The first elections to the new local authorities established by theLocal Government Act 1972 inEngland andWales and the newNorthern Ireland district councils created by theLocal Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 took place in 1973.[1] The whole ofEastbourne Borough Council was up for election.
It was a good result for the Liberal party. They won 19 of the 33 seats, giving them an overall majority of 5. The Liberals took control on 1 April 1974 of the new non-metropolitan district as a consequence. The Conservatives became the official opposition after winning 10 seats. Labour won 4 seats.
Member of the old borough council denoted by *
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | T W Ward* | 1,290 | 54.2 | ||
| Liberal | E D Ward* | 1,165 | |||
| Liberal | Leslie Jack Leach | 1,108 | |||
| Labour | Percy George Wood* | 522 | 21.9 | ||
| Conservative | J Macdonald | 487 | 20.5 | ||
| Labour | J Cross | 482 | |||
| Conservative | L Staples | 431 | |||
| Conservative | M Lowton | 425 | |||
| Labour | G Watson | 415 | |||
| Independent | R Armstrong | 81 | 3.4 | ||
| Majority | 32.3 | ||||
| Turnout | 55.4 | ||||
| Liberalwin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | A A Maryan | 1,047 | 56.5 | ||
| Liberal | Charles George Piper | 986 | |||
| Liberal | S G Ward | 973 | |||
| Conservative | M E Tunwell | 806 | 43.5 | ||
| Conservative | Reginald Poynter* | 800 | |||
| Conservative | Neil Fergus Nicholson* | 800 | |||
| Majority | 13.0 | ||||
| Turnout | 45.9 | ||||
| Liberalwin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | J Healey | 969 | 46.8 | ||
| Conservative | Charles Edward Dobell* | 949 | 45.8 | ||
| Liberal | Anthony L Boswall | 936 | |||
| Liberal | W Creffield | 920 | |||
| Conservative | Eric Hugh Bowdler* | 905 | |||
| Conservative | D Charlton | 883 | |||
| Labour | J Howse | 152 | 7.3 | ||
| Majority | 1.0 | ||||
| Turnout | 46.0 | ||||
| Liberalwin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Maurice Skilton* | 1,547 | 59.2 | ||
| Liberal | E M Edwards* | 1,410 | |||
| Liberal | H Goodchild | 1,374 | |||
| Conservative | Joseph Angelman* | 1,068 | 40.8 | ||
| Conservative | M Charlton | 897 | |||
| Conservative | C Elsey | 888 | |||
| Majority | 18.3 | ||||
| Turnout | 59.0 | ||||
| Liberalwin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Peter Francis Jackson* | 1,903 | 48.9 | ||
| Liberal | Charles Henry Lacey* | 1,768 | |||
| Liberal | L Mason | 1,694 | |||
| Liberal | Douglas D Carn | 1,650 | |||
| Labour | Roland James Hutchinson* | 1,548 | 39.8 | ||
| Labour | George Alan Bosley* | 1,492 | |||
| Labour | P Chantler | 1,309 | |||
| Labour | L Elphick | 1,291 | |||
| Conservative | C Young | 440 | 11.3 | ||
| Conservative | J Tunwell | 436 | |||
| Conservative | A Cumming | 435 | |||
| Conservative | C Anscombe | 407 | |||
| Majority | 9.1 | ||||
| Turnout | 46.5 | ||||
| Liberalwin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Leonard James Caine* | 1,745 | |||
| Labour | Frederick Charles Solly* | 1,580 | |||
| Labour | Roland Arthur Baker | 1,538 | |||
| Labour | D M Salmon | 1,514 | |||
| Conservative | J E Anscombe | 1,154 | |||
| Conservative | M Bare | 1,109 | |||
| Conservative | I Greenfield | 1,088 | |||
| Conservative | C Porter | 1,079 | |||
| Liberal | J Thomas | 842 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Labourwin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Leslie Aubrey Vickers* | 1,345 | |||
| Conservative | Kathleen Ethel Raven* | 1,345 | |||
| Conservative | Percy Stanley Brockwell* | 1,297 | |||
| Liberal | E Pettigrew | 919 | |||
| Liberal | M Hanlon | 880 | |||
| Liberal | R Rees | 878 | |||
| Labour | I Harris | 118 | |||
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| Turnout | |||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | R H Dingwall | 1,802 | |||
| Conservative | Winifred Emily Ouzman* | 1,746 | |||
| Conservative | Michael Scott Phipp* | 1,698 | |||
| Conservative | D P Cullen | 1,698 | |||
| Liberal | L Frere | 1,650 | |||
| Liberal | W Charlton | 1,636 | |||
| Conservative | J Toop | 1,597 | |||
| Liberal | E French | 1,575 | |||
| Labour | A Ticehurst | 510 | |||
| Labour | K Booth | 474 | |||
| Labour | D Evans | 467 | |||
| Labour | P Sorrell | 455 | |||
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| Turnout | |||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Charles Vivian Horridge* | 1,319 | |||
| Liberal | William John Evenden* | 1,244 | |||
| Liberal | Clifford Grahame Scott* | 1,228 | |||
| Conservative | J Riley | 680 | |||
| Conservative | J C Wakeford | 607 | |||
| Conservative | M White | 589 | |||
| Labour | P Richardson | 370 | |||
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| Turnout | |||||
| Liberalwin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Una Eagle Goldie Gardner* | 1,414 | 62.4 | ||
| Conservative | Tony James Aukett* | 1,359 | |||
| Conservative | Charles W Aldous | 1,285 | |||
| Liberal | M Perrin | 851 | 37.6 | ||
| Liberal | D Parsons | 828 | |||
| Liberal | N Frere | 740 | |||
| Majority | 24.9 | ||||
| Turnout | 45.1 | ||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
