1973 United Kingdom local elections explained

Election Name:1973 United Kingdom local elections
Country:United Kingdom
Type:legislative
Previous Election:1972 United Kingdom local elections
Previous Year:1972
Next Election:1974 United Kingdom local elections
Next Year:1974
Seats For Election:1 Unicameral area, all 6 metropolitan counties, all 39 non-metropolitan counties,
all 36 metropolitan boroughs, all 296 English districts, 1 sui generis authority,
all 26 Northern Irish districts, all 8 Welsh counties and all 37 Welsh districts
Election Date:12 April 1973 (England & Wales)
1 May 1973 (Scotland)
10 May 1973 (England & Wales)
30 May 1973 (Northern Ireland)
7 June 1973 (England)
1Blank:Councils
2Blank:Councils +/-
3Blank:Councillors
4Blank:Councillors +/-
Leader1:Harold Wilson
Leader Since1:14 February 1963
Party1:Labour Party (UK)
Leader2:Edward Heath
Leader Since2:27 July 1965
Party2:Conservative Party (UK)
Leader3:Jeremy Thorpe
Leader Since3:18 January 1967
Party3:Liberal Party (UK)

The first elections to the new local authorities established by the Local Government Act 1972 in England and Wales and the new Northern Ireland district councils created by the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 took place in 1973. Elections to the existing Greater London Council also took place.[1]

England and Wales

The elections took place on three dates:[2]

Elections took place for all the seats on the councils. In the case of the new councils, they became shadow authorities, taking over from the existing local authorities on 1 April 1974. The elections for the new councils had been brought forward from an originally planned date in November 1973, to allow the councils more time to act as shadow authorities - the final dates were set in May 1972.[3] [4]

The April elections

The elections held on 12 April saw a very impressive performance by the Labour Party, which regained control of the Greater London Council and took control of all six of the new metropolitan county councils. In the rest of England, they won seven county councils, including two of the new "estuary" counties: Cleveland and Humberside. The party also won Gwent and the three Glamorgan county councils (West Glamorgan, Mid Glamorgan, South Glamorgan) in Wales.

The poor Conservative vote in London and the metropolitan counties was somewhat compensated by winning thirteen of the non-metropolitan counties. Failure to gain Essex or Hertfordshire were disappointments to the party, but taking control of Gloucestershire was a success. The party also failed to gain its only realistic Welsh prospect, South Glamorgan.

There were no great successes for the Liberal party, which found itself in third place in all the metropolitan counties. They did however gain representation on the GLC for the first time, winning two seats at Sutton and Cheam and Richmond upon Thames. This followed the previous year's by-election success in winning the Sutton and Cheam parliamentary seat from the Conservatives.

Independents won two English counties outright: Cornwall and the Isle of Wight. They also formed the largest grouping on a number of other councils, and entered agreements with the Conservatives in the running of some of these. In Wales, Independents controlled three mainly rural counties.[5] [6]

The May elections

The results of the elections in May saw an improvement in the performance by the Conservatives since the county council elections, and a slight fall back in the Labour vote. The Liberals had a notable success, becoming the largest group on Liverpool council.

The Conservatives took control of five metropolitan districts, gaining seats in areas where they had been beaten in the elections to the county councils. They also gained one Welsh district, Monmouth.

The Labour party declared it was pleased with the results, especially as opinion polls had shown them losing support. They took control of most of the metropolitan districts, making a clean sweep of councils in Tyne and Wear and South Yorkshire and important councils such as Birmingham, Coventry and Manchester. Labour also took control of most districts in South Wales including Cardiff. The party's organiser for Wales also pointed to the fact that official Labour candidates won rural seats in north and west Wales for the first time.

Apart from forming a minority administration in Liverpool, the Liberals were able to hold the balance of power at Leeds, Stockport and Wirral. They were however disappointed with their performance at Calderdale which was won by Labour.[7]

The June elections

In the June elections for 296 non-metropolitan districts, Labour won control of 71, the Conservatives 59, the Liberals 1, Democratic Labour 1, and Independents 67. 97 councils were under no overall control: in many of these councils Conservative and Independent groups formed an administration.

The Labour party won 4,327 seats, the Conservatives 4,286, Independents 3,534, and the Liberals 919; with the remaining 449 seats going to various other groupings.

It was a good result for the Liberal party who took control of Eastbourne and became the largest group on Adur, Newbury, Pendle and Waverley councils. The other two main parties also had notable successes: Labour considered control of Cambridge, Dacorum, Ipswich and Oxford to be good results; while the Conservatives celebrated taking Gloucester, Great Yarmouth, Lewes and Warrington councils.[8] [9]

The break-away Lincoln Democratic Labour Association won twenty of the thirty seats on Lincoln District council. The group were supporters of Dick Taverne, member of parliament for Lincoln who had been expelled from the Labour Party. Taverne had earlier in the year resigned his seat to force a by-election in protest against his expulsion, which he won against the official Labour candidate.

Results

Metropolitan county councils

CouncilConLabLibIndOthersControl
Greater Manchester23691310style="text-align:left"
Merseyside26531901style="text-align:left"
South Yorkshire1382140style="text-align:left"
Tyne and Wear2674130style="text-align:left"
West Midlands2674400style="text-align:left"
West Yorkshire25511110

Non-metropolitan county councils

CouncilConLabLibIndOthersControlDetails
Avon3632230Details
Bedfordshire3239831Details
Berkshire42261350Details
Buckinghamshire36184120Details
Cambridgeshire28225130Details
Cheshire3129160Details
Cleveland3552020Details
Cornwall310750Details
Cumbria3138160Details
Derbyshire2660570Details
Devon542011120Details
Dorset471311200Details
Durham256670Details
East Sussex4819980Details
Essex4740550Details
Gloucestershire3118570Details
Hampshire44276200Details
Hereford and Worcester37308170Details
Hertfordshire3333321Details
Humberside3651372Details
Isle of Wight667230Details
Kent6331720Details
Lancashire5233731Details
Leicestershire4137780Details
Lincolnshire34103220Details
Norfolk5227040Details
North Yorkshire391212290Details
Northamptonshire3846342Details
Northumberland10280210Details
Nottinghamshire3554000Details
Oxfordshire36210100Details
Salop14163300Details
Somerset3572120Details
Staffordshire2847190Details
Suffolk4729303Details
Surrey4612950Details
Warwickshire2721520Details
West Sussex52107131Details
Wiltshire40226110Details

Welsh county councils

CouncilConLabLibPCIndOthersControl
Clwyd112040301style="text-align:left"
Dyfed02981401style="text-align:left"
Gwent12593112style="text-align:left"
Gwynedd0406560style="text-align:left"
Mid Glamorgan3632662style="text-align:left"
Powys      style="text-align:left"
South Glamorgan35420030style="text-align:left"
West Glamorgan9522142

Greater London Council

See main article: 1973 Greater London Council election.

Metropolitan districts

CouncilCountyConLabLibIndOthersControlDetails
BarnsleySouth Yorkshire057012Details
BirminghamWest Midlands4473900Details
BoltonGreater Manchester3531210Details
BradfordWest Yorkshire5331900Details
BuryGreater Manchester2120700Details
CalderdaleWest Yorkshire1828500Details
CoventryWest Midlands1242000Details
DoncasterSouth Yorkshire1243041Details
DudleyWest Midlands2440111Details
GatesheadTyne and Wear671001Details
KirkleesWest Yorkshire1845810Details
KnowsleyMerseyside652401Details
LeedsWest Yorkshire38441400Details
LiverpoolMerseyside9424800Details
ManchesterGreater Manchester4059000Details
Newcastle upon TyneTyne and Wear2351130Details
North TynesideTyne and Wear1948740Details
OldhamGreater Manchester642513Details
RochdaleGreater Manchester1437900Details
RotherhamSouth Yorkshire350010Details
St HelensMerseyside936000Details
SalfordGreater Manchester1550100Details
SandwellWest Midlands2466000Details
SeftonMerseyside3724323Details
SheffieldSouth Yorkshire1869300Details
SolihullWest Midlands2812290Details
South TynesideTyne and Wear3450018Details
StockportGreater Manchester27161340Details
SunderlandTyne and Wear2156010Details
TamesideGreater Manchester1438200Details
TraffordGreater Manchester32161200Details
WakefieldWest Yorkshire658011Details
WalsallWest Midlands1144023Details
WiganGreater Manchester566010Details
WirralMerseyside29241300Details
WolverhamptonWest Midlands2040000Details

Welsh districts

CouncilCountyConLabLibPCIndOthersControl
AberconwyGwynedd4300340style="text-align:left"
Alyn-DeeClwyd9254070style="text-align:left"
AfanWest Glamorgan0210009style="text-align:left"
ArfonGwynedd0805270style="text-align:left"
Blaenau GwentGwent03131115style="text-align:left"
BrecknockPowys41710290style="text-align:left"
CardiffSouth Glamorgan33420000style="text-align:left"
CarmarthenDyfed0700281style="text-align:left"
CeredigionDyfed0490300style="text-align:left"
ColwynClwyd10100220style="text-align:left"
Cynon ValleyMid Glamorgan02301203style="text-align:left"
DelynClwyd11102260style="text-align:left"
DinefwrDyfed01710131style="text-align:left"
DwyforGwynedd0001280style="text-align:left"
GlyndŵrClwyd0300300style="text-align:left"
IslwynGwent0300231style="text-align:left"
LlanelliDyfed0290040style="text-align:left"
Lliw ValleyWest Glamorgan0270230style="text-align:left"
MeirionyddGwynedd0000390style="text-align:left"
Merthyr TydfilMid Glamorgan0250413style="text-align:left"
MonmouthGwent2990010style="text-align:left"
MontgomeryPowys0230440style="text-align:left"
NeathWest Glamorgan0240225style="text-align:left"
NewportGwent8362050style="text-align:left"
OgwrMid Glamorgan6421134style="text-align:left"
PreseliDyfed0000430style="text-align:left"
RadnorPowys0000310style="text-align:left"
RhonddaMid Glamorgan0300102style="text-align:left"
RhuddlanClwyd9410220style="text-align:left"
Rhymney ValleyMid Glamorgan0380424style="text-align:left"
South PembrokeshireDyfed0001300style="text-align:left"
SwanseaWest Glamorgan12301035style="text-align:left"
Taff-ElyMid Glamorgan0304274style="text-align:left"
TorfaenGwent0360025style="text-align:left"
Vale of GlamorganSouth Glamorgan152300110style="text-align:left" (Conservative-Independent)
Wrexham MaelorClwyd42421140style="text-align:left"
Ynys Môn (Anglesey)Gwynedd0400410

Non-metropolitan districts

Avon
CouncilConLabLibIndOthersControlDetails
Bath1917900Details
Bristol2556300Details
Kingswood4196610Details
Northavon2619113Details
Wansdyke12220110Details
Woodspring4010380Details
Bedfordshire
CouncilConLabLibIndControlDetails
Bedford2022212Details
Luton123060Details
Mid Bedfordshire58135Details
South Bedfordshire171387Details
Berkshire
CouncilConLabLibIndOthersControlDetails
Bracknell917113Details
Newbury10124220Details
Reading16161400Details
Slough234400Details
Windsor and Maidenhead533030Details
Wokingham23013151Details
Buckinghamshire
CouncilConLabLibIndOthersControlDetails
Aylesbury Vale10121310Details
Beaconsfield271392Details
Chiltern2611077Details
Milton Keynes827050Details
Wycombe30123104Details
Cambridgeshire
CouncilConLabLibIndOthersControlDetails
Cambridge1126500Details
East Cambridgeshire010331Details
Fenland1880140Details
Huntingdon1590260Details
Peterborough1928100Details
South Cambridgeshire073430Details
Cheshire
CouncilConLabLibIndOthersControlDetails
Chester4315040Details
Congleton20121111Details
Crewe2352210Details
Ellesmere Port1427010Details
Halton830131Details
Macclesfield251010125Details
Vale Royal10166250Details
Warrington3222330Details
Cleveland
CouncilConLabIndControlDetails
Hartlepool15301Details
Langbaurgh27325Details
Middlesbrough17390Details
Stockton-on-Tees25332Details
Cornwall
CouncilConLabLibIndControlDetails
Caradon00041Details
Carrick45432Details
Kerrier53034Details
North Cornwall00323Details
Penwith01138Details
Restormel00236Details
Cumbria
CouncilConLabLibIndOthersControlDetails
Allerdale4250270Details
Barrow-in-Furness625020Details
Carlisle12251100Details
Copeland6300120Details
Eden000370Details
South Lakeland727371Details
Derbyshire
CouncilConLabLibIndOthersControlDetails
Amber Valley4323021Details
Bolsover128043Details
Chesterfield745200Details
Derby1434600Details
Erewash936540Details
High Peak23112100Details
North East Derbyshire1032090Details
South Derbyshire4180130Details
West Derbyshire1854130Details
Devon
CouncilConLabLibIndOthersControlDetails
East Devon1413420Details
Exeter1413610
North Devon0115280Details
Plymouth3729000Details
South Hams200400Details
Teignbridge070481Details
Tiverton035320Details
Torbay306000Details
Torridge016290Details
West Devon000300Details
Dorset
CouncilConLabLibIndOthersControlDetails
Bournemouth3814320Details
Christchurch104510Details
North Dorset004270Details
Poole223920Details
Purbeck530130Details
West Dorset029440Details
Weymouth and Portland1821000Details
Wimborne209211Details
Durham
CouncilConLabLibIndOthersControlDetails
Chester-le-Street023640Details
Darlington828850Details
Derwentside145533Details
Durham0407140Details
Easington056031Details
Sedgefield140480Details
Teesdale000290Details
Wear Valley0219101Details
East Sussex
CouncilConLabLibIndOthersControlDetails
Brighton3128000Details
Eastbourne1041900Details
Hastings1211910Details
Hove246033Details
Lewes2610065Details
Rother951300Details
Wealden2512235Details
Essex
CouncilConLabLibIndOthersControlDetails
Basildon931006Details
Braintree14191211Details
Brentwood2411120Details
Castle Point1920000Details
Chelmsford3116850Details
Colchester2827140Details
Epping Forest4410050Details
Harlow038400Details
Maldon943140Details
Rochford1912180Details
Southend-on-Sea24131100Details
Tendring31411113Details
Thurrock1333030Details
Uttlesford2172120Details
Gloucestershire
CouncilConLabLibIndOthersControlDetails
Cheltenham217422Details
Cotswold120420Details
Forest of Dean0211250Details
Gloucester2112000Details
Stroud14148173Details
Tewkesbury2203260Details
Hampshire
CouncilConLabLibIndOthersControlDetails
Basingstoke18143200Details
Eastleigh1320540Details
Fareham1625211Details
Gosport919021Details
Hartley Wintney700233Details
Havant8810412Details
New Forest1215373Details
Petersfield1660200Details
Portsmouth2817030Details
Rushmoor209707Details
Southampton2031000Details
Test Valley1057210Details
Winchester1455252Details
Hereford and Worcester
CouncilConLabLibIndOthersControlDetails
Bromsgrove2513004Details
Hereford010833Details
Leominster120330Details
Malvern Hills1211823Details
Redditch619000Details
South Herefordshire100350Details
Worcester1818000Details
Wychavon1042290Details
Wyre Forest3020912Details
Hertfordshire
CouncilConLabLibIndOthersControlDetails
Broxbourne2812000Details
Dacorum2633030Details
East Hertfordshire16100166Details
Hertsmere25171300Details
North Hertfordshire2317071Details
St Albans3214710Details
Stevenage331000Details
Three Rivers19121300Details
Watford921600Details
Welwyn Hatfield1924000Details
Humberside
CouncilConLabLibIndOthersControlDetails
Beverley1617360Details
Boothferry450260Details
Cleethorpes9146190Details
Glanford010330Details
Grimsby1420710Details
Holderness000290Details
Kingston-upon-Hull855000Details
North Wolds321370Details
Scunthorpe435001Details
Isle of Wight
CouncilConLabLibIndOthersControlDetails
Medina3104133Details
South Wight101220Details
Kent
CouncilConLabLibIndOthersControlDetails
Ashford2281040Details
Canterbury345253Details
Dartford1430000Details
Dover2921050Details
Gillingham1314800Details
Gravesham1528001Details
Maidstone13121997Details
Medway2232500Details
Sevenoaks2866140Details
Shepway3312180Details
Swale1725350Details
Thanet33145110Details
Tonbridge and Malling3011840Details
Tunbridge Wells297290Details
Lancashire
CouncilConLabLibIndOthersControlDetails
Blackburn19271130Details
Blackpool4010330Details
Burnley1239120Details
Chorley1721072Details
Fylde282249Details
Hyndburn2124300Details
Lancaster3218163Details
Pendle6192327Details
Preston1938000Details
Ribble Valley301070Details
Rossendale1715400Details
South Ribble3016210Details
West Lancashire10233140Details
Wyre452080Details
Leicestershire
CouncilConLabLibIndOthersControlDetails
Blaby807200Details
Bosworth4148130Details
Charnwood28145130Details
Harborough3728200Details
Leicester1137000Details
Melton122064Details
North West Leicestershire8250100Details
Oadby and Wigston187530Details
Rutland000200Details
Lincolnshire
CouncilConLabLibIndOthersControlDetails
Boston955150Details
East Lindsey513544Non PartyDetails
Lincoln610320Details
North Kesteven820270Details
South Holland620270Details
South Kesteven13120921Details
West Lindsey156250Details
Norfolk
CouncilConLabLibIndOthersControlDetails
Breckland19100211Details
Broadland1960240Details
Great Yarmouth2617230Details
Norwich1137000Details
Pastonacres640370Details
South Norfolk671330Details
West Norfolk14220240Details
North Yorkshire
CouncilConLabLibIndOthersControlDetails
Craven146960Details
Hambleton411420Details
Harrogate3521571Details
Richmondshire000350Details
Ryedale050400Details
Scarborough15511161Details
Selby1670201Details
York1717500Details
Northamptonshire
CouncilConLabLibIndOthersControlDetails
Corby129021Details
Daventry1690100Details
East Northamptonshire5140017Details
Kettering1416780Details
Northampton2325000Details
South Northamptonshire1522170Details
Wellingborough1413051Details
Northumberland
CouncilConLabLibIndOthersControlDetails
Alnwick040240Details
Berwick-upon-Tweed020260Details
Blyth Valley52912122Details
Castle Morpeth1172131Details
Tynedale4103253Details
Wansbeck044010Details
Nottinghamshire
CouncilConLabIndOthersControlDetails
Ashfield15220Details
Bassetlaw1129101Details
Broxtowe242011Details
Gedling321904Details
Mansfield73800Details
Newark202930Details
Nottingham104400Details
Rushcliffe42331Details
Oxfordshire
CouncilConLabLibIndOthersControlDetails
Cherwell15160140Details
Oxford1230300Details
Vale of White Horse2783100Details
Wallingford2597201Details
West Oxfordshire171351Details
Salop
CouncilConLabLibIndOthersControlDetails
Bridgnorth001310Details
North Shropshire012360Details
Oswestry013180Details
Shrewsbury12157110Details
South Shropshire001350Details
Wrekin8320141Details
Somerset
CouncilConLabLibIndOthersControlDetails
Mendip1172231Details
Sedgemoor19143120Details
Taunton Deane21140130Details
West Somerset311270Details
Yeovil2082300Details
Staffordshire
CouncilConLabLibIndOthersControlDetails
Cannock Chase136000Details
East Staffordshire22240140Details
Lichfield17250111Details
Newcastle-under-Lyme15312140Details
South Staffordshire2281152Details
Stafford18150231Details
Staffordshire Moorlands12142260Details
Stoke-on-Trent860310Details
Tamworth018060Details
Suffolk
CouncilConLabLibIndOthersControlDetails
Babergh7110200Details
Forest Heath1200310Details
Ipswich1136000Details
Mid Suffolk691240Details
St Edmundsbury2611061Details
Suffolk Coastal2790181Details
Waveney2227520Details
Surrey
CouncilConLabLibIndOthersControlDetails
Elmbridge3975014Details
Epsom and Ewell030037RatepayersDetails
Guildford296520Details
Mole Valley163599Details
Reigate and Banstead2915420Details
Runnymede2315020Details
Spelthorne3913000Details
Surrey Heath350010Details
Tandridge2631030Details
Waverley2822560Details
Woking1912100Details
Warwickshire
CouncilConLabLibIndOthersControlDetails
North Warwickshire819042Details
Nuneaton726200Details
Rugby2218323Details
Stratford-on-Avon1525320Details
Warwick2625700Details
West Sussex
CouncilConLabLibIndOthersControlDetails
Adur1361604Details
Arun334451Details
Chichester1816223Details
Crawley525011Details
Horsham1802230Details
Mid Sussex2535210Details
Worthing1710120Details
Wiltshire
CouncilConLabLibIndOthersControlDetails
Kennet702280Details
North Wiltshire2447110Details
Salisbury16138174Details
Thamesdown1826020Details
West Wiltshire13102170Details

Future elections

The next county council elections took place in 1977.

Future elections to Metropolitan District councils were to be by thirds, with the one third of seats being elected in 1975.

The next election of non-metropolitan district councils and Welsh district councils was to in 1976.[10]

Northern Ireland

See main article: 1973 Northern Ireland local elections. Local government in Northern Ireland was reorganised in 1973 by the Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971 and the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972. The county councils, county borough and municipal borough corporations and urban and rural district councils were replaced by twenty-six Local Government districts. Elections took place for all the seats on the district councils on 30 May, and the councils came into their power in 1 October.[11] [12] [13] [14]

DistrictOfficial
Unionist		Democratic
Unionist		Vanguard
Unionist		Loyalist
Coalition		Independent
Unionist		SDLPRepublican
Clubs		Nationalist
and Unity
Parties		AllianceNorthern Ireland
Labour Party		OthersControl
Antrim8110110020Independent 2NOC (Unionist)
Ards11001100021Independent 1Official Unionist
Armagh10200141010Independent 1NOC (Unionist)
Ballymena9510000010Independent 2Non-Party 3NOC (Unionist)
Ballymoney4102200001Independent 1
Non-Party 5		NOC
Banbridge8000310000Independent 3NOC (Unionist)
Belfast25210272082Unionist Loyalist 2NOC (Unionist)
Carrickfergus5000000010Unionist Loyalist 5
Loyalist 1
Non-Party 1		NOC (Unionist)
Castlereagh8001200050Unionist Loyalist 2
Independent 1		NOC (Unionist)
Coleraine12000210030Independent 1
Non-party 1		Official Unionist
Cookstown7001131000Independent 1
Non-Party 1		NOC (Unionist)
Craigavon7323320040Independent 1NOC (Unionist)
Down8010080020Independent 1NOC
Dungannon11000050Unity 2
Republican 2		000Official Unionist
Fermanagh5000340Unity 400Independent 1
Unionist Unity 2
Non-Party 1		NOC
Larne1008000030Independent 2
Non-Party 1		Loyalist
Limavady0000040020United Unionists 8
Independent 1		United Unionists
Lisburn144100100300Official Unionist
Londonderry000United Loyalists 90101Nationalist 3000NOC (Nationalist)
Magherafelt401United Loyalist 1061000Independent 1NOC
Moyle4000120000Independent 5
Non-Party 4		NOC
Newry and Mourne30000132000Non-Party 6
Independent 2		NOC
Newtownabbey9300Unionist 3
United Loyalist 1
Loyalist 1		000310NOC (Unionist)
North Down900Loyalist 30007000NOC
Omagh6000Unionist Unity 240Nationalist 1
Official Republican 1		003 Non-Party CommunityNOC
Strabane600Unionist Coalition 1040000Independent 2NOC

Scotland

See main article: 1973 Scottish local elections.

Local elections were also held in Scotland in 1973. At the time of the election, Scotland was the only part of the UK in which local government had yet to be reformed, with the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 only receiving Royal Assent in October 1973. The election saw Labour maintaining their control of Aberdeen, Glasgow, and Dundee, although failing to make gains in Edinburgh.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Rallings. Colin. Thrasher. Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1973. The Elections Centre. 3 May 2016.
  2. Web site: Council compositions. The Elections Centre. 3 May 2016.
  3. News: Councils offered five more months before changes . . 18 February 1972 .
  4. News: Election dates in 1973 for new local councils . . 26 May 1972 .
  5. News: Labour sweep to victory in London and all six of the metropolitan counties . . 13 April 1973 .
  6. News: Labour take over metropolitan counties and 11 other councils . . 14 April 1973 .
  7. News: Three major parties find cause for satisfaction in local election results despite low poll . . 14 May 1973 .
  8. News: Final poll result may lie with Independents . . 8 June 1973 .
  9. News: Liberals capture Eastbourne and exceed ambition to win 1,000 local government seats . . 8 June 1973 .
  10. Local Government Act 1972, sections 7 and 26
  11. Web site: Damkat . Ivo . The 1973 Local Government Elections . www.ark.ac.uk . . 29 October 2003.
  12. News: Big Roman Catholic turnout in poll despite threats . . 31 May 1973.
  13. News: Party accused over Ulster poll . . 31 May 1973.
  14. News: Unionist supporters elect many hard-line men in Ulster local government poll . . 2 June 1973.

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