1973 Norwich City Council election

The 1973 Norwich City Council election took place on 7 June 1973 to elect members of Norwich City Council in England. ^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. Voting took place across 16 wards, each electing 3 Councillors. Following the Local Government Act 1972, this was the first election to the new non-metropolitan district council for Norwich, which came into being on 1 April the following year. Labour took control of the Council after winning a comfortable majority of seats.

Summary

Election result

1973 Norwich City Council election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	37	N/A	N/A	N/A	77.1	59.0	53,809	N/A
	Conservative	11	N/A	N/A	N/A	22.9	34.2	31,202	N/A
	Liberal	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.0	5.8	5,303	N/A
	Democratic Labour	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.0	0.5	426	N/A
	Independent	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.0	0.3	300	N/A
	National Front	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.0	0.2	170	N/A

References

1. Colin Rallings; Michael Thrasher. "Local Elections Handbook 1973". The Election Centre, Plymouth University . Retrieved 10 April 2016.