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

12 April 1973
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 23 33 2 Popular vote 928,034 743,123 244,703 Percentage 47.4% 38.0% 12.5% Swing 7.5% 12.6% 7.1%
Results by electoral division
Leader before election Desmond Plummer Conservative Leader after election Reg Goodwin Labour

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.

Results

General election of councillors

The Labour Party won a majority of seats at the election.

With an electorate of 5,313,470, there was a turnout of 36.8%.

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:

Party		Alderman
	Labour	Richard Collins
	Labour	Maureen Harwood
	Labour	Walter Kenneth Mansfield
	Labour	Stanley Wilfred Mayne
	Labour	Luke Patrick O'Connor
	Labour	Oliver Stutchbury
	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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
Majority
Turnout

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

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

Further information: List of Greater London Council by-elections

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.