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.
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 
