 195 28.2 691 49.9
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 1,532 54.1 Labour 1,529 54.0 Labour 1,511 53.4 Labour 1,454 51.4 Labour 1,441 50.9 Conservative 1,299 45.9 Conservative 1,275 45.0 Conservative 1,272 44.9 Conservative 1,247 44.0 Conservative 1,208 42.7 Conservative 1,168 41.3 Labour 677 23.9 233 8.2 2,831 30.5
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 504 37.6 Labour 444 33.2 Independent 435 32.5 Conservative 400 29.9 69 5.2 1,339 45.7
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 246 37.2 Labour 232 35.0 Ind. Labour Party 93 14.0 Residents 46 6.9 Independent 45 6.8 14 2.1 662 44.2
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 252 50.9 Conservative 243 49.1 9 1.8 495 29.4
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 444 53.3 Labour 142 17.0 Independent 134 16.1 Independent 113 13.6 302 36.3 833 46.9
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