Claim: T. Cooney received the highest number of votes, followed by E.Burke in the first elections of the newly created Newcastle City Council on May 10, 1973.
Evidence: The first elections to the newly created Newcastle City Council were held on 10 May 1973, with the entirety of the 78 seat council - three seats for each of the 26 wards - up for vote. T. Cooney 1,872 75.4 E. Burke 1,838 G. Trice 2,559 M. Charlton 2,191