1973 United Kingdom local elections

none April 2022 1973 United Kingdom local elections United Kingdom legislative 1972 United Kingdom local elections 1972 1974 United Kingdom local elections 1974 1 Unicameral area, all 6 metropolitan counties, all 39 non-metropolitan counties,all 36 metropolitan boroughs, all 296 English districts, 1 sui generis authority,all 26 Northern Irish districts, all 8 Welsh counties and all 37 Welsh districts 12 April 1973 (England & Wales)1 May 1973 (Scotland)10 May 1973 (England & Wales)30 May 1973 (Northern Ireland)7 June 1973 (England) Councils Councils +/- Councillors Councillors +/- 150x150px Harold Wilson 14 February 1963 Labour Party (UK) 150x150px Edward Heath 27 July 1965 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Jeremy Thorpe 18 January 1967 Liberal Party (UK) 1973 United Kingdom local elections - England and Wales.svg Map of the results of the elections in England and Wales, showing party control by district (left) and county (right). The first elections to the new local authorities established by the Local Government Act 1972 in England and Wales and the new Northern Ireland district councils created by the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 took place in 1973. Elections to the existing Greater London Council also took place.Rallings Colin Thrasher Michael Local Elections Handbook 1973 The Elections Centre https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0V1MW1lr1Z3Q2FhRG0xV3hSYXM/view?pref=2&pli=1 3 May 2016 England and Wales The elections took place on three dates:Council compositions https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwA-5RleSBydOS11WmRkNk9MSkE/view?pref=2&pli=1 The Elections Centre 3 May 2016 12 April 1973: Metropolitan county councils (601 councillors), Non-metropolitan county councils (3,128 councillors), Welsh county councils (578 councillors) and the Greater London Council (92 councillors). 10 May 1973: Metropolitan district councils (2,517 councillors) and Welsh district councils (1,522 councillors). 7 June 1973: Non-metropolitan district councils (13,540 councillors). Elections took place for all the seats on the councils. In the case of the new councils, they became shadow authorities, taking over from the existing local authorities on 1 April 1974. The elections for the new councils had been brought forward from an originally planned date in November 1973, to allow the councils more time to act as shadow authorities - the final dates were set in May 1972.Councils offered five more months before changes The Times 18 February 1972 Election dates in 1973 for new local councils The Times 26 May 1972 The April elections The elections held on 12 April saw a very impressive performance by the Labour Party, which regained control of the Greater London Council and took control of all six of the new metropolitan county councils. In the rest of England, they won seven county councils, including two of the new "estuary" counties: Cleveland and Humberside. The party also won Gwent and the three Glamorgan county councils (West Glamorgan, Mid Glamorgan, South Glamorgan) in Wales. The poor Conservative vote in London and the metropolitan counties was somewhat compensated by winning thirteen of the non-metropolitan counties. Failure to gain Essex or Hertfordshire were disappointments to the party, but taking control of Gloucestershire was a success. The party also failed to gain its only realistic Welsh prospect, South Glamorgan. There were no great successes for the Liberal Party, which found itself in third place in all the metropolitan counties. They did however gain representation on the GLC for the first time, winning two seats at Sutton and Cheam and Richmond upon Thames. This followed the previous year's by-election success in winning the Sutton and Cheam parliamentary seat from the Conservatives. Independents won two English counties outright: Cornwall and the Isle of Wight. They also formed the largest grouping on a number of other councils, and entered agreements with the Conservatives in the running of some of these. In Wales, Independents controlled three mainly rural counties.Labour sweep to victory in London and all six of the metropolitan counties The Times 13 April 1973 Labour take over metropolitan counties and 11 other councils The Times 14 April 1973 The May elections The results of the elections in May saw an improvement in the performance by the Conservatives since the county council elections, and a slight fall back in the Labour vote. The Liberals had a notable success, becoming the largest group on Liverpool council. The Conservatives took control of five metropolitan districts, gaining seats in areas where they had been beaten in the elections to the county councils. They also gained one Welsh district, Monmouth. The Labour party declared it was pleased with the results, especially as opinion polls had shown them losing support. They took control of most of the metropolitan districts, making a clean sweep of councils in Tyne and Wear and South Yorkshire and important councils such as Birmingham, Coventry and Manchester. Labour also took control of most districts in South Wales including Cardiff. The party's organiser for Wales also pointed to the fact that official Labour candidates won rural seats in north and west Wales for the first time. Apart from forming a minority administration in Liverpool, the Liberals were able to hold the balance of power at Leeds, Stockport and Wirral. They were however disappointed with their performance at Calderdale which was won by Labour.Three major parties find cause for satisfaction in local election results despite low poll The Times 14 May 1973 The June elections In the June elections for 296 non-metropolitan districts, Labour won control of 71, the Conservatives 59, the Liberals 1, Democratic Labour 1, and Independents 67. 97 councils were under no overall control: in many of these councils Conservative and Independent groups formed an administration. The Labour Party won 4,327 seats, the Conservatives 4,286, Independents 3,534, and the Liberals 919; with the remaining 449 seats going to various other groupings. It was a good result for the Liberal Party who took control of Eastbourne and became the largest group on Adur, Newbury, Pendle and Waverley councils. The other two main parties also had notable successes: Labour considered control of Cambridge, Dacorum, Ipswich and Oxford to be good results; while the Conservatives celebrated taking Gloucester, Great Yarmouth, Lewes and Warrington councils.Final poll result may lie with Independents The Times 8 June 1973 Liberals capture Eastbourne and exceed ambition to win 1,000 local government seats The Times 8 June 1973 The break-away Lincoln Democratic Labour Association won twenty of the thirty seats on Lincoln District council. The group were supporters of Dick Taverne, member of parliament for Lincoln who had been expelled from the Labour Party. Taverne had earlier in the year resigned his seat to force a by-election in protest against his expulsion, which he won against the official Labour candidate. Results Metropolitan county councils Council Con Lab Lib IndOthersControlGreater Manchester23691310style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)Merseyside26531901Ratepayersstyle="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)South Yorkshire1382140style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)Tyne and Wear2674130style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)West Midlands2674400style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)West Yorkshire25511110style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK) Non-metropolitan county councils Council Con Lab Lib IndOthersControlDetailsAvon3632230style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsBedfordshire3239831Vacancystyle="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsBerkshire42261350style="text-align:left" No overall control (Conservative-Independent)DetailsBuckinghamshire36184120style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsCambridgeshire28225130style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsCheshire3129160style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsCleveland3552020style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsCornwall310750style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsCumbria3138160style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsDerbyshire2660570style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsDevon542011120style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsDorset471311200style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsDurham256670style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsEast Sussex4819980style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsEssex4740550style="text-align:left" No overall control (Conservative minority)DetailsGloucestershire3118570style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsHampshire44276200style="text-align:left" No overall control (Conservative-Independent)DetailsHereford and Worcester37308170style="text-align:left" No overall control (Conservative-Independent)DetailsHertfordshire3333321Ratepayers Ratepayersstyle="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsHumberside3651372Vacancies Vacanciesstyle="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsIsle of Wight667230style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsKent6331720style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsLancashire5233731Ratepayersstyle="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsLeicestershire4137780style="text-align:left" No overall control (Conservative-Independent)DetailsLincolnshire34103220style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsNorfolk5227040style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsNorth Yorkshire391212290style="text-align:left" No overall control (Conservative-Independent)DetailsNorthamptonshire3846342Vacanciesstyle="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsNorthumberland 10280210style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsNottinghamshire3554000style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsOxfordshire36210100style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsSalop14163300style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsSomerset3572120style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsStaffordshire2847190style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsSuffolk4729303style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsSurrey4612950style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsWarwickshire2721520style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsWest Sussex52107131Ratepayersstyle="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsWiltshire40226110style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)Details Welsh county councils Council Con Lab Lib PC IndOthersControlClwyd112040301Vacancystyle="text-align:left" No overall controlDyfed02981401Ratepayers Ratepayersstyle="text-align:left" Independent politicianGwent12593112Ratepayersstyle="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)Gwynedd0406560style="text-align:left" Independent politicianMid Glamorgan3632662Communiststyle="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)Powys3730380style="text-align:left" Independent politicianSouth Glamorgan35420030style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)West Glamorgan95221421 Progressive Labour, 1 Ratepayersstyle="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK) Greater London Council 1973 Greater London Council election Council Con Lab LibControlGreater London32582style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK) Metropolitan districts CouncilCounty Con Lab Lib IndOthersControlDetailsBarnsleySouth Yorkshire0570121 Independent Labour, 1 Democratic Labourstyle="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsBirminghamWest Midlands4473900style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsBoltonGreater Manchester3531210style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsBradfordWest Yorkshire5331900style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsBuryGreater Manchester2120700style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsCalderdaleWest Yorkshire1828500style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsCoventryWest Midlands1242000style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsDoncasterSouth Yorkshire1243041Democratic Labourstyle="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsDudleyWest Midlands2440111Independent Labourstyle="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsGatesheadTyne and Wear671001Rent and Ratepayersstyle="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsKirkleesWest Yorkshire1845810style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsKnowsleyMerseyside652401Kirkby Householders Federationstyle="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsLeedsWest Yorkshire38441400style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsLiverpoolMerseyside9424800style="text-align:left" No overall control (Liberal minority)DetailsManchesterGreater Manchester4059000style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsNewcastle upon TyneTyne and Wear2351130style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsNorth TynesideTyne and Wear1948740style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsOldhamGreater Manchester642513Vacanciesstyle="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsRochdaleGreater Manchester1437900style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsRotherhamSouth Yorkshire350010style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsSt HelensMerseyside936000style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsSalfordGreater Manchester1550100style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsSandwellWest Midlands2466000style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsSeftonMerseyside3724323Ratepayers Ratepayersstyle="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsSheffieldSouth Yorkshire1869300style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsSolihullWest Midlands2812290style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsSouth TynesideTyne and Wear3450018Progressivestyle="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsStockportGreater Manchester27161340style="text-align:left" No overall control (Conservative-Independent)DetailsSunderlandTyne and Wear2156010style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsTamesideGreater Manchester1438200style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsTraffordGreater Manchester32161200style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsWakefieldWest Yorkshire658011style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsWalsallWest Midlands1144023Ratepayersstyle="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsWiganGreater Manchester566010style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsWirralMerseyside29241300style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsWolverhamptonWest Midlands2040000style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)Details Welsh districts CouncilCounty Con Lab Lib PC IndOthersControlAberconwyGwynedd4300340style="text-align:left" Independent politicianAlyn-DeeClwyd9254070style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)AfanWest Glamorgan02100095 Ratepayers, 3 Tenants Association, 1 Unofficial Labourstyle="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)ArfonGwynedd0805270style="text-align:left" Independent politicianBlaenau GwentGwent031311157 Independent Labour, 7 Ratepayers, 1 Tenants and Residentsstyle="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)BrecknockPowys41710290style="text-align:left" Independent politicianCardiffSouth Glamorgan33420000style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)CarmarthenDyfed0700281Ratepayers Ratepayersstyle="text-align:left" Independent politicianCeredigionDyfed0490300style="text-align:left" Independent politicianColwynClwyd10100220style="text-align:left" Independent politicianCynon ValleyMid Glamorgan02301203style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DelynClwyd11102260style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDinefwrDyfed01710131Independent Socialiststyle="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DwyforGwynedd0001280style="text-align:left" Independent politicianGlyndŵrClwyd0300300style="text-align:left" Independent politicianIslwynGwent0300231Communiststyle="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)LlanelliDyfed0290040style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)Lliw ValleyWest Glamorgan0270230style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)MeirionnyddGwynedd0000390style="text-align:left" Independent politicianMerthyr TydfilMid Glamorgan0250413style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)MonmouthGwent2990010style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)MontgomeryPowys0230440style="text-align:left" Independent politicianNeathWest Glamorgan02402251 Ratepayers, 4 vacanciesstyle="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)NewportGwent8362050style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)OgwrMid Glamorgan64211343 Ratepayers, 1 Independent Labourstyle="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)PreseliDyfed0000430style="text-align:left" Independent politicianRadnorPowys0000310style="text-align:left" Independent politicianRhonddaMid Glamorgan03001021 Ratepayers, 1 Communiststyle="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)RhuddlanClwyd9410220style="text-align:left" Independent politicianRhymney ValleyMid Glamorgan0380424Ratepayersstyle="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)South PembrokeshireDyfed0001300style="text-align:left" Independent politicianSwanseaWest Glamorgan123010353 Independent Ratepayers, 2 Ratepayersstyle="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)Taff-ElyMid Glamorgan0304274Ratepayersstyle="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)TorfaenGwent03600253 Rent and Ratepayers, Communist 2style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)Vale of GlamorganSouth Glamorgan152300110style="text-align:left" No overall control (Conservative-Independent)Wrexham MaelorClwyd42421140style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)Ynys Môn (Anglesey)Gwynedd0400410style="text-align:left" Independent politician Non-metropolitan districts Avon Council Con Lab Lib IndOthersControlDetailsBath1917900style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsBristol2556300style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsKingswood4196610style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsNorthavon26191131 Residents Association, 2 vacanciesstyle="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsWansdyke12220110style="text-align:left" No overall control (Conservative-Independent)DetailsWoodspring4010380style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)Details Bedfordshire Council Con Lab Lib IndControlDetailsBedford2022212style="text-align:left" No overall control (Conservative-Independent)DetailsLuton123060style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsMid Bedfordshire58135style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsSouth Bedfordshire171387style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetails Berkshire Council Con Lab Lib IndOthersControlDetailsBracknell917113Ratepayers Ratepayersstyle="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsNewbury10124220style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsReading16161400style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsSlough234400style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsWindsor and Maidenhead533030style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsWokingham23013151Ratepayersstyle="text-align:left" No overall control (Conservative-Independent)Details Buckinghamshire Council Con Lab Lib IndOthersControlDetailsAylesbury Vale10121310style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsBeaconsfield271392style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsChiltern2611077Ratepayers 4 Residents, 3 Ratepayersstyle="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsMilton Keynes827050style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsWycombe30123104style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)Details Cambridgeshire Council Con Lab Lib IndOthersControlDetailsCambridge1126500style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsEast Cambridgeshire010331Vacancystyle="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsFenland1880140style="text-align:left" No overall control (Conservative-Independent)DetailsHuntingdon1590260style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsPeterborough1928100style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsSouth Cambridgeshire073430style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetails Cheshire Council Con Lab Lib IndOthersControlDetailsChester4315040style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsCongleton20121111Ratepayers Ratepayersstyle="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsCrewe2352210style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsEllesmere Port1427010style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsHalton830131Moderate Partystyle="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsMacclesfield251010125Ratepayersstyle="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsVale Royal10166250style="text-align:left" No overall control (Independent-Conservative)DetailsWarrington3222330style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)Details Cleveland Council Con Lab IndControlDetailsHartlepool15301style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsLangbaurgh27325style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsMiddlesbrough17390style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsStockton-on-Tees25332style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)Details Cornwall Council Con Lab Lib IndControlDetailsCaradon00041style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsCarrick45432style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsKerrier53034style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsNorth Cornwall00323style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsPenwith01138style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsRestormel00236style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetails Cumbria Council Con Lab Lib IndOthersControlDetailsAllerdale4250270style="text-align:left" No overall control (Independent-Conservative)DetailsBarrow-in-Furness625020style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsCarlisle12251100style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsCopeland6300120style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsEden000370style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsSouth Lakeland727371Independent Conservativestyle="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetails Derbyshire Council Con Lab Lib IndOthersControlDetailsAmber Valley4323021style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsBolsover128043style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsChesterfield745200style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsDerby1434600style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsErewash936540style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsHigh Peak23112100style="text-align:left" No overall control (Conservative-Independent)DetailsNorth East Derbyshire1032090style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsSouth Derbyshire4180130style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsWest Derbyshire1854130style="text-align:left" No overall control (Conservative-Independent)Details Devon Council Con Lab Lib IndOthersControlDetailsEast Devon1413420style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsExeter1413610style="text-align:left" No overall controlNorth Devon0115280style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsPlymouth3729000style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsSouth Hams200400style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsTeignbridge070481Independent Trade Unioniststyle="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsTiverton035320style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsTorbay306000style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsTorridge016290style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsWest Devon000300style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetails Dorset Council Con Lab Lib IndOthersControlDetailsBournemouth3814320style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsChristchurch104510style="text-align:left" No overall control (Conservative-Independent)DetailsNorth Dorset004270style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsPoole223920style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsPurbeck530130style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsWest Dorset029440style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsWeymouth and Portland1821000style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsWimborne209211Vacancystyle="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetails Durham Council Con Lab Lib IndOthersControlDetailsChester-le-Street023640style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsDarlington828850style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsDerwentside145533style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsDurham0407140style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsEasington056031Independent Labourstyle="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsSedgefield140480style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsTeesdale000290style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsWear Valley0219101People's Representativestyle="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)Details East Sussex Council Con Lab Lib IndOthersControlDetailsBrighton3128000style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsEastbourne1041900style="text-align:left" Liberal Party (UK)DetailsHastings1211910style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsHove246033Vacanciesstyle="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsLewes2610065Ratepayersstyle="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsRother951300style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsWealden2512235style="text-align:left" No overall control (Conservative-Independent)Details Essex Council Con Lab Lib IndOthersControlDetailsBasildon931006style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsBraintree14191211Ratepayers Ratepayersstyle="text-align:left" No overall control (Independent-Conservative)DetailsBrentwood2411120style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsCastle Point1920000style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsChelmsford3116850style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsColchester2827140style="text-align:left" No overall control (Conservative-Independent)DetailsEpping Forest4410050style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsHarlow038400style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsMaldon943140style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsRochford1912180style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsSouthend-on-Sea24131100style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsTendring31411113Ratepayersstyle="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsThurrock1333030style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsUttlesford2172120style="text-align:left" No overall control (Conservative-Independent)Details Gloucestershire Council Con Lab Lib IndOthersControlDetailsCheltenham217422Ratepayersstyle="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsCotswold120420style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsForest of Dean0211250style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsGloucester2112000style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsStroud1414Including 2 Labour & Co-Operative8173Vacanciesstyle="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsTewkesbury2203260style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetails Hampshire Council Con Lab Lib IndOthersControlDetailsBasingstoke18143200style="text-align:left" No overall control (Independent-Conservative)DetailsEastleigh1320540style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsFareham1625211Ratepayers Ratepayersstyle="text-align:left" No overall control (Conservative-Ratepayers)DetailsGosport919021Ratepayersstyle="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsHartley Wintney700233style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsHavant8810412Ratepayersstyle="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsNew Forest1215373style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsPetersfield1660200style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsPortsmouth2817030style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsRushmoor209707Ratepayersstyle="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsSouthampton2031000style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsTest Valley1057210style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsWinchester14552521 Ratepayers, 1 Tenantsstyle="text-align:left" No overall control (Conservative-Independent)Details Hereford and Worcester Council Con Lab Lib IndOthersControlDetailsBromsgrove2513004Ratepayers Ratepayersstyle="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsHereford010833Independent Conservativestyle="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsLeominster120330style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsMalvern Hills1211823style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsRedditch619000style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsSouth Herefordshire100350style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsWorcester1818000style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsWychavon1042290style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsWyre Forest3020912Ratepayersstyle="text-align:left" No overall controlDetails Hertfordshire Council Con Lab Lib IndOthersControlDetailsBroxbourne2812000style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsDacorum2633030style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsEast Hertfordshire16100166style="text-align:left" No overall control (Conservative-Independent)DetailsHertsmere25171300style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsNorth Hertfordshire2317071Ratepayersstyle="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsSt Albans3214710style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsStevenage331000style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsThree Rivers19121300style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsWatford921600style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsWelwyn Hatfield1924000style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)Details Humberside Council Con Lab Lib IndOthersControlDetailsBeverley1617360style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsBoothferry450260style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsCleethorpes9146190style="text-align:left" No overall control (Independent-Conservative)DetailsGlanford010330style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsGrimsby1420710style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsHolderness000290style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsKingston upon Hull855000style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsNorth Wolds321370style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsScunthorpe435001Independent Labourstyle="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)Details Isle of Wight Council Con Lab Lib IndOthersControlDetailsMedina3104133Ratepayersstyle="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsSouth Wight101220style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetails Kent Council Con Lab Lib IndOthersControlDetailsAshford2281040style="text-align:left" No overall control (Conservative-Independent)DetailsCanterbury345253Ratepayers Ratepayersstyle="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsDartford1430000style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsDover2921050style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsGillingham1314800style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsGravesham1528001Ratepayersstyle="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsMaidstone13121997style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsMedway2232500style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsSevenoaks2866140style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsShepway3312180style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsSwale1725350style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsThanet33145110style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsTonbridge and Malling3011840style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsTunbridge Wells297290style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)Details Lancashire Council Con Lab Lib IndOthersControlDetailsBlackburn19271130style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsBlackpool4010330style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsBurnley1239120style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsChorley1721072Independent Labourstyle="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsFylde282249style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsHyndburn2124300style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsLancaster3417143Ratepayersstyle="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsPendle6192327style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsPreston1938000style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsRibble Valley301070style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsRossendale1715400style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsSouth Ribble3016210style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsWest Lancashire10233140style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsWyre452080style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)Details Leicestershire Council Con Lab Lib IndOthersControlDetailsBlaby807200style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsBosworth4148130style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsCharnwood28145130style="text-align:left" No overall control (Conservative-Independent)DetailsHarborough3728200style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsLeicester1137000style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsMelton122064style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsNorth West Leicestershire8250100style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsOadby and Wigston187530style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsRutland000200style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetails Lincolnshire Council Con Lab Lib IndOthersControlDetailsBoston955150style="text-align:left" No overall control (Independent-Conservative)DetailsEast Lindsey5135442 Independent Conservative, 42 othersNon PartyDetailsLincoln610320Democratic Labourstyle="text-align:left" Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1972)DetailsNorth Kesteven820270style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsSouth Holland620270style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsSouth Kesteven13120921style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsWest Lindsey156250style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetails Norfolk Council Con Lab Lib IndOthersControlDetailsBreckland19100211Independent Conservativestyle="text-align:left" No overall control (Independent-Conservative)DetailsBroadland1960240style="text-align:left" No overall control (Independent-Conservative)DetailsGreat Yarmouth2617230style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsNorwich1137000style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsPastonacres640370style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsSouth Norfolk671330style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsWest Norfolk14220240style="text-align:left" No overall control (Independent-Conservative)Details North Yorkshire Council Con Lab Lib IndOthersControlDetailsCraven146960style="text-align:left" No overall control (Conservative-Independent)DetailsHambleton411420style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsHarrogate3521571Vacancy Vacancystyle="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsRichmondshire000350style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsRyedale050400style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsScarborough15511161Vacancystyle="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsSelby1670201Vacancystyle="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsYork1717500style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetails Northamptonshire Council Con Lab Lib IndOthersControlDetailsCorby129021Independent Socialiststyle="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsDaventry1690100style="text-align:left" No overall control (Conservative-Independent)DetailsEast Northamptonshire5140017style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsKettering1416780style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsNorthampton2325000style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsSouth Northamptonshire1522170style="text-align:left" No overall control (Independent-Conservative)DetailsWellingborough1413051Ratepayersstyle="text-align:left" No overall controlDetails Northumberland Council Con Lab Lib IndOthersControlDetailsAlnwick040240style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsBerwick-upon-Tweed020260style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsBlyth Valley52912122style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsCastle Morpeth1172131Ratepayersstyle="text-align:left" No overall control (Independent-Conservative)DetailsTynedale4103253style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsWansbeck044010style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)Details Nottinghamshire Council Con Lab IndOthersControlDetailsAshfield15220style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsBassetlaw1129101style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsBroxtowe242011Socialist Independentstyle="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsGedling321904Independent Ratepayersstyle="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsMansfield73800style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsNewark202930style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsNottingham104400style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsRushcliffe42331style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)Details Oxfordshire Council Con Lab Lib IndOthersControlDetailsCherwell15160140style="text-align:left" No overall control (Conservative-Independent)DetailsOxford1230300style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsVale of White Horse2783100style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsWallingford2597201Progressive Independentstyle="text-align:left" No overall control (Conservative-Independent)DetailsWest Oxfordshire171351Independent Liberalstyle="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetails Salop Council Con Lab Lib IndOthersControlDetailsBridgnorth001310style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsNorth Shropshire012360style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsOswestry013180style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsShrewsbury12157110style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsSouth Shropshire001350style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsWrekin8320141Independent Labourstyle="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)Details Somerset Council Con Lab Lib IndOthersControlDetailsMendip1172231Vacancystyle="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsSedgemoor19143120style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsTaunton Deane21140130style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsWest Somerset311270style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsYeovil2082300style="text-align:left" No overall control (Independent-Conservative)Details Staffordshire Council Con Lab Lib IndOthersControlDetailsCannock Chase136000style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsEast Staffordshire22240140style="text-align:left" No overall control (Conservative-Independent)DetailsLichfield17250111Ratepayersstyle="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsNewcastle-under-Lyme15312140style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsSouth Staffordshire2281152style="text-align:left" No overall control (Conservative-Independent)DetailsStafford18150231Independent Labourstyle="text-align:left" No overall control DetailsStaffordshire Moorlands12142260style="text-align:left" No overall control (Independent minority)DetailsStoke-on-Trent860310style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsTamworth018060style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)Details Suffolk Council Con Lab Lib IndOthersControlDetailsBabergh7110200style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsForest Heath12003109 others, 1 vacancystyle="text-align:left" No overall control (Conservative-Independent)DetailsIpswich1136000style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsMid Suffolk691240style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsSt Edmundsbury2611061Independent Conservative Independent Conservativestyle="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsSuffolk Coastal2790181Independent Conservativestyle="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsWaveney2227520style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetails Surrey Council Con Lab Lib IndOthersControlDetailsElmbridge3975014Ratepayers Ratepayersstyle="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsEpsom and Ewell030037RatepayersRatepayersDetailsGuildford296520style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsMole Valley163599Residentsstyle="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsReigate and Banstead2915420style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsRunnymede2315020style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsSpelthorne3913000style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsSurrey Heath350010style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsTandridge2631030style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsWaverley2822560style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsWoking1912100style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)Details Warwickshire Council Con Lab Lib IndOthersControlDetailsNorth Warwickshire819042Ratepayers Ratepayersstyle="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsNuneaton726200style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsRugby2218323Ratepayersstyle="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsStratford-on-Avon1525320style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsWarwick2625700style="text-align:left" No overall controlDetails West Sussex Council Con Lab Lib IndOthersControlDetailsAdur1361604Shoreham Beach Residents Associationstyle="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsArun334451style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsChichester1816223Residentsstyle="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsCrawley525011Ratepayersstyle="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsHorsham1802230style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsMid Sussex2535210style="text-align:left" No overall control (Conservative-Independent)DetailsWorthing1710120style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)Details Wiltshire Council Con Lab Lib IndOthersControlDetailsKennet702280style="text-align:left" Independent politicianDetailsNorth Wiltshire2447110style="text-align:left" Conservative Party (UK)DetailsSalisbury161381742 Ratepayers, 2 vacanciesstyle="text-align:left" No overall controlDetailsThamesdown1826020style="text-align:left" Labour Party (UK)DetailsWest Wiltshire13102170style="text-align:left" No overall control (Independent-Conservative)Details Future elections The next county council elections took place in 1977. Future elections to Metropolitan District councils were to be by thirds, with the one third of seats being elected in 1975. The next election of non-metropolitan district councils and Welsh district councils was to in 1976.Local Government Act 1972, sections 7 and 26 Northern Ireland 1973 Northern Ireland local elections Local government in Northern Ireland was reorganised in 1973 by the Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971 and the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972. The county councils, county borough and municipal borough corporations and urban and rural district councils were replaced by twenty-six Local Government districts. Elections took place for all the seats on the district councils on 30 May, and the councils came into their power in 1 October.Damkat Ivo The 1973 Local Government Elections https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/flg73.htm www.ark.ac.uk Economic and Social Research Council 29 October 2003Big Roman Catholic turnout in poll despite threats The Times 31 May 1973Party accused over Ulster poll The Times 31 May 1973Unionist supporters elect many hard-line men in Ulster local government poll The Times 2 June 1973 DistrictOfficial UnionistDemocratic UnionistVanguard UnionistLoyalist CoalitionIndependent UnionistSDLPRepublican ClubsNationalist and Unity PartiesAllianceNorthern Ireland Labour PartyOthersControlAntrim8110110020Independent 2NOC (Unionist)Ards11001100021Independent 1Official UnionistArmagh10200141010Independent 1NOC (Unionist)Ballymena9510000010Independent 2 Non-Party 3NOC (Unionist)Ballymoney4102200001Independent 1 Non-Party 5NOCBanbridge8000310000Independent 3NOC (Unionist)Belfast25210272082Unionist Loyalist 2NOC (Unionist)Carrickfergus5000000010Unionist Loyalist 5 Loyalist 1 Non-Party 1NOC (Unionist)Castlereagh8001200050Unionist Loyalist 2 Independent 1NOC (Unionist)Coleraine12000210030Independent 1 Non-party 1Official UnionistCookstown7001131000Independent 1 Non-Party 1NOC (Unionist)Craigavon7323320040Independent 1NOC (Unionist)Down8010080020Independent 1NOCDungannon11000050Unity 2 Republican 2000Official UnionistFermanagh5000340Unity 400Independent 1 Unionist Unity 2 Non-Party 1NOCLarne1008000030Independent 2 Non-Party 1LoyalistLimavady0000040020United Unionists 8 Independent 1United UnionistsLisburn144100100300Official UnionistLondonderry000United Loyalists 90101Nationalist 3000NOC (Nationalist)Magherafelt401United Loyalist 1061000Independent 1NOCMoyle4000120000Independent 5 Non-Party 4NOCNewry and Mourne30000132000Non-Party 6 Independent 2NOCNewtownabbey9300Unionist 3 United Loyalist 1 Loyalist 1000310NOC (Unionist)North Down900Loyalist 30007000NOCOmagh6000Unionist Unity 240Nationalist 1 Official Republican 1003 Non-Party CommunityNOCStrabane600Unionist Coalition 1040000Independent 2NOC Scotland 1973 Scottish local elections Local elections were also held in Scotland in 1973. At the time of the election, Scotland was the only part of the UK in which local government had yet to be reformed, with the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 only receiving Royal Assent in October 1973. The election saw Labour maintaining their control of Aberdeen, Glasgow, and Dundee, although failing to make gains in Edinburgh. References 2 Local elections