1973 Antrim District Council election

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1973 Antrim District Council election
30 May 1973 (1973-05-30) 1977 →
All 15 seats to Antrim District Council
8 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Ulster Unionist Alliance Vanguard
Seats won 9 2 1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party DUP
Independent
 Independent Nationalist
Seats won 1 1 1

Elections to

councillors
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Election results

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Ulster Unionist 9 7,038 49.4
Alliance 2 2,291 16.1
Independent
 1 2,079 14.6
Vanguard 1 866 6.1
DUP 1 748 5.3
Independent Nationalist 1 584 4.1
SDLP 0 343 2.4
NI Labour 0 287 2.0
Totals 15 14,236 100.0 —

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Districts summary

Results of the Antrim District Council election, 1973
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
UUP Alliance Vanguard DUP Others
Area A 32.2 2 7.7 0 0.0 0 16.2 1 43.9 2 5
Area B 72.9 4 12.1 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 15.0 0 5
Area C 46.1 3 26.3 1 15.9 1 0.0 0 11.7 0 5
Total 49.4 9 16.1 2 6.1 1 5.3 1 23.1 2 15

Districts results

Area A

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent, 1 x Independent Nationalist

Antrim Area A - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
DUP Stewart Dunlop 16.19% 748 756 836    
Independent Nationalist John Heffron 12.64% 584 632 634 634.81 939.81
Independent
 Hugh O'Donnell 13.96% 645 719 724 724 837
Ulster Unionist Bolton Minford 13.03% 602 662 755 763.91 773.91
Ulster Unionist James Graham 10.32% 477 492 714 760.17 763.17
Independent
 R. C. Rainey 8.81% 407 458 474 482.1 497.1
Independent
 James Totten 8.48% 392 462 462 462.81  
Ulster Unionist John Blakeley 8.87% 410 423      
Alliance Bill Simpson 5.15% 238        
Alliance Bob McElroy 2.55% 118        
Electorate: 6,461   Valid: 4,621 (71.52%)   Spoilt: 87   Quota: 771   Turnout: 4,708 (72.87%)  

Area B

1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

Antrim Area B - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Ulster Unionist Edgar Wallace 19.90% 832            
Ulster Unionist George Dundas 14.69% 614 629.84 635.32 722.32      
Ulster Unionist Robert Erwin 15.31% 640 669.92 680.88 705.88      
Alliance John McCourt 6.70% 280 280.8 452.24 498.88 782.88    
Ulster Unionist Alexander Wilson 10.64% 445 492.84 503.12 524.76 543.76 597.96 606.76
Ulster Unionist William Jones 12.32% 515 545.72 555.52 564.32 566.48 581.48 597.32
SDLP Francis O'Brien 8.20% 343 343.16 357.16 420.16      
NI Labour William Gregg 6.86% 287 288.76 300.56        
Alliance Patricia MacKean 5.38% 225 230.76          
Electorate: 6,211   Valid: 4,181 (67.32%)   Spoilt: 55   Quota: 697   Turnout: 4,236 (68.20%)  

Area C

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard

Antrim Area C - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Alliance Michael O'Donoghue 17.28% 939                  
Ulster Unionist Samuel McCombe 14.89% 809 809.18 810.24 874.24 876.24 899.27 908.27      
Vanguard James Clarke 9.85% 535 535.06 536.06 538.06 541.06 566.06 878.06 936.06    
Ulster Unionist James Craig 10.01% 544 544.06 547.06 572.06 573.09 600.09 609.09 694.18 700.18 947.21
Ulster Unionist Jack Allen 8.63% 469 469.15 470.27 504.27 507.3 548.3 553.3 600.36 613.11 895.92
Alliance William Gawn 3.28% 178 182.41 298.83 300.83 479.72 513.14 514.14 696.4 699.4 733.43
Ulster Unionist William Clarke 9.33% 507 507.06 510.09 522.09 525.09 541.09 544.09 599.12 607.37  
Independent
 Thomas Simpson 7.31% 397 398.29 399.5 412.5 418.65 490.86 497.86      
Vanguard David McCreight 6.09% 331 331 331 336 337 349        
Independent
 Peter Neish 4.38% 238 238.39 240.48 257.48 256.69          
Alliance Charlie Greer 3.11% 169 172.36 203.49 206.49            
Ulster Unionist R. W. Rutherford-Browne 3.20% 174 174 176              
Alliance Alan Finlay 2.65% 144 162.06                
Electorate: 9,206   Valid: 5,434 (59.03%)   Spoilt: 89   Quota: 906   Turnout: 5,523 (59.99%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1973 - 1981: Antrim". Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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