1973 Greater London Council election

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1973 Greater London Council election
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  1970 12 April 1973 1977  

92 councillors
47 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Leader Reg Goodwin Desmond Plummer Stanley Rundle
Party Labour Conservative Liberal
Leader's seat Bermondsey St Marylebone Richmond
Seats won58322
Seat changeIncrease2.svg23Decrease2.svg33Increase2.svg2
Popular vote928,034743,123244,703
Percentage47.4%38.0%12.5%
SwingIncrease2.svg7.5%Decrease2.svg12.6%Increase2.svg7.1%

Greater London Council election, 1973.svg
Results by electoral division

Leader before election

Desmond Plummer
Conservative

Leader after election

Reg Goodwin
Labour

The fourth election to the Greater London Council (GLC) was held on 12 April 1973. Labour won a large majority of 58 seats to 32 for the Conservatives; the Liberals also won their first two seats on the council.

Contents

Electoral arrangements

As there had been a boundary commission report with new Parliamentary constituencies which coincided with the border of Greater London, the electoral system was changed (as had always been intended) so that the GLC was elected from single member electoral divisions which were identical with the Parliamentary constituencies.

Councillors were elected for a three-year term. This was extended for an extra year in 1976 when the electoral cycle was switched to four-yearly. [1]

Results

General election of councillors

The Labour Party won a majority of seats at the election. [2]

With an electorate of 5,313,470, there was a turnout of 36.8%. [3]

Among those who were first elected to the GLC in 1973 were Ken Livingstone (Labour, Lambeth, Norwood), later to lead it, Andrew McIntosh (Labour, Haringey, Tottenham) who was his brief moderate rival for the Labour leadership, and Serge Lourie (Labour, Havering, Hornchurch), who became a founder member of the SDP and leader of Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council in 2001.

PartyVotesSeats
Number%+/-StoodSeats%+/-
Labour 928,03447.4Increase2.svg7.5925863.0Increase2.svg23
Conservative 743,12338.0Decrease2.svg12.6923234.8Decrease2.svg33
Liberal 244,70312.5Increase2.svg7.16022.2Increase2.svg2
Communist 11,9540.6Decrease2.svg1.22800.0Steady2.svg
National Front 9,5360.5New600.0Steady2.svg
Residents' or Ratepayers'5,5160.3New300.0Steady2.svg
Independent 4,2110.2Decrease2.svg0.11500.0Steady2.svg
Action 3,0630.2Decrease2.svg0.4600.0Steady2.svg
National Independence 2,9240.1New100.0Steady2.svg
Ind. Conservative 2,3930.1New200.0Steady2.svg
Socialist (GB) 1,6120.1Steady2.svg1100.0Steady2.svg
Independent Labour 2270.0New100.0Steady2.svg

Aldermanic election

In addition to the 92 elected councillors, there were fifteen aldermen elected by the council. Eight aldermen elected in 1970 continued to serve until 1976 and the eight elected in 1967 retired before the 1973 election. Seven aldermen were elected by the council on 4 May 1973 to serve until 1979.

Aldermen elected in 1973, to retire in 1979: [lower-alpha 1]

PartyAlderman
Labour Richard Collins
Labour Maureen Harwood
Labour Walter Kenneth Mansfield
Labour Stanley Wilfred Mayne
Labour Luke Patrick O'Connor
Labour Oliver Stutchbury [lower-alpha 2]
Labour John Golden Warren

The aldermen divided 9 Labour and 6 Conservative, so that Labour had 67 members to 38 for the Conservatives following the aldermanic election. It would be the final election of aldermen to the council, with those elected in 1970 and 1973 having their terms altered to all end in 1977. [1]

Constituency results

Members of the old council*

Barking

Barking
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Benjamin Ward*10,57571.5
Conservative C A Pool2,41716.3
Liberal J D Tyrell1,80012.2
Majority
Turnout 29.7
Turnout
Labour win (new boundaries)
Dagenham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert John Crane*13,75372.3
Conservative T. A. Woodcock2,14911.3
Liberal George Daniel Poole 1,99410.5
Independent Labour Vera W Cridland564
Communist George Charles Wake558
Majority
Turnout 27.4
Labour win (new seat)

Barnet

Chipping Barnet
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Reginald Marks*10,75350.0
Labour H. Sprague6,03528.0
Liberal Margaret Gelling Snow 4,72722.0
Majority
Turnout 37.9
Finchley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jean Leslie Scott*8,00848.9
Labour Albert Edward Tomlinson5,18331.7
Liberal Leonard W. Watkins3,17519.4
Majority
Turnout 37.9
Hendon North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Arthur Cooper8,92544.2
Conservative Rita Maisie Levy*8,18040.5
Liberal David Hugh Edwards 3,07915.3
Majority
Turnout 40.7
Hendon South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Blair Black*8,22941.0
Labour Mildred Gordon 6,87434.2
Liberal Percy Walter Meyer 4,99224.8
Majority
Turnout 38.1

Bexley

Bexleyheath
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Victor Rae Muske Langton*10,02543.1
Labour Stanley Wilfred Mayne8,92438.4
Liberal Wilfrid Pickard 4,29718.5
Majority
Turnout 45.6
Erith & Crayford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Francis William Archer14,16861.9
Conservative E. D. Josiffe8,71738.1
Majority
Turnout 38.5
Sidcup
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Douglas Melville Fielding*10,84448.6
Labour John Francis Spellar 7,21732.3
Liberal L. W. Rogers4,27619.1
Majority
Turnout 45.2

Brent

Brent East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Norman Howard14,12361.6
Conservative Alfred Abram Berney*7,23231.5
Liberal M. H. Habib1,1154.9
Action Raymond J Noble4672.0
Majority
Turnout 35.7
Brent North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Hardy*14,94149.3
Labour Maurice Howard Rosen10,14333.4
Liberal G. Phelps5,26217.3
Majority
Turnout 42.1
Brent South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Illtyd Harrington*14,19066.5
Conservative Ruby Georgina Nancy Taylor*6,63531.1
Communist Leslie George Burt5032.4
Majority
Turnout 34.4

Bromley

Beckenham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frank Willie Smith*11,14249.6
Labour Nicholas John Sharp6,35728.3
Liberal D. A. Rowe4,97522.1
Majority
Turnout 37.6
Chislehurst
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joan Kathleen Wykes10,97744.3
Labour Walter Kenneth Mansfield10,93844.1
Liberal John R. Hassall2,86411.6
Majority
Turnout 46.3
Orpington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jean Tatham 15,49644.3
Liberal John William Cook 13,16937.7
Labour Christopher Howes6,27618.0
Majority
Turnout 53.6
Ravensbourne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Anthony Harris*10,01256.0
Liberal Mrs M. M. Coulson4,12423.1
Labour A. W. Wright3,53419.8
Communist G. Felton2021.1
Majority
Turnout 36.7

Camden

Hampstead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Enid Barbara Wistrich12,26848.0
Conservative I. Clarke9,82338.4
Liberal Raymond Arthur Philip Benad 2,82411.0
Communist R. Champion466
Socialist (GB) L. J. Cox191
Majority
Turnout
Holborn & St Pancras South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alexander John Kazantzis*7,43760.6
Conservative David P Weeks3,52028.7
Liberal A. Elithorn1,0858.8
Socialist (GB) Mrs D. M. Davies99
Independent Noel S. Fierz72
Independent P. Goulstone60
Majority
Turnout 30.9
St Pancras North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rose Hacker 9,91567.7
Conservative Nicholas J Bennett4,22628.9
Communist V. A. Heath4973.4
Majority
Turnout 35.1

Croydon

Croydon Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Frank White13,02946.3
Conservative Sonia Copland10,91438.8
Liberal Roy A Lightwing3,96514.1
Independent J T E A Waddell2410.8
Majority
Turnout
Croydon North East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Howard Simpson10,34043.8
Conservative Gladys Emma Morgan*10,32943.8
Liberal Brian F Steggles2,94012.4
Majority
Turnout 40.2
Croydon North West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dudley Eric Reynolds Barker9,45844.0
Conservative Stephen James Stewart*8,96541.7
Liberal Leo C. E. Held3,07414.3
Majority
Turnout 38.9
Croydon South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geoffrey Weston Aplin*14,88561.5
Liberal Jean Pearson Coleman 6,18625.6
Labour Mrs Mary E. Curson2,88011.9
Ratepayers S. B. Stray2341.0
Majority
Turnout 40.3

Ealing

Acton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Chaytor Dobson*10,57645.7
Labour Oliver Piers Stutchbury 9,66541.7
Liberal N. J. Reed2,61611.3
Communist H. A. Tank3031.3
Majority
Turnout 40.7
Ealing North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Michael Mason19,01354.9
Conservative Michael William Walter Farrow*15,36145.1
Majority
Turnout 47.4
Southall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Yvonne Sieve14,44259.4
Conservative Robert Charles Patten9,87640.6
Majority
Turnout 35.0

Enfield

Edmonton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bernard Stephen Mason11,08553.6
Conservative John William Victor Attwood7,25635.1
Liberal Ralph J R Scott 1,8709.1
Action Martin F. Moloney4572.2
Majority
Turnout
Enfield North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Howard White11,20237.1
Liberal L Eric L Ridge11,06236.6
Conservative Bryan Michael Deece Cassidy 6,72522.3
National Front Kenneth Thomas Robinson1,2044.0
Majority
Turnout 44.6
Southgate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thomas Broughton Mitcheson*15,85758.5
Liberal Dennis Alan Coberman 5,89621.8
Labour B M Barbuk5,34219.7
Majority
Turnout 38.4

Greenwich

Greenwich
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peggy Arline Middleton*13,95368.4
Conservative J A B Kind6,44031.6
Majority
Turnout 38.9
Woolwich East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mair Eluned Garside*11,88067.2
Conservative A R Dix3,16417.9
Liberal Robert H Smith1,86010.5
Action J P Sibley442
Communist Arthur A R Curtis332
Majority
Turnout 34.8
Woolwich West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Rees13,466
Conservative Mrs Wendy Mitchell9,867
Liberal James Douglas Eagle 2,401
Majority
Turnout

Hackney

Hackney Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ellis Simon Hillman*9,265
Conservative Stanley J. Sorrell 1,770
Independent O. Hales266
Majority
Turnout
Hackney North & Stoke Newington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Thomas Pitt*6,529
Conservative Leslie R. House2,524
Communist Monty Goldman 621
Socialist (GB) J. Carter250
Majority
Turnout
Hackney South & Shoreditch
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Irene Chaplin 8,473
Conservative E. Laws1,586
Independent V. A. C. Curtis325
Action D. H. England290
Independent B. M. Lampert154
Majority
Turnout

Curtis - Parent Action Group for Education

Hammersmith

Fulham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anthony Louis Banks*15,176
Conservative A F E Johnson9,926
Liberal Derek J P Honeygold2,002
Independent M S Ashworth202
Majority
Turnout

Ashworth - Centre Party

Hammersmith North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Iris Mary Caroline Bonham*13,529
Conservative William Christopher Smith7,031
Liberal Mrs F M Abrahams2,095
Majority
Turnout

Haringey

Hornsey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lawrence Arthur Bains*10,361
Labour John Golden Warren10,078
Liberal Patrick William O'Brien 3,450
Communist B P Van den Berg483
Socialist (GB) D J Porter144
Majority
Turnout
Tottenham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrew Robert McIntosh 8,043
Conservative John Antony Croft3,360
National Independence Michael Paul Coney2,924
Socialist (GB) Mrs A Young109
Majority
Turnout
Wood Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stephen Michael Alan Haseler 10,305
Conservative Rodney Charles Gent5,862
Majority
Turnout

Harrow

Harrow Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Sydney Clack*7,812
Labour Alfred J. Lovell7,379
Liberal N. G. Marcus2,666
National Front R. Franklin1,361
Majority
Turnout
Harrow East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Harold Trevor Mote*10,432
Labour J. C. Powell10,217
Communist Reginald A. Ward460
Majority
Turnout
Harrow West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Horace Walter Cutler 12,498
Labour N. A. Hyman5,407
Liberal Henry Young5,230
Action R. C. Ramage947
Majority
Turnout

Havering

Hornchurch
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alexander Serge Lourie 10,714
Conservative Ronald Dennis Mitchell7,114
Liberal Brian George McCarthy 3,666
Non-Party ConservationistBenjamin Percy-Davis1,908
Majority
Turnout
Romford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bernard Brook-Partridge*9,697
Labour K. St. J. D'Cruze7,219
Liberal Terry Edward Hurlstone 4,693
Communist Colin R Harper347
Majority
Turnout
Upminster
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Shelagh Marjorie Roberts*11,425
Labour Maureen Harwood10,687
Liberal R. E. Jenking4,408
Majority
Turnout

Hillingdon

Hayes & Harlington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Frank Norman Russell13,576
Conservative Robert Gurth Hughes 5,637
National Front John Stanley Fairhurst1,821
Communist Peter R Pink317
Majority
Turnout
Ruislip-Northwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bernard Joseph Brown*13,263
Labour John S Gallagher6,395
Liberal George Raymond Stephenson 5,108
Majority
Turnout
Uxbridge
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Anthony Lemkin11,540
Labour Cyril Shaw10,571
Liberal Brian Outhwaite4,129
Action M. N. Griffin460
Majority
Turnout

Hounslow

Brentford & Isleworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Daly17,428
Conservative Andrew Jardine*15,131
Majority
Turnout
Feltham & Heston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Douglas Eden16,529
Conservative Dyas Cyril Loftus Usher*9,173
National Front Josephine Mary Reid3,332
Communist P Rhodes379
Majority
Turnout

Islington

Islington Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Evelyn Joyce Denington 8,996
Conservative Mrs B A Devonald-Lewis2,936
Liberal Alan A S Butt Philip 2,139
Majority
Turnout
Islington North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Louis Wolfgang Bondy*7,463
Conservative Timothy Stephen Kenneth Yeo 2,798
Socialist (GB) A J L Buick284
Majority
Turnout
Islington South & Finsbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Ernest Wicks*9,850
Conservative S G Parker2,969
Communist Marie Betteridge538
Majority
Turnout

Kensington and Chelsea

Chelsea
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Archibald Ottley Juxon Bell*12,811
Labour S. H. Shapiro4,531
Majority
Turnout
Kensington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Louis Vigars9,388
Labour D. J. Scott8,736
Liberal K. Rason2,855
Communist Edward S. Adams366
Majority
Turnout

Kingston upon Thames

Kingston upon Thames
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sydney William Leonard Ripley*12,145
Labour Peter W Lane6,855
Liberal Mrs L F Wells4,224
Majority
Turnout
Surbiton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geoffrey John David Seaton*8,821
Labour Robert R G Viner5,972
Liberal T. A. Channings3,966
Independent Edgar Scruby303
Majority
Turnout

Scruby - Surbiton Residents & Ratepayers

Lambeth

Lambeth Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anna Lloyd Grieves*9,231
Conservative John Laurence Pritchard2,707
Liberal J. T. Kane1,026
IndependentC. G. Jackson143
Socialist (GB) H. G. Baldwin115
IndependentG. W. Solomon103
Majority
Turnout
Norwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kenneth Robert Livingstone 11,622
Conservative Michael Peter Russell Malynn*8,007
Liberal Michael Frederick Drake 1,819
Socialist (GB) H. Young95
Majority
Turnout
Streatham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Diana Elizabeth Geddes*10,492
Labour Hugh H. Walker9,426
Liberal Allan Mitchell2,114
Socialist (GB) F. W. Simkins120
Independent William George Boaks 57
Majority
Turnout

Boaks - Air Road Public Safety White Resident

Vauxhall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ewan Geddes Carr*10,821
Conservative Peter James Bottomley 3,396
Communist J. A. Henry365
Socialist (GB) M. E. Sansum121
Majority
Turnout

Lewisham

Deptford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Walter Chalkley*13,159
Conservative I M Andrews4,805
Liberal Eric Reginald Lubbock 1,747
Majority
Turnout
Lewisham East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Charles Henry*16,721
Conservative T M Aitken8,913
Liberal L Spicer4,182
Communist Michael Power461
Majority
Turnout
Lewisham West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Colbert Simson13,930
Conservative Michael John Wheeler11,667
Communist M H Robinson621
Majority
Turnout

Merton

Mitcham & Morden
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anthony Robert Judge14,628
Conservative Miss J R Yarwood10,060
Independent Grace Louisa Giddins875
Communist Sidney Ernest French 485
Majority
Turnout
Wimbledon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stanley Charles Bolton*14,506
Labour Keith Bill8,389
Liberal Peter Charles Spratling 6,419
Majority
Turnout

Newham

Newham North East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Alfred Jenkinson9,18352.9
IndependentR. F. C. Ower5,11029.5
Conservative Timothy John Stroud2,82816.3
Independent Labour M. Flaherty2271.3
Majority4,07323.4
Turnout 26.1

Ower - Ratepayers & Citizens Association

Newham North West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Frank George Edwards*8,03180.5
Conservative Samuel M Swerling1,95119.5
Majority6,08061.0
Turnout 18.9
Newham South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edward Percy Bell*10,02482.0
Conservative John Johnston1,57912.9
Communist R. A. Offley6235.1
Majority8,44569.1
Turnout 21.3

Redbridge

Ilford North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Timothy J. Ridoutt9,999
Conservative Neil Gordon Thorne*9,537
Liberal Gareth Laurence Philip Wilson 4,410
Majority
Turnout
Ilford South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dennis Annesley Carradice9,678
Conservative P A Chalkley8,556
Liberal Gerald Leslie Wilson 3,232
Communist B S Wallington294
Majority
Turnout
Wanstead & Woodford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Mitchell*11,439
Labour G J Clark4,176
Liberal David John Gilby 3,411
Majority
Turnout

Richmond upon Thames

Richmond
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Anthony Stanley Richard Rundle 12,16044.2
Conservative B. S. Feldman9,31233.8
Labour Kenneth L Elmes5,79621.1
Communist Ms E. Tendler2500.9
Majority
Turnout 27,518
Twickenham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George William Tremlett 13,765
Labour P. T. Z. Goldring12,386
Liberal Cyril J. Barnes5,625
Majority
Turnout

Southwark

Bermondsey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Reginald Eustace Goodwin 14,617
Conservative Alexander J Padmore1,480
National Front R. S. Pritchard992
Majority
Turnout
Dulwich
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Andrew Balfe 14,184
Conservative A. P. Berend9,222
Liberal C. M. Hall2,853
Communist Eric L. Hodson431
Majority
Turnout
Peckham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harvey W. Hinds*14,134
Conservative Nicholas Brian Baker 2,214
Majority
Turnout

Sutton

Carshalton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Phillip John Bassett11,611
Conservative George Frederick Everitt*11,239
Liberal C Clark7,094
Majority
Turnout
Sutton and Cheam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ruth Mary Shaw 15,51553.3
Conservative Alan Horace Lewis Leach10,36735.6
Labour Peter L Spalding3,20911.0
Majority5,14817.7
Turnout 2,9091

Tower Hamlets

Bethnal Green and Bow
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ernest Ashley Bramall 10,802
Conservative L. E. Smith899
Independent J. P. Collins467
Majority
Turnout
Stepney & Poplar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Patrick Branagan13,062
Conservative P. E. Bridge782
Communist Max Samuel Levitas 703
Majority
Turnout

Waltham Forest

Chingford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Maddock Brew*9,905
Labour F F Land7,520
Liberal Barry R Woodward5,685
Majority
Turnout
Leyton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John James Walsh11,240
Conservative G P Waller6,485
Communist John Arthur Courcouf646
Majority
Turnout
Walthamstow
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robin Ainsworth Raine Young9,545
Conservative Phillip Charles Desmond Williams*4,381
Liberal Martin D Silverston2,724
Majority
Turnout

Wandsworth

Battersea North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gladys Felicia Dimson*11,542
Conservative D. J. Wedgwood3,407
Majority
Turnout
Battersea South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stephen Robert Hatch8,601
Conservative Lynda Chalker 6,224
Liberal Cecil Victor Gittins 1,559
National Front Tom Lamb826
Majority
Turnout
Putney
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ethel Marie Jenkins*15,449
Conservative Margaret Williams11,282
Liberal Walter V Hain3,649
Communist David John Welsh375
Majority
Turnout
Tooting
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lilias Girdwood Gillies11,783
Conservative N. R. Berry6,162
Communist Robert E. Lewis417
Majority
Turnout

Westminster and the City of London

City of London & Westminster South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mervyn Nelson Scorgie*9,152
Labour Philip John Turner4,993
Liberal R. W. Jones4,993
IndependentA Wilson195
Independent P.A. Clifford184
Majority
Turnout

Wilson - Anti-Mass Redevelopment

Paddington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jean Merriton11,085
Conservative Herbert Henry Sandford7,101
Liberal John H. Gover1,609
Independent D. J. B. Morgan172
Majority
Turnout
St Marylebone
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur Desmond Herne Plummer*7,930
Labour Jeremy Gordon4,971
Unofficial ConservativeP. Darvas485
Communist L. R. Temple276
Socialist (GB) R. A. Weidberg84
Majority
Turnout

By-elections 1973–1977

The first by-election of the term was caused by the court voiding the election in Croydon North East (see Morgan v Simpson ). The former Conservative member Billie Morgan regained the seat she had narrowly lost in Croydon North East on 5 September 1974. Labour retained seats in Greenwich on 24 October 1974 and Dagenham on 30 January 1975 caused by the deaths of sitting councillors. The Conservatives kept their seat in Finchley on 15 May 1975 caused by the resignation of Roland Freeman and St Marylebone on 8 April 1976 caused by the resignation of former GLC leader Desmond Plummer.

There was one aldermanic by-election caused by the resignation of Oliver Piers Stutchbury (Labour) in 1976. Alfred Frederick Joseph Chorley (Labour) was elected by the council on 21 September 1976, to serve until 1977. [lower-alpha 3]

Notes

  1. The term was reduced to four years by the London Councillors Order 1976 and aldermen elected in 1973 served until 1977.
  2. Resigned 2 September 1976
  3. Stutchbury had been elected by the council in 1973 to serve until 1979 but the term was shortened to end in 1977 by the London Councillors Order 1976

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The first election to the Greater London Council (GLC) was held on 9 April 1964.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1967 Greater London Council election</span>

The second election to the Greater London Council was held on 13 April 1967, and saw the first Conservative victory for a London-wide authority since 1931.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1970 Greater London Council election</span>

The third election to the Greater London Council was held on 9 April 1970 and saw a Conservative victory with a reduced majority.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1977 Greater London Council election</span>

The fifth election to the Greater London Council (GLC) was held on 5 May 1977. The Conservatives, led by Horace Cutler, gained control of the council from Labour.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1973 United Kingdom local elections</span>

The first elections to the new local authorities established by the Local Government Act 1972 in England and Wales and the new Northern Ireland district councils created by the Local Government Act 1972 took place in 1973. Elections to the existing Greater London Council also took place.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1913 London County Council election</span>

An election to the County Council of London took place on 5 March 1913. It was the ninth triennial election of the whole Council. The size of the council was 118 councillors and 19 aldermen. The councillors were elected for electoral divisions corresponding to the parliamentary constituencies that had been created by the Representation of the People Act 1884. There were 57 dual member constituencies and one four member constituency. The council was elected by First Past the Post with each elector having two votes in the dual member seats. Unlike for parliamentary elections, women qualified as electors for these elections on exactly the same basis as men. Women were also permitted to stand as candidates for election.

An election to the County Council of London took place on 6 March 1919. It was the tenth triennial election of the whole Council. The size of the council was increased to 124 councillors and 20 aldermen. The councillors were elected for electoral divisions corresponding to the new parliamentary constituencies that had been created by the Representation of the People Act 1918. There were 60 dual-member constituencies and one four-member constituency. The council was elected by First Past the Post, with each elector having two votes in the dual-member seats.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1964 London local elections</span>

The 1964 London local elections were held on 7 May 1964 alongside nationwide elections. They were the inaugural elections for the thirty-two London boroughs, which were created on 1 April 1965 by the London Government Act 1963. All seats were up for election, with polling stations open between 08:00 and 21:00.

Norwood was an electoral division for the purposes of elections to the Greater London Council. The constituency elected one councillor for a four-year term in 1973, 1977 and 1981, with the final term extended for an extra year ahead of the abolition of the Greater London Council.

Vauxhall was an electoral division for the purposes of elections to the Greater London Council. The constituency elected one councillor for a four-year term in 1973, 1977 and 1981, with the final term extended for an extra year ahead of the abolition of the Greater London Council.

Lambeth Central was an electoral division for the purposes of elections to the Greater London Council. The constituency elected one councillor for a four-year term in 1973, 1977 and 1981, with the final term extended for an extra year ahead of the abolition of the Greater London Council.

Streatham was an electoral division for the purposes of elections to the Greater London Council. The constituency elected one councillor for a four-year term in 1973, 1977 and 1981, with the final term extended for an extra year ahead of the abolition of the Greater London Council.

Newham North East was an electoral division for the purposes of elections to the Greater London Council. The constituency elected one councillor for a four-year term in 1973, 1977 and 1981, with the final term extended for an extra year ahead of the abolition of the Greater London Council.

Croydon North West was an electoral division for the purposes of elections to the Greater London Council. The constituency elected one councillor for a four-year term in 1973, 1977 and 1981, with the final term extended for an extra year ahead of the abolition of the Greater London Council.

Croydon South was an electoral division for the purposes of elections to the Greater London Council. The constituency elected one councillor for a four-year term in 1973, 1977 and 1981, with the final term extended for an extra year ahead of the abolition of the Greater London Council.

Croydon Central was an electoral division for the purposes of elections to the Greater London Council. The constituency elected one councillor for a four-year term in 1973, 1977 and 1981, with the final term extended for an extra year ahead of the abolition of the Greater London Council.

Croydon North East was an electoral division for the purposes of elections to the Greater London Council. The constituency elected one councillor for a four-year term in 1973, 1977 and 1981, with the final term extended for an extra year ahead of the abolition of the Greater London Council.

Hornsey was an electoral division for the purposes of elections to the Greater London Council. The constituency elected one councillor for a four-year term in 1973, 1977 and 1981, with the final term extended for an extra year ahead of the abolition of the Greater London Council.

References

  1. 1 2 "The London Councillors Order 1976" (PDF). legislation.gov.uk. 17 February 1976. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  2. "Greater London Council Election" (PDF). London Datastore. 12 April 1973. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  3. Boothroyd, David. "GLC Election Results Summaries". United Kingdom Election Results. Archived from the original on 1 September 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2023.