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1973 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election

The 1973 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election took place on 10 May 1973 to elect members of St Edmundsbury Borough Council in Suffolk, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

The 1973 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election took place on 10 May 1973 to elect members of St Edmundsbury Borough Council in Suffolk, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

This was the inaugural election to St Edmundsbury Borough Council following its formation by the Local Government Act 1972.

1973 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election
Conservative	35	26	N/A	N/A	N/A	59.1	43.2	12,203	N/A
Labour	28	11	N/A	N/A	N/A	25.0	39.6	11,193	N/A
Independent	13	6	N/A	N/A	N/A	13.6	10.7	3,021	N/A
Ind. Conservative	1	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	2.3	1.7	481	N/A
Liberal	5	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.0	4.9	1,374	N/A

7 Conservatives and 2 Independents were elected unopposed.

Incumbent councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Changes in seats do not take into account by-elections or defections.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	397	67.7
	Labour	189	32.3
208	35.4
586	43.8
1,338

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	327	61.0
	Independent	209	39.0
118	22.0
536	40.4
1,326

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	536	70.9
	Conservative	471	62.3
	Labour	220	29.1
~756	34.3
2,203

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	620	55.0
	Conservative	596	52.8
	Labour	508	45.0
	Labour	420	37.2
~1,129	55.1
2,049

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	643	53.1
	Conservative	567	46.9
	Labour	534	44.1
	Conservative	439	36.3
~1,210	42.5
2,846

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Ind. Conservative	481	35.4
	Conservative	478	35.2
	Liberal	400	29.4
	Conservative	293	21.6
	Liberal	288	21.2
~1,359	64.2
2,117

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	710	57.4
	Conservative	672	54.3
	Labour	527	42.6
	Labour	412	33.3
~1,237	53.4
2,317

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	530	39.6
	Conservative	479	35.8
	Independent	436	32.6
	Labour	372	27.8
	Labour	354	26.5
~1,339	51.2
2,615

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	744	66.5
	Labour	708	63.3
	Independent	253	22.6
	Conservative	121	10.8
~1,119	42.8
2,614

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	729	58.7
	Conservative	727	58.5
	Labour	512	41.3
	Labour	421	33.9
~1,240	52.1
2,380

Party	Candidate	Votes
Independent	K. Rabett	Unopposed
1,222

Party	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	J. Roberts	Unopposed
1,327

Party	Candidate	Votes
Independent	E. Soulsby	Unopposed
1,335

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	355	64.9
	Independent	192	35.1
163	29.8
547	42.2
1,296

Party	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	C. Winsor	Unopposed
1,173

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	694	56.7
	Labour	605	49.4
	Conservative	530	43.3
	Conservative	444	36.3
~1,225	36.7
3,339

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	348	67.3
	Labour	318	61.5
	Conservative	169	32.7
~517	29.2
1,772

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	388	67.8
	Labour	346	60.5
	Conservative	184	32.2
~571	27.4
2,084

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	590	37.7
	Labour	385	24.6
	Conservative	333	21.3
	Liberal	258	16.5
	Labour	220	14.0
~1,566	76.9
2,037

Party	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	G. Starling	Unopposed
1,076

Party	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	V. Roth	Unopposed
1,416

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	413	78.7
	Independent	112	21.3
301	57.4
525	35.9
1,462

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	202	39.2
	Labour	182	35.3
	Independent	131	25.4
20	3.9
515	60.4
853

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	326	51.1
	Labour	312	48.9
14	2.2
638	52.1
1,224

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	208	55.6
	Labour	166	44.4
42	11.2
374	41.4
904

Party	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	W. Conran	Unopposed
1,175

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	513	91.4
	Labour	48	8.6
465	82.8
561	40.9
1,372

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	333	44.9
	Conservative	206	27.8
	Liberal	203	27.4
127	17.1
742	63.5
1,169

Party	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	J. Wortley	Unopposed
1,030

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	349	55.1
	Labour	284	44.9
65	10.2
633	46.5
1,362

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	260	43.2
	Liberal	225	37.4
	Independent	117	19.4
35	5.8
602	44.6
1,350

Party	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	J. Mowbray	Unopposed
1,175

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