12 April 1973 (England & Wales) 1 May 1973 (Scotland) 10 May 1973 (England & Wales) 30 May 1973 (Northern Ireland) 7 June 1973 (England)
1974 →
1 Unicameral area, all 6 metropolitan counties, all 39 non-metropolitan counties, all 36 metropolitan boroughs, all 296 English districts, 1 sui generis authority, all 26 Northern Irish districts, all 8 Welsh counties and all 37 Welsh districts
Majority party
Minority party
Third party
Leader
Harold Wilson
Edward Heath
Jeremy Thorpe
Party
Labour
Conservative
Liberal
Leader since
14 February 1963
27 July 1965
18 January 1967
Map of the results of the elections in England and Wales, showing party control by district (left) and county (right).
The first elections to the new local authorities established by the Local Government Act 1972 in England and Wales and the new Northern Ireland district councils created by the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 took place in 1973. Elections to the existing Greater London Council also took place.[1]
^Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1973. The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
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