The 1973 Nottinghamshire County Council election was held on Thursday, 12 April 1973. The election resulted in the Labour Party winning an overall majority of seats on the council.
The election was the first held for the new non-metropolitan county council of Nottinghamshire, created under the Local Government Act 1972 as part of the reorganisation of local government in England and Wales. The new council initially operated as a shadow authority before formally taking over on 1 April 1974 from the previous county council, which had been established under the Local Government Act 1888.
The reorganisation brought the independent county borough of Nottingham into the administrative county of Nottinghamshire for the first time.F A Youngs Jr., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol II: Northern England, London, 1991The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972 (SI 1972/2039) It later regained independent local government status in 1998, when it became a unitary authority.
Results by division Each electoral division returned either one, two or three county councillors.
Ashfield
Basford No. 4 (Selston)
Hucknall East
Hucknall North
Kirkby in Ashfield East
Kirkby in Ashfield West
Sutton in Ashfield East
Sutton in Ashfield North
Sutton in Ashfield South
Sutton in Ashfield West
Bassetlaw
East Retford Rural No. 1 (Tuxford)
East Retford Rural No. 2 (Misterton)
Retford North
Retford South
Worksop No. 1 (East)
Worksop No. 2 (North)
Worksop No. 3 (South)
Worksop Rural No. 1 (Blyth)
Worksop Rural No. 2 (Harworth)
Broxtowe
Basford No. 1 (Newthorpe)
Basford No. 2 (Kimberley)
Beeston & Stapleford (Bramcote)
Beeston & Stapleford (Chilwell)
Beeston & Stapleford (Beeston North)
Beeston & Stapleford (Beeston South)
Beeston & Stapleford (Stapleford)
Beeston & Stapleford (Toton and Attenborough)
Eastwood
Gedling
Arnold East
Arnold South
Arnold West
Basford No. 6 (Calverton)
Carlton No. 1
Carlton No. 2
Mansfield
Mansfield No. 1 (East)
Mansfield No. 2 (South East)
Mansfield No. 3 (South)
Mansfield No. 4 (North & North East)
Mansfield Woodhouse
Warsop
Newark and Sherwood
Balderton
Collingham
Newark No. 1 (South)
Newark No. 2 (North and East)
Southwell No. 1 (Southwell)
Southwell No. 2 (Norwell & Bilsthorpe)
Southwell No. 3 (Ollerton)
Southwell No. 4 (Blidworth)
Southwell No. 5 (Rufford)
City of Nottingham
Nottingham No. 1 (Bridge & Trent)
Nottingham No. 2 (Lenton)
Nottingham No. 3 (Manvers & St. Ann's)
Nottingham No. 4 (Market)
Nottingham No. 5 (Byron & St. Albans)
Nottingham No. 6 (Forest & Mapperley)
Nottingham No. 7 (Portland & Radford)
Nottingham No. 8 (Abbey & University)
Nottingham No. 9 (Clifton)
Nottingham No. 10 (Robin Hood & Broxtowe)
Nottingham No. 11 (Wollaton)
Rushcliffe
Basford No. 3 (East Leake & Gotham)
Basford No. 5 (Ruddington)
Bingham No. 1 (Bingham)
Bingham No. 2 (Radcliffe)
Bingham No. 3 (Cotgrave & Cropwell)
Bingham No. 4 (Keyworth)
West Bridgford North
West Bridgford South
West Bridgford West
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