1973 Chichester District Council election

1973 Chichester District Council election
All 50 seats to Chichester District Council; 26 seats needed for a majority
	Council control after election ; No overall control;

Elections to Chichester District Council in West Sussex, United Kingdom were held on 7 June 1973.

The whole council was up for election and resulted in no overall control.

	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Independent	22	N/A	N/A	N/A	44.0	32.3	11,716	N/A
Conservative	18	N/A	N/A	N/A	36.0	20.0	7,267	N/A
Liberal	6	N/A	N/A	N/A	12.0	21.5	7,831	N/A
Residents	3	N/A	N/A	N/A	6.0	8.1	2,933	N/A
Labour	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	2.0	18.1	6,601	N/A

22	18	6	3	1
Independent	Conservative	Liberal	R	L

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	J. Darley	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,334
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	F. Parham	Unopposed
	Independent	J. Lillywhite	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			2,878
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	E. Kirkby-Bott	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,348
	Conservative win (new seat)

1973 Chichester District Council election

Ward results

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	C. Roberts	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,188
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	C. Tupper	728	32.2	N/A
	Conservative	M. Pigot	698	30.4	N/A
	Liberal	A. French	679		N/A
	Conservative	R. Shields	631		N/A
	Labour	D. Shepherd	588	37.3	N/A
	Labour	E. Goodland	526		N/A
	Labour	J. Nicholson	519		N/A
Turnout			4,369	46.0	N/A
Registered electors			4,376
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Seddon	925	48.2	N/A
	Liberal	P. Weston	896		N/A
	Liberal	K. Smith	807		N/A
	Conservative	P. Combes	584	14.4	N/A
	Labour	A. Ingram	515	37.4	N/A
	Labour	M. Sharpe	440		N/A
	Labour	P. Sharpe	423		N/A
Turnout			4,590	45.9	N/A
Registered electors			4,405
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	G. Tullett	1,278	10.6	N/A
	Independent	F. Craig	1,148	9.6	N/A
	Conservative	D. Hoult	1,110	18.0	N/A
	Independent	E. Craig	1,072	8.9	N/A
	Conservative	W. Doody	1,051		N/A
	Liberal	L. Holden	898	20.0	N/A
	Independent	W. Pope	838	7.0	N/A
	Liberal	Z. Booker	777		N/A
	Liberal	L. Cohen	719		N/A
	Independent	J. Nelson	580	4.8	N/A
	Labour	P. Keen	549	21.1	N/A
	Labour	T. Rooth	532		N/A
	Labour	J. Bennett	515		N/A
	Labour	S. White	485		N/A
	Labour	R. Hemblade	452		N/A
Turnout			12,004	59.7
Registered electors			6,428
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	J. Laird	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,482
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Knight	381	57.1	N/A
	Labour	A. Groves	286	42.9	N/A
Turnout			667	45.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,481
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Craven	327	50.8	N/A
	Liberal	M. Sell	317	49.2	N/A
Turnout			644	32.7	N/A
Registered electors			1,971
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	R. Cole	470	27.0	N/A
	Independent	R. Pape	370	21.3	N/A
	Liberal	S. Schlich	342	32.6	N/A
	Labour	R. Craddock	292	16.8	N/A
	Liberal	B. Mee	225		N/A
	Independent	A. Shore	41	2.3	N/A
Turnout			1,740	48.2	N/A
Registered electors			2,289
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	D. Gauntlett	275	54.6	N/A
	Independent	E. Dunlop	198	39.5	N/A
	Independent	E. Andrews	30	5.9	N/A
Turnout			503	28.5	N/A
Registered electors			1,766
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	K. Murray	372	63.2	N/A
	Labour	C. Alexander	119	20.2	N/A
	Independent	T. Vaughan	98	16.6	N/A
Turnout			589	38.9	N/A
Registered electors			1,515
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	H. Booker	526	81.6	N/A
	Independent	D. Bird	119	18.4	N/A
Turnout			645	46.5	N/A
Registered electors			1,387
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	M. Nicholson	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,670
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	N. Butcher	250	50.1	N/A
	Liberal	F. Heald	249	49.9	N/A
Turnout			499	36.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,388
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	R. De Hailes	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,174
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	R. Hancock	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,405
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	P. Burne	844	44.8	N/A
	Independent	D. Mott	680	36.1	N/A
	Labour	P. Pritchard	190	19.1	N/A
	Labour	T. Hart	170		N/A
Turnout			1,884	38.3	N/A
Registered electors			2,702
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	A. Sampson	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,169
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	C. Linton	Unopposed
	Conservative	J. Duncton	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			2,461
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	P. Luttman-Johnson	Unopposed
	Conservative	T. Micklem	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			2,877
	Independent win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	J. Henslow	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,423
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	R. Seamen	Unopposed
	Conservative	W. Spragg	Unopposed
	Conservative	H. Meston	Unopposed
	Conservative	W. Carey	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			5,722
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	D. Mitchell	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,134
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	R. Roberts	883	40.4	N/A
	Residents	J. Robinson	712		N/A
	Residents	L. Denby	707		N/A
	Independent	F. Feltham	635	8.7	N/A
	Conservative	E. Ward	634	31.1	N/A
	Residents	C. Game	631		N/A
	Conservative	A. Bonner	591		N/A
	Independent	D. Feltham	575	7.9	N/A
	Conservative	E. Brundrett	538		N/A
	Conservative	K. Rawlings	496		N/A
	Independent	R. Marshall	447	6.1	N/A
	Independent	R. Piercy	414	5.7	N/A
Turnout			7,263	43.7	N/A
Registered electors			4,926
	Residents win (new seat)
	Residents win (new seat)
	Residents win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	V. Saunders	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,585
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J. Mann	231	50.5	N/A
	Conservative	H. Gauntlett	226	49.5	N/A
Turnout			457	36.1	N/A
Registered electors			1,267
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	B. Passmore	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,830
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	D. Rudkin	269	54.3	N/A
	Independent	S. Macdonald-Smith	226	45.7	N/A
Turnout			495	34.7	N/A
Registered electors			1,426
	Liberal win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	J. Illius	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,832
	Conservative win (new seat)

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