Who won the most seats in the Local elections 7 May 1970?

The Labour Party won the most seats in the Local elections 7 May 1970, with 695 of 1,428 seats filled.

When was the Local elections 7 May 1970?

The Local elections 7 May 1970 was held on 7 May 1970.

Local elections 7 May 1970

Local elections 7 May 1970 was held on 7 May 1970. 1,428 seats were filled across 1,329 wards and divisions in 88 councils, from 3,331 candidates. The Labour Party won 695, Conservative Party won 624 and The Liberal Party won 46.

Date: 7 May 1970
Seats filled: 1,428
Candidates: 3,331
Councils: 88

Local elections 7 May 1970: seats and votes by party
Party	Candidates	Seats won	Votes	Vote share
The Labour Party	1,278	695	1,742,654	44.6%
Conservative Party	1,245	624	1,720,615	44.0%
The Liberal Party	310	46	207,327	5.3%
Independent	103	26	61,080	1.6%
Cit	32	14	61,844	1.6%
Prog	15	7	6,572	0.2%
R.A	24	4	22,021	0.6%
R.R	13	4	12,433	0.3%
I.RA	4	3	5,924	0.2%
PROT	2	2	1,901	0.0%
P.R	1	1	1,204	0.0%
Non-Resident Association	1	1	1,188	0.0%
Independent Labour Party	2	1	693	0.0%
Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales	32	0	15,118	0.4%
Communist	155	0	13,375	0.3%
National Front	20	0	5,640	0.1%
I.Con	9	0	4,600	0.1%
Citizens' Association	3	0	4,446	0.1%
I.Lab	8	0	3,773	0.1%
SANTA	4	0	3,088	0.1%
IMA	2	0	1,338	0.0%
T.A	6	0	1,304	0.0%
USG	2	0	1,160	0.0%
I.Lib	1	0	1,031	0.0%
MWTA	2	0	969	0.0%
MSHG	1	0	767	0.0%
NIP	9	0	666	0.0%
B.M	3	0	551	0.0%
PPPUK	1	0	488	0.0%
IndL	1	0	414	0.0%
Campaign Against Rate Nonsense	19	0	372	0.0%
BCBE	3	0	306	0.0%
TA	1	0	201	0.0%
Union Movement	2	0	180	0.0%
TRA	1	0	144	0.0%
SOC	1	0	135	0.0%
BM	1	0	133	0.0%
Socialist Candidate	1	0	119	0.0%
BCWA	2	0	114	0.0%
NDP	1	0	109	0.0%

Local elections 7 May 1970: results by council
Council	Wards / divisions	Seats filled	Largest party	Its seats
Altrincham Borough Council	8	8	Conservative	4
Barnsley County Borough Council	10	10	Labour	7
Barrow County Borough Council	8	8	Labour	7
Bath County Borough Council	15	17	Conservative	8
Birkenhead County Borough Council	16	16	Labour	8
Birmingham County Borough Council	39	39	Labour	21
Blackburn County Borough Council	14	14	Labour	8
Blackpool County Borough Council	17	17	Conservative	14
Bolton County Borough Council	16	24	Labour	14
Bootle County Borough Council	7	14	Labour	11
Bournemouth County Borough Council	16	16	Conservative	16
Bradford County Borough Council	19	21	Conservative	12
Brighton County Borough Council	19	21	Conservative	14
Bristol County Borough Council	28	28	Labour	15
Burnley County Borough Council	12	12	Labour	9
Burton upon Trent County Borough Council	8	8	Labour	4
Bury County Borough Council	6	13	Conservative	11
Canterbury County Borough Council	3	6	Conservative	4
Cardiff County Borough Council	19	19	Conservative	10
Carlisle County Borough Council	10	11	Labour	6
Chester County Borough Council	7	15	Conservative	9
Coventry County Borough Council	18	19	Labour	12
Darlington County Borough Council	11	11	Labour	7
Derby County Borough Council	18	19	Labour	10
Dewsbury County Borough Council	9	9	Labour	7
Doncaster County Borough Council	12	12	Labour	8
Dudley County Borough Council	15	15	Conservative	8
Eastbourne County Borough Council	10	10	Conservative	6
Exeter County Borough Council	17	18	Conservative	8
Gateshead County Borough Council	12	12	Labour	8
Gloucester County Borough Council	11	11	Conservative	6
Great Yarmouth County Borough Council	12	12	Labour	5
Grimsby County Borough Council	14	14	Labour	8
Halifax County Borough Council	15	15	Conservative	9
Hartlepool County Borough Council	15	16	Labour	9
Hastings County Borough Council	8	9	Conservative	6
Huddersfield County Borough Council	15	16	Conservative	8
Ipswich County Borough Council	14	17	Conservative	12
Kingston upon Hull County Borough Council	21	23	Labour	16
Leeds County Borough Council	30	31	Conservative	15
Leicester County Borough Council	16	17	Labour	9
Lincoln County Borough Council	10	10	Labour	6
Liverpool County Borough Council	40	40	Conservative	19
Luton County Borough Council	12	13	Conservative	7
Manchester County Borough Council	38	39	Labour	22
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council	8	8	Labour	8
Neath Rural District Council	22	30	Labour	22
Newcastle upon Tyne County Borough Council	20	22	Labour	12
Newport County Borough Council	13	13	Labour	10
Northampton County Borough Council	12	13	Conservative	8
Norwich County Borough Council	16	17	Labour	14
Nottingham County Borough Council	18	19	Labour	10
Oldham County Borough Council	13	14	Labour	8
Oxford County Borough Council	15	15	Labour	8
Plymouth County Borough Council	22	23	Conservative	14
Portsmouth County Borough Council	16	18	Conservative	13
Preston County Borough Council	12	13	Labour	8
Reading County Borough Council	13	13	Conservative	7
Rochdale County Borough Council	12	12	Labour	8
Rotherham County Borough Council	11	11	Labour	9
Sale Borough Council	8	11	Conservative	5
Salford County Borough Council	16	16	Labour	10
Sheffield County Borough Council	27	28	Labour	21
Solihull County Borough Council	10	11	Conservative	3
South Shields County Borough Council	15	15	Labour	8
Southampton County Borough Council	18	24	Conservative	17
Southend-on-Sea County Borough Council	16	16	Conservative	14
Southport County Borough Council	15	16	Conservative	14
St Helens County Borough Council	10	10	Labour	6
Stockport County Borough Council	18	19	Labour	10
Stoke-on-Trent County Borough Council	24	24	Labour	18
Stretford Borough Council	8	8	Conservative	4
Sunderland County Borough Council	22	23	Labour	14
Swansea County Borough Council	15	15	Labour	10
Teesside County Borough Council	26	30	Labour	16
Torbay County Borough Council	12	12	Conservative	10
Tynemouth County Borough Council	9	9	Independent	5
Urmston Urban District Council	7	7	Conservative	7
Wakefield County Borough Council	11	11	Labour	7
Wallasey County Borough Council	16	16	Labour	8
Walsall County Borough Council	15	15	Conservative	7
Warley County Borough Council	15	17	Labour	8
Warrington County Borough Council	9	10	Conservative	5
West Bromwich County Borough Council	15	15	Labour	8
Wigan County Borough Council	14	15	Labour	10
Wolverhampton County Borough Council	20	22	Conservative	14
Worcester County Borough Council	12	13	Labour	6
York County Borough Council	13	14	Conservative	10