Claim: The 1973 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election was a win for the Labour party after two of their candidates got in the top three highest votes in Moreton and Saughall Massie.
Evidence: Moreton and Saughall Massie Labour 1,318 Labour 1,288 Labour 1,230 Conservative 1,132 Conservative 1,083 Conservative 1,080 Liberal 345 Liberal 328 Liberal 313