1973 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

1973 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

10 May 1973 (1973-05-10) 1975 →
All 66 seats to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council 34 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	41.1%[1]
First party Second party Third party   Con Lab Leader Bill Whitehurst Bill Wells Gruff Evans Party Conservative Labour Liberal Leader's seat Central-Hoose-Meols-Park Leasowe Cathcart-Claughton-Cleveland Seats won 29 24 13 Popular vote 43,847 33,320 23,106 Percentage 42.9% 32.6% 22.6%
Map of results of 1973 election
Leader of the Council after election Bill Whitehurst (Conservative) No Overall Control

The 1973 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 10 May 1973 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England.^[2] This was on the same day as other local elections.

The election took place a year before the council formally coming into its powers and prior to the creation of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the county boroughs of Birkenhead and Wallasey, along with the municipal borough of Bebington and the urban districts of Hoylake and Wirral.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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