1973 Norwich City Council election
# 1973 Norwich City Council election

The 1973 Norwich City Council election took place on 7 June 1973 to elect members of Norwich City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. Voting took place across 16 wards, each electing 3 Councillors. Following the Local Government Act 1972, this was the first election to the new non-metropolitan district council for Norfolk, which came into being on 1 April the following year. Labour took control of the Council after winning a comfortable majority of seats.

## Summary

### Election result

1973 Norwich City Council election :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Labour | 37 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 77.1 | 59.0 | 53,809 | N/A |
| Conservative | 11 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 22.9 | 34.2 | 31,202 | N/A |
| Liberal | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.0 | 5.8 | 5,303 | N/A |
| Democratic Labour | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.0 | 0.5 | 426 | N/A |
| Independent | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.0 | 0.3 | 300 | N/A |
| National Front | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.0 | 0.2 | 170 | N/A |
