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1973 Essex County Council election

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1973 Essex County Council election

← 1970 12 April 1973 (1973-04-12) 1977 →

All 82 seats to Essex County Council
42 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Party Labour Conservative Liberal
Seats won 40 35 5
Popular vote 159,541 175,208 26,868
Percentage 43.1% 47.3% 7.3%

  Fourth party Fifth party
  Blank Blank
Party Independent Residents Association
Seats won 1 1
Popular vote 3,886 3,241
Percentage 1.0% 0.9%

Council control after election


No overall control

The 1973 Essex County Council election took place on 12 April 1973 to elect members of Essex County Council in England.

Summary[edit]

1973 Essex County Council election
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 40 48.8 43.1 159,541
  Conservative 35 42.7 47.3 175,208
  Liberal 5 6.1 7.3 26,868
  Independent 1 1.2 1.0 3,886
style="background-color: Template:Residents Association/meta/color; width: 3px;" |   Residents Association 1 1.2 0.9 3,241
style="background-color: Template:Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1972)/meta/color; width: 3px;" |   Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1972) 0 0.0 0.3 1,186
  Independent Labour 0 0.0 0.1 326
  Communist 0 0.0 0.1 252

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