Election Name: | 1973 Bristol City Council election |
Country: | England |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Next Election: | 1976 Bristol City Council election |
Next Year: | 1976 |
Seats For Election: | All 84 seats to Bristol City Council |
Majority Seats: | 43 |
Election Date: | 7 June 1973 |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Seats1: | 56 |
Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Seats2: | 25 |
Party3: | Liberal Party (UK) |
Seats3: | 3 |
Council control | |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
After Election: | Labour Party (UK) |
The 1973 Bristol City Council election took place on 7 June 1973 to elect members of Bristol City Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. Voting took place across 28 wards, each electing 3 Councillors. Following the Local Government Act 1972, this was the first election to the new non-metropolitan district council for Bristol, which came into being on 1 April the following year. Labour took control of the Council after winning a comfortable majority of seats.
The National Front stood in four wards in this election[2]