1973 Sheffield City Council election

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1973 Sheffield City Council election
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All 90 seats to Sheffield City Council
46 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Conservative Liberal
Seats won69183
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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.

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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

Sheffield local election result 1973
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 6900076.654.967,886N/A
  Conservative 1800020.028.735,479N/A
  Liberal 30003.312.615,556N/A
  Independent 00000.02.53,117N/A
  Communist 00000.01.31,597N/A

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

PartyNew council
Labour69
Conservatives18
Liberals3
Communist0
Total90
Working majority 48 

Ward results

Attercliffe [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harry Firth 1,659 84.9 N/A
Labour Norman Eldred 1,653
Labour Jim Pearson 1,553
Conservative Hedley Oldfield29515.1N/A
Conservative Derek Eastwood287
Conservative Patricia Oldfield272
Majority 1,25869.8N/A
Turnout 1,95421.2N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Beauchief [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eric Crewe 3,165 53.9 N/A
Conservative Danny George 3,139
Conservative Cliff Godber 3,078
Liberal Royden Fairfax1,55626.5N/A
Liberal Jennifer Norris1,330
Liberal Rita Gurson1,272
Labour Peter Cave1,14919.6N/A
Labour Pat Waugh1,103
Labour Jock Sturrock1,087
Majority 1,52227.4N/A
Turnout 5,87038.2N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Birley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John G Marshall 3,005 71.1 N/A
Labour Tom Ratcliffe 2,947
Labour George Fisher 2,929
Conservative Gordon Millward1,21928.8N/A
Conservative William Betts1,153
Conservative Moira Disney1,138
Majority 1,71042.3N/A
Turnout 4,22426.3N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Brightside [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bill Michie 2,339 83.4 N/A
Labour George Wilson 2,311
Labour Peter Price 2,310
Conservative Nesta Bennett36713.1N/A
Conservative Julian Birch367
Conservative Paul Mort265
Communist Reg Arundel983.5N/A
Majority 1,94370.3N/A
Turnout 2,80422.1N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Broomhill [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Graham Cheetham 2,184 46.8 N/A
Conservative Irvine Patnick 2,179
Conservative Marvyn Moore 2,150
Liberal John Isard1,28527.5N/A
Liberal Keith Jackson1,282
Liberal Dennis Tester1,247
Labour David Brown1,19325.6N/A
Labour John Halstead1,187
Labour Pauline Harrison1,177
Majority 86519.3N/A
Turnout 4,66227.4N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Burngreave [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Francis Butler 3,366 63.5 N/A
Liberal Malcolm Johnson 2,884
Liberal Don Sparkes 2,840
Labour Charlotte Ellis1,68831.8N/A
Labour Alan Billings 1,571
Labour Bill Robins1,516
Conservative David Chapman2464.6N/A
Conservative George Dodson186
Conservative Chris Verheart113
Majority 1,15231.7N/A
Turnout 5,30042.4N/A
Liberal win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)
Castle [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Reg Munn 1,978 79.4 N/A
Labour Peter Horton 1,957
Labour Roy Munn 1,920
Conservative Margaret Beatson39415.8N/A
Conservative Emma Sizer380
Conservative Ian Beatson374
Communist Violet Gill1184.7N/A
Majority 1,52663.6N/A
Turnout 2,49020.7N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Chapel Green [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tom Steel 2,322 37.6 N/A
Labour Arthur Bradbury 2,079
Labour Lawrence Kingham 1,961
Independent Richard Endall1,86630.2N/A
Liberal Betty Burton1,72027.9N/A
Independent Eric Wadsworth1,549
Communist Robert McAteer2624.2N/A
Majority 956.0N/A
Turnout 7,71960.3N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Darnall [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Prince 2,682 77.1 N/A
Labour Sidney Dyson 2,643
Labour Isidore Lewis 2,580
Conservative Kathleen Circuit79622.9N/A
Conservative Dorothy Rose748
Conservative Margaret Broomhead711
Majority 1,78454.2N/A
Turnout 3,47824.2N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Dore [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Harold Hebblethwaite 3,247 69.7 N/A
Conservative David Heslop 3,175
Conservative Pat Santhouse 3,167
Labour Kenneth Davies1,41130.3N/A
Labour Win Francis1,386
Labour Robert Jones1,361
Majority 1,75639.4N/A
Turnout 4,65832.0N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Ecclesall [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Pinder 3,194 73.2 N/A
Conservative John Neill 3,109
Conservative Agnes Edeson 3,027
Labour Elizabeth Callister1,16926.8N/A
Labour Elsie Richardson1,145
Labour Norman Mosforth1,110
Majority 1,86846.4N/A
Turnout 4,36328.2N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Firth Park [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Albert Morris 2,404 56.0 N/A
Labour Valerie Potts 2,399
Labour Terry Butler 2,392
Liberal John Butler1,37132.0N/A
Liberal Albert Hattersley1,150
Liberal Brian Hepworth1,083
Conservative Geoffrey Ward4249.9N/A
Conservative Bryan Dick419
Conservative Anthony Williams401
Communist Barry Bracken912.1N/A
Majority 1,02124.1N/A
Turnout 4,28929.0N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Gleadless [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Albert Richardson 3,177 61.5 N/A
Labour Jack Green 3,148
Labour Joe Thomas 3,143
Conservative Jack Thompson1,98338.4N/A
Conservative Mary Davison1,917
Conservative Stuart Dawson1,898
Majority 1,16023.1N/A
Turnout 5,16029.6N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Hallam [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Jackson 2,540 51.1 N/A
Conservative Gordon Wragg 2,457
Conservative Kenneth Arnold 2,454
Labour Dennis Brown1,37627.7N/A
Labour Peter Bulger1,318
Labour Veronica South1,292
Liberal Jean Mason1,05221.2N/A
Liberal Lawton Tonge1,003
Liberal Paul Metcalfe931
Majority 1,07823.4N/A
Turnout 4,96832.1N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Handsworth [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Nicholls 2,665 76.2 N/A
Labour Leonard Cope 2,660
Labour Annie Britton 2,632
Conservative Christine Selby83023.7N/A
Conservative Alfred Grimes828
Conservative Roger Attwood805
Majority 1,80252.5N/A
Turnout 3,49524.6N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Heeley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mick Batty 3,061 60.9 N/A
Labour Winifred Golding 2,939
Labour John Senior 2,923
Conservative Phillip Baker1,21724.2N/A
Conservative Richard Clarke1,167
Conservative Joyce Palmer1,125
Liberal Bob Jackson57211.4N/A
Communist Martin Ashworth1733.4N/A
Majority 1,75636.7N/A
Turnout 5,02331.6N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Hillsborough [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alf Meade 2,977 58.3 N/A
Labour Bill Meade 2,963
Labour Geoff Fairbrother 2,943
Conservative Frank Adams2,12641.6N/A
Conservative Kathleene Moore2,028
Conservative Frank Brookes2,019
Majority 81716.7N/A
Turnout 5,10335.0N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Intake [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joe Albaya 2,607 59.7 N/A
Labour Arnold Wood 2,584
Labour Tom Woodhead 2,349
Conservative Joan Ward1,00923.1N/A
Conservative Arthur Egginton972
Conservative Andrew Bannister954
Liberal David Winn74917.1N/A
Majority 1,37736.6N/A
Turnout 4,36526.9N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Manor [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Armitage 2,727 84.4 N/A
Labour Dora Fitter 2,700
Labour Marie Rodgers 2,566
Conservative Pat Barnsley33110.2N/A
Conservative Katherine Pinder330
Conservative Roger Barnsley312
Communist John Hukin1725.3N/A
Majority 2,23544.0N/A
Turnout 3,90826.5N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Mosborough [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dorothy Walton 1,895 77.9 N/A
Labour Mary Anne Foulds 1,890
Labour Harry Havenhand 1,869
Conservative Edley Keeton53922.1N/A
Conservative Anne Keeton503
Majority 1,33255.8N/A
Turnout 2,43225.7N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Nether Edge [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Earl 1,938 49.4 N/A
Conservative Jean Grindrod 1,933
Conservative Connie Dodson 1,916
Labour Leon Harris1,17930.0N/A
Labour Daphne Billings1,176
Labour Malcolm Leary1,149
Liberal Peter Metcalfe80420.5N/A
Liberal Harry Hebden790
Liberal Colin Wood781
Majority 73719.4N/A
Turnout 3,92126.4N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Nether Shire [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roger Barton 2,784 78.4 N/A
Labour William Eddison 2,759
Labour Philip Moscrop 2,665
Conservative Anne Roebuck55715.7N/A
Conservative Neil Hebblethwaite547
Conservative Evelyn Webster514
Communist Ken Hattersley2085.8N/A
Majority 2,10862.7N/A
Turnout 3,54927.9N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Netherthorpe [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harold Lambert 2,323 71.3 N/A
Labour Doris Mulhearn 2,229
Labour Enid Hattersley 2,106
Conservative Moira Hattersley81024.8N/A
Conservative Maisie Hyatt649
Conservative Merelina Fox640
Communist Margaret Brown1243.8N/A
Majority 1,29646.5N/A
Turnout 3,25727.8N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Owlerton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jack Watson 2,692 83.9 N/A
Labour Mary Kirk 2,681
Labour Harry Hanwell 2,619
Conservative Heather McKenzie51516.0N/A
Conservative Kevin Moore477
Conservative Stuart Mottershaw462
Majority 2,10467.9N/A
Turnout 3,20722.2N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Park [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Jones 3,052 81.9 N/A
Labour Sam Wall 2,968
Labour Phillip Grisdale 2,875
Conservative Nick Hutton42611.4N/A
Conservative Fred Barnsley414
Conservative Denise Barnsley381
Communist Roy Makin2496.7N/A
Majority 2,44970.5N/A
Turnout 3,72721.6N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Sharrow [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ethal Evans 2,346 73.2 N/A
Labour Ian Baxter 2,281
Labour Alf Wood 2,228
Conservative Deryck Beardshaw85626.7N/A
Conservative Kathryn Barnsley851
Conservative Colin Barnsley834
Majority 1,37246.5N/A
Turnout 3,20227.0N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
South Wortley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour E. Wingfield 2,977 39.6 N/A
Labour E. Ratcliffe 2,792
Labour John Laurent 2,698
Conservative A. Nicholls1,73123.0N/A
Conservative Richard Saddington1,552
Liberal D. Stuart1,55220.7N/A
Independent J. Goddard1,25116.7N/A
Conservative A. Hardy1,030
Independent A. Crapper705
Majority 96719.9N/A
Turnout 6,26041.2N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Southey Green [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Blunkett 2,767 87.3 N/A
Labour Derek Hickin 2,673
Labour Dorothy Podlesny 2,661
Conservative John Chapman3019.5N/A
Conservative Ken Platts301
Conservative Jennifer Chapman298
Communist George James1023.2N/A
Majority 2,36077.8N/A
Turnout 3,17022.5N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Stocksbridge [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anthony Sweeney 2,146 41.8 N/A
Labour Roy Couldwell 1,801
Labour Paul Wood 1,783
Liberal Albert Leather1,52929.8N/A
Conservative Margaret Balfour1,45328.3N/A
Conservative Derek Webster1,213
Majority 25412.0N/A
Turnout 5,12851.4N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Walkley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Veronica Hardstaff 2,136 73.1 N/A
Labour Bernard Kidd 2,072
Labour Bill Owen 2,053
Conservative Ivy Parnell78626.9N/A
Conservative Stanley Parnell769
Conservative Christine Crewe766
Majority 1,26746.2N/A
Turnout 2,92224.8N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

References

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