1973 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

none 1973 United Kingdom local elections 1973 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election England Coat of arms of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.png parliamentary no 1973 05 10 y 1975 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election 1975 All 66 seatsto Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council 34 41.1%https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwA-5RleSBydSFFOSXV6MXVQQlk/view Local Election Summaries 1973 The Elections Centre 24 November 2018 Wirral_Council_Election_Results_Map_1973.png Map of results of 1973 election Leader of the Council Leader of the Council after election Bill Whitehurst (Conservative) No Overall Control Con Bill Whitehurst Conservative Party (UK) Central-Hoose-Meols-Park 29 43,847 42.9% Lab Bill Wells Labour Party (UK) Leasowe 24 33,320 32.6% Cllr Gruff Evans.jpg 120 120 160 center Blank Gruff Evans Liberal Party (UK) Cathcart-Claughton-Cleveland 13 23,106 22.6% The 1973 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 10 May 1973 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England.https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Wirral-1973-2012.pdf Metropolitan Borough of Wirral Election Results 1973-2012 (Pg. 1 and 2) The Elections Centre 24 November 2018 This was on the same day as other local elections. April 2018 April 2018 The election took place a year before the council formally coming into its powers and prior to the creation of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the county boroughs of Birkenhead and Wallasey, along with the municipal borough of Bebington and the urban districts of Hoylake and Wirral. After the election, the composition of the council was: PartySeatsConservative 29Labour 24Liberal 13 Council compositions https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwA-5RleSBydOS11WmRkNk9MSkE/view?pref=2&pli=1 The Elections Centre 27 July 2018 Election results Overall election result New Council. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election results, 1973PartyCandidatesVotes Stood Elected % of total % No. Conservative Party (UK) 66 29 43.9 42.9 43,847 Labour Party (UK) 65 24 36.4 32.6 33,320 Liberal Party (UK) 43 13 19.7 22.6 23,106 Independent Conservative 2 0 0.0 1.2 1,179 Independent Socialist 1 0 0.0 0.3 319 Residents Association 1 0 0.0 0.3 315 Communist Party of Great Britain 1 0 0.0 0.2 187 Ward results Birkenhead No. 1 (Argyle-Clifton-Holt) Argyle-Clifton-Holt Labour Party (UK) Richard Kimberly n First Elected to serve a 5 year term. 1,580 72.8 N/A Labour Party (UK) Parnall n 3a Elected to serve a 3 year term. 1,577 – – Labour Party (UK) Tomlinson n 2a Elected to serve a 2 year term. 1,515 – – Conservative Party (UK) L. Peers 589 27.2 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Wilson 546 – – Conservative Party (UK) Gates 530 – – 45.7 N/A 8,985 24.1 N/A Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) No. 2 (Bebington and Mersey) Bebington and Mersey Labour Party (UK) S. Kellett n First 1,358 44.7 N/A Labour Party (UK) Bagnall n 3a 1,337 – – Labour Party (UK) A. Price n 2a 1,159 – – Conservative Party (UK) Jones 1,143 37.7 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Welsh 993 – – Conservative Party (UK) Kelly 968 – – Liberal Party (UK) Tomkins 534 17.6 N/A Liberal Party (UK) Spencer 511 – – Liberal Party (UK) Prosser 503 – – 7.1 N/A 8,707 34.9 N/A Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) No. 3 (Cathcart-Claughton-Cleveland) Cathcart-Claughton-Cleveland Liberal Party (UK) David Evans n First 2,444 53.8 N/A Liberal Party (UK) John Evans n 3a 2,202 – – Liberal Party (UK) A. Jones n 2a 2,003 – – Conservative Party (UK) R. Stretch 1,066 23.5 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Hesketh 1,064 – – Labour Party (UK) Roberts 1,034 22.8 N/A Labour Party (UK) Walter Smith 1,010 – – Labour Party (UK) Keith Rimmer 1,008 – – Conservative Party (UK) Gaughan 970 – – 30.3 N/A 9,993 45.5 N/A Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=119 Councillor Walter Smith Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council 3 June 2018 12 June 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144009/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=119 dead No. 4 (Devonshire and Egerton) Devonshire and Egerton Liberal Party (UK) Hughes n First 2,187 42.3 N/A Liberal Party (UK) E. Hughes n 3a 1,855 – – Liberal Party (UK) Attwood n 2a 1,680 – – Conservative Party (UK) David Fletcher 1,591 30.8 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Baker 1,543 – – Conservative Party (UK) K. Allen 1,502 – – Labour Party (UK) Eileen Keegan 1,392 26.9 N/A Labour Party (UK) Bagnall 1,253 – – Labour Party (UK) Bagnall 1,225 – – 11.5 N/A 12,464 41.5 N/A Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) No. 5 (Gilbrook and St James) Gilbrook and St James Labour Party (UK) J. Flynn n First 2,047 59.9 N/A Labour Party (UK) J. Roberts n 3a 1,996 – – Labour Party (UK) P. Roberts n 2a 1,922 – – Liberal Party (UK) A. Hayes 1,044 30.6 N/A Liberal Party (UK) Lea 987 – – Liberal Party (UK) Ashman 905 – – Conservative Party (UK) W. Briggs 325 9.5 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Menio 305 – – Conservative Party (UK) Emsden 255 – – 29.4 N/A 9,030 37.8 N/A Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) No. 6 (Grange and Oxton) Grange and Oxton Liberal Party (UK) Gordon Lindsay n First 2,651 50.5 N/A Liberal Party (UK) A. Halliday n 3a 2,212 – – Liberal Party (UK) Truffet n 2a 2,206 – – Conservative Party (UK) Pyke 1,731 33.0 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Kenneth Porter 1,697 – – Conservative Party (UK) Lea 1,549 – – Labour Party (UK) Leeper 863 16.5 N/A Labour Party (UK) Armstrong 839 – – Labour Party (UK) A. Smith 764 – – 17.5 N/A 12,348 42.5 N/A Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) No. 7 (Prenton) Prenton Conservative Party (UK) M. Baker n First 2,846 51.7 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Harry Deverill n 3a 2,820 – – Conservative Party (UK) Pattinson n 2a 2,729 – – Labour Party (UK) G. Llewellyn 2,335 42.5 N/A Labour Party (UK) Muir 2,244 – – Labour Party (UK) Ainslie 2,142 – – Independent Socialist Connolly 319 5.8 N/A 9.3 N/A 15,882 34.6 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) No. 8 (Upton) Upton Conservative Party (UK) S. Hibbert n First 2,691 46.6 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Lowe n 3a 2,678 – – Conservative Party (UK) J. Roberts n 2a 2,654 – – Labour Party (UK) Harland 2,584 44.7 N/A Labour Party (UK) Bernard Gilfoyle 2,548 – – Labour Party (UK) Owen 2,375 – – Residents Association S. Dean 315 5.5 N/A Communist Party of Great Britain K. Thompson 187 3.2 N/A 1.9 N/A 19,861 29.1 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Wallasey No. 9 (Leasowe) Leasowe Labour Party (UK) John Clark n First 2,129 70.4 N/A Labour Party (UK) Bill Wells n 3a 2,106 – – Labour Party (UK) Ken Fox n 2a 2,062 – – Conservative Party (UK) Ward 896 29.6 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Ward 870 – – Conservative Party (UK) Arrowsmith 828 – – 40.8 N/A 11,478 26.4 N/A Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) No. 10 (Marlowe-Egremont-South Liscard) Marlowe-Egremont-South Liscard Conservative Party (UK) S. Morgan n First 2,147 43.6 N/A Conservative Party (UK) M. Ebbs n 3a 2,142 – – Conservative Party (UK) Lynn n 2a 2,041 – – Labour Party (UK) Gershman 2,028 41.2 N/A Labour Party (UK) Vincent McGee 1,985 – – Labour Party (UK) Owens 1,955 – – Liberal Party (UK) Caldwell 751 15.2 N/A Liberal Party (UK) Jones 738 – – Liberal Party (UK) Gordon 732 – – 2.4 N/A 13,161 37.4 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) No. 11 (Moreton and Saughall Massie) Moreton and Saughall Massie Labour Party (UK) Jim Edwards n First 1,318 47.2 N/A Labour Party (UK) G. Watkins n 3a 1,288 – – Labour Party (UK) E. Lewis n 2a 1,230 – – Conservative Party (UK) I. Walker 1,132 40.5 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Webster 1,083 – – Conservative Party (UK) Hale 1,080 – – Liberal Party (UK) E. Lawrence 345 12.3 N/A Liberal Party (UK) Coffey 328 – – Liberal Party (UK) Franks 313 – – 6.7 N/A 7,070 39.5 N/A Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) No. 12 (New Brighton-Wallasey-Warren) New Brighton-Wallasey-Warren Liberal Party (UK) N. Thomas n First 3,153 44.1 N/A Liberal Party (UK) Kate Wood n 3a 2,946 – – Liberal Party (UK) J. Southworth n 2a 2,944 – – Conservative Party (UK) Stubbs 2,848 39.9 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Weston 2,818 – – Conservative Party (UK) Shaw 2,812 – – Independent Conservative John Fishwick 713 10.0 N/A Labour Party (UK) Jones 432 6.0 N/A Labour Party (UK) Byrne 405 – – Labour Party (UK) Moore 392 – – 4.3 N/A 14,680 48.7 N/A Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=131 Councillor Mrs Kate Wood Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council 2 June 2018 12 June 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144146/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=131 dead No. 13 (North Liscard-Upper Brighton Street) North Liscard-Upper Brighton Street Conservative Party (UK) Jack Redhead n First 2,363 41.9 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Humphrey-Jones n 3a 2,176 – – Conservative Party (UK) George Thornton n 2a 2,140 – – Liberal Party (UK) P. Tyrer 1,939 34.4 N/A Liberal Party (UK) Wark 1,588 – – Liberal Party (UK) Glover 1,383 – – Labour Party (UK) Williams 872 15.5 N/A Labour Party (UK) Pryke 811 – – Labour Party (UK) B. Lloyd 796 – – Independent Conservative H. Thompson 466 8.3 N/A 7.5 N/A 11,772 47.9 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) No. 14 (Seacombe-Poulton-Somerville) Seacombe-Poulton-Somerville Labour Party (UK) Phoebe Bentzien n First 2,332 65.8 N/A Labour Party (UK) T. Duffy n 3a 2,268 – – Labour Party (UK) S. Wickham n 2a 2,252 – – Conservative Party (UK) F. Hunter 916 25.9 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Bestwick 883 – – Conservative Party (UK) Fielding 772 – – Liberal Party (UK) Cassidy 294 8.3 N/A Liberal Party (UK) Hayes 279 – – Liberal Party (UK) Wood 253 – – 40.0 N/A 12,430 28.5 N/A Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Bebington No. 15 (Higher Bebington and Woodhey) Higher Bebington and Woodhey Conservative Party (UK) Frank Theaker n First 2,458 54.6 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Tim Richmond n 3a 2,434 – – Conservative Party (UK) E. Pike n 2a 2,405 – – Labour Party (UK) Bennett 1,149 25.5 N/A Labour Party (UK) M. Irvine 1,145 – – Labour Party (UK) Wingate 1,105 – – Liberal Party (UK) A. Snedker 896 19.9 N/A Liberal Party (UK) Duckers 854 – – Liberal Party (UK) Watson 735 – – 29.1 N/A 10,262 43.9 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) No. 16 (Park-New Ferry-North Bromborough) Park-New Ferry-North Bromborough Labour Party (UK) S. Price n First 2,575 61.2 N/A Labour Party (UK) P. McCarthy n 3a 2,384 – – Labour Party (UK) F. Gregory n 2a 2,290 – – Conservative Party (UK) McKenzie 1,631 38.8 N/A Conservative Party (UK) G. Drew 1,459 – – Conservative Party (UK) Jerram 1,381 – – 22.4 N/A 9,804 42.9 N/A Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) No. 17 (South Bromborough and Eastham) South Bromborough and Eastham Labour Party (UK) Gill n First 2,469 47.2 N/A Labour Party (UK) M. Halliday n 3a 2,221 – – Labour Party (UK) William Lungley n 2a 2,146 – – Conservative Party (UK) David Allan 1,911 36.5 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Howe 1,731 – – Conservative Party (UK) Winter 1,577 – – Liberal Party (UK) Phillip Gilchrist 851 16.3 N/A Liberal Party (UK) Astill 741 – – Liberal Party (UK) Harney 728 – – 10.7 N/A 12,861 40.7 N/A Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=144 Councillor Phil Gilchrist 2 August 2023 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council 3 June 2018 12 June 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143906/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=144 dead No. 18 (Lower Bebington and Poulton) Lower Bebington and Poulton Conservative Party (UK) Jackson n First 2,498 51.6 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Michael Moore n 3a 2,472 – – Conservative Party (UK) Dorothy Goodfellow n 2a 2,445 – – Liberal Party (UK) Thomas Harney 1,252 25.9 N/A Liberal Party (UK) Hughes 1,111 – – Labour Party (UK) A. Radcliffe 1,091 22.5 N/A Liberal Party (UK) Thomas 1,085 – – Labour Party (UK) Halliday 987 – – Labour Party (UK) D. Roscoe 974 – – 25.7 N/A 12,016 40.3 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=182 Councillor Tom Harney Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council 3 June 2018 12 June 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144111/https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=182 dead Hoylake No. 19 (Caldy and Frankby) Caldy and Frankby Conservative Party (UK) W. Lloyd n First 3,499 76.2 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Burrows n 3a 3,483 – – Conservative Party (UK) Reg Cumpstey n 2a 3,481 – – Labour Party (UK) Kelly 1,092 23.8 N/A Labour Party (UK) Pennington 1,082 – – Labour Party (UK) Porter 1,018 – – 52.4 N/A 12,685 36.2 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) No. 20 (Central-Hoose-Meols-Park) Central-Hoose-Meols-Park Conservative Party (UK) William Whitehurst n First 3,754 46.5 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Frank Jones n 3a 3,624 – – Liberal Party (UK) J. Thomas n 2a 3,378 41.9 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Nightingale 3,373 – – Labour Party (UK) Davies 933 11.6 N/A Labour Party (UK) Cook 906 – – 4.7 N/A 11,993 67.2 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Wirral No. 21 (Barnston-Gayton-Heswall-Oldfield) Barnston-Gayton-Heswall-Oldfield Conservative Party (UK) Harding n First 3,290 66.1 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Clarke n 3a 3,123 – – Conservative Party (UK) Crowe n 2a 3,107 – – Liberal Party (UK) G. Collins 1,387 27.9 N/A Liberal Party (UK) A. Conway 1,349 – – Liberal Party (UK) Wiggans 1,160 – – Labour Party (UK) Garde 302 6.1 N/A Labour Party (UK) Ayre 279 – – Labour Party (UK) W. Gamet 264 – – 38.2 N/A 11,022 45.2 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) No. 22 (Irby-Pensby-Thurstaston) Irby-Pensby-Thurstaston Conservative Party (UK) Doris Sisson n First 2,522 64.2 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Birks n 3a 2,519 – – Conservative Party (UK) Ford n 2a 2,469 – – Labour Party (UK) S. Dunn 1,405 35.8 N/A Labour Party (UK) H. Ellis-Thomas 1,361 – – Labour Party (UK) Cody 1,304 – – 28.4 N/A 9,147 42.9 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Notes • bold denotes the winning candidate n References Mellows-Facer Adam 10 May 2006 https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/RP06-26 Local election 2006 parliament.uk 29 December 2018https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2003/locals/html/330.stm 1 May 2003 BBC NEWS VOTE 2003 WIRRAL BBC News 29 December 2018 Category:1973 English local elections 1973 Category:1970s in Merseyside