1973 Dundee Corporation election

March 2018 March 2018 An election to the Dundee Corporation was held on 1 May 1973, alongside 1312 municipal elections across Scotland. 13 of the corporation's 36 seats were up for election.2 May 1973 Labour on top in day of record low polling https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19730502&printsec=frontpage&hl=en The Glasgow Herald 1 21 January 2021 The election saw Labour manage to hold on to its slim majority over the Progressives on the corporation, with 18 of the council's 36 seats. No seats changed hands, with the Progressives remaining on 17, and 1 Independent. Two Labour Councillors, William Millar and ex-Baillie John Stewart in Lochee and Douglas wards respectively, were deselected by Labour as candidates and ran as independents instead. Neither were re-elected. Aggregate results 1973 Dundee Corporation election Scottish Labour Party 7 0 0 25,549 Progressives (Scotland) 6 0 0 18,528 Independent (politician) 0 0 0 0.0 2,213 Labour Party of Scotland 0 0 0 0.0 1,279 Dundee Citizens Union 0 0 0 0.0 998 Independent Labour 0 0 0 0.0 962 Scottish Liberal Party 0 0 0 0.0 600 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 0.0 344 Ward results Harbour Progressives (Scotland) L. D. Johnston 1815 Scottish Labour Party J. McAulay 870 Dundee Citizens Union G. Scott 85 Labour Party of Scotland L. MacQueen 81 Progressives (Scotland) Riverside Progressives (Scotland) W. J. Fitzgerald 1996 Scottish Labour Party K. McRae 962 Dundee Citizens Union M. Leslie 117 Progressives (Scotland) Lochee Scottish Labour Party J. Martin 2906 Independent (politician) W. Millar 1029 Progressives (Scotland) A. P. Brodie Steel 655 Labour Party of Scotland D. McTaggart 112 Dundee Citizens Union J. Clark 64 Scottish Labour Party Craigie Progressives (Scotland) H. Murray 2343 Scottish Labour Party J. Barton 2005 Labour Party of Scotland G. McKenzie 209 Progressives (Scotland) Scottish Labour Party Caird Scottish Labour Party J. Doig 2591 Progressives (Scotland) J. Barnett 1007 Labour Party of Scotland J. Fairweather 134 Dundee Citizens Union J. Campbell 81 Scottish Labour Party Law Progressives (Scotland) J. Whyte 2604 Scottish Labour Party W. McKelvey 1736 Dundee Citizens Union J. Carroll 133 Progressives (Scotland) Downfield Scottish Labour Party M. McManus 2848 Progressives (Scotland) T. Dailly 692 Labour Party of Scotland G. McLean 242 Dundee Citizens Union T. Black 91 Communist Party of Great Britain P. L. Docherty 69 Scottish Labour Party Camperdown2 seats Scottish Labour Party E. Vigtow 2909 Scottish Labour Party F. Fagan 2850 Independent Labour I. Gardiner 962 Dundee Citizens Union N. Maiden 235 Labour Party of Scotland I. M. Donaldson 227 Communist Party of Great Britain H. McLevey 196 Labour Party of Scotland D. McGarry 123 Scottish Labour Party Scottish Labour Party Balgay Progressives (Scotland) W. Malcolm 2247 Scottish Labour Party J. Cameron 1132 Progressives (Scotland) Douglas Scottish Labour Party F. Welsh 2532 Independent (politician) J. Stewart 1184 Progressives (Scotland) Janet W. Allen 789 Labour Party of Scotland H. Dunning 94 Dundee Citizens Union D. White 83 Communist Party of Great Britain R. Mennie 79 Scottish Labour Party Broughty Ferry Progressives (Scotland) G. M. Gillies 3963 Scottish Liberal Party C. Brodie 600 Scottish Labour Party J. Boland 560 Dundee Citizens Union R. Devlin 70 Progressives (Scotland) Hilltown Scottish Labour Party H. Dickson 1648 Progressives (Scotland) Mary Barrowman 417 Labour Party of Scotland J. Alexander 57 Dundee Citizens Union S. Khan 39 Scottish Labour Party References 1973 Dundee Category:1970s in Dundee