1973 Ceredigion District Council election

The first election to Ceredigion District Council was held in April 1973.^[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.

Results

Aberaeron (one seat)

Aberaeron 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	T. Herbert	590	75.7
	Independent	A. Thomas	189	24.3
Majority				51.4
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Aberbanc (one seat)

Aberbanc 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	R. Davies	403	41.5
	Independent	E. Davies	298	30.7
	Independent	B. Llewellyn	269	27.7
Majority				10.8
Turnout				75.7
	Independent win (new seat)

Aberporth (one seat)

Aberporth 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J.L. Davies	498	44.0
	Independent	H. Spurrell	344	30.4
	Independent	T. Lewis	291	25.7
Majority				13.6
Turnout				63.5
	Independent win (new seat)

Aberystwyth Ward One (four seats)

Aberystwyth Ward One 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	R. Davies	1,371	44.0
	Independent Labour	Gareth Ellis	1,143
	Labour	J. Edwards	829
	Labour	Owen Henry Jones	583
	Plaid Cymru	R. Roberts	568
	Labour	K. Burgess	514
	Labour	G. Parry	441
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Aberystwyth Ward Two (two seats)

Aberystwyth Ward Two 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J. Edwards	502
	Liberal	Miss K.A. Jones	487
	Labour	T. Jones	402
	Liberal	D. Davies	304
	Labour	C. Edwards	293
Turnout				60.6
	Independent win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

Aberystwyth Ward Three (two seats)

Aberystwyth Ward Three 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	M. Jones	1,178
	Liberal	H. Williams	684
	Independent	Hywel Griffiths Evans	464
Turnout				56.5
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

Aeron (one seat)

Aeron 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	T. Jones	229	37.1
	Independent	T. Jones	225	37.1
	Independent	J. Richards	164	26.5
Majority			4	0.0
Turnout				68.7
	Independent win (new seat)

Borth (one seat)

Borth 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	William Thomas Kinsey Raw-Rees	574	68.1
	Independent	J. Jeremy	269	31.9
Majority				36.2
Turnout				63.3
	Independent win (new seat)

Bow Street (one seat)

This ward was also known as Llangorwen.^[1]

Bow Street 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J. Rees	344	60.4
	Liberal	A. Jones	226	39.6
Majority				20.7
Turnout				58.5
	Independent win (new seat)

Cardigan (three seats)

Cardigan 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	O.M. Owen	983
	Liberal	W. Jenkins	950
	Independent	F. Aspinall	704
	Labour	T. Phillips	689
	Plaid Cymru	D. Williams	644
	Labour	T. Lloyd	580
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Cwmrheidol and Devils' Bridge (one seat)

Cwmrheidol and Devils' Bridge 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	G. Lewis	211
	Independent	E. Evans	168
	Independent	W. Morgan	55
	Labour	E. Daniel	42
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Faenor Upper (one seat)

Faenor Upper 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	M.B. Roberts	unopposed
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Felinfach (one seat)

Felinfach 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	William Ainsleigh Jones	453	51.9
	Independent	J. Davies	240	27.5
	Plaid Cymru	S. Morgan	179	20.5
Majority				24.4
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Lampeter (two seats)

Lampeter 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Mrs C.P. Barton	379
	Liberal	R. Hughes	348
	Independent	F. Roberts	345
	Independent	D. Jenkins	332
	Independent	F. Samuel	263
	Labour	D. Owen	246
	Independent	D. Davies	192
	Independent	L. Paskins	102
Turnout				59.5
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

Llanarth (one seat)

Llanarth 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	B. Jenkins	444	62.0
	Independent	D. Jenkins	272	38.0
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Llanbadarn Fawr (one seat)

Llanbadarn Fawr 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	J.E. Raw-Rees	304
	Labour	J. Jones	228
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Llandygwydd (one seat)

Llandygwydd 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	D. Beynon	196
	Independent	I. James	130
	Independent	C. Richards	105
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Llandysul North (one seat)

Llandysul North 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Thomas John Jones	409
	Plaid Cymru	Cynog Glyndwr Davies	132
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Llandysul South (one seat)

Llandysul South 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	J. Evans	468
	Independent	D. Evans	453
Majority			15
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Llanfair and Llanwnen (one seat)

Llanfair and Llanwnen 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Johnny Williams	498
	Plaid Cymru	W. Lewis	367
Majority			131
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Llanfarian (one seat)

This ward was also known as Llanychaiarn.

Llanfarian 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Arthur Morgan	235	45.7
	Independent	J. Thomas	144	28.0
	Liberal	D. Vaughan	135	26.3
Majority				17.7
Turnout				56.3
	Labour win (new seat)

Llanfihangel and Llanilar (one seat)

Llanfihangel and Llanilar 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	D. Morgan	466	56.6
	Liberal	Ll.D. Jones	358	43.4
Majority				13.1
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Llangeitho and Caron Isclawdd (one seat)

This ward was also known as Llanbadarn Odwyn.^[1]

Llangeitho and Caron Isclawdd 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	W.G. Bennett	507	57.9
	Independent	J. Davies	369	42.1
Majority				15.8
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Llangoedmor (one seat)

Llangoedmor 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	I.J. Griffiths	338
	Plaid Cymru	P. Hazzelby	257
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Llangrannog and Penbryn (one seat)

Llangrannog and Penbryn 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	M. Jenkins	445
	Independent	Y. Brown	395
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Llanilar and Llanrhystud (one seat)

Llanilar and Llanrhystud 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	E. Jones	unopposed
	Liberal win (new seat)

Llanllwchaiarn and Llandysiliogogo (one seat)

Llanllwchaiarn and Llandysiliogogo 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	T. Jones	266
	Independent	J.E. Evans	216
	Independent	G. Jones	195
	Independent	H. Jones	103
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Llansantffraid and Cilcennin (one seat)

Llansantffraid and Cilcennin 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	L. Lloyd	657
	Independent	E. Jones	261
	Independent	M. Jarman	121
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Llanwenog (one seat)

Llanwenog 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	David Alun James	394	55.2
	Independent	R. Davies	320	44.8
Majority				10.4
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Lledrod, Strata Florida and Ysbyty Ystwyth (one seat)

This ward was also known as Ystwyth.^[1]

Lledrod, Strata Florida and Ysbyty Ystwyth 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	David Lloyd Evans	383	36.9
	Labour	J. Hedger	296	28.5
	Independent	E. James	265	25.5
	Independent	D. Owen	94	9.1
Majority				8.4
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Nantcwnlle, Llanddewi Brefi and Llangeitho (one seat)

This ward was also known as Gartheli.^[1]

Nantcwnlle, Llanddewi Brefi and Llangeitho 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	E. Williams	520	58.9
	Independent	C. Jones	363	41.1
Majority				17.8
Turnout
	Liberal win (new seat)

New Quay (one seat)

New Quay 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	I.C. Pursey	191	34.0
	Independent	T. Edwards	170	30.2
	Independent	J. Davies	108	19.2
	Independent	W. Thomas	93	16.5
Majority			21	3.7
Turnout				90.4
	Independent win (new seat)

Taliesin and Talybont (one seat)

This ward was also known as Llancynfelyn

Taliesin and Talybont 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	John Rowland Davies	564	61.8
	Labour	J. Hirst	227	24.9
	Plaid Cymru	M. Evans	121	13.3
Majority
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Trefeurig and Goginan (one seat)

This ward was also known as Melindwr.^[1]

Trefeurig and Goginan 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J. Jones	259	36.7
	Labour	G. Potter	176	25.0
	Plaid Cymru	A. Griffiths	152	21.6
	Liberal	J. Thomas	118	16.7
Majority				11.8
Turnout				69.4
	Independent win (new seat)

Troedyraur (one seat)

Troedyraur 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	H. Jones	unopposed
	Independent win (new seat)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Ceredigion District Council Election Results 1973-1993" (PDF). The Elections Cente, Plymouth University. Retrieved 9 May 2016.

[Ceredigion_PlymEC-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Ceredigion District Council Election Results 1973-1993" (PDF). The Elections Cente, Plymouth University. Retrieved 9 May 2016.

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