1973 Liverpool City Council election explained

Election Name:1973 Liverpool City Council election
Country:Liverpool
Flag Image:Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council.svg
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Year:1972
Previous Election:1972 Liverpool City Council election
Next Year:1975
Next Election:1975 Liverpool City Council election
Seats For Election:99 of 99 seats
to Liverpool City Council following the reduction in the number of Councillors from 120 to 99 and the abolition of Aldermen. The Local Government Act 1972 changed the election timetable from election by thirds every three years to election by thirds every four years with the fallow year having elections to Merseyside County Council.
Majority Seats:50

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 10 May 1973.

Following boundary changes, which reduced the number of wards from 40 to 33, three councillors were elected for each ward.This was the first Council since Aldermen were abolished.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartySeats  ±  
48 +34
42 -12
9 -22

Ward results

(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor

Woolton, West

By Elections

Low Hill, Smithdown and Speke held on 21 March 1974, before the AGM of April 1st.

St Michael’s

Council Leadership

This would come into effect on 1 April 1974.

PositionHolder
Leader of the Council and Chair of Policy and Finance CommitteeCyril Carr
Deputy Leader of the Council and Chair of Housing and Planning CommitteeBill Smyth
Chair of Education CommitteeJohn Bowen
Chair of the Highways and Environment CommitteeDoreen Jones
Chair of the Community Development CommitteeNicholas Wood
Chair of Social Services CommitteeWilliam Galbraith
Chair of Libraries and Leisure Services CommitteeRoger Johnston
Chair of General Services CommitteeRichard Clitherow
Liberal Group WhipRoger Johnston
Leader of the Opposition and Labour GroupJohn Hamilton
Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Labour GroupEddie Loyden
Leader of the Conservative GroupRaymond F Craine

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Liverpool Daily Post 11 May 1973 (1) (scan). 16 November 2016 .
  2. Web site: Liverpool Daily Post 11 May 1973 (2) (scan). 16 November 2016 .
  3. Web site: Liverpool Daily Post 11 May 1973 (3) (scan). 16 November 2016 .
  4. Web site: Liverpool Daily Post 11 May 1973 (4) (scan). 16 November 2016 .
  5. Web site: Liverpool Daily Post 11 May 1973 (5) (scan). 16 November 2016 .
  6. Web site: Liverpool Daily Post 11 May 1973 (6) (scan). 16 November 2016 .
  7. Web site: Liverpool Daily Post 11 May 1973 (7) (scan). 16 November 2016 .
  8. Web site: Liverpool Daily Post 11 May 1973 (8) (scan). 16 November 2016 .
  9. Web site: Liverpool Daily Post 11 May 1973 (9) (scan). 16 November 2016 .
  10. Web site: Liverpool Daily Post 11 May 1973 (10) (scan). 16 November 2016 .