1973 Sunderland Metropolitan Borough Council election

1973 UK local government election March 2020March 2020 1973 Sunderland Metropolitan Borough Council election 21 Conservative Party (UK) 1 Independent politician Labour Majority party after election Majority party England 56 Labour Party (UK) 40 All 78 seats on Sunderland Metropolitan Borough Council 1975 1975 Sunderland Metropolitan Borough Council election 10 May 1973 yes no Parliamentary Arms of the Sunderland City Council.svg The 1973 Sunderland Metropolitan Borough Council election was held on 10 May 1973 as part of the first elections to the new local authorities established by the Local Government Act 1972 in England and Wales. The entirety of the new 78-seat council was up for election, with each of the 26 new council wards returning three councillors by first-past-the-post. Background The election took place following the elections to the Tyne and Wear County Council in April. The Local Government Act 1972 stipulated that the elected members were to shadow and eventually take over from the predecessor corporation on 1 April 1974. The order in which the councillors were elected dictated their term serving, with third-place candidates serving two years and up for re-election in 1975, second-placed three years expiring in 1976 and first-placed five years until 1978.Rallings Colin https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0V1MW1lr1Z3Q2FhRG0xV3hSYXM/view?pref=2&pli=1 Local Elections Handbook 1973 Thrasher Michael The Elections Centre 3 May 2016 Election results The election resulted in a clear majority for the Labour Party, which won 56 of the 78 seats on the new Council. Sunderland Metropolitan Borough Council election results, 1973 Labour Party (UK) 76 56 56 N/A 56 71.8 51.6 65,688 N/A Conservative Party (UK) 41 21 21 N/A 21 26.9 36.1 45,933 N/A Liberal Party (UK) 18 0 0 N/A 0 0 6.9 8,839 N/A Independent politician 7 1 1 N/A 1 1.3 3.5 4,473 N/A Independent Labour Party 3 0 0 N/A 0 0 1.5 1,961 N/A Communist Party of Great Britain 3 0 0 N/A 0 0 0.3 365 N/A The election resulted in the following composition of the Council: PartyCouncilLabour56Conservatives21Independent1Total78Working majorityred 34 darkgray References Category:Sunderland City Council elections