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Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 10 May 1973.
The first elections to the newly created metropolitan borough council were held on 10 May 1973, with the entirety of the 90 seat council - three seats for each of the thirty wards - up for vote. The Local Government Act 1972 stipulated that the elected members were to shadow and eventually take over from the predecessor corporation on 1 April 1974. The order in which the councillors were elected dictated their term serving, with third-place candidates serving two years and up for re-election in 1975, second-placed three years expiring in 1976 and 1st-placed five years until 1978.
Election result
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76.6 | 54.9 | 67,886 | N/A | |
Conservative | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 28.7 | 35,479 | N/A | |
Liberal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 12.6 | 15,556 | N/A | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 3,117 | N/A | |
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1,597 | N/A |
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
Party | New council | |
---|---|---|
Labour | 69 | |
Conservatives | 18 | |
Liberals | 3 | |
Communist | 0 | |
Total | 90 | |
Working majority | 48 |
Ward results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harry Firth | 1,659 | 84.9 | N/A | |
Labour | Norman Eldred | 1,653 | |||
Labour | Jim Pearson | 1,553 | |||
Conservative | Hedley Oldfield | 295 | 15.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Derek Eastwood | 287 | |||
Conservative | Patricia Oldfield | 272 | |||
Majority | 1,258 | 69.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,954 | 21.2 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Eric Crewe | 3,165 | 53.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Danny George | 3,139 | |||
Conservative | Cliff Godber | 3,078 | |||
Liberal | Royden Fairfax | 1,556 | 26.5 | N/A | |
Liberal | Jennifer Norris | 1,330 | |||
Liberal | Rita Gurson | 1,272 | |||
Labour | Peter Cave | 1,149 | 19.6 | N/A | |
Labour | Pat Waugh | 1,103 | |||
Labour | Jock Sturrock | 1,087 | |||
Majority | 1,522 | 27.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,870 | 38.2 | N/A | ||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John G Marshall | 3,005 | 71.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Tom Ratcliffe | 2,947 | |||
Labour | George Fisher | 2,929 | |||
Conservative | Gordon Millward | 1,219 | 28.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | William Betts | 1,153 | |||
Conservative | Moira Disney | 1,138 | |||
Majority | 1,710 | 42.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,224 | 26.3 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bill Michie | 2,339 | 83.4 | N/A | |
Labour | George Wilson | 2,311 | |||
Labour | Peter Price | 2,310 | |||
Conservative | Nesta Bennett | 367 | 13.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Julian Birch | 367 | |||
Conservative | Paul Mort | 265 | |||
Communist | Reg Arundel | 98 | 3.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,943 | 70.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,804 | 22.1 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Graham Cheetham | 2,184 | 46.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Irvine Patnick | 2,179 | |||
Conservative | Marvyn Moore | 2,150 | |||
Liberal | John Isard | 1,285 | 27.5 | N/A | |
Liberal | Keith Jackson | 1,282 | |||
Liberal | Dennis Tester | 1,247 | |||
Labour | David Brown | 1,193 | 25.6 | N/A | |
Labour | John Halstead | 1,187 | |||
Labour | Pauline Harrison | 1,177 | |||
Majority | 865 | 19.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,662 | 27.4 | N/A | ||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Francis Butler | 3,366 | 63.5 | N/A | |
Liberal | Malcolm Johnson | 2,884 | |||
Liberal | Don Sparkes | 2,840 | |||
Labour | Charlotte Ellis | 1,688 | 31.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Alan Billings | 1,571 | |||
Labour | Bill Robins | 1,516 | |||
Conservative | David Chapman | 246 | 4.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | George Dodson | 186 | |||
Conservative | Chris Verheart | 113 | |||
Majority | 1,152 | 31.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,300 | 42.4 | N/A | ||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Reg Munn | 1,978 | 79.4 | N/A | |
Labour | Peter Horton | 1,957 | |||
Labour | Roy Munn | 1,920 | |||
Conservative | Margaret Beatson | 394 | 15.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Emma Sizer | 380 | |||
Conservative | Ian Beatson | 374 | |||
Communist | Violet Gill | 118 | 4.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,526 | 63.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,490 | 20.7 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom Steel | 2,322 | 37.6 | N/A | |
Labour | Arthur Bradbury | 2,079 | |||
Labour | Lawrence Kingham | 1,961 | |||
Independent | Richard Endall | 1,866 | 30.2 | N/A | |
Liberal | Betty Burton | 1,720 | 27.9 | N/A | |
Independent | Eric Wadsworth | 1,549 | |||
Communist | Robert McAteer | 262 | 4.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 95 | 6.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,719 | 60.3 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Prince | 2,682 | 77.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Sidney Dyson | 2,643 | |||
Labour | Isidore Lewis | 2,580 | |||
Conservative | Kathleen Circuit | 796 | 22.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Dorothy Rose | 748 | |||
Conservative | Margaret Broomhead | 711 | |||
Majority | 1,784 | 54.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,478 | 24.2 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harold Hebblethwaite | 3,247 | 69.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | David Heslop | 3,175 | |||
Conservative | Pat Santhouse | 3,167 | |||
Labour | Kenneth Davies | 1,411 | 30.3 | N/A | |
Labour | Win Francis | 1,386 | |||
Labour | Robert Jones | 1,361 | |||
Majority | 1,756 | 39.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,658 | 32.0 | N/A | ||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Pinder | 3,194 | 73.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | John Neill | 3,109 | |||
Conservative | Agnes Edeson | 3,027 | |||
Labour | Elizabeth Callister | 1,169 | 26.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Elsie Richardson | 1,145 | |||
Labour | Norman Mosforth | 1,110 | |||
Majority | 1,868 | 46.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,363 | 28.2 | N/A | ||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Albert Morris | 2,404 | 56.0 | N/A | |
Labour | Valerie Potts | 2,399 | |||
Labour | Terry Butler | 2,392 | |||
Liberal | John Butler | 1,371 | 32.0 | N/A | |
Liberal | Albert Hattersley | 1,150 | |||
Liberal | Brian Hepworth | 1,083 | |||
Conservative | Geoffrey Ward | 424 | 9.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Bryan Dick | 419 | |||
Conservative | Anthony Williams | 401 | |||
Communist | Barry Bracken | 91 | 2.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,021 | 24.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,289 | 29.0 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Albert Richardson | 3,177 | 61.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Jack Green | 3,148 | |||
Labour | Joe Thomas | 3,143 | |||
Conservative | Jack Thompson | 1,983 | 38.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Mary Davison | 1,917 | |||
Conservative | Stuart Dawson | 1,898 | |||
Majority | 1,160 | 23.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,160 | 29.6 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Jackson | 2,540 | 51.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Gordon Wragg | 2,457 | |||
Conservative | Kenneth Arnold | 2,454 | |||
Labour | Dennis Brown | 1,376 | 27.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Peter Bulger | 1,318 | |||
Labour | Veronica South | 1,292 | |||
Liberal | Jean Mason | 1,052 | 21.2 | N/A | |
Liberal | Lawton Tonge | 1,003 | |||
Liberal | Paul Metcalfe | 931 | |||
Majority | 1,078 | 23.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,968 | 32.1 | N/A | ||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Nicholls | 2,665 | 76.2 | N/A | |
Labour | Leonard Cope | 2,660 | |||
Labour | Annie Britton | 2,632 | |||
Conservative | Christine Selby | 830 | 23.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Alfred Grimes | 828 | |||
Conservative | Roger Attwood | 805 | |||
Majority | 1,802 | 52.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,495 | 24.6 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mick Batty | 3,061 | 60.9 | N/A | |
Labour | Winifred Golding | 2,939 | |||
Labour | John Senior | 2,923 | |||
Conservative | Phillip Baker | 1,217 | 24.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Richard Clarke | 1,167 | |||
Conservative | Joyce Palmer | 1,125 | |||
Liberal | Bob Jackson | 572 | 11.4 | N/A | |
Communist | Martin Ashworth | 173 | 3.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,756 | 36.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,023 | 31.6 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alf Meade | 2,977 | 58.3 | N/A | |
Labour | Bill Meade | 2,963 | |||
Labour | Geoff Fairbrother | 2,943 | |||
Conservative | Frank Adams | 2,126 | 41.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Kathleene Moore | 2,028 | |||
Conservative | Frank Brookes | 2,019 | |||
Majority | 817 | 16.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,103 | 35.0 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joe Albaya | 2,607 | 59.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Arnold Wood | 2,584 | |||
Labour | Tom Woodhead | 2,349 | |||
Conservative | Joan Ward | 1,009 | 23.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Arthur Egginton | 972 | |||
Conservative | Andrew Bannister | 954 | |||
Liberal | David Winn | 749 | 17.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,377 | 36.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,365 | 26.9 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Armitage | 2,727 | 84.4 | N/A | |
Labour | Dora Fitter | 2,700 | |||
Labour | Marie Rodgers | 2,566 | |||
Conservative | Pat Barnsley | 331 | 10.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Katherine Pinder | 330 | |||
Conservative | Roger Barnsley | 312 | |||
Communist | John Hukin | 172 | 5.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,235 | 44.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,908 | 26.5 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dorothy Walton | 1,895 | 77.9 | N/A | |
Labour | Mary Anne Foulds | 1,890 | |||
Labour | Harry Havenhand | 1,869 | |||
Conservative | Edley Keeton | 539 | 22.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Anne Keeton | 503 | |||
Majority | 1,332 | 55.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,432 | 25.7 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Earl | 1,938 | 49.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Jean Grindrod | 1,933 | |||
Conservative | Connie Dodson | 1,916 | |||
Labour | Leon Harris | 1,179 | 30.0 | N/A | |
Labour | Daphne Billings | 1,176 | |||
Labour | Malcolm Leary | 1,149 | |||
Liberal | Peter Metcalfe | 804 | 20.5 | N/A | |
Liberal | Harry Hebden | 790 | |||
Liberal | Colin Wood | 781 | |||
Majority | 737 | 19.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,921 | 26.4 | N/A | ||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Roger Barton | 2,784 | 78.4 | N/A | |
Labour | William Eddison | 2,759 | |||
Labour | Philip Moscrop | 2,665 | |||
Conservative | Anne Roebuck | 557 | 15.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Neil Hebblethwaite | 547 | |||
Conservative | Evelyn Webster | 514 | |||
Communist | Ken Hattersley | 208 | 5.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,108 | 62.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,549 | 27.9 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harold Lambert | 2,323 | 71.3 | N/A | |
Labour | Doris Mulhearn | 2,229 | |||
Labour | Enid Hattersley | 2,106 | |||
Conservative | Moira Hattersley | 810 | 24.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Maisie Hyatt | 649 | |||
Conservative | Merelina Fox | 640 | |||
Communist | Margaret Brown | 124 | 3.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,296 | 46.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,257 | 27.8 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jack Watson | 2,692 | 83.9 | N/A | |
Labour | Mary Kirk | 2,681 | |||
Labour | Harry Hanwell | 2,619 | |||
Conservative | Heather McKenzie | 515 | 16.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Kevin Moore | 477 | |||
Conservative | Stuart Mottershaw | 462 | |||
Majority | 2,104 | 67.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,207 | 22.2 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Jones | 3,052 | 81.9 | N/A | |
Labour | Sam Wall | 2,968 | |||
Labour | Phillip Grisdale | 2,875 | |||
Conservative | Nick Hutton | 426 | 11.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Fred Barnsley | 414 | |||
Conservative | Denise Barnsley | 381 | |||
Communist | Roy Makin | 249 | 6.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,449 | 70.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,727 | 21.6 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ethal Evans | 2,346 | 73.2 | N/A | |
Labour | Ian Baxter | 2,281 | |||
Labour | Alf Wood | 2,228 | |||
Conservative | Deryck Beardshaw | 856 | 26.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Kathryn Barnsley | 851 | |||
Conservative | Colin Barnsley | 834 | |||
Majority | 1,372 | 46.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,202 | 27.0 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | E. Wingfield | 2,977 | 39.6 | N/A | |
Labour | E. Ratcliffe | 2,792 | |||
Labour | John Laurent | 2,698 | |||
Conservative | A. Nicholls | 1,731 | 23.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Richard Saddington | 1,552 | |||
Liberal | D. Stuart | 1,552 | 20.7 | N/A | |
Independent | J. Goddard | 1,251 | 16.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | A. Hardy | 1,030 | |||
Independent | A. Crapper | 705 | |||
Majority | 967 | 19.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,260 | 41.2 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Blunkett | 2,767 | 87.3 | N/A | |
Labour | Derek Hickin | 2,673 | |||
Labour | Dorothy Podlesny | 2,661 | |||
Conservative | John Chapman | 301 | 9.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Ken Platts | 301 | |||
Conservative | Jennifer Chapman | 298 | |||
Communist | George James | 102 | 3.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,360 | 77.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,170 | 22.5 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Anthony Sweeney | 2,146 | 41.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Roy Couldwell | 1,801 | |||
Labour | Paul Wood | 1,783 | |||
Liberal | Albert Leather | 1,529 | 29.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Margaret Balfour | 1,453 | 28.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Derek Webster | 1,213 | |||
Majority | 254 | 12.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,128 | 51.4 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Veronica Hardstaff | 2,136 | 73.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Bernard Kidd | 2,072 | |||
Labour | Bill Owen | 2,053 | |||
Conservative | Ivy Parnell | 786 | 26.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Stanley Parnell | 769 | |||
Conservative | Christine Crewe | 766 | |||
Majority | 1,267 | 46.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,922 | 24.8 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |