| Election Name: | 1973 Wiltshire County Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | Local government |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 1969 Wiltshire County Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1969 |
| Next Election: | 1977 Wiltshire County Council election |
| Next Year: | 1977 |
| Seats For Election: | All 79 seats of Wiltshire County Council |
| Majority Seats: | 40 |
| Election Date: | 12 April 1973 |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats1: | 39 |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats2: | 22 |
| Party3: | Independent (politician) |
| Seats3: | 12 |
| Party4: | Liberal Party (UK) |
| Seats4: | 6 |
| Party | |
| After Election: | Conservative |
Elections to Wiltshire County Council were held on Thursday, 12 April 1973. The whole council of seventy-nine members was up for election, and the Conservatives came within a whisker of taking formal control.
The Chairman of the Council since 1969, Sir Henry Langton, did not stand for re-election, and at the annual meeting later in April was succeeded by Frank Willan, who continued for the whole four years of the council's term of office.
The Conservatives, with thirty-nine seats, took effective control of the county council. Labour ended with twenty-two county councillors, most of them in and around Swindon, while Independents ended the election with twelve seats and the Liberals six. The elections were not fiercely fought everywhere, with twenty-four of the sixty-seven divisions uncontested. Most of the uncontested seats, eighteen, went to Conservatives, five to Independents, and one to a Liberal, Jack Ainslie.[1]
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