# 1973 Greater London Council election

The fourth election to the Greater London Council (GLC) was held on 12 April 1973. Labour won a large majority of 58 seats to 32 for the Conservatives; the Liberals also won their first two seats on the council.

## Electoral arrangements

As there had been a boundary commission report with new Parliamentary constituencies which coincided with the border of Greater London, the electoral system was changed (as had always been intended) so that the GLC was elected from single member electoral divisions which were identical with the Parliamentary constituencies.
Councillors were elected for a three-year term. This was extended for an extra year in 1976 when the electoral cycle was switched to four-yearly.

## Results
### General election of councillors

The Labour Party won a majority of seats at the election.
With an electorate of 5,313,470, there was a turnout of 36.8%.
Among those who were first elected to the GLC in 1973 were Ken Livingstone (Labour, Lambeth, Norwood), later to lead it, Andrew McIntosh (Labour, Haringey, Tottenham) who was his brief moderate rival for the Labour leadership, and Serge Lourie (Labour, Havering, Hornchurch), who became a founder member of the SDP and leader of Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council in 2001.
| Party | Party | Votes | Votes | Votes | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats |
| Party | Party | Number | % | +/- | Stood | Seats | % | +/- |
| | Labour | 928,034 | 47.4 | 7.5 | 92 | 58 | 63.0 | 23 |
| | Conservative | 743,123 | 38.0 | 12.6 | 92 | 32 | 34.8 | 33 |
| | Liberal | 244,703 | 12.5 | 7.1 | 60 | 2 | 2.2 | 2 |
| | Communist | 11,954 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| | National Front | 9,536 | 0.5 | New | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| | Residents' or Ratepayers' | 5,516 | 0.3 | New | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| | Independent | 4,211 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| | Action | 3,063 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| | National Independence | 2,924 | 0.1 | New | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| | Ind. Conservative | 2,393 | 0.1 | New | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| | Socialist (GB) | 1,612 | 0.1 | | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| | Independent Labour | 227 | 0.0 | New | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | |

### Aldermanic election

In addition to the 92 elected councillors, there were fifteen aldermen elected by the council. Eight aldermen elected in 1970 continued to serve until 1976 and the eight elected in 1967 retired before the 1973 election. Seven aldermen were elected by the council on 4 May 1973 to serve until 1979.
Aldermen elected in 1973, to retire in 1979:
| Party | Alderman |
| Labour | Richard Collins |
| Labour | Maureen Harwood |
| Labour | Walter Kenneth Mansfield |
| Labour | Stanley Wilfred Mayne |
| Labour | Luke Patrick O'Connor |
| Labour | Oliver Stutchbury |
| Labour | John Golden Warren |
The aldermen divided 9 Labour and 6 Conservative, so that Labour had 67 members to 38 for the Conservatives following the aldermanic election. It would be the final election of aldermen to the council, with those elected in 1970 and 1973 having their terms altered to all end in 1977.

## Constituency results

Members of the old council*

### Barking

Barking :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Benjamin Ward* | 10,575 | 71.5 | |
| | Conservative | C A Pool | 2,417 | 16.3 | |
| | Liberal | J D Tyrell | 1,800 | 12.2 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 29.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour win (new boundaries) | Labour win (new boundaries) | Labour win (new boundaries) | Labour win (new boundaries) | Labour win (new boundaries) |
Dagenham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Robert John Crane* | 13,753 | 72.3 | |
| | Conservative | T. A. Woodcock | 2,149 | 11.3 | |
| | Liberal | George Daniel Poole | 1,994 | 10.5 | |
| | Independent Labour | Vera W Cridland | 564 | | |
| | Communist | George Charles Wake | 558 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 27.4 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Barnet

Chipping Barnet :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Reginald Marks* | 10,753 | 50.0 |
| | Labour | H. Sprague | 6,035 | 28.0 |
| | Liberal | Margaret Gelling Snow | 4,727 | 22.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 37.9 |
Finchley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Jean Leslie Scott* | 8,008 | 48.9 |
| | Labour | Albert Edward Tomlinson | 5,183 | 31.7 |
| | Liberal | Leonard W. Watkins | 3,175 | 19.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 37.9 |
Hendon North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Frank Arthur Cooper | 8,925 | 44.2 |
| | Conservative | Rita Maisie Levy* | 8,180 | 40.5 |
| | Liberal | David Hugh Edwards | 3,079 | 15.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 40.7 |
Hendon South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Peter Blair Black* | 8,229 | 41.0 |
| | Labour | Mildred Gordon | 6,874 | 34.2 |
| | Liberal | Percy Walter Meyer | 4,992 | 24.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 38.1 |

### Bexley

Bexleyheath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Victor Rae Muske Langton* | 10,025 | 43.1 |
| | Labour | Stanley Wilfred Mayne | 8,924 | 38.4 |
| | Liberal | Wilfrid Pickard | 4,297 | 18.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 45.6 |
Erith & Crayford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Francis William Archer | 14,168 | 61.9 |
| | Conservative | E. D. Josiffe | 8,717 | 38.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 38.5 |
Sidcup :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Douglas Melville Fielding* | 10,844 | 48.6 |
| | Labour | John Francis Spellar | 7,217 | 32.3 |
| | Liberal | L. W. Rogers | 4,276 | 19.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 45.2 |

### Brent

Brent East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Norman Howard | 14,123 | 61.6 |
| | Conservative | Alfred Abram Berney* | 7,232 | 31.5 |
| | Liberal | M. H. Habib | 1,115 | 4.9 |
| | Action | Raymond J Noble | 467 | 2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 35.7 |
Brent North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Alan Hardy* | 14,941 | 49.3 |
| | Labour | Maurice Howard Rosen | 10,143 | 33.4 |
| | Liberal | G. Phelps | 5,262 | 17.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 42.1 |
Brent South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Illtyd Harrington* | 14,190 | 66.5 |
| | Conservative | Ruby Georgina Nancy Taylor* | 6,635 | 31.1 |
| | Communist | Leslie George Burt | 503 | 2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 34.4 |

### Bromley

Beckenham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Frank Willie Smith* | 11,142 | 49.6 |
| | Labour | Nicholas John Sharp | 6,357 | 28.3 |
| | Liberal | D. A. Rowe | 4,975 | 22.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 37.6 |
Chislehurst :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Joan Kathleen Wykes | 10,977 | 44.3 |
| | Labour | Walter Kenneth Mansfield | 10,938 | 44.1 |
| | Liberal | John R. Hassall | 2,864 | 11.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 46.3 |
Orpington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Jean Tatham | 15,496 | 44.3 |
| | Liberal | John William Cook | 13,169 | 37.7 |
| | Labour | Christopher Howes | 6,276 | 18.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 53.6 |
Ravensbourne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | David Anthony Harris* | 10,012 | 56.0 |
| | Liberal | Mrs M. M. Coulson | 4,124 | 23.1 |
| | Labour | A. W. Wright | 3,534 | 19.8 |
| | Communist | G. Felton | 202 | 1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 36.7 |

### Camden

Hampstead :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Enid Barbara Wistrich | 12,268 | 48.0 |
| | Conservative | I. Clarke | 9,823 | 38.4 |
| | Liberal | Raymond Arthur Philip Benad | 2,824 | 11.0 |
| | Communist | R. Champion | 466 | |
| | Socialist (GB) | L. J. Cox | 191 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
Holborn & St Pancras South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Alexander John Kazantzis* | 7,437 | 60.6 |
| | Conservative | David P Weeks | 3,520 | 28.7 |
| | Liberal | A. Elithorn | 1,085 | 8.8 |
| | Socialist (GB) | Mrs D. M. Davies | 99 | |
| | Independent | Noel S. Fierz | 72 | |
| | Independent | P. Goulstone | 60 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 30.9 |
* Fierz - Anti-Redevelopment
* Goulstone - Great Joint Happiness Homes for All
St Pancras North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Rose Hacker | 9,915 | 67.7 |
| | Conservative | Nicholas J Bennett | 4,226 | 28.9 |
| | Communist | V. A. Heath | 497 | 3.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 35.1 |

### Croydon

Croydon Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | David Frank White | 13,029 | 46.3 |
| | Conservative | Sonia Copland | 10,914 | 38.8 |
| | Liberal | Roy A Lightwing | 3,965 | 14.1 |
| | Independent | J T E A Waddell | 241 | 0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
Croydon North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | David Howard Simpson | 10,340 | 43.8 |
| | Conservative | Gladys Emma Morgan* | 10,329 | 43.8 |
| | Liberal | Brian F Steggles | 2,940 | 12.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 40.2 |
Croydon North West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Dudley Eric Reynolds Barker | 9,458 | 44.0 |
| | Conservative | Stephen James Stewart* | 8,965 | 41.7 |
| | Liberal | Leo C. E. Held | 3,074 | 14.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 38.9 |
Croydon South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Weston Aplin* | 14,885 | 61.5 |
| | Liberal | Jean Pearson Coleman | 6,186 | 25.6 |
| | Labour | Mrs Mary E. Curson | 2,880 | 11.9 |
| | Ratepayers | S. B. Stray | 234 | 1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 40.3 |

### Ealing

Acton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Chaytor Dobson* | 10,576 | 45.7 |
| | Labour | Oliver Piers Stutchbury | 9,665 | 41.7 |
| | Liberal | N. J. Reed | 2,616 | 11.3 |
| | Communist | H. A. Tank | 303 | 1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 40.7 |
Ealing North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | David Michael Mason | 19,013 | 54.9 |
| | Conservative | Michael William Walter Farrow* | 15,361 | 45.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 47.4 |
Southall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Yvonne Sieve | 14,442 | 59.4 |
| | Conservative | Robert Charles Patten | 9,876 | 40.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 35.0 |

### Enfield

Edmonton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Bernard Stephen Mason | 11,085 | 53.6 |
| | Conservative | John William Victor Attwood | 7,256 | 35.1 |
| | Liberal | Ralph J R Scott | 1,870 | 9.1 |
| | Action | Martin F. Moloney | 457 | 2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
Enfield North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John Howard White | 11,202 | 37.1 |
| | Liberal | L Eric L Ridge | 11,062 | 36.6 |
| | Conservative | Bryan Michael Deece Cassidy | 6,725 | 22.3 |
| | National Front | Kenneth Thomas Robinson | 1,204 | 4.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 44.6 |
Southgate :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Thomas Broughton Mitcheson* | 15,857 | 58.5 |
| | Liberal | Dennis Alan Coberman | 5,896 | 21.8 |
| | Labour | B M Barbuk | 5,342 | 19.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 38.4 |

### Greenwich

Greenwich :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Peggy Arline Middleton* | 13,953 | 68.4 |
| | Conservative | J A B Kind | 6,440 | 31.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 38.9 |
Woolwich East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Mair Eluned Garside* | 11,880 | 67.2 |
| | Conservative | A R Dix | 3,164 | 17.9 |
| | Liberal | Robert H Smith | 1,860 | 10.5 |
| | Action | J P Sibley | 442 | |
| | Communist | Arthur A R Curtis | 332 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 34.8 |
Woolwich West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Margaret Rees | 13,466 |
| | Conservative | Mrs Wendy Mitchell | 9,867 |
| | Liberal | James Douglas Eagle | 2,401 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Hackney

Hackney Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Ellis Simon Hillman* | 9,265 |
| | Conservative | Stanley J. Sorrell | 1,770 |
| | Independent | O. Hales | 266 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Hackney North & Stoke Newington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | David Thomas Pitt* | 6,529 |
| | Conservative | Leslie R. House | 2,524 |
| | Communist | Monty Goldman | 621 |
| | Socialist (GB) | J. Carter | 250 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Hackney South & Shoreditch :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Irene Chaplin | 8,473 |
| | Conservative | E. Laws | 1,586 |
| | Independent | V. A. C. Curtis | 325 |
| | Action | D. H. England | 290 |
| | Independent | B. M. Lampert | 154 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Curtis - Parent Action Group for Education

### Hammersmith

Fulham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Anthony Louis Banks* | 15,176 |
| | Conservative | A F E Johnson | 9,926 |
| | Liberal | Derek J P Honeygold | 2,002 |
| | Independent | M S Ashworth | 202 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Ashworth - Centre Party
Hammersmith North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Iris Mary Caroline Bonham* | 13,529 |
| | Conservative | William Christopher Smith | 7,031 |
| | Liberal | Mrs F M Abrahams | 2,095 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Haringey

Hornsey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Lawrence Arthur Bains* | 10,361 |
| | Labour | John Golden Warren | 10,078 |
| | Liberal | Patrick William O'Brien | 3,450 |
| | Communist | B P Van den Berg | 483 |
| | Socialist (GB) | D J Porter | 144 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Tottenham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Andrew Robert McIntosh | 8,043 |
| | Conservative | John Antony Croft | 3,360 |
| | National Independence | Michael Paul Coney | 2,924 |
| | Socialist (GB) | Mrs A Young | 109 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Wood Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Stephen Michael Alan Haseler | 10,305 |
| | Conservative | Rodney Charles Gent | 5,862 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Harrow

Harrow Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | William Sydney Clack* | 7,812 |
| | Labour | Alfred J. Lovell | 7,379 |
| | Liberal | N. G. Marcus | 2,666 |
| | National Front | R. Franklin | 1,361 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Harrow East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Harold Trevor Mote* | 10,432 |
| | Labour | J. C. Powell | 10,217 |
| | Communist | Reginald A. Ward | 460 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Harrow West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Horace Walter Cutler | 12,498 |
| | Labour | N. A. Hyman | 5,407 |
| | Liberal | Henry Young | 5,230 |
| | Action | R. C. Ramage | 947 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Havering

Hornchurch :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Alexander Serge Lourie | 10,714 |
| | Conservative | Ronald Dennis Mitchell | 7,114 |
| | Liberal | Brian George McCarthy | 3,666 |
| | Non-Party Conservationist | Benjamin Percy-Davis | 1,908 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Romford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Bernard Brook-Partridge* | 9,697 |
| | Labour | K. St. J. D'Cruze | 7,219 |
| | Liberal | Terry Edward Hurlstone | 4,693 |
| | Communist | Colin R Harper | 347 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Upminster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Shelagh Marjorie Roberts* | 11,425 |
| | Labour | Maureen Harwood | 10,687 |
| | Liberal | R. E. Jenking | 4,408 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Hillingdon

Hayes & Harlington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Peter Frank Norman Russell | 13,576 |
| | Conservative | Robert Gurth Hughes | 5,637 |
| | National Front | John Stanley Fairhurst | 1,821 |
| | Communist | Peter R Pink | 317 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Ruislip-Northwood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Bernard Joseph Brown* | 13,263 |
| | Labour | John S Gallagher | 6,395 |
| | Liberal | George Raymond Stephenson | 5,108 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Uxbridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | James Anthony Lemkin | 11,540 |
| | Labour | Cyril Shaw | 10,571 |
| | Liberal | Brian Outhwaite | 4,129 |
| | Action | M. N. Griffin | 460 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Hounslow

Brentford & Isleworth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | James Daly | 17,428 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Jardine* | 15,131 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Feltham & Heston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Douglas Eden | 16,529 |
| | Conservative | Dyas Cyril Loftus Usher* | 9,173 |
| | National Front | Josephine Mary Reid | 3,332 |
| | Communist | P Rhodes | 379 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Islington

Islington Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Evelyn Joyce Denington | 8,996 |
| | Conservative | Mrs B A Devonald-Lewis | 2,936 |
| | Liberal | Alan A S Butt Philip | 2,139 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Islington North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Louis Wolfgang Bondy* | 7,463 |
| | Conservative | Timothy Stephen Kenneth Yeo | 2,798 |
| | Socialist (GB) | A J L Buick | 284 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Islington South & Finsbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Arthur Ernest Wicks* | 9,850 |
| | Conservative | S G Parker | 2,969 |
| | Communist | Marie Betteridge | 538 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Kensington and Chelsea

Chelsea :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | William Archibald Ottley Juxon Bell* | 12,811 |
| | Labour | S. H. Shapiro | 4,531 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Kensington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Robert Louis Vigars | 9,388 |
| | Labour | D. J. Scott | 8,736 |
| | Liberal | K. Rason | 2,855 |
| | Communist | Edward S. Adams | 366 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Kingston upon Thames

Kingston upon Thames :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Sydney William Leonard Ripley* | 12,145 |
| | Labour | Peter W Lane | 6,855 |
| | Liberal | Mrs L F Wells | 4,224 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Surbiton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey John David Seaton* | 8,821 |
| | Labour | Robert R G Viner | 5,972 |
| | Liberal | T. A. Channings | 3,966 |
| | Independent | Edgar Scruby | 303 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Scruby - Surbiton Residents & Ratepayers

### Lambeth

Lambeth Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Anna Lloyd Grieves* | 9,231 |
| | Conservative | John Laurence Pritchard | 2,707 |
| | Liberal | J. T. Kane | 1,026 |
| | Independent | C. G. Jackson | 143 |
| | Socialist (GB) | H. G. Baldwin | 115 |
| | Independent | G. W. Solomon | 103 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
* Jackson - Anti-Motorway, Support Community Involvement in Planning
* Solomon - Lambeth Residents for Democratic Local Government
Norwood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Kenneth Robert Livingstone | 11,622 |
| | Conservative | Michael Peter Russell Malynn* | 8,007 |
| | Liberal | Michael Frederick Drake | 1,819 |
| | Socialist (GB) | H. Young | 95 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Streatham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Diana Elizabeth Geddes* | 10,492 |
| | Labour | Hugh H. Walker | 9,426 |
| | Liberal | Allan Mitchell | 2,114 |
| | Socialist (GB) | F. W. Simkins | 120 |
| | Independent | William George Boaks | 57 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Boaks - Air Road Public Safety White Resident
Vauxhall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Ewan Geddes Carr* | 10,821 |
| | Conservative | Peter James Bottomley | 3,396 |
| | Communist | J. A. Henry | 365 |
| | Socialist (GB) | M. E. Sansum | 121 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Lewisham

Deptford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | David Walter Chalkley* | 13,159 |
| | Conservative | I M Andrews | 4,805 |
| | Liberal | Eric Reginald Lubbock | 1,747 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Lewisham East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | John Charles Henry* | 16,721 |
| | Conservative | T M Aitken | 8,913 |
| | Liberal | L Spicer | 4,182 |
| | Communist | Michael Power | 461 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Lewisham West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | William Colbert Simson | 13,930 |
| | Conservative | Michael John Wheeler | 11,667 |
| | Communist | M H Robinson | 621 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Merton

Mitcham & Morden :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Anthony Robert Judge | 14,628 |
| | Conservative | Miss J R Yarwood | 10,060 |
| | Independent | Grace Louisa Giddins | 875 |
| | Communist | Sidney Ernest French | 485 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Wimbledon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Stanley Charles Bolton* | 14,506 |
| | Labour | Keith Bill | 8,389 |
| | Liberal | Peter Charles Spratling | 6,419 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Newham

Newham North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Thomas Alfred Jenkinson | 9,183 | 52.9 |
| | Independent | R. F. C. Ower | 5,110 | 29.5 |
| | Conservative | Timothy John Stroud | 2,828 | 16.3 |
| | Independent Labour | M. Flaherty | 227 | 1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,073 | 23.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 26.1 |
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Newham North West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Arthur Frank George Edwards* | 8,031 | 80.5 |
| | Conservative | Samuel M Swerling | 1,951 | 19.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,080 | 61.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 18.9 |
Newham South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Edward Percy Bell* | 10,024 | 82.0 |
| | Conservative | John Johnston | 1,579 | 12.9 |
| | Communist | R. A. Offley | 623 | 5.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,445 | 69.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 21.3 |

### Redbridge

Ilford North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Timothy J. Ridoutt | 9,999 |
| | Conservative | Neil Gordon Thorne* | 9,537 |
| | Liberal | Gareth Laurence Philip Wilson | 4,410 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Ilford South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Dennis Annesley Carradice | 9,678 |
| | Conservative | P A Chalkley | 8,556 |
| | Liberal | Gerald Leslie Wilson | 3,232 |
| | Communist | B S Wallington | 294 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Wanstead & Woodford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Robert Mitchell* | 11,439 |
| | Labour | G J Clark | 4,176 |
| | Liberal | David John Gilby | 3,411 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Richmond upon Thames

Richmond :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Anthony Stanley Richard Rundle | 12,160 | 44.2 |
| | Conservative | B. S. Feldman | 9,312 | 33.8 |
| | Labour | Kenneth L Elmes | 5,796 | 21.1 |
| | Communist | Ms E. Tendler | 250 | 0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 27,518 | |
Twickenham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | George William Tremlett | 13,765 |
| | Labour | P. T. Z. Goldring | 12,386 |
| | Liberal | Cyril J. Barnes | 5,625 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Southwark

Bermondsey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Reginald Eustace Goodwin | 14,617 |
| | Conservative | Alexander J Padmore | 1,480 |
| | National Front | R. S. Pritchard | 992 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Dulwich :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Richard Andrew Balfe | 14,184 |
| | Conservative | A. P. Berend | 9,222 |
| | Liberal | C. M. Hall | 2,853 |
| | Communist | Eric L. Hodson | 431 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Peckham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Harvey W. Hinds* | 14,134 |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Brian Baker | 2,214 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Sutton

Carshalton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Phillip John Bassett | 11,611 |
| | Conservative | George Frederick Everitt* | 11,239 |
| | Liberal | C Clark | 7,094 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Sutton and Cheam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Ruth Mary Shaw | 15,515 | 53.3 |
| | Conservative | Alan Horace Lewis Leach | 10,367 | 35.6 |
| | Labour | Peter L Spalding | 3,209 | 11.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,148 | 17.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,9091 | |

### Tower Hamlets

Bethnal Green and Bow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Ernest Ashley Bramall | 10,802 |
| | Conservative | L. E. Smith | 899 |
| | Independent | J. P. Collins | 467 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Stepney & Poplar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | John Patrick Branagan | 13,062 |
| | Conservative | P. E. Bridge | 782 |
| | Communist | Max Samuel Levitas | 703 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Waltham Forest

Chingford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Richard Maddock Brew* | 9,905 |
| | Labour | F F Land | 7,520 |
| | Liberal | Barry R Woodward | 5,685 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Leyton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | John James Walsh | 11,240 |
| | Conservative | G P Waller | 6,485 |
| | Communist | John Arthur Courcouf | 646 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Walthamstow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Robin Ainsworth Raine Young | 9,545 |
| | Conservative | Phillip Charles Desmond Williams* | 4,381 |
| | Liberal | Martin D Silverston | 2,724 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Wandsworth

Battersea North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Gladys Felicia Dimson* | 11,542 |
| | Conservative | D. J. Wedgwood | 3,407 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Battersea South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Stephen Robert Hatch | 8,601 |
| | Conservative | Lynda Chalker | 6,224 |
| | Liberal | Cecil Victor Gittins | 1,559 |
| | National Front | Tom Lamb | 826 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Putney :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Ethel Marie Jenkins* | 15,449 |
| | Conservative | Margaret Williams | 11,282 |
| | Liberal | Walter V Hain | 3,649 |
| | Communist | David John Welsh | 375 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Tooting :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Lilias Girdwood Gillies | 11,783 |
| | Conservative | N. R. Berry | 6,162 |
| | Communist | Robert E. Lewis | 417 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### Westminster and the City of London

City of London & Westminster South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Mervyn Nelson Scorgie* | 9,152 |
| | Labour | Philip John Turner | 4,993 |
| | Liberal | R. W. Jones | 4,993 |
| | Independent | A Wilson | 195 |
| | Independent | P.A. Clifford | 184 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Wilson - Anti-Mass Redevelopment
Paddington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Jean Merriton | 11,085 |
| | Conservative | Herbert Henry Sandford | 7,101 |
| | Liberal | John H. Gover | 1,609 |
| | Independent | D. J. B. Morgan | 172 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
St Marylebone :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Arthur Desmond Herne Plummer* | 7,930 |
| | Labour | Jeremy Gordon | 4,971 |
| | Unofficial Conservative | P. Darvas | 485 |
| | Communist | L. R. Temple | 276 |
| | Socialist (GB) | R. A. Weidberg | 84 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

## By-elections 1973–1977

The first by-election of the term was caused by the court voiding the election in Croydon North East (see Morgan v Simpson). The former Conservative member Billie Morgan regained the seat she had narrowly lost in Croydon North East on 5 September 1974. Labour retained seats in Greenwich on 24 October 1974 and Dagenham on 30 January 1975 caused by the deaths of sitting councillors. The Conservatives kept their seat in Finchley on 15 May 1975 caused by the resignation of Roland Freeman and St Marylebone on 8 April 1976 caused by the resignation of former GLC leader Desmond Plummer.
There was one aldermanic by-election caused by the resignation of Oliver Piers Stutchbury (Labour) in 1976. Alfred Frederick Joseph Chorley (Labour) was elected by the council on 21 September 1976, to serve until 1977.