Election Name: | 1973 Suffolk County Council election |
Country: | Suffolk |
Type: | parliamentary |
Next Election: | 1977 Suffolk County Council election |
Next Year: | 1977 |
Seats For Election: | All 82 seats to Suffolk County Council |
Majority Seats: | 42 |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Seats1: | 47 |
Popular Vote1: | 80,983 |
Percentage1: | 48.5% |
Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
Seats2: | 29 |
Popular Vote2: | 72,647 |
Percentage2: | 43.5% |
Party4: | Liberal Party (UK) |
Seats4: | 3 |
Popular Vote4: | 6,983 |
Percentage4: | 4.2% |
Party5: | Independent politician |
Seats5: | 3 |
Popular Vote5: | 5,246 |
Percentage5: | 3.1% |
Council control | |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
After Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
The 1973 Suffolk County Council election took place on 12 April 1973 to elect members of Suffolk County Council in Suffolk, England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.
This was the first election to Suffolk County Council following the structural reforms to local government laid out in the Local Government Act 1972.
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