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The first elections to the newly created Gateshead council were held on 10 May 1973, with the entirety of the 78 seat council 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.

Election result[edit]

Gateshead Local Election Result 1973
	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	71	91.0	59.6	28,380	N/A
Conservative	6	7.7	21.8	10,390	N/A
Residents	1	1.3	7.6	6,900	N/A
Liberal	0	0.0	5.1	2,448	N/A
Independent	0	0.0	5.0	2,364	N/A
Communist	0	0.0	0.9	431	N/A

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

Party		New council
	Labour	71
	Conservative	6
	Residents	1
Total		78
Working majority		64

Ward results[edit]

Askew & Riverside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Crann	1,028	82.2	N/A
	Labour	H. Cowans	973
	Labour	Ms. E. Henry	940
	Independent	G. Dobson	137	11.0	N/A
	Conservative	V. Bond	86	6.9	N/A
	Conservative	A. Bond	80
	Independent	D. Nicholls	78
	Conservative	L. Nixon	66
Majority			891	71.2	N/A
Turnout			1,251		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Bensham Claremont & Chandles
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Bone	1,552	69.7	N/A
	Labour	W. Collins	1,547
	Labour	A. Johnson	1,500
	Labour	Ms. P. Murray	1,485
	Labour	P. Conaty	1,480
	Labour	F. Wood	1,426
	Conservative	G. Bowman	675	30.3	N/A
	Conservative	R. Avery	647
	Conservative	J. Self	644
	Conservative	J. Rowell	642
	Conservative	M. Smith	624
	Conservative	G. Wilde	624
Majority			877	39.4	N/A
Turnout			2,227		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Birtley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Hattam	2,680	46.3	N/A
	Labour	J. Lee	2,620
	Labour	F. McKenna	2,419
	Labour	J. Hogan	2,314
	Labour	S. Potter	2,204
	Labour	Ms. M. Robson	2,117
	Independent	M. Shier	1,409	24.4	N/A
	Independent	H. Fowler	1,362
	Independent	E. King	1,164
	Independent	A. Black	1,106
	Independent	A. Glendinning	1,083
	Liberal	W. King	1,025	17.7	N/A
	Liberal	J. Beresford	1,013
	Liberal	R. Jennings	996
	Liberal	P. Ryan	945
	Independent	J. Richardson	940
	Independent	H. Chapman	672	11.6	N/A
	Independent	L. Bates	563
Majority			1,271	21.9	N/A
Turnout			5,786		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Blaydon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Rudge	1,061	87.9	N/A
	Labour	J. Beaty	1,019
	Labour	E. Driver	1,010
	Independent	C. Woods	146	12.1	N/A
Majority			915	75.8	N/A
Turnout			1,207		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Chopwell
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	G. Gill	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Labour	Ms. V. Ledger	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Labour	Ms. J. Cousin	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Enfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Hughes	1,306	55.8	N/A
	Conservative	M. Thompson	1,293
	Conservative	W. Ward	1,262
	Labour	E. Bowes	582	24.9	N/A
	Labour	J. Balls	566
	Labour	J. Hawkins	553
	Liberal	J. Bennison	452	19.3	N/A
Majority			724	30.9	N/A
Turnout			2,340		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Felling: Leam & South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Fisher	1,564	54.2	N/A
	Labour	T. Prudham	1,525
	Labour	J. Fairley	1,497
	Residents	K. Buckingham	1,323	45.8	N/A
	Residents	E. Dixon	1,160
	Residents	D. Eltringham	1,136
Majority			241	8.4	N/A
Turnout			2,887		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Felling: North & Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Hardy	1,107	51.5	N/A
	Labour	S. Nugent	1,099
	Residents	Ms. A. Clayton	1,041	48.5	N/A
	Residents	A. Burn	1,034
	Residents	T. Richardson	1,022
	Labour	B. Whittaker	1,021
Majority			66	3.0	N/A
Turnout			2,148		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Residents win (new seat)

Felling: Pelaw & East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Dinning	1,169	55.8	N/A
	Labour	T. McErlane	1,118
	Labour	T. Winter	1,104
	Residents	E. Clayton	925	44.2	N/A
	Residents	T. Crook	870
	Residents	A. Yeoman	859
Majority			244	11.6	N/A
Turnout			2,094		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Felling: Wreken
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Bennett	1,014	76.2	N/A
	Labour	R. Collinson	965
	Labour	J. Foster	929
	Residents	C. Briggs	316	23.8	N/A
Majority			698	52.4	N/A
Turnout			1,330		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Low Fell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	V. Atkinson	1,217	45.8	N/A
	Conservative	D. Hudson	1,197
	Conservative	R. Metters	1,174
	Labour	J. Fitzpatrick	755	28.4	N/A
	Labour	R. Butterworth	732
	Liberal	D. Grundy	685	25.8	N/A
	Labour	R. Foster	684
Majority			462	17.4	N/A
Turnout			2,657		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Rowlands Gill High Spen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Grant	1,461	62.0	N/A
	Labour	E. Ainsworth	1,402
	Labour	R. Morley	1,370
	Conservative	J. Armstrong	897	38.0	N/A
	Conservative	D. Rowley	841
	Conservative	G. Holmes	839
Majority			564	24.0	N/A
Turnout			2,358		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Ryton: Crawcrook & Greenside
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	F. Connor	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Labour	A. Keenleyside	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Labour	F. Hardy	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Ryton: Crookhill & Ryon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Scott	1,573	89.2	N/A
	Labour	A. Barnes	1,497
	Labour	L. Murray	1,492
	Communist	Ms. A. Comb	190	10.8	N/A
Majority			1,383	78.4	N/A
Turnout			1,763		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Saltwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Wilson	990	59.1	N/A
	Labour	C. Wheatley	973
	Labour	J. Bainbridge	957
	Conservative	M. Dickinson	685	40.9	N/A
	Conservative	I. Wallis	675
	Conservative	R. Wilson	656
Majority			305	18.2	N/A
Turnout			1,675		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Shipcote
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Clelland	1,006	49.3	N/A
	Labour	Ms. S. Bone	981
	Labour	B. Robson	961
	Conservative	F. Pegg	750	36.7	N/A
	Conservative	J. Scott	672
	Conservative	J. Birchall	654
	Liberal	B. Ramsay	286	14.0	N/A
Majority			256	12.6	N/A
Turnout			2,042		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Teams
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Carr	1,092	81.9	N/A
	Labour	W. Atkinson	1,055
	Labour	C. Ryans	1,037
	Conservative	S. Atkinson	242	18.1	N/A
	Conservative	P. Nixon	182
	Conservative	D. Metters	163
Majority			850	63.8	N/A
Turnout			1,334		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Whickham: Dunston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Handy	2,034	76.7	N/A
	Labour	W. Grier	2,012
	Labour	A. Mallett	1,913
	Conservative	J. Liddell	617	23.3	N/A
	Conservative	E. Fairlamb	615
	Conservative	K. Hall	609
Majority			1,417	53.4	N/A
Turnout			2,651		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Whickham: East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F. Kempton	1,598	66.5	N/A
	Labour	E. Robinson	1,461
	Labour	A. Brazendale	1,418
	Conservative	J. Turnbull	806	33.5	N/A
	Conservative	J. Burdon	775
	Conservative	S. Jennings	724
Majority			792	33.0	N/A
Turnout			2,404		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Whickham: West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Herron	1,787	51.9	N/A
	Labour	A. Gofton	1,786
	Labour	R. Thompson	1,695
	Conservative	K. Leitch	1,653	48.1	N/A
	Conservative	T. Farrell	1,565
	Conservative	M. Pinder	1,560
Majority			134		N/A
Turnout			3,440	3.8	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Winlaton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Ainsworth	1,409	85.4	N/A
	Labour	J. Welsh	1,400
	Labour	E. Appleby	1,372
	Communist	O. March	241	14.6	N/A
Majority			1,168		N/A
Turnout			1,650		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Wreckenton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F. Kempton	2,918	66.7	N/A
	Labour	J. Lister	2,884
	Labour	G. Carpenter	2,868
	Labour	J. Lister	2,848
	Labour	F. Johnson	2,826
	Labour	A. Turnbull	2,791
	Conservative	T. Eltringham	1,456	33.3	N/A
	Conservative	D. Eltringham	1,455
	Conservative	J. Dalton	1,448
	Conservative	A. Ridley	1,428
	Conservative	J. Nixon	1,427
	Conservative	W. Reynolds
Majority			1,462	33.4	N/A
Turnout			4,374		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

North Tyneside[edit]

The first elections to the newly created North Tyneside council were held on 10 May 1973, with the entirety of the 78 seat council 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 election resulted in Labour gaining control of the council. Voter turnout was 37.6%

Election result[edit]

North Tyneside Local Election Result 1973
	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	47	60.2	44.9	24,572	N/A
Conservative	19	24.3	27.8	15,207	N/A
Liberal	7	9.0	10.9	5,986	N/A
Independent	5	6.4	14.4	7,897	N/A
Ind. Conservative	0	0.0	1.0	569	N/A
Independent Socialist	0	0.0	0.6	342	N/A
Communist	0	0.0	0.2	112	N/A

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

Party		New council
	Labour	47
	Conservative	19
	Liberal	7
	Independent	5
Total		78
Working majority		16

Ward results[edit]

Buddle & Holy Cross
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ms. M. Huscroft	1,989	64.7	N/A
	Independent	C. Banks	1,739
	Independent	A. Margison	1,570
	Labour	J. Hodgson	1,086	35.3	N/A
	Labour	F. Lavery	888
	Labour	Ms. M. Lavery	789
Majority			903	29.4	N/A
Turnout			3,075		N/A
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Carville, Hadrian & Willington Quay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Eland	1,540	49.8	N/A
	Labour	W. Graham	1,468
	Labour	A. Mcmanus	1,422
	Liberal	R. Newby	701	22.7	N/A
	Liberal	Ms. M. Newby	687
	Liberal	J. Nott	586
	Independent Socialist	D. Taylor	342	11.1	N/A
	Independent	W. Lane	257	8.3	N/A
	Conservative	D. Beardall	250	8.1	N/A
Majority			839	27.2	N/A
Turnout			3,090		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Chirton & Trinity
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Rutherford	1,087	62.0	N/A
	Labour	J. Fenby	1,071
	Labour	P. Pereira	1,013
	Independent	J. Bulman	665	38.0	N/A
Majority			422	24.1	N/A
Turnout			1,752		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Collingwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Laws	2,058	72.5	N/A
	Labour	T. Healy	1,989
	Labour	T. McNally	1,987
	Labour	J. Fenby	1,984
	Labour	A. Pearce	1,887
	Labour	J. Robertson	1,694
	Conservative	M. Dougal	780	27.5	N/A
	Conservative	R. Goveas	760
	Conservative	E. Ormston	741
	Conservative	I. Wallace	738
	Conservative	E. Thompson	714
	Conservative	J. Young	696
Majority			1,278	45.0	N/A
Turnout			2,838		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Cullercoats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A. Chambers	1,797	31.2	N/A
	Liberal	E. Mather	1,699	29.5	N/A
	Liberal	I. Mackay	1,679
	Conservative	L. Goveas	1,646	28.5	N/A
	Liberal	Ms. V. Clark	1,624
	Liberal	N. Suggett	1,593
	Conservative	N. Cooke	1,444
	Liberal	P. Martin	1,426
	Conservative	W. Gardner	1,397
	Liberal	A. Rodgers	1,387
	Conservative	S. Caplan	1,375
	Conservative	V. Gardner	1,228
	Conservative	J. Thompson	1,132
	Labour	R. Stringfellow	625	10.8	N/A
	Labour	A. McFarlane	558
	Labour	W. Savory	533
Majority			98	1.7	N/A
Turnout			5,767		N/A
	Independent win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

Dockwray & Tynemouth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. Duff	2,306	42.7	N/A
	Conservative	B. Steward	2,084
	Conservative	G. Bilclough	2,022
	Conservative	W. Hadden	1,799
	Conservative	D. Costello	1,706
	Conservative	J. Fixter	1,643
	Independent	F. McArdle	1,278	23.7	N/A
	Labour	A. Cocallis	1,043	19.3	N/A
	Labour	A. Simpson	1,009
	Labour	W. Burwood	990
	Labour	M. Durkin	949
	Labour	H. Leggett	939
	Labour	W. Blakey	886
	Liberal	F. Creese	774	14.3	N/A
	Liberal	C. Carter	733
	Liberal	J. Rothwell	617
	Liberal	J. Rothwell	563
	Liberal	R. Barron	507
	Liberal	J. Richardson	483
Majority			1,028	19.0	N/A
Turnout			5,401		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Howdon
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Ms. I. Hall	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Labour	J. Hall	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Labour	Ms. I. Snowdon	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Linskill & Preston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. Marvin	1,589	51.4	N/A
	Conservative	J. Clark	1,290
	Conservative	J. Pearson	1,269
	Labour	T. Wilson	763	24.7	N/A
	Independent	J. Knox	742	24.0	N/A
	Labour	W. Long	710
	Labour	M. Bird	689
Majority			826	26.7	N/A
Turnout			3,094		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Longbenton: Balliol
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	W. Fawcett	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Labour	J. Fawcett	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Labour	G. Hayes	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Longbenton: Benton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Forster	1,072	50.5	N/A
	Conservative	W. Johnston	1,015
	Conservative	N. Veale	959
	Ind. Conservative	A. Ayton	569	26.8	N/A
	Labour	P. Rickeard	482	22.7	N/A
Majority			503	23.7	N/A
Turnout			2,123		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Longbenton: Camperdown & Holystone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Means	1,906	73.4	N/A
	Labour	M. Kilgallon	1,795
	Labour	I. Cummins	1,735
	Conservative	J. Conway	691	26.6	N/A
Majority			1,215	46.8	N/A
Turnout			2,597		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Longbenton: Dudley & Seaton Burn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Hogg	2,380	72.9	N/A
	Labour	J. Bamborough	2,193
	Labour	T. Bryson	2,177
	Conservative	V. Law	886	27.1	N/A
Majority			1,494	45.7	N/A
Turnout			3,266		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Longbenton: Forest Hall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ms. E. Bennett	1,191	64.8	N/A
	Labour	A. Meek	1,183
	Labour	Ms. Lawson	1,079
	Conservative	P. Howarth	648	35.2	N/A
Majority			543	29.5	N/A
Turnout			1,839		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Longbenton: West Farm
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Ingles	673	85.7	N/A
	Labour	Ms. D. Warner	657
	Labour	W. Gray	566
	Communist	I. Henderson	112	14.3	N/A
Majority			561	71.5	N/A
Turnout			785		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Northumberland & Wallsend
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ms. E. Brown	1,285	52.1	N/A
	Labour	J. Dixon	1,260
	Liberal	Ms. P. Hampton	1,181	47.9	N/A
	Liberal	Ms. M. Hampton	1,148
	Labour	P. Chute	1,121
	Liberal	R. Birkenfield	970
Majority			104	4.2	N/A
Turnout			2,466		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

Percy
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	? Kiney	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Labour	R. Sowerby	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Labour	I. Arkley	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Seaton Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Longstaff	1,798	82.9	N/A
	Labour	Ms. M. Riley	1,767
	Labour	L. Jordan	1,762
	Conservative	H. Smith	371	17.1	N/A
Majority			1,427	65.8	N/A
Turnout			2,167		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Whitley Bay: Central Marden Rockcliff
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Cosgrove	1,414	56.5	N/A
	Labour	L. Coxon	1,366
	Labour	P. Lee	1,280
	Conservative	J. Brown	1,087	43.5	N/A
	Conservative	Ms. M. Whiteley	1,082
	Conservative	W. Horn	1,040
Majority			327	13.1	N/A
Turnout			2,501		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Whitley Bay: Monkseaton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	N. Murray	1,443	50.2	N/A
	Conservative	Ms. M. Howe	1,408
	Conservative	G. Robinson	1,269
	Labour	D. Horton	892	31.0	N/A
	Labour	L. Milne	701
	Labour	S. Raeburn	674
	Liberal	W. Rodgers	542	18.8	N/A
	Liberal	D. Martin	528
	Liberal	D. Penn	522
Majority			551	19.2	N/A
Turnout			2,877		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Whitley Bay: Monkseaton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Oliver	986	50.5	N/A
	Labour	G. Adam	865
	Labour	A. Stevens	860
	Conservative	Ms. V. Hair	653	33.4	N/A
	Conservative	J. Tait	629
	Conservative	W. Aisthorpe	596
	Independent	B. McGillan	314	16.1	N/A
Majority			333	17.1	N/A
Turnout			1,953		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Whitley Bay: Monkseaton West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	R. Gerrard	1,089	41.1	N/A
	Liberal	S. Cairncross	1,018
	Conservative	N. Woolford	897	33.9	N/A
	Conservative	J. Reid	875
	Conservative	Ms. D. Sanderson	870
	Liberal	J. Hall	764
	Labour	I. McMinn	663	25.0	N/A
	Labour	T. Mason	547
	Labour	B. Mould	532
Majority			192	7.2	N/A
Turnout			2,649		N/A
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Whitley Bay: St. Marys
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ms. S. Murray	1,307	48.3	N/A
	Conservative	J. Baglee	1,072
	Independent	H. Botham	855	31.6	N/A
	Conservative	A. Bamber	800
	Labour	Ms. F. Rosner	545	20.1	N/A
	Labour	J. Lawther	405
	Labour	H. Dormand	350
Majority			452	16.7	N/A
Turnout			2,707		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Willington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Hart	1,329	76.6	N/A
	Labour	J. Wylie	1,294
	Labour	W. Rickelton	1,243
	Conservative	F. Rogers	407	23.4	N/A
Majority			922	53.1	N/A
Turnout			1,736		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

South Tyneside[edit]

The first elections to the newly created South Tyneside council were held on 10 May 1973, with the entirety of the 69 seat council - three seats for each of the 23 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.

The election resulted in Labour gaining control of the council. Voter turnout was 30.0%.

Election result[edit]

South Tyneside Local Election Result 1973
	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	45	65.2	57.4	20,874	N/A
Progressives	18	26.1	23.7	8,613	N/A
Conservative	3	4.3	17.9	6,498	N/A
Communist	0	0.0	1.0	369	N/A

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

Party		New council
	Labour	45
	Progressives	18
	Conservative	3
Total		69
Working majority		24

Ward results[edit]

Beacon & Bents
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressives	A. Madsen	1,155	60.5	N/A
	Progressives	R. Ramsey	1,108
	Progressives	G. Wilkinson	1,087
	Labour	Ms. E. Scrimmer	753	39.5	N/A
	Labour	J. Byrne	746
	Labour	R. Stidolph	675
Majority			402	21.0	N/A
Turnout			1,908		N/A
	Progressives win (new seat)
	Progressives win (new seat)
	Progressives win (new seat)

Biddick Hall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Davison	971	84.0	N/A
	Labour	P. McKay	950
	Labour	Ms. L. Jordison	922
	Progressives	P. Wood	185	16.0	N/A
Majority			786	68.0	N/A
Turnout			1,156		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Boldon: Cleadon & East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ms. M. Forster	1,914	74.2	N/A
	Conservative	S. Robson	1,885
	Conservative	A. Mills	1,865
	Labour	G. Jolley	667	25.8	N/A
Majority			1,247	48.3	N/A
Turnout			2,581		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Brinkburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ms. E. Diamond	830	71.6	N/A
	Labour	M. Diamond	713
	Labour	K. Scrimger	779
	Progressives	D. Holliday	329	28.4	N/A
	Progressives	Ms. D. Holliday	303
	Progressives	H. Branch	302
Majority			501	43.2	N/A
Turnout			1,159		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Cleadonpark
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressives	J. Capstick	928	56.9	N/A
	Progressives	Ms. M. Humbly	904
	Progressives	M. Pigott	901
	Labour	E. Appleton	702	43.1	N/A
	Labour	K. Reed	671
	Labour	H. Malcolm	670
Majority			226	13.9	N/A
Turnout			1,630		N/A
	Progressives win (new seat)
	Progressives win (new seat)
	Progressives win (new seat)

Harton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressives	H. Marshall	1,119	67.0	N/A
	Progressives	J. Webb	1,101
	Progressives	T. Woods	1,069
	Labour	G. Brass	552	33.0	N/A
Majority			567	34.0	N/A
Turnout			1,671		N/A
	Progressives win (new seat)
	Progressives win (new seat)
	Progressives win (new seat)

Hebburn: Monkton
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	C. Bonner	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Labour	Ms. M. Chenery	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Labour	H. Downey	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Hebburn: South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. McAtominey	1,179	59.3	N/A
	Labour	F. Eales	1,113
	Labour	T. Bamford	1,064
	Conservative	A. Langland	808	40.7	N/A
	Conservative	N. Boyd	799
	Conservative	Ms. D. Langan	787
Majority			371	18.7	N/A
Turnout			1,987		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Hebburn: West, Central, North East Victoria
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Evans	1,425	71.5	N/A
	Labour	F. Firth	1,406
	Labour	T. Glynn	1,334
	Conservative	R. Hodgson	569	28.5	N/A
	Conservative	D. Brown	523
Majority			856	43.0	N/A
Turnout			1,994		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Horsley Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressives	A. Surtees	1,086	55.2	N/A
	Progressives	R. Davison	1,081
	Progressives	J. Crawley	1,056
	Labour	R. Scott	881	44.8	N/A
	Labour	M. Sutton	821
	Labour	J. Hodgson	815
Majority			205	10.4	N/A
Turnout			1,967		N/A
	Progressives win (new seat)
	Progressives win (new seat)
	Progressives win (new seat)

Jarrow: Central, East, West & Grange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Campbell	1,287	61.1	N/A
	Labour	D. McCluskey	1,250
	Labour	C. Firth	1,081
	Conservative	O. Bolam	820	38.9	N/A
	Conservative	A. Gowens	723
	Conservative	W. Neil	716
Majority			467	22.2	N/A
Turnout			2,107		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Jarrow: Simonside & Springwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Dixon	1,616	60.3	N/A
	Labour	Ms. V. Hope	1,457
	Labour	P. Hepburn	1,449
	Conservative	R. Seymore	695	25.9	N/A
	Conservative	P. Wrighton	652
	Conservative	C. Colby	626
	Communist	H. Carr	369	13.8	N/A
Majority			921	34.4	N/A
Turnout			2,680		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Marsden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Graham	902	67.5	N/A
	Labour	V. Fitzpatrick	897
	Labour	J. Doneghan	884
	Progressives	Ms. V. Lincoln	435	32.5	N/A
	Progressives	D. Thorpe	435
	Progressives	N. Turrell	429
Majority			467	34.9	N/A
Turnout			1,337		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Newtown Colliery West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	O. Clark	1,898	75.6	N/A
	Labour	J. Roberts	1,889
	Labour	Ms. M. Gibson	1,703
	Conservative	D. Wood	611	24.4	N/A
Majority			1,287	51.2	N/A
Turnout			2,509		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Primrose
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Dixon	1,177	72.4	N/A
	Labour	Ms. E. Battye	1,099
	Labour	Ms. V. Davison	1,059
	Conservative	N. Pedley	449	27.6	N/A
Majority			728	44.8	N/A
Turnout			1,626		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Rekendyke & Victoria
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Malcolm	714	60.3	N/A
	Labour	R. Barry	663
	Labour	Ms. C. Pearson	611
	Progressives	W. Owen	470	39.7	N/A
	Progressives	Ms. D. Ford	463
	Progressives	T. Barrow	448
Majority			244	20.6	N/A
Turnout			1,184		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

South Shields: Simonside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Mackley	1,087	72.6	N/A
	Labour	D. Ridley	962
	Labour	P. Brook	917
	Progressives	E. Fairless	411	27.4	N/A
	Progressives	R. Burns	381
Majority			706	48.0	N/A
Turnout			1,468		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Tyne Dock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Growcott	729	73.9	N/A
	Labour	J. Dent	610
	Labour	V. Webster	605
	Progressives	R. Robson	258	26.1	N/A
Majority			471	47.7	N/A
Turnout			987		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

West Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressives	E. Russell	958	71.5	N/A
	Progressives	A. Madsen	953
	Progressives	T. Collins	925
	Labour	B. Steele	382	28.5	N/A
Majority			576	43.0	N/A
Turnout			1,340		N/A
	Progressives win (new seat)
	Progressives win (new seat)
	Progressives win (new seat)

Westoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressives	K. Hickman	1,110	71.5	N/A
	Progressives	S. Smith	1,107
	Progressives	K. Charlton	1,060
	Labour	J. Stidolph	443	28.5	N/A
Majority			667	43.0	N/A
Turnout			1,553		N/A
	Progressives win (new seat)
	Progressives win (new seat)
	Progressives win (new seat)

Whitburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Robinson	1,793	73.9	N/A
	Labour	L. Hannah	1,643
	Labour	W. Robinson	1,629
	Conservative	N. Tunningley	632	26.1	N/A
	Conservative	R. Kitchingman	624
	Conservative	G. Auchterlonie	623
Majority			1,161	47.8	N/A
Turnout			2,425		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Whiteleas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Bell	886	81.7	N/A
	Labour	A. Elliott	841
	Labour	T. Cain	829
	Progressives	Ms. S. Pollard	199	18.3	N/A
Majority			687	63.4	N/A
Turnout			1,085		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Sunderland[edit]

The first elections to the newly created Sunderland City Council were held on 10 May 1973, with the entirety of the 78 seat council - three seats for each of the 26 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.

The election resulted in Labour gaining control of the council. Voter turnout was 21.7%.

Election result[edit]

Sunderland Local Election Result 1973
	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	56	71.8	44.1	23,459	N/A
Conservative	21	26.9	32.6	17,372	N/A
Independent	1	1.3	6.0	3,211	N/A
Liberal	0	0.0	12.9	6,881	N/A
Independent Labour	0	0.0	3.7	1,961	N/A
Communist	0	0.0	0.7	365	N/A

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

Party		New council
	Labour	56
	Conservative	21
	Independent	1
Total		78
Working majority		34

Ward results[edit]

Bishopswearmouth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. White	1,150	50.2	N/A
	Conservative	J. Sword	1,065
	Conservative	Ms. M. Miller	1,039
	Labour	T. Waller	638	27.8	N/A
	Labour	J. Wood	618
	Labour	D. Drinkwater	593
	Liberal	M. Milburn	503	22.0	N/A
Majority			512	22.3	N/A
Turnout			2,291		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Castletown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Jenkins	822	79.7	N/A
	Labour	Ms. A. Pratt	788
	Labour	J. Taylor	769
	Conservative	Ms. M. Ditchburn	111	10.8	N/A
	Communist	R. Gibbs	98	9.5	N/A
Majority			711	69.0	N/A
Turnout			1,031		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Colliery
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Goldsmith	983	48.9	N/A
	Labour	W. Scott	983
	Labour	A. Archbold	949
	Conservative	Ms. L. Harrison	714	35.5	N/A
	Conservative	D. Clement	697
	Conservative	Ms. M. Todd	672
	Liberal	Ms. J. Downing	312	15.5	N/A
Majority			269	13.4	N/A
Turnout			2,009		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Deptford and Pallion
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F. Lewins	1,199	40.4	N/A
	Labour	A. Myers	1,108
	Labour	J. Hudson	1,089
	Conservative	Ms. E. Spain	1,017	34.2	N/A
	Conservative	J. Wyness	898
	Liberal	B. Watson	620	20.9	N/A
	Liberal	J. Murphy	567
	Communist	W. Vincent	134	4.5	N/A
Majority			182	6.1	N/A
Turnout			2,970		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Downhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. McGrath	977	60.8	N/A
	Labour	A. Burgham	912
	Labour	C. Salter	886
	Independent	J. Hume	449	28.0	N/A
	Conservative	W. Stephenson	180	11.2	N/A
Majority			528	32.9	N/A
Turnout			1,606		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Fence Houses & Newbottle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Elliott	1,306	73.7	N/A
	Labour	M. Dowell	1,291
	Labour	J. Cummins	1,278
	Independent Labour	Ms. C. Wheeler	465	26.3	N/A
Majority			841	47.5	N/A
Turnout			1,771		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Ford & Pennywell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A Waistell	1,160	71.1	N/A
	Labour	M. Qualie	1,081
	Labour	R. Baxter	1,036
	Conservative	Ms. C. Finnegan	338	20.7	N/A
	Communist	J. Don	133	8.2	N/A
Majority			822	50.4	N/A
Turnout			1,631		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Fulwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. Wood	2,253	64.9	N/A
	Conservative	C. Bloomfield	2,199
	Conservative	Ms. E. Rutherford	2,152
	Liberal	D. McCourt	711	20.5	N/A
	Labour	A. Otterson	507	14.6	N/A
Majority			1,542	44.4	N/A
Turnout			3,471		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hendon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ms. D. Whiteman	1,270	65.5	N/A
	Conservative	R. Small	1,216
	Conservative	D. Lascelles	1,212
	Labour	G. Dodds	669	34.5	N/A
	Labour	Ms. M. Thomson	633
	Labour	T. Briggs	597
Majority			601	31.0	N/A
Turnout			1,939		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hetton Le Hole & Hetton Downs
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	E. Weirs	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Labour	Ms. C. Buckingham	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Labour	T. Scott	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Labour hold		Swing	N/A
Labour hold		Swing	N/A
Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Houghton Le Spring
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Bramfitt	1,263	49.6	N/A
	Labour	J. Bartley	1,209
	Labour	J. Storey	1,080
	Conservative	Ms. L. Davidson	950	37.3	N/A
	Conservative	A. Wright	931
	Conservative	Ms. M. Wright	813
	Independent Labour	A. Wheeler	333	13.1	N/A
Majority			313	12.3	N/A
Turnout			2,546		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Humbledon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Bridges	1,247	47.0	N/A
	Labour	Ms. H. Maddison	1,109
	Labour	B. Dodds	1,075
	Conservative	G. Briton	999	37.7	N/A
	Conservative	P. Davies	961
	Conservative	K. Thompson	873
	Liberal	J. Quayle	407	15.3	N/A
Majority			248	9.3	N/A
Turnout			2,653		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Hylton Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Watson	724	89.1	N/A
	Labour	Ms. A. Hird	663
	Labour	J. Little	622
	Conservative	R. Ditchburn	89	10.9	N/A
Majority			635	78.1	N/A
Turnout			813		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Monkwearmouth & Roker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Brown	2,246	52.8	N/A
	Conservative	T. Needham	2,146
	Conservative	J. Tansey	2,110
	Labour	J. Redfearn	1,016	23.9	N/A
	Liberal	J. Lennox	993	23.3	N/A
	Labour	S. Furness	978
	Labour	J. Walsh	858
Majority			1,230	28.9	N/A
Turnout			4,255		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Penshaw & Herrington
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	J. Mawston	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Labour	Ms. M. Porter	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Labour	T. Willis	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Labour hold		Swing	N/A
Labour hold		Swing	N/A
Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Rainton & Easington Lane
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	E. Jarvis	1,266	61.1	N/A
	Labour	C. Dickinson	805	38.9	N/A
	Labour	R. Hodgkis	779
	Labour	F. Noble	696
Majority			461	22.3	N/A
Turnout			2,071		N/A
	Independent win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Ryhope
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Lumley	900	84.5	N/A
	Labour	R. Barnes	813
	Labour	J. Hall	779
	Conservative	Ms. A. Stafford	165	15.5	N/A
Majority			735	69.0	N/A
Turnout			1,065		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Silksworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Donnelly	1,388	48.5	N/A
	Labour	N. Dunn	1,337
	Labour	Ms. M. Rathbone	1,330
	Independent Labour	W. Norman	1,163	40.6	N/A
	Conservative	P. Wood	312	10.9	N/A
Majority			225	7.9	N/A
Turnout			2,863		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Southwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Harper	754	59.0	N/A
	Labour	H. Crann	691
	Labour	P. Glazebrook	604
	Independent	D. Ryan	240	18.8	N/A
	Liberal	E. Franklyn	177	13.8	N/A
	Conservative	J. Griggs	107	8.4	N/A
Majority			514	40.2	N/A
Turnout			1,278		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

St. Chads
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Weightman	1,374	49.4	N/A
	Conservative	J. Taylor	1,348
	Conservative	D. McNish	1,347
	Labour	G. Affleck	929	33.4	N/A
	Labour	Ms. E. Glanville	857
	Labour	J. Glanville	850
	Liberal	J. Scott-Thompson	481	17.3	N/A
Majority			445	16.0	N/A
Turnout			2,784		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

St. Michaels
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Marshall	2,066	63.0	N/A
	Conservative	H. Verne-Jones	2,046
	Conservative	R. Spain	1,980
	Liberal	W. Devine	624	19.0	N/A
	Labour	E. Holt	589	18.0	N/A
	Labour	R. Taylor	561
	Labour	W. Wilson	555
Majority			1,442	44.0	N/A
Turnout			3,279		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Sunderland: Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Blackburn	1,110	53.1	N/A
	Labour	C. Anderson	1,013
	Labour	R. Kirby	1,012
	Conservative	Ms. E. Hay	331	15.8	N/A
	Independent	Ms. C. Suckley	329	15.7	N/A
	Liberal	W. Dobbing	321	15.4	N/A
Majority			779	37.3	N/A
Turnout			2,091		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Thorney Close
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ms. F. Otterson	1,029	78.0	N/A
	Labour	B. Thompson	978
	Labour	A. Wilkinson	902
	Liberal	B. Houghton	290	22.0	N/A
Majority			739	56.0	N/A
Turnout			1,319		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Thornhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ms. W. Shaw	1,383	62.8	N/A
	Conservative	L. Bland	1,305
	Conservative	A. Tuddenham	1,281
	Liberal	Ms. E. Jenkins	500	22.7	N/A
	Labour	N. Petterson	320	14.5	N/A
	Labour	J. Hodgson	288
	Labour	W. Harrison	280
Majority			883	40.1	N/A
Turnout			2,203		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Washington North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Walker	1,624	69.2	N/A
	Labour	T. Wanless	1,532
	Labour	J. Fawcett	1,428
	Liberal	M. Tennet	406	17.3	N/A
	Liberal	J. Moyle	366
	Conservative	Ms. D. Harrison	317	13.5	N/A
Majority			1,218	51.9	N/A
Turnout			2,347		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Washington South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Finnigan	1,500	50.6	N/A
	Labour	S. Graham	1,370
	Labour	M. Allon	1,359
	Independent	K. Pyle	927	31.3	N/A
	Independent	A. Hutchinson	647
	Independent	J. Bonney	615
	Liberal	R. Killick	536	18.1	N/A
	Liberal	Ms. M. Purvis	523
	Liberal	J. Fearson	502
Majority			573	19.3	N/A
Turnout			2,963		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Bolton[edit]

The first elections to the newly created Bolton council were held on 10 May 1973, with the entirety of the 69 seat council - three seats for each of the 23 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.

The election resulted in Conservatives gaining control of the council. Voter turnout was 35.5%.

Election result[edit]

Bolton Local Election Result 1973
	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	35	50.7	44.2	31,019	N/A
Labour	31	44.9	42.1	29,586	N/A
Liberal	2	2.9	10.3	7,246	N/A
Independent	1	1.4	2.0	1,395	N/A
Independent Labour	0	0.0	1.2	865	N/A
Democratic Socialist	0	0.0	0.2	122	N/A

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

Party		New council
	Conservative	35
	Labour	31
	Liberal	2
	Independent	1
Total		69
Working majority		1

Ward results[edit]

Astley Bridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Shepherd	2,171	66.7	N/A
	Conservative	F. Waterworth	2,087
	Conservative	A. Hibbert	1,968
	Labour	J. Walker	1,082	33.3	N/A
	Labour	N. Lee	1,007
	Labour	D. Jones	938
Majority			1,089	33.5	N/A
Turnout			3,253		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Blackrod & Horwich South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	L. Fearnhead	1,395	25.3	N/A
	Conservative	Ms. C. Everin	1,200	21.7	N/A
	Labour	G. Gardiner	1,173	21.2	N/A
	Labour	D. Smith	1,017
	Conservative	J. Jolley	964
	Labour	E. Bracegirdle	926
	Liberal	F. Isherwood	891	16.1	N/A
	Independent Labour	L. Watkinson	856	15.7	N/A
	Liberal	G. Farrington	797
	Conservative	Ms. M. Catrie	705
Majority			195	3.5	N/A
Turnout			5,524		N/A
	Independent win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Bolton: West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Howarth	1,376	63.2	N/A
	Labour	D. Clarke	1,358
	Labour	H. Devenish	1,341
	Conservative	M. Foster	802	36.8	N/A
	Conservative	Ms. E. Smith	756
	Conservative	J. Wrench	747
Majority			574	26.4	N/A
Turnout			2,178		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Bradford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Foster	1,119	77.3	N/A
	Labour	T. McEwen	1,046
	Labour	C. Scull	1,011
	Conservative	Ms. D. Scott	329	22.7	N/A
	Conservative	C. Gregory	325
	Conservative	Ms. D. Harris	294
Majority			790	54.6	N/A
Turnout			1,448		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Bradshaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. Furlong	1,090	44.6	N/A
	Conservative	T. Greenhaigh	1,077
	Conservative	K. Howarth	1,073
	Liberal	A. Winstanley	1,054	43.1	N/A
	Liberal	J. Webster	1,037
	Liberal	M. Batth	1,012
	Labour	A. Brigg	300	12.3	N/A
	Labour	J. Riley	285
	Labour	C. Benjamin	270
Majority			36	1.5	N/A
Turnout			2,444		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Bromley Cross Eagley Egerton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Carr	1,456	44.1	N/A
	Conservative	A. Poulsom	1,421
	Conservative	H. Bennett	1,412
	Liberal	Ms. P. O'Connor	1,175	35.6	N/A
	Liberal	T. Williams	1,124
	Liberal	D. Charlton	1,095
	Labour	H. Haslam	670	20.3	N/A
	Labour	S. Chadwick	542
	Labour	Ms. A. Utley	489
Majority			281	8.5	N/A
Turnout			3,301		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Church/East/North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Halliwell	1,790	58.1	N/A
	Conservative	E. Crook	1,711
	Conservative	A. O'Neill	1,641
	Labour	Ms. M. Johnston	1,290	41.9	N/A
	Labour	J. Knight	1,140
	Labour	Ms. B. Turner	1,081
Majority			500	16.2	N/A
Turnout			3,080		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Darcy Lever-cum-Breightmet
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Dingwall	2,064	53.1	N/A
	Labour	K. Macivor	1,913
	Labour	P. Johnston	1,895
	Conservative	Ms. A. Chadbond	1,820	46.9	N/A
	Conservative	M. Walsh	1,699
	Conservative	F. Eckersley	1,677
Majority			244	6.3	N/A
Turnout			3,884		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Deane-cum-Lostock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ms. D. Berry	1,406	73.5	N/A
	Conservative	F. Rushton	1,359
	Conservative	R. Ward	1,351
	Labour	S. Harrison	506	26.5	N/A
	Labour	J. Brown	483
	Labour	S. Hill	454
Majority			900	47.1	N/A
Turnout			1,912		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Simpson	1,159	66.0	N/A
	Labour	J. Taylor	1,143
	Labour	S. Walsh	1,030
	Conservative	J. Walsh	598	34.0	N/A
	Conservative	Ms. E. Laycock	533
	Conservative	Ms. M. Bleakley	468
Majority			561	32.0	N/A
Turnout			1,757		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Farnworth North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Cunliffe	2,010	61.8	N/A
	Labour	R. Neary	1,904
	Labour	G. Brown	1,842
	Conservative	A. Royse	1,243	38.2	N/A
	Conservative	T. Rothwell	955
	Conservative	L. Sharples	937
Majority			767	23.6	N/A
Turnout			3,253		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Farnworth South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Wild	1,757	72.9	N/A
	Labour	W. Hardman	1,712
	Labour	D. Gilligan	1,633
	Conservative	C. Shaw	653	27.1	N/A
	Conservative	G. Waterson	632
	Conservative	Ms. I. Torkington	604
Majority			1,104	45.8	N/A
Turnout			2,410		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Great Lever
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ms. J. Shore	1,526	50.6	N/A
	Labour	V. Urmston	1,492	49.4	N/A
	Labour	Ms. A. Perry	1,471
	Conservative	G. Woosey	1,456
	Labour	P. Lowe	1,444
	Conservative	L. Huyton	1,442
Majority			34	1.1	N/A
Turnout			3,018		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Halliwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ms. E. Harner	1,533	54.5	N/A
	Labour	R. Johnson	1,485
	Labour	G. Riley	1,444
	Conservative	W. Hail	1,280	45.5	N/A
	Conservative	R. Stones	1,252
	Conservative	J. Morris	1,248
Majority			253	9.0	N/A
Turnout			2,813		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Heaton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. Allanson	1,598	86.1	N/A
	Conservative	J. Hanscomb	1,524
	Conservative	Ms. B. Hurst	1,504
	Labour	P. Cunliffe	258	13.9	N/A
	Labour	N. Morlidge	208
	Labour	T. Hill	201
Majority			1,340	72.2	N/A
Turnout			1,856		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Horwich North/East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Oakley	1,947	42.0	N/A
	Labour	J. McBurnie	1,680
	Labour	E. Dobson	1,665
	Conservative	G. Hind	1,377	29.7	N/A
	Liberal	Ms. E. Kay	1,314	28.3	N/A
	Conservative	R. Winstanley	1,076
	Liberal	A. Ratcliffe	1,033
	Conservative	J. Foster	942
	Liberal	J. Kay	676
Majority			570	12.3	N/A
Turnout			4,638		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Kearsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Rothwell	1,926	53.6	N/A
	Liberal	E. Bell	1,700
	Labour	R. Cornthwaite	1,668	46.4	N/A
	Liberal	K. Holt	1,647
	Labour	B. Molyneux	1,578
	Labour	T. Lewis	1,564
Majority			258	7.2	N/A
Turnout			3,594		N/A
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Little Lever
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. Hornby	1,111	37.9	N/A
	Conservative	J. Lees	993
	Conservative	Ms. A. Lawton	991
	Labour	Ms. J. Robinson	938	32.0	N/A
	Liberal	S. Narayan	886	30.2	N/A
	Labour	W. Worthington	842
	Labour	C. Lucas	752
	Liberal	J. Whaites	600
	Liberal	R. Pemberton	516
Majority			173	5.9	N/A
Turnout			2,935		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Rumworth & Hulton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Parkinson	1,991	57.3	N/A
	Conservative	A. Gledhill	1,880
	Conservative	R. Carr	1,872
	Labour	D. Vause	1,362	39.2	N/A
	Labour	H. Glynn	1,313
	Labour	T. Regan	1,250
	Democratic Socialist	J. O'Hara	122	3.5	N/A
Majority			629	18.1	N/A
Turnout			3,475		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Smithills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Priestley	2,209	72.3	N/A
	Conservative	Ms. M. Howarth	2,204
	Conservative	Ms. S. Collier	2,154
	Labour	T. Hall	845	27.7	N/A
	Labour	N. Spencer	816
	Labour	B. Corless	799
Majority			1,364	44.7	N/A
Turnout			3,054		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Tonge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ms. S. Harrison	2,129	55.8	N/A
	Conservative	K. Knowles	1,950
	Conservative	J. Rigby	1,929
	Labour	A. Hooton	1,689	44.2	N/A
	Labour	H. Grime	1,637
	Labour	P. Howarth	1,637
Majority			440	11.6	N/A
Turnout			3,818		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Westhoughton East & Hulton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Smith	1,775	62.3	N/A
	Conservative	A. Glover	1,750
	Conservative	J. Smith	1,744
	Labour	P. Jones	1,075	37.7	N/A
	Labour	C. Knowles	1,015
	Labour	A. Fairhurst	971
Majority			700	24.6	N/A
Turnout			2,850		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Westhoughton North Central & South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ms. W. Kettle	2,273	60.8	N/A
	Labour	K. Brown	1,971
	Labour	P. Woodcock	1,940
	Conservative	T. Riley	1,465	39.2	N/A
	Conservative	J. Roden	1,131
	Conservative	Ms. P. Smith	1,009
Majority			808	21.6	N/A
Turnout			3,738		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Bury[edit]

The first elections to the newly created Bury council were held on 10 May 1973, with the entirety of the 48 seat council 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 election resulted in no overall control of the council. Voter turnout was 41.4%

Election result[edit]

Bury Local Election Result 1973
	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	21	43.7	41.9	21,611	N/A
Labour	20	41.7	42.5	21,949	N/A
Liberal	7	14.6	11.0	5,688	N/A
Independent	0	0.0	4.1	2,133	N/A
Independent Liberal	0	0.0	0.5	246	N/A

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

Party		New council
	Conservative	21
	Labour	20
	Liberal	7
Total		48
Working majority		-6

Ward results[edit]

Bury: East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Kershaw	1,725	59.9	N/A
	Labour	J. Skellern	1,701
	Labour	J. Finnerby	1,578
	Conservative	W. Holden	908	31.5	N/A
	Conservative	C. Jackson	839
	Conservative	R. Rigby	805
	Independent Liberal	D. Wilcox	246	8.5	N/A
Majority			817	28.4	N/A
Turnout			2,879		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Bury: Elton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Ethell	1,741	53.7	N/A
	Conservative	F. Brooks	1,709
	Conservative	P. Arthur-Smith	1,668
	Labour	Ms. S. Entwistle	1,501	46.3	N/A
	Labour	E. Stephenson	1,487
	Labour	T. Woods	1,408
Majority			240	7.4	N/A
Turnout			3,242		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Bury: Moorside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Mather	1,669	51.7	N/A
	Conservative	A. Collinson	1,652
	Conservative	N. Harner	1,588
	Labour	Ms. ? Hargreaves	1,561	48.3	N/A
	Labour	W. Ramsey	1,497
	Labour	W. Clarke	1,423
Majority			108	3.3	N/A
Turnout			3,230		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Bury: Redvales
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Davies	1,641	48.0	N/A
	Labour	H. Coates	1,426
	Labour	D. Saunders	1,223
	Conservative	E. Andrew	958	28.0	N/A
	Conservative	G. Hurst	945
	Conservative	P. Manners	828
	Independent	F. Spencer	817	23.9	N/A
Majority			683	20.0	N/A
Turnout			3,416		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Bury: Unsworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Bullas	1,887	57.2	N/A
	Labour	E. Hubert	1,886
	Labour	I. Caplan	1,795
	Conservative	R. Wright	1,414	42.8	N/A
	Conservative	Ms. J. Scholes	1,364
	Conservative	N. Singer	1,312
Majority			473	14.4	N/A
Turnout			3,301		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Spurr	1,503	56.7	N/A
	Conservative	K. Moore	1,425
	Conservative	B. Forkin	1,406
	Labour	S. Gillbrand	1,150	43.3	N/A
	Labour	V. Willis	1,104
	Labour	A. Herricks	1,070
Majority			353	13.4	N/A
Turnout			2,653		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Prestwich: Central & Sedgley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	S. Pepperman	1,461	46.6	N/A
	Liberal	Ms. M. Baigel	1,335
	Liberal	J. Myers	1,199
	Conservative	Ms. J. Novick	1,124	35.8	N/A
	Conservative	J. Makin	993
	Conservative	W. Norbury	854
	Labour	D. Bibby	553	17.6	N/A
	Labour	L. Jones	535
	Labour	N. Jones	495
Majority			337	10.8	N/A
Turnout			3,138		N/A
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

Prestwich: North & South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	V. Guthrie	1,307	39.4	N/A
	Conservative	J. Rosenfield	1,258
	Conservative	J. Brown	1,183
	Labour	G. Van Hecke	1,143	34.5	N/A
	Labour	Ms. M. Jowett	1,094
	Labour	G. Cohen	1,026
	Liberal	Ms. J. Cooke	865	26.1	N/A
	Liberal	W. Dawson	702
	Liberal	P. Friesner	652
Majority			164	4.9	N/A
Turnout			3,315		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Prestwich: Rooden Lane & Holyrood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	S. Clynes	1,793	54.0	N/A
	Liberal	W. Hall	1,540
	Liberal	V. Hannam	1,304
	Conservative	R. Burford	1,083	32.6	N/A
	Conservative	G. Quinn	889
	Conservative	H. Thompson	744
	Labour	C. Starkey	444	13.4	N/A
	Labour	Ms. M. Wild	413
	Labour	T. Oldham	371
Majority			710	21.4	N/A
Turnout			3,320		N/A
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

Radcliffe: North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Fletcher	2,755	41.9	N/A
	Labour	J. McCarthy	2,691
	Labour	J. Mason	2,674
	Labour	J. Allen	2,518
	Conservative	E. Coates	2,499	38.0	N/A
	Labour	G. Page	2,442
	Conservative	R. Morris	2,406
	Labour	W. Pannequin	2,230
	Conservative	F. Hampson	2,215
	Conservative	W. Davy	2,167
	Conservative	N. Bryson	2,155
	Conservative	J. Little	2,072
	Independent	J. Lomax	1,316	20.0	N/A
Majority			256	3.9	N/A
Turnout			6,570		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Radcliffe: South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Colleran	1,422	60.2	N/A
	Labour	T. Jackson	1,413
	Labour	A. Scholes	1,379
	Conservative	A. Shea	941	39.8	N/A
	Conservative	J. Barlow	890
	Conservative	P. Aindow	824
Majority			481	20.4	N/A
Turnout			2,363		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Ramsbottom
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Little	1,648	34.8	N/A
	Conservative	Ms. E. Waite	1,581
	Liberal	H. Mills	1,569	33.2	N/A
	Labour	D. Campbell-Savours	1,512	32.0	N/A
	Labour	D. Ridings	1,509
	Labour	T. Hardy	1,508
	Conservative	D. Harvey	1,362
	Liberal	D. Leonard	1,257
	Liberal	M. Foster	1,202
Majority			79	1.6	N/A
Turnout			4,729		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

Tottington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Taylor	1,987	56.0	N/A
	Conservative	W. Johnson	1,950
	Conservative	D. Higgin	1,872
	Labour	T. Holden	1,563	44.0	N/A
	Labour	D. MacDonald	1,542
	Labour	J. Euston	1,536
Majority			424	12.0	N/A
Turnout			3,550		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Whitefield: North & West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Sewell	1,504	50.7	N/A
	Conservative	H. Fox	1,464	49.3	N/A
	Conservative	M. Tonge	1,422
	Labour	G. Sharkey	1,397
	Conservative	Ms. M. Dibbs	1,392
	Labour	W. Arney	1,377
Majority			40	1.4	N/A
Turnout			2,968		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Whitefield: South & East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Boden	1,588	53.8	N/A
	Labour	Ms. J. Arney	1,371
	Conservative	Ms. C. Ormrod	1,365	46.2	N/A
	Labour	J. Lewis	1,363
	Conservative	Ms. R. Daintree	1,339
	Conservative	B. Hodgson	1,275
Majority			223	7.6	N/A
Turnout			2,953		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)