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All 66 seats to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council 34 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 41.1% [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1973 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 12 April 1973 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England. [2] This was on the same day as other local elections.
The election took place a year before the council formally coming into its powers and prior to the creation of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the county boroughs of Birkenhead and Wallasey, along with the municipal borough of Bebington and the urban districts of Hoylake and Wirral.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Seats | |
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Conservative | 29 | |
Labour | 24 | |
Liberal | 13 | |
New Council.
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election result, 1973 | |||||||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Votes | |||||||||||||
Stood | Elected | % of total | % | № | |||||||||||
Conservative | 66 | 29 | 43.9 | 42.9 | 43,847 | ||||||||||
Labour | 65 | 24 | 36.4 | 32.6 | 33,320 | ||||||||||
Liberal | 43 | 13 | 19.7 | 22.6 | 23,106 | ||||||||||
Ind. Conservative | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 1,179 | ||||||||||
Independent Socialist | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 319 | ||||||||||
Residents | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 315 | ||||||||||
Communist | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 187 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Richard Kimberly [n 1] | 1,580 | 72.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Parnall [n 2] | 1,577 | – | – | |
Labour | Tomlinson [n 3] | 1,515 | – | – | |
Conservative | L. Peers | 589 | 27.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Wilson | 546 | – | – | |
Conservative | Gates | 530 | – | – | |
Majority | 45.7 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 8,985 | ||||
Turnout | 24.1 | N/A | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | S. Kellett [n 1] | 1,358 | 44.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Bagnall [n 2] | 1,337 | – | – | |
Labour | A. Price [n 3] | 1,159 | – | – | |
Conservative | Jones | 1,143 | 37.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Welsh | 993 | – | – | |
Conservative | Kelly | 968 | – | – | |
Liberal | Tomkins | 534 | 17.6 | N/A | |
Liberal | Spencer | 511 | – | – | |
Liberal | Prosser | 503 | – | – | |
Majority | 7.1 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 8,707 | ||||
Turnout | 34.9 | N/A | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David Evans [n 1] | 2,444 | 53.8 | N/A | |
Liberal | J. Evans [n 2] | 2,202 | – | – | |
Liberal | A. Jones [n 3] | 2,003 | – | – | |
Conservative | R. Stretch | 1,066 | 23.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Hesketh | 1,064 | – | – | |
Labour | Roberts | 1,034 | 22.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Walter Smith | 1,010 | – | – | |
Labour | Rimmer | 1,008 | – | – | |
Conservative | Gaughan | 970 | – | – | |
Majority | 30.3 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 9,993 | ||||
Turnout | 45.5 | N/A | |||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | Hughes [n 1] | 2,187 | 42.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | E. Hughes [n 2] | 1,855 | – | – | |
Liberal | Attwood [n 3] | 1,680 | – | – | |
Conservative | Fletcher | 1,591 | 30.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Baker | 1,543 | – | – | |
Conservative | K. Allen | 1,502 | – | – | |
Labour | Keegan | 1,392 | 26.9 | N/A | |
Labour | Bagnall | 1,253 | – | – | |
Labour | Bagnall | 1,225 | – | – | |
Majority | 11.5 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 12,464 | ||||
Turnout | 41.5 | N/A | |||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | J. Flynn [n 1] | 2,047 | 59.9 | N/A | |
Labour | Roberts [n 2] | 1,996 | – | – | |
Labour | P. Roberts [n 3] | 1,922 | – | – | |
Liberal | Hayes | 1,044 | 30.6 | N/A | |
Liberal | Lea | 987 | – | – | |
Liberal | Ashman | 905 | – | – | |
Conservative | Briggs | 325 | 9.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Menio | 305 | – | – | |
Conservative | Emsden | 255 | – | – | |
Majority | 29.4 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 9,030 | ||||
Turnout | 37.8 | N/A | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | Gordon Lindsay [n 1] | 2,651 | 50.5 | N/A | |
Liberal | A. Halliday [n 2] | 2,212 | – | – | |
Liberal | Truffet [n 3] | 2,206 | – | – | |
Conservative | Pyke | 1,731 | 33.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Porter | 1,697 | – | – | |
Conservative | Lea | 1,549 | – | – | |
Labour | Leeper | 863 | 16.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Armstrong | 839 | – | – | |
Labour | Smith | 764 | – | – | |
Majority | 17.5 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 12,348 | ||||
Turnout | 42.5 | N/A | |||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | M. Baker [n 1] | 2,846 | 51.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Harry Deverill [n 2] | 2,820 | – | – | |
Conservative | Pattinson [n 3] | 2,729 | – | – | |
Labour | Llewellyn | 2,335 | 42.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Muir | 2,244 | – | – | |
Labour | Ainslie | 2,142 | – | – | |
Independent Socialist | Connolly | 319 | 5.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 9.3 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 15,882 | ||||
Turnout | 34.6 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | S. Hibbert [n 1] | 2,691 | 46.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Lowe [n 2] | 2,678 | – | – | |
Conservative | J. Roberts [n 3] | 2,654 | – | – | |
Labour | Harland | 2,584 | 44.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Barney Gilfoyle | 2,548 | – | – | |
Labour | Owen | 2,375 | – | – | |
Residents | Dean | 315 | 5.5 | N/A | |
Communist | Thompson | 187 | 3.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 1.9 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 19,861 | ||||
Turnout | 29.1 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | George Clark [n 1] | 2,129 | 70.4 | N/A | |
Labour | Bill Wells [n 2] | 2,106 | – | – | |
Labour | W. Fox [n 3] | 2,062 | – | – | |
Conservative | Ward | 896 | 29.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Ward | 870 | – | – | |
Conservative | Arrowsmith | 828 | – | – | |
Majority | 40.8 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 11,478 | ||||
Turnout | 26.4 | N/A | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | S. Morgan [n 1] | 2,147 | 43.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | M. Ebbs [n 2] | 2,142 | – | – | |
Conservative | Lynn [n 3] | 2,041 | – | – | |
Labour | Gershman | 2,028 | 41.2 | N/A | |
Labour | V. McGee | 1,985 | – | – | |
Labour | Owens | 1,955 | – | – | |
Liberal | Caldwell | 751 | 15.2 | N/A | |
Liberal | Jones | 738 | – | – | |
Liberal | Gordon | 732 | – | – | |
Majority | 2.4 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 13,161 | ||||
Turnout | 37.4 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | J. Edwards [n 1] | 1,318 | 47.2 | N/A | |
Labour | G. Watkins [n 2] | 1,288 | – | – | |
Labour | E. Lewis [n 3] | 1,230 | – | – | |
Conservative | I. Walker | 1,132 | 40.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Webster | 1,083 | – | – | |
Conservative | Hale | 1,080 | – | – | |
Liberal | Lawrence | 345 | 12.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | Coffey | 328 | – | – | |
Liberal | Franks | 313 | – | – | |
Majority | 6.7 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 7,070 | ||||
Turnout | 39.5 | N/A | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | N. Thomas [n 1] | 3,153 | 44.1 | N/A | |
Liberal | Kate Wood [n 2] | 2,946 | – | – | |
Liberal | J. Southworth [n 3] | 2,944 | – | – | |
Conservative | Stubbs | 2,848 | 39.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Weston | 2,818 | – | – | |
Conservative | Shaw | 2,812 | – | – | |
Ind. Conservative | John Fishwick | 713 | 10.0 | N/A | |
Labour | Jones | 432 | 6.0 | N/A | |
Labour | Byrne | 405 | – | – | |
Labour | Moore | 392 | – | – | |
Majority | 4.3 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 14,680 | ||||
Turnout | 48.7 | N/A | |||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | J. Redhead [n 1] | 2,363 | 41.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Humphrey-Jones [n 2] | 2,176 | – | – | |
Conservative | George Thornton [n 3] | 2,140 | – | – | |
Liberal | Tyrer | 1,939 | 34.4 | N/A | |
Liberal | Wark | 1,588 | – | – | |
Liberal | Glover | 1,383 | – | – | |
Labour | Williams | 872 | 15.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Pryke | 811 | – | – | |
Labour | B. Lloyd | 796 | – | – | |
Ind. Conservative | Thompson | 466 | 8.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 7.5 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 11,772 | ||||
Turnout | 47.9 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | P. Bentzien [n 1] | 2,332 | 65.8 | N/A | |
Labour | T. Duffy [n 2] | 2,268 | – | – | |
Labour | S. Wickham [n 3] | 2,252 | – | – | |
Conservative | Hunter | 916 | 25.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Bestwick | 883 | – | – | |
Conservative | Fielding | 772 | – | – | |
Liberal | Cassidy | 294 | 8.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | Hayes | 279 | – | – | |
Liberal | Wood | 253 | – | – | |
Majority | 40.0 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 12,430 | ||||
Turnout | 28.5 | N/A | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Frank Theaker [n 1] | 2,458 | 54.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | A. Richmond [n 2] | 2,434 | – | – | |
Conservative | E. Pike [n 3] | 2,405 | – | – | |
Labour | Bennett | 1,149 | 25.5 | N/A | |
Labour | M. Irvine | 1,145 | – | – | |
Labour | Wingate | 1,105 | – | – | |
Liberal | Snedker | 896 | 19.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | Duckers | 854 | – | – | |
Liberal | Watson | 735 | – | – | |
Majority | 29.1 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 10,262 | ||||
Turnout | 43.9 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | S. Price [n 1] | 2,575 | 61.2 | N/A | |
Labour | P. McCarthy [n 2] | 2,384 | – | – | |
Labour | F. Gregory [n 3] | 2,290 | – | – | |
Conservative | McKenzie | 1,631 | 38.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Drew | 1,459 | – | – | |
Conservative | Jerram | 1,381 | – | – | |
Majority | 22.4 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 9,804 | ||||
Turnout | 42.9 | N/A | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Gill [n 1] | 2,469 | 47.2 | N/A | |
Labour | M. Halliday [n 2] | 2,221 | – | – | |
Labour | W. Lungley [n 3] | 2,146 | – | – | |
Conservative | D. Allan | 1,911 | 36.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Howe | 1,731 | – | – | |
Conservative | Winter | 1,577 | – | – | |
Liberal | Phillip Gilchrist | 851 | 16.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | Astill | 741 | – | – | |
Liberal | Harney | 728 | – | – | |
Majority | 10.7 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 12,861 | ||||
Turnout | 40.7 | N/A | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Jackson [n 1] | 2,498 | 51.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | M. Moore [n 2] | 2,472 | – | – | |
Conservative | D. Goodfellow [n 3] | 2,445 | – | – | |
Liberal | Thomas Harney | 1,252 | 25.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | Hughes | 1,111 | – | – | |
Labour | Radcliffe | 1,091 | 22.5 | N/A | |
Liberal | Thomas | 1,085 | – | – | |
Labour | Halliday | 987 | – | – | |
Labour | D. Roscoe | 974 | – | – | |
Majority | 25.7 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 12,016 | ||||
Turnout | 40.3 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | W. Lloyd [n 1] | 3,499 | 76.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Burrows [n 2] | 3,483 | – | – | |
Conservative | R. Cumpstey [n 3] | 3,481 | – | – | |
Labour | Kelly | 1,092 | 23.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Pennington | 1,082 | – | – | |
Labour | Porter | 1,018 | – | – | |
Majority | 52.4 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 12,685 | ||||
Turnout | 36.2 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | William Whitehurst [n 1] | 3,754 | 46.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | F. Jones [n 2] | 3,624 | – | – | |
Liberal | J. Thomas [n 3] | 3,378 | 41.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Nightingale | 3,373 | – | – | |
Labour | Davies | 933 | 11.6 | N/A | |
Labour | Cook | 906 | – | – | |
Majority | 4.7 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 11,993 | ||||
Turnout | 67.2 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Harding [n 1] | 3,290 | 66.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Clarke [n 2] | 3,123 | – | – | |
Conservative | Crowe [n 3] | 3,107 | – | – | |
Liberal | G. Collins | 1,387 | 27.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | A. Conway | 1,349 | – | – | |
Liberal | Wiggans | 1,160 | – | – | |
Labour | Garde | 302 | 6.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Ayre | 279 | – | – | |
Labour | W. Gamet | 264 | – | – | |
Majority | 38.2 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 11,022 | ||||
Turnout | 45.2 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Sissons [n 1] | 2,522 | 64.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Birks [n 2] | 2,519 | – | – | |
Conservative | Ford [n 3] | 2,469 | – | – | |
Labour | S. Dunn | 1,405 | 35.8 | N/A | |
Labour | H. Ellis-Thomas | 1,361 | – | – | |
Labour | Cody | 1,304 | – | – | |
Majority | 28.4 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 9,147 | ||||
Turnout | 42.9 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
• bold denotes the winning candidate