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1973 Merseyside County Council election

The 1973 Merseyside County Council election took place on 12 April 1973 to elect members of Merseyside County Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

The 1973 Merseyside County Council election took place on 12 April 1973 to elect members of Merseyside County Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

There were 95 wards electing the 99 members between them. Two wards, (both in Wirral), were uncontested.

New Council.

1973 Merseyside County Council election
Labour	94	53	53.5	41.3	175,475
Conservative	94	26	26.3	33.7	143,344
Liberal	52	19	19.2	21.8	92,524
Residents	6	1	1.0	1.9	7,996
Communist	18	0	0	0.7	2,978
Tenants	1	0	0	0.3	1,184
Independent	2	0	0	0.2	872
Ind. Conservative	2	0	0	0.1	397
Save (political party)	1	0	0	0.1	268


Labour	11	10	90.9	61.3	24,218
Conservative	10	1	9.1	25.2	9,954
Liberal	6	0	0.0	11.5	4,541
Communist	7	0	0.0	2.0	778

Turnout: 31.5%


Labour	36	18	50.0	40.0	58,840
Liberal	21	14	38.9	29.4	43,285
Conservative	36	4	11.1	29.1	42,772
Ten	1	0	0.0	0.8	1,184
Communist	4	0	0.0	0.4	622
Save	1	0	0.0	0.2	268
Independent	1	0	0.0	0.1	74

Turnout: 34.4%


Conservative	19	11	57.9	42.8	36,642
Labour	16	6	31.6	30.7	26,245
Liberal	8	1	5.3	15.5	13,279
Residents	5	1	5.3	9.0	7,704
Communist	5	0	0.0	1.1	902
Independent	1	0	0.0	0.9	798

Turnout: 40.0%


Labour	11	9	81.8	56.1	26,428
Conservative	7	2	18.2	27.9	13,154
Liberal	4	0	0.0	15.0	7,045
Communist	1	0	0.0	1.0	485

Turnout: 34.4%


Conservative	22	8	36.4	38.6	40,822
Labour	20	10	45.5	37.6	39,744
Liberal	13	4	18.2	23.0	24,374
Ind. Conservative	2	0	0.0	0.4	397
Residents	1	0	0.0	0.3	292
Communist	1	0	0.0	0.2	191

Turnout: 41.1%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
	Labour	2,139	83.0	N/A
	Conservative	353	13.7	N/A
	Communist	84	3.3	N/A
1,786	69.3	N/A
9,813
	26.3	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,824	51.9	N/A
	Liberal	835	23.7	N/A
	Conservative	783	22.3	N/A
	Communist	74	2.1	N/A
989	28.2	N/A
9,459
	37.2	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	2,660	44.9	N/A
	Labour	2,005	33.8	N/A
	Liberal	1,210	20.4	N/A
	Communist	55	0.9	N/A
655	11.1	N/A
13,273
	44.7	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,464	65.1	N/A
	Conservative	848	22.4	N/A
	Liberal	389	10.3	N/A
	Communist	82	2.2	N/A
1,616	42.7	N/A
11,198
	33.8	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,782	66.7	N/A
	Liberal	761	28.5	N/A
	Communist	130	4.9	N/A
1,021	38.2	N/A
10,832
	24.7	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,381	53.3	N/A
	Liberal	1,004	38.7	N/A
	Conservative	105	4.1	N/A
	Communist	101	3.9	N/A
377	14.6	N/A
11,339
	22.9	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,164	72.6	N/A
	Conservative	565	19.0	N/A
	Communist	252	8.5	N/A
1,599	53.6	N/A
14,372
	20.7	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,360	61.2	N/A
	Conservative	1,494	38.8	N/A
866	22.4	N/A
9,035
	42.7	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,266	65.6	N/A
	Conservative	1,189	34.4	N/A
1,077	31.2	N/A
9,924
	34.8	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	3,380	72.4	N/A
	Conservative	1,289	27.6	N/A
2,091	44.8	N/A
13,617
	34.3	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,453	70.8	N/A
	Conservative	668	19.3	N/A
	Liberal	342	9.9	N/A
1,785	51.5	N/A
12,510
	27.7	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,432	79.1	N/A
	Conservative	364	11.8	N/A
	Communist	280	9.1	N/A
2,068	67.3	N/A
13,507
	22.8	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	4,162	78.8	N/A
	Labour	1,120	21.2	N/A
3,042	57.6	N/A
14,688
	36.0	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	2,325	55.2	N/A
	Liberal	1,183	28.1	N/A
	Labour	705	16.7	N/A
1,142	27.1	N/A
10,856
	38.8	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,018	38.7	N/A
	Liberal	1,739	33.4	N/A
	Conservative	1,457	27.9	N/A
279	5.3	N/A
13,161
	39.6	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	2,815	58.3	N/A
	Conservative	1,042	21.6	N/A
	Labour	973	20.1	N/A
1,773	36.7	N/A
14,434
	33.5	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	1,551	45.8	N/A
	Labour	1,207	35.7	N/A
	Conservative	626	18.5	N/A
344	10.1	N/A
11,443
	29.6	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	3,186	61.9	N/A
	Conservative	1,051	20.4	N/A
	Liberal	911	17.7	N/A
2,135	41.5	N/A
12,358
	41.7	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,169	75.9	N/A
	Conservative	421	14.7	N/A
	Save	268	9.4	N/A
1,748	61.2	N/A
12,362
	23.1	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	4,289	51.7	N/A
	Liberal	3,807	–	–
	Conservative	2,963	35.7	N/A
	Conservative	2,885	–	–
	Labour	1,047	12.6	N/A
	Labour	955	–	–
1,335	16.0	N/A
19,102
	43.4	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	4,154	63.0	N/A
	Conservative	2,037	30.9	N/A
	Labour	400	6.1	N/A
2,117	32.1	N/A
14,436
	45.7	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	2,069	41.9	N/A
	Labour	1,760	35.6	N/A
	Conservative	1,110	22.5	N/A
309	6.3	N/A
10,800
	45.7	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,414	59.1	N/A
	Conservative	1,669	40.9	N/A
745	18.2	N/A
12,602
	32.4	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	3,800	60.2	N/A
	Conservative	1,624	25.7	N/A
	Labour	885	14.0	N/A
2,176	34.5	N/A
12,667
	49.8	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,479	64.1	N/A
	Conservative	404	17.5	N/A
	Liberal	345	14.9	N/A
	Communist	80	3.5	N/A
1,075	46.6	N/A
7,597
	30.4	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	3,043	68.2	N/A
	Conservative	1,418	31.8	N/A
1,625	36.4	N/A
16,342
	31.1	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	1,598	41.9	N/A
	Labour	1,384	36.3	N/A
	Conservative	828	21.7	N/A
214	5.6	N/A
10,856
	35.1	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,294	57.0	N/A
	Conservative	1,731	43.0	N/A
562	14.0	N/A
11,774
	34.2	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	3,784	78.4	N/A
	Labour	3,625	–	–
	Conservative	1,042	21.6	N/A
	Conservative	934	–	–
2,742	56.8	N/A
20,068
	24.0	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,675	68.2	N/A
	Conservative	1,046	26.7	N/A
	Communist	203	5.2	N/A
1,629	41.5	N/A
15,485
	25.3	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	2,221	58.8	N/A
	Labour	1,207	31.9	N/A
	Conservative	352	9.3	N/A
1,014	26.9	N/A
9,438
	40.1	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	2,282	69.7	N/A
	Labour	854	26.1	N/A
	Conservative	139	4.2	N/A
1,428	43.6	N/A
9,774
	33.5	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,369	72.8	N/A
	Conservative	885	27.2	N/A
1,484	45.6	N/A
11,283
	28.8	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	3,266	55.9	N/A
	Labour	1,505	25.7	N/A
	Conservative	1,000	17.1	N/A
	Independent	74	1.3	N/A
1,761	30.2	N/A
13,442
	43.5	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	2,260	48.9	N/A
	Labour	1,592	34.5	N/A
	Conservative	769	16.6	N/A
668	14.4	N/A
12,225
	37.8	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	3,638	67.9	N/A
	Conservative	1,718	32.1	N/A
1,920	35.8	N/A
16,059
	33.4	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,155	61.0	N/A
	Conservative	1,375	39.0	N/A
780	22.0	N/A
10,105
	34.9	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	2,442	61.3	N/A
	Conservative	893	22.4	N/A
	Labour	589	14.8	N/A
	Communist	59	1.5	N/A
1,549	38.9	N/A
10,693
	37.2	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,760	55.9	N/A
	Tenants	1,184	37.6	N/A
	Conservative	202	6.4	N/A
576	18.3	N/A
10,501
	30.0	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	3,010	75.2	N/A
	Conservative	992	24.8	N/A
2,018	50.4	N/A
14,808
	27.0	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,529	38.0	N/A
	Liberal	1,362	33.8	N/A
	Conservative	1,134	28.2	N/A
167	4.2	N/A
11,678
	34.5	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,957	51.9	N/A
	Conservative	1,812	48.1	N/A
145	3.8	N/A
12,195
	30.9	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,820	74.4	N/A
	Conservative	508	13.4	N/A
	Liberal	461	12.2	N/A
2,312	61.0	N/A
13,002
	29.1	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	3,673	51.8	N/A
	Conservative	3,628	–	–
	Liberal	2,262	31.9	N/A
	Liberal	2,063	–	–
	Labour	1,155	16.3	N/A
	Labour	1,096	–	–
1,411	19.9	N/A
17,839
	39.7	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,461	60.0	N/A
	Conservative	1,508	26.7	N/A
	Communist	135	3.3	N/A
953	23.3	N/A
13,240
	31.0	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,103	70.5	N/A
	Conservative	687	23.0	N/A
	Communist	192	6.4	N/A
1,416	47.5	N/A
11,509
	25.9	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	4,028	60.3	N/A
	Labour	3,906	–	–
	Conservative	2,261	33.8	N/A
	Conservative	2,147	–	–
	Communist	395	5.9	N/A
	Communist	341	–	–
1,767	26.5	N/A
24,169
	27.7	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	2,309	44.2	N/A
	Residents	1,953	37.4	N/A
	Labour	964	18.4	N/A
356	6.8	N/A
12,423
	42.1	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,683	43.3	N/A
	Liberal	1,118	28.2	N/A
	Conservative	1,082	27.9	N/A
565	15.1	N/A
10,731
	36.2	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	1,607	40.3	N/A
	Conservative	1,472	37.0	N/A
	Labour	904	22.7	N/A
135	3.3	N/A
9,676
	41.2	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	2,827	58.2	N/A
	Liberal	2,034	41.8	N/A
793	16.4	N/A
9,075
	53.6	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	4,691	74.9	N/A
	Labour	1,575	25.1	N/A
3,116	49.8	N/A
16,537
	37.9	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	3,575	58.1	N/A
	Conservative	2,401	39.0	N/A
	Communist	180	2.9	N/A
1,174	19.1	N/A
16,515
	37.3	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	2,527	48.0	N/A
	Liberal	1,994	37.9	N/A
	Labour	743	14.1	N/A
533	10.1	N/A
13,418
	39.2	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,754	38.2	N/A
	Labour	1,595	34.8	N/A
	Liberal	1,240	27.0	N/A
159	3.4	N/A
11,286
	40.7	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,726	63.7	N/A
	Liberal	985	36.3	N/A
741	27.4	N/A
9,023
	30.0	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	2,510	48.1	N/A
	Conservative	1,424	27.3	N/A
	Labour	1,286	24.6	N/A
1,086	20.8	N/A
11,406
	45.8	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	2,484	43.8	N/A
	Liberal	1,773	31.3	N/A
	Labour	1,408	24.9	N/A
711	12.5	N/A
10,525
	53.8	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	2,150	57.0	N/A
	Liberal	1,625	43.0	N/A
525	14.0	N/A
10,436
	36.2	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,905	43.3	N/A
	Residents	1,487	33.8	N/A
	Labour	1,009	22.9	N/A
418	9.5	N/A
9,367
	47.0	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,915	32.2	N/A
	Labour	1,831	30.8	N/A
	Residents	1,408	23.7	N/A
	Independent	798	13.4	N/A
84	1.4	N/A
13,100
	45.4	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,519	39.5	N/A
	Residents	1,249	32.5	N/A
	Labour	1,080	28.1	N/A
270	7.0	N/A
9,200
	41.8	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,926	83.8	N/A
	Conservative	567	16.2	N/A
2,359	67.6	N/A
11,022
	31.7	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	3,874	52.1	N/A
	Liberal	3,561	47.9	N/A
313	4.2	N/A
16,022
	46.4	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	3,167	53.5	N/A
	Labour	2,751	46.5	N/A
416	7.0	N/A
14,053
	42.1	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,801	47.6	N/A
	Conservative	1,371	36.2	N/A
	Liberal	611	16.2	N/A
430	11.4	N/A
10,259
	36.9	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,005	59.5	N/A
	Liberal	1,367	40.5	N/A
638	19.0	N/A
11,760
	28.7	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,793	65.0	N/A
	Liberal	1,506	35.0	N/A
1,287	30.0	N/A
15,565
	27.7	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,407	52.0	N/A
	Conservative	2,224	48.0	N/A
183	4.0	N/A
13,452
4,631	34.4	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,465	59.7	N/A
	Conservative	989	40.3	N/A
476	19.4	N/A
8,471
	29.0	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	3,226	86.9	N/A
	Communist	485	13.1	N/A
2,741	73.8	N/A
16,313
	22.7	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	2,819	73.4%	N/A
	Labour	1,024	26.6	N/A
1,795	46.8%	N/A
9,404
3,846	40.9%	N/A
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Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,156	51.7	N/A
	Conservative	2,017	48.3	N/A
139	3.4	N/A
10,497
4,173	39.8	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	2,927	49.8	N/A
	Labour	1,834	31.2	N/A
	Liberal	1,118	19.0	N/A
1,093	18.6	N/A
10,279
	57.2	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	3,087	65.9	N/A
	Conservative	1,594	34.1	N/A
1,493	31.8	N/A
9,776
4,681	47.9	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	3,061	44.6	N/A
	Conservative	2,278	33.2	N/A
	Liberal	1,527	22.2	N/A
783	11.4	N/A
12,857
6,866	53.4%	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	3,118	47.3	N/A
	Liberal	1,737	26.4	N/A
	Labour	1,732	26.3	N/A
1,381	20.9	N/A
12,002
6,587	54.9	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,120	70.6	N/A
	Conservative	883	29.4	N/A
1,237	41.2	N/A
8,985
3,003	33.4	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,010	63.0	N/A
	Conservative	1,182	37.0	N/A
828	26.0	N/A
8,707
3,192	36.7	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	2,521	50.1%	N/A
	Labour	1,471	29.2%	N/A
	Conservative	1,040	20.7%	N/A
1,050	20.9	N/A
9,993
5,032	50.4	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	3,067	50.1	N/A
	Conservative	1,542	25.2	N/A
	Labour	1,514	24.7	N/A
1,525	24.9	N/A
12,464
	49.1	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,242	59.5	N/A
	Liberal	1,106	29.3	N/A
	Conservative	421	11.2	N/A
1,136	30.2	N/A
9,030
3,766	41.7%	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	3,075	52.5	N/A
	Conservative	1,687	28.8	N/A
	Labour	1,100	18.8	N/A
1,388	23.7	N/A
12,348
	47.5	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	3,422	53.4	N/A
	Labour	2,991	46.6	N/A
431	6.8	N/A
15,882
6,433	40.4	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	3,687	51.1	N/A
	Conservative	3,044	42.2	N/A
	Residents	292	4.0	N/A
	Communist	191	2.6	N/A
643	8.9	N/A
19,861
7,214	36.3	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	H. Needham	Unopposed
12,684

Party	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	J. Last	Unopposed
11,992

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,507	59.6	N/A
	Conservative	1,094	26.0	N/A
	Liberal	604	14.4	N/A
1,413	33.6	N/A
11,464
4,285	36.7%	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,106	40.0%	N/A
	Conservative	2,104	39.9%	N/A
	Liberal	1,058	20.1	N/A
2	0.1%	N/A
13,155
5,268	40.0%	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,556	49.6	N/A
	Conservative	1,094	34.9%	N/A
	Liberal	486	15.5%	N/A
462	14.7%	N/A
7,070
3,136	44.4%	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	4,368	51.1	N/A
	Conservative	3,495	40.9	N/A
	Labour	538	6.3	N/A
	Ind. Conservative	139	1.6	N/A
873	10.2	N/A
14,673
	58.2	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	2,099	39.8	N/A
	Liberal	2,001	38.0	N/A
	Labour	912	17.3	N/A
	Ind. Conservative	258	4.9	N/A
98	1.8	N/A
11,774
5,270	44.8	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,994	68.3%	N/A
	Conservative	1,387	31.7%	N/A
1,607	36.6%	N/A
12,427
4,387	35.3%	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	3,477	60.9%	N/A
	Liberal	1,706	29.9	N/A
	Labour	522	9.1%	N/A
1,771	31.0%	N/A
11,022
5,705	51.8%	N/A

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	2,934	62.5%	N/A
	Labour	1,760	37.5%	N/A
1,174	25.0%	N/A
9,147
4,694	51.3%	N/A

• bold denotes the winning candidate

"…on night of Labour slaughter…". Liverpool Daily Post. 6 May 1977.

"LABOUR SUNK BY TORY'S BLUE TIDE". Liverpool Echo. 6 May 1977.

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