1973 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election information
Election event in Metropolitan Borough
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council Elections, 1973
10 May 1973
1975 →
Whole council (51) to Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council 26 seats needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Third party
Party
Labour
Conservative
Liberal
Seats won
28, 54.9%
18, 35.3%
5, 9.8%
Popular vote
65,232
63,428
30,147
Percentage
40.0%
38.9%
18.5%
Council control after election
Labour
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 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.
As well as replacing the County Borough of Halifax, the new council included:
Municipal Borough of Brighouse
Municipal Borough of Todmorden
Elland Urban District
Hebden Royd Urban District
Queensbury and Shelf Urban District (part)
Ripponden Urban District
Sowerby Bridge Urban District
Hepton Rural District
The election resulted in Labour gaining control.
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.
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