1973 Bracknell District Council election

1973 Bracknell District Council election
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All 31 seats to Bracknell District Council
16 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Lab
Con
Res
Leader Bill Lindop
Party Labour Conservative Residents
Seats won 17 9 3
Popular vote 6,395 5,560 704
Percentage 47.6% 41.3% 5.2%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Lib
Ind
Party Liberal Independent
Seats won 1 1
Popular vote 615 0
Percentage 4.6% 0.0%
Council control before election

Council created

 Council control after election

Labour

The 1973 Bracknell District Council election was the first election to the newly formed Bracknell District Council in England, taking place on 7 June 1973 alongside other local elections as part of the 1973 United Kingdom local elections.[1] Its predecessor council was Easthampstead Rural District. For the first time at a local level, the Labour Party gained control.[2] The party benefitted from a reapportionment of seats for Bracknell town - at Easthampstead Rural District's last election in 1971, 21 of the 44 councillors represented Bracknell wards, but this now changed to 17 of 31.[1] With just 29% of the seats, it remained the worst performance for the Conservatives in a Bracknell District or Bracknell Forest election until 2023.

  1. ^ a b "Bracknell election tension". Bracknell Times. 10 May 1973. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Bracknell Forest Borough Council Election Results 1973-1995" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 28 December 2022.