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1973 Sheffield City Council election
All 90 seats to Sheffield City Council; 46 seats needed for a majority
Majority party before election; Labour Party (UK);	Majority party after election ; Labour Party (UK);

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

Sheffield Local Election Result 1973
	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	69	76.6	54.9	67,886	N/A
Conservative	18	20.0	28.7	35,479	N/A
Liberal	3	3.3	12.6	15,556	N/A
Independent	0	0.0	2.5	3,117	N/A
Communist	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

Attercliffe^[1]
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)

Beauchief^[1]
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)

Birley^[1]
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)

Brightside^[1]
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)

Broomhill^[1]
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)

Burngreave^[1]
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)

Castle^[1]
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)

Chapel Green^[1]
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)

Darnall^[1]
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)

Dore^[1]
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)

Ecclesall^[1]
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)

Firth Park^[1]
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)

Gleadless^[1]
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)

Hallam^[1]
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)

Handsworth^[1]
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)

Heeley^[1]
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)

Hillsborough^[1]
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)

Intake^[1]
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)

Manor^[1]
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)

Mosborough^[1]
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)

Nether Edge^[1]
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)

Nether Shire^[1]
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)

Netherthorpe^[1]
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)

Owlerton^[1]
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)

Park^[1]
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)

Sharrow^[1]
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)

South Wortley^[1]
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)

Southey Green^[1]
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)

Stocksbridge^[1]
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)

Walkley^[1]
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)

References

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1973 Sheffield City Council election

Election result

Ward results

References