1973 Leeds City Council election explained

The first elections to the newly created Leeds City Council were held on 10 May 1973, with the entirety of the 96 seat council – three seats for each of the 32 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.

As well as replacing the County Borough of Leeds, the new council included:

The election resulted in no overall control.[1]

Election result

This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:

valign=top colspan="2" style="width: 230px"Partyvalign=top style="width: 30px"New council
Labour44
Conservatives38
Liberals14
Total96
Working majority

Notes and References

  1. News: District results: Leeds . . 11 May 1973 . Scans: 1, 2, 3.