Dundee City Council election, 1973

Elections to Dundee City Council were held on 1 May 1973, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. Of the councils 36 seats, 13 were up for election.^[1]

The election saw Labour manage to hold on to its slim majority over the Progressives on Dundee City council, with 18 of the councils 36 seats. The election saw no seats changing hands, with the Progressives remaining on 17, and 1 Independent. Two Labour Councillors; William Millar and ex-Baillie John Stewart in the Lochee and Douglas wards respectively were deselected by Labour as candidates, and ran as independents instead. Neither was re-elected.^[1]

Turnout was 37%.^[1]

Election results

The votes and percentage of vote share are based on first preference votes.

Dundee Local Election Result 1973
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	7	0	0				25,549
	Progressives	6	0	0				18,528
	Independent	0	0	0		0.0		2,213
	Labour Party of Scotland	0	0	0		0.0		1,279
	Dundee Citizens Union	0	0	0		0.0		998
	Independent Labour	0	0	0		0.0		962
	Liberal	0	0	0		0.0		600
	Communist	0	0	0		0.0		344

Ward results

Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressives	L. D. Johnston	1815
	Labour	J. McAulay	870
	Dundee Citizens Union	G. Scott	85
	Labour Party of Scotland	L. MacQueen	81
Majority
Turnout
	Progressives hold		Swing

Riverside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressives	W. J. Fitzgerald	1996
	Labour	K. McRae	962
	Dundee Citizens Union	M. Leslie	117
Majority
Turnout
	Progressives hold		Swing

Lochee
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Martin	2906
	Independent	W. Millar	1029
	Progressives	A. P. Brodie Steel	655
	Labour Party of Scotland	D. McTaggart	112
	Dundee Citizens Union	J. Clark	64
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Craigie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressives	H. Murray	2343
	Labour	J. Barton	2005
	Labour Party of Scotland	G. McKenzie	209
Majority
Turnout
	Progressives hold		Swing

Caird
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Doig	2591
	Progressives	J. Barnett	1007
	Labour Party of Scotland	J. Fairweather	134
	Dundee Citizens Union	J. Campbell	81
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Law
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressives	J. Whyte	2604
	Labour	W. McKelvey	1736
	Dundee Citizens Union	J. Carroll	133
Majority
Turnout
	Progressives hold		Swing

Downfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. McManus	2848
	Progressives	T. Dailly	692
	Labour Party of Scotland	G. McLean	242
	Dundee Citizens Union	T. Black	91
	Communist	P. L. Docherty	69
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Camperdown 2 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Vigtow	2909
	Labour	F. Fagan	2850
	Independent Labour	I. Gardiner	962
	Dundee Citizens Union	N. Maiden	235
	Labour Party of Scotland	I. M. Donaldson	227
	Communist	H. McLevey	196
	Labour Party of Scotland	D. McGarry	123
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Balgay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressives	W. Malcolm	2247
	Labour	J. Cameron	1132
Majority
Turnout
	Progressives hold		Swing

Douglas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F. Welsh	2532
	Independent	J. Stewart	1184
	Progressives	Janet W. Allen	789
	Labour Party of Scotland	H. Dunning	94
	Dundee Citizens Union	D. White	83
	Communist	R. Mennie	79
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Broughty-Ferry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressives	G. M. Gillies	3963
	Liberal	C. Brodie	600
	Labour	J. Boland	560
	Dundee Citizens Union	R. Devlin	70
Majority
Turnout
	Progressives hold		Swing

Hilltown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Dickson	1648
	Progressives	Mary Barrowman	417
	Labour Party of Scotland	J. Alexander	57
	Dundee Citizens Union	S. Khan	39
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1 2 3 https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19730502&printsec=frontpage&hl=en

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