1973 UK local government election
1973 Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council election
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| May 10, 1973 (1973-05-10) | 1975 → |
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All 60 Seats 31 seats needed for a majority |
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| First party | Second party | Third party | | | | | Party | Labour | Conservative | Liberal | Seats won | 40 | 20 | 0 | Popular vote | 66,860 | 58,175 | 10,270 | Percentage | 48.29% | 42.02% | 7.42% | | | Fourth party | Fifth party | Sixth party | | | | | Party | National Front | TUUF | Ind. Labour Party | Seats won | 0 | 0 | 0 | Popular vote | 1.232 | 692 | 636 | Percentage | 0.89% | 0.5% | 0.46% | | | Seventh party | | | | | Party | Communist | | Seats won | 0 | | Popular vote | 593 | | Percentage | 0.43% | | |
The first elections to the Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 10 May 1973.
Background
The metropolitan district was one of the new authorities created by the Local Government Act 1972, which completely reorganised local administration in England and Wales. The new district, one of seven in the West Midlands, had an identical area to the existing County Borough of Wolverhampton. The first council was elected as a "shadow authority", with the reorganisation coming into effect in the following year on 1 April 1974. Subsequent to the election the shadow council successfully petitioned for a royal charter granting borough status, becoming Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council.[1]
Elections
At this first election all 60 councillors were elected, there being three councillors in each of the 20 wards. In an anomaly of the usual procedure for local elections, the candidate in first place was elected for 5 years, the candidate in second place for 3 years and the candidate in third place for 2 years. This was to allow for the "shadow" year of 1974 when the Metropolitan Borough Council was operating in shadow of the County Borough. From 1975 elections were by thirds with one councillor retiring in each ward.
Following the election the Labour Party had overall control of the council with 40 councillors to the Conservatives 20. Following the final county borough election held in 1972 the two parties had held 40 seats each on the 80 member council.[2]
Election results
The following councillors were returned in their corresponding wards:[3]
Bilston East Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | D Turner (1st) | 1891 | 34.02% | |
| Labour | T H Larkin (2nd) | 1786 | 32.13% | |
| Labour | Mrs H Brown (3rd) | 1603 | 28.84% | |
| Conservative | A G Cooper | 278 | 5% | |
Turnout | 5558 | 23.9 | |
Bilston North Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | P R Richards (1st) | 1281 | 20.11% | |
| Labour | R Reynolds (2nd) | 1137 | 17.85% | |
| Labour | R Davies (3rd) | 1125 | 17.66% | |
| Conservative | W L Hughes | 994 | 15.61% | |
| Conservative | R A M Marshall | 932 | 14.63% | |
| Conservative | L S Draisey | 900 | 14.13% | |
Turnout | 6369 | 23.9 | |
Blakenhall Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | J Carpenter (1st) | 2070 | 20.66% | |
| Conservative | Mrs J E Shore (2nd) | 1996 | 19.92% | |
| Conservative | Mrs J L Shaw (3rd) | 1992 | 19.88% | |
| Labour | J Hackwood | 1389 | 13.86% | |
| Labour | G R Johnson | 1335 | 13.32% | |
| Labour | Bishan Dass | 1238 | 12.36% | |
Turnout | 10020 | 37.8 | |
Bushbury Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Mrs J Beddoes (1st) | 1069 | 29.34% | |
| Labour | J A W Bird (2nd) | 1055 | 28.96% | |
| Labour | E Mitchell (3rd) | 998 | 27.4% | |
| Conservative | W Hillier | 361 | 9.91% | |
| National Front | W A Murfin | 160 | 4.39% | |
Turnout | 3643 | 18.9 | |
Eastfield Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Ken Purchase (1st) | 1452 | 31.01% | |
| Labour | P Ray (2nd) | 1260 | 26.91% | |
| Labour | Mrs L Richards (3rd) | 1235 | 26.38% | |
| Conservative | Mrs E H Allen | 387 | 8.27% | |
| National Front | R Davison | 204 | 4.36% | |
| Communist | G J Barnsby | 144 | 3.08% | |
Turnout | 4682 | 19.1 | |
Ettingshall Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | E W Bold (1st) | 1281 | 29.1% | |
| Labour | Mrs C Durham (2nd) | 1091 | 24.78% | |
| Labour | A Storer (3rd) | 1021 | 23.19% | |
| Conservative | W J Allen | 458 | 10.4% | |
| Conservative | G D Phillips | 455 | 10.34% | |
| Communist | F W Reeves | 96 | 2.18% | |
Turnout | 4402 | 19.1 | |
Graiseley Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | A G Barratt (1st) | 1500 | 18.7% | |
| Labour | Mrs V A Fletcher (2nd) | 1390 | 17.33% | |
| Labour | Mrs N Jones (3rd) | 1367 | 17.04% | |
| Conservative | W H Etwell | 1305 | 16.27% | |
| Conservative | R Dorsett | 1258 | 15.69% | |
| Conservative | R J Thomas | 1200 | 15.07% | |
Turnout | 8020 | 35.1 | |
Low Hill Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | D Hickmott (1st) | 1026 | 31.32% | |
| Labour | Mrs W F K Reynolds (2nd) | 1011 | 30.86% | |
| Labour | A C Laws (3rd) | 966 | 29.49% | |
| Conservative | A Dixon | 213 | 6.5% | |
| Communist | G Dorrance | 60 | 1.83% | |
Turnout | 3276 | 12.7 | |
Merry Hill Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | W Clarke (1st) | 2362 | 28.22% | |
| Conservative | J G Blackburn (2nd) | 2329 | 27.83% | |
| Conservative | Robert Hart (3rd) | 2119 | 25.32% | |
| Labour | Mrs M Everett | 858 | 10.25% | |
| Labour | G Turner | 702 | 8.39% | |
Turnout | 8370 | 27.9 | |
Oxley Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | K Staves (1st) | 1229 | 20.03% | |
| Labour | R Haynes (2nd) | 1121 | 18.27% | |
| Labour | N Fryer (3rd) | 1071 | 17.45% | |
| Conservative | H J Burton | 879 | 14.32% | |
| Conservative | G Bangham | 819 | 13.35% | |
| Conservative | P Withers | 732 | 11.93% | |
| National Front | D E Foster | 286 | 4.66% | |
Turnout | 6137 | 27.4 | |
Park Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | W J Morrison (1st) | 1568 | 20.14% | |
| Conservative | Mrs M S Machin (2nd) | 1565 | 20.1% | |
| Conservative | Mrs M W Hodson (3rd) | 1523 | 19.56% | |
| Labour | Dr P Young | 584 | 7.5% | |
| Labour | W Bruce | 524 | 6.73% | |
| Labour | S G Stockley von Statzer | 504 | 6.47% | |
| Liberal | Mrs W Lundgren | 457 | 5.87% | |
| Liberal | R Gray | 441 | 5.66% | |
| Liberal | K R Aithal | 379 | 4.87% | |
| National Front | D G Gorton | 240 | 3.08% | |
Turnout | 7785 | 34.5 | |
Parkfield Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | G Howells (1st) | 1298 | | |
| Labour | H E Lace (2nd) | 1287 | | |
| Labour | A E Steventon (3rd) | 1118 | | |
| Conservative | B C Johnson | 397 | | |
| Conservative | C Lenton | 272 | | |
| Conservative | B Wood | 240 | | |
| Communist | R A Millington | 78 | | |
Penn Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | G A Bickley (1st) | 2669 | | |
| Conservative | D J Rutherford (2nd) | 2653 | | |
| Conservative | P Bradley (3rd) | 2304 | | |
| Liberal | J Wernick | 1961 | | |
| Liberal | A Robinson | 1642 | | |
| Liberal | T D Bamford | 1522 | | |
| Labour | Mrs M Garner | 285 | | |
| Labour | D Aulton | 277 | | |
St Peters Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | I G Claymore (1st) | 1866 | | |
| Labour | Mr J James (2nd) | 1533 | | |
| Labour | S R Sharma (3rd) | 1211 | | |
| TUUF | G S Bains | 692 | | |
| ILP | G Carter | 636 | | |
| Conservative | H Cohen | 620 | | |
| Conservative | E M Gibbs | 488 | | |
| Conservative | B Thomas | 432 | | |
| National Front | P Kane | 242 | | |
| Communist | D Hamilton | 106 | | |
Spring Vale Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | S Martin (1st) | 2188 | | |
| Labour | N G Davies (2nd) | 2040 | | |
| Labour | A Garner (3rd) | 1933 | | |
| Conservative | Mrs P E Atkinson | 413 | | |
Tettenhall Regis Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | S O Morton (1st) | 1683 | | |
| Conservative | Mrs D M Seiboth (2nd) | 1666 | | |
| Conservative | Mrs T M Comport (3rd) | 1586 | | |
| Liberal | Larry Mclean | 1213 | | |
| Liberal | H C Marshall | 1027 | | |
| Liberal | M E Millar | 950 | | |
| Labour | J M Smith | 300 | | |
| Labour | R F Ilsley | 285 | | |
| Labour | B Evans | 278 | | |
Tettenhall Wightwick Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | G R Watson (1st) | 1897 | | |
| Conservative | P G Snell (2nd) | 1882 | | |
| Conservative | E G L Pearce (3rd) | 1862 | | |
| Liberal | H Wright | 677 | | |
| Labour | K P Jarrad | 525 | | |
| Labour | W O Reilly | 515 | | |
| Labour | R S Willett | 493 | | |
Wednesfield Heath Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | H Turner (1st) | 1265 | | |
| Conservative | C T Squire (2nd) | 1239 | | |
| Conservative | A Griffiths (3rd) | 1226 | | |
| Labour | R Garner | 1198 | | |
| Conservative | F J Wadsworth | 1176 | | |
| Labour | G Hicken | 1171 | | |
Wednesfield North Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | J A Morey (1st) | 1649 | | |
| Labour | L Horton (2nd) | 1623 | | |
| Labour | S H Reynolds (3rd) | 1554 | | |
| Conservative | G H Parker | 815 | | |
| Conservative | W J Curtiss | 732 | | |
| Conservative | Mrs J M Curtiss | 725 | | |
| Communist | A Barr | 109 | | |
Wednesfield South Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Mrs C M Nicholls (1st) | 1380 | | |
| Labour | J F Torrington (2nd) | 1296 | | |
| Labour | Mrs E D Jevons (3rd) | 1102 | | |
| Conservative | H L Turner | 908 | | |
| Conservative | Mrs D M Brooks | 813 | | |
| Conservative | C F Brueton | 809 | | |
References
- ^ Local government in England and Wales: A Guide to the New System. London: HMSO. 1974. p. 24. ISBN 0-11-750847-0.
- ^ "Widespread Labour gains in borough elections". The Times. 5 May 1972.
- ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Wolverhampton City Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Plymouth University. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
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