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1973 City of Lincoln Council election

The 1973 City of Lincoln Council election were the first elections to the newly created City of Lincoln Council and took place on 7 June 1973. This was on the same day as other local elections. 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 election resulted in the Democratic Labour Party gaining control of the council.

Party	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	20	n/a	n/a	n/a	66.7	39.8	8,660	n/a
	6	n/a	n/a	n/a	20.0	27.9	6,062	n/a
	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	6.7	4.6	997	n/a
	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	3.3	25.2	5,469	n/a
	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	3.3	2.0	997	n/a
Total	30		21,732

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic Labour	915
	Democratic Labour	911
	Democratic Labour	897
	Labour	638
	Labour	612
	Labour	592
	Conservative	426
	Conservative	415
	37.6%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic Labour	790
	Ind. Conservative	544
	Labour	480
	Conservative	479
	Labour	424
	Labour	421
	Ind. Conservative	420
	41.5%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic Labour	925
	Democratic Labour	836
	Democratic Labour	825
	Conservative	663
	Conservative	656
	Conservative	630
	Labour	329
	Labour	289
	Labour	258
	36.5%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	872
	Conservative	794
	Conservative	792
	Democratic Labour	695
	Democratic Labour	690
	Democratic Labour	688
	Labour	323
	Labour	282
	Labour	271
	38.9%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	997
	Conservative	813
	Independent	758
	Conservative	529
	Conservative	509
	Labour	426
	Labour	398
	Labour	383
	39.3%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic Labour	1,278
	Democratic Labour	1,208
	Democratic Labour	1,107
	Labour	909
	Labour	844
	Labour	755
	Conservative	384
	Conservative	382
	Conservative	317
	37.3%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic Labour	971
	Democratic Labour	923
	Democratic Labour	877
	Labour	635
	Labour	537
	Labour	484
	Conservative	309
	Conservative	308
	Conservative	292
	35.9%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,298
	Democratic Labour	1,108
	Conservative	1,062
	Conservative	1,058
	Democratic Labour	832
	Democratic Labour	820
	Labour	520
	Labour	502
	Labour	491
	45.6%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic Labour	1,111
	Democratic Labour	1,104
	Democratic Labour	1,066
	Labour	805
	Labour	664
	Labour	603
	Conservative	554
	34.1%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic Labour	867
	Democratic Labour	720
	Democratic Labour	696
	Labour	404
	Labour	383
	Labour	291
	Conservative	264
	32.6%

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