1973 Sheffield City Council election

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1973 Sheffield City Council election
← 1972 10 May 1973 1975 →
All 90 seats to Sheffield City Council
46 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour Conservative Liberal
Seats won 69 18 3
Seat change Steady0 Steady0 Steady0
Majority party before election

Labour Party (UK)

 Majority party after election

Labour Party (UK)

Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 10 May 1973.

The first elections to the newly created metropolitan borough council were held on 10 May 1973, with the entirety of the 90 seat council - three seats for each of the thirty 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.

Election result[edit]

Sheffield Local Election Result 1973
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 69 0 0 0 76.6 54.9 67,886 N/A
  Conservative 18 0 0 0 20.0 28.7 35,479 N/A
  Liberal 3 0 0 0 3.3 12.6 15,556 N/A
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.5 3,117 N/A
  Communist 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.3 1,597 N/A

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:

Party New council
Labour 69
Conservatives 18
Liberals 3
Communist 0
Total 90
Working majority  48 

Ward results[edit]

Attercliffe[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harry Firth 1,659 84.9 N/A
Labour Norman Eldred 1,653
Labour Jim Pearson 1,553
Conservative Hedley Oldfield 295 15.1 N/A
Conservative Derek Eastwood 287
Conservative Patricia Oldfield 272
Majority 1,258 69.8 N/A
Turnout 1,954 21.2 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Beauchief[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Eric Crewe 3,165 53.9 N/A
Conservative Danny George 3,139
Conservative Cliff Godber 3,078
Liberal Royden Fairfax 1,556 26.5 N/A
Liberal Jennifer Norris 1,330
Liberal Rita Gurson 1,272
Labour Peter Cave 1,149 19.6 N/A
Labour Pat Waugh 1,103
Labour Jock Sturrock 1,087
Majority 1,522 27.4 N/A
Turnout 5,870 38.2 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Birley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John G Marshall 3,005 71.1 N/A
Labour Tom Ratcliffe 2,947
Labour George Fisher 2,929
Conservative Gordon Millward 1,219 28.8 N/A
Conservative William Betts 1,153
Conservative Moira Disney 1,138
Majority 1,710 42.3 N/A
Turnout 4,224 26.3 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Brightside[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bill Michie 2,339 83.4 N/A
Labour George Wilson 2,311
Labour Peter Price 2,310
Conservative Nesta Bennett 367 13.1 N/A
Conservative Julian Birch 367
Conservative Paul Mort 265
Communist Reg Arundel 98 3.5 N/A
Majority 1,943 70.3 N/A
Turnout 2,804 22.1 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Broomhill[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Graham Cheetham 2,184 46.8 N/A
Conservative Irvine Patnick 2,179
Conservative Marvyn Moore 2,150
Liberal John Isard 1,285 27.5 N/A
Liberal Keith Jackson 1,282
Liberal Dennis Tester 1,247
Labour David Brown 1,193 25.6 N/A
Labour John Halstead 1,187
Labour Pauline Harrison 1,177
Majority 865 19.3 N/A
Turnout 4,662 27.4 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Burngreave[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Francis Butler 3,366 63.5 N/A
Liberal Malcolm Johnson 2,884
Liberal Don Sparkes 2,840
Labour Charlotte Ellis 1,688 31.8 N/A
Labour Alan Billings 1,571
Labour Bill Robins 1,516
Conservative David Chapman 246 4.6 N/A
Conservative George Dodson 186
Conservative Chris Verheart 113
Majority 1,152 31.7 N/A
Turnout 5,300 42.4 N/A
Liberal win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)
Castle[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Reg Munn 1,978 79.4 N/A
Labour Peter Horton 1,957
Labour Roy Munn 1,920
Conservative Margaret Beatson 394 15.8 N/A
Conservative Emma Sizer 380
Conservative Ian Beatson 374
Communist Violet Gill 118 4.7 N/A
Majority 1,526 63.6 N/A
Turnout 2,490 20.7 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Chapel Green[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tom Steel 2,322 37.6 N/A
Labour Arthur Bradbury 2,079
Labour Lawrence Kingham 1,961
Independent Richard Endall 1,866 30.2 N/A
Liberal Betty Burton 1,720 27.9 N/A
Independent Eric Wadsworth 1,549
Communist Robert McAteer 262 4.2 N/A
Majority 95 6.0 N/A
Turnout 7,719 60.3 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Darnall[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frank Prince 2,682 77.1 N/A
Labour Sidney Dyson 2,643
Labour Isidore Lewis 2,580
Conservative Kathleen Circuit 796 22.9 N/A
Conservative Dorothy Rose 748
Conservative Margaret Broomhead 711
Majority 1,784 54.2 N/A
Turnout 3,478 24.2 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Dore[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Harold Hebblethwaite 3,247 69.7 N/A
Conservative David Heslop 3,175
Conservative Pat Santhouse 3,167
Labour Kenneth Davies 1,411 30.3 N/A
Labour Win Francis 1,386
Labour Robert Jones 1,361
Majority 1,756 39.4 N/A
Turnout 4,658 32.0 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Ecclesall[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Pinder 3,194 73.2 N/A
Conservative John Neill 3,109
Conservative Agnes Edeson 3,027
Labour Elizabeth Callister 1,169 26.8 N/A
Labour Elsie Richardson 1,145
Labour Norman Mosforth 1,110
Majority 1,868 46.4 N/A
Turnout 4,363 28.2 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Firth Park[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Albert Morris 2,404 56.0 N/A
Labour Valerie Potts 2,399
Labour Terry Butler 2,392
Liberal John Butler 1,371 32.0 N/A
Liberal Albert Hattersley 1,150
Liberal Brian Hepworth 1,083
Conservative Geoffrey Ward 424 9.9 N/A
Conservative Bryan Dick 419
Conservative Anthony Williams 401
Communist Barry Bracken 91 2.1 N/A
Majority 1,021 24.1 N/A
Turnout 4,289 29.0 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Gleadless[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Albert Richardson 3,177 61.5 N/A
Labour Jack Green 3,148
Labour Joe Thomas 3,143
Conservative Jack Thompson 1,983 38.4 N/A
Conservative Mary Davison 1,917
Conservative Stuart Dawson 1,898
Majority 1,160 23.1 N/A
Turnout 5,160 29.6 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Hallam[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Jackson 2,540 51.1 N/A
Conservative Gordon Wragg 2,457
Conservative Kenneth Arnold 2,454
Labour Dennis Brown 1,376 27.7 N/A
Labour Peter Bulger 1,318
Labour Veronica South 1,292
Liberal Jean Mason 1,052 21.2 N/A
Liberal Lawton Tonge 1,003
Liberal Paul Metcalfe 931
Majority 1,078 23.4 N/A
Turnout 4,968 32.1 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Handsworth[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Nicholls 2,665 76.2 N/A
Labour Leonard Cope 2,660
Labour Annie Britton 2,632
Conservative Christine Selby 830 23.7 N/A
Conservative Alfred Grimes 828
Conservative Roger Attwood 805
Majority 1,802 52.5 N/A
Turnout 3,495 24.6 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Heeley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mick Batty 3,061 60.9 N/A
Labour Winifred Golding 2,939
Labour John Senior 2,923
Conservative Phillip Baker 1,217 24.2 N/A
Conservative Richard Clarke 1,167
Conservative Joyce Palmer 1,125
Liberal Bob Jackson 572 11.4 N/A
Communist Martin Ashworth 173 3.4 N/A
Majority 1,756 36.7 N/A
Turnout 5,023 31.6 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Hillsborough[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alf Meade 2,977 58.3 N/A
Labour Bill Meade 2,963
Labour Geoff Fairbrother 2,943
Conservative Frank Adams 2,126 41.6 N/A
Conservative Kathleene Moore 2,028
Conservative Frank Brookes 2,019
Majority 817 16.7 N/A
Turnout 5,103 35.0 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Intake[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joe Albaya 2,607 59.7 N/A
Labour Arnold Wood 2,584
Labour Tom Woodhead 2,349
Conservative Joan Ward 1,009 23.1 N/A
Conservative Arthur Egginton 972
Conservative Andrew Bannister 954
Liberal David Winn 749 17.1 N/A
Majority 1,377 36.6 N/A
Turnout 4,365 26.9 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Manor[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Armitage 2,727 84.4 N/A
Labour Dora Fitter 2,700
Labour Marie Rodgers 2,566
Conservative Pat Barnsley 331 10.2 N/A
Conservative Katherine Pinder 330
Conservative Roger Barnsley 312
Communist John Hukin 172 5.3 N/A
Majority 2,235 44.0 N/A
Turnout 3,908 26.5 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Mosborough[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dorothy Walton 1,895 77.9 N/A
Labour Mary Anne Foulds 1,890
Labour Harry Havenhand 1,869
Conservative Edley Keeton 539 22.1 N/A
Conservative Anne Keeton 503
Majority 1,332 55.8 N/A
Turnout 2,432 25.7 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Nether Edge[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Earl 1,938 49.4 N/A
Conservative Jean Grindrod 1,933
Conservative Connie Dodson 1,916
Labour Leon Harris 1,179 30.0 N/A
Labour Daphne Billings 1,176
Labour Malcolm Leary 1,149
Liberal Peter Metcalfe 804 20.5 N/A
Liberal Harry Hebden 790
Liberal Colin Wood 781
Majority 737 19.4 N/A
Turnout 3,921 26.4 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Nether Shire[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roger Barton 2,784 78.4 N/A
Labour William Eddison 2,759
Labour Philip Moscrop 2,665
Conservative Anne Roebuck 557 15.7 N/A
Conservative Neil Hebblethwaite 547
Conservative Evelyn Webster 514
Communist Ken Hattersley 208 5.8 N/A
Majority 2,108 62.7 N/A
Turnout 3,549 27.9 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Netherthorpe[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harold Lambert 2,323 71.3 N/A
Labour Doris Mulhearn 2,229
Labour Enid Hattersley 2,106
Conservative Moira Hattersley 810 24.8 N/A
Conservative Maisie Hyatt 649
Conservative Merelina Fox 640
Communist Margaret Brown 124 3.8 N/A
Majority 1,296 46.5 N/A
Turnout 3,257 27.8 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Owlerton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jack Watson 2,692 83.9 N/A
Labour Mary Kirk 2,681
Labour Harry Hanwell 2,619
Conservative Heather McKenzie 515 16.0 N/A
Conservative Kevin Moore 477
Conservative Stuart Mottershaw 462
Majority 2,104 67.9 N/A
Turnout 3,207 22.2 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Park[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Jones 3,052 81.9 N/A
Labour Sam Wall 2,968
Labour Phillip Grisdale 2,875
Conservative Nick Hutton 426 11.4 N/A
Conservative Fred Barnsley 414
Conservative Denise Barnsley 381
Communist Roy Makin 249 6.7 N/A
Majority 2,449 70.5 N/A
Turnout 3,727 21.6 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Sharrow[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ethal Evans 2,346 73.2 N/A
Labour Ian Baxter 2,281
Labour Alf Wood 2,228
Conservative Deryck Beardshaw 856 26.7 N/A
Conservative Kathryn Barnsley 851
Conservative Colin Barnsley 834
Majority 1,372 46.5 N/A
Turnout 3,202 27.0 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
South Wortley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. Wingfield 2,977 39.6 N/A
Labour E. Ratcliffe 2,792
Labour John Laurent 2,698
Conservative A. Nicholls 1,731 23.0 N/A
Conservative Richard Saddington 1,552
Liberal D. Stuart 1,552 20.7 N/A
Independent J. Goddard 1,251 16.7 N/A
Conservative A. Hardy 1,030
Independent A. Crapper 705
Majority 967 19.9 N/A
Turnout 6,260 41.2 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Southey Green[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Blunkett 2,767 87.3 N/A
Labour Derek Hickin 2,673
Labour Dorothy Podlesny 2,661
Conservative John Chapman 301 9.5 N/A
Conservative Ken Platts 301
Conservative Jennifer Chapman 298
Communist George James 102 3.2 N/A
Majority 2,360 77.8 N/A
Turnout 3,170 22.5 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Stocksbridge[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anthony Sweeney 2,146 41.8 N/A
Labour Roy Couldwell 1,801
Labour Paul Wood 1,783
Liberal Albert Leather 1,529 29.8 N/A
Conservative Margaret Balfour 1,453 28.3 N/A
Conservative Derek Webster 1,213
Majority 254 12.0 N/A
Turnout 5,128 51.4 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Walkley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Veronica Hardstaff 2,136 73.1 N/A
Labour Bernard Kidd 2,072
Labour Bill Owen 2,053
Conservative Ivy Parnell 786 26.9 N/A
Conservative Stanley Parnell 769
Conservative Christine Crewe 766
Majority 1,267 46.2 N/A
Turnout 2,922 24.8 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad "Sheffield Local Elections 1973–1995 scans". Retrieved 20 June 2011.
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