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1973 Plymouth City Council election

The 1973 Plymouth City Council election took place on 7 June 1973 to elect members of Plymouth City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. Voting took place across 22 wards, each electing 3 Councillors. Following the Local Government Act 1972, this was the first election to the new non-metropolitan district council for Plymouth, which came into being on 1 April the following year. The Conservative Party took control of the Council after winning a majority of seats.

Party	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	37	n/a	n/a	n/a	56.1	47.9	28,943	n/a
	29	n/a	n/a	n/a	43.9	45.9	27,721	n/a
	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	0.0	6.2	3,760	n/a
Total	66		60,424

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	2,055
	Conservative	2,031
	Conservative	1,998
	Labour	531
	Labour	501
	Labour	481
	32.8%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	2,139
	Conservative	2,128
	Conservative	2,126
	Labour	1,163
	Labour	1,103
	Labour	1,035
	34.1%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,878
	Conservative	1,789
	Conservative	1,734
	Labour	835
	Labour	802
	Labour	773
	35.8%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	1,881
	Labour	1,792
	Labour	1,784
	Conservative	802
	Conservative	786
	Conservative	739
	Liberal	535
	44.1%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	1,481
	Labour	1,321
	Labour	1,259
	Conservative	1,056
	Conservative	1,031
	Conservative	1,013
	%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	1,553
	Conservative	1,435
	Labour	1,409
	Labour	1,348
	Conservative	1,347
	Conservative	1,264
	40.7%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	2,102
	Labour	2,002
	Labour	1,997
	Conservative	692
	Conservative	692
	Conservative	687
	35.2%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,525
	Conservative	1,525
	Conservative	1,521
	Labour	1,183
	Labour	1,151
	Labour	1,148
	Liberal	631
	42.4%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	2,123
	Labour	1,969
	Labour	1,829
	Conservative	1,154
	Conservative	1,121
	Conservative	1,024
	42.2%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	949
	Conservative	881
	Conservative	870
	Labour	603
	Labour	508
	Labour	463
	25.7%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,334
	Conservative	1,258
	Conservative	1,230
	Labour	832
	Labour	812
	Labour	805
	31.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,703
	Conservative	1,684
	Conservative	1,635
	Liberal	1,014
	Labour	445
	Labour	380
	Labour	307
	40.8%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,430
	Conservative	1,367
	Conservative	1,219
	Labour	753
	Liberal	685
	Labour	590
	Labour	552
	40.2%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,568
	Conservative	1,495
	Conservative	1,465
	Labour	1,254
	Labour	1,219
	Labour	1,192
	38.5%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	1,319
	Labour	1,313
	Labour	1,254
	Conservative	881
	Conservative	784
	Conservative	772
	29.4%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	2,168
	Labour	2,054
	Labour	2,020
	Conservative	1,300
	Conservative	1,224
	Conservative	1,152
	44.7%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	1,657
	Labour	1,641
	Labour	1,578
	Conservative	622
	Conservative	616
	Conservative	608
	33.3%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,538
	Conservative	1,522
	Conservative	1,462
	Labour	1,055
	Labour	1,027
	Labour	973
	36.1%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	1,486
	Labour	1,443
	Labour	1,403
	Liberal	895
	Conservative	665
	Conservative	551
	Conservative	514
	40.5%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	1,402
	Labour	1,376
	Labour	1,337
	Conservative	922
	Conservative	888
	Conservative	835
	28.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,975
	Conservative	1,958
	Conservative	1,911
	Labour	773
	Labour	749
	Labour	723
	35.3%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,320
	Conservative	1,201
	Conservative	1,200
	Labour	1,122
	Labour	1,106
	Labour	956
	28.9%

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