Local elections were held in Scotland in May 1973, as part of that year's wider British local elections. The elections were the last to the local authorities created under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929, and were replaced in 1975 by a uniform system of regions and districts.
Elections to the 4 city corporations, 21 town councils of large burghs and 176 town councils of small burghs took place on 1 May 1973; elections to the 33 county councils took place a week later on 8 May 1973.[1]
Municipal elections
editResults by council
editCounties of cities
edit| Council | Seats up | Lab | Con[a] | Lib | SNP | Turnout | Control | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen | 12 (of 36) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 27.4% | Labour hold | Details | |
| Dundee | 13 (of 36) | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 37.0% | Labour hold | Details | |
| Edinburgh | 26 (of 69) | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | No overall control hold | Details | ||
| Glasgow | 37 (of 111) | 26 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 30.5% | Labour hold | Details | |
Large burghs
edit| Council | Seats up | Lab | Con[a] | Lib | SNP | Ind | Other | Turnout | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airdrie | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.4% | Details |
| Arbroath | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 41.6% | Details |
| Ayr | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0%[b] | Details |
| Clydebank | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41.0% | Details |
| Coatbridge | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Details | |
| Dumbarton | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.8% | Details |
| Dumfries | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 32.0% | Details |
| Dunfermline | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.5% | Details |
| East Kilbride | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.2% | Details |
| Falkirk | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Details | |
| Greenock | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.0% | Details |
| Hamilton | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.5% | Details |
| Inverness | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 31.2% | Details |
| Kilmarnock | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.0% | Details |
| Kirkcaldy | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 39.3% | Details |
| Motherwell and Wishaw | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28.7% | Details |
| Paisley | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29.9% | Details |
| Perth | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37.6% | Details |
| Port Glasgow | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35.9% | Details |
| Rutherglen | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Details | |
| Stirling | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 40.3% | Details |
Notes
edit- ^ a b Includes councillors standing as Progressives or Moderates.
- ^ There were no elections in Ayr, as Labour and the Moderates agreed to only field candidates in the seats they were defending, in order to save funds for the 1974 election campaign.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Labour on top in day of record low polling". The Glasgow Herald. 2 May 1973. p. 1. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ Thomson, Claude (11 April 1973). "Auld Ayr decides to look ahead". The Glasgow Herald. p. 6. Retrieved 15 January 2021.