- Source: 1973 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
- 1973 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
- Metropolitan Borough of Wirral
- Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council elections
- Wirral Council
- 1999 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
- 1998 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
- 1990 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
- 1984 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
- 1978 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
- 1976 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 1973 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 10 May 1973 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
The election took place a year before the council formally coming into its powers and prior to the creation of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the county boroughs of Birkenhead and Wallasey, along with the municipal borough of Bebington and the urban districts of Hoylake and Wirral.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Election results
= Overall election result
=New Council.
Ward results
= Birkenhead
=No. 1 (Argyle-Clifton-Holt)
No. 2 (Bebington and Mersey)
No. 3 (Cathcart-Claughton-Cleveland)
No. 4 (Devonshire and Egerton)
No. 5 (Gilbrook and St James)
No. 6 (Grange and Oxton)
No. 7 (Prenton)
No. 8 (Upton)
= Wallasey
=No. 9 (Leasowe)
No. 10 (Marlowe-Egremont-South Liscard)
No. 11 (Moreton and Saughall Massie)
No. 12 (New Brighton-Wallasey-Warren)
No. 13 (North Liscard-Upper Brighton Street)
No. 14 (Seacombe-Poulton-Somerville)
= Bebington
=No. 15 (Higher Bebington and Woodhey)
No. 16 (Park-New Ferry-North Bromborough)
No. 17 (South Bromborough and Eastham)
No. 18 (Lower Bebington and Poulton)
= Hoylake
=No. 19 (Caldy and Frankby)
No. 20 (Central-Hoose-Meols-Park)
= Wirral
=No. 21 (Barnston-Gayton-Heswall-Oldfield)
No. 22 (Irby-Pensby-Thurstaston)
Notes
• bold denotes the winning candidate
References
Mellows-Facer, Adam (10 May 2006). "Local election 2006". parliament.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2018."BBC NEWS VOTE 2003 WIRRAL". BBC News. 1 May 2003. Retrieved 29 December 2018.