The fourth election to the Greater London Council (GLC) was held on 12 April 1973. Labour won a large majority of 58 seats to 32 for the Conservatives; the Liberals also won their first two seats on the council.
Electoral arrangements
As there had been a boundary commission report with new Parliamentary constituencies which coincided with the border of Greater London, the electoral system was changed (as had always been intended) so that the GLC was elected from single member electoral divisions which were identical with the Parliamentary constituencies.
Councillors were elected for a three-year term. This was extended for an extra year in 1976 when the electoral cycle was switched to four-yearly.[1]
Results
General election of councillors
The Labour Party won a majority of seats at the election.[2]
With an electorate of 5,313,470, there was a turnout of 36.8%.[3]
Among those who were first elected to the GLC in 1973 were Ken Livingstone (Labour, Lambeth, Norwood), later to lead it, Andrew McIntosh (Labour, Haringey, Tottenham) who was his brief moderate rival for the Labour leadership, and Serge Lourie (Labour, Havering, Hornchurch), who became a founder member of the SDP and leader of Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council in 2001.
Party | Votes | Seats |
Number | % | +/- | Stood | Seats | % | +/- |
| Labour | 928,034 | 47.4 | 7.5 | 92 | 58 | 63.0 | 23 |
| Conservative | 743,123 | 38.0 | 12.6 | 92 | 32 | 34.8 | 33 |
| Liberal | 244,703 | 12.5 | 7.1 | 60 | 2 | 2.2 | 2 |
| Communist | 11,954 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| National Front | 9,536 | 0.5 | New | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Residents' or Ratepayers' | 5,516 | 0.3 | New | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Independent | 4,211 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Action | 3,063 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| National Independence | 2,924 | 0.1 | New | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Ind. Conservative | 2,393 | 0.1 | New | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Socialist (GB) | 1,612 | 0.1 | | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Independent Labour | 227 | 0.0 | New | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Aldermanic election
In addition to the 92 elected councillors, there were fifteen aldermen elected by the council. Eight aldermen elected in 1970 continued to serve until 1976 and the eight elected in 1967 retired before the 1973 election. Seven aldermen were elected by the council on 4 May 1973 to serve until 1979.
Aldermen elected in 1973, to retire in 1979:[a]
Party | Alderman |
| Labour | Richard Collins |
| Labour | Maureen Harwood |
| Labour | Walter Kenneth Mansfield |
| Labour | Stanley Wilfred Mayne |
| Labour | Luke Patrick O'Connor |
| Labour | Oliver Stutchbury[b] |
| Labour | John Golden Warren |
The aldermen divided 9 Labour and 6 Conservative, so that Labour had 67 members to 38 for the Conservatives following the aldermanic election. It would be the final election of aldermen to the council, with those elected in 1970 and 1973 having their terms altered to all end in 1977.[1]
Constituency results
Members of the old council*
Barking
Barking Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | John Benjamin Ward* | 10,575 | 71.5 | |
| Conservative | C A Pool | 2,417 | 16.3 | |
| Liberal | J D Tyrell | 1,800 | 12.2 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | 29.7 | |
Turnout | | | |
| Labour win (new boundaries) |
Dagenham Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Robert John Crane* | 13,753 | 72.3 | |
| Conservative | T. A. Woodcock | 2,149 | 11.3 | |
| Liberal | George Daniel Poole | 1,994 | 10.5 | |
| Independent Labour | Vera W Cridland | 564 | | |
| Communist | George Charles Wake | 558 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | 27.4 | |
| Labour win (new seat) |
Barnet
Chipping Barnet Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Reginald Marks* | 10,753 | 50.0 | |
| Labour | H. Sprague | 6,035 | 28.0 | |
| Liberal | Margaret Gelling Snow | 4,727 | 22.0 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | 37.9 | |
Finchley Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Jean Leslie Scott* | 8,008 | 48.9 | |
| Labour | Albert Edward Tomlinson | 5,183 | 31.7 | |
| Liberal | Leonard W. Watkins | 3,175 | 19.4 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | 37.9 | |
Hendon North Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Frank Arthur Cooper | 8,925 | 44.2 | |
| Conservative | Rita Maisie Levy* | 8,180 | 40.5 | |
| Liberal | David Hugh Edwards | 3,079 | 15.3 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | 40.7 | |
Hendon South Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Peter Blair Black* | 8,229 | 41.0 | |
| Labour | Mildred Gordon | 6,874 | 34.2 | |
| Liberal | Percy Walter Meyer | 4,992 | 24.8 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | 38.1 | |
Bexley
Bexleyheath Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Victor Rae Muske Langton* | 10,025 | 43.1 | |
| Labour | Stanley Wilfred Mayne | 8,924 | 38.4 | |
| Liberal | Wilfrid Pickard | 4,297 | 18.5 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | 45.6 | |
Erith & Crayford Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Francis William Archer | 14,168 | 61.9 | |
| Conservative | E. D. Josiffe | 8,717 | 38.1 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | 38.5 | |
Sidcup Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Douglas Melville Fielding* | 10,844 | 48.6 | |
| Labour | John Francis Spellar | 7,217 | 32.3 | |
| Liberal | L. W. Rogers | 4,276 | 19.1 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | 45.2 | |
Brent
Brent East Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Norman Howard | 14,123 | 61.6 | |
| Conservative | Alfred Abram Berney* | 7,232 | 31.5 | |
| Liberal | M. H. Habib | 1,115 | 4.9 | |
| Action | Raymond J Noble | 467 | 2.0 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | 35.7 | |
Brent North Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Alan Hardy* | 14,941 | 49.3 | |
| Labour | Maurice Howard Rosen | 10,143 | 33.4 | |
| Liberal | G. Phelps | 5,262 | 17.3 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | 42.1 | |
Brent South Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Illtyd Harrington* | 14,190 | 66.5 | |
| Conservative | Ruby Georgina Nancy Taylor* | 6,635 | 31.1 | |
| Communist | Leslie George Burt | 503 | 2.4 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | 34.4 | |
Bromley
Beckenham Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Frank Willie Smith* | 11,142 | 49.6 | |
| Labour | Nicholas John Sharp | 6,357 | 28.3 | |
| Liberal | D. A. Rowe | 4,975 | 22.1 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | 37.6 | |
Chislehurst Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Joan Kathleen Wykes | 10,977 | 44.3 | |
| Labour | Walter Kenneth Mansfield | 10,938 | 44.1 | |
| Liberal | John R. Hassall | 2,864 | 11.6 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | 46.3 | |
Orpington Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Jean Tatham | 15,496 | 44.3 | |
| Liberal | John William Cook | 13,169 | 37.7 | |
| Labour | Christopher Howes | 6,276 | 18.0 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | 53.6 | |
Ravensbourne Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | David Anthony Harris* | 10,012 | 56.0 | |
| Liberal | Mrs M. M. Coulson | 4,124 | 23.1 | |
| Labour | A. W. Wright | 3,534 | 19.8 | |
| Communist | G. Felton | 202 | 1.1 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | 36.7 | |
Camden
Hampstead Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Enid Barbara Wistrich | 12,268 | 48.0 | |
| Conservative | I. Clarke | 9,823 | 38.4 | |
| Liberal | Raymond Arthur Philip Benad | 2,824 | 11.0 | |
| Communist | R. Champion | 466 | | |
| Socialist (GB) | L. J. Cox | 191 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
Holborn & St Pancras South Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Alexander John Kazantzis* | 7,437 | 60.6 | |
| Conservative | David P Weeks | 3,520 | 28.7 | |
| Liberal | A. Elithorn | 1,085 | 8.8 | |
| Socialist (GB) | Mrs D. M. Davies | 99 | | |
| Independent | Noel S. Fierz | 72 | | |
| Independent | P. Goulstone | 60 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | 30.9 | |
- Fierz - Anti-Redevelopment
- Goulstone - Great Joint Happiness Homes for All
St Pancras North Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Rose Hacker | 9,915 | 67.7 | |
| Conservative | Nicholas J Bennett | 4,226 | 28.9 | |
| Communist | V. A. Heath | 497 | 3.4 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | 35.1 | |
Croydon
Croydon Central Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | David Frank White | 13,029 | 46.3 | |
| Conservative | Sonia Copland | 10,914 | 38.8 | |
| Liberal | Roy A Lightwing | 3,965 | 14.1 | |
| Independent | J T E A Waddell | 241 | 0.8 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
Croydon North East Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | David Howard Simpson | 10,340 | 43.8 | |
| Conservative | Gladys Emma Morgan* | 10,329 | 43.8 | |
| Liberal | Brian F Steggles | 2,940 | 12.4 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | 40.2 | |
Croydon North West Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Dudley Eric Reynolds Barker | 9,458 | 44.0 | |
| Conservative | Stephen James Stewart* | 8,965 | 41.7 | |
| Liberal | Leo C. E. Held | 3,074 | 14.3 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | 38.9 | |
Croydon South Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Geoffrey Weston Aplin* | 14,885 | 61.5 | |
| Liberal | Jean Pearson Coleman | 6,186 | 25.6 | |
| Labour | Mrs Mary E. Curson | 2,880 | 11.9 | |
| Ratepayers | S. B. Stray | 234 | 1.0 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | 40.3 | |
Ealing
Acton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | John Chaytor Dobson* | 10,576 | 45.7 | |
| Labour | Oliver Piers Stutchbury | 9,665 | 41.7 | |
| Liberal | N. J. Reed | 2,616 | 11.3 | |
| Communist | H. A. Tank | 303 | 1.3 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | 40.7 | |
Ealing North Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | David Michael Mason | 19,013 | 54.9 | |
| Conservative | Michael William Walter Farrow* | 15,361 | 45.1 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | 47.4 | |
Southall Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Yvonne Sieve | 14,442 | 59.4 | |
| Conservative | Robert Charles Patten | 9,876 | 40.6 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | 35.0 | |
Enfield
Edmonton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Bernard Stephen Mason | 11,085 | 53.6 | |
| Conservative | John William Victor Attwood | 7,256 | 35.1 | |
| Liberal | Ralph J R Scott | 1,870 | 9.1 | |
| Action | Martin F. Moloney | 457 | 2.2 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
Enfield North Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | John Howard White | 11,202 | 37.1 | |
| Liberal | L Eric L Ridge | 11,062 | 36.6 | |
| Conservative | Bryan Michael Deece Cassidy | 6,725 | 22.3 | |
| National Front | Kenneth Thomas Robinson | 1,204 | 4.0 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | 44.6 | |
Southgate Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Thomas Broughton Mitcheson* | 15,857 | 58.5 | |
| Liberal | Dennis Alan Coberman | 5,896 | 21.8 | |
| Labour | B M Barbuk | 5,342 | 19.7 | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | 38.4 | |
Greenwich
Woolwich East Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Mair Eluned Garside* | 11,880 | 67.2 | |
| Conservative | A R Dix | 3,164 | 17.9 | |
| Liberal | Robert H Smith | 1,860 | 10.5 | |
| Action | J P Sibley | 442 | | |
| Communist | Arthur A R Curtis | 332 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | 34.8 | |
Woolwich West Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Margaret Rees | 13,466 | | |
| Conservative | Mrs Wendy Mitchell | 9,867 | | |
| Liberal | James Douglas Eagle | 2,401 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
Hackney
Hackney South & Shoreditch Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Irene Chaplin | 8,473 | | |
| Conservative | E. Laws | 1,586 | | |
| Independent | V. A. C. Curtis | 325 | | |
| Action | D. H. England | 290 | | |
| Independent | B. M. Lampert | 154 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
Curtis - Parent Action Group for Education
Hammersmith
Ashworth - Centre Party
Hammersmith North Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Iris Mary Caroline Bonham* | 13,529 | | |
| Conservative | William Christopher Smith | 7,031 | | |
| Liberal | Mrs F M Abrahams | 2,095 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
Haringey
Hornsey Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Lawrence Arthur Bains* | 10,361 | | |
| Labour | John Golden Warren | 10,078 | | |
| Liberal | Patrick William O'Brien | 3,450 | | |
| Communist | B P Van den Berg | 483 | | |
| Socialist (GB) | D J Porter | 144 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
Harrow
Harrow Central Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | William Sydney Clack* | 7,812 | | |
| Labour | Alfred J. Lovell | 7,379 | | |
| Liberal | N. G. Marcus | 2,666 | | |
| National Front | R. Franklin | 1,361 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
Harrow East Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Harold Trevor Mote* | 10,432 | | |
| Labour | J. C. Powell | 10,217 | | |
| Communist | Reginald A. Ward | 460 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
Harrow West Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Horace Walter Cutler | 12,498 | | |
| Labour | N. A. Hyman | 5,407 | | |
| Liberal | Henry Young | 5,230 | | |
| Action | R. C. Ramage | 947 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
Havering
Hornchurch Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Alexander Serge Lourie | 10,714 | | |
| Conservative | Ronald Dennis Mitchell | 7,114 | | |
| Liberal | Brian George McCarthy | 3,666 | | |
| Non-Party Conservationist | Benjamin Percy-Davis | 1,908 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
Romford Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Bernard Brook-Partridge* | 9,697 | | |
| Labour | K. St. J. D'Cruze | 7,219 | | |
| Liberal | Terry Edward Hurlstone | 4,693 | | |
| Communist | Colin R Harper | 347 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
Upminster Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Shelagh Marjorie Roberts* | 11,425 | | |
| Labour | Maureen Harwood | 10,687 | | |
| Liberal | R. E. Jenking | 4,408 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
Hillingdon
Hayes & Harlington Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Peter Frank Norman Russell | 13,576 | | |
| Conservative | Robert Gurth Hughes | 5,637 | | |
| National Front | John Stanley Fairhurst | 1,821 | | |
| Communist | Peter R Pink | 317 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
Ruislip-Northwood Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Bernard Joseph Brown* | 13,263 | | |
| Labour | John S Gallagher | 6,395 | | |
| Liberal | George Raymond Stephenson | 5,108 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
Uxbridge Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | James Anthony Lemkin | 11,540 | | |
| Labour | Cyril Shaw | 10,571 | | |
| Liberal | Brian Outhwaite | 4,129 | | |
| Action | M. N. Griffin | 460 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
Hounslow
Brentford & Isleworth Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | James Daly | 17,428 | | |
| Conservative | Andrew Jardine* | 15,131 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
Feltham & Heston Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Douglas Eden | 16,529 | | |
| Conservative | Dyas Cyril Loftus Usher* | 9,173 | | |
| National Front | Josephine Mary Reid | 3,332 | | |
| Communist | P Rhodes | 379 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
Islington
Islington Central Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Evelyn Joyce Denington | 8,996 | | |
| Conservative | Mrs B A Devonald-Lewis | 2,936 | | |
| Liberal | Alan A S Butt Philip | 2,139 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
Kensington and Chelsea
Chelsea Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | William Archibald Ottley Juxon Bell* | 12,811 | | |
| Labour | S. H. Shapiro | 4,531 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
Kensington Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Robert Louis Vigars | 9,388 | | |
| Labour | D. J. Scott | 8,736 | | |
| Liberal | K. Rason | 2,855 | | |
| Communist | Edward S. Adams | 366 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
Kingston upon Thames
Kingston upon Thames Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Sydney William Leonard Ripley* | 12,145 | | |
| Labour | Peter W Lane | 6,855 | | |
| Liberal | Mrs L F Wells | 4,224 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
Surbiton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Geoffrey John David Seaton* | 8,821 | | |
| Labour | Robert R G Viner | 5,972 | | |
| Liberal | T. A. Channings | 3,966 | | |
| Independent | Edgar Scruby | 303 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
Scruby - Surbiton Residents & Ratepayers
Lambeth
Lambeth Central Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Anna Lloyd Grieves* | 9,231 | | |
| Conservative | John Laurence Pritchard | 2,707 | | |
| Liberal | J. T. Kane | 1,026 | | |
| Independent | C. G. Jackson | 143 | | |
| Socialist (GB) | H. G. Baldwin | 115 | | |
| Independent | G. W. Solomon | 103 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
- Jackson - Anti-Motorway, Support Community Involvement in Planning
- Solomon - Lambeth Residents for Democratic Local Government
Boaks - Air Road Public Safety White Resident
Lewisham
Deptford Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | David Walter Chalkley* | 13,159 | | |
| Conservative | I M Andrews | 4,805 | | |
| Liberal | Eric Reginald Lubbock | 1,747 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
Lewisham East Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | John Charles Henry* | 16,721 | | |
| Conservative | T M Aitken | 8,913 | | |
| Liberal | L Spicer | 4,182 | | |
| Communist | Michael Power | 461 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
Lewisham West Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | William Colbert Simson | 13,930 | | |
| Conservative | Michael John Wheeler | 11,667 | | |
| Communist | M H Robinson | 621 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
Merton
Wimbledon Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Stanley Charles Bolton* | 14,506 | | |
| Labour | Keith Bill | 8,389 | | |
| Liberal | Peter Charles Spratling | 6,419 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
Newham
Newham North East Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Thomas Alfred Jenkinson | 9,183 | 52.9 | |
| Independent | R. F. C. Ower | 5,110 | 29.5 | |
| Conservative | Timothy John Stroud | 2,828 | 16.3 | |
| Independent Labour | M. Flaherty | 227 | 1.3 | |
Majority | 4,073 | 23.4 | |
Turnout | | 26.1 | |
Ower - Ratepayers & Citizens Association
Newham North West Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Arthur Frank George Edwards* | 8,031 | 80.5 | |
| Conservative | Samuel M Swerling | 1,951 | 19.5 | |
Majority | 6,080 | 61.0 | |
Turnout | | 18.9 | |
Newham South Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Edward Percy Bell* | 10,024 | 82.0 | |
| Conservative | John Johnston | 1,579 | 12.9 | |
| Communist | R. A. Offley | 623 | 5.1 | |
Majority | 8,445 | 69.1 | |
Turnout | | 21.3 | |
Redbridge
Ilford North Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Timothy J. Ridoutt | 9,999 | | |
| Conservative | Neil Gordon Thorne* | 9,537 | | |
| Liberal | Gareth Laurence Philip Wilson | 4,410 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
Ilford South Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Dennis Annesley Carradice | 9,678 | | |
| Conservative | P A Chalkley | 8,556 | | |
| Liberal | Gerald Leslie Wilson | 3,232 | | |
| Communist | B S Wallington | 294 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
Wanstead & Woodford Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Robert Mitchell* | 11,439 | | |
| Labour | G J Clark | 4,176 | | |
| Liberal | David John Gilby | 3,411 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
Richmond upon Thames
Twickenham Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | George William Tremlett | 13,765 | | |
| Labour | P. T. Z. Goldring | 12,386 | | |
| Liberal | Cyril J. Barnes | 5,625 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
Southwark
Bermondsey Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Reginald Eustace Goodwin | 14,617 | | |
| Conservative | Alexander J Padmore | 1,480 | | |
| National Front | R. S. Pritchard | 992 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
Peckham Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Harvey W. Hinds* | 14,134 | | |
| Conservative | Nicholas Brian Baker | 2,214 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
Sutton
Carshalton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Phillip John Bassett | 11,611 | | |
| Conservative | George Frederick Everitt* | 11,239 | | |
| Liberal | C Clark | 7,094 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
Sutton and Cheam Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Ruth Mary Shaw | 15,515 | 53.3 | |
| Conservative | Alan Horace Lewis Leach | 10,367 | 35.6 | |
| Labour | Peter L Spalding | 3,209 | 11.0 | |
Majority | 5,148 | 17.7 | |
Turnout | 2,9091 | | |
Tower Hamlets
Waltham Forest
Chingford Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Richard Maddock Brew* | 9,905 | | |
| Labour | F F Land | 7,520 | | |
| Liberal | Barry R Woodward | 5,685 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
Leyton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | John James Walsh | 11,240 | | |
| Conservative | G P Waller | 6,485 | | |
| Communist | John Arthur Courcouf | 646 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
Walthamstow Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Robin Ainsworth Raine Young | 9,545 | | |
| Conservative | Phillip Charles Desmond Williams* | 4,381 | | |
| Liberal | Martin D Silverston | 2,724 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
Wandsworth
Battersea North Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Gladys Felicia Dimson* | 11,542 | | |
| Conservative | D. J. Wedgwood | 3,407 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
Battersea South Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Stephen Robert Hatch | 8,601 | | |
| Conservative | Lynda Chalker | 6,224 | | |
| Liberal | Cecil Victor Gittins | 1,559 | | |
| National Front | Tom Lamb | 826 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
Putney Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Ethel Marie Jenkins* | 15,449 | | |
| Conservative | Margaret Williams | 11,282 | | |
| Liberal | Walter V Hain | 3,649 | | |
| Communist | David John Welsh | 375 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
Tooting Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Lilias Girdwood Gillies | 11,783 | | |
| Conservative | N. R. Berry | 6,162 | | |
| Communist | Robert E. Lewis | 417 | | |
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Westminster and the City of London
City of London & Westminster South Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Mervyn Nelson Scorgie* | 9,152 | | |
| Labour | Philip John Turner | 4,993 | | |
| Liberal | R. W. Jones | 4,993 | | |
| Independent | A Wilson | 195 | | |
| Independent | P.A. Clifford | 184 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
Wilson - Anti-Mass Redevelopment
Paddington Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Jean Merriton | 11,085 | | |
| Conservative | Herbert Henry Sandford | 7,101 | | |
| Liberal | John H. Gover | 1,609 | | |
| Independent | D. J. B. Morgan | 172 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
By-elections 1973–1977
The first by-election of the term was caused by the court voiding the election in Croydon North East (see Morgan v Simpson). The former Conservative member Billie Morgan regained the seat she had narrowly lost in Croydon North East on 5 September 1974. Labour retained seats in Greenwich on 24 October 1974 and Dagenham on 30 January 1975 caused by the deaths of sitting councillors. The Conservatives kept their seat in Finchley on 15 May 1975 caused by the resignation of Roland Freeman and St Marylebone on 8 April 1976 caused by the resignation of former GLC leader Desmond Plummer.
There was one aldermanic by-election caused by the resignation of Oliver Piers Stutchbury (Labour) in 1976. Alfred Frederick Joseph Chorley (Labour) was elected by the council on 21 September 1976, to serve until 1977.[c]
Notes
- ^ The term was reduced to four years by the London Councillors Order 1976 and aldermen elected in 1973 served until 1977.
- ^ Resigned 2 September 1976
- ^ Stutchbury had been elected by the council in 1973 to serve until 1979 but the term was shortened to end in 1977 by the London Councillors Order 1976
References
- ^ a b "The London Councillors Order 1976" (PDF). legislation.gov.uk. 17 February 1976. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
- ^ "Greater London Council Election" (PDF). London Datastore. 12 April 1973. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ Boothroyd, David. "GLC Election Results Summaries". United Kingdom Election Results. Archived from the original on 1 September 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
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