Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 10 May 1973.

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1973 Sheffield City Council election

← 1972 10 May 1973 1975 →
All 90 seats to Sheffield City Council 46 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Conservative Liberal Seats won 69 18 3 Seat change 0 0 0
Majority party before election Labour Party (UK) Majority party after election Labour Party (UK)

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The first elections to the newly created metropolitan borough council were held on 10 May 1973, with the entirety of the 90 seat council - three seats for each of the thirty wards - up for vote. The Local Government Act 1972 stipulated that the elected members were to shadow and eventually take over from the predecessor corporation on 1 April 1974. The order in which the councillors were elected dictated their term serving, with third-place candidates serving two years and up for re-election in 1975, second-placed three years expiring in 1976 and 1st-placed five years until 1978.

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections: