Английская Википедия:1973 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

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Map of the results for the 1973 Wigan council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and Independent in grey.

The 1973 Wigan Council elections for the First Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 10 May 1973, with the entirety of the 72 seat council - three seats for each of the 24 wards - up for vote. It was the first council election as the newly formed metropolitan borough under a new constitution. The Local Government Act 1972 stipulated that the elected members were to shadow and eventually take over from the predecessor corporation on 1 April 1974. The order in which the councillors were elected dictated their term serving, with third-place candidates serving two years and up for re-election in 1975, second-placed three years expiring in 1976 and 1st-placed five years until 1978.

Labour won an overwhelming majority of sixty six seats to the Conservative's five and one Independent. Nine seats - for wards 13, 17 and 21 collectively - went unopposed and overall turnout was 34.5%.

Election result

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:

Party		New council
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color; width: 3px;" |	Labour	66
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color; width: 3px;" |	Conservatives	5
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color; width: 3px;" |	Independent	1
Total		72
Working majority		Шаблон:Color box