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The 1973 Gwent County Council election was held on Thursday 12 April 1973 to elect councillors to the new Gwent County Council, governing the new county of Gwent, Wales. It took place on the same day as other county council elections in the United Kingdom .
Gwent County Council. Gwent County Council ( Welsh: Cyngor Sir Gwent) was the upper-tier local authority that governed the county of Gwent in South Wales from its creation in 1974 to its abolition in 1996. For most of its existence, the county council was based in Cwmbran .
Results of the Welsh County Council Elections 1973-1993 1 Gwent 1973 Aberbeeg & Six Bells (4608) vote share Lewis I. PC 1,415 52.2 Snellgrove H. Lab 1,295 47.8 Turnout 58.8 4.4 Abercarn & Cwmcarn (3920) vote share Williams D. Lab 0 0.0 Turnout 0.0 0.0 Abergavenny Cantref & Grofield (3745) vote share Smith R. Con 947 64.5
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Administrative / Biographical History. Gwent County Council was established in 1974 following local government reorganisation. It assumed the administrative functions of the former Monmouthshire County Council, Newport County Borough Council and part of Brecknockshire County Council. The Council comprised 63 members, including a chairman, and ...
0–9. 1973 Carmarthen District Council election. 1973 Ceredigion District Council election. 1973 Dinefwr Borough Council election. 1973 Llanelli Borough Council election. 1973 Neath Borough Council election. 1973 South Pembrokeshire District Council election.
At the time of the election, Scotland was the only part of the UK in which local government had yet to be reformed, with the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 only receiving Royal Assent in October 1973. The election saw Labour maintaining their control of Aberdeen, Glasgow, and Dundee, although failing to make gains in Edinburgh.
