| Election Name: | 1973 Plymouth City Council election[1] [2] |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Next Election: | 1976 Plymouth City Council election |
| Next Year: | 1976 |
| Seats For Election: | All 66 seats in the Plymouth City Council |
| Majority Seats: | 34 |
| Election Date: | 7 June 1973 |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats1: | 37 |
| Popular Vote1: | 28,943 |
| Percentage1: | 47.9% |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats2: | 29 |
| Popular Vote2: | 27,721 |
| Percentage2: | 45.9% |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| After Election: | Conservative |
The 1973 Plymouth City Council election took place on 7 June 1973 to elect members of Plymouth City Council in England.[3] This was on the same day as other local elections. Voting took place across 22 wards, each electing 3 Councillors. Following the Local Government Act 1972, this was the first election to the new non-metropolitan district council for Plymouth, which came into being on 1 April the following year. The Conservative Party took control of the Council after winning a majority of seats.
|-| colspan=2 style="text-align: right; margin-right: 1em" | Total| style="text-align: right;" | 66| colspan=5 || style="text-align: right;" | 60,424| style="text-align: right;" |