1973 Merseyside County Council election

1973 Merseyside County Council election
12 April 1973 1977 →
All 99 seats to Merseyside County Council; 50 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	36.7%
	Map of Merseyside County Council showing wards won by party
	Control of Council after election ; Labour;

The 1973 Merseyside County Council election took place on 12 April 1973 to elect members of Merseyside County Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

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There were 95 wards electing the 99 members between them.^[1] Two wards, (both in Wirral), were uncontested.

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1973 Merseyside County Council election^[1]

Party		Candidates						Votes
Party		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Labour	94	53				53.5	41.3	175,475
	Conservative	94	26				26.3	33.7	143,344
	Liberal	52	19				19.2	21.8	92,524
	Residents	6	1				1.0	1.9	7,996
	Communist	18	0				0	0.7	2,978
	Tenants	1	0				0	0.3	1,184
	Independent	2	0				0	0.2	872
	Ind. Conservative	2	0				0	0.1	397
	Save (political party)	1	0				0	0.1	268

Merseyside County Council election results, 1973 (Knowsley)
Party		Candidates			Votes
Party		Stood	Elected	% of total	%	№
	Labour	11	10	90.9	61.3	24,218
	Conservative	10	1	9.1	25.2	9,954
	Liberal	6	0	0.0	11.5	4,541
	Communist	7	0	0.0	2.0	778

Merseyside County Council election results, 1973 (Liverpool)
Party		Candidates			Votes
Party		Stood	Elected	% of total	%	№
	Labour	36	18	50.0	40.0	58,840
	Liberal	21	14	38.9	29.4	43,285
	Conservative	36	4	11.1	29.1	42,772
	Ten	1	0	0.0	0.8	1,184
	Communist	4	0	0.0	0.4	622
	Save	1	0	0.0	0.2	268
	Independent	1	0	0.0	0.1	74

Merseyside County Council election results, 1973 (Sefton)
Party		Candidates			Votes
Party		Stood	Elected	% of total	%	№
	Conservative	19	11	57.9	42.8	36,642
	Labour	16	6	31.6	30.7	26,245
	Liberal	8	1	5.3	15.5	13,279
	Residents	5	1	5.3	9.0	7,704
	Communist	5	0	0.0	1.1	902
	Independent	1	0	0.0	0.9	798

Merseyside County Council election results, 1973 (St Helens)
Party		Candidates			Votes
Party		Stood	Elected	% of total	%	№
	Labour	11	9	81.8	56.1	26,428
	Conservative	7	2	18.2	27.9	13,154
	Liberal	4	0	0.0	15.0	7,045
	Communist	1	0	0.0	1.0	485

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Longworth	2,139	83.0	*N/A*
	Conservative	L. Bottley	353	13.7	N/A
	Communist	H. Moss	84	3.3	N/A
Majority			1,786	69.3	N/A
Registered electors			9,813
Turnout				26.3	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Hughes	1,824	51.9	*N/A*
	Liberal	C. Lister	835	23.7	N/A
	Conservative	R. Lockett	783	22.3	N/A
	Communist	W. Hennessey	74	2.1	N/A
Majority			989	28.2	N/A
Registered electors			9,459
Turnout				37.2	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Swainbank	2,660	44.9	*N/A*
	Labour	M. Spillane	2,005	33.8	N/A
	Liberal	B. Martin	1,210	20.4	N/A
	Communist	R. Leyland	55	0.9	N/A
Majority			655	11.1	N/A
Registered electors			13,273
Turnout				44.7	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Powell	2,464	65.1	*N/A*
	Conservative	F. Kearns	848	22.4	N/A
	Liberal	A. Murray	389	10.3	N/A
	Communist	W. Bell	82	2.2	N/A
Majority			1,616	42.7	N/A
Registered electors			11,198
Turnout				33.8	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. King	1,782	66.7	*N/A*
	Liberal	A. Dutton	761	28.5	N/A
	Communist	S. Donnelly	130	4.9	N/A
Majority			1,021	38.2	N/A
Registered electors			10,832
Turnout				24.7	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Smith	1,381	53.3	*N/A*
	Liberal	T. Jones	1,004	38.7	N/A
	Conservative	S. Hennessy	105	4.1	N/A
	Communist	P. Cunningham	101	3.9	N/A
Majority			377	14.6	N/A
Registered electors			11,339
Turnout				22.9	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Bundred	2,164	72.6	*N/A*
	Conservative	A. Dray	565	19.0	N/A
	Communist	T. Bradburn	252	8.5	N/A
Majority			1,599	53.6	N/A
Registered electors			14,372
Turnout				20.7	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Howarth	2,360	61.2	*N/A*
	Conservative	F. Granby	1,494	38.8	N/A
Majority			866	22.4	N/A
Registered electors			9,035
Turnout				42.7	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Foulkes	2,266	65.6	*N/A*
	Conservative	J. Reynolds	1,189	34.4	N/A
Majority			1,077	31.2	N/A
Registered electors			9,924
Turnout				34.8	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Lyons	3,380	72.4	*N/A*
	Conservative	B. Holder	1,289	27.6	N/A
Majority			2,091	44.8	N/A
Registered electors			13,617
Turnout				34.3	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

Childwall (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W. Limont	4,289	51.7	*N/A*
	Liberal	W. Smyth	3,807	–	–
	Conservative	C. Henry De Boer	2,963	35.7	N/A
	Conservative	D. Bushell	2,885	–	–
	Labour	L. Caplan	1,047	12.6	N/A
	Labour	E. Kelly	955	–	–
Majority			1,335	16.0	N/A
Registered electors			19,102
Turnout				43.4	N/A
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Alldritt	2,453	70.8	*N/A*
	Conservative	W. Simpson	668	19.3	N/A
	Liberal	M. Traynor	342	9.9	N/A
Majority			1,785	51.5	N/A
Registered electors			12,510
Turnout				27.7	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Carr	2,432	79.1	*N/A*
	Conservative	E. Smith	364	11.8	N/A
	Communist	R. O'Hara	280	9.1	N/A
Majority			2,068	67.3	N/A
Registered electors			13,507
Turnout				22.8	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Moss	4,162	78.8	*N/A*
	Labour	K. Stewart	1,120	21.2	N/A
Majority			3,042	57.6	N/A
Registered electors			14,688
Turnout				36.0	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Weaver	2,325	55.2	*N/A*
	Liberal	S. Carr	1,183	28.1	N/A
	Labour	C. McDonald	705	16.7	N/A
Majority			1,142	27.1	N/A
Registered electors			10,856
Turnout				38.8	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F. McGurk	2,018	38.7	*N/A*
	Liberal	J. Wilmington	1,739	33.4	N/A
	Conservative	L. Jones	1,457	27.9	N/A
Majority			279	5.3	N/A
Registered electors			13,161
Turnout				39.6	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	N. Wood	2,815	58.3	*N/A*
	Conservative	J. Kendrick	1,042	21.6	N/A
	Labour	F. Gaier	973	20.1	N/A
Majority			1,773	36.7	N/A
Registered electors			14,434
Turnout				33.5	N/A
	Liberal win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	P. Chivall	1,551	45.8	*N/A*
	Labour	L. Williams	1,207	35.7	N/A
	Conservative	K. Jacques	626	18.5	N/A
Majority			344	10.1	N/A
Registered electors			11,443
Turnout				29.6	N/A
	Liberal win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. Wright	3,186	61.9	*N/A*
	Conservative	L. Sanders	1,051	20.4	N/A
	Liberal	R. Johnston	911	17.7	N/A
Majority			2,135	41.5	N/A
Registered electors			12,358
Turnout				41.7	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Parry	2,169	75.9	*N/A*
	Conservative	R. Charles	421	14.7	N/A
	Save	A. Dooley	268	9.4	N/A
Majority			1,748	61.2	N/A
Registered electors			12,362
Turnout				23.1	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Cyril Carr	4,154	63.0	*N/A*
	Conservative	H. Bolton-Jones	2,037	30.9	N/A
	Labour	N. Barnett	400	6.1	N/A
Majority			2,117	32.1	N/A
Registered electors			14,436
Turnout				45.7	N/A
	Liberal win (new seat)

Overall election result

Results by borough

Knowsley borough

Liverpool borough

Sefton borough

St Helens borough

Wirral borough

Knowsley

Huyton With Roby No. 1 (Huyton Farm-Princess-Woolfall)

Huyton With Roby No. 2 (Longview and Rupert Farm)

Huyton With Roby No. 3 (St Agnes-St Bartholomews-Swanside)

Huyton With Roby No. 4 (St Gabriels and St Michaels)

Kirkby No. 1 (Central and Minstead)

Kirkby No. 2 (Cherryfield and Whitfield)

Kirkby No. 3 (Northwood-Park-Tower Hill-Simonswood)

Prescot

Whiston No. 1 (Croton-Tarbock-Whiston)

Whiston No. 3 (Halewood)

Whiston No. 4 (Knowsley)

Liverpool

Liverpool No. 1 (Abercromby and St James)

Liverpool No. 2 (Aigburth)

Liverpool No. 3 (Allerton)

Liverpool No. 4 (Anfield)

Liverpool No. 5 (Arundel)

Liverpool No. 6 (Breckfield and St Domingo)

Liverpool No. 7 (Broadgreen)

Liverpool No. 8 (Central Everton and Netherfield)

Liverpool No. 9 (Childwall)

Liverpool No. 10 (Church)

Liverpool No. 11 (Clubmoor)

Liverpool No. 12 (County)

Liverpool No. 13 (Croxteth)

Liverpool No. 14 (Dingle)

Liverpool No. 15 (Dovecot)

Liverpool No. 16 (Fairfield)

Liverpool No. 17 (Fazakerley)

Liverpool No. 18 (Gillmoss)

Liverpool No. 19 (Granby and Princes Park)

Liverpool No. 20 (Kensington)

Liverpool No. 21 (Low Hill and Smithdown)

Liverpool No. 22 (Melrose and Westminster)

Liverpool No. 23 (Old Swan)

Liverpool No. 24 (Picton)

Liverpool No. 25 (Pirrie)

Liverpool No. 26 (St Marys)

Liverpool No. 27 (St Michaels)

Liverpool No. 28 (Sandhills and Vauxhall)

Liverpool No. 29 (Speke)

Liverpool No. 30 (Tuebrook)

Liverpool No. 31 (Warbreck)

Liverpool No. 32 (Woolton East)

Liverpool No. 33 (Woolton West)

Sefton

Bootle No. 1 (Derby & Stanley)

Bootle No. 2 (Linacre and Mersey)

Bootle No. 3 (Netherton-Orrell-Sefton)

Crosby No. 1 (Central-College-St Johns)

Crosby No. 2 (Christchurch-St Marys-St Thomas)

Crosby No. 3 (East and Little Crosby)

Crosby No. 4 (North and West)

Formby

Litherland

Southport No. 1 (Ainsdale-Birkdale South)

Southport No. 2 (Birkdale East-Birkdale North-South)

Southport No. 3 (Central-Birkdale West-West)

Southport No. 4 (Craven-Sussex-Talbot)

Southport No. 5 (Hesketh and Scarisbrick)

Southport No. 6 (Marine & Park)

West Lancashire No. 1 (Aintree)

West Lancashire No. 2 (Maghull East and North-Melling)

West Lancashire No. 3 (Maghull South & West-Melling)

St Helens

Haydock

Newton-Le-Willows

Rainford

St. Helens No. 1 (Central and South Eccleston)

St. Helens No. 2 (East Sutton)

St. Helens No. 3 (Hardshaw and West Sutton)

St. Helens No. 4 (Moss Bank and North Windle)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Bowen	2,069	41.9	*N/A*
	Labour	M. Stewart	1,760	35.6	N/A
	Conservative	J. Jones	1,110	22.5	N/A
Majority			309	6.3	N/A
Registered electors			10,800
Turnout				45.7	N/A
	Liberal win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. McLean	2,414	59.1	*N/A*
	Conservative	P. Tunna	1,669	40.9	N/A
Majority			745	18.2	N/A
Registered electors			12,602
Turnout				32.4	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	G. Holmes	3,800	60.2	*N/A*
	Conservative	R. Amyes	1,624	25.7	N/A
	Labour	D. Cowley	885	14.0	N/A
Majority			2,176	34.5	N/A
Registered electors			12,667
Turnout				49.8	N/A
	Liberal win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Evans	1,479	64.1	*N/A*
	Conservative	R. Jones	404	17.5	N/A
	Liberal	C. Stocker	345	14.9	N/A
	Communist	J. Cook	80	3.5	N/A
Majority			1,075	46.6	N/A
Registered electors			7,597
Turnout				30.4	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Burke	3,043	68.2	*N/A*
	Conservative	J. Walsh	1,418	31.8	N/A
Majority			1,625	36.4	N/A
Registered electors			16,342
Turnout				31.1	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	C. Crawford	1,598	41.9	*N/A*
	Labour	H. Livermore	1,384	36.3	N/A
	Conservative	W. Scott	828	21.7	N/A
Majority			214	5.6	N/A
Registered electors			10,856
Turnout				35.1	N/A
	Liberal win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Williams	2,294	57.0	*N/A*
	Conservative	A. Lloyd	1,731	43.0	N/A
Majority			562	14.0	N/A
Registered electors			11,774
Turnout				34.2	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Loyden	3,784	78.4	*N/A*
	Labour	T. Higgins	3,625	–	–
	Conservative	D. Dougherty	1,042	21.6	N/A
	Conservative	W. Henri	934	–	–
Majority			2,742	56.8	N/A
Registered electors			20,068
Turnout				24.0	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Simey	2,675	68.2	*N/A*
	Conservative	O. Hughes	1,046	26.7	N/A
	Communist	T. McClelland	203	5.2	N/A
Majority			1,629	41.5	N/A
Registered electors			15,485
Turnout				25.3	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Watton	2,221	58.8	*N/A*
	Labour	Robert Wareing	1,207	31.9	N/A
	Conservative	S. Kudrycz	352	9.3	N/A
Majority			1,014	26.9	N/A
Registered electors			9,438
Turnout				40.1	N/A
	Liberal win (new seat)