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1973 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election
The first elections to the newly created Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 10 May 1973, with the entirety of the 51 seat council — three seats for each of the 17 wards — up for election. 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 how long each served for, with third-place candidates serving two years and up for re-election in 1975, second-placed three years expiring in 1976, and first-placed serving five years until 1978.
In May 1974 a by-election for the Brighouse ward occurred to replace the Conservative councillor G. Wood. The by-election was won by the Labour candidate M. Cunningham.
Calderdale Borough Council election 1973
Labour
49
28
-
-
-
54.9
40.0
65,232
-
Conservative
51
18
-
-
-
35.3
38.9
63,428
-
Liberal
31
5
-
-
-
9.8
18.5
30,147
-
Independent
3
0
-
-
-
0.0
1.5
2,479
-
Socialist
1
0
-
-
-
0.0
0.7
1,122
-
Ind. Conservative
1
0
-
-
-
0.0
0.3
482
-
After the election the composition of the council was:
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