| Election Name: | 1973 Nottinghamshire County Council election |
| Country: | Nottinghamshire |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 1970 Nottinghamshire County Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1970 |
| Next Election: | 1977 Nottinghamshire County Council election |
| Next Year: | 1977 |
| Seats For Election: | All 89 seats to Nottinghamshire County Council |
| Majority Seats: | 45 |
| Election Date: | 12 April 1973 |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats1: | 54 |
| Popular Vote1: | 121,230 |
| Percentage1: | 48.78% |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats2: | 35 |
| Popular Vote2: | 111,750 |
| Percentage2: | 44.96% |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| After Election: | Labour |
The 1973 Nottinghamshire County Council election was held on Thursday, 12 April 1973. The election resulted in the Labour Party winning an overall majority of seats on the council.[1] [2]
The election was the first to take place to the new non-metropolitan county council of Nottinghamshire as defined by the Local Government Act 1972, which had reformed local government in England and Wales. The council acted as a "shadow authority" until 1 April 1974, when it gained control from its predecessor county council, which had been established by the Local Government Act 1888.[3]
Whilst previously the City of Nottingham was an independent county borough and therefore not included within the administrative county of Nottinghamshire or involved in the election of county councillors, the new administrative county included Nottingham for the first time as a non-metropolitan district.[4] [5] Nottingham would subsequently regain independent control over its affairs when it became a unitary authority in 1998.[6]
Each electoral division returned either one, two or three county councillors. The candidate elected to the council in each electoral division is shown in the table below. "Unopposed" indicates that the councillor was elected unopposed.[2]
| Electoral division | Party | Councillor | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnold East | Labour | A. Lester | 2,078 | ||
| Arnold South | Conservative | J. Lester | 2,924 | ||
| Arnold West | Conservative | R. Griffin | 1,853 | ||
| Balderton | Conservative | R. Jenkins | 1,829 | ||
| Basford No. 1 (Newthorpe) | Conservative | C. Minkley | 2,656 | ||
| Basford No. 2 | Labour | A. Rutherford | 2,139 | ||
| Basford No. 3 | Conservative | A. Belper | 1,821 | ||
| Basford No. 4 | Labour | B. Sharrard | Unopposed | ||
| Basford No. 5 | Conservative | R. Dickson | 2,278 | ||
| Basford No. 6 | Conservative | J. Sheldon | 3,424 | ||
| Conservative | G. Ayton | 3,283 | |||
| Beeston & Stapleford (Bramcote) | Conservative | C. Cooper | 2,343 | ||
| Beeston & Stapleford (Chilwell) | Conservative | E. Hudson | 2,408 | ||
| Beeston & Stapleford North | Conservative | R. Cox | 1,784 | ||
| Beeston & Stapleford South | Labour | R. Orton | 2,273 | ||
| Beeston & Stapleford (Stapleford) | Labour | J. Plowan | 2,421 | ||
| Beeston & Stapleford (Toton and Attenborough) | Conservative | G. Bottomley | 1,914 | ||
| Bingham No. 1 | Conservative | G. Wade | 2,629 | ||
| Bingham No. 2 | Conservative | M. Appleby | 1,926 | ||
| Bingham No. 3 | Labour | V. Lloyd | 1,687 | ||
| Bingham No. 4 | Conservative | S. Pattison | 2,979 | ||
| Bridgford North | Conservative | F. Worwood | 1,542 | ||
| Bridgford South | Conservative | P. Wright | 2,522 | ||
| Bridgford West | Conservative | F. Whitson | 2,826 | ||
| Carlton No. 1 | Conservative | A. Roth | 4,095 | ||
| Conservative | W. Edwards | 4,033 | |||
| Carlton No. 2 | Conservative | H. Stanley | 3,706 | ||
| Conservative | D. Shirt | 3,705 | |||
| Collingham | Conservative | E. Yates | 1,504 | ||
| East Retford Rural No. 1 | Conservative | C. Hempsall | 1,805 | ||
| East Retford Rural No. 2 | Conservative | F. Rudder | 2,644 | ||
| Eastwood | Labour | H. Walker | 1,412 | ||
| Hucknall East | Labour | B. Simms | 2,362 | ||
| Hucknall North | Labour | P. Watson | 2,757 | ||
| Kirkby-in-Ashfield East | Labour | S. Booler | Unopposed | ||
| Kirkby-in-Ashfield West | Labour | E. Ashley | Unopposed | ||
| Mansfield No. 1 (East) | Labour | F. Warsop | 1,220 | ||
| Mansfield No. 2 (South East) | Labour | G. Foster | 1,725 | ||
| Mansfield No. 3 (South) | Conservative | W. Brown | 2,200 | ||
| Mansfield No. 4 | Labour | W. Morris | 3,702 | ||
| Labour | M. Gallagher | 3,632 | |||
| Mansfield Woodhouse | Labour | D. Haynes | Unopposed | ||
| Labour | B. Whitelaw | Unopposed | |||
| Newark No. 1 (South) | Labour | F. Moore | 1,631 | ||
| Newark No. 2 | Labour | J. Woods | 1,708 | ||
| Nottingham No. 1 (Bridge & Trent) | Labour | G. Daft | 3,793 | ||
| Labour | J. Fernell | 3,690 | |||
| Labour | C. Worthington | 3,552 | |||
| Nottingham No. 2 (Lenton) | Labour | M. Yuil | 2,327 | ||
| Conservative | B. Borrett | 2,320 | |||
| Nottingham No. 3 (Manvers & St. Anns) | Labour | F. Higgins | 2,239 | ||
| Labour | J. Carroll | 2,202 | |||
| Nottingham No. 4 (Market) | Labour | J. Cattermole | 1,147 | ||
| Nottingham No. 5 (Byron & St. Alban) | Labour | I. Matthews | 5,891 | ||
| Labour | J. Scoffings | 5,011 | |||
| Labour | R. Wilson | 4,991 | |||
| Nottingham No. 6 (Forest & Mapperley) | Conservative | H. Fraser | 4,579 | ||
| Conservative | E. Chambers | 4,463 | |||
| Conservative | E. Baker | 4,113 | |||
| Nottingham No. 7 (Portland & Radford) | Labour | J. Burton | 4,505 | ||
| Labour | L. Maynard | 4,491 | |||
| Labour | T. Strickson | 4,221 | |||
| Nottingham No. 8 (Abbey & University) | Conservative | G. Cragg | 6,152 | ||
| Conservative | M. Whittaker | 6,105 | |||
| Conservative | M. Spungin | 6,081 | |||
| Nottingham No. 9 (Clifton) | Labour | G. Dobson | 3,264 | ||
| Labour | S. Gibbons | 2,807 | |||
| Nottingham No. 10 (Robin Hood & Broxtowe) | Labour | E. Foster | 4,451 | ||
| Labour | W. Case | 4,135 | |||
| Labour | T. Harby | 3,991 | |||
| Nottingham No. 11 (Woolaton) | Labour | B. Littlewood | 3,505 | ||
| Labour | M. Cowan | 2,864 | |||
| Retford North | Labour | E. Davidson | 1,413 | ||
| Retford South | Labour | C. Grove | 1,500 | ||
| Southwell No. 1 | Conservative | B. Haigh | 3,669 | ||
| Southwell No. 2 | Conservative | P. Boddy | 2,367 | ||
| Southwell No. 3 (Ollerton) | Labour | M. Delacy | 2,526 | ||
| Southwell No. 4 | Labour | E. Farr | 3,062 | ||
| Southwell No. 5 | Labour | M. Beardsley | Unopposed | ||
| Sutton-in-Ashfield East | Labour | A. Bennett | Unopposed | ||
| Sutton-in-Ashfield North | Labour | J. Anthony | 1,114 | ||
| Sutton-in-Ashfield South | Labour | E. Lincoln | 1,521 | ||
| Sutton-in-Ashfield West | Labour | M. Lee | 1,249 | ||
| Warsop | Labour | W. Cairns | Unopposed | ||
| Worksop No. 1 (East) | Labour | R. Rabbitt | 2,843 | ||
| Worksop No. 2 (North) | Labour | A. Burton | Unopposed | ||
| Worksop No. 3 | Labour | P. Miller | 1,638 | ||
| Worksop Rural No. 1 (Blyth) | Labour | J. Connolly | 1,354 | ||
| Worksop Rural No. 2 | Labour | C. Stringer | Unopposed | ||