1973 Norwich City Council election

The 1973 Norwich City Council election took place on 7 June 1973 to elect members of Norwich City Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. Voting took place across 16 wards, each electing 3 Councillors. Following the Local Government Act 1972, this was the first election to the new non-metropolitan district council for Norfolk, which came into being on 1 April the following year. Labour took control of the Council after winning a comfortable majority of seats.

Council Composition

After the election, the composition of the council was:

↓
36	12
Labour	Con

Ward results

[2]

Bowthorpe

Bowthorpe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	R. Seabrook	1,012	48.9	n/a
	Labour	R. Quinn	1,000	—	—
	Labour	R. Phelan	998	—	—
	Conservative	R. Goldsmith	595	28.7	n/a
	Conservative	Ms. O. Hook	594	—	—
	Conservative	G. Joyce	591	—	—
	Liberal	Ms. I. Picketts	463	22.4	n/a
	Liberal	R. Drew	441	—	—
	Liberal	J. Barnett	433	—	—
Majority				20.1
Turnout				40.8
Registered electors			5181
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Catton

Catton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ms. B. Stevenson	1,047	64.1	n/a
	Labour	Ms. M. Camina	1,027	—	—
	Labour	J. Fitzgibbon	1,023	—	—
	Conservative	Ms. B. Boyd	586	35.9	n/a
Majority				28.2
Turnout				27.1
Registered electors			6,038
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Coslany

Coslany
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	T. Mills	1,188	58.9	n/a
	Labour	M. Ashley	1,132	—	—
	Labour	G. Day	1,110	—	—
	Conservative	Ms. A. Day	658	28.7	n/a
	Conservative	Ms. A. Collishaw	604	—	—
	Conservative	H. Collins	595	—	—
	National Front	W. Fitt	170	8.4	n/a
Majority				26.3
Turnout				29.3
Registered electors			6,547
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Crome

Crome
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ms. V. Guttsman	1,516	75.7	n/a
	Labour	J. Curtis	1,486	—	—
	Labour	D. Pratt	1,470	—	—
	Conservative	Ms. D. Mason	487	24.3	n/a
	Conservative	C. Cullins	482	—	—
	Conservative	Ms. M. Hanlon	477	—	—
Majority				51.4
Turnout				31.7
Registered electors			6,608
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

References

"Local Elections Handbook 1973". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Norwich-1973-2012.pdf

Council elections in Norfolk
Norfolk County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017
Breckland District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Broadland District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2007 2011 2015 2019
Great Yarmouth Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2015 2016 2018 2019
King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
North Norfolk District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Norwich City Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019
South Norfolk District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
See also: Wards Boundary changes

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