1975 UK local government election
The 1975 Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council election was held on 1 May 1975. The Labour Party retained control of the Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council.
The 1975 elections were the first "one third" elections since Wolverhampton became a Metropolitan Borough and held "all out" elections in 1973, although a by-election had been held in Wednesfield Heath following the death of Cyril Squire in which the Labour Party gained the seat from the Conservatives, thus changing the composition of the Council since 1973.
The 1975 elections were contested by the Wolverhampton Association of Ratepayers (WAR) who succeeded in gaining only one seat. Two seats were contested in the Eastfield ward following the resignation of Peter Ray.
The composition of the council prior to the election was:
- Labour 41
- Conservative 19
The composition of the council following the election was:
- Labour 38
- Conservative 21
- WAR 1
Election results
Bilston East Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | J Geraghty | 839 | | |
| Conservative | W J Allen | 280 | | |
| WAR | T Smith | 258 | | |
Majority | 559 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Bilston North Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | N J Speakman | 1203 | | |
| Labour | D R Davies | 815 | | |
| WAR | F T Cooper | 226 | | |
Majority | 338 | | |
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Blakenhall Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Mrs S J L Shaw | 1655 | | |
| Labour | J E Hackwood | 860 | | |
| WAR | H F Ryan | 779 | | |
| Liberal | P K Jones | 265 | | |
Majority | 795 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Bushbury Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | R Mitchell | 814 | | |
| WAR | C J Reynolds | 452 | | |
| Conservative | W Hillier | 409 | | |
| National Front | J T Eyre | 127 | | |
Majority | 362 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Eastfield Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Mrs L Richards | 946 | | |
| Labour | F S Smith | 910 | | |
| Conservative | P A Moseley | 608 | | |
| Conservative | Mrs R M Smith | 575 | | |
| WAR | M Griffiths | 366 | | |
| National Front | R Davison | 219 | | |
| Communist | G J Barnsby | 77 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Ettingshall Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | A Storer | 786 | | |
| Conservative | M S Pritchard | 316 | | |
| WAR | G Dicken | 191 | | |
| Communist | D Hamilton | 59 | | |
Majority | 470 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Graiseley Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Mrs N Jones | 1360 | | |
| Conservative | R Dorsett | 1258 | | |
| WAR | Mrs E Powell | 400 | | |
Majority | 102 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Low Hill Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | C Laws | 856 | | |
| Conservative | Mrs C Tuckley | 356 | | |
| WAR | J Green | 240 | | |
Majority | 500 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Merry Hill Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | R Hart | 2642 | | |
| WAR | R Anslow | 1420 | | |
| Labour | E Pritchard | 868 | | |
Majority | 1222 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Oxley Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| WAR | F W Simpson | 1323 | | |
| Conservative | F C N Haley | 1034 | | |
| Labour | J Fullwood | 750 | | |
| Liberal | Mrs A A Lewis | 203 | | |
| National Front | S P McNally | 112 | | |
Majority | 289 | | |
WAR gain from Labour
Park Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Mrs M W Hodson | 1779 | | |
| Labour | C Dougherty | 544 | | |
| Liberal | R W Gray | 508 | | |
| WAR | C J Crane | 320 | | |
| National Front | J K Thomas | 156 | | |
Majority | 1275 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Parkfield Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | A E Steventon | 1097 | | |
| Conservative | P H Claxton | 347 | | |
| WAR | B A Aston | 202 | | |
| Communist | M D Peckmore | 24 | | |
Majority | 750 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Penn Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Mrs P Bradley | 2799 | | |
| WAR | F W Slater | 1472 | | |
| Liberal | F M Hemsley | 550 | | |
| Labour | L F Moore | 349 | | |
Majority | 1327 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St Peters Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | B Dass | 1441 | | |
| Conservative | Mrs G M Hodson | 829 | | |
| WAR | Mrs H W Reynolds | 336 | | |
| National Front | P R Kane | 260 | | |
Majority | 612 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Spring Vale Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | A Garner | 1452 | | |
| Conservative | Mrs P Atkinson | 658 | | |
| National Front | K Shaw | 403 | | |
| Liberal | W Leech | 397 | | |
| WAR | R Thomas | 232 | | |
Majority | 794 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Tettenhall Regis Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Mrs M T Comport | 1886 | | |
| WAR | L N Birch | 1460 | | |
| Liberal | L Maclean | 558 | | |
| Labour | J E Morland | 204 | | |
Majority | 428 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Tettenhall Wightwick Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | E G L Pearce | 2281 | | |
| WAR | S J W Smith | 706 | | |
| Labour | Mrs S Selkirk | 409 | | |
| Liberal | Mrs M E Millar | 368 | | |
Majority | 1575 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Wednesfield Heath Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | H L Turner | 1510 | | |
| Liberal | J F Porter | 746 | | |
| Labour | R J Garner | 739 | | |
| WAR | R K Hoare | 306 | | |
| Communist | J Barr | 35 | | |
Majority | 764 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Wednesfield North Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | S Reynolds | 1089 | | |
| Conservative | R Squires | 992 | | |
| WAR | Mrs M Cartwright | 349 | | |
Majority | 97 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Wednesfield South Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | A D Griffiths | 1199 | | |
| Labour | Mrs E D Jevons | 692 | | |
| WAR | W Habberley | 197 | | |
| National Front | Mrs D P Elsner | 144 | | |
Majority | 507 | | |
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
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