1973 Leeds City Council election

1973 UK local government election March 2019 July 2026 The first elections to the newly created Leeds City Council were held on 10 May 1973, with the entirety of the 96 seat council – three seats for each of the 32 wards – up for vote. 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 1st-placed five years until 1978. As well as replacing the County Borough of Leeds, the new council included: Municipal Borough of Morley Municipal Borough of Pudsey Aireborough Urban District Horsforth Urban District Otley Urban District Garforth Urban District Rothwell Urban District Tadcaster Rural District (part) Wetherby Rural District Wharfedale Rural District The election resulted in no overall control.District results: Leeds The Yorkshire Post 11 May 1973 Scans: https://archive.today/20130131153603/http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u413/Hullenedge/Leeds73001.jpg 1, https://archive.today/20130131181852/http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u413/Hullenedge/Leeds73002.jpg 2, https://archive.today/20130131072026/http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u413/Hullenedge/Leeds73003.jpg 3. Election result Leeds local election result 1973 Labour Party (UK) 44 0 0 0 45.8 40.4 69,696 N/A Conservative Party (UK) 38 0 0 0 39.6 41.1 70,906 N/A Liberal Party (UK) 14 0 0 0 14.6 16.3 28,141 N/A Independent (politician) 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 1,763 N/A Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.7 1,134 N/A Independent Labour 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.3 564 N/A National Front (UK) 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.2 314 N/A This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections: PartyNew council Labour 44 Conservatives 38 Liberals 14 Total 96 Working majority #FFBF00 0 darkgray Ward results Aireborough Conservative Party (UK) W. Hudson 4,808 53.0 N/A Conservative Party (UK) H. Freeman 4,724 Conservative Party (UK) R. Cartwright 4,658 Labour Party (UK) C. Hardwick 2,938 32.4 N/A Labour Party (UK) P. Booth 2,794 Labour Party (UK) R. Oddy 2,778 Liberal Party (UK) R. Lee 1,330 14.7 N/A Liberal Party (UK) R. Bell 1,259 Liberal Party (UK) J. Harrison 1,225 1,720 20.6 N/A 9,076 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Armley and Castleton Liberal Party (UK) Michael Meadowcroft 4,468 60.4 N/A Liberal Party (UK) Christopher John Greenfield 4,111 Liberal Party (UK) B. Nelson 4,046 Labour Party (UK) J. Dixon 2,026 27.4 N/A Labour Party (UK) C. Buttery 1,875 Labour Party (UK) R. Sedler 1,869 Conservative Party (UK) H. Stephenson 775 10.5 N/A Conservative Party (UK) H. Hinchcliffe 765 Conservative Party (UK) N. Thompson 738 Communist Party of Great Britain P. Wilton 123 1.7 N/A 2,020 33.0 N/A 7,392 N/A Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Beeston and Holbeck Labour Party (UK) A. Beevers 3,063 54.4 N/A Labour Party (UK) A. Barnard 2,892 Labour Party (UK) H. Booth 2,671 Conservative Party (UK) R. Barker 1,650 29.3 N/A Conservative Party (UK) E. Lucas 1,500 Conservative Party (UK) N. Skinn 1,491 Liberal Party (UK) J. Leighton 914 16.2 N/A Liberal Party (UK) L. Ellis 901 Liberal Party (UK) P. Jones 850 1,021 25.1 N/A 5,627 N/A Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Bramley Labour Party (UK) E. Atkinson 2,025 53.9 N/A Labour Party (UK) A. Atkinson 1,984 Labour Party (UK) E. Millet 1,932 Liberal Party (UK) J. Honnoraty 867 23.1 N/A Conservative Party (UK) J. Brighthart 864 23.0 N/A Conservative Party (UK) H. Cox 839 Liberal Party (UK) T. Wood 820 Conservative Party (UK) R. Galley 802 Liberal Party (UK) J. Clayforth 782 1,065 30.8 N/A 3,756 N/A Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Burley Labour Party (UK) A. Donohue 1,268 39.4 N/A Conservative Party (UK) R. Forbes 1,150 35.7 N/A Labour Party (UK) J. Roche 1,117 Labour Party (UK) S. Akbar 1,105 Conservative Party (UK) R. Hare 1,100 Conservative Party (UK) J. Adamson 1,055 Liberal Party (UK) S. Carnett 689 21.4 N/A Liberal Party (UK) E. Vasey 680 Liberal Party (UK) J. Wright 605 Communist Party of Great Britain D. Secker 114 3.5 N/A 17 3.7 N/A 3,221 N/A Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Burmantofts and Richmond Hill Labour Party (UK) K. Cohen 3,471 65.4 N/A Labour Party (UK) M. Greene 3,308 Labour Party (UK) R. Millet 3,265 Conservative Party (UK) L. Dinnock 1,388 26.1 N/A Conservative Party (UK) E. Robbins 1,225 Conservative Party (UK) D. Tremlett 1,093 National Front (UK) E. Morrison 314 5.9 N/A Communist Party of Great Britain F. Stockdale 138 2.6 N/A 1,877 39.2 N/A 5,311 N/A Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Chapel Allerton and Scott Hall Conservative Party (UK) P. Sparling 3,640 63.4 N/A Conservative Party (UK) S. Symonds 3,608 Conservative Party (UK) C. Thomas 3,575 Labour Party (UK) G. Bloom 1,908 33.2 N/A Labour Party (UK) B. Selby 1,802 Labour Party (UK) A. Baum 1,759 Communist Party of Great Britain M. Tomplak 192 3.3 N/A 1,667 30.2 N/A 5,740 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) City and Woodhouse Labour Party (UK) W. Merritt 2,493 69.6 N/A Labour Party (UK) D. Jenner 2,301 Labour Party (UK) E. Morris 2,182 Conservative Party (UK) J. Lewis 1,091 30.4 N/A Conservative Party (UK) I. Dobkin 1,061 Conservative Party (UK) A. Tidbitts 1,039 1,091 39.1 N/A 3,584 N/A Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Cookridge and Weetwood Conservative Party (UK) R. Hall 5,237 63.8 N/A Conservative Party (UK) L. Carter 5,225 Conservative Party (UK) K. Loudon 5,203 Labour Party (UK) J. Wright 2,339 28.5 N/A Labour Party (UK) J. Cartlidge 1,538 Labour Party (UK) I. Morrison 1,467 Independent (politician) I. Smalley 634 7.7 N/A Independent (politician) V. Smalley 355 N/A 2,864 35.3 N/A 8,210 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Garforth #27 (Garforth North and Barwick) Conservative Party (UK) S. Hood 3,732 54.6 N/A Conservative Party (UK) R. Ives 3,648 Conservative Party (UK) K. Hedley 3,641 Labour Party (UK) H. Winfield 3,099 45.4 N/A Labour Party (UK) J. Ratchford 3,089 Labour Party (UK) E. Brownridge 3,016 542 9.3 N/A 6,831 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Garforth #28 (Kippax and Swillington) Labour Party (UK) A. Haines 3,333 63.8 N/A Labour Party (UK) F. Flatters 3,305 Labour Party (UK) G. Moake 2,998 Conservative Party (UK) C. Taylor 1,326 25.4 N/A Conservative Party (UK) J. King 1,267 Conservative Party (UK) M. Barratt 1,216 Independent Labour E. Wilson 564 10.8 N/A 1,672 38.4 N/A 5,223 N/A Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Gipton and Whinmoor Labour Party (UK) A. King 2,688 55.1 N/A Labour Party (UK) E. Coward 2,668 Labour Party (UK) A. Vollans 2,645 Conservative Party (UK) M. Suttenstall 1,607 32.9 N/A Conservative Party (UK) A. Westerman 1,604 Conservative Party (UK) W. Buckland 1,594 Liberal Party (UK) Kathleen Pedder 499 10.2 N/A Liberal Party (UK) P. Lawson 475 Liberal Party (UK) J. Nelson 444 Communist Party of Great Britain J. Bellamy 88 1.8 N/A 1,038 22.1 N/A 4,882 N/A Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Halton Conservative Party (UK) J. Dodgson 3,009 69.7 N/A Conservative Party (UK) W. Hyde 2,872 Conservative Party (UK) D. Wood 2,848 Labour Party (UK) G. Dickinson 1,305 30.3 N/A Labour Party (UK) J. Williams 1,214 Labour Party (UK) W. Banks 1,134 1,543 39.5 N/A 4,314 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Harehills and Roundhay Conservative Party (UK) P. Crotty 3,873 64.9 N/A Conservative Party (UK) J. Challenor 3,737 Conservative Party (UK) J. White 3,690 Labour Party (UK) K. Jeffrey 1,281 21.5 N/A Labour Party (UK) I. Naylor 1,256 Labour Party (UK) E. Kavanagh 1,240 Liberal Party (UK) C. Farrer 816 13.7 N/A Liberal Party (UK) S. Hannam 690 Liberal Party (UK) R. Morgan 659 2,409 43.4 N/A 5,970 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Headingley Conservative Party (UK) E. Clark 1,952 44.8 N/A Conservative Party (UK) T. Kirkby 1,931 Conservative Party (UK) P. Brown 1,918 Labour Party (UK) P. Fathers 1,502 34.4 N/A Labour Party (UK) J. Gunnell 1,473 Labour Party (UK) John Christopher Say 1,362 Liberal Party (UK) J. Coates 908 20.8 N/A Liberal Party (UK) M. Baker 818 Liberal Party (UK) E. Leigh 809 416 10.3 N/A 4,362 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Horsforth Liberal Party (UK) M. Crossfield 3,429 46.1 N/A Liberal Party (UK) R. Morrish 3,375 Liberal Party (UK) H. Stuttard 3,175 Conservative Party (UK) J. Fearnside 3,054 41.1 N/A Conservative Party (UK) H. Fairhirst 2,964 Conservative Party (UK) May Sexton 2,781 Labour Party (UK) A. Bloomer 956 12.9 N/A Labour Party (UK) H. Outhwaite 921 Labour Party (UK) M. Simmons 865 121 5.0 N/A 7,439 N/A Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Hunslet East and West Liberal Party (UK) Denis Pedder 3,296 55.8 N/A Liberal Party (UK) J. Barrie 3,038 Liberal Party (UK) David Austick 2,869 Labour Party (UK) G. Bowsley 2,208 37.4 N/A Labour Party (UK) W. Pepper 2,160 Labour Party (UK) J. Hodkinson 2,154 Conservative Party (UK) N. Griffiths 405 6.9 N/A Conservative Party (UK) W. Laidler 355 Conservative Party (UK) I. Shuttleworth 321 661 18.4 N/A 5,909 N/A Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Kirkstall Labour Party (UK) Elizabeth Nash 2,460 49.6 N/A Labour Party (UK) B. Atha 2,421 Labour Party (UK) K. Fenwick 2,410 Conservative Party (UK) A. Castle 2,337 47.1 N/A Conservative Party (UK) J. Kirkbright 2,203 Communist Party of Great Britain J. Sidebottom 167 3.4 N/A 73 2.5 N/A 4,964 N/A Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Middleton Labour Party (UK) J. Taylor 1,901 77.6 N/A Labour Party (UK) J. Kitchen 1,801 Labour Party (UK) G. Wood 1,788 Conservative Party (UK) R. Ivey 394 16.1 N/A Conservative Party (UK) P. Ingram 370 Conservative Party (UK) G. Lambert 365 Communist Party of Great Britain D. Priscott 154 6.3 N/A 1,394 61.5 N/A 2,449 N/A Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Moortown Conservative Party (UK) A. Redmond 2,155 66.0 N/A Conservative Party (UK) M. Davies 2,147 Conservative Party (UK) R. Challenor 2,134 Labour Party (UK) N. Jones 1,111 34.0 N/A Labour Party (UK) G. Shaftner 1,055 Labour Party (UK) L. Hirst 1,004 1,023 32.0 N/A 3,266 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Morley #22 (Morley North) Conservative Party (UK) B. Barker 3,024 54.9 N/A Conservative Party (UK) J. Binks 2,993 Conservative Party (UK) R. Verity 2,946 Labour Party (UK) M. Marshall 2,489 45.1 N/A Labour Party (UK) Michael McGowan 2,447 Labour Party (UK) P. Aspden 2,426 457 9.7 N/A 5,513 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Morley #23 (Morley South) Labour Party (UK) B. Haydn 2,702 63.9 N/A Labour Party (UK) E. Hewitt 2,665 Labour Party (UK) S. Welham 2,632 Conservative Party (UK) G. Gray 1,525 36.1 N/A Conservative Party (UK) C. Rover 1,473 Conservative Party (UK) P. Boden 1,433 1,107 27.8 N/A 4,227 N/A Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Osmondthorpe Labour Party (UK) D. Gabb 1,817 69.3 N/A Labour Party (UK) D. Hamilton 1,770 Labour Party (UK) W. Pritchard 1,727 Conservative Party (UK) C. Suttenstall 805 30.7 N/A Conservative Party (UK) S. Tomlinson 765 Conservative Party (UK) V. Tyrell 740 922 38.6 N/A 2,622 N/A Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Otley Conservative Party (UK) F. Atkinson 3,047 41.1 N/A Liberal Party (UK) G. Kirkland 2,981 40.2 N/A Liberal Party (UK) D. Whiteley 2,917 Conservative Party (UK) Eve Fowler 2,763 Conservative Party (UK) G. Francis 2,538 Liberal Party (UK) T. Flintoff 2,675 Labour Party (UK) F. Farnell 1,389 18.7 N/A Labour Party (UK) F. Longstaffe 1,296 Labour Party (UK) Doris Gagen 1,060 154 0.9 N/A 7,417 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Pudsey #24 (Pudsey North) Conservative Party (UK) A. Carter 2,556 34.3 N/A Liberal Party (UK) J. Finnegan 2,507 33.7 N/A Conservative Party (UK) C. Thompson 2,435 Labour Party (UK) S. Pearson 2,380 32.0 N/A Labour Party (UK) G. Bloomfield 2,370 Conservative Party (UK) J. Bashall 2,360 Liberal Party (UK) R. Hainsworth 2,294 Labour Party (UK) L. Rawson 2,292 Liberal Party (UK) C. Russell 2,022 55 0.7 N/A 7,443 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Pudsey #25 (Pudsey South) Liberal Party (UK) C. Wilson 2,760 38.8 N/A Liberal Party (UK) R. Fairbank 2,398 Labour Party (UK) J. Mann 2,303 32.4 N/A Liberal Party (UK) R. Leicester 2,229 Labour Party (UK) E. Simmons 2,052 Conservative Party (UK) P. Kersting 1,912 23.5 N/A Labour Party (UK) G. Wadwell 1,862 Conservative Party (UK) R. Hughes-Rowlands 1,670 Conservative Party (UK) D. Eastham 1,613 Independent (politician) E. Stockhill 374 5.3 N/A 74 6.4 N/A 7,107 N/A Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Rothwell Labour Party (UK) R. Lund 3,908 65.3 N/A Labour Party (UK) A. Benson 3,685 Labour Party (UK) J. De Carieret 3,560 Conservative Party (UK) W. Williams 2,078 34.7 N/A Conservative Party (UK) E. Linnington 1,858 Conservative Party (UK) Mrs M. Szewe 1,792 1,482 30.6 N/A 5,986 N/A Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Seacroft Labour Party (UK) K. Woolmer 2,929 77.9 N/A Labour Party (UK) F. Stringer 2,904 Labour Party (UK) G. Mudie 2,838 Conservative Party (UK) V. Dodgson 674 17.9 N/A Conservative Party (UK) J. Suttenstall 636 Conservative Party (UK) C. Bond 626 Communist Party of Great Britain A. Dale 158 4.2 N/A 2,164 60.0 N/A 3,761 N/A Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Stanningley Labour Party (UK) A. Miller 1,955 54.3 N/A Labour Party (UK) K. Gould 1,952 Labour Party (UK) C. Myers 1,899 Conservative Party (UK) K. Knapton 1,022 28.4 N/A Conservative Party (UK) R. Benton 987 Conservative Party (UK) H. Stockwell 980 Liberal Party (UK) S. Clayforth 621 17.3 N/A Liberal Party (UK) K. Honnoraty 606 Liberal Party (UK) V. Hook 596 877 25.9 N/A 3,598 N/A Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Talbot Conservative Party (UK) I. Bellow 2,812 60.0 N/A Conservative Party (UK) J. Sherwin 2,741 Conservative Party (UK) R. Feldman 2,731 Liberal Party (UK) M. Phillips 1,280 27.3 N/A Liberal Party (UK) B. Brill 1,227 Liberal Party (UK) R. Whitelock 1,141 Labour Party (UK) N. Holdsworth 591 12.6 N/A Labour Party (UK) C. Mack 573 Labour Party (UK) D. Knapp 564 1,451 32.7 N/A 4,683 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Wetherby Conservative Party (UK) D. Hudson 5,216 66.7 N/A Conservative Party (UK) N. Bown 5,158 Conservative Party (UK) J. Rolston 5,012 Labour Party (UK) J. Shackleton 1,850 23.7 N/A Labour Party (UK) R. Wilde 1,600 Labour Party (UK) C. Brown 1,500 Independent (politician) Gladys Musgrave 755 9.7 N/A 3,162 43.0 N/A 7,821 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Wortley Conservative Party (UK) F. Stubley 2,030 42.2 N/A Labour Party (UK) W. Thurlow 2,008 41.7 N/A Labour Party (UK) A. Shires 1,899 Conservative Party (UK) C. Mathers 1,892 Conservative Party (UK) A. Woolman 1,869 Labour Party (UK) R. Cooke 1,756 Liberal Party (UK) D. Freethy 776 16.1 N/A Liberal Party (UK) I. Halliday 528 Liberal Party (UK) J. Crawshaw 522 7 0.5 N/A 4,814 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) By-elections between 1973 and 1975 Headingley by-election 28 February 1974BBC general election coverage, 28 February 1974. March 2019 Conservative Party (UK) Alan Pedley 3,463 36.6 -8.2 Liberal Party (UK) John Coates 3,135 33.1 +12.3 Labour Party (UK) Irene Levy 2,864 30.3 -4.1 328 3.5 -6.8 9,462 60.0 Conservative Party (UK) -10.2 Burley by-election 21 November 1974 Labour Party (UK) C. Buttery 1,269 48.3 +8.9 Conservative Party (UK) M. Sexton 909 34.6 -1.1 Liberal Party (UK) J. Wright 396 15.1 -6.3 Communist Party of Great Britain S. Walker 54 2.0 -1.5 360 13.7 +10.0 2,628 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +5.0 Burley by-election 8 January 1975 Labour Party (UK) T. Donohoe 999 52.3 +12.9 Conservative Party (UK) D. Ramsden 609 31.9 -3.8 Liberal Party (UK) J. Wright 164 8.6 -12.8 National Front (UK) J. Duckenfield 138 7.2 +7.2 360 20.4 +16.7 1,910 Labour Party (UK) +8.3 References expanded Category:1973 English local elections 1973 Category:1970s in Leeds