1973 Greater London Council election

Local election in England July 2020 August 2012 1973 Greater London Council election United Kingdom Flag of Greater London.svg parliamentary no yes 1970 Greater London Council election 1970 1977 Greater London Council election 1977 92 councillors 47 12 April 1973 Reg Goodwin Bermondsey Labour Party (UK) 58 23 928,034 47.4% 7.5% Desmond Plummer St Marylebone Conservative Party (UK) 32 33 743,123 38.0% 12.6% Stanley Rundle Richmond Liberal Party (UK) 2 2 244,703 12.5% 7.1% Greater London Council election, 1973.svg Results by electoral division Leader Leader after election Desmond Plummer Conservative Reg Goodwin Labour The fourth election to the Greater London Council (GLC) was held on 12 April 1973. Labour won a large majority of 58 seats to 32 for the Conservatives; the Liberals also won their first two seats on the council. Electoral arrangements As there had been a boundary commission report with new Parliamentary constituencies which coincided with the border of Greater London, the electoral system was changed (as had always been intended) so that the GLC was elected from single member electoral divisions which were identical with the Parliamentary constituencies. Councillors were elected for a three-year term. This was extended for an extra year in 1976 when the electoral cycle was switched to four-yearly.The London Councillors Order 1976 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1976/213/pdfs/uksi_19760213_en.pdf legislation.gov.uk 24 August 2023 17 February 1976 Results General election of councillors The Labour Party won a majority of seats at the election. With an electorate of 5,313,470, there was a turnout of 36.8%.http://www.election.demon.co.uk/glc/glcresults.html GLC Election Results Summaries 2 September 2023 1 September 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180901230825/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/glc/glcresults.html dead Boothroyd David United Kingdom Election Results Among those who were first elected to the GLC in 1973 were Ken Livingstone (Labour, Lambeth, Norwood), later to lead it, Andrew McIntosh (Labour, Haringey, Tottenham) who was his brief moderate rival for the Labour leadership, and Serge Lourie (Labour, Havering, Hornchurch), who became a founder member of the SDP and leader of Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council in 2001. Party Votes SeatsNumber % +/- Stood Seats % +/- Labour Party (UK) 928,034 47.4 7.5 92 58 63.0 23 Conservative Party (UK) 743,123 38.0 12.6 92 32 34.8 33 Liberal Party (UK) 244,703 12.5 7.1 60 2 2.2 2 Communist Party of Great Britain 11,954 0.6 1.2 28 0 0.0 National Front (UK) 9,536 0.5 New 6 0 0.0 Residents' or Ratepayers' 5,516 0.3 New 3 0 0.0 Independent (politician) 4,211 0.2 0.1 15 0 0.0 Action Party (UK) 3,063 0.2 0.4 6 0 0.0 National Independence Party (UK) 2,924 0.1 New 1 0 0.0 Independent Conservative 2,393 0.1 New 2 0 0.0 Socialist Party of Great Britain 1,612 0.1 11 0 0.0 Independent Labour 227 0.0 New 1 0 0.0 Aldermanic election In addition to the 92 elected councillors, there were fifteen aldermen elected by the council. Eight aldermen elected in 1970 continued to serve until 1976 and the eight elected in 1967 retired before the 1973 election. Seven aldermen were elected by the council on 4 May 1973 to serve until 1979. Aldermen elected in 1973, to retire in 1979:The term was reduced to four years by the London Councillors Order 1976 and aldermen elected in 1973 served until 1977. Party Alderman Labour Party (UK) Richard Collins Labour Party (UK) Maureen Harwood Labour Party (UK) Walter Kenneth Mansfield Labour Party (UK) Stanley Wilfred Mayne Labour Party (UK) Luke Patrick O'Connor Labour Party (UK) Oliver StutchburyResigned 2 September 1976 Labour Party (UK) John Golden Warren The aldermen divided 9 Labour and 6 Conservative, so that Labour had 67 members to 38 for the Conservatives following the aldermanic election. It would be the final election of aldermen to the council, with those elected in 1970 and 1973 having their terms altered to all end in 1977. Constituency results Members of the old council* Barking Barking Labour Party (UK) John Benjamin Ward* 10,575 71.5 Conservative Party (UK) C A Pool 2,417 16.3 Liberal Party (UK) J D Tyrell 1,800 12.2 29.7 Labour Party (UK) Dagenham Labour Party (UK) Robert John Crane* 13,753 72.3 Conservative Party (UK) T. A. Woodcock 2,149 11.3 Liberal Party (UK) George Daniel Poole 1,994 10.5 Independent Labour Vera W Cridland 564 Communist Party of Great Britain George Charles Wake 558 27.4 Labour Party (UK) Barnet Chipping Barnet Conservative Party (UK) Reginald Marks* 10,753 50.0 Labour Party (UK) H. Sprague 6,035 28.0 Liberal Party (UK) Margaret Gelling Snow 4,727 22.0 37.9 Finchley Conservative Party (UK) Jean Leslie Scott* 8,008 48.9 Labour Party (UK) Albert Edward Tomlinson 5,183 31.7 Liberal Party (UK) Leonard W. Watkins 3,175 19.4 37.9 Hendon North Labour Party (UK) Frank Arthur Cooper 8,925 44.2 Conservative Party (UK) Rita Maisie Levy* 8,180 40.5 Liberal Party (UK) David Hugh Edwards 3,079 15.3 40.7 Hendon South Conservative Party (UK) Peter Blair Black* 8,229 41.0 Labour Party (UK) Mildred Gordon 6,874 34.2 Liberal Party (UK) Percy Walter Meyer 4,992 24.8 38.1 Bexley Bexleyheath Conservative Party (UK) Victor Rae Muske Langton* 10,025 43.1 Labour Party (UK) Stanley Wilfred Mayne 8,924 38.4 Liberal Party (UK) Wilfrid Pickard 4,297 18.5 45.6 Erith & Crayford Labour Party (UK) Francis William Archer 14,168 61.9 Conservative Party (UK) E. D. Josiffe 8,717 38.1 38.5 Sidcup Conservative Party (UK) Douglas Melville Fielding* 10,844 48.6 Labour Party (UK) John Francis Spellar 7,217 32.3 Liberal Party (UK) L. W. Rogers 4,276 19.1 45.2 Brent Brent East Labour Party (UK) Norman Howard 14,123 61.6 Conservative Party (UK) Alfred Abram Berney* 7,232 31.5 Liberal Party (UK) M. H. Habib 1,115 4.9 Action Party (UK) Raymond J Noble 467 2.0 35.7 Brent North Conservative Party (UK) Alan Hardy* 14,941 49.3 Labour Party (UK) Maurice Howard Rosen 10,143 33.4 Liberal Party (UK) G. Phelps 5,262 17.3 42.1 Brent South Labour Party (UK) Illtyd Harrington* 14,190 66.5 Conservative Party (UK) Ruby Georgina Nancy Taylor* 6,635 31.1 Communist Party of Great Britain Leslie George Burt 503 2.4 34.4 Bromley Beckenham Conservative Party (UK) Frank Willie Smith* 11,142 49.6 Labour Party (UK) Nicholas John Sharp 6,357 28.3 Liberal Party (UK) D. A. Rowe 4,975 22.1 37.6 Chislehurst Conservative Party (UK) Joan Kathleen Wykes 10,977 44.3 Labour Party (UK) Walter Kenneth Mansfield 10,938 44.1 Liberal Party (UK) John R. Hassall 2,864 11.6 46.3 Orpington Conservative Party (UK) Jean Tatham 15,496 44.3 Liberal Party (UK) John William Cook 13,169 37.7 Labour Party (UK) Christopher Howes 6,276 18.0 53.6 Ravensbourne Conservative Party (UK) David Anthony Harris* 10,012 56.0 Liberal Party (UK) Mrs M. M. Coulson 4,124 23.1 Labour Party (UK) A. W. Wright 3,534 19.8 Communist Party of Great Britain G. Felton 202 1.1 36.7 Camden Hampstead Labour Party (UK) Enid Barbara Wistrich 12,268 48.0 Conservative Party (UK) I. Clarke 9,823 38.4 Liberal Party (UK) Raymond Arthur Philip Benad 2,824 11.0 Communist Party of Great Britain R. Champion 466 Socialist Party of Great Britain L. J. Cox 191 Holborn & St Pancras South Labour Party (UK) Alexander John Kazantzis* 7,437 60.6 Conservative Party (UK) David P Weeks 3,520 28.7 Liberal Party (UK) A. Elithorn 1,085 8.8 Socialist Party of Great Britain Mrs D. M. Davies 99 Independent Noel S. Fierz 72 Independent P. Goulstone 60 30.9 Fierz - Anti-Redevelopment Goulstone - Great Joint Happiness Homes for All St Pancras North Labour Party (UK) Rose Hacker 9,915 67.7 Conservative Party (UK) Nicholas J Bennett 4,226 28.9 Communist Party of Great Britain V. A. Heath 497 3.4 35.1 Croydon Croydon Central Labour Party (UK) David Frank White 13,029 46.3 Conservative Party (UK) Sonia Copland 10,914 38.8 Liberal Party (UK) Roy A Lightwing 3,965 14.1 Independent J T E A Waddell 241 0.8 Croydon North East Labour Party (UK) David Howard Simpson 10,340 43.8 Conservative Party (UK) Gladys Emma Morgan* 10,329 43.8 Liberal Party (UK) Brian F Steggles 2,940 12.4 40.2 Croydon North West Labour Party (UK) Dudley Eric Reynolds Barker 9,458 44.0 Conservative Party (UK) Stephen James Stewart* 8,965 41.7 Liberal Party (UK) Leo C. E. Held 3,074 14.3 38.9 Croydon South Conservative Party (UK) Geoffrey Weston Aplin* 14,885 61.5 Liberal Party (UK) Jean Pearson Coleman 6,186 25.6 Labour Party (UK) Mrs Mary E. Curson 2,880 11.9 Ratepayers' Association S. B. Stray 234 1.0 40.3 Ealing Acton Conservative Party (UK) John Chaytor Dobson* 10,576 45.7 Labour Party (UK) Oliver Piers Stutchbury 9,665 41.7 Liberal Party (UK) N. J. Reed 2,616 11.3 Communist Party of Great Britain H. A. Tank 303 1.3 40.7 Ealing North Labour Party (UK) David Michael Mason 19,013 54.9 Conservative Party (UK) Michael William Walter Farrow* 15,361 45.1 47.4 Southall Labour Party (UK) Yvonne Sieve 14,442 59.4 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Charles Patten 9,876 40.6 35.0 Enfield Edmonton Labour Party (UK) Bernard Stephen Mason 11,085 53.6 Conservative Party (UK) John William Victor Attwood 7,256 35.1 Liberal Party (UK) Ralph J R Scott 1,870 9.1 Action Party (UK) Martin F. Moloney 457 2.2 Enfield North Labour Party (UK) John Howard White 11,202 37.1 Liberal Party (UK) L Eric L Ridge 11,062 36.6 Conservative Party (UK) Bryan Michael Deece Cassidy 6,725 22.3 National Front (UK) Kenneth Thomas Robinson 1,204 4.0 44.6 Southgate Conservative Party (UK) Thomas Broughton Mitcheson* 15,857 58.5 Liberal Party (UK) Dennis Alan Coberman 5,896 21.8 Labour Party (UK) B M Barbuk 5,342 19.7 38.4 Greenwich Greenwich Labour Party (UK) Peggy Arline Middleton* 13,953 68.4 Conservative Party (UK) J A B Kind 6,440 31.6 38.9 Woolwich East Labour Party (UK) Mair Eluned Garside* 11,880 67.2 Conservative Party (UK) A R Dix 3,164 17.9 Liberal Party (UK) Robert H Smith 1,860 10.5 Action Party (UK) J P Sibley 442 Communist Party of Great Britain Arthur A R Curtis 332 34.8 Woolwich West Labour Party (UK) Margaret Rees 13,466 Conservative Party (UK) Mrs Wendy Mitchell 9,867 Liberal Party (UK) James Douglas Eagle 2,401 Hackney Hackney Central Labour Party (UK) Ellis Simon Hillman* 9,265 Conservative Party (UK) Stanley J. Sorrell 1,770 Independent O. Hales 266 Hackney North & Stoke Newington Labour Party (UK) David Thomas Pitt* 6,529 Conservative Party (UK) Leslie R. House 2,524 Communist Party of Great Britain Monty Goldman 621 Socialist Party of Great Britain J. Carter 250 Hackney South & Shoreditch Labour Party (UK) Irene Chaplin 8,473 Conservative Party (UK) E. Laws 1,586 Independent V. A. C. Curtis 325 Action Party (UK) D. H. England 290 Independent B. M. Lampert 154 Curtis - Parent Action Group for Education Hammersmith Fulham Labour Party (UK) Anthony Louis Banks* 15,176 Conservative Party (UK) A F E Johnson 9,926 Liberal Party (UK) Derek J P Honeygold 2,002 Independent M S Ashworth 202 Ashworth - Centre Party Hammersmith North Labour Party (UK) Iris Mary Caroline Bonham* 13,529 Conservative Party (UK) William Christopher Smith 7,031 Liberal Party (UK) Mrs F M Abrahams 2,095 Haringey Hornsey Conservative Party (UK) Lawrence Arthur Bains* 10,361 Labour Party (UK) John Golden Warren 10,078 Liberal Party (UK) Patrick William O'Brien 3,450 Communist Party of Great Britain B P Van den Berg 483 Socialist Party of Great Britain D J Porter 144 Tottenham Labour Party (UK) Andrew Robert McIntosh 8,043 Conservative Party (UK) John Antony Croft 3,360 National Independence Party (UK) Michael Paul Coney 2,924 Socialist Party of Great Britain Mrs A Young 109 Wood Green Labour Party (UK) Stephen Michael Alan Haseler 10,305 Conservative Party (UK) Rodney Charles Gent 5,862 Harrow Harrow Central Conservative Party (UK) William Sydney Clack* 7,812 Labour Party (UK) Alfred J. Lovell 7,379 Liberal Party (UK) N. G. Marcus 2,666 National Front (UK) R. Franklin 1,361 Harrow East Conservative Party (UK) Harold Trevor Mote* 10,432 Labour Party (UK) J. C. Powell 10,217 Communist Party of Great Britain Reginald A. Ward 460 Harrow West Conservative Party (UK) Horace Walter Cutler 12,498 Labour Party (UK) N. A. Hyman 5,407 Liberal Party (UK) Henry Young 5,230 Action Party (UK) R. C. Ramage 947 Havering Hornchurch Labour Party (UK) Alexander Serge Lourie 10,714 Conservative Party (UK) Ronald Dennis Mitchell 7,114 Liberal Party (UK) Brian George McCarthy 3,666 Non-Party Conservationist Benjamin Percy-Davis 1,908 Romford Conservative Party (UK) Bernard Brook-Partridge* 9,697 Labour Party (UK) K. St. J. D'Cruze 7,219 Liberal Party (UK) Terry Edward Hurlstone 4,693 Communist Party of Great Britain Colin R Harper 347 Upminster Conservative Party (UK) Shelagh Marjorie Roberts* 11,425 Labour Party (UK) Maureen Harwood 10,687 Liberal Party (UK) R. E. Jenking 4,408 Hillingdon Hayes & Harlington Labour Party (UK) Peter Frank Norman Russell 13,576 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Gurth Hughes 5,637 National Front (UK) John Stanley Fairhurst 1,821 Communist Party of Great Britain Peter R Pink 317 Ruislip-Northwood Conservative Party (UK) Bernard Joseph Brown* 13,263 Labour Party (UK) John S Gallagher 6,395 Liberal Party (UK) George Raymond Stephenson 5,108 Uxbridge Conservative Party (UK) James Anthony Lemkin 11,540 Labour Party (UK) Cyril Shaw 10,571 Liberal Party (UK) Brian Outhwaite 4,129 Action Party (UK) M. N. Griffin 460 Hounslow Brentford & Isleworth Labour Party (UK) James Daly 17,428 Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Jardine* 15,131 Feltham & Heston Labour Party (UK) Douglas Eden 16,529 Conservative Party (UK) Dyas Cyril Loftus Usher* 9,173 National Front (UK) Josephine Mary Reid 3,332 Communist Party of Great Britain P Rhodes 379 Islington Islington Central Labour Party (UK) Evelyn Joyce Denington 8,996 Conservative Party (UK) Mrs B A Devonald-Lewis 2,936 Liberal Party (UK) Alan A S Butt Philip 2,139 Islington North Labour Party (UK) Louis Wolfgang Bondy* 7,463 Conservative Party (UK) Timothy Stephen Kenneth Yeo 2,798 Socialist Party of Great Britain A J L Buick 284 Islington South & Finsbury Labour Party (UK) Arthur Ernest Wicks* 9,850 Conservative Party (UK) S G Parker 2,969 Communist Party of Great Britain Marie Betteridge 538 Kensington and Chelsea Chelsea Conservative Party (UK) William Archibald Ottley Juxon Bell* 12,811 Labour Party (UK) S. H. Shapiro 4,531 Kensington Conservative Party (UK) Robert Louis Vigars 9,388 Labour Party (UK) D. J. Scott 8,736 Liberal Party (UK) K. Rason 2,855 Communist Party of Great Britain Edward S. Adams 366 Kingston upon Thames Kingston upon Thames Conservative Party (UK) Sydney William Leonard Ripley* 12,145 Labour Party (UK) Peter W Lane 6,855 Liberal Party (UK) Mrs L F Wells 4,224 Surbiton Conservative Party (UK) Geoffrey John David Seaton* 8,821 Labour Party (UK) Robert R G Viner 5,972 Liberal Party (UK) T. A. Channings 3,966 Independent Edgar Scruby 303 Scruby - Surbiton Residents & Ratepayers Lambeth Lambeth Central Labour Party (UK) Anna Lloyd Grieves* 9,231 Conservative Party (UK) John Laurence Pritchard 2,707 Liberal Party (UK) J. T. Kane 1,026 Independent C. G. Jackson 143 Socialist Party of Great Britain H. G. Baldwin 115 Independent G. W. Solomon 103 Jackson - Anti-Motorway, Support Community Involvement in Planning Solomon - Lambeth Residents for Democratic Local Government Norwood Labour Party (UK) Kenneth Robert Livingstone 11,622 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Peter Russell Malynn* 8,007 Liberal Party (UK) Michael Frederick Drake 1,819 Socialist Party of Great Britain H. Young 95 Streatham Conservative Party (UK) Diana Elizabeth Geddes* 10,492 Labour Party (UK) Hugh H. Walker 9,426 Liberal Party (UK) Allan Mitchell 2,114 Socialist Party of Great Britain F. W. Simkins 120 Independent William George Boaks 57 Boaks - Air Road Public Safety White Resident Vauxhall Labour Party (UK) Ewan Geddes Carr* 10,821 Conservative Party (UK) Peter James Bottomley 3,396 Communist Party of Great Britain J. A. Henry 365 Socialist Party of Great Britain M. E. Sansum 121 Lewisham Deptford Labour Party (UK) David Walter Chalkley* 13,159 Conservative Party (UK) I M Andrews 4,805 Liberal Party (UK) Eric Reginald Lubbock 1,747 Lewisham East Labour Party (UK) John Charles Henry* 16,721 Conservative Party (UK) T M Aitken 8,913 Liberal Party (UK) L Spicer 4,182 Communist Party of Great Britain Michael Power 461 Lewisham West Labour Party (UK) William Colbert Simson 13,930 Conservative Party (UK) Michael John Wheeler 11,667 Communist Party of Great Britain M H Robinson 621 Merton Mitcham & Morden Labour Party (UK) Anthony Robert Judge 14,628 Conservative Party (UK) Miss J R Yarwood 10,060 Independent Grace Louisa Giddins 875 Communist Party of Great Britain Sidney Ernest French 485 Wimbledon Conservative Party (UK) Stanley Charles Bolton* 14,506 Labour Party (UK) Keith Bill 8,389 Liberal Party (UK) Peter Charles Spratling 6,419 Newham Newham North East Labour Party (UK) Thomas Alfred Jenkinson 9,183 52.9 Independent R. F. C. Ower 5,110 29.5 Conservative Party (UK) Timothy John Stroud 2,828 16.3 Independent Labour M. Flaherty 227 1.3 4,073 23.4 26.1 Ower - Ratepayers & Citizens Association Newham North West Labour Party (UK) Arthur Frank George Edwards* 8,031 80.5 Conservative Party (UK) Samuel M Swerling 1,951 19.5 6,080 61.0 18.9 Newham South Labour Party (UK) Edward Percy Bell* 10,024 82.0 Conservative Party (UK) John Johnston 1,579 12.9 Communist Party of Great Britain R. A. Offley 623 5.1 8,445 69.1 21.3 Redbridge Ilford North Labour Party (UK) Timothy J. Ridoutt 9,999 Conservative Party (UK) Neil Gordon Thorne* 9,537 Liberal Party (UK) Gareth Laurence Philip Wilson 4,410 Ilford South Labour Party (UK) Dennis Annesley Carradice 9,678 Conservative Party (UK) P A Chalkley 8,556 Liberal Party (UK) Gerald Leslie Wilson 3,232 Communist Party of Great Britain B S Wallington 294 Wanstead & Woodford Conservative Party (UK) Robert Mitchell* 11,439 Labour Party (UK) G J Clark 4,176 Liberal Party (UK) David John Gilby 3,411 Richmond upon Thames Richmond Liberal Party (UK) Anthony Stanley Richard Rundle 12,160 44.2 Conservative Party (UK) B. S. Feldman 9,312 33.8 Labour Party (UK) Kenneth L Elmes 5,796 21.1 Communist Party of Great Britain Ms E. Tendler 250 0.9 27,518 Twickenham Conservative Party (UK) George William Tremlett 13,765 Labour Party (UK) P. T. Z. Goldring 12,386 Liberal Party (UK) Cyril J. Barnes 5,625 Southwark Bermondsey Labour Party (UK) Reginald Eustace Goodwin 14,617 Conservative Party (UK) Alexander J Padmore 1,480 National Front (UK) R. S. Pritchard 992 Dulwich Labour Party (UK) Richard Andrew Balfe 14,184 Conservative Party (UK) A. P. Berend 9,222 Liberal Party (UK) C. M. Hall 2,853 Communist Party of Great Britain Eric L. Hodson 431 Peckham Labour Party (UK) Harvey W. Hinds* 14,134 Conservative Party (UK) Nicholas Brian Baker 2,214 Sutton Carshalton Labour Party (UK) Phillip John Bassett 11,611 Conservative Party (UK) George Frederick Everitt* 11,239 Liberal Party (UK) C Clark 7,094 Sutton and Cheam Liberal Party (UK) Ruth Mary Shaw 15,515 53.3 Conservative Party (UK) Alan Horace Lewis Leach 10,367 35.6 Labour Party (UK) Peter L Spalding 3,209 11.0 5,148 17.7 2,9091 Tower Hamlets Bethnal Green and Bow Labour Party (UK) Ernest Ashley Bramall 10,802 Conservative Party (UK) L. E. Smith 899 Independent J. P. Collins 467 Stepney & Poplar Labour Party (UK) John Patrick Branagan 13,062 Conservative Party (UK) P. E. Bridge 782 Communist Party of Great Britain Max Samuel Levitas 703 Waltham Forest Chingford Conservative Party (UK) Richard Maddock Brew* 9,905 Labour Party (UK) F F Land 7,520 Liberal Party (UK) Barry R Woodward 5,685 Leyton Labour Party (UK) John James Walsh 11,240 Conservative Party (UK) G P Waller 6,485 Communist Party of Great Britain John Arthur Courcouf 646 Walthamstow Labour Party (UK) Robin Ainsworth Raine Young 9,545 Conservative Party (UK) Phillip Charles Desmond Williams* 4,381 Liberal Party (UK) Martin D Silverston 2,724 Wandsworth Battersea North Labour Party (UK) Gladys Felicia Dimson* 11,542 Conservative Party (UK) D. J. Wedgwood 3,407 Battersea South Labour Party (UK) Stephen Robert Hatch 8,601 Conservative Party (UK) Lynda Chalker 6,224 Liberal Party (UK) Cecil Victor Gittins 1,559 National Front (UK) Tom Lamb 826 Putney Labour Party (UK) Ethel Marie Jenkins* 15,449 Conservative Party (UK) Margaret Williams 11,282 Liberal Party (UK) Walter V Hain 3,649 Communist Party of Great Britain David John Welsh 375 Tooting Labour Party (UK) Lilias Girdwood Gillies 11,783 Conservative Party (UK) N. R. Berry 6,162 Communist Party of Great Britain Robert E. Lewis 417 Westminster and the City of London City of London & Westminster South Conservative Party (UK) Mervyn Nelson Scorgie* 9,152 Labour Party (UK) Philip John Turner 4,993 Liberal Party (UK) R. W. Jones 4,993 Independent A Wilson 195 Independent P.A. Clifford 184 Wilson - Anti-Mass Redevelopment Paddington Labour Party (UK) Jean Merriton 11,085 Conservative Party (UK) Herbert Henry Sandford 7,101 Liberal Party (UK) John H. Gover 1,609 Independent D. J. B. Morgan 172 St Marylebone Conservative Party (UK) Arthur Desmond Herne Plummer* 7,930 Labour Party (UK) Jeremy Gordon 4,971 Unofficial Conservative P. Darvas 485 Communist Party of Great Britain L. R. Temple 276 Socialist Party of Great Britain R. A. Weidberg 84 By-elections 1973–1977 List of Greater London Council by-elections The first by-election of the term was caused by the court voiding the election in Croydon North East (see Morgan v Simpson). The former Conservative member Billie Morgan regained the seat she had narrowly lost in Croydon North East on 5 September 1974. Labour retained seats in Greenwich on 24 October 1974 and Dagenham on 30 January 1975 caused by the deaths of sitting councillors. The Conservatives kept their seat in Finchley on 15 May 1975 caused by the resignation of Roland Freeman and St Marylebone on 8 April 1976 caused by the resignation of former GLC leader Desmond Plummer. There was one aldermanic by-election caused by the resignation of Oliver Piers Stutchbury (Labour) in 1976. Alfred Frederick Joseph Chorley (Labour) was elected by the council on 21 September 1976, to serve until 1977.Stutchbury had been elected by the council in 1973 to serve until 1979 but the term was shortened to end in 1977 by the London Councillors Order 1976 Notes References 1973 Category:1973 English local elections Category:1973 in London Category:April 1973 in the United Kingdom