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The first elections to the Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 10 May 1973.
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The first elections to the Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 10 May 1973.
The metropolitan district was one of the new authorities created by the Local Government Act 1972, which completely reorganised local administration in England and Wales. The new district, one of seven in the West Midlands, had an identical area to the existing County Borough of Wolverhampton. The first council was elected as a "shadow authority", with the reorganisation coming into effect in the following year on 1 April 1974. Subsequent to the election the shadow council successfully petitioned for a royal charter granting borough status, becoming Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council. [1]
The Local Government Act 1972 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974.
The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western-central England with a 2014 estimated population of 2,808,356, making it the second most populous county in England after Greater London. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. The county itself is a NUTS 2 region within the wider NUTS 1 region of the same name. The county consists of seven metropolitan boroughs: the City of Birmingham, the City of Coventry and the City of Wolverhampton, as well as the boroughs of Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull and Walsall.
A royal charter is a formal grant issued by a monarch under royal prerogative as letters patent. Historically, they have been used to promulgate public laws, the most famous example being the British Magna Carta of 1215, but since the 14th century have only been used in place of private acts to grant a right or power to an individual or a body corporate. They were, and are still, used to establish significant organisations such as boroughs, universities and learned societies.
At this first election all 60 councillors were elected, there being three councillors in each of the 20 wards. In an anomaly of the usual procedure for local elections, the candidate in first place was elected for 5 years, the candidate in second place for 3 years and the candidate in third place for 2 years. This was to allow for the "shadow" year of 1974 when the Metropolitan Borough Council was operating in shadow of the County Borough. From 1975 elections were by thirds with one councillor retiring in each ward.
Following the election the Labour Party had overall control of the council with 40 councillors to the Conservatives 20. Following the final county borough election held in 1972 the two parties had held 40 seats each on the 80 member council. [2]
The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom that has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. The party's platform emphasises greater state intervention, social justice and strengthening workers' rights.
The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom. The governing party since 2010, it is the largest in the House of Commons, with 313 Members of Parliament, and also has 249 members of the House of Lords, 18 members of the European Parliament, 31 Members of the Scottish Parliament, 12 members of the Welsh Assembly, eight members of the London Assembly and 8,916 local councillors.
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The following councillors were returned in their corresponding wards:
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | D Turner (1st) | 1891 | |||
| Labour | T H Larkin (2nd) | 1786 | |||
| Labour | Mrs H Brown (3rd) | 1603 | |||
| Conservative | A G Cooper | 278 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | P R Richards (1st) | 1281 | |||
| Labour | R Reynolds (2nd) | 1137 | |||
| Labour | R Davies (3rd) | 1125 | |||
| Conservative | W L Hughes | 994 | |||
| Conservative | R A M Marshall | 932 | |||
| Conservative | L S Draisey | 900 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J Carpenter (1st) | 2070 | |||
| Conservative | Mrs J E Shore (2nd) | 1996 | |||
| Conservative | Mrs J L Shaw (3rd) | 1992 | |||
| Labour | J Hackwood | 1389 | |||
| Labour | G R Johnson | 1335 | |||
| Labour | Bishan Dass | 1238 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mrs J Beddoes (1st) | 1069 | |||
| Labour | J A W Bird (2nd) | 1055 | |||
| Labour | E Mitchell (3rd) | 998 | |||
| Conservative | W Hillier | 361 | |||
| National Front | W A Murfin | 160 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ken Purchase (1st) | 1452 | |||
| Labour | P Ray (2nd) | 1260 | |||
| Labour | Mrs L Richards (3rd) | 1235 | |||
| Conservative | Mrs E H Allen | 387 | |||
| National Front | R Davison | 304 | |||
| Communist | G J Barnsby | 144 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | E W Bold (1st) | 1281 | |||
| Labour | Mrs C Durham (2nd) | 1091 | |||
| Labour | A Storer (3rd) | 1021 | |||
| Conservative | W J Allen | 458 | |||
| Conservative | G D Phillips | 455 | |||
| Communist | F W Reeves | 96 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | A G Barratt (1st) | 1500 | |||
| Labour | Mrs V A Fletcher (2nd) | 1390 | |||
| Labour | Mrs N Jones (3rd) | 1367 | |||
| Conservative | W H Etwell | 1305 | |||
| Conservative | R Dorsett | 1258 | |||
| Conservative | R J Thomas | 1209 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | D Hickmott (1st) | 1026 | |||
| Labour | Mrs W F K Reynolds (2nd) | 1011 | |||
| Labour | A C Laws (3rd) | 966 | |||
| Conservative | A Dixon | 213 | |||
| Communist | G Dorrance | 60 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | W CLarke (1st) | 2362 | |||
| Conservative | J G Blackburn (2nd) | 2329 | |||
| Conservative | Robert Hart (3rd) | 2119 | |||
| Labour | Mrs M Everett | 858 | |||
| Labour | G Turner | 792 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | K Staves (1st) | 1229 | |||
| Labour | R Haynes (2nd) | 1121 | |||
| Labour | N Fryer (3rd) | 1071 | |||
| Conservative | H J Burton | 829 | |||
| Conservative | G Bangham | 829 | |||
| Conservative | P Withers | 732 | |||
| National Front | D E Foster | 286 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | W J Morrison (1st) | 1568 | |||
| Conservative | Mrs M S Machin (2nd) | 1563 | |||
| Conservative | Mrs M W Hodson (3rd) | 1529 | |||
| Labour | Dr P Young | 584 | |||
| Labour | W Bruce | 524 | |||
| Labour | S G Stockley von Statzer | 504 | |||
| Liberal | Mrs W Lundgren | 457 | |||
| Liberal | R Gray | 442 | |||
| Liberal | K R Aithal | 379 | |||
| National Front | D G Gorton | 240 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | G Howells (1st) | 1298 | |||
| Labour | H E Lace(2nd) | 1287 | |||
| Labour | A E Steventon (3rd) | 1118 | |||
| Conservative | B C Johnson | 397 | |||
| Conservative | C Lenton | 272 | |||
| Conservative | B Wood | 240 | |||
| Communist | R A Millington | 78 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | G A Bickley (1st) | 2669 | |||
| Conservative | D J Rutherford (2nd) | 2653 | |||
| Conservative | P Bradley (3rd) | 2304 | |||
| Liberal | J Wernick | 1961 | |||
| Liberal | A Robinson | 1642 | |||
| Liberal | T D Bamford | 1522 | |||
| Labour | Mrs M Garner | 285 | |||
| Labour | D Aulton | 277 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | I G Claymore (1st) | 1866 | |||
| Labour | Mr J James (2nd) | 1533 | |||
| Labour | S R Sharma (3rd) | 1211 | |||
| TUUF | G S Bains | 692 | |||
| ILP | G Carter | 636 | |||
| Conservative | H Cohen | 620 | |||
| Conservative | E M Gibbs | 488 | |||
| Conservative | B Thomas | 432 | |||
| National Front | P Kane | 242 | |||
| Communist | D Hamilton | 106 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | S Martin (1st) | 2188 | |||
| Labour | N G Davies (2nd) | 2040 | |||
| Labour | A Garner (3rd) | 1933 | |||
| Conservative | Mrs P E Atkinson | 413 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | S O Morton (1st) | 1683 | |||
| Conservative | Mrs D M Seiboth (2nd) | 1666 | |||
| Conservative | Mrs T M Comport (3rd) | 1586 | |||
| Liberal | Larry Mclean | 1213 | |||
| Liberal | H C Marshall | 1027 | |||
| Liberal | M E Millar | 950 | |||
| Labour | J M Smith | 300 | |||
| Labour | R F Ilsley | 285 | |||
| Labour | B Evans | 278 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | G R Watson (1st) | 1897 | |||
| Conservative | P G Snell (2nd) | 1882 | |||
| Conservative | E G L Pearce (3rd) | 1862 | |||
| Liberal | H Wright | 677 | |||
| Labour | K P Jarrad | 525 | |||
| Labour | W O Reilly | 515 | |||
| Labour | R S Willett | 493 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | H Turner (1st) | 1265 | |||
| Conservative | C T Squire (2nd) | 1239 | |||
| Conservative | A Griffiths (3rd) | 1226 | |||
| Labour | R Garner | 1198 | |||
| Conservative | F J Wadsworth | 1176 | |||
| Labour | G Hicken | 1171 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | J A Morey (1st) | 1649 | |||
| Labour | L Horton (2nd) | 1623 | |||
| Labour | S H Reynolds (3rd) | 1554 | |||
| Conservative | G H Parker | 815 | |||
| Conservative | W J Curtiss | 732 | |||
| Conservative | Mrs J M Curtiss | 725 | |||
| Communist | A Barr | 109 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mrs C M Nicholls (1st) | 1380 | |||
| Labour | J F Torrington (2nd) | 1296 | |||
| Labour | Mrs E D Jevons (3rd) | 1102 | |||
| Conservative | H L Turner | 908 | |||
| Conservative | Mrs D M Brooks | 813 | |||
| Conservative | C F Brueton | 809 | |||
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