1973 South Pembrokeshire District Council election

The inaugural election to South Pembrokeshire District Council was held in April 1973. Independent candidates won nearly all the seats.^[1] It was followed by the 1976 election. On the same day there were elections to the other District local authorities and community councils in Wales.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Alan Walter Edwards	284	59.3
	Independent	I. Howell	195	40.7
Majority				18.6
Turnout				67.4
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	I. Wisbey	195	72.2
	Independent	C. Jenkins	75	27.8
Majority				44.4
Turnout				86.8
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	H. John	283	40.6
	Independent	T. Jones	231	33.1
	Independent	J. Northeast	183	26.3
Majority				7.5
Turnout				67.1
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	S.W. Hallett	unopposed
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	W. Phillips	408	62.3
	Independent	N. Phelps	247	37.7
Majority				24.6
Turnout				65.4
	Independent win (new seat)

1973 South Pembrokeshire District Council election

Results

Amroth (one seat)

Angle (one seat)

Begelly (one seat)

Carew (one seat)

Cosheston (one seat)

Hundleton (one seat)

Lampeter Velfrey (one seat)

Maenclochog (one seat)

Manorbier (one seat)

Martletwy and Slebech (one seat)

Narberth North / South (one seat)

Narberth Urban (one seat)

Pembroke Central (two seats)

Pembroke East (three seats)

Pembroke Llanion (two seats)

Pembroke Market (two seats)

Pembroke Pennar (two seats)

Penally (one seat)

St Issels (two seats)

Tenby North (two seats)

Tenby South (two seats)

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Fact Checks

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J. Bennion	249	40.6
	Independent	A.G.R. Shepperd	232	37.8
	Independent	W. Cox	132	21.5
Majority			17	2.8
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T. Griffiths	unopposed
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J. Steadman	313	58.3
	Plaid Cymru	A. John	224	41.7
Majority				16.6
Turnout				70.2
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	H. Butler	155	31.4
	Independent	D. Evans	144	29.1
	Independent	J. Reid	100	20.2
	Independent	R. Thomas	95	19.2
Majority				2.2
Turnout				53.9
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Thomas Elwyn James	262	62.5
	Independent	M. Phillips	157	37.5
Majority				25.1
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	William Richard Colin Davies	294	50.3
	Independent	W. Evans	290	49.7
Majority			4	0.6
Turnout				53.4
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J.E. Feetham	unopposed
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	J. Williams	391
	Independent	Walford John Davies	270
	Independent	S Peters	155
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	E. Wrench	774
	Independent	E.L.J. Morgan	608
	Independent	M. Mathias	600
	Independent	J. Woodhouse	537
	Independent	D. Davies	505
	Independent	E. Gibby	141
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	A. Dureau	393
	Labour	Charles Howard Thomas	350
	Independent	P. Peachey	131
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	J. Owen	412
	Independent	D. Stephens	197
	Independent	D. Kingdom	193
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

	Candidate	Votes
Independent	A. Nicholls	unopposed
Independent	B. Phillips	unopposed
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	G. Llewellyn	868
	Independent	B. Williams	708
	Independent	I. Bell	318
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Mrs I. Davies	645
	Plaid Cymru	Michael Williams	457
	Independent	Denzil Roger George Griffiths	396
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	C.H Evans	295
	Independent	H.A. Mace	254
	Independent	T.G. Phillips	233
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)