1973 Greater London Council election

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.

1973 Greater London Council election

← 1970 12 April 1973 1977 →

92 councillors
47 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Reg Goodwin Desmond Plummer Stanley Rundle
Party Labour Conservative Liberal
Leader's seat Bermondsey St Marylebone Richmond
Seats won 58 32 2
Seat change Increase23 Decrease33 Increase2
Popular vote 928,034 743,123 244,703
Percentage 47.4% 38.0% 12.5%
Swing Increase7.5% Decrease12.6% Increase7.1%

Results by electoral division

Leader before election

Desmond Plummer
Conservative

Leader after election

Reg Goodwin
Labour

Electoral arrangements

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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

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General election of councillors

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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

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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

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Members of the old council*

Barking

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Greenwich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peggy Arline Middleton* 13,953 68.4
Conservative J A B Kind 6,440 31.6
Majority
Turnout 38.9
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

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Hackney Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ellis Simon Hillman* 9,265
Conservative Stanley J. Sorrell 1,770
Independent O. Hales 266
Majority
Turnout
Hackney North & Stoke Newington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Thomas Pitt* 6,529
Conservative Leslie R. House 2,524
Communist Monty Goldman 621
Socialist (GB) J. Carter 250
Majority
Turnout
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

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Fulham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anthony Louis Banks* 15,176
Conservative A F E Johnson 9,926
Liberal Derek J P Honeygold 2,002
Independent M S Ashworth 202
Majority
Turnout

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

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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
Tottenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Robert McIntosh 8,043
Conservative John Antony Croft 3,360
National Independence Michael Paul Coney 2,924
Socialist (GB) Mrs A Young 109
Majority
Turnout
Wood Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephen Michael Alan Haseler 10,305
Conservative Rodney Charles Gent 5,862
Majority
Turnout

Harrow

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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
Islington North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Louis Wolfgang Bondy* 7,463
Conservative Timothy Stephen Kenneth Yeo 2,798
Socialist (GB) A J L Buick 284
Majority
Turnout
Islington South & Finsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arthur Ernest Wicks* 9,850
Conservative S G Parker 2,969
Communist Marie Betteridge 538
Majority
Turnout

Kensington and Chelsea

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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

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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

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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
Norwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kenneth Robert Livingstone 11,622
Conservative Michael Peter Russell Malynn* 8,007
Liberal Michael Frederick Drake 1,819
Socialist (GB) H. Young 95
Majority
Turnout
Streatham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Diana Elizabeth Geddes* 10,492
Labour Hugh H. Walker 9,426
Liberal Allan Mitchell 2,114
Socialist (GB) F. W. Simkins 120
Independent William George Boaks 57
Majority
Turnout

Boaks - Air Road Public Safety White Resident

Vauxhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ewan Geddes Carr* 10,821
Conservative Peter James Bottomley 3,396
Communist J. A. Henry 365
Socialist (GB) M. E. Sansum 121
Majority
Turnout

Lewisham

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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

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Mitcham & Morden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anthony Robert Judge 14,628
Conservative Miss J R Yarwood 10,060
Independent Grace Louisa Giddins 875
Communist Sidney Ernest French 485
Majority
Turnout
Wimbledon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stanley Charles Bolton* 14,506
Labour Keith Bill 8,389
Liberal Peter Charles Spratling 6,419
Majority
Turnout

Newham

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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

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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

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Richmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Anthony Stanley Richard Rundle 12,160 44.2
Conservative B. S. Feldman 9,312 33.8
Labour Kenneth L Elmes 5,796 21.1
Communist Ms E. Tendler 250 0.9
Majority
Turnout 27,518
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

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Bermondsey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Reginald Eustace Goodwin 14,617
Conservative Alexander J Padmore 1,480
National Front R. S. Pritchard 992
Majority
Turnout
Dulwich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Andrew Balfe 14,184
Conservative A. P. Berend 9,222
Liberal C. M. Hall 2,853
Communist Eric L. Hodson 431
Majority
Turnout
Peckham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harvey W. Hinds* 14,134
Conservative Nicholas Brian Baker 2,214
Majority
Turnout

Sutton

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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

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Bethnal Green and Bow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ernest Ashley Bramall 10,802
Conservative L. E. Smith 899
Independent J. P. Collins 467
Majority
Turnout
Stepney & Poplar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Patrick Branagan 13,062
Conservative P. E. Bridge 782
Communist Max Samuel Levitas 703
Majority
Turnout

Waltham Forest

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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

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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
Majority
Turnout

Westminster and the City of London

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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
St Marylebone
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur Desmond Herne Plummer* 7,930
Labour Jeremy Gordon 4,971
Unofficial Conservative P. Darvas 485
Communist L. R. Temple 276
Socialist (GB) R. A. Weidberg 84
Majority
Turnout

By-elections 1973–1977

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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]

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  1. ^ The term was reduced to four years by the London Councillors Order 1976 and aldermen elected in 1973 served until 1977.
  2. ^ Resigned 2 September 1976
  3. ^ 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

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  1. ^ a b "The London Councillors Order 1976" (PDF). legislation.gov.uk. 17 February 1976. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Greater London Council Election" (PDF). London Datastore. 12 April 1973. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
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