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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.
The party also won Gwent and the three Glamorgan county councils (West Glamorgan, Mid Glamorgan, South Glamorgan) in Wales. The poor Conservative vote in London and the metropolitan counties was somewhat compensated by winning thirteen of the non-metropolitan counties.
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
Following its reconstitution under the Local Government Act 1972, elections were held for Lancashire County Council on 12 April 1973. All 94 wards were up for election and all wards returned one councillor by FPTP, with the exception of Preston No. 1 and Preston No. 4, which returned two councillors each by plurality block voting.
The 1973 Tyne and Wear County Council election was held on 12 April 1973 as part of the first elections to the new local authorities established by the Local Government Act 1972 in England and Wales. 104 councillors were elected from 95 electoral divisions across the region's five boroughs.
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 served a population of 450,000 people.
