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1973 Mid Suffolk District Council election

June 7, 1973 (1973-06-07)
40 seats to Mid Suffolk District Council 21 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Independents Labour Conservative Last election N/A N/A N/A Seats won 24 9 6 Seats after 24 9 6 Seat change 24 9 6   Fourth party   Party Liberal Last election N/A Seats won 1 Seats after 1 Seat change 1

The 1973 Mid Suffolk District Council election took place on 7 June 1973 to elect members of Mid Suffolk District Council. It was the first election to the district council, although it acted as a "shadow authority" until 1 April 1974, where it gained full responsibilities as laid out in the Local Government Act 1972.

The whole council was up for election, and the Independents won 24 out of the 40 seats.

Mid Suffolk District Council 1973

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Independent	24	24	0	24	60			N/A
	Labour	9	9	0	9	22.5			N/A
	Conservative	6	6	0	6	15			N/A
	Liberal	1	1	0	1	2.5			N/A
	Independent Labour	0	0	0		0		1,063	N/A

Results by ward

Barham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ms. J. Macrow	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,238
	Independent win (new seat)

Claydon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J. Williams	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,084
	Independent win (new seat)

Creeting

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ms. J. Ward	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,045
	Independent win (new seat)

Debenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Glass	294	65.5	N/A
	Labour	P. Erbe	155	34.5	N/A
Majority			139	31.0	N/A
Turnout			N/A	41.3	N/A
Registered electors			1,086
	Conservative win (new seat)

Elmswell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	D. Dyball	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,093
	Independent win (new seat)

Eye

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. Flatman	413	51.6	N/A
	Independent	H. Havers	388	48.4	N/A
Majority			25	3.1	N/A
Turnout			N/A	58.2	N/A
Registered electors			1,376
	Labour win (new seat)

Fressingfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ms. B. Thurston	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,030
	Independent win (new seat)

Gislingham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	P. Watson	333	64.3	N/A
	Conservative	R. Chitty	185	35.7	N/A
Majority			148	28.6	N/A
Turnout			N/A	41.8	N/A
Registered electors			1,239
	Independent win (new seat)

Haughley & Wetherden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Crascall	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,132
	Labour win (new seat)

Helmingham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	R. Willsher	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,066
	Independent win (new seat)

Hoxne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. McNamara	273	63.3	N/A
	Labour	R. Gooderham	158	36.7	N/A
Majority			115	26.7	N/A
Turnout			N/A	37.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,164
	Conservative win (new seat)

Mendlesham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A. Braybrooke	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,236
	Independent win (new seat)

Needham Market

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Swain	428	47.1	N/A
	Independent	S. Bugg	299	32.9	N/A
	Labour	H. Phillips	181	19.9	N/A
Majority			129	14.2	N/A
Turnout			N/A	60.1	N/A
Registered electors			1,510
	Conservative win (new seat)