1973 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
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Turnout | 41.1%[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1973 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 10 May 1973 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England.[2] This was on the same day as other local elections.
The election took place a year before the council formally coming into its powers and prior to the creation of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the county boroughs of Birkenhead and Wallasey, along with the municipal borough of Bebington and the urban districts of Hoylake and Wirral.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Seats | |
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Conservative | 29 | |
Labour | 24 | |
Liberal | 13 |
Election results
[edit]Overall election result
[edit]New Council.
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election results, 1973 | |||||||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Votes | |||||||||||||
Stood | Elected | % of total | % | No. | |||||||||||
Conservative | 66 | 29 | 43.9 | 42.9 | 43,847 | ||||||||||
Labour | 65 | 24 | 36.4 | 32.6 | 33,320 | ||||||||||
Liberal | 43 | 13 | 19.7 | 22.6 | 23,106 | ||||||||||
Ind. Conservative | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 1,179 | ||||||||||
Independent Socialist | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 319 | ||||||||||
Residents | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 315 | ||||||||||
Communist | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 187 |
Ward results
[edit]Birkenhead
[edit]No. 1 (Argyle-Clifton-Holt)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Richard Kimberly [n 1] | 1,580 | 72.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Parnall [n 2] | 1,577 | – | – | |
Labour | Tomlinson [n 3] | 1,515 | – | – | |
Conservative | L. Peers | 589 | 27.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Wilson | 546 | – | – | |
Conservative | Gates | 530 | – | – | |
Majority | 45.7 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 8,985 | ||||
Turnout | 24.1 | N/A | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
No. 2 (Bebington and Mersey)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | S. Kellett [n 1] | 1,358 | 44.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Bagnall [n 2] | 1,337 | – | – | |
Labour | A. Price [n 3] | 1,159 | – | – | |
Conservative | Jones | 1,143 | 37.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Welsh | 993 | – | – | |
Conservative | Kelly | 968 | – | – | |
Liberal | Tomkins | 534 | 17.6 | N/A | |
Liberal | Spencer | 511 | – | – | |
Liberal | Prosser | 503 | – | – | |
Majority | 7.1 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 8,707 | ||||
Turnout | 34.9 | N/A | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
No. 3 (Cathcart-Claughton-Cleveland)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | David Evans [n 1] | 2,444 | 53.8 | N/A | |
Liberal | John Evans [n 2] | 2,202 | – | – | |
Liberal | A. Jones [n 3] | 2,003 | – | – | |
Conservative | R. Stretch | 1,066 | 23.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Hesketh | 1,064 | – | – | |
Labour | Roberts | 1,034 | 22.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Walter Smith | 1,010 | – | – | |
Labour | Keith Rimmer | 1,008 | – | – | |
Conservative | Gaughan | 970 | – | – | |
Majority | 30.3 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 9,993 | ||||
Turnout | 45.5 | N/A | |||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
No. 4 (Devonshire and Egerton)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Hughes [n 1] | 2,187 | 42.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | E. Hughes [n 2] | 1,855 | – | – | |
Liberal | Attwood [n 3] | 1,680 | – | – | |
Conservative | David Fletcher | 1,591 | 30.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Baker | 1,543 | – | – | |
Conservative | K. Allen | 1,502 | – | – | |
Labour | Eileen Keegan | 1,392 | 26.9 | N/A | |
Labour | Bagnall | 1,253 | – | – | |
Labour | Bagnall | 1,225 | – | – | |
Majority | 11.5 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 12,464 | ||||
Turnout | 41.5 | N/A | |||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
No. 5 (Gilbrook and St James)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. Flynn [n 1] | 2,047 | 59.9 | N/A | |
Labour | J. Roberts [n 2] | 1,996 | – | – | |
Labour | P. Roberts [n 3] | 1,922 | – | – | |
Liberal | A. Hayes | 1,044 | 30.6 | N/A | |
Liberal | Lea | 987 | – | – | |
Liberal | Ashman | 905 | – | – | |
Conservative | W. Briggs | 325 | 9.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Menio | 305 | – | – | |
Conservative | Emsden | 255 | – | – | |
Majority | 29.4 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 9,030 | ||||
Turnout | 37.8 | N/A | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
No. 6 (Grange and Oxton)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Gordon Lindsay [n 1] | 2,651 | 50.5 | N/A | |
Liberal | A. Halliday [n 2] | 2,212 | – | – | |
Liberal | Truffet [n 3] | 2,206 | – | – | |
Conservative | Pyke | 1,731 | 33.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Kenneth Porter | 1,697 | – | – | |
Conservative | Lea | 1,549 | – | – | |
Labour | Leeper | 863 | 16.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Armstrong | 839 | – | – | |
Labour | A. Smith | 764 | – | – | |
Majority | 17.5 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 12,348 | ||||
Turnout | 42.5 | N/A | |||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
No. 7 (Prenton)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | M. Baker [n 1] | 2,846 | 51.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Harry Deverill [n 2] | 2,820 | – | – | |
Conservative | Pattinson [n 3] | 2,729 | – | – | |
Labour | G. Llewellyn | 2,335 | 42.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Muir | 2,244 | – | – | |
Labour | Ainslie | 2,142 | – | – | |
Independent Socialist | Connolly | 319 | 5.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 9.3 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 15,882 | ||||
Turnout | 34.6 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
No. 8 (Upton)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | S. Hibbert [n 1] | 2,691 | 46.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Lowe [n 2] | 2,678 | – | – | |
Conservative | J. Roberts [n 3] | 2,654 | – | – | |
Labour | Harland | 2,584 | 44.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Bernard Gilfoyle | 2,548 | – | – | |
Labour | Owen | 2,375 | – | – | |
Residents | S. Dean | 315 | 5.5 | N/A | |
Communist | K. Thompson | 187 | 3.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 1.9 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 19,861 | ||||
Turnout | 29.1 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Wallasey
[edit]No. 9 (Leasowe)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Clark [n 1] | 2,129 | 70.4 | N/A | |
Labour | Bill Wells [n 2] | 2,106 | – | – | |
Labour | Ken Fox [n 3] | 2,062 | – | – | |
Conservative | Ward | 896 | 29.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Ward | 870 | – | – | |
Conservative | Arrowsmith | 828 | – | – | |
Majority | 40.8 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 11,478 | ||||
Turnout | 26.4 | N/A | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
No. 10 (Marlowe-Egremont-South Liscard)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | S. Morgan [n 1] | 2,147 | 43.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | M. Ebbs [n 2] | 2,142 | – | – | |
Conservative | Lynn [n 3] | 2,041 | – | – | |
Labour | Gershman | 2,028 | 41.2 | N/A | |
Labour | Vincent McGee | 1,985 | – | – | |
Labour | Owens | 1,955 | – | – | |
Liberal | Caldwell | 751 | 15.2 | N/A | |
Liberal | Jones | 738 | – | – | |
Liberal | Gordon | 732 | – | – | |
Majority | 2.4 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 13,161 | ||||
Turnout | 37.4 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
No. 11 (Moreton and Saughall Massie)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jim Edwards [n 1] | 1,318 | 47.2 | N/A | |
Labour | G. Watkins [n 2] | 1,288 | – | – | |
Labour | E. Lewis [n 3] | 1,230 | – | – | |
Conservative | I. Walker | 1,132 | 40.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Webster | 1,083 | – | – | |
Conservative | Hale | 1,080 | – | – | |
Liberal | E. Lawrence | 345 | 12.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | Coffey | 328 | – | – | |
Liberal | Franks | 313 | – | – | |
Majority | 6.7 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 7,070 | ||||
Turnout | 39.5 | N/A | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
No. 12 (New Brighton-Wallasey-Warren)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | N. Thomas [n 1] | 3,153 | 44.1 | N/A | |
Liberal | Kate Wood [n 2] | 2,946 | – | – | |
Liberal | J. Southworth [n 3] | 2,944 | – | – | |
Conservative | Stubbs | 2,848 | 39.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Weston | 2,818 | – | – | |
Conservative | Shaw | 2,812 | – | – | |
Ind. Conservative | John Fishwick | 713 | 10.0 | N/A | |
Labour | Jones | 432 | 6.0 | N/A | |
Labour | Byrne | 405 | – | – | |
Labour | Moore | 392 | – | – | |
Majority | 4.3 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 14,680 | ||||
Turnout | 48.7 | N/A | |||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
No. 13 (North Liscard-Upper Brighton Street)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jack Redhead [n 1] | 2,363 | 41.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Humphrey-Jones [n 2] | 2,176 | – | – | |
Conservative | George Thornton [n 3] | 2,140 | – | – | |
Liberal | P. Tyrer | 1,939 | 34.4 | N/A | |
Liberal | Wark | 1,588 | – | – | |
Liberal | Glover | 1,383 | – | – | |
Labour | Williams | 872 | 15.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Pryke | 811 | – | – | |
Labour | B. Lloyd | 796 | – | – | |
Ind. Conservative | H. Thompson | 466 | 8.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 7.5 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 11,772 | ||||
Turnout | 47.9 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
No. 14 (Seacombe-Poulton-Somerville)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Phoebe Bentzien [n 1] | 2,332 | 65.8 | N/A | |
Labour | T. Duffy [n 2] | 2,268 | – | – | |
Labour | S. Wickham [n 3] | 2,252 | – | – | |
Conservative | F. Hunter | 916 | 25.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Bestwick | 883 | – | – | |
Conservative | Fielding | 772 | – | – | |
Liberal | Cassidy | 294 | 8.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | Hayes | 279 | – | – | |
Liberal | Wood | 253 | – | – | |
Majority | 40.0 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 12,430 | ||||
Turnout | 28.5 | N/A | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Bebington
[edit]No. 15 (Higher Bebington and Woodhey)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Frank Theaker [n 1] | 2,458 | 54.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Tim Richmond [n 2] | 2,434 | – | – | |
Conservative | E. Pike [n 3] | 2,405 | – | – | |
Labour | Bennett | 1,149 | 25.5 | N/A | |
Labour | M. Irvine | 1,145 | – | – | |
Labour | Wingate | 1,105 | – | – | |
Liberal | A. Snedker | 896 | 19.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | Duckers | 854 | – | – | |
Liberal | Watson | 735 | – | – | |
Majority | 29.1 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 10,262 | ||||
Turnout | 43.9 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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Conservative win (new seat) |
No. 16 (Park-New Ferry-North Bromborough)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | S. Price [n 1] | 2,575 | 61.2 | N/A | |
Labour | P. McCarthy [n 2] | 2,384 | – | – | |
Labour | F. Gregory [n 3] | 2,290 | – | – | |
Conservative | McKenzie | 1,631 | 38.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | G. Drew | 1,459 | – | – | |
Conservative | Jerram | 1,381 | – | – | |
Majority | 22.4 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 9,804 | ||||
Turnout | 42.9 | N/A | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
No. 17 (South Bromborough and Eastham)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gill [n 1] | 2,469 | 47.2 | N/A | |
Labour | M. Halliday [n 2] | 2,221 | – | – | |
Labour | William Lungley [n 3] | 2,146 | – | – | |
Conservative | David Allan | 1,911 | 36.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Howe | 1,731 | – | – | |
Conservative | Winter | 1,577 | – | – | |
Liberal | Phillip Gilchrist | 851 | 16.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | Astill | 741 | – | – | |
Liberal | Harney | 728 | – | – | |
Majority | 10.7 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 12,861 | ||||
Turnout | 40.7 | N/A | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
No. 18 (Lower Bebington and Poulton)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jackson [n 1] | 2,498 | 51.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Michael Moore [n 2] | 2,472 | – | – | |
Conservative | Dorothy Goodfellow [n 3] | 2,445 | – | – | |
Liberal | Thomas Harney | 1,252 | 25.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | Hughes | 1,111 | – | – | |
Labour | A. Radcliffe | 1,091 | 22.5 | N/A | |
Liberal | Thomas | 1,085 | – | – | |
Labour | Halliday | 987 | – | – | |
Labour | D. Roscoe | 974 | – | – | |
Majority | 25.7 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 12,016 | ||||
Turnout | 40.3 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Hoylake
[edit]No. 19 (Caldy and Frankby)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | W. Lloyd [n 1] | 3,499 | 76.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Burrows [n 2] | 3,483 | – | – | |
Conservative | Reg Cumpstey [n 3] | 3,481 | – | – | |
Labour | Kelly | 1,092 | 23.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Pennington | 1,082 | – | – | |
Labour | Porter | 1,018 | – | – | |
Majority | 52.4 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 12,685 | ||||
Turnout | 36.2 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
No. 20 (Central-Hoose-Meols-Park)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Whitehurst [n 1] | 3,754 | 46.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Frank Jones [n 2] | 3,624 | – | – | |
Liberal | J. Thomas [n 3] | 3,378 | 41.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Nightingale | 3,373 | – | – | |
Labour | Davies | 933 | 11.6 | N/A | |
Labour | Cook | 906 | – | – | |
Majority | 4.7 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 11,993 | ||||
Turnout | 67.2 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Wirral
[edit]No. 21 (Barnston-Gayton-Heswall-Oldfield)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Harding [n 1] | 3,290 | 66.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Clarke [n 2] | 3,123 | – | – | |
Conservative | Crowe [n 3] | 3,107 | – | – | |
Liberal | G. Collins | 1,387 | 27.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | A. Conway | 1,349 | – | – | |
Liberal | Wiggans | 1,160 | – | – | |
Labour | Garde | 302 | 6.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Ayre | 279 | – | – | |
Labour | W. Gamet | 264 | – | – | |
Majority | 38.2 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 11,022 | ||||
Turnout | 45.2 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
No. 22 (Irby-Pensby-Thurstaston)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Doris Sisson [n 1] | 2,522 | 64.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Birks [n 2] | 2,519 | – | – | |
Conservative | Ford [n 3] | 2,469 | – | – | |
Labour | S. Dunn | 1,405 | 35.8 | N/A | |
Labour | H. Ellis-Thomas | 1,361 | – | – | |
Labour | Cody | 1,304 | – | – | |
Majority | 28.4 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 9,147 | ||||
Turnout | 42.9 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Notes
[edit]• bold denotes the winning candidate
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