1973 Dundee Corporation election

An election to the Dundee Corporation was held on 1 May 1973, alongside 1312 municipal elections across Scotland. 13 of the corporation's 36 seats were up for election.

The election saw Labour manage to hold on to its slim majority over the Progressives on the corporation, with 18 of the council's 36 seats. No seats changed hands, with the Progressives remaining on 17, and 1 Independent. Two Labour Councillors, William Millar and ex-Baillie John Stewart in Lochee and Douglas wards respectively, were deselected by Labour as candidates and ran as independents instead. Neither were re-elected.

Aggregate results

1973 Dundee Corporation election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	7	0	0				25,549
	Progressives	6	0	0				18,528
	Independent	0	0	0		0.0		2,213
	Labour Party of Scotland	0	0	0		0.0		1,279
	Dundee Citizens Union	0	0	0		0.0		998
	Independent Labour	0	0	0		0.0		962
	Liberal	0	0	0		0.0		600
	Communist	0	0	0		0.0		344

Ward results

Harbour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	L. D. Johnston	1,815
	Labour	J. McAulay	870
	Dundee Citizens Union	G. Scott	85
	Labour Party of Scotland	L. MacQueen	81
Majority
Turnout
	Progressives hold

Riverside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	W. J. Fitzgerald	1,996
	Labour	K. McRae	962
	Dundee Citizens Union	M. Leslie	117
Majority
Turnout
	Progressives hold

Lochee

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Martin	2,906
	Independent	W. Millar	1,029
	Progressives	A. P. Brodie Steel	655
	Labour Party of Scotland	D. McTaggart	112
	Dundee Citizens Union	J. Clark	64
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold

Craigie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	H. Murray	2,343
	Labour	J. Barton	2,005
	Labour Party of Scotland	G. McKenzie	209
Majority
Turnout
	Progressives hold

Caird

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Doig	2,591
	Progressives	J. Barnett	1,007
	Labour Party of Scotland	J. Fairweather	134
	Dundee Citizens Union	J. Campbell	81
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold

Law

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	J. Whyte	2,604
	Labour	W. McKelvey	1,736
	Dundee Citizens Union	J. Carroll	133
Majority
Turnout
	Progressives hold

Downfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. McManus	2,848
	Progressives	T. Dailly	692
	Labour Party of Scotland	G. McLean	242
	Dundee Citizens Union	T. Black	91
	Communist	P. L. Docherty	69
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold

Camperdown
2 seats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	E. Vigtow	2,909
	Labour	F. Fagan	2,850
	Independent Labour	I. Gardiner	962
	Dundee Citizens Union	N. Maiden	235
	Labour Party of Scotland	I. M. Donaldson	227
	Communist	H. McLevey	196
	Labour Party of Scotland	D. McGarry	123
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Balgay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	W. Malcolm	2,247
	Labour	J. Cameron	1,132
Majority
Turnout
	Progressives hold

Douglas

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	F. Welsh	2,532
	Independent	J. Stewart	1,184
	Progressives	Janet W. Allen	789
	Labour Party of Scotland	H. Dunning	94
	Dundee Citizens Union	D. White	83
	Communist	R. Mennie	79
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold

Broughty Ferry

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressives	G. M. Gillies	3,963
	Liberal	C. Brodie	600
	Labour	J. Boland	560
	Dundee Citizens Union	R. Devlin	70
Majority
Turnout
	Progressives hold

Hilltown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	H. Dickson	1,648
	Progressives	Mary Barrowman	417
	Labour Party of Scotland	J. Alexander	57
	Dundee Citizens Union	S. Khan	39
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold